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As part of our end of year and end of decade coverage, we've written about our favourite albums, tracks and compilations. Here, DJ Mag staff...
Even the top DJs had to learn from someone. In the Top 100 set questions in the preceding pages, we asked all the DJs voted...
This month we’ve learnt who the public have voted as their favourite DJs, but who are the DJs’ favourite DJs? Who inspired them and put them...
MCs were often maligned in the early days of drum & bass, but nowadays it's pretty much universally accepted that a renegade mic-spitter is a...
“There is no other music in the world where an MC stands on the stage for an hour and continuously sprays lyrics with such clarity and power over so many frequencies,” Eksman, one of the d&b scene's foremost MCs, tells DJ Mag. “The life and evolution of the drum & bass MC has grown from strength to strength over the years, and I have no doubt that down the line many more great things are in store for the future generation of MCs in our music.” Undoubtedly so. The role of the drum and bass MC has steadily progressed simultaneously with the scene it resides in, although in the early days MCs experienced negativity from some DJs. But the MC has fought for its corner, and now overwhelmingly basks in the same golden glory as the DJ.
DJ Mag meets the man formerly known as Elite Force to talk about his most personal electronic album to date...
There is one story told by Simon Shackleton which perfectly crystallises his status as the polar opposite of the stereotyped ‘Hollywood DJ’, all champagne-spraying, crowd-surfing...
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With clubs and festivals back in full swing in the UK, DJ Mag speaks to a range of club-goers, from DJs and bar staff to...
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From bass-heavy techno and understated deep house to transportive ambient music and drum & bass here's September 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
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Released in 2002, a dream collaboration between UK house heroes X-Press 2 and Talking Heads' David Byrne, ‘Lazy’ lit up clubs and the pop charts alike. Here, Dave Jenkins talks to the group’s Ashley Beedle, Rocky and Diesel about how the track transcended generations and genres to become a timeless hit
Sankeys Ibiza is looking more powerful than ever this season...
Four nights from last season at Sankeys Ibiza carry over from last summer. After opening with SANKEYS AWAKENS (20th/21st May), Steve Lawler's...
From Los Angeles club night to leading bass label, SMOG has engulfed the world
Flashback to 2006, dubstep in America. "In my opinion, Los Angeles was ripe for it,” Drew Best, co-originator of SMOG, tells DJ Mag. “We had...
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On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped and adapted the world of electronic music, both...
The last year has been tumultuous for Honey Soundsystem's Robert Yang AKA Bézier. In May last year, he learned of his father's passing, and began...
Brooklyn's underground electronic duo Blondes are back with a new album, laced with dark techno tones and hypnotic psychedelic edges. With all eyes on NYC...
When various music circles started buzzing in early 2010 about a Brooklyn duo that fused elements of the American jam-band aesthetic with ecstatic trance, we approached with due caution. Fast-forward over the past three years and, what could have potentially gone so wrong has gone so right.
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As events begin to reschedule dates for 2021, and with some selling out months in advance, the practise of ticket touting is once again an...
DJ Mag USA gets the inside scoop on WMC from your fave DJs...
The year is 2017. The month is March. This means one thing: We are going to Miami where the heat is on all night on...
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From blissed-out breaks, twisted bass and techno into metal-inspired d&b, trance and more, here's July 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
Already a staple sound of Ibiza at DC-10 and Parisian clubs like Concrete and Rex, French house is now truly going global...
It’s August 2013 and the trio of Dan Ghenacia, Dyed Soundorom and Shonky are coming to the close of an eight-hour showcase of their trademark...