The Mixmag 25th birthday cover shoot

[Yannick]

To celebrate our 25th birthday – yes, 25th birthday! – Mixmag has shot an amazing, foldout cover with the 25 biggest names in electronic music.

Featuring Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx, LCD Soundsystem, The Prodigy, Moby, Mylo, Richie Hawtin, Roisin Murphy, Dizzee Rascal, Paul van Dyk, Goldie, Sven Vath, Felix Da Housecat, Erick Morillo, Sasha, Faithless, Underworld and more, it’s the biggest dance music magazine cover ever!
The issue goes on sale in the UK on 17th April, 2008, but you can watch some sneaky behind-the-scenes footage from the cover shoot here. Plus amazing in-depth interviews with the cover stars.



http://www.mixmag.net/25years

[Leon]

To celebrate our 25th birthday – yes, 25th birthday! – Mixmag has shot an amazing, foldout cover with the 25 biggest names in electronic music.

Featuring Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx, LCD Soundsystem, The Prodigy, Moby, Mylo, Richie Hawtin, Roisin Murphy, Dizzee Rascal, Paul van Dyk, Goldie, Sven Vath, Felix Da Housecat, Erick Morillo, Sasha, Faithless, Underworld and more, it’s the biggest dance music magazine cover ever!
The issue goes on sale in the UK on 17th April, 2008, but you can watch some sneaky behind-the-scenes footage from the cover shoot here. Plus amazing in-depth interviews with the cover stars.



http://www.mixmag.net/25years

Right: Fatboy Slim, Mylo, Roisin Murphy, Paul van Dyk, Erick Morillo? :rolleyes:

[matt]

Right: Fatboy Slim, Mylo, Roisin Murphy, Paul van Dyk, Erick Morillo? :rolleyes:sorry but if you're going for huge contributions to dance music over the last 25 years i don't think you can argue with Fatboy Slim, PvD & Erik Morillo being there. (Not so sure about Mylo & Roisin Murphy but can understand the rest).

They might not be your cup of tea but all had huge influence etc on dance music...

[dubman]

mylo's cool and all but how was that not just a flash in the pan?
come on now.
FS' influence was just somehow dumbing everything down so that frat boys here in the US would accept dance music at parties without yelling "WHAT IS THIS GAY FAGGOT SHIT"
i forgot who said that originally but it couldnt be more true. and that coming from someone with a big soft spot for his first two albums
if we recognize that it'd be cool, but otherwise it's a bit of a poke in the eye.

otherwise it should be fun to look at :)
i'd rather they got sasha rather than PVD because sasha at least did one good thing (xpander ep) but again, they cant all be winners...

[big screen satellite]

a nice idea

and wow 25 years...

but they have been going at least 8 years too long - mixmag is not relevant anymore - and they are clinging onto the last remnants of the dance industry who buy magazines... if you want to find out about fashion and clubs then its ok, but for info on music and artists - well its too much bigging up shit trance djs now

shame Muzik, which was a much better magazine in the end didn't keep going... Mixmag was good in 1990-1995 shame 25 years hasn't aged them well in my opinion

i'll buy this nostalgic look back for old times sake

[matt]

i'd rather they got sasha rather than PVD because sasha at least did one good thing (xpander ep) but again, they cant all be winners...I disagree. Sure PVD hasn't really done anything of note for about a decade but in the early nineties he helped pioneer the trance sound when it was still fresh and exciting and a whole new genre for dance music. His early MFS work is excellent and his X-Mix 1 mix still sounds great today

[big screen satellite]

I disagree. Sure PVD hasn't really done anything of note for about a decade but in the early nineties he helped pioneer the trance sound when it was still fresh and exciting and a whole new genre for dance music. His early MFS work is excellent and his X-Mix 1 mix still sounds great today


both sasha and PVD have had good times and bad... and both are worthy of note as pioneers in 25 years of Mixmag's history... i agree PVD's early MFS stuff was awesome - ppl should really check out some of the early PVD stuff... (and Sasha IS included here too, its not PVD instead of Sasha)

and i personally love the Vorsrung Dyk Techique Album he did....

