“I’m finally home.” Those three words are among the first that the South African DJ and producer Palesa Desiree Shilabje utters when DJ Mag catches...
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The industrial sounds of the UK
The industrial sounds of Tough Luck Records come under spotlight in our UK Underground label focus
Luke Solomon’s quirky house sound is as British as buttered toast, and equally tasty.
“I never latch on to one particular trend when it comes to music,” says Luke Solomon. We’re talking about the New Jersey house revival currently pumping energy bubbles into the British underground house scene. And the reason we’re talking about it is because old school New Jersey house, says Luke, is something he loved and lived through the first time round.
Jacking house queen on her new label
Jackathon queen Heidi has been chatting to DJ Mag about the launch of her new label — Jackathon Jams. The label has grown out of the Jackathon nights that she's been hosting since 2009, and has its roots in the acclaimed 'Jackathon' comp she released in late 2010.
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Denon strikes again with another new media deck, the SC2900, in an attempt to break the stranglehold Pioneer have in the DJ market
Not content to go after Pioneer’s crown of top-flight media player with their fantastic SC3900 alternative to the CDJ2000, Denon hits out again with their new SC2900 player, aiming to put the cat amongst the pigeons at the Pioneer camp.
Interview with DJ, producer, promoter and all round good guy DJ Whitey
I’m standing in packed smoking area of The Old Fire Station while groups of friends keep the chill at bay, huddled like penguins puffing away...
The Vestax VCM 600 Midi controller injects fun into DJing with Ableton Live
It seems the whole DJing and production world is looking for the ultimate Ableton hardware controller, and Vestax are the latest to rise to the...
Electronic funk fiend, hip-hop beat maker and all round innovator Ge-Ology plays his first UK show on 6th February at London's Gramaphone, for 1 Xtra...
Known for his work with a host of artists including rappers Mos Def and Talib Kweli, and his own, tripped out electro-hop beats, Ge-Ology...
30. Remix Hotel Logic Tuition
For the fifth year running, the National Hotel on Collins Avenue will be transformed into the 'Remix Hotel' – a...
Cover Features
Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for South Africa’s Palesa Desiree Shilabje, the DJ and producer known to the world as DESIREE, who in just a few short years has proved to be one of the international festival circuit’s most exciting new stars. Here, Bruce Tantum hears her story, and about how her evolution through music has been as organic as they come
How a couple of guys who didn’t get on and a singer they didn’t know created one of the year’s most intimate albums
For a couple of guys grinding on a hit-and-run DJ tour of the USA, Maribou State’s Chris Davids and Liam Ivory are in good spirits...
How a couple of guys who didn’t get on and a singer they didn’t know created one of the year’s most intimate albums
Words: JORGE HERNANDEZ Pic: WILLIAM COOPER MITCHELL
For a couple of guys grinding on a hit-and-run DJ tour of the USA, Maribou State’s Chris...
Features
The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From rowdy breaks and dreamy deep house to ambient electro and otherworldly techno, here’s April 2024’s list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
Tech
From project file to finished product: How do you know if your mix is ready to be mastered? In her latest Beginner's Guide, producer E.M.M.A...
Dirtybird take their low end theory on the road
If there’s been one trend that’s wheedled its way into all corners of electronic music in the last two years, it’s bass. Indecent ladles full of the stuff, speaker stacks positively groaning with the strain of lowdown, filling-rattling subsSan Francisco’s techno overlord Claude VonStroke is incubating a nest full of underground club killers in 2012, set to hatch and dive-bomb clubs Angry Birds-style