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Lost Midas is making moves with his psychedelic electronics

Jason Trikakis has only been producing since 2011, having played drums in bands for many years previous. “Those experiences left me somewhat jaded, and music...

The 21st century dub-soul dread of King Midas Sound

Kevin Martin's new project King Midas Sound couldn't be more aptly named. As the man behind a hugely diverse spread of dub-drenched alter egos and...

Iconic label line up King Midas Sound, Actress and Flako

Ninja Tune are one of our all-time favourite labels, and this year they’ve been busy celebrating their silver anniversary with a series of extra special...

Fine Tuning: The 'weirdos' win out

With their restlessly futuristic vision, the records released on the Hyperdub label are as bleeding edge as it's possible to be without ending up in...

How a couple of guys who didn’t get on and a singer they didn’t know created one of the year’s most intimate albums

For a couple of guys grinding on a hit-and-run DJ tour of the USA, Maribou State’s Chris Davids and Liam Ivory are in good spirits...

How a couple of guys who didn’t get on and a singer they didn’t know created one of the year’s most intimate albums

 

Words: JORGE HERNANDEZ Pic: WILLIAM COOPER MITCHELL 

For a couple of guys grinding on a hit-and-run DJ tour of the USA, Maribou State’s Chris...

Julio Bashmore 'Au Seve'

Care, consideration and caution are not always words associated with the fleeting world of dance music. DJs and promoters springing up and disappearing quicker than Eats Everything can guzzle a pint of the black stuff, it's tempting for the next pretty young thing getting hyped to high heaven to go for broke; rush out a series of half-finished tracks off their hard drive and sit back and wait for that cash-money to roll in. Not Bashmore.

Producer du jour <B>Paul Epworth</B> is in full effect right now.

With a CV that reads like a who's who of hipster music, he's put his Midas touch to records by a vast coterie of disparate...

An in-depth talk with the Hyperdub main man about his new album with Spaceape, 'Black Sun'...

With their new album ‘Black Sun’, Hyperdub’s Kode9 & the Spaceape have left tired genre pigeonholes behind, switched up their sound and conjured a bright...

Audiophiles unite

Despacio is the new project from DFA and LCD head honcho James Murphy, with more than a little help from his DJing buddies the Dewaele...

Touring around the world with Stefano Noferini


Italy's tech house stallion Stefano Noferini is an undisputed titan of his scene. Whether it's slamming mixes for Toolroom or huge collaborations with Mark Knight...

Part two of our 'Black Sun' interview...

Here, we talk to regular Kode9 collaborator and vocal foil Spaceape (Stephen Gordon) about their new album together, 'Black Sun'...

 

How did you first...

As electronic music and live performance continue to intertwine, our new series explores how some of the best artists take their studios on the road...

Why was it important to you to develop a live show over just DJing? 
"We initially didn't even involve DJing in our sets, we actually...

DJ Mag's tunes of the year

2014 was the year house heads reignited their love for melody. While shufflers continued to go wild for garage, a new generation have reared their...

The one-the-road diary of the world's top DJs treading the globe

F**k Gary Barlow. If anyone in Britain deserves an OBE, it's Lars Sandberg, the great Scot who just keeps on giving. Silver-haired member of the British house and techno old guard, he's improved with age like the fine champagne of his Francois Dubois moniker, more so through his work as Funk D'Void on Slam's Soma Records and more recently Outpost Recordings.