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The sounds of new-age UK Garage and House

UK Garage has not only returned in a big way but has found open and welcoming arms in the house scene. Be it garage tracks...

From: Rome, ItalyFor Fans Of: DJ Red, Anthony Linell, Donato DozzyThree Tunes: ‘The Call’, ‘Cavallina’, ‘Melodica’

“My music is about being myself,” says Adiel, the Italian DJ and producer, of her dub techno, which is mesmerising and ecstatic in equal measure...

The biggest tunes on the underground this month

Since winning Best Label at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards in 2011, Defected have continued to go from strength to strength. Adroit at raising their finger to detect the prevailing wind of change, they've earned their rep by transforming the stirrings of the underground into mainstream success, pushing the likes of Tensnake to even greater heights and introducing house legends such as MK, Murk and Kevin Saunderson to a new generation of clubbers.

Lauren Laverne and the electronic duo will talk meaningful music on Friday

BBC Radio 6 will broadcast a show celebrating 20 years since The Chemical Brothers' album, 'Surrender'.

Alongside the 20th anniversary deluxe re-issue of the album...

Part of Dusky's EP 'Ordinary World' out now.

Dusky's latest EP is stunning. We just crowned their track 'Parakeet Feet' (alongside the whole EP) our Killer Of The Month in our August issue...

From: Exeter, Devon

For fans of: Swindle, LV, J Dilla

Three tunes: ‘State of Flow’, ‘First Place Loser’, ‘Whiteboard Jungle’

“I love a tracky banger as much as the next person, but the older I get, the more I feel that music has to have some heart...

DJ Mag talk tunes, gigs and birthdays with the d&b duo.

2013 marks a special year for the London drum & bass and dubstep duo Chase & Status. Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the production couple of Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status) have delivered a sound that dips into breaks, hip-hop, dubstep, d&b and jungle since their first release ‘Like This’ on Vehicle Records in 2003.

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<p>Franck Roger is the man behind the Real Tone label and new Home Invasion imprint...</p>

The first time he heard ‘Promised Land’ by Joe Smooth, says 38-year-old French DJ/producer Franck Roger, he was desperate to find out everything he could...

One of d&b's most forward thinking producers

Whenever bass heads gather to pick over the new blood pushing drum & bass right back on top, Dub Phizix is one of the few names everyone can agree on. Over the last two years the Manchester-based producer has had an insane string of hits, including the filthy, ubiquitous bashment 'n’ bass bomb 'Marka' (alongside Skeptical and MC Strategy) — which burst out of the scene and rampaged into record boxes worldwide.

Bass icon plays ten inspiring records

Drew Lustman, aka FaltyDL, grew up in Connecticut and after flunking out of college by doing too many drugs, was lucky enough to have his early music signed by Mike Paradinas, aka µ-Ziq, for Planet Mu Records in the UK. He moved to New York and began making mutated garage-influenced stuff, bringing in grime, dubstep, house and broken beat influences into his sound as it progressed and he became a favourite of the blogosphere and won supporters such as Thom Yorke from Radiohead and Flying Lotus.

This month's essential tunes

Making his name with bass-injected techno on Hotflush and Hemlock, Guy Andrews has turned the drama dial to 11 with this fresh EP for 2020 Vision offshoot Fina.

Kanye West has embraced the dancefloor.

In an extraordinary move, America's premier hip-hop uber-producer Kanye West has been bitten by the house bug and hooked up with Daft Punk to crank...

Check a new pair of tunes from the EDM titan here

Hardwell's 'Hardwell and Friends Vol.2' EP is being released after it was unofficially leaked last week, and again the producer has opted to give fans...

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