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The equipment and plugins Sebjak uses in the studio

As Sebjak continues to make his mark on the electronic scene across the globe, the Swedish producer and DJ gives DJ Mag a peek at his...

A first look at Sebjak’s video for 'Feel You'

Sebjak is best known for his collaborative tracks with Mike Hawkins such as, 'Let’s Go' and the duo’s 2012’s dance smash, 'Ghost.'

Now the Swede...

Drum & bass from the Swedish don... 

Seba delivers his signature, deep take on drum & bass on our latest DJ Mag Weekly Podcast.

Talk about Sweden and d&b and one name...

Sebrok makes fashion sense

Sebrok is a sharply dressed, Berlin-based, techno producer with a passion for music and a flare for fashion. German Garment is the independent fashion label...

34: SLG

Nothing to do with SL2 of 'On A Ragga Tip' fame, SLG is Polish producer Lukasz Sebga who seems to have abbreviated his surname in...

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re-entry

Liquid rollers from the San Fran producer...

Submorphics returns to Shogun Audio's Sgn:Ltd offshoot this month, so to celebrate, he's knocked up a rolling mix for our Fresh Kicks series.

The San...

Rupture co-founder goes in for the label's new compilation...

Mantra proves why Rupture is THE name in jungle with haunting-but-hard cut 'Nocturne'.

The Londoner, together with partner Double O, has run the now legendary...

On digital platforms

Good Looking Records, curated by pioneering drum and bass DJ LTJ Bukem, has launched the first of the labels catalogue digitally which has been made...

Premiere: Type ‘Hummer’

RuptureLDN’s Planets EP series returns with label regulars and first-timers delivering deep-space junglism

RuptureLDN’s Planets EP series returns this month, with the ‘Jupiter’ and ‘Saturn’ releases both landing this Friday, 7th October. Listen to Type’s ‘Hummer’ below. Returning...

Themba

South African house DJ and producer Themba has become a global star in recent years. Alongside a mix of thumping and emotive house for the On Cue series, Kristan J Caryl chats to him about his childhood obsession with collecting music, his ambitious 2021 album ‘Modern Africa Volume 1 (Ekhaya)’, and uplifting African artists around him

“Because of our history, we sing and we dance,” says Themba. “It’s our getaway from everything.” Music has been the renowned South African DJ and...

Wild Rumpus is just that: an insanely fun, out-of-control party on wax...

The brainchild of DJ Cosmo (Colleen Murphy) the Boston-born, New York raised, London dwelling disco / house music legend, and infamous leftfield guitarist Gary Lucas, who's played with Captain Beefheart, Lou Reed and Jeff Buckley, they make the kind of funky psychedelic rhythms that can only emanate from maverick minds. First single 'Musical Blaze Up' traverses the dub country route, while new cut 'Purple Somersault' is a bizarre and brilliant collision between cranked Kraut-rock drums, wigged surf guitar and scratchy funk. DJmag beckoned Murphy away from her surf board for a minute to talk names, grooves, and grand plans…

So why the name Wild Rumpus?!

"It's from a children's book called 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak which I loved as a kid and which I read to my daughter. There is a great part of the story where the little boy and his monster friends are about to have a manic dance party underneath a full moon and it says, 'And now let the wild rumpus start'. It just had to be used."

It seems to be quite an unusual hook up, between you Cosmo, and Gary Lucas. How did you come to be working together?

"Gary and I have been friends for nearly 20 years and have talked about working together for ages. I used to do a few different radio shows on WNYU in NYC and had him up when he was relaunching his solo career in the late '80s. As most people in the UK know me for being a 'dance' DJ, many may think it is quite an unusual collaboration. However, most people don't know that I was first and foremost a rock chick and founded the first psychedelic / progressive rock show on my radio station and I was a huge Captain Beefheart fan before house music even existed!"

You seem to have a diverse taste - one minute dubbed out beats and rhymes, the next Krautrock surf music... Is there a grand Wild Rumpus plan?

"Wild Rumpus is about fusing different styles but in a way that works. It's also about having fun and being irreverent. And finally it's about being different. I spend a few hours at the record store and find that 99% of the music to which I am subjected to is derivative. It's so boring. Gary and I both have musically diverse backgrounds and we are able to use our musical heritage in a unique way. This is all music we love!"

What's a 'Purple Somersault'?

"It's a 'term' my daughter came up with. Her favourite colour is purple and 'purple' has also become an adjective that means something that is 'the best'. She likes being flipped upside down and would ask us to help her do an orange somersault, a black somersault (very sinister), a yellow somersault (happy!), etc. But the best was always the 'Purple Somersault'. Also, as this is a surf tune, the somersault refers to the somersaults one does underwater after a wipe-out."

Is there an album in the works? What can we expect?

"There is an album in the works. We have a lot of Gary's guitar tracks that we have recorded and now it's up to me to put it all together so I have quite a job in front of me. Gary is the most original guitarist and can do anything. When we're in the studio it's just so easy but the problem comes with the editing and arranging as sometimes there is almost too much! All I can say about the album is that it will be diverse but always psychedelic and soulful."

What's next for Wild Rumpus?

"Right now we're getting our live show, The Wild Rumpus Experience, together for the summer. We have performed in some wild places including India and are hoping to for some of the UK festivals. We work with visual artist Rob Rainbow who works with The Light Surgeons and Nitin Sawhney amongst others and have also worked with percussionists and a poi fire dancer! We have a show that reaches people on many dimensions so the visual element is really important. We just want to do something that is a bit different."

LTJ Bukem

Mixing elements of jazz and ambient with drum & bass, LTJ Bukem’s now-classic 1996 release via Good Looking Records was a statement of intent, and remains one of the genre's most fulfilling and impactful releases to this day 

For many music fans in the 1990s, their immersion into jungle and drum & bass started not with Goldie’s celebrated ‘Timeless’ or Roni Size /...

DJ Law, the man behind drumtrip.co.uk — “where it's '94 everyday”...

We decided to talk to the man himself to learn a little bit more about it...

The parties not to miss at ADE 2014

Canals and weed is all you need. Throw in a jammed schedule of the sickest parties — excellently programmed and expertly produced — and you've...