10% of consumers surveyed said they had used generative AI to create music or lyrics in 2024 The use of AI in music continues to be a source of contention among musicians and consumers alike. While the proliferation of AI in creative fields is relatively new, the topic has become increasingly prevalent, and fraught, in recent [...]
The first release is an EP by New York's Toribio featuring a DJ Spinna remix. Real Feel Records is a new house music label that’s focused on US-based artists. Based out of Washington, D.C, it launches on August 29th with Brown Cocoa Skin, an EP by DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist Toribio, AKA the [...]
The latest version of the popular DAW is available for download now Ableton has announced the latest version of Live, 12.2. It is available to download now as a public beta. 12.2 brings significant updates to some long-running Devices inside Live and tweaks to its hardware partners, Move and Push. The biggest change for electronic [...]
British dance music label Anjunabeats will celebrate its 25th anniversary on May 17 at the Brooklyn Mirage in New York City. The event is called Anjuna25 and will be the label's only anniversary show in North America. It will feature performances by artists from both Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep, and the full lineup will be [...]
DJ with Apple Music will allow subscribers to build and mix sets directly from the platform's catalogue of 100 million-plus songs. Apple Music has announced a new integrated DJ experience. Available from today, March 25th, DJ with Apple Music will allow subscribers to build and mix sets directly from the platform's catalogue of [...]
A limited run of the 1998 documentary featuring Larry Levan, Carl Cox, A-Trak and more will hit four UK theatres next month. A classic documentary on DJing is returning to UK cinemas for a limited run next month. Hang The DJ, directed by Marco and Mauro La Villa, premiered at Toronto International Film [...]
The recently reissued zine ran for 10 issues from 1989 to 1993, as house "was blowing up." By Elias Leight Thing MagazineCourtesy PhotoIn 1986. In 1986, Simone Bouyer worked a day job in Chicago at the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather while painting in her spare time. “I was having a problem getting [...]
The community resource directory is a global hub for the best new workshops, courses, grant schemes and more DJ Mag has launched a new community resource directory aimed at supporting electronic music artists and professionals. Launched this week, and set to be updated on a monthly basis, the directory will feature a curated selection of global [...]
The new Kreuzberg institution will allow visitors to try out various machines Synthesizer Museum Berlin has opened in the German capital, exploring history of electronic instruments and their influence music culture. Located in Kreuzberg, this temporary exhibition has a collection of more than 50 vintage, bespoke and unusual synthesisers made between the 1970s and 2000s. [...]
A new BBC Essential mix from the duo is set for release on Friday February 7. Kevin Saunderson has revealed a new e-Dancer album. Written and recorded with his son, Dantiez, it's the Detroit techno veteran's "first original" e-Dancer since debuting the alias with 1998's Heavenly. Saunderson and his son previously collaborated when [...]