Peven Everett means business. In a rare interview with Kwame Safo, the Chicago singer and multi-instrumentalist shares his views on the importance of developing musicianship and songwriting, learning from the greats, power being taken away from artists, dealing with industry blacklisting, and much more For many years I've wanted to speak to Peven Everett across [...]
Acclaimed Singer / Songwriter Jason Walker hails from Pittsburgh and moved to New York where he signed to Junior Vasquez’s, label, JVM, and recorded two albums, ‘This Is My Life’ and ‘Flexible’, garnering three Top 10 Billboard hits (‘My Life’, ‘No More’, and ‘Movin’ On’), and two Billboard #1s (‘Foolish Mind Games’ and ‘Set [...]
The Princess of Amapiano, shares her journey in an exclusive interview for Rolling Stone Africa's February digital cover. Born Lungelihle Zwane on March 30, 2000, in Eswatini, Uncle Waffles grew up surrounded by the infectious sounds of South African house music. Her journey into DJing began in 2020 during the lockdown, a time she [...]
February is Black History Month - Check out the contribution of Black artists in house and techno. The contribution of Black artists in house and techno are undeniable and pervasive. In fact, the bedrock of electronic music owes much of its legacy to Black artists. From Chicago and Detroit, the cities that started it all, its local pioneers wove dance music culture’s [...]
Few names are more synonymous with New York’s house scene than Roger Sanchez. The legendary DJ talks about process, philosophy, and Roland Cloud. There are few names more synonymous with the origins of New York’s house music scene than Roger Sanchez. Alongside contemporaries like Masters at Work, Frankie Bones, David Morales, and Danny Tenaglia, he helped form [...]
Deep House Amsterdam Interview with Zakes Bantwini Hi Zakes! Great to have you with us. How are you and how has your year been? Z: I’m doing well, it has been a busy year, I am working on a lot of new projects that I’m super excited about. Let’s jump right in! How did you [...]
Producer Marshall Jefferson and singer Byron Stingily comprise the house music collective currently known as Ten City. After being signed to Atlantic Records, they released the classic album Foundation, which contains several hit dance singles such as “Devotion” and “Right Back to You.” Stingily became a solo artist and re-recorded the song “That’s the Way Love [...]
Robert and Lyric Hood make house that’s clear in its sanctified intentions — but whatever your beliefs, the music that the father-and-daughter duo create as Floorplan is some of the most joyous club material you’re likely to hear. Their new album, ‘The Master’s Plan’, came out on Classic Music Company last month, and Bruce [...]
**This interview originally appeared on the Red Bull Music Academy website March 9, 2018. From the DJ History archives: The super-producer and DJ looks back on a star-studded career, from Diana Ross to Depeche Mode François Kevorkian’s is a truly New York story. Moving to the city from France in 1975, with a plan [...]
Sam Divine is the Queen of Defected, and she’s helming the UK house music brand’s first season at Ushuaïa Ibiza this season as its weekly resident and key figurehead. For the the first of DJ Mag's 2024 Ibiza cover stories, Divine speaks candidly about her difficult upbringing, falling in love with house music, lifestyle [...]