Having worked with music by diverse big-name artists from The Beatles and Kanye West to Britney Spears and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Diplo is known for his remixing versatility and infectious sounds. Catch him live as he returns to our shores.
First job: Mowing lawns.
Rule for life: No fear!
Can’t...
Direct from Mumbai, TV presenter-turned-DJ, Lil B’ gears up for an afternoon of Bollywood.
As a child: I hated studying and my textbooks were full of cartoon sketches and rockets. I hated two numbers, 35 and 75. The first was the minimum passing score, the latter was the minimum attendance...
Known for spinning deep, twisted house grooves at leading celebs’ post-tour parties, DJ Phil Drummond has a heart to heart with us before he takes on the decks at Mode party.
First job: Left school and had a hit record. I’ve never really had a “real job” as my mother used to...
The 2007 winner of the German Club Artist of the Year, house DJ/producer Malente, gears up for his one-off gig and offers some insight into his latest EP, Bangkok.
You’re in town for the launch of the aptly named Bangkok, what was the inspiration behind your new EP?
I’ve been to Bangkok...
Die-hard Liverpool fan and the man behind Ibiza’s two famous club nights, Monkey Drum and Naked Lunch, Barry Ashworth from The Dub Pistols, brings us slices of hip hop, ska and breakbeat.
As a child: I wanted to be a footballer and play for Liverpool.
First job: Working in a car parts...
Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie, became a household name when his debut album, Timeless, released in 1995, was dubbed the finest drum and bass album in music history. Since then, the man’s been busy, not just DJ-ing, but producing, acting, writing and embracing his artistic side...
DJ Ash
DJ Ash sits down with us for a quick heart to heart before he mans the decks alongside Singaporean Sunil Primalani at the album launch of UK’s renowned Bollywood and Bhangra artist, Imran Khan.
First job: DJ-ing.
Path to inner peace: Not dwelling in the past, living in the present and...
Matty Boy, DJ and front man of local indie outfit The Standards, gears up for yet another night of solid Britpop and indie tunes at the monthly Popscene.
As a child: I grew up in Britpop fuelled London in a house where music was played extremely loudly.
First job: Potato peeler in a chippy [fish...
DJ Nor is a jack of all trades, having dabbled in everything from design to journalism. But his love for DJ-ing keeps dragging him back to the decks. Fresh from remixing for Groove Riders’ latest album, he gears up for another night of the best offbeat sounds at Reggae in Thailand Vol. 27.
As...
I’d have perhaps paid more attention if I had known that I’d still be doing this after all these years.
Music should be an accessible thing. Not something where you have to train for many years and become a virtuoso before you are allowed to make a noise.
Punk was a great way of seizing...