Damion Pell

We welcome one of our own. The London-based artist has spent years working in the background of electronic music’s infrastructure, as web designer and developer for Damian Lazarus, Crosstown Rebels, Seth Troxler’s Slacker 85 project and the Day Zero festival, and as part of the Decoded Magazine team. That accumulated proximity to the music and the culture around it has clearly informed the way he makes records of his own.

Deep Dish make their monumental return to Global Underground with #GU49 Dublin. And what a return it is. 25 years ago, Global Underground and Deep Dish brought you the incredible #GU21 Moscow. Then came the seminal #GU25 Toronto, where Sharam and Dubfire showed the world how it’s done. Now, Deep Dish complete the trilogy with #GU49 Dublin. And it’s worth the wait. Sharam and Dubfire deliver a masterclass in mixing. This isn’t just an album. It’s a legacy.

If you ever fancied a mixer that treated rotary controls like an ex who still had your hoodie, this one was for you. Once again, we did deep into that particular kind of DJ gear that arrived to solve a problem almost nobody was losing sleep over, and then quietly wanders off into the sunset to join the rest of the gear graveyard. We have spent a fair few Thursdays in this very column digging up those beautiful misfires, and today we are adding another headstone. Say hello to the Stanton SA-5.