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Streaming has come to dominate the music industry, but when it comes to actually earning money from plays, the electronic music community has been somewhat...

Streaming is everywhere. Earlier this year, Spotify announced that it has 217 million users, more than 100 million of which are paid subscribers. They’re followed...

Working for free is rife among producers and engineers, with 77% having worked for free in the last 12 months alone. But is it just...

Last year, the Music Producer’s Guild (MPG) released a report that revealed that, in the past three years, 71% of sound engineers and music producers...

FREE PLUGINS, SOUNDS AND ONLINE COURSES

For Point Blank’s latest video tutorial, they were joined by Tom Budin all the way from Down Under to show you how you can build...

COURSES, SOFTWARE DEALS, FREEBIES & MORE

As the Christmas period rapidly approaches many of you will be starting to think about what presents you’re going to have to buy this year. Whether...

These are the most exciting amapiano producers right now

Amapiano has become a world-conquering genre since emerging in South Africa over a decade ago, with the sound mutating in recent years to solidify its place as an embedded dance music culture. Here, Shiba Melissa Mazaza asks: who are the South African artists carrying the torch for amapiano right now?
 

Amapiano (also known as ipiano or ’piano) began in the streets of Gauteng, South Africa, in the early 2010s. The now world-conquering sound is a...

Our new DJ Mag Originals video series, Meet the MC, launches today (4th March). As well as telling the stories of this crucial new wave...

Paradoxically, in 2021, starting out as a rap producer is both easier and harder than ever before. Easier, because young beatmakers have more tools at...

Fisher has leapt from being a virtual unknown to a star on the international stage. The Aussie DJ/producer’s rapid rise has come largely due to...

Paul Nicholas Fisher is a straight up Strayan. True blue, down to earth, no messing about. He loves his music, he loves to surf, he...

From: Warsaw, PolandFor Fans Of: SPFDJ, Courtesy, I Hate ModelsThree Tunes: ‘Bring The Noize’, ‘Sober Raving’, ‘Versatility’

One of the most exciting DJs from the new wave of high-speed and industrial techno artists, Martyna Maja, AKA VTSS, has been carving a niche...

Kiwi is the former photographer who now rubs shoulders with Duke Dumont & Andrew Weatherall. We sit down in Dalston to chart his rise...

Making it as a successful DJ is a tough gig. It takes commitment, passion and most of all, persistence. No one knows this better than...

DJ Law, the man behind drumtrip.co.uk — “where it's '94 everyday”...

We decided to talk to the man himself to learn a little bit more about it...

A lack of data, information, and will has left electronic music producers lagging way behind their commercial counterparts. DJ Mag outlines how that happened, how...

In July 2018, DJ Mag published a feature on why streaming in the booth will change DJing forever. It included this: “It’s an open secret...

From: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoFor Fans Of: DJ Marfox, Ibibio Sound Machine, The Mauskovic Dance BandThree Tunes: ‘Azo Toke’, ‘Malembe’, ‘Tokoliana’

WORDS: Katie Thomas

“We're like a bomb made out of different materials, ready to explode at every show.” Hailing from Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the...

From: Melbourne, Australia

For fans of: Tornado Wallace, Tim Sweeney, Bicep

Three tunes: 'Honey Bird', 'Your Life', 'Running Late'

With his fourth album ‘Joyful’, arriving on Tim Sweeney’s beloved Beats In Space imprint, Melbourne producer Andras delivers one of his finest works to date, capping off a...

The Vestax VCM 600 Midi controller injects fun into DJing with Ableton Live

It seems the whole DJing and production world is looking for the ultimate Ableton hardware controller, and Vestax are the latest to rise to the...

Alice Clark is a woman on a mission...

Rising star Alice Clark knows her way around Ibiza. She’s lived on the island since she was 17, spending her time in the studio during...