Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...
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The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity
The biggest tunes on the underground this month
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Here's our four favourite dance artists for the fortnight - Basement Jaxx, Danny Bonnici, Agoria and Spektrum we salute you!
The security at London club SeOne had their hands full during a recent Basement Jaxx gig - not least because the Jaxx' Felix Buxton told...
A musical gateway Istanbul is the gateway to the East — a city that straddles Europe and Asia — where we witness dance colossi Armin...
Following the announcement of the 2014 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs back in our November issue (congratulations again Mr. Hardwell!), the Top 100 World Tour...
Hot Since 82, Bicep, Midland, Paranoid London & many more also join...
Secret Garden Party has announced the full line-up for the festival, which runs between Thursday 21st and Sunday 24th July.
The DJ part of the...
A Disco Donnie Presents retrospective
From what began as a party movement delivered by word of mouth and hand-written flyers on brightly-colored construction paper, Disco Donnie Presents (DDP) stands by...
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It's the capital's first festival dedicated to African electronic music
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Trelik at FOLD, Ossia 3rd Birthday, Dusky at Motion...
Ah. Now there's that familiar bump (or maybe violent crash) back to Earth. January rarely makes anyone jump for joy, but fear not; it's the...
The biggest tunes on the underground this month
Since winning Best Label at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards in 2011, Defected have continued to go from strength to strength. Adroit at raising their finger to detect the prevailing wind of change, they've earned their rep by transforming the stirrings of the underground into mainstream success, pushing the likes of Tensnake to even greater heights and introducing house legends such as MK, Murk and Kevin Saunderson to a new generation of clubbers.
Which tracks would these DJs love to find at the WMC Record Fair?
As part of the Miami Winter Music Conference, organisers are holding a gargantuan record fair chock full of plastic to get collectors drooling. It...
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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...
Different music from the Diffrent Music boss...
Dexta joins our Fresh Kicks series with a signature blend of highly eclectic bass music.
Head honcho of Diffrent Music — y'know, the one with...
Two producers out to murder genres, combine and share their own personal killer tracks
The sonic palettes of Van Toth and JWLS, the producer/DJs behind Miami-based duo GTA, were not always united. Individually, the two...