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A chat with the new Dirtybird signings

With praise from Mary Anne Hobbs and a string of releases on pivotal imprints Numbers, Audio Culture and 877, Belgian double act GoldFFinch have wasted no time in establishing their name since they appeared on the scene back in 2011.

Edward Knights's melodic electronics got us burning up

Handle with care. The flickering, mesmeric sonics of The Naked Flame are deceptively deadly and could burn their way indelibly into your affections. Hailing from...

Rob Insinna is a man steeped in disco knowledge.

First cropping up on Munk's Gomma imprint, Headman served as a familiar face of the electroclash movement during the mid-'00s, continuing to craft “nu” forms of disco, riffing on Italo, acid house and techno influences on Relish, the label he set up in 2001, and he's refused to go away — thankfully.

Foamo and RackNRuin unite as under new alias

Quite often it’s more fun with two people in the studio. You can bounce ideas off one another, give instant feedback, crack jokes and generally have more of a jolly old knees-up. This is what the two notable producers involved in Gorgon City — house bod Foamo and RackNRuin from future jungle/breaks — have found since hooking up together a year or so ago.

Following our coverstar feature in the magazine, DJmag.com catches up with Sharam Jey to discuss some tricks of the trade, and his favourite production gadgets.

Sharam Jey's debut artist album '4 Da Loverz' is a slice of pure funk, and has real crossover potential.

The album is a mixture of...

Free breakbeat/trap banger!

Jason Laidback of Slyde (Fingerlickin' Records/Hot Cakes) has joined forces with emerging talent from Australia, Sangers (Central Station Records/Westway Records) — one half of the...

Josh Wink has been dominating clubs and festivals as a DJ, producer, label-runner and remixer for almost 30 years. Alongside long-term friend and fellow Philadelphian...

With searing syncopated rhythms and psychedelic club sounds, Avernian dishes out a drum-led trip for the Fresh Kicks mix series

“Percussion is obviously the common denominator here,” says Avernian of his Fresh Kicks mix. Rhythm has always been at the centre of the North Carolina-born, now...

Jon Carter’s Monkey Mafia project is back

Jon Carter, one of the ’90s dance scene’s most-important-but-oft-overlooked DJ/producers, has rebooted his much-missed Monkey Mafia project, with a cavalcade of new edits and...

Featuring Trevor Nelson, Rodney P, Toddla T and many more...

Cult clothing brand Farah partnered with the legendary Rampage crew on their stage at Notting Hill Carnival over the weekend, to host a slew of...

Out this Monday on BPitch Control

It’s no secret we’re fans of Ellen Allien’s BPitch Control imprint, and now the label boss is back with a brand new two tracker, ‘High’...

Ninja Tune's most exciting new signing.

In the current climate of deep house dullards Letherette stand out like a sore thumb. Cutting 'n' pasting micro fragments of dusty old vinyl into emotive, pulsing electronic decoupages, their skewed, psych take on house and hip-hop acknowledges pioneers like J Dilla, Daft Punk, Cassius and Madlib, while injecting unexpected kaleidoscopic flourishes and live instrumentation, pushing sampladelia in a unique direction.

We chat with the house visionary

It was time for Roland Appel to do his own thing. Previously a member of both leftfield jazzers Fauna Flash and Truby Trio, and house...

Eva Be is one of those old-fashioned Berlin-bred DJs.

Wandering around clubs as a teenager, she met people who would later grow to be genre-defining artists when they were still goofing around on the...