Disco was never designed to grow old gracefully – instead, it has endured with brilliant defiance. More than four decades have now passed since its heady sound and style became a global phenomenon; its life so far has involved joy and pain, inspirational anthems and attempted murder (at 1979’s 'disco demolition night' stunt in Chicago’s [...]
Grandmaster Flash has become the first DJ to win the Polar Music Prize, often dubbed the "Nobel Prize For Music". The prize was founded by Stig Anderson, better known as ABBA's lyricist and manager, in 1989. Previous winners include Led Zeppelin, BB King, Metallica, and Paul McCartney. Flash, real name Joseph Saddler, accepted the prize [...]
Clockwork Orange... Andy Manston and Danny Gould Danny Gould on the history of Clockwork Orange and why the parties he runs with Andy Manston are better than they have ever been ahead of Clockstock in Chelmsford and another massive summer in Ibiza BY Mark Gwinnett 6 Jun 2019, 18:20 Updated: 6 Jun 2019, 18:40 [...]
Sumit Paul-Choudhury picks out trends that could shape music over the coming decades, including algoraves, Fortnite concerts and songs catered to smart speakers. By Sumit Paul-Choudhury 21 May 2019 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on StumbleUpon Share on Google+ Share by Email Can’t get enough technical death [...]
For decades, house music has shaped pop worldwide—but many of the spaces that birthed it here disappeared so quickly they barely left a trace. By Leor Galil @imLeor “It was a time when people didn’t put as much emphasis on the DJs or the performer per se, and really danced and enjoyed themselves.” —DJ and producer [...]
KWAZULU-NATAL / 2 APRIL 2019, 11:25AM / MPHATHI NXUMALO Holly Wasserfall aka Holly Rey a South African house musician graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal on Monday with an Honours degree in Media studies. Picture: Abhi Indrarajan/UKZN House Musician, Ms Holly Wasserfall, aka Holly Rey graduated with an Honours degree in Media and Communication Cum Laude, from [...]
House music is gay music. The sound emerged from the queer black and latinx club cultures of New York and Chicago in the ’80s. Strangely, these roots of the culture are not very well represented on the global touring club circuit today. There seem to be fewer big name openly queer touring DJs than their straight cis-gendered peers. [...]
Authorities have shut down the counterfeit vinyl pressing plant Vinyl is expensive. Any collector of wax worth their salt has poured hundreds, if not thousands into their collections over the years and the demand for rare vinyl pressings continues to skyrocket. In Wales, four men were making the most of this demand by [...]
By Dan White Made in China Many manufactured consumer products are built in China, and DJ gear is no exception. Over the last few months, we’ve been carefully watching the developing trade war between the Trump administration and China, suspecting that eventually it would impact our industry. In the last few weeks, this suspicion came [...]
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