"IT'S GONNA BE FIRE!!!" - DJ and producer Danny Buddah Morales aka DBM Are you headed to Miami Music Week? My House Radio will be VERY well represented in South Beach. My House Radio is presenting the Afro Latino House Showcase, with a stellar lineup of MHR DJs and very special guests. This party [...]
GEMMA ROSS, 9 MARCH 2023 The BBC radio broadcaster has just debuted her new imprint and platform UTOPIA Following the launch of her cross-disciplinary platform UTOPIA in 2020, DJ and BBC radio broadcaster Jaguar has announced the introduction of her new eponymous imprint. The label’s launch came last Wednesday with a debut release from Scotland’s Van Damn titled [...]
Thirty years after the singer-songwriter hit the scene with 'Gypsy Woman,' Crystal Waters talks about new music with BET. From Drake’s controversial Honestly, Nevermind to the perfection Beyoncé laid through RENAISSANCE, the summer of 2022 was a standout year for House music. The return of repetitive 4-on-the-floor beats, hard bass drums, addictive basslines, and everything in between marked a serious return [...]
BYJAMES KEITH FOR COMPLEX UK Contributing Editor | Twitter: @JamesMBKeith The Black Music Summit Creative Council has just announced that next year they will be bringing the inaugural edition of the Black Music Summit to Ibiza. The news was first teased at a two-day event at Ibiza’s famous Pikes and Hï Ibiza last month that included performances from the likes of Seth [...]
It's based on his acclaimed university course, which honours people of colour who have pioneered groundbreaking genres within electronic music BRIAN CONEY. Wednesday, February 1, 2023 King Britt has announced details of a new exhibit based on his music-based university course, Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music. The acclaimed educator, producer, musician, DJ and [...]
A hair salon is being used as a place for LGBTQ+ members to get ready before a night out in the city WORDS: BECKY BUCKLE | PICTURE: SERGEY ASHMARIN 23 JANUARY 2023 A new scheme is trialling a safe space location for the LGBTQ+ community partying in Amsterdam. The pilot project named Dress & Dance has transformed a hair [...]
Words Michael Lawson We spoke to Loraine James, Pessimist, Rainy Miller and He Valencia about dwindling working-class participation in the scene. According to new research, working-class participation in the arts is on the decline. But what impact is this having on electronic music? The joint study from Edinburgh, Manchester and Sheffield universities found that [...]
https://youtu.be/Nqb3zRU931s As of December 1, "basic tier" accounts are limited to 10 public mixes. By Terry Matthew - DECEMBER 16, 2022 Mixcloud’s CEO has stated that the platform is “not currently profitable” and has announced a new limitation on “basic tier” members, capping mixes at just [...]
This new generation of DJs are rising to prominence and shaking up the dance music landscape WORDS: PATRICK HINTON, MEGAN TOWNSEND, GEMMA ROSS, BECKY BUCKLE, ISAAC MUK | NOSTRA FONT DESIGNED BY LUCAS DESCROIX 20 DECEMBER 2022 The first full year of events since 2019 has given a new cohort of DJs the chance to [...]
Hostile real estate prices and government policies have the city's promoters and artists in an existential chokehold. But there's a new generation of nightlife locals with inventive solutions to combat the lack of space. Just after exiting the freeway heading towards Miami Beach, you can see the excavators tearing down the walls where the [...]