“I read this quote the other day that really resonated,” Arushi Jain recounts over a video call. “It was this idea that, without a practice...
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Greeted with both derision and delight from the outset, the cartoonish covers and soundtrack of happy hardcore’s defining, and to some damning, Bonkers series were...
“Bonkers, light in the head; slightly drunk. Perhaps from bonk, a blow or punch on the bonce or head.” It's a word whose origins come...
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Delhi-born, Brooklyn-based synthesist, composer and singer Arushi Jain’s modular explorations are guided by boundless curiosity, and a researcher’s sense of wonder. On her new album for Leaving Records, ‘Delight’, she weaves enchanting vocals, organic instrumentation and elements of Indian classical music into her unique electronic framework, reflecting on love, longing and the nature of beauty. Tara Joshi learns more
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The Crystal Method are one of the United States’ longest-standing dance music outfits, with a career that spans over two decades, thousands of gigs and...
On the north side of downtown Los Angeles, under the Broadway Bridge, a parking lot heaves with the breakbeats of Scott Kirkland of The Crystal...
Running the musical gamut from minimal techno to abstract hip-hop, dubstep to Baile funk, via ska, electro pop, house and Balearica, Sonar truly has something...
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Can Matt Edwards, aka Radio Slave, really do no wrong? Not content with simply knocking out the funkiest techno and most mind-twisting house with...
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The Covid-19 crisis has thrown up many problems for the manufacturing and distribution of vinyl. Bruce Tantum speaks to a selection of record shops, labels...
Carl Craig, DJ Shadow, Blondie and more...
Making her break as part of Shy FX's Digital Soundboy crew — the first ever Digital Soundgirl — after she relocated from Canada to London...
Getting down to techno and psy-trance in deepest Leicestershire
Continuously growing since its successful debut in 2012, Noisily Festival’s fourth year compelled 3000 free-spirited festival goers to gather in the woods of Noseley Hall...
BBC Radio 1's Danny Howard joins DJ Mag for a new monthly column
When Radio 1's new kid on the block Danny Howard first started going out in his hometown of Blackpool, he used to go to a...
Rane’s new MP25 and MP26 mixers are once again leading the charge when it comes to permanent club installs
Anyone who has spent much time in DJ booths will have come across at least a few Rane mixers here and there, because let’s face...
MixVibes’ U-Mix Control Pro aims to offer everything a digital DJ could need in one box. But does it succeed?
French-based company MixVibes have been offering digital DJ software for the last 10 years. Originally launching with DVS time-coded systems, their latest product, the U-Mix...
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In the second instalment of Spice Rack, a new bi-monthly column on underground music from South Asia and its diaspora, Dhruva Balram highlights music released...
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After the tragic events of Astroworld Festival last year, Will Pritchard examines the science, politics and history of crowd crushes at mass gatherings, and asks experts how organisers can make future large music events safer
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After years of devotion to New York's club scene, Detroit-born Lauren Flax is more passionate than ever, with acid techno tracks to be perfected, causes to be fought, and lives to be saved through her harm reduction initiative. This month, she shares her journey with Bruce Tantum
From Ibiza to Berlin to Oslo, Germany’s Anja Schneider is embracing her newfound freedom with a brand new label and her first solo album in...
“Try this, it’s delicious.” Anja Schneider scoops a forkful of melon and cheese onto a plate, pushing it across the table with a nod. The...
The United Kingdom of rave returns
House is still topping the UK charts; the EDM beast is mutating and consuming every thing in its path. Never before has there been so...