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As we grow, and shed layers of our past, we often don’t recognise the changes happening. We feel bitter in these moments; the cards we’re...

"'Puma', in Swedish, means hottie, babe or chick," says Carl Henrick Hallen, one half of electronic house crew Superpumas.

"So you can imagine the niceness...

Best known as one half of nu disco/deep house duo Metro Area, Morgan Geist's new moniker — Storm Queen — is about to have a bona-fide chart hit with the previously released 'Look Right Through'. The track has had a long gestation period: produced with singer Damon C. Scott, who shot to prominence for being filmed singing on the NYC subway, it was signed to Defected at the end of last year and the MK dub became an anthem in Ibiza and at many festivals over the summer just gone.

These days, when it comes to making, producing or mastering music it is all about plug-ins, with few if any studios in the world doing things the old-fashioned way. This new way of doing things in the studio has not escaped the attention of Loopmasters who have created the Plug In Boutique, a website that is all about plug-ins and getting them into studios of all sizes and budgets across the planet.

For those not already in the know, there’s quite a few incarnations of DJ Magazine propping up news stands around the globe. Here, we count...

At any festival or rave, one of the most essential bits of kit has to be the stage. The bigger the event, the more awe-inspiring...

Shape-shifting DJ/producer Daniel Avery has a longstanding relationship with Erol Alkan’s Phantasy Sound; it’s home to many of his EPs, including 2012’s ‘Need Electric’ and...

TITIA

Rave is a full-time occupation for TITIA van Beckum. The Amsterdam DJ has rapidly risen up the ranks thanks to her DJ sets, which...

"I work in an office 50 weeks a year. I work, and I gym. That's why I come to Croatia for one week and just...

On a weekend trip to the idyllic Yorkshire Dales, you’d be forgiven for expecting little more than a good cupper and a spiffing view. Beacons...



Manchester duo Rae & Christian spearheaded the soul/funk-hop scene of the late '90s. Their Grand Central label released great music by Aim (including chill-out classic ‘Cold Water Music’), Riton, Boca 45 and more, not to mention their own superb two albums. 
‘Northern Sulphuric Soul’ — their fantastic debut opus of sunshine soul grooves and dope beats, which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize — and follow-up ‘Sleepwalking’ in 2002 featured guests such as Bobby Womack, Jeru the Damaja, The Pharcyde and the Jungle Brothers.