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Mixmag

Mixmag, launched in 1982, is a British monthly electronic dance and clubbing magazine which covers dance events, and reviews music and club nights.

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Adeva

Interview by John McCready, Mixmag, July 1991

The look, the voice, the haircut is back. However it seems the lady who was born plain Pat Daniels is is revealing a more sensitive ...

Larry Levan: The Great Phoney Garage Revival

Comment by John McCready, Mixmag, November 1991

John McCready gets shirty about all this Garage hype. ...

Leftfield: Bobbing to the top of The Next Big Thing List

Interview by Andy Crysell, Mixmag, January 1992

IT'S NOT often that a band with no definite plans for their next release, without even so much as a recording contract, land a page ...

Techno takes New York

Report by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, March 1992

Back in October Mixmag covered the exploding LA Rave scene. Since then New York itself, city of metal, noise and chaos, has gone techno mental. ...

Tony Humphries: Turntable Legends Part 2: Tony Humphries

Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, April 1992

THE BIG man has cricked his back. He's drugged out on 'Bufferin', 'Excedrin', 'Anacin', and major doses of 'Extra Strength Tylenol' after waking up in ...

Todd Terry: Ay Bop A Dobey: Todd Terry

Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, May 1992

"I'M FLYING down to Florida tomorrow, but I don't like hot weather so I guess it's gonna be terrible — I don't exactly need a ...

Masters at Work: Dope: Masters At Work

Interview by Kodwo Eshun, Mixmag, May 1992

MASTERS AT Work are Kenny "Dope" Gonzales, 21, and Lil' Louie Vega, 25. They're two of the hottest producer-remixers of the moment. ...

Alison Limerick: My Top Tunes: Alison Limerick selects her all-time favourite ten records.

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, May 1992

'Optimistic' — Sounds Of Blackness "I'm probably going to say this for most of the songs, but the vocals on this are brilliant. I like harmonies. ...

Drug Culture As Pop Culture

Overview by David Toop, Mixmag, June 1992

WHEN PHUTURE'S 'Acid Tracks' hit the decks in 1987, the title of this minimalist techno-homage to the Roland TR-303 blinded most of us to the ...

Carleen Anderson, Brand New Heavies, DaYeene, M People, Joey Negro, Young Disciples: Girls on Song

Report and Interview by Lucy O'Brien, Mixmag, June 1992

"IT'S JUST tinkly pianos and wailing slags," was how 808 State once summed up the contribution of female vocalists to house music. If it wasn't ...

Moby: My Top Tunes

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, June 1992

Moby selects his all-time favourite ten records. ...

Kylie Minogue: My Top Tunes

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, September 1992

'Flowers' — Titiyo"I think she's Swedish [she is], but I really know nothing about this, so I don't know what to tell you. I was ...

Junior Vasquez: Out in New York

Report by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, September 1992

Despite a million AIDS warnings, New York clubbers are going wild. Clubs like the Roxy and the Sound Factory are packed with acres of exposed ...

Stand By Yer Samplers

Essay by David Toop, Mixmag, September 1992

Dance music is under attack. The establishment is swamping us with double packs and pointless pop product posing as dance music. Dance music is no ...

John Cage, Brian Eno, Keith LeBlanc, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ultramarine: Ambient: The Chill-Out Zone

Essay by David Toop, Mixmag, October 1992

Ambient music: not just a soundtrack for the chill-out room, more a sound of the future. David Toop gets deep. Very deep. ...

Neneh Cherry: My Top Tunes

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, October 1992

What's Goin' On — Marvin Gaye ...

Carl Cox: My Home Town

Report and Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, December 1992

BACK IN THE summer Carl Cox was asked to perform on the Radio 1 Road Show. Ever keen to please, Carl naturally obliged, he did ...

Larry Levan Dies

Obituary by David Toop, Mixmag, January 1993

The legendary Paradise Garage DJ passed away in November. David Toop pays tribute. ...

Tony Humphries: Goodbye New York, hello London

Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, February 1993

Tony Humphries moves to London ...

Brand Nubian

Profile and Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, May 1993

ALLAH — NUMBER one deity in the world of Islam. Almighty soul controller, master and one God. Inspiration and divine power behind the words of ...

D:Ream, Lisa B, Serious Rope: Lisa B, D:Ream, Serious Rope: Fun

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, May 1993

  IT'S ABOUT a change of heart and a swift move up in emphasis. It's about Songs, Glamour and Style in capital letters. ...

David Bowie, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, The Rolling Stones, Run-DMC: Pete Rock and CL Smooth

Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, May 1993

MANAGER ADOFO Muhammad is talking up his brother and CL Smooth's success. "The unique sound is all incorporated in Pete Rock's flow — his art. ...

Brand New Heavies, The Pharcyde: Pharcyde

Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, May 1993

LAYERS OF sophisticated jazz are slinking their way through your speakers. Smokey strains of Blue Note beats collide with the mastery of John Coltrane, Donald ...

Guru, Run-DMC: Run DMC: Down With The Kings

Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, May 1993

It ain't a respect thing (even if it should be). It's the real thing. The kings are back. The gold, the fresh trainers and the ...

