Update 07/02/2023: This feature has been updated to reflect salute's use of they/them pronouns “Just fucking have fun,” says 25-year-old, Manchester-based, Austrian-born salute. “That is...
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M-Audio's CX8 monitors are a triumph in both sound and design
The first thing you to notice when you lift M-Audio’s CX8 Studiophile Active Studio Monitors out of the box is how gorgeous they look —...
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...
The Andy Warhol of dance music and self-proclaimed Mayor of Williamsburg, Larry Tee injects attitude into electro-house with his new album
Cruising over the Brooklyn Bridge away from Manhattan’s lofty skyscrapers and towards his home in Williamsburg, Larry Tee and his entourage are discussing an important...
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...
The Ibiza Job Centre
Want to spend your summer out in Ibiza, but need to earn some wedge along the way? Dead set on that gig as a podium...
Features
Manchester-based salute approaches dance music with a refreshingly unpretentious philosophy, which they've applied to their uplifting productions. Inspired by their youth in Vienna and video...
Hard Rock Sofa’s big break came in 2011
Hard Rock Sofa are the Russian duo clocking up huge electro house hits, remixes and plays from the stadium DJ bigwigs.
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Rooted in the isolation and unpredictability of lockdown life, Loraine James' new album on Hyperdub, ‘Reflection’, sees her consider the political and social upheaval that...
Acid house band The Egg drop their difficult fourth album
Festival faves The Egg are back with a new album(en), ‘Something To Do’ — their first for eight years. The live dance music band, based...
The seminal tracks that changed dance forever
Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May were high school pals with Juan Atkins in Belleville, just outside of Detroit. It was Juan who started making other-worldly...
Akai’s APC20 hardware controller proves less is more...
Ever since Ableton became popular with the masses and started to pop up in cooler studios and DJ boxes across the planet, the arms race...
Tech
As subscription models have begun to make their way into our DAWs, we look at the three different models for using plugins — outright ownership, continual rent, and rent-to-own. Here, Declan McGlynn asks: are subscription models better for producers? And are we heading towards an even heavier onslaught of abundance over efficiency?
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Legendary UK electronic duo and Ninja Tune founders Coldcut discuss origins, artful sampling, the power of visuals, always championing independence and being a "Data Jockey"...
Coldcut, the legendary pairing of Jon More and Matt Black, formed in 1986 and subsequently rose through the ranks of UK electronic scene thanks to...
Dub’s influence on dance music stretches back from the earliest shoots of acid house...
“When it comes to music, it’s a small world,” says dub maestro Mad Professor, fresh from a month-long tour of Australia.
“Just take that tune...
Queen of UK urban dance, Ms Dynamite is back with a massive live date at London'??s SW4 Festival and an arsenal of club tunes that...
Ms Dynamite is excited. She’s just finished the DJmag cover shoot and is about to film the video for her brand new single ‘Wot U...