Rob McCallum

1 month ago | djmag.com | Rob McCallum |Rob Mccallum

Photo: David Campbell/@prodd_dc “Step one, step one, step one,” South London MC, Crafty 893, repeats into the mic. It’s November 2024, at Travs Presents’ stream at London radio station Kindred. He’s spitting over Sir Hiss’ ‘Densetsu III’ instrumental, as Travs residents Chamber45 and SI*BL go B2B with veteran DJ Logan Sama. “Yo, step one!” he shouts as the icy beat drops. “Suck your mum!” the crowd replies. “Step two!” he responds.

1 month ago | djmag.com | Rob McCallum |Rob Mccallum

Photo: David Campbell/@prodd_dc “Step one, step one, step one,” South London MC, Crafty 893, repeats into the mic. It’s November 2024, at Travs Presents’ stream at London radio station Kindred. He’s spitting over Sir Hiss’ ‘Densetsu III’ instrumental, as Travs residents Chamber45 and SI*BL go B2B with veteran DJ Logan Sama. “Yo, step one!” he shouts as the icy beat drops. “Suck your mum!” the crowd replies. “Step two!” he responds.

Mar 5, 2024 | djmag.com | Rob McCallum |Rob Mccallum

It’s late summer 2011, and Italian artists Donato Dozzy and Neel are nearing the end of a three-hour drive spent listening to material they’ve recorded for an upcoming live show at The Labyrinth festival in Japan. The pair initially only intended to drive around the Grande Raccordo Anulare motorway that encircles Rome, but having barely uttered a word to each other since setting off, they are just arriving in Pescara on the eastern coast of Italy — some 200km away from where they started.

Jan 24, 2024 | djmag.com | Rob McCallum |Rob Mccallum

Mike Portlock / LifeAfterLifeIt’s early April 2023 at The Hydra’s packed-out FWD>> party at Printworks, just a matter of weeks before the South London club is set to close its doors. On stage, Youngsta is locked in, delivering a set of the sub-heavy, minimalist dubstep he helped birth on London’s dancefloors and airwaves in the early ’00s.

Aug 24, 2023 | djmag.com | Rob McCallum |Rob Mccallum

“I’ve just arrived here, and it’s really green,” says Craig Richards, speaking about the Houghton Festival site almost two weeks before it opened to the public this year. “Can you hear me OK? The signal around here can be terr...” The line cuts him off. Richards responds by traversing Houghton Hall — the Palladian mansion in North Norfolk, the surrounding parklands of which are home to the festival’s site — to find a place to sit closer to the Wi-Fi router, dipping in and out of signal as he goes.