Co-curated by Ron Trent, Walk The Night will run across December 8th and 9th. A new photo exhibition documenting some of dance music's most iconic clubs is launching this week. Premiering at Miami Art Week across December 8th and 9th, Walk The Night is a homage to the pioneers that helped shape the [...]
It's the genre that gave birth to DJing and clubs as we know them, spanning from black and queer roots in Chicago to arenas, festivals and pop charts across the world - but how is it made? It’s not a competition, but if we were to crown one electronic genre as the one that [...]
We close out the year with festivals in Australia, India, Brazil and beyond. Meredith Music Festival Meredith, Australia December 8 - December 10 Nothing encapsulates the warmth of Australia's Meredith Music Festival more than the fact that all of the communications come from "Aunty Meredith"—except maybe the animated koala bears that clamber up the home [...]
We speak to the people behind some of the best-sounding speakers, bars, and club nights in the UK – discussing vintage audio gear, a truly eclectic musical ethos, and the tech that makes it all sound so good. For the at-home enthusiast, audio gear from the 70s and 80s is highly prized [...]
From negotiating contracts to safeguarding work-life balance, managers support every aspect of an artist's career. Here's what you should know about the role. If you ask artists to pinpoint a moment in their career that propelled them to the next level, they may cite a show-stopping performance or a chance encounter with a well-connected [...]
"I don't complain, I create." The house DJ talks about her new multi-platform project, Honeyverse, and using music as a way to celebrate the Black queer community. Honey Dijon is a queer house music icon whose reputation precedes her. Originally hailing from Chicago, she grew up going to raves in the 1970s, eventually [...]
Defected has promoted Melvo Baptiste to director of music, Glitterbox, overseeing the label’s recordings schedule, talent and curation across its global repertoire of events into 2024 and beyond. Baptiste steps into his new role after seven years at Defected as part of the A&R team. He has also presented and curated Glitterbox’s radio show. “An authoritative voice [...]
Amsterdam Dance Event continues to be the world's largest and most important DJ and electronic music conference and festival. Consisting of different sub-conferences and sub-events (such as GDE, Amsterdam Dance Event's little brother) ADE continues its global impact on the world's dance music industry, and the GDE events carry a clear message during the ADE: [...]
The new release lands via Ultra Records on Friday MK, real name Marc Kinchen, continues a prolific 2023 with a new single 'Take My Chance' dropping this week.The song, which has featured heavily in the DJ's summer sets, pays homage to '90s piano house and evokes dancefloor euphoria. The Detroit-born producer has amassed over one billion global [...]
With 500,000 attendees anticipated, the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the world's largest electronic music gathering. Amsterdam Dance Event, also affectionately known as ADE, is the Slush of the electronic music industry. What started out as a weekend gathering of just over 100 individuals back in 1996 has grown in size, scope, and reputation, and [...]