Ciara Power and co-founder Sunil Sharpe present a thorough look at the state of Ireland's scene, where 84% of clubs have closed since 2000 Give Us The Night – the advocacy group co-founded by Dublin DJ Sunil Sharpe – has published a new in-depth report on Ireland's nightlife industry and club culture. The new research, [...]
A group of Brussels retirement-home residents grooved to electronic music late one night as part of a program to fight loneliness among seniors. It was well past midnight on a recent weekend, and the Mirano nightclub in central Brussels pulsed with its usual energy. A D.J. played bass-heavy music with a West African lilt, [...]
The Lost Angels fund will support families impacted by crowd-related event tragedies and offers safety training programmes to grassroots organisations A new fund has been launched to improve safety training and fan care across grassroots organisations. The Lost Angels Fund has been established by social utility app BUDDY, with support from the Night Time Industries [...]
The study from Clubbing.TV boss Laureline Teste tracked over 980 artists bookings spanning five months. Only 22 percent of artists booked to play Ibiza's major rooms this season identify as female or gender fluid, a new study has found. The analysis, led by journalist and Clubbing.TV boss Laureline Teste, tracked Instagram announcements and [...]
Chances are, you’re making music on a DAW or with plugins born in Germany. How did the country come to dominate the software used in electronic music production? Cubase is German. So is Live. Even Logic Pro and Studio One began in Germany before being bought out by American companies. And it’s not just [...]
africandanceunderground.jpg HOMECOMING™ founder Grace Ladoja and electronic music lead Zoë Hodges pick out 10 essential DJs from the African dance underground Africa’s club culture is entering a new phase driven by DJs who aren’t waiting for validation from the global stage and outside of traditional infrastructures. The rise in electronic music in [...]
Iconic Chicago label TRAX Records has announced the limited edition vinyl release of 'Rising Again' to commemorate its 40th anniversary. Only 500 copies will be pressed, with executive producer Pi Rho leading the two-year project. Founded in 1985, TRAX Records helped define house music with pioneers such as Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard, DJ Pierre [...]
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Movement has announced set times for the 2025 Movement Festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend in Hart Plaza, Detroit. This year’s festival features over 115 acts spread out across six stages from May 24 through May 26 2025. Headliners include sets from Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills, John Summit, Charlotte de Witte and more. This [...]
It features never-before-seen archive footage and interviews with 38 people, including Rui Da Silva and Danny Tenaglia A new film is exploring the birth of rave culture in Portugal in the early '90s and its evolution. Titled Underground house music from a paradise called Portugal, it’s directed by Daniel Mota and features interviews with DJs, [...]