Juan Atkins: Juan Is The Teacher

Profile and Interview by Kris Needs, Mixmag, August 1993

COULD IT be 'Magic'? Yes that was Juan Atkins, the "Magic One" and legendary Godfather Of Techno leaning against a pillar at the Drum Club ...

Joey Negro: Universe Of Love (Z/Virgin)

Review by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, October 1993

A FEW years ago, any talk of British garage would've been met with nothing more than a few hearty sniggers and the number of the ...

M People, The Tyrrel Corporation: M People, Evolution, Tyrrel Corporation: The Academy, Manchester

Live Review by Lisa Verrico, Mixmag, December 1993

UNLESS YOU'VE spent the last six months in an Iraqi jail, you'll have noticed M People. Mike Pickering's house-music-goes-pop combo has grown from a personal ...

Village People

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, December 1993

They're back and Bill Brewster wants to know if they go shopping dressed like that. "Lets put the cards on the table," says The Cowboy, ...

Barbara Tucker: Work It, Girlfriend

Report and Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, December 1994

A clubland fixture, both on record and on the dancefloor, Miss Tucker proves that if you want to make it in New York you better ...

A Guy Called Gerald: Return of the Gerald

Interview by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, February 1995

With 'Voodoo Ray' A Guy Called Gerald defined British acid house. With '28-Gun Bad Boy' he lit the fuse that became jungle. With his new ...

Josh Wink: the Acid Athlete

Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, April 1995

You may have heard that deep trance track with the manic laughing. That's Josh Wink, the coolest, wildest, funkiest trance doctor in America. When Josh ...

Aphex Twin: I Care Because You Do (Warp)

Review by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, May 1995

OVER THE past year or two, Richard James has built up an antagonistic persona, composing tracks built of harsh ear-splitting noises. And yes, you'll find ...

Blake Baxter, Joey Beltram, System 01: Techno in Berlin: Down In The Bunker

Report and Interview by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, May 1995

Berlin: Eastern techno axis, where hardened Detroit innovation collides with glam club babes in a former department store bunker. Tresor is the club and the ...

Montell Jordan: This is how HE does it

Report and Interview by Frank Broughton, Mixmag, July 1995

Montell Jordan, six foot eight of elegant, chart topping, soul-swinging, street talking star, is holding forth on a basketball court in Southern California. Telling jokes ...

Temazepam: Monging Out

Report by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, July 1995

Jellies used to be heavy shit, for addicts and desperados. Then serious clubland hedonists started taking them to come down. Now, in the search for ...

Cool Breeze, DJ Shadow, Funki Porcini, Future Perfect, Howie B, Massive Attack, Moloko, Photek, Portishead, Tricky, UNKLE: "Rock died out and then came pop now you're living in the world of... Trip Hop" — U.N.K.L.E.: 'If You Find Earth Boring'

Report by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, August 1995

One year ago we coined the term 'trip hop' for a new, instrumental school of stoned hip hop rhythms and psychedelic wizardry. Since then, the ...

LTJ Bukem: "Don't Miss Out on a Good Thing"

Profile and Interview by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, September 1995

That's what everyone's saying about LTJ Bukem — the man whose pioneering, melodic take on breakbeats has catapulted him into the drum n' bass super ...

Trainspotters: Sad All Over

Report by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, December 1995

Trainspotting, eh? We all do it, to one extent or another. But there are people who go that little bit further. People who take it to extremes. Who let collecting, buying ...

4 Hero: The Sound of Unimaginable Dreams

Interview by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, March 1996

Dego and Mark are 4 Hero. And Jason's Optical Stairway. And Tom & Jerry. And the brains behind Reinforced Records. They gave Goldie a break ...

Everything But The Girl: Once more, with feeling

Interview by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, April 1996

'Missing' was one of the most beautiful, evocative house records of recent years. Now Everything But The Girl are making jungle with the same kind ...

Why does everyone ignore "Jump Up" jungle?

Interview by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, January 1997

Even Goldie has been dissing "jump up". But wasn't it the ragga stuff that put jungle back in the frame in the first place? ...

KRS-One: Here Comes Trouble!

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, Mixmag, October 1997

Arriving in the UK, via the QEII, after a six year break, rap legend KRS-One certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons. If appearing on ...

Spring Heel Jack: Why Does Everybody Hate Spring Heel Jack?

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, Mixmag, October 1997

Is it because they produced for Everything But The Girl? Toured with ambient rockers Spiritualized rather than Goldie? Or because they're seen as the epitome ...

What the Hell is Music?

Essay by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, Mixmag, 2002

NOTE: This is the extended "directors' cut" version of the piece originally published in Mixmag.                                                      * ...

Grumpy Old DJs

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, 2006

IS IT STILL financially viable to employ a butler to carry one's record valise? Why can't you get wooden slipmats any more? Is 45rpm a ...

Aphex Twin, Barrabas, Vashti Bunyan, Terry Callier, Prince, Labi Siffre, R. Dean Taylor, Underworld: The 40 Most Collectible Records

Guide by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, 2006

Okay, so it's not really the 40 most collectable records (if it was, it would contain nothing but doo-wop, northern soul and classical music). It's ...

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