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Beat’s recordings have previously only been available via archive recordings Janet Beat, the pioneering electronic music producer, has released her first album, aged 83. Titled ‘Pioneering Knob Twiddler’, the record features seven compositions from across the 1970s and 80s that bring together synthesisers, tape machines and acoustic instruments. Up until now, the British synthesist and composer’s
Synth-pop legends Soft Cell have announced their first album in 20 years, ‘*Happiness Not Included’ is set to arrive next February. Across twelve tracks, the duo will explore contemporary social issues alongside ideas of utopia, according to vocalist Marc Almond, who said: “In this album, I wanted to look at us as a society: a place where we have
The RANE Seventy Signature Edition was teased last week A-Trak has teamed up with RANE on a new Signature edition of the Seventy battle mixer. The DJ and producer teased the mixer on his socials last week, which is a re-branded and re-plated version of the flagship and popular Seventy mixer. According to RANE, “A-Trak himself
The seminal White Island trance record, first dropped in 1993, gets a 2021 refit Paul van Dyk has remixed Energy 52’s Ibiza trance anthem, ‘Cafe Del Mar’. The track, named after the iconic White Island sunset hangout, was first released in 1993, but it wasn’t until later in the decade that it achieved real recognition.
The modular headphones have been upgraded AIAIAI have announced new additions to their TMA-2 range of headphones. The TMA-2 Studio and TMA-2 Studio XE are the new products in the lineup, the former being an updated version of the TMA-2 Studio and the latter being an entirely new version. A bio-cellulose diaphragm as been added by AIAIAI, which
It’s the overcast second day of the live-streamed South Africa Music Week Conference in Sandton, Johannesburg. On stage sit Lemon & Herb, Da Capo and Black Coffee, the pioneering producers of the Africa Is Not a Jungle platform, discussing how their work is designed to catapult South African sounds into the global arena. They elaborate on the state of their dance music scene,
Among the 5,000-strong collection are one-off test presses, acetates and annotated one-offs A selection of records from Frankie Knuckles personal collection is now on display in New York’s Gagosian Gallery. As part of an exhibition called “Social Works” by Chicago artist and steward of Knuckles collection Theaster Gates, 5,000 of the Godfather of House’s records are available to view. Knuckles collection
The EDM supergroup look set to release new music this week Cryptic billboards began popping up all over the globe this week teasing new music from the Swedish EDM trio, Swedish House Mafia. Posters emerged in New York, Stockholm, and Mexico City, among other places, featuring three dots down the centre in Swedish House Mafia’s signature logo style. There
Eat, Sleep, Rescue, Repeat? ;D Fatboy Slim told crowds at an event for the Fire Fighters Charity that he almost quit music to become a fireman. The Brighton-born DJ has worked in the music industry most of his life, but claims that he thought about retiring and joining the force after he found himself “skint”. “I’ve been in the music
A new documentary about the rise of techno is premiering next month as part of the Manchester International Festival (MIF). ‘Laurent Garnier: Off The Record’ charts the genre’s rise through the eyes of the French DJ and production hero. It will be shown at Manchester Central on Sunday 11th July and advanced tickets are required. Directed by
