Only 1000 print copies of Deckades will be available, chronicling the history and influence of the CDJ from 1994 to now. Pioneer DJ is ringing in 30 years of the CDJ with a new limited-edition fan zine. The Deckades zine maps the history and influence of the CDJ across 23 distinct models, from [...]
Today, Native Instruments is launching Traktor Pro 4. It’s been a long time (6 years, in 2018) since Traktor Pro 3 came out. But the killer feature in today’s Traktor Pro 4 release date goes back even further -to 2014 when the Kontrol S8 and Stem Decks first appeared in the DJ software. In [...]
NYC’s Tedd Patterson and The Illustrious Blacks join forces for a celestial house heater on SoSure Music Tedd Patterson and The Illustrious Blacks are releasing a new collaborative single, ‘Let The Music Set You Free’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen below. With the grooves still reverberating from his March single, ‘Piece of Me’, featuring Inaya Day, NYC luminary [...]
The actor, EDM trio and a bevy of DJs will team up October 26 for a Chicago concert benefitting Cancer for College WHO COULD HAVE predicted this collaboration? In a video posted to Swedish House Mafia‘s socials, Will Ferrell announced he’ll be performing with the EDM trio in Chicago this fall. The concert, which is a benefit [...]
Bloomberg reports that investors are seeking to cash out of the company at a valuation of hundreds of millions of dollars. The ticketing company that acquired Boiler Room may be on the block, according to published reports. Lucas Shaw, writing for Bloomberg’s Screentime newsletter, reports that the London-based ticketing company DICE is in talks to [...]
The label will release a new three-track EP in July Legendary Chicago house artist Mike Dunn has announced he will relaunch his influential Danca Mutha imprint after three decades. Founded by Dunn back in 1988, the label released music by artists such as MD Connection, Gershon Jackson, and I-ROC-T. Dunn also co-founded seminal [...]
Located within the industrial confines of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the 104,000-square-foot space opens on June 7th. A new warehouse venue is opening in Brooklyn, New York, next month. Located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a waterfront industrial complex that was once a shipyard, Brooklyn Storehouse will host electronic music acts, fashion shows, art [...]
"It's almost like being in a House Music Hall of Fame." Marshall Jefferson is the latest artist to receive a Defected Records 'House Masters' compilation. Out on 29th May, the Chicago house pioneer will release a 40-track retrospective that will highlight Jefferson's solo hits, production credits, remixes, and underground favourites from his 50 year [...]
The museum showcases both visual art and music from “prominent Italian artists” Italy’s “first-ever" disco museum is set to open in Riccione this month, Museo Discoteca (MUDI). The museum sits inside Riccione’s famous pyramid-shaped music venue, Cocoricò, and is due welcome visitors for the first time this Sunday (May 19). MUDI will showcase both visual art [...]
TO MARK THE ostensible 40th anniversary of Chicago house music, Derrick Carter and DJ Heather will headline a free event at Chicago’s Daley Plaza, which begins at noon on May 29. House Music 40 has teamed with the ARC Music Festival to produce the event, which Mother Diva will host. It’s the first of several events the city is [...]
