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In-depth review of the latest NI gem!

Native Instruments make cool DJ gear, simple as that. Their Traktor software has been one of the industry standards for an age. Their X1 controller was a game changer, followed up by the S4, S2, and F1 controllers — all great products that were intended to make performing and the DJ's life so much easier. They put performance back into the market place when the scene was on the verge of digital DJing boredom.

Denon strikes again with another new media deck, the SC2900, in an attempt to break the stranglehold Pioneer have in the DJ market

Not content to go after Pioneer’s crown of top-flight media player with their fantastic SC3900 alternative to the CDJ2000, Denon hits out again with their new SC2900 player, aiming to put the cat amongst the pigeons at the Pioneer camp.

We find out about his new album, new compilation and what it takes to stay at the top

Having kicked off his career with a UK number one in 2006, the inescapable 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit', which also hit...

Akanbi crouching on a rock in a river, surrounded by lush woodland. He's wearing black trainers, shades and green speedos

Moving effortlessly through a range of tempos and flavours, the NYC-based, Lagos-raised DJ Akanbi demonstrates his party-starting sound with a live recording from New Year’s Day at Nowadays, and speaks to Michael McKinney about the evolution of his GROOVY GROOVY events, and taking the dancefloor somewhere new with his anything-goes approach

Andrew Akanbi has been throwing parties for over a decade. His event series, GROOVY GROOVY, has a simple yet expansive ethos. Ticking each phrase off...

Real Gang header featuring Nicolau and gang

DJ Mag sits down with brand co-founder, DJ and producer Nicolau Caldeira to chat about Real Gang, the clothing company and record label creating a forward-thinking, underground community

In 2015, Nicolau Caldeira spent a summer in Ibiza with his step brother Pete and friend Miller. With a shared synchronicity when it came to...

DJ Couza

Get to know Bloemfontein, South Africa's DJ Couza, the DJ and producer fusing deep house with indigenous African sounds

We’ve said it many times in these pages, but it bears repeating — some of the most soul-stirring house music around is coming out of...

One of house's hottest properties

With huge records like 'No Worries' and hits for Rekids, Noir Music, Visionquest and Hot Creations, his new collabo with Christian Vogt is already doing...

The new MEP-7000 media player is pitched as a jack-of-all-trades in the digital DJing domain. Mark Allan, resident at London club Peculiar Fruit and uplifting...

"I'm a typical working DJ, playing commercial nightclubs, but I have a passion for underground music so the rest of my time is spent in...

Techno would not exist as it does today without Kevin Saunderson. Some of the Detroit techno architect’s most revolutionary work has been released under the...

Techno is the language of machines speaking to each other, the vocabulary of shiny circuitry, the sound of the future in the here-and-now. But when...

On the eve of the label's 100th release, we talk to Romboy about turning his back on the mainstream and returning to his roots, his...

Marc Romboy is one of the most prolific and diverse DJ/producers around. From his early '90s house beginnings through a spell in pop music and...

Craig Richards and friends return to Houghton Hall in Norfolk for a weekend of raving in the English countryside like no other...

Houghton Festival returns for its sophomore year with big pressure to deliver after an almost impeccable first edition which introduced the event as a jaw-dropping...

The best sessions in Great Britain this month

These are the Top 30 UK club events in September 2017, with highlights abound. Not least in London, with two foreign crews in town you...

Proof that the scene is still going strong

Despite a succession of club closures during 2016, the UK scene has remained bullish. In London, Fabric has been saved to everyone’s relief and a...

Ready to talk openly about her traverses as a trans DJ, we sit down and get to know Octo Octa over Skype...

Shortly after coming out as transgender, Brooklyn’s Octo Octa released ‘Where Are We Going’ on Honey Soundsystem, an exceptionally classy piano-led house/techno album on which she embraces...

On the gorgeous island of Hvar, boutique raving at its finest...

It's not often we're found recreating the 'Rio' video with Mark Ronson on a speed boat or witnessing a private set on a boat from...