Exalted among the many musical innovations that Jamaica has given the world is the dubplate. An acetate pressing of unreleased music, produced especially for DJs...
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D Double E is the first artist in the opening season of our new series, Meet The MC
Real name Darren Dixon, D Double E is UK rap royalty, once described by Skepta as the "greatest of all time".
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Rodney P is widely regarded as the Godfather of British hip-hop. He, along with his rap group London Posse, inspired a whole generation of British emcees and producers by being the...
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As part of a new Backstreet Brit funk retrospective compiled by Joey Negro, Janet Kay’s classic ‘Eternally Grateful’ gets a rolling, exuberant dub mix...
Back in 2010, UK disco, house and funk luminary Joey Negro AKA Dave Lee compiled a thoroughly educational – and massively danceable – retrospective album...
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Orlando Higginbottom, the fresh-faced 26-year-old behind Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, is part of a growing scene of British producers who’ve forged crossover success from their experiments in the meeting place of house, garage and pop.
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Hot young DJ/producer's new single features the legendary Ragga Twins
Charlotte Devaney is a DJ/producer who's very much on the up. This go-getting gal is also an actress who was in Hollywood movie How To...
'Kanji Kinetic presents Drumstep & Mutant Bass Vol. 1 ft Ragga Twins'
Seeing as its Christmas and everything, we thought we’d give you the opportunity to win one of three filthy bass sample packs and make sure...
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In the early ‘90s, dubplates, exclusive early pressings of unreleased music, fuelled the buzz around DJs in the emergent jungle scene. In an excerpt from...
Machine body rhythms
Ramon certainly ended up in a good spot for house and techno. With his mother and father eventually settling in Holland, he was soon surrounded with the Belgian new beat and house tapes that his older sisters would bring home from clubs
A true jungle soldier
Congo Natty has a rich history of involvement in the music scene for the last 25 years. Formerly known as the Rebel MC, he had chart hits such as 'Just Keep Rockin'' and 'Street Tuff' in the late '80s with the Double Trouble production kru before hankering down into — and helping to pioneer — the early jungle scene.
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Greg Stainer's 'Long Verb' on Kinky Malinki is one of those irritably catchy instrumentals that just reeks of crossover potential and smacks of instant familiarity...
Ready for the after party? WE ARE!
In our Apple Music playlist series, some of our favourite DJs guide us through a selection of their ultimate afterparty tunes. This week's it's Way...
They were discovered in woodland close to Cribbs Causeway on Thursday...
Human remains found in woodland outside Bristol are suspected to be those of missing local icon, DJ Derek.
Derek Serpell-Morris, 73, was last seen at...
Darren Emerson and Smokin' Jo on the bill for Notting Hill bash
DJ Mag has teamed up with West London promoters West Side Story for a fun-filled Carnival bash next month (August bank holiday weekend). Former Underworld...
Bulgaria's new Horizon Festival line up revealed
A tasty bindle of the UK's acts – including the likes of Jackmaster, Crazy P and Mark E – will descend onto the slopes of...