“At the moment, I’m just trying to think of ways to bankrupt my distributor,” says Dev Pandya, his face plastered with a schoolboy grin. While...
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Three decades and nearly 200 records into his career, jungle maverick Paradox is still breaking new ground, and earning new fans in the process. Ben Hindle speaks to him about using an old Amiga computer for his productions, keeping the funk in his breakbeat samples, and his dedication to performing live
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From frenetic breaks and jungle to percussive club cuts and pop edits, Bored Lord’s Fresh Kicks mix is an electrified trip into her communal sonic...
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Bristol beat-maker Boca 45's new album is dedicated to his love of funk and soul. DJ Mag finds out how collaboration shapes his sound
“The tent was rammed halfway through my set - they wouldn’t let anybody in, so I must have done something right,” beams funk aficionado Boca 45, a few...
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Stanton Warriors are the UK breaks and bass duo who've fought fiercely to push their genre-blending sound for more than two decades. And with a...
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Next up on Dutch house label STUG Music is Chocky with the ‘Thinking Cat’ EP. Hear R.O.S.H.’s jazzy, breakbeat remix now...
Chocky will release his new EP ‘Thinking Cat’ via Dutch label STUG Music on Friday 5th April.
A headsy mixture of minimal house, deep grooves...
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What’s Halloween without a spooky soundtrack? We’ve compiled a playlist of 30 terrifying, intense and eerie cuts from across the electronic spectrum designed to send...
Horror, when done well, isn’t about constant jump scares and incessant gore. The scariest stories, films and shows are rather the ones that feed on...
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“There are no rules,’ says Brighton genre manipulator Etch as he tells DJ Mag about his debut album, 'Ups & Downs' on Sneaker Social Club...
There are plenty of artists who proclaim the influence of hardcore, but there are very few whose birth was possibly induced by it. “She used...
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From cutting edge drum & bass and Afro-funk to tough EBM and...
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Nongi Oliphant, aka SNO, is a breath of fresh air for the DJ world. She’s been collecting records religiously for many years but it’s...
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London duo Local Group ready their ‘Laser Dome’ EP on Ritual Poison. ‘Random Utterances’ is a breaks-fueled trip of arpeggiated synths and growling acid bass...
Local Group will release their ‘Laser Dome’ EP via Ritual Poison on Friday 19th October.
The London-based duo of LMajor and Corporeal Face are fresh...
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising the top this month. From percussive house, bass and breaks to galactic ambient and electro, here's September's...
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Poté has already been on quite the journey, both literally and musically. Until the age of 12 he lived by the beach in St...
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Patrick Conway steps up on emerging label, Art E-Fax. ‘Padded Cell Mates’ is an eerily playful percussive whirl in an EP of ecstatic breaks and...
Emerging producer Patrick Conway delivers the goods on the second EP to be released on Art E-Fax.
E-FAX002 is a selection of submerged breaks, dark...
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Danish experimental electronic composer Astrid Sonne delivers an eclectic, energised mix of breaks, beats and soundscapes...
Danish experimental electronic artist Astrid Sonne released her debut album ‘Human Lines’ in February via Copenhagen-based label Escho. A classically trained musician and composer, ‘Human...
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Forthcoming on E-Beamz...
Hugo Massien is back on E-Beamz this month with a four-tracker titled 'Almost Becoming Lucid'.
Dark, deep and rolling, the title-track harks back to classic...
Will be back behind the decks in just two weeks...
Skream has had to cancel his up-and-coming shows after he announced that he has broken his leg.
The news came via the producer's Twitter account...
Dark and dangerous bass music mix from Evil Nine
To celebrate the release of their brilliant 'Solar Black Rays EP' out now on Punks Music, Evil Nine have given us a fantastic two-hour mix...
The latest reworking of the dance music archive?
Two decades after they first inspired the establishment to try and legislate against dance music, the breakbeats that fuelled jungle and hardcore have found new life at the hands of producers who were in nappies when 'Terminator' was first released. But what’s behind this latest reworking of the dance music archive?
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DJ Mag speaks to the club night’s key figures and plots the history of what may just be the final bastion of the acid house...
Maintaining the perfect blend of old skool rave and the finest contemporary leftfield sounds, as well as attracting one of dance music’s most passionate crowds, this year sees Bang Face celebrate its 10th anniversary.
Watch ya bassbins i'm tellin' ya!
There has been one label that's been ruling the bass music scene for the past couple of years — Sub Slayers. Nominated for Best Label at the DJ Mag Best Of British awards recently, the label — started by bass fiend and former Kiss FM DJ Jay Cunning — has been smashing it since its inception.
Former GLR producer returns on Distinctive
Initially releasing on LTJ Bukem’s drum & bass label Good Looking in the mid-90s, ILs — aka beatsmith Ilian Walker — went on to release...
UK beatsmeister releases chill-out album
Beats producer Kouncilhouse, generally known for dancefloor bangers, has produced a chill-out album. ’10 Years Too Late’, his fourth long-player, is full of exquisite analogue...