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, [...]
Three hours of power from the Solid Grooves boss in New York, supported by Favela. https://youtu.be/ApDcQqOoUrE?si=GWHg-XWkKEUfwNoy We present the special full set recording from Michael Bibi’s NYC Block Party at Brooklyn’s Navy Yard. Presented by TekSupport, the party marked Bibi’s first appearance in New York since 2021 and saw 10,000 fans descend upon the industrial [...]
This is the first edition in a two-part series about venues and promoters in the Global South Welcome to the RA Pro Newsletter: a bite-sized look at the trends and themes impacting businesses in the electronic music industry. Sign up to the full newsletter to get early access to each release and read all [...]
The AlphaTheta SanDisk® DJ Flash Drive features dual connections for easy track transfer AlphaTheta, parent company of Pioneer DJ, and hard drive experts SanDisk have teamed up to launch a new official rekordbox USB stick designed specifically for DJs. The SanDisk® DJ Flash Drive features both USB-C connectivity and the traditional USB-A, meaning you [...]
DJs, club owners, and patrons alike say there’s way too much standing around. Clubs are, first and foremost, for dancing. One could theoretically do other things there — drink, meet strangers, conduct important and possibly illicit business deals, anything really — but likely everything but dancing could probably be done more efficiently somewhere else. [...]
rolandclark.jpg Nitefreak kicks off his new label, Afroholic Records, with the kind of cut that makes people pay attention. “Masterclass” brings in house icon Roland Clark for a brooding, percussive session that runs deep and doesn’t let go. The groove is stripped and steady. Clark’s voice threads through the mix like a [...]
Released in November 1974, Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’ remains a touchstone of modern electronic music. Here, Bruce Tantum revisits its genesis and, with the help of Justin Strauss, Kevin Saunderson and Arthur Baker, maps out its seemingly infinite influence It's the middle of the 1970s, and in the middle of a mall parking lot in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Acclaimed Singer / Songwriter Jason Walker hails from Pittsburgh and moved to New York where he signed to Junior Vasquez’s, label, JVM, and recorded two albums, ‘This Is My Life’ and ‘Flexible’, garnering three Top 10 Billboard hits (‘My Life’, ‘No More’, and ‘Movin’ On’), and two Billboard #1s (‘Foolish Mind Games’ and ‘Set [...]