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Selections: Carmen Villain 2

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections. This week, Carmen Villain spotlights lush dub experiments, expressive club beats, intimate ambient music and more

There’s a tiptoe dynamism to Mexican-Norwegian artist Carmen Villain’s fourth album, ‘Only Love From Now On’ on Smalltown Supersound. An alchemical fusion of dub sonics...

The seminal tracks that changed dance forever

As a teenage boy, music-obsessed Kris Needs ran the fanclub of '70s bluesy-glam band Mott the Hoople before becoming immersed in the London punk scene...

Chicago-born vocalist and musician KeiyaA’s debut album ‘Forever, Ya Girl’ was self-released last year, and won praise for its multi-layered and tender sound. Christine Ochefu...

When KeiyaA readied the release of her debut album, ‘Forever, Ya Girl’, last March, she was surprised at how quickly it took off. “I put...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past

A guide to dance music's past

 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...

New exhibition documents the evolution of music photography

Iconic photos of Sade, Erykah Badu, David Bowie, John Cage and more will be on display in Manhattan this summer

A new exhibition exploring the evolution of music photography is coming to New York City this summer. Studio Stage takes over the Pace Gallery in...

Emerging modular artist Ann Annie delivers a lucid and mesmerising live set exploring soothing ambient textures and vast, captivating soundscapes...

On his recent album ‘Atmospheres Vol. 2’ – released earlier this year via Cologne label Modularfield – Denver based musician and composer Ann Annie used...

Finnish phenomenon Rico Tubbs (Riku Pentti) is blowing away all-comers with his boundary-breaking, genre-hopping productions.

Leaping from funky breaks to B-More, and ghetto house to rave with aplomb, Tubbs' music is a real shot in the arm. Everyone from Switch...

The out-of-the-box big beat anthem from the Wall Of Sound act Propellerheads

Based in Bath in south-west England, near musical hot-spots Glastonbury and Bristol, Alex Gifford had some quite varied early musical experiences. He played sax with...

cktrl releases new single, 'love + war'

It's lifted from forthcoming EP 'yield'

UK artist has shared a new track, called 'love + war'. Drawing on ambient and classical music, as well as R&B and avant-garde jazz, the...

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From rollicking tech-house, fierce techno and melodic grooves to leftfield experimentalism and jazz, here's...

NASSER BAKER

California-born, New Jersey-based Nasser Baker has been under the tutelage of US house legend Dennis Ferrer for almost a decade. That is a...

Happy to mix up the genres, Love’s taste in music is right across the board, placing him in good stead to reveal his Lucky 7.

“It’s a good little track, it just came out of nowhere, it’s taken me by surprise,” Ali Love reflects, in his typically nonchalant manner, on...

Selections: Hagan

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Hagan spotlights percussive gems, from futuristic UK funky, gqom and amapiano to house, drill and highlife

Much like this energising DJ sets, British-Ghanaian artist Hagan’s debut album, ‘Textures’, is a masterclass in percussion and soul. Set for release in October via...

Cool cutting-edge record label K7 celebrates 21 years in the business this month.

Record label !K7 have chalked up an incredible 21 years in the business. And they're celebrating this month with a cool arty photo exhibition and...

Balearic trance

Ibiza played a central role in spreading a new take on trance around the turn of the millennium — a more soothing vein of the sound that captures the mood of a Mediterranean sunset. As clubs in Ibiza are opening again for the first time since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, DJ Mag dives into the roots of a genre that was inspired and shaped by the island’s unique appeal: Balearic trance

Long before turning into a global clubbing destination, Ibiza appealed to crowds looking for spiritual growth — with those from the hippie movement settling in...