At Brooklyn’s “hi-def dance club” Refuge, two mainstays of New York nightlife have joined forces to execute their vision of the perfect club, building on the city’s mighty legacy and carrying that inspiration forward into the future. Patrick Hinton headed out to the debut of legendary Detroit-meets-New York party No Way Back at Refuge [...]
The Brooklyn Mirage spent 2025 in bankruptcy court instead of hosting raves, but Pacha plans to revive the shuttered nightlife complex starting in June 2026 with a five-month programming push. The storied nightlife brand has announced its first season at the old Avant Gardner complex, where it will absorb operational duties for the embattled [...]
DJ Maphorisa has announced that he is shifting his focus back to afro house, returning to the style that first shaped his career DJ Maphorisa has announced that he is shifting his focus back to afro house. The producer recently shared an unreleased afro house song on his social media and confirmed the move with [...]
Look, we know. Another piece about phones ruining club culture. The think pieces have been written, the surveys conducted, the hot takes delivered. But here’s the thing: most of that conversation has been happening in the abstract, with commentators theorising about what might be happening while the actual architects of nightlife, the people building [...]
Global nightlife phenomenon Glitterbox heads to one of the world’s most famous club terraces every Friday in Ibiza, Amnesia. We have announced a major move for 2026, shaking things up on the island as we head to Amnesia, taking over the lauded club every Friday night from 15 May – 9 October. A characteristically [...]
In Los Angeles, a new wave of warehouse parties is reshaping the city’s queer underground nightlife. Presenting a deliberate alternative to the mainstream gay bars and circuit parties where white, cisgender men and commercial interests have historically dominated, gatherings like Signal Underground, Por Detroit and Take It Outside are overcoming prohibitive costs and a [...]
The platform's new all-in-one artist subscription also offers features such as an on-demand vinyl service, artist storefronts and merch SoundCloud will allow artists to keep 100% of the distribution royalties for their music as part of its new "all-in-one" artist subscription. In a statement shared last week (October 30), SoundCloud revealed that it will cease to claim [...]
Whether you’re in the market for some new software or want to upgrade your studio — here are some of the biggest recent releases from the world of tech Welcome to Mixmag’s round-up of the best recent tech releases and announcements Sequential releases new analog synth Forum Sequential has released a new instrument called Forum, [...]
The system is able to separate stereo tracks into discrete stems live, "marking a new era for club sound" L-Acoustics has announced a spatial audio interface for the DJ booth. Launching with a series of live demos at the upcoming 2025 Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) — which takes place in the city from 22nd – 26th [...]
Shelter and The Loft have introduced the no-phone policy on dancefloors ahead of this year's ADE Amsterdam’s A’DAM Tower has introduced a no phones on the dancefloor policy across both its event spaces. The policy had originally been introduced for its basement venue, Shelter, in 2022, though it was suspended in 2024 when it reopened following [...]