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We catch up with the Funki Dred himself...
Soundman Jazzie B is a living legend. The DJ behind the pioneering Soul II Soul Soundsystem, which in the early '80s patented a blend of...
DJ/producer honoured
Jazzie B – Soul II Soul head honcho and sound system selecta extraordinaire, has been awarded an OBE.
On 16th May, he was bestowed with...
Jazzie's early days
Starting out as a 13-year-old in London with a reggae soundsystem called Jah Rico in 1987, Jazzie B, presented with an OBE in 2008, celebrates his 25th year in the industry next year, but not before he brings the Soul II Soul live show to SW4 on Saturday 25th August.
'A Happy Face, A Thumpin' Bass, For A Lovin' Race' takes its name from the London artist's longtime motto
Jazzie B, founding member of Soul II Soul, is releasing an autobiography.
The book, titled 'A Happy Face, A Thumpin' Bass, For A Lovin' Race'...
Brixton's small but perfectly formed club, <B>Plan B</B>, is going large.
The eclectic stronghold of funk in South London regularly hosts nights of hip-hop, house and future music, and now they're doubling up their capacity.
Opening...
‘Honey’ gets a giant selection of collaborators!
Following Katy B dropping her new Four Tet and Floating Points collaboration, she’s just announced details of her new album ‘Honey’ - and the...
The latest chapter in Howie B's extraordinary musical career sees him heading back underground...
Howie B has often found himself at the frontier. Whether it's been at the Africa Centre as Soul II Soul carved itself its place in...
New tracks from one of the drum & bass albums of the year
Technimatic are dropping one of the drum & bass albums of the year - 'Desire Paths'. And DJ Mag has snagged three exclusive videos of...
Experimental, accomplished and downright epic, Marc Mac and Dego McFarlane’s 1998 classic served as a blueprint for the divine future possibilities of drum & bass music
1998 was a landmark, if slightly troubling, time for drum & bass. It was a year of shifting styles, sprawling albums, and new sub genres, one that saw...
It was played at Printworks last weekend...
Skrillex has made an edit of Dimension’s ‘UK’ which debuted last weekend at London’s Printworks.
Featuring a sample from Jamie xx’s ‘Gosh’, Dimension revealed the...
DJ Mag travels to High Contrast's home city of Cardiff to meet the film-obsessed DJ/producer...
Lincoln Barrett really loves movies. Invited into his spacious house in the town of Penarth, minutes from central Cardiff, it’s impossible not to notice the...
Jaymie Silk glides from gabber and melodic techno into R&B and electronic ballads on his new album, ‘Young, Broke and Fabulous’. Hear the emotional dancefloor...
Jaymie Silk will release his new album ‘Young, Broke and Fabulous’ on 27th April via Belgium’s Pelican Fly label.
Across nine tracks recorded while living...
Influenced by hip-hop and halftime drum & bass, Ivy Lab and their label 20/20 LDN have a new vision for future beats. With their debut...
"I didn't really want to do it. Why on earth would I want to hook up with two kids?" laughs Gove Kidao. One half of...
In a candid interview, the Hot Creations creator opens up about music and life...
For Jamie Jones, music is a reflection of his feelings and raving is a family affair. With his devotion to good vibes and a creative...
Funk-dripped drum & bass head plays us his most inspiring tracks
Always that most steadfastly independent genre, today drum & bass is splintered into a panoply of micro camps. In one corner, the giant, fizzy-pop electro chords and high fructose rushes of labels like Hospital; in another, the clipped, dark minimalism and sub bass caverns of its most underground soldiers, the Critical crew.