The UK chart’s first No. 1 single of 1981 was the saccharine ‘There’s No One Quite Like Grandma’; in 1991, it was Iron Maiden’s turbo-charged...
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We pitch Pioneer's DDJ-SZ against Numark’s NS7II...
Despite the protestations of the die-hard old skool vinyl crowd and their never-ending loud vocalisations espousing the unique qualities of vinyl, the fact of the...
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Twenty years after it first lit up dancefloors around the world, Rui Da Silva and Cassandra Fox's No. 1 hit ‘Touch Me’ is transcending generations...
Vestax’s PAD-One is the newest micro controller to take a beating on the DJmag test bench
In the portable pad controller market, the Korg Nano Pad and Akai LPD8 have recently dominated the battle for the spare space in your laptop...
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 year's essential comp cuts!
It's impossible to ignore the way the web has changed the modes and mediums of music. MP3s at the click of a mouse and free...
We got speaking to Kate Simko, Solomun, Nick Curly, Huxley and Will Saul about how they deal with the ups, the downs, the delays, the...
THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE
Kate Simko
Chicago house heiress Kate Simko has toured as a DJ and with a live show, and explains how life on...
It's been another bumper year for quality dancefloor tracks. Here's our discerning pick of the best...
Bicep, Koze and Woolford are just a few names that have become reassuringly prevalent in our end-of-year pages in recent times — and, yes, there's...
A slew of quality releases this year proved the compilation is still a vital format for taste-making selectors to present a snapshot of where we’re at...
10. Dimitri From Paris
‘Salsoul Mastermix’
Salsoul
One of dance music’s most popular disco connoisseurs delved deep into the back- catalogue of NYC’s legendary Salsoul...
Pasquale Rotella discusses his ceaseless effort, which has in-turn redefined the word “Insomniac”
Pasquale Rotella has 20 minutes to spare. The live music tycoon and founder of Insomniac Events, one of dance music’s most powerful brands - encompassing...
The fourth annual Electric Forest in Rothbury, Michigan, was a carnivalesque paradise...
It’s difficult to sum up Electric Forest, an overwhelmingly wonderful experience, as the festival covers so much ground, both literally and figuratively. How do you...
UK label Scuffed Recordings has earned its reputable status with a roster of artists producing tactile, club-focused beats. As it expands further into live events...
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Birmingham-via-Berlin’s techno stalwart Rebekah has conquered her demons to become one of the most in-demand DJs and producers out there. Winner of our Best Of British Best...
It’s 1997 and a 17 year old Rebekah Teasdale is just finishing work at a French restaurant in the centre of Birmingham. With 30-odd pounds worth of tips...
Independently Minded - The maverick mixology of dBridge & Instra:mental
If one trend has defined 2010’s electronic music scene more than any other, it has to be the complete erosion of traditional genre barriers in...
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With a range of sounds encompassing slo-mo house, gothic EBM, Italo disco and more, and an equally unrestrained art direction, Freeride Millenium is a no-holds-barred expression of love between its founders Jorkes and Daniel Rajcsanyi, aka ParisBöhm, and the queer community they aim to uplift. Alongside a mix of tracks from its catalogue, they share the label’s story