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Smokin' Jo's life story isn’t the usual glossy superstar DJ biography

Smokin' Jo's autobiography 'You Don’t Need A Dick To DJ' is an inspiring and at-times brutal tale, detailing a turbulent adolescence and rise to become one of UK's most legendary DJs. She speaks to Manu Ekanayake about her remarkable life and challenges along the way

"Nothing for algorithms": Bbymutha is reclaiming her musical agency

Finding the "game" of being a musician frustrating, bbymutha just wants her music to be fun and connect people. Her new dance music-influenced album 'sleep paralysis' embodies this approach

RIP MC Conrad: A peerless performer who became one with the music

MC Conrad is one of the most recognisable voices in drum 'n' bass who played a pioneering role in evolving the sound. Marcus Barnes pays tribute

Welcome to Hyperdrama: Justice’s cinematic venture into a brand new world

The world around Justice may have changed but dance music’s unshakeable stars have the same nonconforming approach as when they started

Uncle Waffles: “When a stage requires me to go big, I always think ‘how big can I go?’”

Uncle Waffles' international success represents an exhilarating era for southern African music. As her groundbreaking career continues its ascent, the Eswatini DJ, producer and performer speaks to Natty Kasambala about the ancestral power of log drums, the universal language of dancing, and touching grass

From footwork to infinity: Jlin is an era-defining artist

Since first emerging with some of the loudest, fastest, most powerful music on record, Jlin has ascended well beyond the realms of 160 BPM. Her new album ‘Akoma’, featuring Björk and Philip Glass, is the work of a one-off composer

DJ Python is ready to enjoy the milestones

Ahead of his appearance at Simple Things this weekend, rhythm master DJ Python talks celebrating milestones, moving to London and the generational lineage of soundsystem culture

Manga Saint Hilare is grime's realest storyteller

Manga Saint Hilare speaks to Manu Ekanayake about his days in Roll Deep, keeping it real, and approaching different genres from a grime perspective

How tinnitus affects DJs' life and work in music

7 DJs discuss their experience with tinnitus and share advice for dealing with it

J Dilla’s music will always sound like the future

On what would have been the late Detroit beatmaker’s 50th birthday, Thomas Hobbs writes about J Dilla’s unparalleled genius and how he inspired generation-after-generation of producers to move at their own pace

Bar Italia just want to have fun

Initial question marks about Bar Italia grabbed attention across musical worlds, while their output since has held it. They emerge from a cloud of hype to speak to Patrick Hinton about following vibes, dance music, and their popular appeal

DJ Paulette has always been one step ahead

DJ Paulette's new book - Welcome to the club: The life and lessons of a Black woman DJ - documents her illustrious, pioneering career and wisdom gained along the way. Ahead of its release, she speaks to Kamila Rymajdo about highs, lows and breaking glass ceilings

The Top 25 Artists To Watch In 2024

Spanning DJs, producers, live acts and rappers, these are the artists you need to check out next year

The Top 25 Producers Who Defined The Year 2023

The creators who brought joy to dancefloors and kept the evolutionary wheels of dance music turning

The Top 25 Breakthrough DJs Of The Year 2023

The new generation of DJs taking over dance music

The Top 25 DJs Who Defined The Year 2023

The DJs who represented the best of dance music in 2023

Get to know DJ Ramon Sucesso, the viral sensation shaking up Brazil's baile funk scene

Catching the attention of everyone from Arca to Neymar, DJ Ramon Sucesso has sent shockwaves through global dance music with his noisy, creative DJ videos. He speaks to Nathan Evans about his upbringing, signature style and new mixtape

Embracing emotional vulnerability is powering Barry Can't Swim's success

Upon the release of highly anticipated debut album ‘When Will We Land?’, Barry Can't Swim speaks to Arielle Lana LeJarde about his fast-rising popularity and accepting his emotions

CamelPhat: "We want a legacy, something to show our kids we weren't just 'DJs'"

Ahead of the duo’s second studio album 'Spiritual Milk', Chris Cahillane catches CamelPhat on the White Isle to talk Jake Bugg, pretending to be Italian and finding a home at Pacha

“House and hip hop carry a similar energy”: Meet RXK Nephew, the MC making rap weird again

The Rochester-born rapper has won a cult fan base thanks to his surrealist, hyperconfident bars. Thomas Hobbs spoke to the rising star about his rags-to-riches ascent to the peak of underground hip hop, and why he wants to make people dance

Danny Tenaglia on cancer diagnosis: “You start to think all those things like, wow, is this it?”

Brooklyn DJ maestro Danny Tenaglia talks about his new Global Underground mix, Brooklyn, Miami, London, and how he’s been handling a serious health scare