Roland has announced the JUPITER-4 software synthesiser, an "authentic recreation" of the classic JUPITER-4 – the company's first-ever polyphonic synth and the first to bear...
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It’s all about the sound, and Apogee’s Duet 2 soundcard doesn’t disappoint...
Last month, we covered Propellerheads’ rather sweet-looking Balance audio card and declared it to be probably the most stylish soundcard we’ve ever seen. The bold...
Tech wizard gears up for a huge Miami!
James Zabiela is a visionary and icon to many.
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The Berlin synth conference wrapped last week. Here's the best of what was announced...
Berlin's Superbooth conference – founded by the synth sorcerers Schneider's Buero – has gone from strength to strength over the past few years, growing from...
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Sónar Festival in Barcelona is one of the finest events in the dance music calendar, as concerned about the leftfield and forward-thinking innovation as it...
The JUPITER-4 Software Synthesizer is an "authentic recreation" of the 1978 polyphonic classic
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Though more and more artists are bringing live elements into their tech riders, Saytek is no bandwagoner. His first shows were in 2003, when a...
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Before COVID turned the world upside down, Avalon Emerson was so busy DJing, touring, producing and remixing, she was close to burnout — but the...
San Francisco's Loveparade has been cancelled. Is this the end of dance politics in the US? DJmag.com spoke to its organisers to find out.
San Fran's Loveparade will not take place this year
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Born in Jamaica around half a century ago, dancehall music has found fans, artists and chart-topping success all around the globe in the decades since...
Jaye Ward, Honey Dijon, JD Samson, Mandidextrous and DJ Sprinkles talk gender identity, safe spaces, privilege and the power of the internet...
Words: JOE ROBERTS // Pics: JEF McMAHAN, COMATONSE RECORDINGS
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“Trans is so hot right now,” chuckles Jaye Ward, the Hackney-based DJ whose lineage of...
Pioneer’s new XDJ-Aero Controller gives DJs Wi Fi capabilities, but will its hi-tech wizardry fly high or come crashing down to the earth?
Pioneer have just released one of the most intriguing and hyped pieces of DJ equipment — the Pioneer XDJ-Aero. It's not often that a product can live up to the expectations that this kind of hype generates, but Pioneer have outdone themselves and have managed to create something truly revolutionary with the XDJ-Aero.
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Born in the UK in the early ‘90s, during a period of explosive creativity, the freeform breakbeats of jungle became the soundtrack to many producers’...
An avalanche of snare drums, sub-bass that pulverises your rib-cage, possessed divas wailing from the abyss; fragments of funk, shards of techno, dabs of dancehall...
We chat to the funk genius
The mastermind behind disco's greatest band Chic, and producer of records for everyone from Madonna to Carly Simon, Duran Duran to David Bowie, without Nile...
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The bursts last up to three seconds and occur every 0.2 seconds — the longest ever recorded, in the clearest periodic pattern ever observed.
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EBM has been simmering on the underground in recent years, and now DJs including Nina Kraviz and Helena Hauff are utilising the sound – alongside...
Dance music has been alive with talk of the return of electro in recent months. And while long-time advocates of the scene including DJ Stingray...