Pioneering Italian DJ, vocalist and producer Franchino has died at age 71. The Sicilian-born, Tuscan-raised artist's management shared the news on Instagram this past Sunday...
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The Second Coming: the finest d&b seduction
'Breakthrough' producers of the year Instra:Mental may be, yet Damon Kirkham and Alex Green are no overnight success story. For the first records bearing the...
For his debut album, he's zeroed in on his musical passions to create something that sums up his musical personality to a tee...
Julio Bashmore is all about contradiction. He’s been championed and attacked by the underground and the mainstream in equal measures, his hooky, earworm melodies drawing...
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London-born DJ iona serves up an hour of percussive heat, out-there bangers and club cuts for the Fresh Kicks series, and chats to Amy Fielding...
djmag · Fresh Kicks 161: iona
Back in 2016, like so many other clubs that have dissapeared from the London nightlife map over the years...
Free grime/deep house EP from Matta
Matta are a London based bass music duo, boasting solid releases and some more than prolific support in the form of names such as Bjork...
Music sounds better in the sunshine. Just ask Louie Fresco
Starting his dance music career as part of a small electro outfit in 2006, Louie Fresco made a tune that was picked up by Justice...
The biggest tunes on the underground this month
Five tunes you need in your box
Push it real good
In a previous issue in DJ Mag Tech we saw how Ableton’s flagship production software, Live, has evolved into an improved powerhouse, with the new Version 9 release. However, not content with bolstering their software to be all-powerful, the guys at Ableton have added an extra dimension to the whole package. It’s obvious in their minds that software is not enough, and so exploring the next level seems like the logical progression.
Kings of the road
Once upon a time DJs roamed the planet with boxes filled with enough vinyl to cripple a sherpa and synthesisers that were so big and heavy they required two roadies to wrestle them onto the stage. Fortunately, these days, all it takes is a laptop with a couple of controllers plugged into the USB ports to do the job. Korg have been around since the beginning of the electronic music revolution, and while once they were manufacturers of hardware behemoths, they have kept abreast of the times by releasing a wide range of products in both hardware and software formats, from bulky workstation synthesisers designed to live in a studio to their micro range of keyboards, which are the perfect size and weight to be taken on the road.
The Cast of fresh talent to play alongside Zed Bias this Thursday
Regular readers will have noticed weekly updates on the Intel PowerUp DJ competition in association with DJ Mag and bass music legend Benji B.
Well, the entries have all now been judged and we are glad to announce the regional finalists who will battle it out for a coveted spot in the final - and the chance to play alongside Benji B, in London.
Can the new Hercules 4-Mx controller live up to its namesake and become a legend in its own right?
Hercules 4-MX is the latest controller in the Hercules console range to be pitched squarely at the booths of the pro digital DJ market. With...
Akai’s aggressively-priced mini laptop controller aims to do it all on the cheap. But can it compete with Korg?
Akai MPK Mini
In the not-too-distant past, the idea of a portable studio was a man in a van with a flight case of hardware...
Tommy Four Seven is this month's pick for deck stardom. Listen to his sweet electro house mix here, and read an interview with the young...
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The Italian progressive house innovator fell ill during a festival gig at the end of April and spent "weeks" in a Milan hospital
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In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Colombia’s Rachiid Paralyzing spotlights tracks “with a unique and exceptional level of composition”, from breathless 2-step and techno, to intricate IDM, breaks and ambient
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Boddhi Satva’s latest album is a 31-track, three-hour tour de force that continues his career-long endeavour to connect the African continent through club music