The hardware company will stop in 19 different cities to host '404 Day' events celebrating the well-loved sampler. Roland has announced a global tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of its well-loved SP-404 sampler. The "404 Day" series kicked off yesterday, April 3rd, with an initial US run set to stop in Atlanta, Toronto, [...]
A limited run of the 1998 documentary featuring Larry Levan, Carl Cox, A-Trak and more will hit four UK theatres next month. A classic documentary on DJing is returning to UK cinemas for a limited run next month. Hang The DJ, directed by Marco and Mauro La Villa, premiered at Toronto International Film [...]
The April 26th event at The Ramova Theater will be the first of its kind in the city. A new electronic music conference is coming to Chicago this spring, a first-of-its-kind event for the city. The aptly-titled Chicago Electronic Music Conference will take place at The Ramova Theatre on April 26th. It's designed [...]
The tool also has a "Master Tempo" feature for users to change a track’s BPM without affecting its pitch A Seattle-based DJ who goes by the name of nohup has created two free web extensions that allow users of Discogs and Bandcamp to adjust track tempos. Available to install on Google Chrome and Firefox or [...]
David Mancuso's ethos of universal love fuelled one of history's most cherished parties, The Loft. A succession drama now clouds the future of the event and its protected legacy, Nyshka Chandran reports. In 2022, Jon Martin was at the Ukrainian National Home, a nondescript building in Manhattan's East Village, where The Loft, a sacred [...]
The legendary house DJ crafts an expertly balanced dance floor odyssey. Honey Dijon started her career nearly 25 years ago in her hometown of Chicago. From house music's inception, she lived and breathed the genre—and took any DJ gig she could get (even going so far as saying she would DJ out of a [...]
Move is a portable, four-track sampling sketchpad. Ableton, the German music software company, is releasing a standalone instrument. Move comes with 32 pressure-sensitive pads with velocity and polyphonic aftertouch, used to trigger a library of over 1,500 sounds. The software also integrates a 16-step sequencer and a speaker, and links easily with [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]