The label / Page 23
Inside EML
Jay opens up about building a label, supporting artists and the work that does not always make it into a release announcement.
Out now / J26 Journal Issue 002
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The work
behind the record
Inside EML. In conversation with JARR Head. Back in the Creamfields crowd. Behind The Ancestral Call with Arturis & Lea-C.
72 pages · Independent · Free digital edition
September 2026 / 72 pages
The records.
The people.
The stories behind them.
Conversations that go beyond the release announcement. Personal stories from the studio and the dancefloor. Practical ideas to take back to your own music.
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Inside Issue 002
People. Records. Dancefloors.
The artist / Page 33
JARR Head
Rob talks emotion, engineering and contrast: the decisions that give a record its weight and its release.
The crowd / Page 41
Creamfields
Eric Prydz in APEX, the joy of seeing Sarah Story, and a Friday spent following the music from stage to stage.
The personal story / Page 47
Arturis & Lea-C
Roots, loss, connection and the making of The Ancestral Call, followed by an album companion and Lea-C’s listening choice.
Back to the studio
Something to take into your next session.
Alongside the interviews: practical Ableton and Cubase routes from first loop to finished demo, a look at AI and the human idea, and an introduction to DJ Dobrel and Miriam Love’s Universal Love.
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The archive
The changing dancefloor.
Issue 001 remains available: club culture, Liverpool after dark, landmark instruments and festival fields.
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