Interviews
Mixes & Mashups
Michael Gunner
A note from the editor regarding copyright infringement & content theft
It’s still happening. Yep, people are still copying our content, and posting it on their own websites. They don’t email me first to ask if it’s OK. They more than often don’t link back to our site, and often they even fail to credit us at all. So this is my disclaimer. 90% of content on this website is original, and the copyright belongs to us. When we label our interviews exclusive – this means exactly that. It means we … Continue reading
Morning After the Night Before
It’s not often I just “write” for the site, it’s usually a review, interview or release of some sort. So today I thought it would be refreshing to actually…er, write. Last night I went to Hospitality at Digital in Brighton. Drum and Bass and Dubstep are not my most favoured genres of electronic music but they definitely have their place and few nights could rival Hospitality’s for the sheer extreme level of noise, ferociousness and debauchery. Yet, whilst taking elbows in the nose and … Continue reading
A message from the editor
It’s easy for people who don’t know, or who did but have since forgotten, to get the impression that this site is a huge, commercial publishing platform. The fact is, although we have always aimed to push for a professional magazine-site rather than a more personal blog, what keeps this site going is personal love for the game. I have always said that the very second Maxumi stops being fun I’ll stop doing it and sell the site – I … Continue reading
Festival Value for Money
We were wondering with friends the other day about which festival, primarily an EDM festival, offers the best value for money. So here is a great visual diagram for you that compares Exit, Snowbombing, Creamfields, Global Gathering and Glastonbury. Yes, we know Snowbombing and Glastonbury are not exclusively EDM festivals, but both feature strong dance music line-ups. There are a lot of other festivals we could include, but the research involved in putting this together meant that unless we were … Continue reading
Commercialism? You can have the shirts off our backs first.
What about us? The most challenging aspect of running Maxumi is staying true to our roots and sticking out to achieve what we set out when it all began. Looking through the site, we’re aware that maybe, just maybe, we haven’t quite stuck to our guns. We’re a bit red-faced about this, we’ve tried hard to be a smarter, higher quality alternative to existing publications. Take a look at Mixmags online site. Loosely based on the Joomla platform, no dis-respect … Continue reading
The Future of Dance Music Technology
We look at how technology could change the face of dance music and whether it’s something to be looked forward to or dreaded… Ever since Technics 1210s kicked off their own revolution, dj’ing has stopped being the hobby of the elite rich few and instead opened itself up to the masses. In modern day 2010, it’s possible to purchase a complete DJ setup for as little as £200. However, Vinyl has since been replaced by CDs & MP3 and since … Continue reading