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MERRY PRANKSTER Dillon Francis has risen to success off the back of his wildcard antics and foundation- shaking bass wobbles. Plus, of course, his love of cats...
BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Electro king Fake Blood is back with a new album – and he’s talking to the press for the first time about the project.
IT’S EVERYTHING TIME Eats Everything is the man whose beefed up house beats are as big as his presence in the booth. Now he has a new label and album on the way.
THE SOUND OF SCIENCE Ninja Tune’s Amon Tobin holds forth about his mind-blowing live show and Two Fingers LP...
NO LIMITS Bryant Rutledge, aka Lazer Sword’s Low Limit, lifts the lid on the sounds of the US underground with a new compilation, ‘Ouroboros’.
THE UNICORN SLAYER His music kills mythical beasts and his fourth album was the embodiment of him screaming onstage. We catch up with Markus Schulz and find out that trance is a feeling....
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TUNES OF 2012 From slamming analog house to cone- rattling bass, these are our picks of the year.
ALBUMS OF 2012 The album format is still in stella health, so we’ve chose the best of a brilliant bunch.
COMPILATIONS OF 2012 In the face of free podcasts, compilations are even stronger this year. We deliver of favorites.
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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, live and alive! Fashion
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The biggest nights happening this month and beyond in Take Five
Hanging out at the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival
BPM 2013 – the DJ’s inside track
What happened when the debut Sonar tour his Denver
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music Killers – December’s dancefloor decimators
In the Bag – Lee Foss Singles Albums Compilations tech
The new DDJ-SX hardware & DJ software combo In The Studio with Breakbot
Pioneer’s CDJ2000nexus reviewed
Native Instruments’ new Maschine
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