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FROM? KARRATHA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
SOUNDS LIKE? ANTAL, MR BONGO, JACKMASTER
THREE TUNES? FIRST TUNES COMING MAY 2017

“THINK RED DIRT, bull ants and scorching heat!”...

In the 1990s Richie Hawtin picked up the techno blueprint and took it to the edges of the universe. As Plastikman he produced an extraordinary...

One of the most eagerly awaited albums of the year is imminent via BBE. JOHN MORALES' 'The M&M Mixes' is a wonderfully nostalgic...

Jeff Mills will continue his pursuit of fusing the worlds of techno and astronomy this February with the inaugural edition of  The Edgar Mitchell Affair...

Gui Boratto has stood at the helm of melodic house and techno producers for over a decade now. Since his universally lauded Kompakt debut ‘Chromophobia’...

If the world Björk inhabits on ‘Debut’ sounds a little every-day for such an extraordinary star, its because Björk made it so. Of course, the concept...

I’m going to tell you a little story about dancing — this is a dance music mag, after all. It’s 1991. I’m deep in some ramshackle Northern warehouse rave. I’m at one with the universe, have just had my sixth life-changing conversation of the evening and am now busy chatting with my fourth new best friend in the last hour.

“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.

Few contemporary ambient artists can capture melancholy quite like Ian William Craig. Using tape loops, electronics and organic instrumentation to accompany his distinctly gossamer-light and...

24-year-old Porter Robinson doesn’t jump off tables during live performances, or run from one end of the stage to the other yelling buzzwords into a...

In the fickle world of dance music where trends come and go like the tide, a label that manages to remain relevant without compromising its initial vision...

2010 was the year that things changed for Kieran Hebden. Once the undisputed poster boy for the leftfield electronic scene, he flipped expectations in January...