Laser beams illuminate a darkened restaurant turned dance hall in Cairo as revellers move to thumping beats from female DJs — part of a generation of women shaking up Egypt’s underground electronic music scene. Read more
If you all remember the Gordo vs. Waze/Essel dispute a couple of months ago where Gordo was accused of not getting off the decks despite having two supporting acts confirmed to close out after him. The twitter feud and reaction that then followed from the initial accusation by Waze, opened up a flood-gate of people ranting about other incidents whether as an observer/attendees or they themselves were the DJs that experienced the trauma of not being able to play their supposed time slot because of the DJ in front of them (usually the headliner)- despite being confirmed.
Zak Khutoretsky (aka DVS1, US producer, DJ, and Berghain resident) conceptualized and founded Aslice in 2020 and recruited music and media veteran Ethan Holben (former Global Head of Red Bull Radio and Vice President at Yadastar) to serve as the CEO.
Empowering DJs to share earnings with producers directly, Aslice is a community-focused service dedicated to creating a fairer music ecosystem with software that facilitates easy and accurate reporting.Ā Seeking to revolutionize the relationship between DJs and producers, Aslice creates a service that makes it easy for producers to get paid when DJs play at music gigs ā with the potential for music producers to be paid an estimated $55 Million annually.
The multi-talentedĀ Idris ElbaĀ has reached a critical creative juncture. In a new interview withĀ Vanity Fair,Ā theĀ Golden Globe-winning actor said he intends to “lean away from the acting work” and pursue his career as a DJ more concertedly.
Idris Elba’s upcoming year on the big screen is slated to be a busy one. Elba is set to star in George Miller’s fantasy romance film,Ā Three Thousand Years of LongingĀ andĀ Beast,Ā which will see him portraying a widowed father who must fight to protect the lives of his children against a wild lion on a South African game reserve. Elba will also voice the part of Knuckles inĀ Sonic the Hedgehog 2, out in April.
The overall growth that’s apparent from 2019 up until now showcases that anime has truly made itself known as a household name. Along the way, anime, trance and techno have “crossed wires” so to speak, but in a good way.
2019 saw an increase in people watching anime. Netflix reported that households streaming anime had grown a whopping 50 percent and more than 100 million households watching at least one anime title on its platform. Crunchyroll, the largest streaming anime platform, reported it had reached three million subscribers in July 2020, and then six months after, reached four million subscribers. This represents an overall growth of 33 percent in six months.
This month’s most-talked-about music business news was certainly the $500 million purchase of a 5.7% stake in Live Nation by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Monday, April 27th. It has been impossible to not raise an eyebrow over the Live Nation stock purchase, considering just how much the entertainment industry has shunned Saudi Arabia since the murder of journalist Jamal KhashoggiĀ at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October.
The gruesome murder was allegedly ordered by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to reports by U.S. and Turkish intelligence agencies — charges that Salman denied. The murder led Endeavor chairman Ari Emanuel to cancel a $400 million investment into his talent agency and content companyĀ and caused many in Hollywood to sour on the prince who had billed himself as a reformer in the powerful Arab country.
After featuringĀ 25 essential clubbing destinations for house and techno in Asia, it’s now time to highlight our very own underground dance music scene here in the States.
While we originally narrowed down our list to 23 essential underground dance music destinations, we recently expanded it to a total of 30 venues you should take the time to visit for techno and house here in the United States. Here they are in alphabetical order by city:
Two heads are certainly better than one, and the dance music circuit is surely no stranger to duos and trios who work great together both inside the studio and out in front of a crowd.
We decided to scour the vast selection of underground dance music acts to list 10 of the best DJ groups in the industry, listed below in alphabetical order:
Last night, while Britain was still sleeping, resultsĀ on the recent Brexit referendum started to pour in, with major British news outlets such as BBC, ITV and SkyNews announcing that Britain had votedĀ for the political movement championingĀ for a separation from the EU.
Now that the Leave campaign has been crowned as victors, we can begin to look at how this vote will change the spectrum of the electronic music industry. Although the focus of leaving Europe was on immigration, a Europe without Britain will also result in massive changes when it comes to manufacturing and trade. Britain’s exit from the EU will not be immediate, with most experts predicting the leave to occur in 2019 following years of new agreements and changes between the British and European governments.
Regardless of how long it will take for the move to finally and fully take place, it is inevitable that these changes will indeed happen, impacting the lives of many in the music industry. As Pitchfork reported, aĀ spokesperson for the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) emphasized the importance of the EU and Europe āto UK recorded music and to the music sector generally, particularly when you consider the importance of live music and touring.ā
The biggest concern is for touring DJs. With Britain leaving Europe, it is entirely possible that British artists will be restricted from openly touring Europe, while European artists may find similar changes when attempting to tourĀ Britain. This could result in expensive and time-consuming complications, such as individualĀ visas to enter the EU, as well as the need of aĀ carnet, a document which delineates each piece of equipment on deck,]preventing the import or export of products without paying Value Added Tax. This will cost Ā£1000āĀ£2000 (approximately $1400ā$2900), and will need to be renewed every 12 months.
