The label will release a new three-track EP in July Legendary Chicago house artist Mike Dunn has announced he will relaunch his influential Danca Mutha imprint after three decades. Founded by Dunn back in 1988, the label released music by artists such as MD Connection, Gershon Jackson, and I-ROC-T. Dunn also co-founded seminal [...]
The Beatport charts have been peppered with club-ready reworks of old hits. "Almost all the labels are doing them," says Glasgow Underground founder Kevin McKay. Early in May, the New York house music stalwarts at Nervous Records were enjoying two hits in the top 10 on the Beatport chart: A zippy, heavily syncopated reimagining [...]
East Africa’s first music technology summit, Kilele, brought together artists and industry figures from Kenya and across Africa and Europe for a series of boundary-pushing performances, discussions and collaborations. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt reports on how the event and a bubbling local underground are ushering in a new era for Nairobi’s electronic music scene Exiting your car [...]
Located within the industrial confines of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the 104,000-square-foot space opens on June 7th. A new warehouse venue is opening in Brooklyn, New York, next month. Located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a waterfront industrial complex that was once a shipyard, Brooklyn Storehouse will host electronic music acts, fashion shows, art [...]
https://youtu.be/96oDgSEpcrQ?si=oLLp9KjXCE8A4Fr2 Overview Born Carlos Sosa in 1969, DJ Sneak emerged as one of the key figures in the second wave of influential Chicago house producers. Though not native to the Windy City, Sneak's musical journey began in the early 1980s when his family moved from Puerto Rico to Chicago. Unable to understand English, Sneak found solace [...]
If you’re writing music for nightclub DJs, there is a formula you need to employ if you want them to play your tracks to a dance-floor. Here’s how to set up your tracks for success. Dropping science The term ‘Dance Music’ can relate to anything from Techno to EDM, House Music to Drum n’ [...]
After four-plus decades of DJing and with a incredible list of releases — much of it produced with longtime partner Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez as Masters At Work — the pioneering Louie Vega would seem to have little to prove. Yet he’s working harder than ever, with the same energy he had as a young [...]
While live shows remain the biggest source of income for most DJs surveyed, 85 per cent would rather spend their time making music. Nearly half of DJs find that securing gigs has become more challenging and less lucrative in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the 2024 IMS Business Report. The annual [...]
At Miami Music Week, we had a fantastic opportunity to meet with Noise Cans. Thank you to his assistant Shannon, as well as Leanne Allen, Shelby Pinckard, and Maya Blakemore from Listen Up for making this connection! Noise Cans is, as his facebook page says, "a mashup of caribbean beats with modern day [...]
Great news for all the music enthusiasts and Music industry professionals out there! The Winter Music Conference is finally making a comeback in 2025 after an extended hiatus. The event, one of the nation’s leading electronic music summits, was founded in 1985 and is estimated to attract roughly 100,000 people. Marking the brand’s 35th anniversary, [...]