Ideal for mobile DJs and the perpetually indecisive, this gold-sprayed cassette tape hides a cross-fading secret. Dubbed the Urban DJ, it has twin 3.5mm inputs and a single 3.5mm headphone socket, ...

A truly exceptional DJ mix isn’t just about moving a crowd, though it can certainly do that. As the past 10 years of streaming music have taught us, a great set can be just as powerful when heard ...

You host Rock Band parties on the weekends. You jam on Guitar Hero between classes. You talk about some old PlayStation game called PaRappa the Rapper until your friends want to bloody your lip. You ...

For three decades, !K7's flagship mix series has helped to shape dance music. Ahead of this weekend's celebration of its legacy at London's DRUMSHEDS, eight artists spotlight the DJ-Kicks edition that ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, KQED’s year-long exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history, with new content dropping all throughout 2023. Women’s contributions to the Bay Area ...

Our electronic music expert Philip Sherburne sifts through the internet’s bounty of DJ mixes to find only the best sets—because life’s too short to waste on stale beats. The following list is ...

Nikki Nair pounds through a 100% production mix and chats to Mixmag about mythology, getting silly in the studio, and causing chaos with Hudson Mohawke The last time Nikki Nair spoke to Mixmag in 2021 ...

SVENONIOUS: This is such weird serendipity, because—oh, wait, that’s the wrong term, scratch that. JOHNSON: Well, it’s some kind of modern, technological thing. SVENONIOUS: [Laughing] No, but I was ...

British music legend Thomas Dolby touches down at KCRW as our Resident DJ for the month of December 2025. In his fifth mix, ...

When a DJ Green Lantern project drops, it still feels like an event. Not because the music industry demands it, not because an algorithm forces it, but because certain names carry a weight that cuts ...