It’s fitting that DJ Mag meets acid house original, world-class DJ, UK techno trailblazer, mix-CD pioneer and vinyl-devotee Billy Nasty in his record shop The...
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A stalwart of the UK’s dance music community for over 30 years, DJ Billy Nasty was a pioneer of '90s progressive house before launching his techno and electro labels, Tortured and Electrix. A true vinyl devotee, he now runs the Vinyl Curtain record shop in Brighton. Harold Heath meets him in his home town to talk mix CDs, underground dance music history, running labels and the enduring importance of vinyl DJing
Charlie and Eli from Soul Clap have been let loose on the back catalogue of seminal garage label Nice N' Ripe
In the summer of 1996, when Eli Goldstein was 14, he discovered something that would quite literally change the course of his life. Was it...
DJ Hatcha 'Dubstep Allstars Vol 1' (Tempa)
The Game Changer is taking a slightly different form this month. Usually it focuses on seminal tracks, but when it comes to the emergence of...
The high-energy drum & bass sub-genre is back... and in a very big way!
Jump-up — the bouncy, bassline-led strain of drum & bass — seems bigger than ever right now. DJ Mag talks to the leading playaz in...
For the last two decades, DJ, producer and showman David Guetta has been one of the biggest names in dance music. Whether you’re an EDM...
“Ham, Iberico ham. I can’t get enough of it and I could eat it forever, it’s my favourite food,” David Guetta announces before flashing a...
A rising number of producers are making music that creates a soundtrack to those calmer moments in life. DJ Mag investigates...
Summer is in full swing, Ibiza still rocks and festival season has blossomed into hundreds of live-music infused explosions, happening in far-flung spots all over...
Detroit drum & bass aficionado Sinistarr steps up with a killer hour of ecstatic footwork, jungle and jolting, bassy rhythms. We catch up with a...
Sinistarr has been at the helm of Detroit’s d&b scene for a decade now. In that time, the prolific DJ/producer – real name Jeremy Howard...
The original DJ cover star, Sasha was the face of ’90s clubland success and excess. His new Refracted:LIVE show redefines his special talent, delivering a...
It’s a cold, rainy night in 2013 at a spit-and-sawdust East London venue, the exact location of which is lost in the mists of time...
In a few short years, UK drill has changed significantly. After a small number of producers that pioneered the sound left indelible marks on its...
There's a new techno sound echoing from the post-industrial streets of one of the UK's biggest conurbations. Influenced by Berlin and Detroit, Manchester's young producers...
Our personal geography is one of the formative things about us. Our immediate surroundings and the people that surround us are our most important influencers...
James Grant & Jody Wisternoff mix magic into Anjunadeep's latest comp
This is the best one yet. After a single start-to-finish listen, we are convinced. ‘Anjunadeep 07’ is, unequivocally, the label’s finest compilation to date. James...
We review Field Day's annual knees up in Victoria Park
As with any festival on the London circuit, Field Day has its detractors. This batch consists of snooty festivalgoers, who lament the mediocre sound quality...
Producer of soul greats, maker of classic house records, ordained Yoruba priest and avid live streamer, Osunlade has lived a remarkable life so far. He tells Ria Hylton how remaining independent has been vital to his creativity and career
Released in 1985, Kate Bush's iconic fifth album, 'Hounds Of Love', saw her perfecting her experiments in sampling technology, drum machines and synthesizers, and opening...