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Get to know: Lakeway

FROM: Exeter, United Kingdom

FOR FANS OF: Fracture, Om Unit, Sam Binga

THREE TUNES: 'Lock Off', 'Death Becometh' and 'Shelled'

If there’s one holy grail for any producer looking to make their own stamp in any genre, it’s this: to sound unique. Ridiculously easy (and...

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Get to know: Mafalda

FROM: Porto, Portugal

FOR FANS OF: Donna Leake, Gilles Peterson, Floating Points

“This year’s been crazy and hectic but good too,” smiles Mafalda. “I’m happy.” And she should be: the London- based, Portuguese DJ has truly gone...

Get To Know: Tzusing

FROM TAIWAN/CHINA

FOR FANS OF BEAU WANZER, GESLOTEN CIRKEL, BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB

THREE TUNES ‘4 FLOORS OF WHORES’, ‘NO PRIMORDIAL STATE’, ‘DIGITAL PROPERTIES’ 

Tzusing’s first two EPs — ‘A Name Out Of Place’ volumes one and two — appeared on L.I.E.S. in late 2014 and early 2015, and came at...

Rampa: Get to Know

The German-born Keinemusik founder that’s been making a lot of noise this summer...

At the peak of summer 2016, Rampa did the unexpected by taking a six-month break from music that began at the peak of last year’s...

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Get To Know: Jackie Hollander

Get acquainted with Jackie Hollander, the San Francisco-based melodic house and techno producer whose thumping tracks have landed on labels like Nervous Records, REALM and There Is A Light

Jackie Hollander walked into 2023 with a Hail Mary mindset. “I only had one New Year’s resolution,” she tells DJ Mag on a morning video...

Get To Know: Heléna Star
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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...

Get To Know: Charisse C
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Get To Know: Charisse C

Get acquainted with Charisse C, the Southern Africa-born, UK-raised DJ embracing amapiano's unifying power

Southern Africa-born and UK-raised, Charisse C has been collecting the old and new sounds of her Zimbabwean and South African heritage for a while now...

Get To Know: Elle Shimada
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Get To Know: Elle Shimada

Get acquainted with Elle Shimada, the Tokyo-born, Melbourne-based artist exploring the meaning of home with luminous electronic beats and shimmering vocals

For Elle Shimada, the concept of home is ever-changing; it is the current which flows through her debut album, ‘Home ≠ Location’, released on Australian...

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Get to Know: Iceboy Violet

Get acquainted with Iceboy Violet, the Manchester-based artist infusing their take on hip-hop with emotional realness

“I was really into J Dilla and Madlib — like, really, really into them,” says Iceboy Violet. “I want to make something as special as...

Grey Code
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Get to know: Grey Code

Get acquainted with Grey Code, the Metalheadz affiliated, London-based producer synthesizing new styles of drum & bass

In just over half a decade of releasing music, Grey Code has racked up an impressive catalogue. The UK producer has credits for the likes...

DJ Couza
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Get to know: DJ Couza

Get to know Bloemfontein, South Africa's DJ Couza, the DJ and producer fusing deep house with indigenous African sounds

We’ve said it many times in these pages, but it bears repeating — some of the most soul-stirring house music around is coming out of...

Dar Disku
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Get To Know: Dar Disku

Get acquainted with Dar Disku, the London and Bahrain-based collective and label refashioning buried disco gems of the Middle East and North Africa

No one does disco quite like Dar Disku and their secret, it appears, is in the dig. From the souqs of Turkey to the bargain...
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Get To Know: Akiko Haruna

Get acquainted with Akiko Haruna, the Brighton artist who's searching for connections through filmic sound design, pop and hardcore fusions
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Get To Know: Huey Mnemonic

Get acquainted with Huey Mnemonic, the Detroit-based artist producing futuristic, funk-filled techno
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Get To Know: Fred again..

Get acquainted with South London's Fred again.., the Brian Eno-mentored producer creating emotive, collaborative dance anthems