"It wasn’t designed to be dance music, it was designed to be a futurist statement.” So said Jeff Mills on the subject of techno back...
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Science fiction has long been a muse for techno producers, but three acts – Lost Souls Saturn, Mat Playford and A Sagittariun – are taking...
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Released on 24th January 1994, Underworld’s third album (and first with DJ Darren Emerson) blended outlandish art-rock ideas with singular takes on house, techno and ambient music. Here, Ben Murphy reflects on its genre-fusing legacy
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Brooklyn’s Ayesha blazes through a selection syncopated club sounds, thunderous techno and twisted breaks in her high-velocity Fresh Kicks mix, and chats to Eoin Murray...
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In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...
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During the early '90s the word 'rave' conjured up images of the era's legendary acid house parties. 30 years on — hijacked by the tabloid...
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Dubstep legend Pinch dishes up an hour of cutting-edge bass manoeuvres and propulsive rhythms as part of our Podcast mix series...
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Recognise is DJ Mag’s new monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music scene. This month, we speak...
Job Sifre sits in his home studio staring down at a tattoo on the back of his arm that reads, ‘This Must be the Place’...
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Dutch DJ, producer and Myor label don Coco Bryce steps up with a supercharged hour of hypnotic jungle, atmospheric rhythms and “piano infused blue...
Coco Bryce has been DJing since 1995, so it is perhaps unusual that he would feature in a mix series geared toward emerging artists. However...
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Object Blue's debut EP on Tobago Tracks is an assertion of presence unlike any we've heard so far this year – In her Fresh Kicks...
Object Blue's debut EP 'Do you plan to end a siege?' opens with a spoken passage, translated to read as an assertion of liberation, of...
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Pretty much everything is on offer, from the best under-the-radar labels to the biggest brands in EDM today. Whether it's the coolest, most hip sounds making waves in the industry right now or the glitz and glamour of big room arenas you're after, it's all here for you to get stuck into. So, apply some spectacles and brew up a cuppa; it's time to make some party plans...
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When the South Bronx dance-punk outfit ESG released their Martin Hannett-produced debut EP in 1981, they had no idea how pivotal their stripped-back, funk-fueled sound would be on the evolution of hip-hop and house music: ‘UFO’ has been sampled over 500 times; ‘Moody’ was a staple in Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage sets. Four decades later, ahead of their set at Melting Pot & Optimo’s Queen’s Park Spring Weekender, Daniel Dylan Wray tells their story
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From jungle and Afro house to experimental dub and techno here's August 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From astral ambience and minimal grooves to frenzied footwork and techno, here's...
Rachel Lyn
Rachel Lyn is the founder of Modular Gang, an event series and collective dedicated to modular synth performances. Originally from London, but now...
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On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...
“Om Unit was never supposed to be a jungle or a drum & bass project, as such,” Jim Coles, the man behind the moniker, tells...