From countries and regions marred by fraught political and social systems, rises a frenetic counter-cultural scene. A post-Troubles Belfast birthed raging punks and clanging industrial...
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From more inclusive dancefloors to world-confronting techno festivals, DJ Mag’s Anna Cafolla speaks to the collectives, crews, and scene stalwarts pushing Poland as a radical clubber’s...
We catch up with the soul songstress
Soul singer extraordinaire, Alice Russell is releasing her fifth album this month on Tru Thoughts — 'To Dust'. She's again teamed with Brighton-based producer TM Juke, having previously collaborated with Mr Scruff, Quantic, DJ Yoda and David Byrne from Talking Heads.
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
For his debut album, he's zeroed in on his musical passions to create something that sums up his musical personality to a tee...
Julio Bashmore is all about contradiction. He’s been championed and attacked by the underground and the mainstream in equal measures, his hooky, earworm melodies drawing...
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Amapiano has become a world-conquering genre since emerging in South Africa over a decade ago, with the sound mutating in recent years to solidify its place as an embedded dance music culture. Here, Shiba Melissa Mazaza asks: who are the South African artists carrying the torch for amapiano right now?
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For 20 years, Simon Dunmore's Defected has been dedicated to the finest in house music, from its label and numerous associated imprints, to its events...
“I’m a collector of labels. My ambition was for people to have a Defected rack in their collections in the same way they'd have a...
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At Portugal’s Semibreve festival, we sat down with Suzanne Ciani, a pioneer of electronic music and modular synthesis, and dance music disruptor Rian Treanor, who...
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"You have NO BUSINESS DJing if you can’t match two beats together, plain and simple. But DJing is not just about matching two beats together"
A few months ago, three-time DMC-winning turntablist and DJ Mag HQ alumnus DJ Craze raised eyebrows everywhere when he proclaimed that ‘sync is your friend’...
Watch the duo’s live performance of an exquisite song...
Once every generation or so, a live act comes along that knocks the breath out of an entire audience. Solomon Grey is one of those...
German trance legend Paul van Dyk, former winner of our Top 100 DJs poll, is in back-to-back meetings about his ‘Politics of Dancing 3’ album...
Three years in the making and brought to fruition in a different way to the previous two, it’s a worthy addition to PvD’s impressive discography...
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Mixing elements of jazz and ambient with drum & bass, LTJ Bukem’s now-classic 1996 release via Good Looking Records was a statement of intent, and remains one of the genre's most fulfilling and impactful releases to this day
It’s taken three years, countless gigs, umpteen rewrites, a clutch of Beatport chart toppers, and one high profile plagiarism case, but finally — finally —...
“It’s not the same album it was three years ago!” Mat Zo laughs, Skyping from his current base in the LA suburbs. “I’ve done a...
We got speaking to Kate Simko, Solomun, Nick Curly, Huxley and Will Saul about how they deal with the ups, the downs, the delays, the...
THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE
Kate Simko
Chicago house heiress Kate Simko has toured as a DJ and with a live show, and explains how life on...
The Detroit techno/house DJ/producer gives us the ten records that defined him...
Not many 12-year-olds grow up listening to Plastikman, or list hardcore metal heads Pantera – authors of the anthemic “Fucking Hostile” - alongside Jeff Mills...
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In the '90s, there was nowhere to party like Ibiza , and there was nowhere wilder in Ibiza than Manumission. The hedonistic, sex-fueled party took place in some of The White Isle's most famous clubs, as well as its own Motel venue, with punters and DJs alike frequently spending days on end revelling in its debauched atmosphere. A new book written by its co-founder Claire Davies captures Manumission's ecstatic spirit. Here, Simon Doherty speaks to her about some of her favourite images from that time