Where are the Female DJs?

I went to my first drum and bass rave in 2007 when I was sixteen years old. Dancing around in a grotty warehouse in the middle of the Somerset countryside, I felt at home for the first time. After that rave it became the thing I lived for. Fourteen years later I started DJing and producing drum and bass, becoming more heavily involved in the scene. With a new lens through which to see the world due to the evolution of social media and a university degree, I started to notice the lack of female names, and not just behind the decks, and it led me to thinking, why is there such a gender imbalance in the EDM industry?

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6 Essential Drum n Bass of Albums of – 1995

We look at 6 of the best drum and bass albums of 1995, the year jungle was at it’s creative peak. If you haven’t heard of any of these, or even some of them, now is the perfect opportunity to take a listen to a selection from each of these scene defining and bona fide classics.

You’re welcome.

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INSIDE DNB GUEST MIX – Global Interpretations #01 – DJ Wuffnuffs (USA)

DJ Wuffnuffs is our newest contributor, but also the provider of our latest Guest Mix in a brand new series we’re calling ‘Global Interpretations’ – the idea being that we touch base with DJs from all over the world to get their own personal, but also geographical interpretations of Global drum and bass culture. If you’re in a far flung corner of the world and want to contribute to this series, you can hit us up via the ‘Meet The Team’ page.

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Artist Profile – Levia – (Sweden)

Even the snowy Swedish weather can’t stop our latest featured artist from setting the dancefloor ablaze! If you like a healthy dose of metal and punk in your DNB, we’ve got the artist for you! We caught up with Levia to talk about her latest EP release out now on Imagine audio, “Game Changers.”

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Artist Profile – Miss Medik – (UK)

Miss Medik is one of our new recruits and a highly valued member of the team here at INSIDE DNB. She is also a highly talented DJ and producer and cares about all of the things we care about, including acceptance of neurodivergency and gender equality across all echelons of society. We are very pleased to call her a member of the crew! Read about her story here!

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HYPER – The Stevie Hyper D Story

For anyone lucky enough to see Stevie Hyper D at the peak of his creative prowess during the mid to late 90’s, they will know that he wasn’t just a charismatic and highly influential Mic controller, he was a game changer with a skills set that propelled lyrical creativity and vocal delivery into a whole other realm, and to be fair, down a road that has never really been travelled before or since. We caught up with Jamie Ross-Hulme, the producer of a brand new feature film about the iconic MC, that needs your help with funding in order to make it to UK cinemas.

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