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MYSTERIOUS SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA POSTERS POP UP WORLDWIDE
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,...
FATBOY SLIM SAYS HE NEARLY QUIT MUSIC TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER
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...
A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE RISE OF TECHNO IS PREMIERING NEXT MONTH
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...
SKRILLEX AND BOYS NOIZE RETURN AS DOG BLOOD, RELEASE NEW TRACK ‘TURN OFF THE LIGHTS’
Skrillex and Boys Noize have joined forces once again as Dog Blood to release a new track titled ‘Turn Off The Lights’. The pair, who last released music under their shared side alias back in 2013, have been teasing new material online and in shows in recent weeks....
SSL’S NEW DESKTOP MIXER BRINGS LEGENDARY SOUND TO YOUR HOME STUDIO: WATCH
SSL have announced SiX, a desktop mixer that brings all the classic sound from SSL consoles to your home studio. SSL have designed the SiX using the same SuperAnalogue sound of their high-end mixing consoles that pepper pro studios across the world. With two recording...
AfrikaBurn 2019 – 29th April 2019
Ephemerality (from Greek – ephemeros) is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly. Rising like a dusty mirage out of the Karoo heat, there’s a city we call home. It's a manifestation of our collective imagination, and the culmination of our...
CHECK OUT – THE DENON DJ PRIME 4 ALL-IN-ONE UNIT: WATCH
Denon DJ have recently announced the Prime 4, an all-in-one DJ unit for their Prime range. The four-channel box features a 10-inch touch screen, two jog wheels with the recognisable centre-screens from the SC range, eight performance pads per deck, four USB inputs and...
RAVE ICON: AS THE FRONTMAN OF THE PRODIGY, KEITH FLINT DELIVERED A FURIOUS NEW TYPE OF DANCE MUSIC
Although the creative brains behind The Prodigy is undoubtedly Liam Howlett, for many Keith Flint will always be seen as the band’s public face. An avid dancer at Essex’s rave HQ, the Barn in Braintree, it was Flint who first encouraged Howlett to go further with his...
BJÖRK REISSUES HER ALBUMS ON MULTI-COLORED CASSETTES
Björk will be reissuing her nine studio albums on a collection of multi-colored cassettes. A video displaying the cassette collection was tweeted out by the Icelandic superstar earlier today - revealing the unique color scheme paired with each album. From her 1993...
ROLAND ADD THE 303 TO THEIR CLOUD PLUGIN SERVICE
Roland have added the TB-303 – the classic sound of the 'acid' bassline – to their subscription service Roland Cloud. The virtual re-creation of the famous synth features the same layout and interface of the hardware version, using Roland's ACB (analogue circuit...
THE BEST GEAR RELEASED AT NAMM 2019
NAMM - or the annual National Association of Music Merchants, to its mother - is the Super Bowl of music technology. It's been around since 1901 and is widely recognized as the most significant music product trade show in the world. Taking place at the Anaheim...
PRODIGY FRONTMAN – KEITH FLINT PASSES AT AGE 49
Keith Flint, the frontman of British techno band The Prodigy, has died aged 49 having reportedly killed himself at home. Police confirmed that a man aged 49 was found dead at a home in Essex at 8.10am on Monday morning. The band, confirming his death, described Flint...
THE TRAILER FOR IDRIS ELBA-STARRING NETFLIX SHOW ‘TURN UP CHARLIE’ IS HERE
The trailer for Netflix's Turn Up Charlie, with Idris Elba playing the role of a struggling DJ, is here. In the show, Charlie (played by Idris) takes up the job of being a nanny of a successful friend's daughter Gabby (Frankie Hervey). Craig David also stars in the...
CLUB UNITY – GETTING THE SA DANCE SCENE BACK ON TRACK…
The Hard dance and Uplifting Trance scene swept across SA in the mid 90's hitting its pinnacle in 2000 and rolling solidly into the 00's like a force to be reckoned with... Since then we have seen the rise and fall of many other genres like Fidget, Dubstep, Prog and...
IS VINYL-ONLY CULTURE ENCOURAGING ELITISM IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC?
In South Africa Vinyl we have had some of the best days of vinyl record shopping in the 90's and 00's with the award winning Rugged Vinyl - (was voted Best independent Record store in SA) and the likes of DJ Syndicate, Hot wax Records where many of us use to do the...
