DIORA, a Cape Town gem now residing in Amsterdam, is a force and vision. Blending many genres together to create enticing and euphoric stories through her sonics, her eclectic and cutthroat approach to dance music is matched only by her own fierceness. With an upcoming set for Boiler Room and
It’s perhaps unsurprising that German house duo Arndt Rörig and Marko Vidovic, AKA Tube & Berger, began their journey in music as part of a punk rock band. As pioneering producers initially exploring the inherent obnoxious and anarchic attitude of tech-house, their origins have always informed their approach. You can
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Berlin-based Italian music duo Mind Against have been announced as the next act to take on fabric’s ongoing mix and compilation series, fabric presents. They follow UK artist TSHA, who presented an excellent journey into contemporary acid house with her compilation. fabric presents: Mind Against is due on September 23.
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The rise of South Africa’s gqom as one of the foremost genres in dance music can be traced back to one innovator: Durban’s DJ Lag. Widely credited as the pioneer of the form, it’s Lag who is responsible for gqom’s distinctive hard edged, bass heavy sound known colloquially as ‘uthayela.’
A number of festivals have dropped Russian DJ Nina Kraviz from their lineups following criticism over Kraviz’s months of silence regarding the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. These include The Crave in The Hague, PollerWiesen, and Detroit’s Movement Festival. Kraviz, who is one of Russia’s most prolific public figures
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Apple Music has launched DJ mixes available to stream in spatial audio with Dolby Atmos. Apple’s Spatial Audio, which takes Dolby Atmos, 5.1, and 7.1 audio frequencies and adjusts them so that they can be heard virtually anywhere in 3D space, was launched in March with a number of albums
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American DJ and producer DVS1 (Zak Khutoretsky) has launched software that aims to bridge the gap between DJ and producer income. It’s long been the case that DJ’s profit far more from the music that they play than the producers who make it. Recognising this gap, DVS1 developed Aslice. The
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They’re best known for their brand of sunny, groove inflected house and dance music that’s designed to make you swing from the trees. German duo Monkey Safari have made a name for themselves as connoisseurs of rhythm and nuanced club production, a style mostly honed under their own label Hommage.
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Rockstar Games’ Announce Underground Club ‘The Music Locker’ To Open On December 15th in Grand Theft Auto Online, Featuring Moodymann, Keinemusik and Palms Trax. Even those who have never been involved in the gaming world, have most likely heard of Rockstar Games’ infamous video game Grand Theft Auto, which over
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Sexism in the music industry is nothing new, especially when it comes to women navigating the electronic music scene. Like with any other genre, female creators are often taken less seriously than their male counterparts – and this is especially prevalent in dance music; where women are treated as though
