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Avid are not new to the digital DJing arena — but will they be the talk of the town with their Torq 2 digital DJ software upgrade?

Does Pioneer’s new DDJ-S1 Itch controller cut the mustard?

Above & Beyond are a genuine phenomenon. Arguably the biggest electronic DJing and production collective the UK has ever produced, inspiring almost unimaginable adulation in their fans, they’ve played to nearly a million people in Brazil, sold out the Hollywood Palladium in record time and remixed Madonna.
Now, with a new album in tow, ‘Group Therapy’ — their first under the name since 2006 — these trance giants are about to blow the game apart all over again...

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DENON AND ON AND ON…
Denon’s new DN-MC6000 mixer/controller has jumped into the ring to give Native’s S4 and even Vestax’s VCI DJ controllers a run for their money. Can it put up a good fight?

Dance music community rebuilds Japan together

Can Pioneer’s DJM-2000 stake its claim to the throne as the ultimate DJ club mixer? DJmag puts it to the test…

Independently Minded - The maverick mixology of dBridge & Instra:mental

Vintage Wooly Jumper! - Paul Woolford scoops the prestigious Best DJ gong