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Hideout, WHP & Field Day combine
With no shortage of dance events on Croatian soil, the new boutique festival from the makers of Hideout, Field Day and the Warehouse Project is a difficult one to resist. We get to know Unknown Festival...
The one-the-road diary of the world's top DJs treading the globe
Dirtybird boss Barclay Crenshaw, known to clubbers as Claude VonStroke, is a walking clubs survey — we should probably ask him to list his Top 100 Clubs. Instead though, we've roped him in to write a DJ diary
One of the most innovative, groundbreaking producers in electronic music, Squarepusher pushed the jazz/jungle fusion envelope into outer space in the mid-'90s with his 'Squarepusher...
It could have been his junglist garage pastiche ‘My Red Hot Car’. Or it could have been the burning 303 d&b of ‘Vic Acid’. In...
With a punk attitude, impressive live shows, and an ever-shifting psychedelic yet dancefloor-friendly sound, Red Axes have brought a breath of fresh air to the...
"When the sun is shining, life can be really dark,” says Dori Sadovnik, one half of Israeli gothic dance duo Red Axes. He’s talking about the...
Here's the tracks that influenced Shit Robot's musical journey...
Marcus Lambkin, aka Shit Robot, has his third ace album on DFA out this month — ‘What Follows’. It follows 2010’s ‘From The Cradle To...
Music sounds better in the sunshine. Just ask Louie Fresco
Starting his dance music career as part of a small electro outfit in 2006, Louie Fresco made a tune that was picked up by Justice...
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...
House legend plays us his most inspiring records
House legend Felix Da Housecat has found his way again, not that we ever thought he’d veered from the path of genius. After experiencing something close to a divine intervention, convinced that he had the devil on one shoulder and his family on the other, Felix has given up tequila. And his creative juices are in full flow again, with his latest release, the ‘Sinner Winner’ EP, sparking mayhem on the dancefloors, an exciting collaboration with dub hero Lee Scratch Perry in the bag and a new album due for release this year. Now living in London, Felix cites the UK as the place that he got his start. “I’ve lived here back and forth, sometimes I would stay for a year. But when I first came, England accepted me. And the vibe here back then, it’s still that vibe here now, it's not cheesy here at all.”
We talk to the production wiz
Rhys Adams – groove hound DJ extraordinaire and reggae-obsessed producer – makes up half of reggaecentric beat fiends Yes King alongside Mark Rae. Bringing his...
Dave 1 and P-Thugg, better known as the sapid duo Chromeo, are about to release their most zestfully slick album to date, ‘Head Over Heels’...
Experiencing Chromeo is like taking a step back in time—but with all the luxuries and comforts of today. It’s in the duo’s music, which takes...
Top audio-visual electronic act return with innovative new project
From grave to rave! Bloc rose to return to its spiritual home for its first festival since its infamously ill-fated attempt in 2012. So how...
It’s the wee small hours of a Monday morning in March. As most of Britain sleeps in preparation for what will probably be another mundane...
He.She.They is a globetrotting party devised by Steven Braines and Sophia Kearney, aiming to bring together ravers of all genders, sexualities and ethnicities. DJ Mag joined them...
Steven Braines and Sophia Kearney of The Weird & The Wonderful are perhaps one of the most admirable success stories in the music industry. As...