https://youtu.be/Tiv6WEevwbQ?si=ZTuM4urXcjHsZ1Mt Robin S. gives us an exclusive insight into the making of her irreplicable club anthem, 'Show Me Love', three decades on from its release. Robin S. gives us an exclusive insight into the making of her irreplicable club anthem, 'Show Me Love', three decades on from its release. Initially shelved [...]
In South Africa's burgeoning ballroom scene, pioneering figures and DJs are finding their own ‘Ha’ in the country's past, and in the contemporary sounds of gqom, amapiano, and Afrobeats. Tazmé Pillay learns more “DJ, cut the beat.” The room falls silent — an unforgivable sin anywhere else, but this is no nightclub. This is a [...]
It’s not all bright lights and fist pumps, this DJ life. Technical issues, travel delays and mis-matched line-ups are par for the course when you’ve been playing out long enough — not to mention the self-doubt many struggle with, even at the peak of their career. But these difficult sets, brutal as they are, can [...]
Uganda passed a draconian anti-LGBTQ law in March, sending the county’s queer community into turmoil and marking another brutal step in the homophobic and transphobic backlash sweeping the globe. Marke Bieschke speaks to some of the musicians affected about the new realities they face, how their art has changed, and what we [...]
The new assistant ‘listens’ to your mix and makes suggestions for a better master Apple has updated Logic Pro for both the Mac and the iPad. The new updates – version 10.8 on Mac and 1.1 on the iPad – add extra features to the already packed DAW, including Apple’s first foray into what looks like AI [...]
Credit: Jordan Landwehr Chicago’s ARC Music Festival brings international acts from throughout the various evolutions of house music to the city that gave the genre its name, booking them side by side with rising and veteran local talent. Ben Hindle heads to the Windy City to see how the music and culture survives and [...]
The growing awareness around the prevalence of neurodivergence within electronic music has led many to wonder if they might be neurodivergent too. Here, following up his 2022 exploration of the topic, ADHD writer and DJ Harold Heath investigates, speaking to DJs, producers, publicists and coaches about their experiences Read our 2022 feature exploring the [...]
The band have opted to donate their work this time, rather than setting it alight or throwing it into the North Sea Rare, previously unreleased music by UK electronic pioneers The KLF is set to be made available through the British Library's free Sound Gallery. The only physical copy of a reconstructed version of the [...]
The deal, worth over $100million, would put 90% of the digital DJ and production market into the hands of one conglomerate US audio equipment manufacturer InMusic has confirmed it is considering taking legal action in a number of territories to block the acquisition of Serato by Pioneer DJ's parent company. AlphaTheta Corporation confirmed a deal [...]
It will be a hot summer for the Neapolitan DJ. And infinitely interesting when it flows into a hot autumn Mimmo Falcone is MoBlack , someone who immediately believed in afro house so much that he became its disciple. He left from Sant'Antonio Abate, a town half an hour's journey from the city of Naples, with the intention [...]