It’s hard to believe it was 25 years ago I came up with the idea for Knowledge Magazine. At the time I’d just moved to Bristol from Glasgow and was living with my old school friend Markee Ledge and his flatmates DJ Dazee and Rachel Patey. They’d just started promoting a jungle club called Ruffneck Ting and I just got involved. We were hungry in those days and promoted the event hard, flyering outside clubs in Bristol and the south-west most weekends. We also drove to record and clothes shops in Cardiff, Newport, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Swindon to flyer and…

Here’s a special feature that All Crews author Brian Belle-Fortune wrote for our last ever paper issue in 2009. Colin, Knowledge’s C.E.O. swerves to a halt in the company BMW, with an offer I can’t refuse: “You’ve got a slot in Knowledge’s last print edition. Just talk about yer memories and feelings about the scene. Whatever’s goin’ on. It’s up to you.” Colin disappears in tyre smoke and beats of bassbinage. It’s vinyl vs. CDs / mp3s in the world of words. I accept the honour, fearing I’ve nothing to say; nothing to write. And don’t know what say or…

Russian producer Mr Frenkie was one of the winners of our recent remix competition with Dom & Roland. His Get Up remix has just come out on Dom’s DRP label so we took the opportunity to find out more about him. When did you first try your hand at producing? Since I began understanding what’s going on around me, back when I was a kid, I realised that I needed to write music. In Russia during the early 90s, as you can imagine, I had no facilities for it. So I spent 15 years of my life listening to music.…

With 20 years of dedication to a musical movement, longtime drum and bass producer Majistrate (Ian Jordan) releases an appropriately entitled LP, Twenty. Holding an incredible discography spanning two decades, Majistrate has proven to be an influential and adaptable DJ and producer. Kmag discovers more about his musical journey, earliest influences, technical studio specifics and best moments from a very successful 2014. Congratulations on your double decade journey producing dnb/jungle. How does one survive twenty years in the drum & bass scene? The main reason I that I am still here today I think is purely down to having a passion…

LA drum & bass producer E-Sassin was one of the winners of our recent remix competition with Dom & Roland. His Get Up remix has just come out on Dom’s DRP label so we took the opportunity to find out more about him. Please introduce yourself, looking at your Facebook bio you’re no beginner… Yeah, I’ve been involved with music since the late 70s. I started out playing drums in progressive rock and metal bands and eventually found my way into electronic music in the late 80s. In ’92 I produced a techno album which got me a deal to…