The 72-year-old taking the Scottish dance music scene by storm (BBC)

By |2024-09-21T11:19:21-05:00September 21st, 2024|Clubs - Nightlife, Deep House, DJ, EDM.com, electronic music, International, Report|

    A new star is taking the dance music scene in Scotland by storm - 72-year-old Tony Morris. The retired book-keeper, who has also tried his hand at lecturing and driving a taxi, previously considered himself a failure until he discovered electronic dance music just before lockdown. He composes his songs at home - [...]

Black artists and promoters face event licensing discrimination in London, Black Lives in Music say (DJ Mag)

By |2024-09-18T19:11:49-05:00September 18th, 2024|Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, DJ Mag, International, London, news, Report|

  BLiM's CEO Dr. Charisse Beaumont told a London Assembly committee of a "culture of silence" and "fear" where artists and promoters avoid speaking up in the face of police and bureaucratic discrimination London's night-time economy is discriminating against Black and Brown artists and promoters in its event licensing, Black Lives in Music told a [...]

RA to host pop-up charity record shop, Dig Deep, at ADE (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-09-13T07:13:49-05:00September 13th, 2024|Amsterdam, Amsterdam ADE2024, Announcements, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, International, Music News, Resident Advisor|

  All proceeds from the October 18th event will go to War Child.   Resident Advisor is hosting a pop-up charity record shop at Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) next month.   Taking place at Tilla Tec on October 18th, Dig Deep has been made possible through donations from DJs and record labels, including Nick Höppner, [...]

Electronic artists join campaign encouraging US dance music community to vote (Mixmag)

By |2024-09-10T20:03:27-05:00September 10th, 2024|DJ, Entertaiment, International, Internet, Louie Vega, MixMAg, Music News, news, Report|

  Carl Craig, Louie Vega and Seth Troxler are among the list of names offering free music bundles to fans who check their voter registration status Rave the Vote has partnered with voter registration organisation, HeadCount, to launch a campaign encouraging the US dance music community to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, set to be [...]

The history of the White Isle: How did Ibiza become a party island? (Mixmag)

By |2024-08-25T08:53:12-05:00August 25th, 2024|Dance Music, DJ, Documentary, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History, Ibiza, International, MixMAg|

  From the earliest settlers to modern day clubbers, we dive into a potted history of the world-famous party island Even if you’ve never visited Ibiza, you can probably conjure up a good picture of the party island today: Boozy Brits, dusk ‘til dawn parties, and blazing pyrotechnics at mammoth superclubs - and those are just [...]

‘Collective ownership can win’: New music platform Subvert allows artists and fans to become cofounders (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-08-15T18:18:23-05:00August 15th, 2024|Dance Music, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, House, House Music, International, Music, Music News, Music Tech, news, press release, Report|

  Members are eligible to receive quarterly ownership shares depending on how active they are. Subvert, a new marketplace for music and merchandise that aims to be fully community-owned, wants to offer a new alternative to platforms like Bandcamp.   The venture, announced earlier this month, will enable artists to sell directly to their audience. [...]

New documentary featuring Fatboy Slim and Carl Cox chronicles the history of Ibiza (Mixmag)

By |2024-08-14T21:15:19-05:00August 14th, 2024|Announcements, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Documentary, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History, Ibiza, International, Music News, news, Pioneer, producer|

  Produced by AlphaTheta, the film tells the story of the White Isle through the decades   A new hour-long documentary highlighting the history of Ibiza throughout the decades has been released.   The Evolution of Ibiza: Can the White Isle retain its legendary magic? was released at the end of July, produced by AlphaTheta, Pioneer DJ’s parent [...]

Watch Kraftwerk cover Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’ (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-08-03T12:30:18-05:00August 3rd, 2024|electronic music, Entertaiment, festival, International, Music, Resident Advisor|

  The legendary German group paid tribute to the late Japanese composer during a headlining set at Fuji Rock Festival. Kraftwerk performed a rare cover during their headlining set at Japan's Fuji Rock Festival on July 27th: "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" by Ryuichi Sakamoto.   Before diving into an instrumental version of the 1983 track, [...]

‘AMAPIANO TO IBIZA’ is a new EP merging Amapiano with classic house tracks (Mixmag)

By |2024-08-02T17:32:18-05:00August 2nd, 2024|Amapiano, Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, Ibiza, International, MixMAg, Music News, New Release|

  The concept release, a collaboration between Armada Music, Warner Music Africa and Africori, features amapiano reinterpretations of classic Ibiza house tracks A new V/A EP has been announced, 'AMAPIANO TO IBIZA', which sees amapiano reinterpretations of classic Ibiza house tracks. The concept - a collaboration between Armada Music, Warner Music Africa and Africori, a [...]

Private equity seeks a stake in ticketing outfit DICE, Boiler Room (5Mag)

By |2024-07-21T09:35:53-05:00July 21st, 2024|5 Magazine, Announcements, Clubs - Nightlife, Entertaiment, International, Music, Music News, Report|

  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 [...]

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