“I was really into J Dilla and Madlib — like, really, really into them,” says Iceboy Violet. “I want to make something as special as...
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We ask our favourite new acts some tough questions!
In the wake of their inaugural Fresh Kicks mix, that dropped yesterday via the DJ Mag Soundcloud, we sat down with up-and-coming disco house...
Hip-hop dons give away all their back cat for free
Hip-hop legends De La Soul are giving away all their back catalogue for free today — for 25 hours only. The generous gesture to their...
San Francisco label embarks on Dirtybird Players tour
Eleven years ago, four beat freaks came together to transform San Francisco’s house music scene. Made up of label boss Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin, Christian Martin and Worthy, the fun-loving producers became what is today one of the most well known dance music labels, Dirtybird.
The Ed Banger man and all-round French music mogul tells us all about the tracks that helped make him into who he is today...
Busy P, aka Pedro Winter, is one of the most successful people in dance music — as a DJ, producer, label owner and artist manager...
Ready for the after party? WE ARE!
1. In our new Apple Music playlist series, some of our favourite DJs guide us through a selection of their ultimate afterparty...
The HMD crew drop a “cosmic mini break” ahead of Croatia’s Soundwave festival in July...
Horse Meat Disco have delivered an hour of Soundwave festival-fuelled disco power for this week’s DJ Mag podcast. You can listen to it below.
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Get acquainted with Iceboy Violet, the Manchester-based artist infusing their take on hip-hop with emotional realness
LPs from Gang Starr, Cypress Hill, BDP, Run D.M.C., Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill all feature
Educated by Point Blank
DJ Mag is a UK music mag — born and bred. So every year, as a counterweight to the international Top 100 DJs poll, we...
The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast will also feature exclusive interviews and a behind-the-scenes look into his life
This issue's hottest four names in dance music
Mikix The Cat
Parisian electro riot starter…
A self-declared “bass bandit puttin’ suckas in fear,” Paris’ Mikix The Cat has been busy putting France’s club...
In this first instalment of Spice Rack, a new bi-monthly column on underground music from South Asia and its diaspora, Dhruva Balram looks at the...
The set is available to watch on Gesaffelstein’s YouTube channel for “a limited time”
The record will land six years after the hip hop icon passed away