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Interview with the Dub Police mainstay around his new mix comp

Alex Crawford, aka The Others, burst onto the dubstep scene back in 2007 when his track 'Africa VIP' featured on Caspa & Rusko's seminal Fabriclive...

Listen to T-Power's most inspirational tracks

He started off making hardcore and jungle before concocting groundbreaking tracks like the dystopian 'Police State' and the seductive 'Mutant Jazz', and then going super-ambient.

The mother of all festivals

Mother of all festivals, Glastonbury is a fantastic place to go for dance music fiends — and indeed for fans of pretty much any style of music. The DJ Mag crew arrive on Saturday morning, having already missed a wealth of talent such as Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco, Julio Bashmore and Gold Panda, as well as Chic, the Arctic Monkeys and Portishead, but it doesn’t matter as there’s plenty more to be had over the next two days of frivolities.

Junglistic man

Since 2006 Devan Gray AKA Bladerunner has been at the forefront of Jungle-esq Drum & Bass,

His best of the b-line soul

Over at Deviation HQ we are gearing up for the first party of the year with some of my favourite producers of the moment.  ...

Rich in heritage and history, Glasgow's diverse club community is pushing some seriously futuristic sounds right now

From Hudson Mohawke's mind-melting beat trickery to the mutant 8bit skank of Rustie through the lush, layered tech-house of Sei A, Glasgow's music scene is...

In a world exclusive direct from Japan, we get a first look at Vestax’s new TR-1 USB controller.

Hiroshi Watanabe (aka Kompakt producer Kaito) isn't a name that springs to mind when thinking of DJ pioneers, but Watanabe San has been making a...

It's been 10 years since seminal club The End closed its doors for the last time. We speak to the family members, close team, and...

“If there’s one thing to learn from rave, it’s this: you can do anything, if you do it together.” – Sheryl Garratt, Sweet Harmony –...

Plus Lone, Primitive World, Moiré and more...

Last month, R&S Records held their first London party of 2015. 

The legendary label has maintained a dedicated fan base, with many a trendy clubber...

Following in the footsteps of the Korg mini KP, the new portable battery-powered toy from Korg is a Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer.

The Tech Award winning Mini-KP had practically all the great effects of its bigger brother, the Kaoss Pad 3. But along with sampling, the Mini-KP's...

Get To Know: Heléna Star

Get acquainted with Heléna Star, the London DJ and broadcaster with a passion for music that moves your feet and nourishes your soul

Heléna Thomson, AKA Heléna Star, is a true selector, with a passion for music that comes from the heart and nourishes the soul. It was...

A shot of a model in Bowlcut's SAFE t-shirt

In this month’s Brand Focus, we catch up with Joe F about Bowlcut — the clothing brand born in London, and seen on everyone from Kurupt Krew’s Chabuddy G to Maya Jama 

During a South London Christmas back in 2015, Joe F was speaking with friends in a Whatsapp group. Abbreviating words in the chat, including those...

Mira Calix, award-winning Warp Records artist and composer, has died

The multidisciplinary artist and composer was one of the first women to be signed to Warp in the ‘90s

Mira Calix, the award-winning multidisciplinary artist, composer and longtime Warp Records member has died. News of the artist born Chantal Passamonte’s passing was confirmed today...

The evolution of bassline in 10 records

From its '90s beginnings in Yorkshire clubs to becoming a nationwide dance music phenomenon and chart success, the bassline sound has survived and thrived against the odds. Here, to accompany his DJ Mag feature documenting the genre's history, Matt Annis charts the sonic evolution of the sound from its origins to today

In a new feature for DJ Mag, writer Matt Annis documents the history of bassline. From its origins in Yorkshire clubs in the late ‘90s...

Yosh records an hour of thumping UKG, breaks and acid for the Fresh Kicks mix series, and chats to Oli Warwick about his life in...