When Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz loped onto the scene with their self-titled debut album in 2001, this virtual band looked like it might be the future...
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Mixing booming West Coast hip-hop 808s, squelchy funk, sizzlingly sexually charged R&B and deep house, Boston's Soul Clap (aka Eli Goldstein and Charles Levin)...
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This evergreen breakbeat hardcore missive influenced the likes of The Prodigy and the whole of the early UK rave scene. Ben Murphy charts its story...
“I saw that record go from street level and get bigger and bigger, and there was no video for it, no promotion, nothing,” says Renegade Soundwave’s Danny...
As Porter Robinson prepares for his first-ever EDM-free tour, in support of his debut album ‘Worlds,’ the 22-year-old reveals the bold risks he took to...
Post adolescence angst. That stretch of time in your early '20s spent agonizing over your place in the world. Suddenly stripped of the protective safety...
January’s Cheeky Bubblers include Anastasia Kristensen, Bryan Kessler, Koko, Itoa and more...
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The latest exciting musical export from Cologne — the city that brought us Kompakt Records, Barnt and Mouse on Mars —...
Venezuela's house cats Fur Coat are now resident in Barcelona...
It's 3pm in Barcelona and much of the city is exercising its right to take some traditional daytime downtime. However, Venezuelan duo Fur Coat are...
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You can read our review of BPM 2013 in the March issue of DJ Mag (out 28th February). Here's a preview though; we love it...
Manc colossus announces last ever season at Store Street and, true to form, it’s MEGA
There are few things on the UK clubbing circuit bigger than The Warehouse Project. A pumping season of diverse electronics covering the last three...
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Gorillaz’ 2001 self-titled debut laid the foundations for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s animated outfit. With a rotating cast of collaborators and a genre-merging style...
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From the tragic loss of punk-rave pioneer Keith Flint to a resurgence in the sense of community in dance music, this year, and indeed the...
MCs were often maligned in the early days of drum & bass, but nowadays it's pretty much universally accepted that a renegade mic-spitter is a...
“There is no other music in the world where an MC stands on the stage for an hour and continuously sprays lyrics with such clarity and power over so many frequencies,” Eksman, one of the d&b scene's foremost MCs, tells DJ Mag. “The life and evolution of the drum & bass MC has grown from strength to strength over the years, and I have no doubt that down the line many more great things are in store for the future generation of MCs in our music.” Undoubtedly so. The role of the drum and bass MC has steadily progressed simultaneously with the scene it resides in, although in the early days MCs experienced negativity from some DJs. But the MC has fought for its corner, and now overwhelmingly basks in the same golden glory as the DJ.
Poker Flat boss Steve Bug answers your questions...
“If I wasn’t making music and DJing I’d probably have ended up being a personal trainer,” admits Stefan Bruegeseh, more commonly known in dance music...
Jitterbug has a small but perfectly formed discography of lush house music to his name..
Jitterbug’s music is as personal as it gets. When the UK house producer, who goes simply by the initials ‘JB’ in real life, started to...
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From high-octane footwork, frenetic techno and fiery house to radiant bass here's...
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Fauzia Habib is one of the many talents unearthed by NTS who is now going on to make a mark on her own terms...
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Kenny mix it? Yes he can!
Born and bred in Leeds, British producer and DJ Billy Kenny has been kicking up a storm...
Miami's underground venues
We're all aware of the glitz and glamour of South Beach's many venues, but scratch beneath the surface of the Miami scene and you'll find a plethora of underground dens of iniquity at your disposal. Uptown, Downtown, turn the beat around! These are the coolest, off-the-radar spots worth popping into during WMC...