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Investigating the benefit of the humble cassette tape's triumphant comeback...
Cassettes are more popular than they’ve been for years, opening up countless doors for dance music fans, producers and DJs. DJ Mag finds out why the humble cassette tape is in the midst of one hell of a comeback...
The Black Madonna, Helena Hauff, the night mayor of Amsterdam and more have signed it so far...
Lost Village invites festival-goers into a loose and gleeful woodland haven with an "anything goes" music policy and seamless curation...
DJ Mag ventured into the woodland of Lincolnshire for a weekend of joyful sounds, "anything goes" DJ sets and seamless curation as Lost Village reasserts it's station as one of the UK's best-run small festivals. Featuring unforgettable sets from HAAi, Jayda G, Four Tet, Or:la, Gilles Peterson, Mr. Scruff, Ben UFO, Awesome Tapes From Africa and many more, below are 25 massive tracks played that speak to the unbridled fun of one of the UK's finest weekenders...
Tracks you need to know...
EBM has been having a major influence on techno recently, but many of the DJs playing/producing the sound still utilise the genre’s classic tracks in their sets. Below, 10 DJs who play electronic body music choose their favourite classic EBM tracks...
Craig Richards returns to Houghton Hall in Norfolk for a weekend of raving in the English countryside like no other...
Craig Richards and friends return to Houghton Hall in Norfolk for a weekend of raving in the English countryside like no other...
The haunting improvised score is getting a limited vinyl and cassette release...
Eastern Electrics, Creamfields, Houghton Festival, Yard: Open Air, Lost Village, Numbers @ EIF...
Berlin-based, Montpellier-native, rRoxymore has been carving her own niche for some years now and, as her star rises, she continues to do things entirely in her own way. Crafting a distinct, rich style of bassy techno, rRoxymore's is a sound that is fast becoming an unmistakeable hallmark at many a club and festival. Get to know...
Words: Richard Brophy
Pic: Tonje Thilesen
More goodness from the Hamburg player...
Berlin-based, Parisian DJ/producer La Fraîcheur steps up with an hour of blistering, incendiary techno with an atmospheric edge. We catch up with a musician for whom identity, art and politics are fundamentally linked...