Kool G Rap has announced details of his sixth solo album. The Queens, New York MC, who began his career in the mid-’80s as one...
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The trap phenomenon explained
Trap is the slow-rolling, synth-heavy, snare-snappin' sound that's swept underground dancefloors and stadiums alike across the US and Europe. But what is trap? Is it a genre of its own? Where does it come from? Why's it so popular — and why's it hated in equal measure? Does it have a future? Danna Takako investigates...
"Mother of all festivals" releases full line up
To fan the flames of anticipation even further, organisers of Global Gathering have released full line-up for the two-day music festival scheduled to take place...
Singapore's techno don turns out a stomping mix...
Xhin finds the perfect balance between power and swing with his irresistable offering for our DJ Mag Weekly Podcast series.
Hailing from Singapore, Xhin —...
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Lead single 'Fly Till I Die' sees the Queens MC team up with fellow hip-hop legend Big Daddy Kane
DJ Mag USA sits down with Random Rab ahead of Envision Festival...
San Francisco based DJ Random Rab makes music for the sunrise. It wasn’t really ever his intention, it sort of just happened since his chilled...
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Aslice, a new service founded by DVS1, asks DJs to donate 5% or more of their fee to artists whose music they play
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Durban’s Dominowe returns to GQOM OH! with a new eight-track EP. Hear ‘Rah’ now
Dominowe will release a new eight-track EP, ‘UMTHAKATHI’, via GQOM OH! this month.
Having debuted on the label in 2016 with the ‘Africa’s Cry’, the...
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AI tool Udio has launched with the backing of musicians will.i.am and Common
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Manchester duo Rae & Christian spearheaded the soul/funk-hop scene of the late '90s. Their Grand Central label released great music by Aim (including chill-out classic ‘Cold Water Music’), Riton, Boca 45 and more, not to mention their own superb two albums. ‘Northern Sulphuric Soul’ — their fantastic debut opus of sunshine soul grooves and dope beats, which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize — and follow-up ‘Sleepwalking’ in 2002 featured guests such as Bobby Womack, Jeru the Damaja, The Pharcyde and the Jungle Brothers.
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A trained jazz musician, bandleader and DJ, Emma-Jean Thackray couldn’t find a home for herself and her music in more established jazz spaces, so she...
Laurent Garnier is one of the most important, influential figures in electronic music in the last 25 years.
Turned onto the possibilities of disco and discos when he was a kid, he began visiting clubs in his home city of Paris and recording...
Holy Shit... CUFF gone Trap!
Think CUFF; think "G-House", right? Wrong!
Casting the bass heavy, 4x4 house grooves associated with Amine Edge & DANCE and their monster label to one...
Global dance music ambassador Carl Cox
We open the Hall Of Fame with the legend Mr Carl Cox
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"Don’t put no time limit on how old we are or what we are", the 50-year-old said
Snoop Dogg has said that aging rappers should get the same respect as aging rock stars.
The 50-year-old Californian rapper - who has just dropped...
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‘Grey Area’ is the most raw and direct record yet from Little Simz. DJ Mag talks to the MC and visionary about being in the...
As listeners to the best music in 2019, we’ve become used to the fact that the stuff we dig probably won’t find its way into...