Established DJs, producers, artist collectives and more can apply for grants between £10,000 and £20,000 Arts Council England is launching a new fund to support musicians in developing their careers. According to the funding body, the Music Creators Growth Fund is aimed at "artists, artist collectives, bands, composers, DJs, groups, producers and songwriters" who have a [...]
Beatport has become the latest platform to draw a line on AI-generated music, expanding its partnership with the fraud detection firm Beatdapp to identify machine-made tracks before they reach the store. Under Beatport’s updated content guidelines, tracks that are wholly or mostly generated by AI will no longer be permitted. Rather than pull them [...]
Far from your average DJ duo, The Illustrious Blacks have made it their mission to spread an uplifting message of liberation, freedom and togetherness — not only through their music, but through their entire aesthetic. DJ Mag pays a visit to the duo at their Brooklyn abode to find out more Anyone who’s caught The [...]
You can flip any YouTube video on an MPC-style sampler A new free browser-based sampler lets you map YouTube videos onto your keyboard. Designed to function like an MPC, YPC comprises a 16-pad grid that allows you to play and slice samples using your computer keyboard or a MIDI controller. You can then either randomise or [...]
Celebrating 50 years of dancing, Amnesia represents the heart and soul of electronic music in Ibiza. Telling a story that spans five decades, the 50th anniversary compilation sits across 10 vinyl and 5 CDs – a stunning collectable box set that offers a window into a legendary venue that has helped establish some of [...]
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s largest festival and business gathering for electronic music, has just revealed the first wave of artists confirmed for its 30 YEARS ADE anniversary edition. The first names include Avalon Emerson, Benwal, Chlär, DJ Nobu, Eris Drew, Folamour, Freddy K, Fumi, Funk Assault, Jyoty, Kyle Starkey, Lammer, Marsolo, Novah, Octo [...]
AI Watchdog stems from an investigation from The Atlantic into AI data training. The Atlantic has unveiled a new tool that allows artists to check whether their works are present in data sets used for AI training. Compiled by researcher Alex Reisner, AI Watchdog draws on four giant datasets spanning millions of songs [...]
The new unit has many features from the flagship CDJ-3000X unit in a more compact design intended for smaller booths and at-home setups AlphaTheta has announced a new multi player, the CDJ-1500X. The new unit from the tech giant packs many of the same features from its flagship CDJ-3000X into a more compact design intended for smaller booths and [...]
A crucial organiser in New York's underground is the subject of our next Underground Insider interview Underground Insider is Resident Advisor's bimonthly series spotlighting the people building scenes from the ground up—the programmers, organisers and cultural workers creating spaces, platforms and communities that keep local music ecosystems alive. Our latest guest is ARCHANGEL, organiser [...]
The digital music store is introducing transparency labels and removing fully AI-generated music Traxsource is introducing labels to differentiate music made entirely by humans or with AI assistance. The digital music store will implement “Human-Made” and “AI-Assisted” labels for music available on the platform from 1st July, while fully AI-generated music will be removed from the [...]