“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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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
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From: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoFor Fans Of: DJ Marfox, Ibibio Sound Machine, The Mauskovic Dance BandThree Tunes: ‘Azo Toke’, ‘Malembe’, ‘Tokoliana’
WORDS: Katie Thomas
“We're like a bomb made out of different materials, ready to explode at every show.” Hailing from Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the...
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Recognise is DJ Mag's monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music circuit. This month, we catch up...
DJ Mag USA catches up with Tiësto to talk about his new compilation and find out why America is the most exciting place to be...
Once the leading light of trance, in the last few years Tiësto has switched up his sound to break the US. Now, he's leading the way again, leaving Ibiza behind to concentrate on his residency at Hakkasan in Las Vegas.
We talk Mars exploration, Donald Trump & new music...
When we reach Lee Foss at his LA pad over Skype one morning, the joint Hot Creations and Emerald City boss is in good spirits...
A round up of the best tracks this month...
Homeboy - 'Kaprije EP'
House is OK
Think the best beats in Croatia are the imported kind heard at the festivals that dominate the islands...
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Released in 1985, Kate Bush's iconic fifth album, 'Hounds Of Love', saw her perfecting her experiments in sampling technology, drum machines and synthesizers, and opening...
From nine-hour sets in Rotterdam to performances in front of royalty, we select the moments that shaped Armin's iconic career...
Armin van Buuren has cultivated a huge fanbase over his two-decade career, including a passionate network of festival-goers, Olympians and Dutch royalty. Through his legendary...
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Founder June Lam "want[s] to create a space where we can come together as a community and celebrate our culture, music and art and dance freely, without fear of being fetishised or erased."
DJ Mag grabbed some time to talk to Timo about his love for the dance music scene and his great respect for his studio and...
Timo Maas has been a kingpin on the clubbing circuit for many a year. His productions and remixes have smashed up dancefloors all over the...
His best of the b-line soul
Over at Deviation HQ we are gearing up for the first party of the year with some of my favourite producers of the moment. ...
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Bristol-based Brazilian S.P.Y has just made the album of his career by looking back to early jungle. But as he explains, his recreation of the...
Everyone’s a junglist these days aren’t they? You’re a junglist. Your dear old dad’s a junglist. Even that nice little old lady next door and...
Kompakt's main man talks his top tunes...
Enamoured by electronic music culture at a young age, Michael moved to Cologne just as his teens came to an end and got a job...
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From his foundational work in drum & bass and jungle as part of 4hero and Reinforced Records, to his myriad production aliases and ongoing work...
DVS1 is a true icon. He may have reached the top of the techno tree by a somewhat circuitous route — involving time spent in...
As brutal techno echoes around Amsterdam’s Warehouse Elementenstraat, DVS1 stands on the DJ booth looking perplexed, rotating the subs that line the railing high above...