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The knob-free touch controller from Livid

It's impossible to review any kind of DJ or studio controller without chucking in a few ‘Inbetweeners’-style knob-gags, so you can imagine my distress when this reviewer first unwrapped Livid's Base, an entirely touch-sensitive USB MIDI controller. Were they so desperate to be taken seriously that they'd deprive a lonely studio soul of his one puerile release? Actually no, there's a very good reason to go knob-free. Join me on a session of tender touching to find out...

Acid techno don's most influential records

Poland-born Babicz moved to Germany when he was seven, and began making acid-inspired techno music under the name Rob Acid in the early '90s.

Is nothing original anymore?

There are so many nonsensical phrases that people love blindly bandying about. You know the ones, the proverbial drivel that people throw around in states of cod-philosophical self-approbation, even if it actually makes about as much sense as Joey Barton’s Twitter feed.

We countdown from No. 101 to 150... and the results may surprise you! 

The Top 100 DJs poll results always make for fascinating reading. As you’ve no doubt realised by now, Martin Garrix has again been voted the...

If you only go out once this month...

Octobers top nights

Let's go— Egg's 15th Birthday, System & Set One Twenty's Terrace Party, Alfresco Festival, Virgo Festival, Leftfoot & Shadow City, Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside...

A quick scan of the Top 30 UK events in May 2018 proves one thing: you have to try really hard not to wind up...

Here's the up-and-comers we've got our eye on...

Theo Kottis
Theo Theo Theo!


If you haven't seen Theo Kottis' name about town yet, it won't be long until you do. Picked for Groovefest...

Listen to the German dance duo's most inspiring records

They've become one of the biggest live dance acts on the planet, and these are the tracks they picked out for DJ Mag as having had a profound influence on them over the years...

They think it's all Oval... it is now!

After making a splash in 2012, this year is shaping up to be the one where London's Oval Space really steals the show...

From their Berlin creative hub, production duo Âme — who made the evergreen house classic ‘Rej’ — talk about their record shop, distribution arm and...

Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann, better known as Âme (that's pronounced 'arm', for the record, not 'ahh-may') often refer to their relationship as being like...

We trip to Montañita to party with Ecuadorian dance fans...

After a long KLM flight from Amsterdam, we arrive at Guayaquil Airport and immediately catch up with Mr C and his partner Xo Chic. It...

We travel to Ecuador for a DJ Mag party at Lost Beach in Montañita, and find that — like with the Lost TV series after which...

After a long KLM flight from Amsterdam, we arrive at Guayaquil Airport and immediately catch up with Mr C and his partner Xo Chic. It...

Get acquainted with Huey Mnemonic, the Detroit-based artist producing futuristic, funk-filled techno

You've probably seen the word MIDI all over your DAW – in her latest Beginner's Guide column Emma Davies aka E.M.M.A. explores what it is...