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Catching Up With Blasterjaxx

May 20th, 2013 With new talent emerging every single day, every DJ/producer is fighting for a chance to make it big. It takes hard work, practice, having a unique sound, and displaying the confidence that you will succeed. For Blasterjaxx, all these attributes play a distinct role in their rising success. Coming from the Netherlands [...]

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Getting Lucky With Lucky Date

May 19th, 2013 This article was originally published in DJ Mag’s April Issue. Rising progressive house and electro producer Lucky Date (aka Jordan Atkins-Loria) wasn’t always planning to make dance music a career. He originally started out producing hip-hop but fell in love with electronic music after attending a rave near his hometown of San Francisco. [...]

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Kastle Talks Symbols and His New S/T Album

May 18th, 2013 Photo by the Supermaniak Kastle, a San Francisco based producer and label owner, has been infectiously spreading his brand of bass across North America. Despite Kastle meaning fortress, he has been thinking outside of the box in terms of genre and truly crafting his own sound in a populace of common aural cadences. [...]

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Breaking Bread with Roger Sanchez

May 16th, 2013 This article was originally published in DJ Mag’s April Issue. Roger Sanchez is a living legend that exports the sounds of the underground while still being one of the most popular house music artists around the globe. The Grammy Award winning DJ/producer’s “music first” attitude has kept him at the top of his [...]

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Moguai’s Mammoth Music

May 15th, 2013 This article was originally published in DJ Mag’s March Issue. There is one artist on the Mau5trap roster who doesn’t get enough attention, yet his classically beautiful sound has the potential to give boss man deadmau5 a run for his money. His name is André Tegeler, but known by many under the guise [...]

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Words From The Event Director of Motion Notion 14

May 14th, 2013 Last week, Motion Notion festival released their full lineup. Once known to be a predominantly psy-trance orientated affair, Motion Notion has gone through great lengths to diversify the music. They’ve added a bass focused stage with PK Sound, The Cabana, while still keeping some focus on psy-trance and visual elements on the [...]

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Hospital Records: Behind The Label

May 12th, 2013 This article was originally published in DJ Mag’s March Issue. From their humble roots in the groove, jazz, and loungecore music scene in 90s London to now managing one of the most successful drum and bass labels in the world, Chris Goss and Tony Colman have created a musical empire that other labels [...]

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We Sit Down With 403 DnB To Discuss The 403DNBBQ

May 10th, 2013 There are few things in life I love more than music, particularly drum and bass. There’s something about the rowdiness and speed of the beats, which give way to the craziest dance floors, coupled with the feeling of unity underneath this tiny niche of the larger EDM world. I’ve always felt the [...]

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Dubfire’s new Dish: Now Serving Techno

May 10th, 2013 This article was originally published in DJ Mag’s March Issue. Since his big break in 2009, Ali Shirazinia aka Dubfire has been a headlining name at pretty much every techno focused festival in the world. Having quickly climbed the ranks and collaborating with techno superstars like Matador, Oliver Huntemann, and Richie Hawtin; his [...]

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Marten Hørger: The New Face of Breaks?

May 9th, 2013 This article was originally published in DJ Mag’s March Issue. Breaks is a bit of a funny genre. We all know the aged legends like Krafty Kuts, Stanton Warriors, Plump DJs and A Skillz. We all recognize the mammoth breaks labels synonymous with these artists, such as Finger Lickin’.  That being said, it’s [...]

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