“This isn’t an interview, brother, this is an outerview!” Congo Natty declares. He draws on his spliff, holding DJ Mag’s gaze with intensity. Even through...
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Dance duo will round off proceedings on Saturday night
Chase & Status, the junglists-turned-electronic dance music dons known as Will Kennard and Saul Milton to their mums, have just been announced as Saturday night...
The Balearic behemoth known as José Padilla is one of the architects of the Ibizan chill-out music phenomenon.
With his DJ sets at the celebrated Café Del Mar and subsequent series of compilations, Padilla created a sunset sound from a diverse mixture of...
From: Angola and Belgium
For fans of: Deena Abdelwahed, Fatima Al Qadari, Loraine James
Three tunes: ‘Arms Deal’, ‘Airstrike’, ‘Ceasefire’
“In my high school class, I was the only person that was openly against the regime,” says Nazar. His family fled Angola for Belgium before he was born...
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On his upcoming 25-track opus ‘Ancestorz’ — which he describes as his life's work — long-serving jungle soldier Congo Natty unites many voices from across the diaspora, joining dots through the history of Black music and celebrating the new jungle generation. In a series of in-depth interviews for DJ Mag, he talks to Dave Jenkins about love, revolution, unity, and reclaiming his place in the history books
The Belgian-born selector’s ‘Fragile’ EP drops today...
Bimas has long been on DJ Mag’s radar through releases on Loco Dice’s Desolat and Adam Beyer’s Truesoul, but we’ve finally locked him in for...
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Sound systems have driven the development of music in the UK, powered by hard work, passion and innovation. But preserving UK sound system culture, its knowledge and history, while also pushing it forward, is no easy task today. Ria Hylton traces its path through ska and reggae at blues dances in West Indian households, to soul, boogie, hip-hop and house in ’80s warehouses and at the Notting Hill Carnival, to nationwide tours and global popularity, and finds out how initiatives like the Sound System Futures Programme are seeking to secure its future
The Australian music conference to welcome Giles Peterson & Carl Cox.
Respected UK DJ, label boss and BBC Radio 6 presenter, Gilles Peterson, has been announced as part of the first wave of speakers at EMC...
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Born in Jamaica around half a century ago, dancehall music has found fans, artists and chart-topping success all around the globe in the decades since...
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A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
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The lowdown on Outlook and Dimensions in Croatia
Two Croatian dance events both alike in dignity… run by the same team and set at the same location for pity’s sake! What’s the difference...
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The techno capital's finest will be out in force...
Movement Detroit has shared the set times for 2019's festival, which runs 25th - 27th May at Hart Plaza.
Highlights are set to include Orbital...
Jackmaster, Ben Pearce & Simian Mobile Disco feature within FabricLive listings
FabricLive have just announced their full listings for the spring season 2015 covering March, April and May.
The events, which take place every Friday night...
Behind-the-scenes at Rega, McIntosh and Bowers & Wilkins...
Step inside the factories and behind-the-scenes of leading hi-fi equipment manufacturers with a series of new video segments.
The Vinyl Factory team visited the production...
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The award will be presented later this year
David Rodigan has been awarded an Order Of Distinction by the Jamaican Government for his global promotion of Jamaican music.
Announcing the news via Twitter...