The streaming service reportedly plans to raise the threshold for royalties payments to 1000 plays per track Spotify has announced it will be changing its royalties structure, with reports claiming it will pay less royalties to less-popular artists. This new structure reportedly introduces a minimum streams per song requirement for artists to gain [...]
The short film from Defected Records explores the artist's rise to Afro House stardom Afro house DJ and previous Mixmag Cover star Kitty Amor's rise to worldwide stardom is chronicled in Defected Records' new short-film, 'Who's Kitty Amor'. Kitty Amor's story as a selector starts in Nottingham, where she studied for university. Specifically Stealth, the club famed for its £1 entry [...]
Opening on Ukrainian Independence Day, Mixmag Ukraine will run digital, social and video content — with an aim to spotlight local music and culture Mixmag has opened its 22nd international office in Kyiv, Ukraine. Officially launching today (August 24), on Ukrainian Independence Day, Mixmag Ukraine will run video, social and digital content; shining a light on Ukrainian dance [...]
Danny Tenaglia has announced that he will be completing his Global Underground trilogy with a new compilation, ‘GU45: Brooklyn’ The Global Underground series started for Tenaglia in 1999 with ‘GU10: Athens’ and his second release came the following year with ‘GU17: London’. Now, over 20 years later, the final compilation sees him return to his home town of Brooklyn. [...]
The controller is the first version to work as a freestanding instrument Push 3, the next generation of Ableton’s Push, has been unveiled. It comes 10 years after the release of the original version in 2013, this time marking the first product in the series to work as a standalone instrument. Push 3 can be [...]
The Detroit legend has spoken about how the dance music industry fails Black artists in a new interview PATRICK HINTON 26 JUNE 2020 Kevin Saunderson has spoken about the failings of the music industry to respect dance music’s Black origins and support Black artists in a new interview with Billboard. The Detroit producer, who is one [...]
Baltimore House Scene BURN THE HOUSE DOWN: BALTIMORE'S HOUSE SCENE IS BUBBLING UP AGAIN Small, gritty and often improvised, Baltimore's house scene has a proud history WORDS: MARCUS BARNES | PHOTOS: MARIA CAMILA TRUJILLO 9 JULY 2019 “Burn the house down! Burn the house down!”, a crowd of 100-plus is chanting with [...]
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: 50 OVERLOOKED CLASSICS PACKED WITH PROPER HOUSE GROOVES Tracks by Mr. Oizo, Audio Werner, Inland Knights and more HARRISON WILLIAMS (Mix Mag) 9 NOVEMBER 2017 This week's update to Mixmag's Overlooked Classics playlist on Spotify features a collection of deep and rhythmic house cuts from the depths of dance music's vast history, featuring [...]
