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 [...]

‘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 [...]

Pioneer DJ celebrates 30th anniversary of CDJ with limited-run zine (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-07-30T19:46:15-05:00July 30th, 2024|Announcements, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, Music News, Music Tech, news, Pioneer, Promotional, Resident Advisor|

  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 [...]

Traktor Pro 4: Generate stem separated tracks from your library in this new update (DJ Tech Tools)

By |2024-07-25T21:12:46-05:00July 25th, 2024|Announcements, Digital Dj Tips, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, Djtechtools, Music News, New DJ Gear, news|

  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 [...]

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 [...]

AMAPIANO’S SECOND WAVE: UPCOMING PRODUCERS AND THE RISKS OF EXPLOITATION (MIXMAG)

By |2024-07-18T20:58:51-05:00July 18th, 2024|Afro House, Afrobeats, Amapiano, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, International, MixMAg, Music News, Report, UK|

  Amapiano has taken over the world, but despite its success, some of the genre's most influential creators are not getting the rewards they deserve. In the final instalment of our three-part series documenting Amapiano's Second Wave, Jake Colvin explores how South Africa's economic conditions and exploitation from established stars are adversely affecting young producers [...]

RA and SoundCloud partner to expand artist and fan connection (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-07-17T21:57:36-05:00July 17th, 2024|DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, Entertaiment, Internet, Music, Music News, Promotional, Resident Advisor, Soundcloud|

    The alliance will aim to improve the way users around the world discover electronic music and events. Resident Advisor and SoundCloud have partnered to expand artist and fan connection online and on the dance floor.   Launching this month, the aim of the alliance is to improve the way users of both platforms [...]

New conference spotlights Latinos in Chicago House Music (5 Mag)

By |2024-07-10T20:42:09-05:00July 10th, 2024|5 Magazine, Chicago, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History, Music News, news|

Latinos In Da House recognizes the DJs, artists, dance crews and personalities that shaped Chicago house from the start. Add another landmark event to Chicago’s long summer celebrating the city’s house music legacy. Latinos In Da House presents its inaugural conference on Saturday, September 28 2024. The conference focuses specifically on the vital contributions played by [...]

François Kevorkian on Defining the Sound of Disco (Red Bull Music Academy)

By |2024-07-06T12:40:30-05:00July 6th, 2024|Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Deep House, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History, Interviews, Music News, New York, producer, Red Bull Music Academy|

  **This interview originally appeared on the Red Bull Music Academy website March 9, 2018. From the DJ History archives: The super-producer and DJ looks back on a star-studded career, from Diana Ross to Depeche Mode François Kevorkian’s is a truly New York story. Moving to the city from France in 1975, with a plan [...]

Legendary house music vocalist Kathy Brown to release album on Glitterbox for cancer charity (DJ MAG)

By |2024-07-04T11:10:54-05:00July 4th, 2024|Dance Music, Deep House, Defected, DJ Mag, Entertaiment, Glitterbox, House, House Music, MixMAg, Music News, New Release, press release, Report, Resident Advisor|

  Brown was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer late last year Glitterbox is releasing an album to raise funds for Kathy Brown's chosen cancer charity, Macmillan Cancer Support. The legendary house vocalist was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, which has since spread to her brain, late last year. A GoFundMe has since been set up by Brown's daughter [...]

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