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CATCH UP ON THE BEST COURTYARD SESSIONS SETS

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2014-07-18 09:14

Our weekly live DJ streams from DJ Mag HQ have moved outdoors for the summer months! Over the last eight weeks we have teamed up with GlobalGathering to bring you Courtyard Sessions — some of the world’s finest DJs in a sun-drenched courtyard space in East London — stocked with a massive soundsystem and plenty of ice cold Miller Genuine Draft.

Re-live some of the highlights below…

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MC FATS: GOING LARGE

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2014-07-15 11:34

Few vocalists within drum & bass command the respect of MC Fats. His wicked reggae soundsystem toasting style has been livening up DJ sets for years and has added a freshness to tracks by Calibre, Alix Perez, A Sides and loads more. Despite some health problems he's about to release his brilliant debut album. We find out more...

ANDY C: BY THE HORNS

Submitted by Andrew Whitehurst on Thu, 2014-05-22 11:09

“When you’re drum & bass, you really are — you get it, and there’s nothing else like it. You can’t get assimilated into 4/4, your tempo doesn’t fit in with other genres — it is what it is, and the uniqueness of it is why it’s still around. That’s a big contributing factor in its longevity.”

Q&A: DUB PHIZIX

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2013-11-30 11:22

Whenever bass heads gather to pick over the new blood pushing drum & bass right back on top, Dub Phizix is one of the few names everyone can agree on. Over the last two years the Manchester-based producer has had an insane string of hits, including the filthy, ubiquitous bashment 'n’ bass bomb 'Marka' (alongside Skeptical and MC Strategy) — which burst out of the scene and rampaged into record boxes worldwide.

EXPERT MIC CONTROLLERS

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2013-10-16 11:57

“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.

FRICTION & LTJ BUKEM: DOUBLE VISIONS

Submitted by Ian Roullier on Mon, 2013-10-14 16:09

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.

ROCKWELL: HARDCORE PUNK ROCK

Submitted by jose flores on Tue, 2013-09-24 14:32

I've just asked Thomas Green, aka Rockwell, one of d&b's hottest producers and DJs of 2013, who is No.1 on his wish list of collaborators. He's thinking about it. I ponder which jungle/d&b legend he's going to opt for. 
“Ian Mackaye,” he says. Nods affirmatively. “Definitely. I'm obsessed with Fugazi and Minor Threat. It's my first love in music — hardcore punk, I love Black Flag and Henry Rollins as well — in fact I went to see his spoken word show a few weeks ago. Ian MacKaye I think probably wouldn't be very into the kind of music I'd make so the results would be... interesting. But, yeah, I would love to work with him.”
Of course, such genre-bending surprise should be of NO surprise to anyone who's properly listened to Rockwell.

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