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Mixmag and BUDX are proud to partner and bring you the newest destination of the Lab this summer: The Lab Johannesburg. On Wednesday, September 11, the legendary Berlin-based duo Booka Shade take over to showcase their influential house and techno style. mobilee co-founder Ralf Kollmann is also set to perform along with local tastemaker ILLING. Berlin-based duo Booka Shade, aka Walter Merziger and
Factory Records is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exhibition and two huge vinyl compilations. The seminal Manchester label— which gave us bands like Joy Division and then New Order, Happy Mondays and A Certain Ratio— was at the forefront of post punk and new wave, while spearheading an acid house-indie crossover via its legendary
We spoke to classic artists and newcomers local and international about the global community and lasting joys of trance music… Since the early ’90s, when pioneers like Ferry Corsten, Paul Van Dyk, and Jam & Spoon crafted some of the earliest and best-loved trance records, the genre has gone through huge swings in popularity. Today,
Monday and Wednesday nights in Ibiza have become synonymous with the White Isle’s home of the underground, DC-10, for both Jamie Jones’ Paradise and the legendary Circoloco parties. Alongside Boiler Room, Cuttin’ Headz and Diynamic, who will take over Fridays throughout the season, Game Over have teamed up with Carl Cox and Dyed Soundroom for
Dallas has long been a hub of razor sharp electro, but its history is lesser known than that of Chicago or Detroit. Here, Ben Murphy charts the evolution of the Texan city’s key artists, labels and venues, which have helped shape Dallas’ distinct and ever-evolving electro sound… Dallas, Texas is an unlikely nerve centre of
Can you imagine Richie Hawtin as a Kiwi junglist? In a parallel universe he could easily have been, if a couple of things had gone differently. For one, before his parents emigrated from England to Canada, they were hoping to relocate to New Zealand. And second, there was a moment towards the end of the 90s where,
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 new album on the horizon, more gigs than ever and a thriving label, they’re winning the battle – and then some.. Dominic Butler and Mark Yardley famously took the name Stanton Warriors
The French classic has been remastered, and will soon be available on vinyl and streaming services Stardust’s ‘Music Sounds Better With You’ is being reissued on fresh 12” wax to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the track. Originally released in 1998 on the French label Roulé, this track embodies all that is to be celebrated
A pick of defining AFX sets, from DJ tributes to headline festival slots Richard D James, AKA Aphex Twin, has played records to audiences for a long time. But he’s such an iconoclast his sets feel like events. This is underlined by the fact that most take place at festivals, such as this year’s Coachella, on whose poster Aphex Twin
Iceland’s foremost electronic music pioneer Björk has released a stunning music video for her track ‘Tabula Rasa’. Co-produced by Arca, the haunting woodwind ballad appeared on her last album, 2017’s ‘Utopia’. The music video shows the Icelandic icon morphing into floral shapes and otherworldly figures with the help of some mind-boggling digital rendering. “When creating the