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Afro house is one of dance music’s hottest offerings, and West African artists like Benin-born AMÉMÉ are helping to proliferate the global movement. Megan Venzin links up with him on Ibiza to learn more about his life and what’s coming next for his One Tribe music and events platform

A flagbearer for the Dutch house scene, Chris Stussy ascended to the next level this year with his hit, ‘All Night Long’. A tirelessly creative DJ, producer and curator, this month he speaks to Anna Wall about his history in music, his time spent as a footballer, his global fanbase, and more

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From thumping house and wobbly dubstep to shimmering techno, leftfield grime and beyond, here’s October 2023’s list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, ahead of his appearance at Semibreve festival this month, Porto’s DJ Lynce spotlights his favourite jungle records

Dutch gabber erupted from localised scenes in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, evolving into one of Holland's most significant youth movements of the ’90s. But its mass popularity was also its downfall, and by the millennium the scene had collapsed. Here, Holly Dicker looks back at 30 years of gabber, finding that artists outside of its home country have recently helped foster a wider interest in the sound, as well as speaking to those pushing a more diverse and enriched new-meets-old gabber scene in Holland

Kikelomo brings people together, whether she’s co-running the Accra-based Oroko Radio station, DJing to club crowds or working on documentaries. Alongside her genre-hopping Recognise mix, she speaks to Sarah Kearns about fostering community, her love of radio, and her eclectic musical taste 

East London’s ohmydais records a mix of “cool, fast, sexy breaks and high energy bangers” for the Fresh Kicks series, and speaks to Olivia Stock about cutting her teeth in the Nottingham scene, finding her sound, uplifting friends, and her brand new collective party series

Forty years ago, in August 1983, jazz keyboard legend Herbie Hancock released 'Future Shock', a genre-defying album that introduced audiences around the world to vinyl scratching, hip-hop beats and sampling. It ushered in a new era of production techniques and studio exploration, and laid a blueprint for the following decade's hip-hop explosion. Here, Marke Bieschke explores the record's incredible legacy

Damian Lazarus celebrates 20 years of his pioneering record label, Crosstown Rebels, in 2023, the vehicle which has helped him travel to the upper echelons of the international DJ pyramid and score a high-profile Ibiza residency, taking over the Club Room of Hï Ibiza every Saturday night this summer. DJ Mag talks to Damian about wizardry, his weekly Hï Ibiza night, the history of his Crosstown label, and DJing in the great outdoors

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, DJ Perception dives into his record bag for deep cut garage gems

Tbilisi, Georgia's Gacha Bakradze has spent a decade refining his signature sound, weaving emotive electronic melodies and guitar lines through skittering techno and IDM beats. He's also co-founder of the renowned Left Bank club and community space, which celebrates its second official anniversary next month with the launch of a new label and compilation. Here, alongside his club-tuned, three-deck On Cue mix, he speaks to Eoin Murray about how family life and running a venue has changed his relationship with music, his background in bands, and his community-driven vision for Left Bank

Emerging technology has left the DAW at a crossroads. A combination of legacy code, compatibility restrictions and a user base who expect their favourite tools to remain familiar has left music-making software lacking innovation. As the pandemic, cloud-computing and generative AI shift expectations of how music-making tools should look and feel, Declan McGlynn asks: will the DAW adapt or die?

Deborah De Luca has risen out of her home city of Naples in Italy to become a in-demand international headliner. She’s been one of the main DJs at premium White Isle club Amnesia this summer, and here she talks to DJ Mag Ibiza about her love for her home city, her incredible fondness for dogs, body image issues, and how long she might remain in the DJ game

Fatima Hajji chats to DJ Mag Ibiza about the secret to a long career, her favourite spots on the island, and the making of her forthcoming record

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Paurro spotlights all-time favourites and meaningful tracks from throughout her life, from pop and dance anthems to blissful electronica

Melding psychedelic house, trance and techno with crackly charm, Naarm's  Butter Sessions imprint is raising the heat on dancefloors across Australia and beyond. Alongside a mix of tracks from its catalogue, Anisha Khemlani speaks to founders Sleep D about their community-building approach

Sampling has been a central pillar of music production in the 30-odd years since MPCs hit the shelves, crucial to the development of hip-hop, breakbeat, house, jungle, and countless splinter styles across the dance spectrum. In the decades since, ever-shifting technology has slowly vaporised the analogue world that sampling was built from. Here, Chal Ravens asks: how is the culture of sampling evolving?

Jonny From Space’s percussion-fuelled and psychedelically hazy take on electronic music has made him a core figure in Miami’s percolating underground. Alongside a roasting hot Recognise mix, Bruce Tantum catches up with the ascendent artist about the DIY spirit and sense of community in the city's scene, and the evolution of his sound

Timothy Smith, better known to the festival-going world as the big-tune-spinning, horn-tooting Timmy Trumpet, presents a showman’s image of controlled anarchy when he’s on stage — but it takes a lot of hard work to get to where he is today. As he relaxed on an Aegean island, on a rare break from this summer’s main stage circuit, he filled DJ Mag in on his background in jazz, his reliance on Stoicism... and the New York Mets

Music director of Defected’s Glitterbox brand, boss of The Remedy Project, radio stalwart and more, Melvo Baptiste brings a healthy dose of the soul to everything he touches. Ria Hylton visits him at home in Watford to rummage through his extensive record collection, hear about the influence of his soul boy dad and uncle Norman Jay MBE, and find out why Notting Hill Carnival holds a special place in his heart