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Better and better: Verraco is perfecting his recipe for impactful club music

Over the past year, TraTraTrax co-founder Verraco has shifted his production style towards intense, irresistible dancefloor music, while building his reputation as one of the best club DJs around. He speaks to Christian Eede about overcoming hangups, consolidating his sound, and his focus on always improving

Sarz Is Protecting His Inner Child At All Costs

Nigerian super-producer and DJ Sarz grew up in a household that demanded academic success and dismissed artistic pursuits. Now an international icon, he's building a new legacy for himself and uplifting young artistic peers to overcome Western musical hegemony. He speaks to Nicolas-Tyrell Scott about his journey, motivations and forthcoming debut album

“I want to sink my teeth into new spaces”: How TAAHLIAH is evolving her artistry

Scottish artist TAAHLIAH speaks to Zoya Raza-Sheikh about wanting to be known as more than just a DJ, transforming her sound on debut album ‘Gramarye’, some unpredictable influences, and her future artistic ambitions

Free your body: Ezra Collective are bringing dancing back to jazz

Ahead of the release of their third album ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’, Ezra Collective speak to Sope Soetan translating the chaos of their live shows to record, the influence of church and travels, and rejecting elitism to help make jazz dance music again

“We’re tired of hiding”: An interview with Two Shell, dance music’s final boss

Dance music’s elusive duo open up — or are they playing a game in front of our eyes? In a rare interview with Philip Sherburne, Two Shell talk about their stylistic shift away from straightforward club records, resisting the matrix, gamifying dance music, and eyeing up fashion next

FJAAK don't want to play the techno industry game

Now a duo, FJAAK just want to make music and have fun. Upon the the release of their new album ‘FJAAK THE SYSTEM’, they talk to Paul Hanford about being musicians first and foremost