In December's Mixmag, out now, our cover CD showcases the sound of Slam. It's a 15 track masterclass crammed with the boys biggest tunes representing the last ten years at their Scottish institution Pressure at The Arches. It includes tracks and remixes from Daft Punk, Green Velvet, Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier, Funk D'Void, Joris Voorn and Radio Slave.
Inside the mag we tell you how to spend the messiest month in clubland with our biggest and best guide to Xmas and NYE club nights. All the best parties have made it in - screw the recession, let's have a session!
Inside the mag we have exclusive interviews with Fan Death, Heartbreak, Grace Jones and Kele Bloc Party. We find out the link between Caspa and Rusko and the twins from Funhouse and we also introduce you to Janelle Monae, Lee Mortimer, Riz MC, Marten Horger, Errors and Oliver Smith.
Elsewhere in the mag we lift the lid on who Fake Blood is and look into the shaddy world of DJ pseudonyms. We ask the Canadian with the most confusing name in dance music, Guillaume and the Coutu Domonts what's with the awful moniker and we get tips for holding a house party from the likes of Nic Fanciulli, Chromeo, Andy Whitby and Micky Slim.
We also find space to suggest The Gorillaz new look, we create a DJ NYE locater so you can pin down your fave spinster for the countdown, we go on tour with Annie Mac and raid her diary, plus we work out the best day for xmas to land on for ravers. We also review This Is Not London @ matter, Audiojak in Lincoln and Okupa in Dundee not to mention Late of the Pier in Glasgow, Bookashade at Koko and OMD at The Roundhouse in Camden.
On other pages we put go to an eco-club and save the world, we show the eight newest clubs to arrive in the UK, grill the DC10 bosses on what will happen next summer, give you the details of our next tour dates and get clublands bouncers to show off the latest watches.
All this is packed in with all the usual features including tune reviews, album reviews, games reviews, DVD reviews, DJ charts and UK and Euro club listings, plus Old Skool retrospects, your letters, fashion, Youtubes, clubbing dictionary and fashion.
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Earlier ITM was on the phone with Sweden’s Eric Prydz, with the elite DJ/producer chatting about his upcoming tour of Australia and his relationship with the Swedish House Mafia, as well as sharing some frank revelations on how he’s finally faced his fear of flying. Another exciting tidbit was confirmation from Prydz that he’s readying his long-awaited debut artist album for release early next year, a project that will see the light of day underneath his revered Pryda pseudonym.

“There will be a Pryda album, it’ll surface around March next year. And it’s mostly going to contain all new material,” Eric told ITM. When queried on whether the material would remain dancefloor focused, or if it would see him exploring some new downtempo territory, he confirmed it’ll be a release that’ll be geared to satisfy his many fans. “It’s going to be a mix of ‘listening stuff’ and dancefloor focused stuff, but it’s all going to have that recognisable Pryda thread running through it.”

It’d be an understatement to say that Eric Prydz’s debut tour of Australia has been keenly awaited by the dance community – up until now, his fear of flying has meant that he wasn’t able to face the long haul flight to our shores. However, Prydz says he’s pumped for the tour over the New Year period, and he had the following message for his Australian fans. “I just wanted to say that I’m so excited to be coming down. It’s going to be great seeing everyone, and I’m really happy that so many people are really excited about me touring. It makes me wanna come even more!” he told ITM.

The Bobina project was founded in Moscow in 2003. His debut album Catchy! (2004) blew up trance floors across the country and became one of the biggest club soundtracks in Russia. At the same time two singles Lazy World and September Rain were released and established Bobina’s popularity in Europe through receiving support from Trance big guns such as Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold and many other DJs.

Bobina – Again - Full Tracklisting:

1: Lighthouse (featuring Elles de Graaf)
2: Slow
3: Invisible Touch
4: Where Did You Go? (featuring Tiff Lacey)
5: Honestly (featuring R Kenga)
6: Time & Tide
7: Spinning
8: Go Get Vodka
9: More Than Love (featuring Erire)
10: That’s What I Did For You (featuring R Kenga)
11: The Last He Said