Festivals booked 30 percent women in 2022 and 2023, new female:pressure report finds (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-03-09T19:03:48-06:00March 9th, 2024|Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, electronic music, Entertaiment, House Music, International, Music News, Report, Resident Advisor, Women|

Out today, the latest FACTS study examined 175 editions of 110 different festivals. female:pressure, an online database and network of women and nonbinary people in the music industry, has unveiled its 2024 FACTS report. Published today, March 8th, the report analyses the gender demographics of festival lineups. The organisers collected data from 175 editions of [...]

DESIREE: the ascent of South African house music’s brightest star (DJ Mag)

By |2024-02-21T21:37:44-06:00February 21st, 2024|Afro House, black History Month, Dance Music, DJ, DJ Mag, electronic music, House, House Music, International, LGBTQIA+, South Africa|

Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for [...]

7 Predictions for DJ Gear in 2024 (DJ Tech Tools)

By |2024-01-28T21:48:52-06:00January 28th, 2024|Digital Dj Tips, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, Editorial, International, My House Radio, New DJ Gear|

  As the DJing world continuously evolves, new gear is inevitable. 2024 is likely to bring a solid set of new products to the DJ world, and we expect to see new releases that could transform how we mix, manipulate, and experience music. From stem-focused controllers to iterative updates from Pioneer DJ, we’re predicting smart [...]

Musical Paradise: Beppe Loda in Chicago (5 Mag)

By |2024-01-25T21:11:58-06:00January 25th, 2024|5 Magazine, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History, International, Interviews|

  You can’t write a credible history of dance music without Beppe Loda. The Italian producer emerged in the early 1980s behind the decks as resident and main attraction at Club Typhoon, a former cinema transformed into a discotheque. His sets were so popular that the club reputedly attracted more patrons than the entire population [...]

Book Excerpt: Welcome to the Club – The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-01-10T21:04:23-06:00January 10th, 2024|African American, Biography, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, International, manchester UK, Music, news, Resident Advisor, Women|

  In this extract from DJ Paulette's memoir, out later this month, she confronts the discrimination she and other women faced—and celebrates some of the scene's unsung heroines. I have long been aware that there is a marked difference in the way that Black women are allowed to occupy space in the workplace, and how [...]

RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH MY HOUSE RADIO!

By |2023-12-28T22:09:51-06:00December 28th, 2023|Announcements, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, House, House Music, International, My House Radio, Promotional|

    Let's Bring in the New Year with the RUCKUS!!! - James Hall, My House Radio  The My House Radio FM New Year's Marathon kicks off on Friday December 29. In its seventh year, the Marathon features My House Radio's DJs from all over the world, playing their favorite tracks of 2023.  2023 [...]

How South Africa’s queer underground is remaking ballroom in its own image (DJMAG)

By |2023-12-11T19:19:48-06:00December 11th, 2023|Afro House, Afrobeats, Amapiano, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ Mag, Gay, House Music, International, LGBTQIA+, South Africa|

  In South Africa's burgeoning ballroom scene, pioneering figures and DJs are finding their own ‘Ha’ in the country's past, and in the contemporary sounds of gqom, amapiano, and Afrobeats. Tazmé Pillay learns more “DJ, cut the beat.” The room falls silent — an unforgivable sin anywhere else, but this is no nightclub. This is a [...]

Top Ten December 2023 Festivals (Resident Advisor)

By |2023-11-20T18:46:32-06:00November 20th, 2023|Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, electronic music, House Music, International, Music, Resident Advisor|

We close out the year with festivals in Australia, India, Brazil and beyond. Meredith Music Festival Meredith, Australia December 8 - December 10 Nothing encapsulates the warmth of Australia's Meredith Music Festival more than the fact that all of the communications come from "Aunty Meredith"—except maybe the animated koala bears that clamber up the home [...]

THE 20 BEST KRAFTWERK TRACKS RANKED (MIXMAG)

By |2023-11-18T23:16:15-06:00November 18th, 2023|Classics, Dance Music, electronic music, Entertaiment, House Music History, International, MixMAg, Report, Review|

Are Kraftwerk music's most influential band? **This article was originally published on May 15, 2020, after the death of Florian Schneider What a legacy the late Florian Schneider, whose death was announced last week, has left us. Along with the man who still keeps the Kraftwerk fires burning to this day, Ralf Hütter, the duo can legitimately [...]

For the love of sound : How vintage hi-fi sound systems are driving boutique club nights forward (MusicTech)

By |2023-11-17T21:25:42-06:00November 17th, 2023|Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, electronic music, Entertaiment, House Music, International, London, Music News, UK|

    We speak to the people behind some of the best-sounding speakers, bars, and club nights in the UK – discussing vintage audio gear, a truly eclectic musical ethos, and the tech that makes it all sound so good.   For the at-home enthusiast, audio gear from the 70s and 80s is highly prized [...]

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