Growing up in the Pilton area of north Edinburgh, Proc Fiskal discovered Boards Of Canada through his father and grime through the internet. The former...
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The new album from Edinburgh’s Proc Fiskal merges grime and the folk music that stretches back through his family history for generations. He talks to...
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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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What do you buy the producer who has it all? That is, of course, a trick question – no producer ever has it all. There’s...
We chat life on the road, music production & the duo's top tracks!
They say good things come in pairs, but in an industry already brimming with double acts it’s only the very best who standout from the...
We review Manchester's Parklife Festival
Manchester’s Parklife festival exists in an alternative dimension where EDM doesn’t exist. You won’t find any cake throwing DJs or the latest celebrity selectors throwing...
If you catch it right, you can have the best time at boutique festivals. And with this third instalment, the Shindig Weekender crew have got...
It’s glorious midday Sunday sunshine when your DJ Mag hack arrives at the festie. The site — which attendees have been informed about by email...
Monocase are the makers of cool, practical DJ luggage that are high in the fashion stakes and also smack of pure professionalism
DJ and producer luggage comes in all shapes and sizes but not all of it can actually live up to the demands that constant gigging...
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Clubbing has a rocky history with being portrayed on the big screen. Those that get it right are a timeless snapshot of dancefloor experiences, whilst...
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As founder of Almaty's vital DIY club night, ZVUK, and as a formidable DJ in her own right, Nazira has fostered immense change in Kazakhstan’s...
At the forefront of Kazakhstan’s burgeoning underground club scene is Nazira Kassenova. As founder of the vital DIY club night, ZVUK, in the city of...
The year's most memorable selections...
Despite the free music market we live in today, 2013 coughed up another smorgasbord of good quality comps from clubs, labels and collectives committing to...
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Award-winning radio presenter and proponent of the diversity-focused Radio Silence movement, Kay-Lee Golding, explores the lack of Black representation in mainstream UK radio
Delving into the treasure trove of Red Rack'em
Berlin-based Red Rack'em, AKA Danny Berman, might have started his career in the UK as part of the pirate soul movement, creating new tracks...
German producer Kris Menace — famed for his huge, filtered and electro-funkin' house — has collaborated with a string of singers for his latest album...
“I love listening to a cool techno DJ, in a club, but if you go and see Swedish House Mafia DJ, for example, there’s no artistry involved. They are just getting behind the decks, with a finished CD, and pressing play then putting their hands in the air. This is something that is so wrong, because they get paid so much money for that.”
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...
The original electro sound has been seeping back onto dancefloors, whether in the sets of DJs like Helena Hauff and Nina Kraviz or mix-comps by...
Electro inspires a fervid following. The genre is a bubbling underground scene populated by dedicated labels, DJs and diverse producers, scattered across the world, and...