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LOVE IS IN THE AIR!
Contributors
Richard Brophy, Ben Child, Alex Constantinides, Phil Cheeseman, Paul Clarke, Lewis
Despite the wintery weather and errant snowstorms, it seems
Dene, Beth Crockatt, Sinden, Carl Loben, Found Sounds, Kutski, Jonathan Burnip,
that love really is in the air. Though much of the media insists
Neil Kulkarni, Joe Madden, Dan Reid, Mark Gurney, Elijah TC, The Wideboys, Ben
on weaving tales of financial woes, the emotional landscape
Arnold, Joe Roberts, Kristan Caryl, Alex Burden, Jim Butler, Jamie Simonds, Kevin
Lake, Chris Dodd, Luke Pepper, Tim Stark and Paul Underhill.
of dance music couldn’t be more optimistic. Perhaps it’s in
times of recession and hardship that art and music counters
the darkness with positivity, but whatever the reason,
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everywhere you look, electronic dance couldn’t be more
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As we head into the love month, and Valentine’s Day beckons,
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techno has rediscovered its soul, house is full of joyful pianos,
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and even dubstep, previously associated with gloomy
atmospherics, is full of joie de vivre, with the likes of Joy
Orbison and SBTRKT making beautiful, heart-swelling melodic
tracks.
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In hard times, everyone needs to party, let off some steam, Managing Director Martin Carvell martin.carvell@djmag.com
and that’s evident in the renewed vigour in dance music.
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From time immemorial, our scene has produced tracks that,
for a moment in time, let us forget our troubles, and feel that
love sensation, that healing quality which brings us all
together. In this issue’s cover feature, we talk to Carl Cox
about the galvanic, unifying power of rave, which he
experienced anew at Nevada’s Burning Man festival, while in
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our Feel The Love piece, we shed light on the passionate
dance classics of yesteryear.
It’s encouraging that now, producers are once again looking
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