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RA 1000: DJ Harvey and Andrew Weatherall (Resident Advisor)

By |2025-08-17T14:34:43-04:00August 17th, 2025|DJ, electronic music, House, Internet, producer, Resident Advisor|

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New soundsystem-focused venue, Refuge, to open in New York next month (Mixmag)

By |2025-08-16T16:25:15-04:00August 16th, 2025|Announcements, Brooklyn, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, House, House Music, International, Music News, New York, news, Promotional, Report|

  The Brooklyn club has been fitted out with a custom-made four-point soundsystem, engineered by co-founder Craig ‘Shorty’ Bernabeu A new venue is set to open in New York next month.  Established by US dance music veteran John Dimatteo and sound expert Craig ‘Shorty’ Bernabeu, Refuge will open its doors for the first time this September in [...]

Hatiras Breaks Down “Hypnotized,” Festival Firepower, and the Art of Longevity (BEATPORTAL)

By |2025-08-10T08:53:18-04:00August 10th, 2025|Beatport, Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, House, House Music, International, Interviews, producer|

  With over 500 releases and a huge summer hit under his belt, Hatiras reflects on the journey from Toronto’s rave roots to global recognition – and shares the story behind his explosive new single “Hypnotized.” Hatiras has been lighting up dance floors for over 20 years, and he’s still going full throttle. The Toronto house [...]

Joe Smooth reveals first album in over 30 years, We Shall Overcome (Resident Advisor)

By |2025-08-07T20:43:22-04:00August 7th, 2025|Announcements, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, Music News, news, producer, Resident Advisor|

  The house legend's latest full-length is out August 15th via Armada Music. House legend Joe Smooth has unveiled his first album in over 30 years.   Due out on August 15th via Armada Music, We Shall Overcome features the likes of DJ Slugo, Robert Owens, Kaleb Searcy, Angie Brown, Black Pearl and Mr. Root. [...]

Music Industry 101: BT Style: Balancing Your Way Through the Industry (Book by Barbara Tucker)

By |2025-08-06T21:10:12-04:00August 6th, 2025|Announcements, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Editorial, Entertaiment, House, House Music, House Music History, International, Music, New Release, Review, Women|

  Version 1.0.0 Review by Michele Sensale I just finished reading Music Industry 101: BT Style: Balancing Your Way Through the Industry by Ms. Barbara Tucker. This book provides an in-depth and comprehensive look at the music industry from someone who is a legend in her own right.  Ms. Tucker's book is a [...]

Mousse T. ‘Horny’ | The Making Of An Unforgettable Dance Music Anthem (DJ Mag)

By |2025-08-04T17:49:25-04:00August 4th, 2025|Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Deep House, DJ, DJ Mag, electronic music, Entertaiment, House, House Music, House Music History, International, Internet, Interviews, Music, producer|

  Mousse T. tells the story behind his 1998 house hit ‘Horny’. The German-Turkish DJ and producer recounts how ‘Horny’ originated as a remix of Michael Jackson’s ‘Ghosts’, and how a visit in the studio from Roger Sanchez sealed the deal for him to finish the track. Originally an instrumental, named after its instantly-recognisable horn [...]

Changes to TikTok’s Music Terms of Service Just Made It Nearly Impossible for DJs to Stream Live (EDM.com)

By |2025-07-31T20:50:04-04:00July 31st, 2025|DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, EDM.com, electronic music, Music, Music News, producer, Report|

    The terms restrict the use of remixes and altered tracks, leading to permabans for the platform's DJs, many of whom are now migrating to other platforms like Twitch.   During the pandemic, the TikTok LIVE platform became a hub for bedroom DJ sets and spontaneous music discovery livestreams. But recent changes to TikTok's Music Terms [...]

The Art Of Production: Ron Trent (Resident Advisor)

By |2025-07-30T21:27:02-04:00July 30th, 2025|Chicago, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, New York, producer, Resident Advisor|

** This article was originally published in Resident Advisor on February 18, 2020 Inside the studio (and creative mind) of a true house music innovator. Ron Trent has been innovative from the very beginning of his production career. Some of the first music he ever committed to tape, at a friend's house on Chicago's South [...]

“By and for the queers”: (lip) service is the Berlin bar party offering lesbian* nightlife outside of clubs (Mixmag)

By |2025-07-25T19:24:32-04:00July 25th, 2025|Berlin, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Entertaiment, Gay, International, Interviews, LGBTQIA+, MixMAg, Promotional, Report, Trans, Women|

  Described as a music-centric bar night for “hot dykes* to meet, mingle, and make out”, (lip) service has found its calling in Berlin, hosting hundreds-strong events with an emphasis on community and inclusivity Functions is our interview series profiling parties from across the world. This month we meet: (lip) service. Berlin is famous for [...]

Beatport’s Definitive History of House Music (Beatportal)

By |2025-07-23T19:56:36-04:00July 23rd, 2025|acid house, Beatport, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Deep House, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History, Latin House, Music, Music News|

  **This article was originally published on June 2, 2021 What is house music? It’s an eternal question — one that’s kept musicologists’ conferences and pub arguments going for decades. In one sense, it’s simple: it’s the music that Frankie Knuckles played in Chicago’s Warehouse club in the mid 1980s, and everything that’s flowed from that. Or [...]

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