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Rotterdam's IMANU crafts tracks and DJ sets that do away with genre, choosing instead to surf through styles, tempos and textures with a focus on emotional impact. Alongside a hair-raising Recognise mix, he speaks to Ben Hindle about changing up his production process, taking creative risks, and visualising his sound

“Imagine a blood-covered rose, and take a black and white photo of it. That’s it, that’s my music,” explains IMANU backstage at his 2023 headline...

Electric Energy

DJ Mag takes a closer look...

In this regular feature, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp...

Clubs around the world are shut, and opportunities to find new music out in the wild have been ripped from under our feet as a...

The EVO5 is amongst the new breed of mixers taking centre stage in the digital DJ rig, but should it be your nerve centre?

Ecler's latest mixer, the EVO5, is loaded to the brim with technology. It features a six stereo in/out soundcard, complex multi effects and extensive Midi...

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In this excerpt from Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music, author and DJ Mag contributing editor Ben Murphy explores the use of found sounds in dance music as a means of examining and expressing cultural heritage in our surroundings

At its most cutting edge, dance music is a laboratory of sonic experimentation. Field recordings, foley and samples from the real world have long been...

A pint-sized analogue monster...

When it comes to soft-synths, there are few names as highly esteemed in the world of production as Arturia’s. This is largely because of their incredibly faithful reproductions of classic synthesisers that are used daily by the biggest names in the game. In recent times, Arturia have taken the bold move of going beyond the virtual world by creating their range of hybrid Spark drum machines and the full-blown DSP monster Origin, which have proven to be extremely popular with the recording community — and for good reason too.

Boomtown bar staff report poor treatment, discrimination and neglect at 2022 festival

Workers subcontracted through Freemans Event Partners say the were threatened, neglected, overworked and suffered invasions of privacy at the Winchester festival earlier this month

This story was updated on 25th August 2022 to include statements from Boomtown concerning Freemans Event Partners and its share sales to Live Nation, SJM...

Selections: KMRU

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, KMRU spotlights blissful synths, tactile guitars, streetscape sound design, indie rock and more

For Berlin-based Kenyan artist KMRU, the art of listening is a crucial facet of music-making. “I feel like the things around us have something to...

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Akai 37-key MIDI controller

The update comes with an additional eight MPC pads and built-in step sequencer 

Akai has announced the latest edition to its MPK line of keyboard controllers, the MPK Mini Plus. This new iteration of the brand's best-selling MIDI...

Björk’s new album “should probably come out in the summer”

"It’s always really hard for me to describe the album while I’m still making it," added the Icelandic artist

Björk has revealed that her new album "should probably come out in the summer". Speaking to LA Weekly, the Icelandic artist and actor said that...

Beyoncé to follow up house-influenced album with country-themed ‘Renaissance Act II’

The US superstar teased her next album in a Super Bowl ad this Sunday — listen to lead tracks 'Texas Hold 'Em' and '16 Carriages now

Beyoncé is releasing a country-themed follow-up to her house-influenced 2022 album 'Renaissance'. 'Renaissance Act II', which will serve as the next part in the US...

Sónar and OFFSónar launch Sónar Week Barcelona

The week-long Barcelona event will see over 100 sets from artists across the globe

Sónar and OFFSónar have announced their week-long celebration of electronic music and culture in Barcelona for this June, for the first time offering festival goers...

Akai MPC

The new feature was first teased back in January

Akai has unveiled MPC Stems, a major update to its MPC range of samplers that allows users to import fully mixed tracks before separating the...

splice mobile

The sample platform is bringing its Create a Stack concept to mobile

Splice has launched a new mobile app focused on making music quickly by channelling its millions-strong catalogue of sounds and loops. Splice Mobile — now...