What Films Get Wrong About Club Culture. And Three That Get It Right. (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-01-21T10:27:15-06:00January 21st, 2024|Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Entertaiment, Music, Resident Advisor|

While most clubbing films centre contextless euphoria, 120 BPM, Millennium Mambo and Aftersun remind us that the dance floor is both a personal and political space. Cinemas and nightclubs are cousins. Both are dark rooms filled with strangers, primed to simultaneously overwhelm and deliver sensory deprivation. Both are common sites of transformative personal experiences related [...]

Anané: riding high (DJ Mag)

By |2024-01-11T21:35:56-06:00January 11th, 2024|Biography, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, DJ Mag, House, House Music, House Music History, Interviews, Louie Vega, Music, producer, Women|

  On one level, Anané’s new EP, ‘Take A Ride’, is a playful throwback to the musical opulence of the disco era. But it cuts deeper than that. As the vocalist and songwriter explains, it’s also an ode to unity, freedom, and her own sense of confidence There’s an attention-grabbing point at the four-and-a-half-minute mark [...]

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 [...]

Reflections on Electronic Music (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-01-07T22:24:03-06:00January 7th, 2024|Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Editorial, electronic music, House Music, Music, Resident Advisor, Review|

A mix of RA staff and contributors—including Elijah, Joe Delon and journalist Delilah Friedler—unpack some of the year's key trends and themes. The fascinating thing about so-called underground electronic music spreading its tentacles further around the world is how the culture morphs and takes on new meaning. Every raver, worker or business owner in this [...]

“Don’t think, just do”: Former Giorgio Moroder collaborator says the godfather of disco was “all about the melody” (MusicTech)

By |2024-01-04T17:09:21-06:00January 4th, 2024|Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Disco, Interviews, Music, Music News, producer|

  “Most of the great writers I learnt stay away from writing too much on an instrument. They just hear the melody and then everything else kind of comes from that.” In a new interview, former collaborators of ’80s disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder discuss what it’s like working for the legend himself as well as [...]

STUDY FINDS THAT CHATGPT IS THE MOST-USED AI TOOL FOR MUSICIANS (Mixmag)

By |2024-01-03T18:44:54-06:00January 3rd, 2024|AI, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, Djtechtools, electronic music, Entertaiment, Internet, MixMAg, Music, Music News, news, Report|

  A new survey by Pirate reveals that 30% of artists use AI for songwriting and composition A new study has found that ChatGPT is the favoured artificial intelligence (AI) tool for musicians with 30% of artists using AI for songwriting and composition. In a new survey carried out by Pirate, it asked 1000 musicians on their top 10 AI [...]

Where DJs Get Their Music In 2024 (Digital DJ Tips)

By |2024-01-02T21:03:08-06:00January 2nd, 2024|advice, Digital Dj Tips, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, House Music, Music, Tips|

The music industry has, it is fair to say, completely transformed in the past decade or so. We went from physical albums and singles (vinyl/CDs), to “everything, everywhere” via digital downloads and streaming services. So, for most people, the answer to “Where do you get your music?” nowadays is usually “Spotify”. End of story. For [...]

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution review – an absolute feast of a music documentary (The Guardian)

By |2023-12-19T19:05:55-06:00December 19th, 2023|Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Disco, DJ, Honey Dijon, House Music, House Music History, LGBTQIA+, Music, Music News|

Idealistic, passionate … Larry Levan (left) and David Depino at Trax - Photograph: Tina Paul/BBC Studios This wonderful series documents the passion and idealism of the 70s music scene. It’s an immaculately soundtracked history lesson – and so much more besides After the tumult of the last few years, UK nightlife is in a perilous [...]

‘Where are the decks?’: 10 DJs share the story of their worst ever set (DJ Mag)

By |2023-11-27T23:14:06-06:00November 27th, 2023|Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, DJ Mag, Entertaiment, mistakes, Music|

It’s not all bright lights and fist pumps, this DJ life. Technical issues, travel delays and mis-matched line-ups are par for the course when you’ve been playing out long enough — not to mention the self-doubt many struggle with, even at the peak of their career. But these difficult sets, brutal as they are, can [...]

Delia Derbyshire: The Grandmother Of Electronic Music And Her Legacy. (EDM Magazine)

By |2023-11-22T20:55:21-06:00November 22nd, 2023|Biography, Dance Music, electronic music, House Music History, Music, producer, UK, Women|

        Pioneering a New Era of Sound: Delia Derbyshire, an extraordinary pioneer in electronic music, embarked on a sonic odyssey that was light years ahead of her time. Born in 1937, Derbyshire’s journey into electronic soundscapes began with her groundbreaking work at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the 1960s. Here, she melded her [...]

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