Jeff Mills has announced that a reissue of his classic 1997 cut, ‘The Bells’ will be released on vinyl, dropping via his own Axis Records on Friday 6th December. The three track EP forms the sixth chapter in the techno legend’s series, ‘The Director’s Cut’, and features the original track, ‘Blue Potential’, which was first
What inspired the track? Like my previous albums, my new album ‘\\\\’ [four] is a collection of tracks I’ve worked on over the last few years. I started making ‘Messiah’ on my laptop a couple of years ago, while travelling in the car in London between gigs. It was initially a very dark acid techno
Headphone preferences from the South African superstar South Africa’s Kyle Watson has taken the world by storm with his infectious spin on jacking house and techno. Kyle’s original sound has been picked up by leading labels like Ultra, Atlantic, This Ain’t Bristol and Dirtybird – giving him the privilege of being one of the very few South
That period in NYC changed popular culture forever The advent of dance music as a culture unto itself pivots on the year 1984. It was the year Detroit’s Cybotron released their first album, ‘Enter’, and the single ‘Techno City’ gave their post-electro sound a new name and attitude. In Chicago, Larry Sherman opened Precision Record Labs Ltd, promising fast
The Chemical Brothers are marking 20 years since the release of their classic 1999 album ‘Surrender’ with a deluxe box set reissue. Three CD and four LP packages will be available, coming with a DVD, a book, prints, rare and previously unreleased material, and remixes. KiNK, who plays The Lab LDN on Friday, has delivered a new
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