The life of a true music lover is a divine mixture of beauty and obsession, dedication and impulse; and there are very few who can be fairly categorised as a true music lover more than Thomas Koch, aka DJ T. His list of accolades and contributions to electronic music are irrefutable, indelible and seemingly endless. There’s his editing and publishing work in the periodical world: founding Groove Magazine in 1989 and remaining its publisher and author for 15 years (Groove remains one of the longest running – 20 years and counting – and most respected dance music periodicals in the…

“What happens in Vegas will no longer stay in Vegas…” – Markus Schulz

Touching down in new cities is almost as much a part of being a DJ as working the turntables themselves – a fact that’s never been lost on one of the world’s biggest DJs, Markus Schulz. In the last five years alone his always-rolling World Tour has taken him to more of them than many will see in a lifetime. It’s this ever-transforming melting pot of sound, sight and musical taste that fed his desire to capture them musically. And in 2005 that’s what he started to…

After raising the bar to unprecedented heights in 2009 with Joris Voorn and Will Saul’s stunning additions to the series, EQ Recordings’ Balance series returns for the new decade with yet another standard-setting mix from one of the most sophisticated and inspiring names in techno: Agoria.

The man otherwise known as Sebastien Devaud wasn’t bitten by the dance music bug until he was out of his teens, but once he began hunting imported 12″s from the US and Germany in his native France, there was no turning back. His production career began in 1999, with his debut album Blossom and…

The world-famous Godskitchen returns with its brand new compilation Pure Trance Anthems. Packed across three massive CDs, with 57 tracks, this is a full-throttle selection of 2009’s biggest tunes, future anthems and remixed classics.

Since its inception in the mid 90’s, Godskitchen has been at the forefront of dance music. Whether its running huge festivals, arenas, nightclubs or putting out quality albums, they know what’s what and this album clearly illustrates this. With some of the biggest names playing for the brand on a regular basis, GK have also played a key part in launching some of the lesser known…

2009 IS the year for drum and bass. Clubnight Hospitality have been packing out venues up and down the country; The UK’s radios have been lit up by the incendiary sounds of Pendulum, Danny Byrd and Chase and Status and festivals had their soundsytems rocked by drum + bass DJs and live acts. In light of this, Hospitality have called upon two of the scene’s heavyweights High Contrast and London Elektricity to put together a definitive guide for the nation, This Is Drum + Bass.

After his 2002 debut album True Colours received huge props from critics and fans alike,…