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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...

There’s nothing quite like an Eris Drew DJ set. To see her play is to watch a true expert at work; her technical prowess is...

Inspired by the Midwest American raves that first got her hooked on dance music, Chicago’s Eris Drew wants to bring a psychedelic communal energy and...

Autumn has arrived in Berlin, all bright and crisp. Eris Drew opens her windows and the air cuts through the scent of lavender inside. There’s...

Iconic Kings Cross club goes out in style

BEFORE the legendary Kings Cross Goods Yard club complex shuts its doors for the last time, there'll be a series of final roof-raising parties, and...

Dirt Crew are desperate to inject some soul and emotion into German electronic music. DJmag.com chatted to them about the state of the German club...

Minimal, minimal, minimal. With so much good minimal music coming out of Germany these days, you'd be hard pressed to hear about a dance music...

Eris Drew demonstrates house music at its bright, instinctive best, and channels its healing energy, on her debut album, ‘Quivering In Time’

Early in the pandemic, not long after leaving her hometown of Chicago for a cabin in rural New Hampshire, Eris Drew and her T4T LUV...

For Diynamic Music’s 100th release, label founder Solomun delivers three cuts of magisterial melodic groove. ‘Dre’ is a euphoric festival floor filler...

Solomun and Adriano Trolio’s Diynamic Music has been releasing its distinct brand of melodic, deep tech house for 12 years. Now, for its 100th release...

After a humungous 2017, grime star AJ Tracey has deservedly taken away the Best MC gong this time around...

   

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Blackeye MC Jam Baxter Little Simz Sense MC

Those who’ve followed the career trajectories of the likes of Stormzy and other breakout rap...

Bestival

In its nine-year history, Bestival has become one of the biggest festivals in the country, with only really Glastonbury rivalling it in terms of the legendary names that headline each year. In 2012 it was musical genius Stevie Wonder that provided the big draw, but with hundreds of other acts from Azealia Banks to The xx to New Order spanning numerous genres and generations, Bestival really is the festival for everyone.

Jessie Ware 'Running (Disclosure Remix)

To say Jessie Ware’s had a good year would be rather an understatement. Her diva vocals, that hark back to a golden era of house and draw comparisons with Sade and Donna Summer, have found increasing favour with the UK bass scene’s underground producers and, like Katy B before her, garnered a Mercury nomination.

Skream 'Let's Get Ravey Mix' Of La Roux 'In For The Kill' Killer Instinct: Hands-in-the-air anthem slays dancefloors

In 2009, nothing short of Gordon Brown appointing Simon Cowell to advise the government on financial policy could have captured the country's mood more. Only...

“This mix is about letting go and trusting that change is good during a time when the very idea of hope is under challenge"

Eris Drew & Octo Octa are next up in the fabric presents series.

DJ/producers Eris Drew and Octo Octa, real name Maya Bouldry-Morrison, who are...

Hypercolour

If there's a label that has owned 2012, it's Hypercolour. The year's artist roster reads every bit as well on paper as it plays on a turntable; Huxley, Maya Jane Coles, Mosca, BareSkin, Tom Demac and Kris Wadsworth.

Charging through big rooms

This year the British Breakthrough DJ award has gone to a producer. Actually, that might have been how we saw Funkagenda a few years ago...

The tribal house hero is back on top - and loving it...

Make no mistake - 2009 is the year that Steve Lawler got his groove back. The Birmingham-born veteran DJ may have been a constant and...

The festival grew bigger than ever in 2013, with acts appearing from across the whole dance spectrum...

Longevity isn’t easy to come by in dance music, but the 13th edition of GlobalGathering UK has seen it deservedly reclaim the crown of...