Every summer since 2005, Claude VonStroke’s DirtyBird crew has hosted a “BBQ” party in one of San Francisco’s many harbour–side parks. They’re not alone, either...
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Sheffield-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer and Breaker Breaker Recs founder, Haider, steps up with an hour of tough, technicolor house, disco, breaks and acid for the Fresh...
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Our end-of-year list compiling 2018's biggest albums...
As both producers and audiences have opened up more and more cross-pollination between sounds in recent years, the possibilities for the album format have become...
Body & Soul Star plays us his most inspiring records
Joe Claussell is on the brink of an exciting project, along with Brian Bacchus — they’re all set towork on remixing the Miles Davis catalogue. It’s a task that the Body & Soul star is approaching in a typically philosophical way. “Whatever the universe puts out we will accept it,” he muses. He’ll be heading to the UK this summer to the Southport Weekender along with Francois K and Danny Krivit for a Body & Soul special. “I really love what they do, what they put together, making sure they put on the best music festival around.” Coming from a household where each room had a different soundsystem playing a different genre, Joe Claussell is well equipped to sum up his Lucky 7...
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NAFF presents Naïve, Terminal V and Bristol's Simple Things top this month's heady list...
It has been a month of difficult decisions for many. Not least the DJ Mag team, who had to try and figure out how...
A slew of quality releases this year proved the compilation is still a vital format for taste-making selectors to present a snapshot of where we’re at...
10. Dimitri From Paris
‘Salsoul Mastermix’
Salsoul
One of dance music’s most popular disco connoisseurs delved deep into the back- catalogue of NYC’s legendary Salsoul...
What do 2014's results tell us about the current dance music landscape?
Club-land worldwide has spoken once again. The votes for the Top 100 DJs Poll 2014 — more than 900,000 this year — have been counted...
We join ever bumping UK garage king DJ EZ for a night on the town in LA
Noisy traffic lanes buzz cacophonously, scores of people lost in conversation, taking photos, following every star sign. City tour and nightlife street promoters are poaching...
We throw a few curveballs the way of Paul Oakenfold
DJ Mag catches up with Paul Oakenfold at his central London hotel the day after his beloved Chelsea are knocked out of the Champions League. ...
Thievery Corporation return with ‘Saudade,’ an ode to music's ability to wring beauty from sadness...
Thievery Corporation resides on opposite sides of the North American continent. The duo’s Eric Hilton remains in its original home of Washington DC while the...
We talk to the slo-mo house heads, The White Lamp
When slo-mo disco cut 'It's You' by The White Lamp appeared on Futureboogie in 2012, DJ Mag thought that a new talent had arrived. With...
The seminal tracks that changed dance forever
As a teenage boy, music-obsessed Kris Needs ran the fanclub of '70s bluesy-glam band Mott the Hoople before becoming immersed in the London punk scene...
Retro futurist house master
Ever cooked Kerri Chandler a fish dinner? Us neither, but Citizen — AKA retro-futurist house producer Laurence Blake — has, and if his culinary skills are anything like his tunes, Chandler would have been in for a treat...
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California's rave history is rooted in outdoor free parties that celebrated psychedelic music and and unique environments. DJ Mag's Matt Anniss speaks to the Bay...
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Without bluster or overblown hype, Black Coffee has doggedly worked himself into the position of being not just South Africa’s foremost electronic music artist, but...
Far from the crowds of Ibiza’s resorts and the kaleidoscopic whirl of its clubs, on a tranquil outcrop overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a man surveys...
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It first happened at a media dinner about five years ago. I was sandwiched rather uncomfortably between two older international journalists — one from Amsterdam...