Opinion: Is too little information a good thing for a DJ mix?
The digital age has changed the way that we consume dance music. Digital downloads – legal and unlawful – have replaced, for the most part, 12-inch singles and EPs (certainly not in revenue, but perhaps in volume).
Opinion: Should technology replace DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJs Poll?
For a scene that looks so fervently into the future, electronic music sure is stuck in the past. Since 1997 Britain’s DJ Magazine has printed its annual reader-voted Top 100 list of DJs, that quite modestly, claims to provide the definite answer as to who is the No.1 DJ in the world.
Drumcode @ SW4 festival, London
At the end of August, we produced a whole series of content in the run up to London’s South West Four (SW4) festival for Adam Beyer’s Drumcode blog.
Terry Church writing/directing ‘Tv’ show for Roger Sanchez
Terry Church is currently writing and directing a five episode online reality ‘Tv’ show about Roger Sanchez’ DJ life in Ibiza.
The series is due for completion in mid-October, and will be broadcast online.
Interview: SCI+TEC & Bosnia’s Sinisa Tamamovic
Electronic music has always had a strong foothold in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Like the youth in many other countries, the generation who grew up following the 1992 to 1995 Bosnian conflict wanted to party, dance, and have a good time.
Adam Beyer’s Drumcode Radio celebrates one year on the airwaves
Last week Adam Beyer celebrated one year of being on the airwaves. The Swedish techno general’s weekly Drumcode Radio show now airs in over 40 countries to over nine million people each week. Based upon those statistics, Drumcode Radio is the most listened to pure techno radio show on earth.
Video interview: Mat Playford
I interviewed We Love… resident DJ/producer Mat Playford recently in Ibiza. He’s a really nice bloke. And his live set up is pretty extraordinary – he hand built a wooden module containing two Apple iPads, a Moog Voyager, and a bunch of filters and FX boxes.
Competition: DJ for Eric Prydz at Ibiza’s Amnesia club!
Eric Prydz fans get set: this is your once in a lifetime chance to warm up at one of the world’s most famous nightclubs – Amnesia in Ibiza.
Interview: Joseph Capriati
Just a few years ago Joseph Capriati was just another kid on a Naples dancefloor. After discovering that his hometown had a secret techno underbelly, he threw himself into DJing, and later music production, hoping to emulate the careers of some of Naples’ homegrown techno heroes.
Video: DC10 Ibiza Circoloco Opening Party 2011
The opening party of Circoloco at DC10 in Ibiza is legendary amongst clubbers and DJs. Known for being the most cutting-edge club night on the island, its music and party atmosphere is second to none (in my opinion). To capture all that on a sub-10 minute film is a pretty daunting task.
