SOPHIE, visionary experimental pop artist, dies
SOPHIE has died. The visionary experimental pop artist died in the early hours of Saturday morning in Athens, SOPHIE’s team has confirmed in an official statement shared with
There’s a Virtual Reality live stream party in Mario 64 this weekend
There’s a virtual reality live stream party happening in Mario 64 this weekend. Taking place tonight (Friday, 29th January) at 7pm GMT, the stream marks the launch of Truth Hz,
Sexual assault in music industry investigated in new BBC documentary: Watch
Content warning: This article contains information relating to sexual assault. A new BBC documentary investigates how allegations of assault and abuse against women are dealt wit
Deep Medi releases new album from Silkie, ‘Panorama’: Listen
Silkie has dropped a new album. Serving as his first release since 2018, and his third LP on the label, London’s Silkie has dropped a new album via Mala’s Deep Medi Mus
Spotify granted patent involving monitoring of users' speech for music recommendations
Spotify has been granted patent to utilise listeners speech for music recommendations. Swedish streaming giant Spotify, which reached a $50 billion market valuation in 2020, has b
Armin van Buuren releases new mix album, ‘A State of Trance 1000 – Celebration Mix’
Armin van Buuren has released a new mix album, ‘A State of Trance 1000 – Celebration Mix’. Released a week after the trance star’s 1000th A State of Trance radio show
‘90s rave podcast, R.O.A.R, to be introduced into British Library
A podcast about ’90s rave, R.O.A.R, is set to be curated into the British Library Archive. After being launched by journalist Tom Latchem and former DJ Chrissy Richards AKA C
Awakenings Festival postponed to September 2021
Awakenings Festival has been postponed until September 2021. After being forced to cancel the last year’s edition of the event, Dutch festival Awakenings has postponed this y
Beastie Boys’ Mike D to auction band memorabilia for charity
Beastie Boys’ Mike D is auctioning some of the band’s memorabilia for charity. Beastie Boys founder Michael Louis Diamond, better known as Mike D, is currently auctioning
Porter Robinson announces new album, ‘Nurture’, release date
Porter Robinson has announced the release date for his long-anticipated new album, ‘Nurture’. Having announced his second album’s title almost exactly a year ago, Robinson
Visa-free touring permit for musicians post-Brexit to be debated in parliamentary hearing
Visa-free touring permits for musicians post-Brexit are set to be debated in a parliamentary hearing. Last week, culture minister Caroline Dinenage confirmed that musicians and
Hydeout: The Prelude locks TOKiMONSTA, Don Diablo, Alison Wonderland, more for immersive digital music experience
Hydeout: The Prelude has announced details of its immersive digital music experience. After being forced to cancel its first ever edition in Singapore, Hydeout festival shared the
Berlin clubbing won’t be back to normal until end of 2022, says Club Commission
Berlin clubbing won’t be back to normal until end of 2022, says the city’s Club Commission. Speaking with Deutsche Presse-Agentur, chairwoman of the Berlin Club Commission
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis says “smaller” festival could take place in September
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has said that a “smaller” edition of the festival could take place in September. After announcing another forced fallow year for Glastonbury
PRS introduce new license and tarriff for live-streamed events
The UK’s Performance Rights Organisation PRS has introduced a new license cost for ticketed online events. The license, which is available for events grossing less than £500, wo
DJ Mag launches first DJ Mag China Awards
Following the continued explosion of electronic music culture in China’s major cities, DJ Mag — the world’s leading global electronic music media brand — have announced the
Minimal Violence return to Tresor Records with new EP
Minimal Violence are set to release a new EP via Tresor Records. After releasing ‘Phase One’ of their ‘DESTROY —> [physical] REALITY [psychic] <— TRUST’
Serato issue warning over macOS Big Sur
Serato issued another warning against updating to the newest version of Apple’s macOS 11 update, Big Sur. Having initially issued a statement in December, the DJ giants sent a ma
Tomorrowland shares aftermovie for 2020 virtual festival
Tomorrowland has shared the aftermovie from last year’s virtual festival. Belgian festival Tomorrowland’s NYE event, which took place on the 31st December, was spread a
DJ Mag : diversity & equality report Q4 2020
Our second quarterly update following our pledge in July, addressing how we can tackle racism and diversity issues within the electronic music industry as a publication Comm