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Dutch trio Noisia might have the studio skills to soundtrack the increasingly sophisticated world of video games, but with their latest EP they're also on...

Noisia’s hometown of Groningen in The Netherlands has a population of fewer than 200,000. This number is half of the Insomniac-reported total attendees over the...

Andy C's label starts RAMlife...

RAM Records are set to launch a new compilation series entitled RAMlife, with label regulars Loadstar taking on the inaugural mix duties.

Following the massive...

Bristol junglist gives us first play of ‘Final Day’

As we reported recently, Roni Size is back with a new album and also news of some live dates for Reprazent — his award-winning live...

Our YouTube series telling the stories behind dance music's seminal tracks continues...

A cheeky little roller from the Nottingham-based drum & bass producer

Nottingham's finest, Soul Intent, returns this month with the long-awaited 'Cowboy Town EP', forthcoming on his own Lossless Music.

'Cowboy Town' has been doing the...

Bristolian junglist also announces the return of Reprazent

Roni Size, the Bristol-born drum & bass DJ/producer who won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997, is back with a new album — 'Take Kontrol'...

Ram man becomes first drum & bass DJ to sell out big venue solo

Andy C has just announced the latest solo show in his 'Andy C All Night' series — the O2 Academy in Brixton, London on October...

Drum & bass don joins fight against digital music piracy

Samurai Music to host UK launch party for 'Presence'

Toyko Prose, protégé to Samurai Music head honcho DJ Presha, has announced his debut album 'Presence', to be released through his home label's Samurai Red...

Drum & Bass duo tease 'Rituals' EP

New Zealand Drum & Bass duo, The Upbeats, gear up for a new five-tracker, 'Rituals,' coming on May 19 via Black Sun Empire's Blackout...

Remembering Storm's drum & bass partner today

It's 15 years ago today since Kemistry, one half of pioneering drum & bass partnership Kemistry & Storm, was killed in a freak motor accident...

Exit Records head-honco set from DJ Mag HQ

We interview Jim Tang about the return

To readers of a certain age, and those who know their UK rave history, the name Dreamscape will evoke memories of a transitional period between...

Ram Records brings the ridddum to Miami 2014

Since its founding in 1992, RAM Records has rapidly grown to be one of the industry's leading drum & bass labels. Cutting through dance music’s ever-changing fads...

Visuals for DnB duo’s 'Black Raven'

State of Mind present a softer, more atmospheric spin on DnB and cloak it in darkness on the tune 'Black Raven', off the upcoming Eat...

A soundtrack for the duo's Zeitgeist Tour

Camo & Krooked are the drum & bass rooted duo filling the void in modern dance music. The Austrian duo – made up of Reinhard...

Surprising collab of the month

There are some collaborations you never really expect. And from these unholy unions, there are many that are simply awful. So when we saw the...

We talk collabs, artistic freedom and musical roots...

Jubei is one who has achieved the highest accolade a producer or DJ could ever wish to be blessed with; the total and unadulterated respect...

Hard-edge DnB 'Mr Cover Up'

Drum & bass duo State Of Mind start 2014 with a sonic dropkick to the gut titled ‘Mr Cover Up.’ 

The first release off the...

MCs were often maligned in the early days of drum & bass, but nowadays it's pretty much universally accepted that a renegade mic-spitter is a...

“There is no other music in the world where an MC stands on the stage for an hour and continuously sprays lyrics with such clarity and power over so many frequencies,” Eksman, one of the d&b scene's foremost MCs, tells DJ Mag. “The life and evolution of the drum & bass MC has grown from strength to strength over the years, and I have no doubt that down the line many more great things are in store for the future generation of MCs in our music.” 
Undoubtedly so. The role of the drum and bass MC has steadily progressed simultaneously with the scene it resides in, although in the early days MCs experienced negativity from some DJs. But the MC has fought for its corner, and now overwhelmingly basks in the same golden glory as the DJ.