From free parties in the southwest and record-shop graft to becoming Defected’s first female signing, launching 555, and rebuilding life on the road through sobriety, Sam Divine reflects on the work, freedom, and hard-earned clarity behind her next chapter. Face2Face is an interview series spotlighting artists, labels, promoters, and key voices across the global electronic [...]
The Queens space will eject and may permanently ban anyone caught carrying or wearing the devices. BASEMENT, the New York techno club, has banned smart glasses. The team made the announcement last Thursday, August 27th, via Instagram. The post explained that the rule applies to anyone bringing smart glasses into the venue, not [...]
Established DJs, producers, artist collectives and more can apply for grants between £10,000 and £20,000 Arts Council England is launching a new fund to support musicians in developing their careers. According to the funding body, the Music Creators Growth Fund is aimed at "artists, artist collectives, bands, composers, DJs, groups, producers and songwriters" who have a [...]
The 12-month accelerator returns to provide funding, guidance and in-person development opportunities for early-career electronic music artists Applications for the next round of Help Musicians and DJ Mag’s Electronic Music Award are now open. Returning now for its third consecutive year, the annual 12-month career accelerator programme provides access to funding, networking opportunities, workshops [...]
More than a century old and ubiquitous as ever, the mirrorball dates as far back as the 1890s. Embraced by jazz clubs in the 1920s before becoming the iconic symbol of ’70s disco, it continues to light up dancefloors like few other objects can, shining on in myriad ways and finding itself at home [...]
Beatport has become the latest platform to draw a line on AI-generated music, expanding its partnership with the fraud detection firm Beatdapp to identify machine-made tracks before they reach the store. Under Beatport’s updated content guidelines, tracks that are wholly or mostly generated by AI will no longer be permitted. Rather than pull them [...]
The London venue will host a “landmark” party this October with a slew of special guests Ministry of Sound is set to celebrate its 35th anniversary this autumn with a “landmark” all-weekend-long event at its home in London. The Elephant & Castle venue will throw a mammoth party from October 2 - 3, welcoming in a slew [...]
Far from your average DJ duo, The Illustrious Blacks have made it their mission to spread an uplifting message of liberation, freedom and togetherness — not only through their music, but through their entire aesthetic. DJ Mag pays a visit to the duo at their Brooklyn abode to find out more Anyone who’s caught The [...]
You can flip any YouTube video on an MPC-style sampler A new free browser-based sampler lets you map YouTube videos onto your keyboard. Designed to function like an MPC, YPC comprises a 16-pad grid that allows you to play and slice samples using your computer keyboard or a MIDI controller. You can then either randomise or [...]
The study found that men often prefer the comfort of seating from an earlier age than women 30 years old is the age at which people stop standing at concerts, a new study claims. In a survey of 2,000 music fans, SpaSeekers found that 30 is the so-called “concert cut off”, where gig-goers opt for comfortable [...]