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The melodic deep house of Maya Jane Coles’ ‘What They Say’ helped put her on the map, and soon went on to be sampled by...

Even if you’ve never consciously set out to listen to ‘What They Say’ by Maya Jane Coles, you’ve almost certainly heard it before. Over the...

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Over the last decade, Korean pop, a.k.a. K-Pop, has taken the Western world by storm. K-Pop draws influences from numerous genres from around the globe such as...

The OWSLA head honcho span at the L.A. space over the weekend....

Skrillex headlined the opening party of Daft Punk’s L.A. pop-up museum and shop this weekend, which opened on Saturday night (11th February) and runs until...

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Ahead of his UK and European tour, Point Blank caught up with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jack Garratt to find out exactly how his live show...

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In May 2019 Point Blank attended IMS Ibiza to check out the annual summit’s festivities and explore the variety of panels, events and parties on offer...

Gorillaz’ 2001 self-titled debut laid the foundations for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s animated outfit. With a rotating cast of collaborators and a genre-merging style...

When Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz loped onto the scene with their self-titled debut album in 2001, this virtual band looked like it might be the future...

How The Chemical Brothers' 'Dig Your Own Hole' predicted the post-genre pop future

The Chemical Brothers' second album, 1997's 'Dig Your Own Hole', radiated ambition and adventure, and was their first to hit No.1 in the UK charts thanks to a string of landmark singles. Here, Ben Cardew explores how 'Dig Your Own Hole' altered the Chems' creative trajectory, predicted our post-genre pop future, and catapulted them to new heights

Note: this article was originally published in 2018 The Chemical Brother's second album, 'Dig Your Own Hole', was perhaps not the best electronic album of...

PocketSufer2 Internet Browser

Anytime, anyplace, anywhere internet browsing is what the PocketSurfer2 is all about. This is one handy gadget for internet addicts as it combines the convenience...

“This ain’t a track, it's a movement”: Mike Skinner and co. are back, and deliver a record-breaking night at Brixton Academy. DJ Mag’s Rob McCallum...

The Streets’ 2002 debut ‘Original Pirate Material’ is one of those rare records that has a story attached for everybody that grew up with it...

Singer on Goldie's 'Inner City' life and lots of other dance tracks loses battle with cancer

Singer Diane Charlemagne lost her long battle with cancer at 5am this morning (Wednesday 28th October). She was 51. Diane was the vocalist on...

VIP table at Avalon Hollywood, DJs meet & greet and more

To celebrate DJ Mag's has partnership with staple Los Angeles mega club, Avalon Hollywood for our 2014 Top 100 Clubs Tour, we're hooking up...

The godfather of house passes away at home, aged 59

The dance world is in mourning today about the news of the death of house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles. He was 59.

Frankie died unexpectedly...

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“What time is it and where am I?” These are questions I find myself asking repeatedly lately. Yesterday, I flew...

on a ragga tip xl recordings

Lifting the vocals from Jah Screechy’s reggae standard 'Walk & Skank’, SL2’s‘On A Ragga Tip’ surfed the hardcore rave wave at the turn of the 1990s before crossing over to bring breakbeats and bass into the pop charts. The track has transcended genres and styles to stand alone as an enduring dance classic. Joe Roberts calls up Slipmatt, aka Matt Nelson — the ’S’ in SL2 — to learn its story

‘Ey ey ba day ba wadladie day’ The opening lyrics to SL2’s ‘On A Ragga Tip’ immediately come up when you type its title into...

Massive mixes from this summer’s shindig down at Worthy Farm...

Block9, Glastonbury festival’s apocalyptic haven for underground house and techno, had a stellar year at this summer’s event, which ran from Wednesday 22nd to Sunday...