In 2017, Jordon Alexander very quickly went from little-known hopeful to top-tier house star. “When I got all that clout it does fuck up how...
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From frenetic breaks and jungle to percussive club cuts and pop edits, Bored Lord’s Fresh Kicks mix is an electrified trip into her communal sonic...
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...
<p>It’s a good job Italian DJ/producer Riva Starr loves his job...</p>
The secret to a successful career in music-making, says Naples-born, London-based producer Riva Starr, must have something to do with having the ability to “surprise...
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On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...
Patience is a rare thing in dance music. Subtlety, even more so. With so much new music emerging in an ever-changing cultural landscape, it can...
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On his debut album, 'What I Breathe', Aussie-born, London-based DJ and producer Mall Grab marks a new creative chapter in his journey, far from the lo-fi house sound that shot him into the spotlight in 2015. Filled with grime and jungle influences, tracks featuring Novelist, D Double E, Nia Archives and Turnstile's Brendan Yates, as well as his own vocals, it's his most ambitious work to date. Here, Kristan Caryl chats to him about ADHD, being an outsider, dogs, style, hardcore and more
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The raucous rhythms of Jersey club have been everywhere lately, and UNIIQU3, aka the Jersey Club Queen, is one of the main reasons why. Bruce...
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Chronically underrated as an established British voice, Tricky’s outstanding new autobiography, Hell Is Round The Corner, readdresses his magnitude
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Christchurch, New Zealand duo Ebb & Texture drift from drill, dubstep and grime into blistering UK techno, breaks and jungle in their Fresh Kicks mix...
A round up of the best tracks this month...
Homeboy - 'Kaprije EP'
House is OK
Think the best beats in Croatia are the imported kind heard at the festivals that dominate the islands...
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DJ technology is moving forward at an incredible pace and is changing everything around us including the way people play music and how DJs bring those tunes to the masses.
This month's essential tunes
Making his name with bass-injected techno on Hotflush and Hemlock, Guy Andrews has turned the drama dial to 11 with this fresh EP for 2020 Vision offshoot Fina.
Scarlett Pimpernel!
Read up on Focusrite’s new Scarlett Studio package and start your own musical revolution, as we offer one reader a chance to win this complete budget studio set-up…
Pedro Winter plays us his landmark Ed Banger cuts
It’s a very special version of Take 10 this issue. Usually we ask people to talk about the 10 tracks that have influenced them over the course of their lives, but seeing as pioneering French electro label Ed Banger is 10-years-old this month — and releasing a big comp to celebrate — we thought we’d get Ed Banger boss Pedro Winter, aka Busy P, to talk about 10 landmark Ed Banger releases.
Why is shuffling being mocked and banned?
I’m going to tell you a little story about dancing — this is a dance music mag, after all. It’s 1991. I’m deep in some ramshackle Northern warehouse rave. I’m at one with the universe, have just had my sixth life-changing conversation of the evening and am now busy chatting with my fourth new best friend in the last hour.
7 Inspiring tracks
He lives on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. His studio is just a hop, skip and jump away in the city, or in the summertime he can take a chilled cycle jaunt through the park to get there. Every day is a day in the studio for John, where he’ll be doing what he does in a superlative fashion, producing and remixing the kind of lustrous tech house, trance-tinged music he’s known for, and in recent years has been nominated for – that’ll be a US Grammy and a BRIT award.