'DJ culture became weaponised elevator-music': how Despacio is fighting EDM

A collaboration between LCD Soundsystem and Soulwax, Despacio plays deep disco and classic rock but, with a rig heavier than Metallica's, it holds its own against the big drops of mainstream DJs hypJames Murphy is bleary-eyed as he welcomes David and Stephen Dewaele - the Belgian brothers behind Soulwax and 2manydjs - into his Brooklyn home. Jetlagged from a recent flight back from South America, where his band LCD Soundsystem just wrapped another leg on their world tour, he's already looking fo...