“Who even writes a bloody dance tune called ‘Lazy’?” laughs Ashley Beedle. Fellow X-Press 2 founders Rocky and Diesel chime in with the chuckles, as...
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Released in 2002, a dream collaboration between UK house heroes X-Press 2 and Talking Heads' David Byrne, ‘Lazy’ lit up clubs and the pop charts alike. Here, Dave Jenkins talks to the group’s Ashley Beedle, Rocky and Diesel about how the track transcended generations and genres to become a timeless hit
London’s Ibibio Sound Machine are back with their fourth album ‘Electricity’. Produced by Hot Chip, the release is more electronic than ever, but retains their classic Afro funk energy. Ben Murphy speaks to vocalist and songwriter Eno Williams and co-founder/saxophonist Max Grunhard about expanding their sound, mixing English and Ibibio lyrics, and the endless joys of playing live
After a devastating accident, musician Dax Pierson spent years rehabilitating himself, and working towards a hyper-personal sound. With his latest album, ‘Nerve Bumps (A Queer...
From the underground mixtape beatmakers, to those crossing over into the rap mainstream and drill scenes at home and abroad, Colin Gannon asks — who...
Horse Meat Disco held their first party at what would become known as The Eagle pub in Vauxhall, London on New Year’s Day 2004. As their weekly Sunday night queer party grew, so did their international reputation, and they haven't stopped since. Here, Andy Thomas charts the soaraway success of the disco house collective over the last two decades
We've switched up our end-of-year coverage this year. Instead of ranked countdowns, we've asked 40 contributors to pick their favourite albums, tracks and compilations from...
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Voting in the world's biggest DJ poll, DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs, opens on Wednesday (21st July). You can cast your votes once open at ...
For our 2018 Best Of British awards, DJ Mag teamed up with the Young Urban Arts Foundation charity, which aims to make a positive change to the lives of...
“I can’t go to my other studio ’cause I’ll get shanked,” says Mike, who proves to us that he can sing Afro-swing melodies as well as he raps...
DJmag.com chatted to Defected Records' boss Simon Dunmore about Ibiza, and running club nights at Pacha.
When Pacha poached Defected from El Divino last year, the harbour-side club was not happy.
During their two-year tenure, Defected had become El Divino's flagship...
Iceland’s Bjarki is so obsessed with making music, he’s forced himself to stop for a little while. Ahead of his new album ‘Happy Earthday’ which...
Bjarki sighs deeply. “I had to try and escape.” Years of writing 10 tracks a day has taken its toll, and he’s finally reached breaking...
With a career spanning 30 years, more than 400 tracks to his name and a history hosting the biggest stages, DRS recently embarked on a new, ground-breaking chapter with his headline live show tour: The Man Who Fell To Earth. Jake Hirst hears the story behind a project representing something much greater than music for DRS
Milan-based producer and DJ Piezo has spent the past decade refining his meticulously mutated strain of club music, with releases appearing on lauded labels such as Wisdom Teeth and Nervous Horizon. Alongside a head-spinning Recognise mix, he tells Christian Eede about his early days in the Italian freetekno rave scene, formative years in Bristol, and the global sound palette of his Ansia label’s latest compilation
Joining the dots between sounds from the UK, Ghana, South America and beyond, Mina makes tracks driven by a spirit of collaboration, demonstrated in her...
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...
Without bluster or overblown hype, Black Coffee has doggedly worked himself into the position of being not just South Africa’s foremost electronic music artist, but...
Far from the crowds of Ibiza’s resorts and the kaleidoscopic whirl of its clubs, on a tranquil outcrop overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a man surveys...