if we're questioning peoples influence, Goldie is a better candidate... his output of quality was really limited to one album, imo

[patrick]

I really like Moloko/Roisin Murphy so that's that! I don't really care if she wouldn't be included on this list, as she doesn't really fit, grouping anyone with UW is a sham! ;)

[//\/\/]

over the past year or so, mixmag has got back to something like its old form as far as the writing's concerned - it's got its attention-span back after it's early-millenium wobble and trance-fixation. i was never a fan of muzik - it was too quick to jump on a bandwaggon imo - or if there was nothing going on it was always trying to create The Next Big Thing (taking its lead from melody maker...)

mixmag isn't what it was; but then again; nor is 'the scene'...

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

WTF.

New Order?
D.Summer?

[viddy]

More importantly, where's Rick?

[gillenium]

No Chemical Brothers either.

and no Rick Smith!

This shoot is stupid.

[//\/\/]

lcd sound system?!?

[undarrenworld]

Depeche Mode

[matt]

lcd sound system?!?nowt wrong with mr murphy being there - but where's kraftwerk..?

[robotusch]

nowt wrong with mr murphy being there - but where's kraftwerk..?
Agreed, they should have had the robots in the background ;)

[BrotherLovesDub]

nowt wrong with mr murphy being there - but where's kraftwerk..?

you can't see them but all the other artists are standing on their shoulders.

[patrick]

nowt wrong with mr murphy being there - but where's kraftwerk..?
just guessing, but maybe they considered the majority of kraftwerks best work to be before the 25 year cut off they are looking at, which would be 1983...

[Camiel]

Depeche Mode

ditto

[big screen satellite]

yep its artists from the last 25 years of mixmag....

Kraftwerk were before that, and also don't do these sort of things either....

i also think it includes people that are still relevant now to some degree - hence no orbital, leftfield and ppl like that...

that line up probably includes some people that are second choices, they needed to fill a quota and some people there certainly are filler

Karl is always good for a soundbite, and was and still is relevant, and Mixmag have been good to and fans of Underworld for years...

Depeche Mode - no they shouldn't be there - mainly because they are not specifically a Dance / Electronic act... they haven't really shaped dance music, Dance music has shaped them

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Kraftwerk were before that, and also don't do these sort of things either....



(insert big green smiley)

[Dirty0900]

Karls bit is up now.

Sounds quite dated as well seeing he's chatting about playing the roundhuse in February

[Camiel]

yep its artists from the last 25 years of mixmag....

Kraftwerk were before that, and also don't do these sort of things either....

i also think it includes people that are still relevant now to some degree - hence no orbital, leftfield and ppl like that...

that line up probably includes some people that are second choices, they needed to fill a quota and some people there certainly are filler

Karl is always good for a soundbite, and was and still is relevant, and Mixmag have been good to and fans of Underworld for years...

Depeche Mode - no they shouldn't be there - mainly because they are not specifically a Dance / Electronic act... they haven't really shaped dance music, Dance music has shaped them

I think it's a chicken - egg discussion. Many of the first House producers called Depeche Mode (especially get the balance right) as one of their main inspirations. Though I do agree that DM isn't really a dance act. Electronic act though....

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

OK, so yous guys are saying you have never danced to Enjoy the Silence? Hands and Feet Mix?

Debbie Gibson is dance music.

[Camiel]

Well, yes, but that doesn't instantly mean that DM is a dance act.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

uh-oh.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24161232/

I admit it Debbie, my trash talk went over board. YOU ROCK!

[//\/\/]

jesus - forget the cover and the discussion - i've just seen the picture of phil oakenfield and BOY, has time not been kind to that man :eek::eek::eek::eek:

[crazysugarboy]

jesus - forget the cover and the discussion - i've just seen the picture of phil oakenfield and BOY, has time not been kind to that man :eek::eek::eek::eek:

I totally agree with you vv - and btw it's paul oakenfold - he does look seriously rough

[pafufta816]

WTF.

New Order?
D.Summer?donna summers has some great albums, but giorgio moroder is the man to thank for their existence.