Drum & Bass

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

The first release off the...

“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.

When DJ Mag enters a disused pub in south-east London’s Rotherhithe, we find LTJ Bukem has arrived early and is waiting patiently for us on a sofa in the pub’s old bar area. A true originator of drum & bass, Bukem, aka Danny Williamson, then throws himself into his part of the photo-shoot in a small, sparsely-lit room, which, much to everyone’s amusement, was once the gents’ toilets in the now-converted boozer.

Liquid drum & bass group Blu Mar Ten return this week with a fresh single on their new label Blu Mar Ten Music.

Junglists are you ready?

One of the most accomplished female DJs in the game, Elisa Do Brasil made a name for herself as a key figure in the French drum & bass scene

We grill him on his early musical loves, his approach to tune construction and what's going on for him at this moment in time...

Junglist posse! The latest in our authoritative series of 'Top 100 Most Important Tunes' moves onto drum & bass in the September issue of DJ Mag (out now), following lists of the most important house and techno tunes.

Legendary label Vinyl Solution are celebrating their 25th anniversary by making their entire back catalogue available digitally for the first time.

Belfast drum & bass auteur Calibre is a true enigma. Prolific, classically-trained, with a melodic, futuristic style all his own, he shuns the limelight. But with a new mix CD for Fabric — his first — in the offing, we're granted a rare audience with one of the most fabled artists in dance music...

Dan and Phil Brookes, aka the Brookes Brothers, have been carving out a unique niche in the liquid drum & bass world since 2006. Smashing up the d&b arenas with their DJing and production skills, this year sees their stock rising still higher…

The BBC Radio One 'Future Stars of 2013' continued last night as drum & bass noisemaker, Metrik took to the Essential Mix controls.

Drum & bass legend Goldie has announced that he will be releasing a three-disk best-of later this year.

News broke last week that Hospital Records' artist, and highest placed drum & bass DJ in the Top 100, was working with Disney.

Netsky...

Dutch drum & bass trio Noisia have created the soundtrack for forthcoming gothic beat-em-up video game DmC: Devil May Cry.

Although they are better known...

NICK LOMAX (LOADSTAR)

It was 2003 and I had my first DJ gig, a freezing cold night in Manchester. I already had a few records...

Andy C was presented with the coveted Best DJ Award at the Drum & Bass Arena Awards at Electric Brixton last night. The evening was...

S.P.Y. was into hip-hop in the early '90s until he started hearing some life-changing dance music. “I heard The Prodigy 'Music Reach' and Jonny L...