Kmag (magazine)
| Editor | Colin Steven |
|---|---|
| Categories | Music |
| Frequency | ca. 10 issues per year |
| Publisher | Phoenix Publishing, formerly Vision Publishing |
| First issue | 1994 |
| Final issue | June 2009 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website |
Kmag, previously known as Knowledge, was a music magazine published in the UK that claimed to be "the biggest selling Drum and Bass magazine in the world." Its print edition ran from 1994 to 2009. The magazine was called "authoritative" by the Toronto Star.[1] The magazine's editor was Colin Steven.[2][3]
In addition to drum and bass, the magazine also regularly featured reviews of dubstep, breakbeat and hip hop releases, and had also regularly included CDs of mixes from guest DJs. More infrequently, the cover disc has also included royalty free sample collections for use by producers, and even more occasionally featured compilations of unmixed tracks (as included on the magazine's 2004 10th Anniversary Edition cover disc, for example).
The magazine was subsequently rebranded as Kmag in 2007 after its then-publisher Vision Publishing declared bankruptcy.
After publishing 109 issues, Kmag' shut down June 2009,[4] According to editor Colin Steven, the decision to move the magazine online was made due to a decline in sales and advertising revenue.[5]
References
- ↑ Shinn, Eric (22 July 2001). "Local jungle, global rumble: Toronto's drum and bass scene, led by Vinyl Syndicate, comes of age on the global circuit", Toronto Star, p. D1. "... says Knowledge editor Colin Steven on the phone from Bristol, England. His authoritative U.K. breakbeat magazine, which issues 1,500 copies to Canada every month..."
- ↑ Hodgson, Jessica (30 August 2001). "Boooo! UK garage gets some Juice", The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Raphael, Mitchel (16 October 1999). "Horn! Whistle! Lyta!: These are the sounds of Toronto's exploding jungle: How did this hip underground club scene grow so big in a city where cool usually refers to the weather?", National Post, p. 2.
- ↑ http://62.128.151.219/Library/A1j13j/KnowledgeMagazine109/resources/index.htm[]
- ↑ http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/534241.php