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south african music

Beatport’s New South-African Genre: Amapiano

Beatport has added amapiano to its list of genres. The digital music retailer says the change is to help fans “discover the sound, translating into improved sales for artists and labels, and a better customer experience, as fans can find music that is truly representative of the amapiano culture.”

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ARC Music Festival

ARC Music Festival Announces 2022 Lineup Additions

ARC is set to return to Chicago’s Union Park with an expanded three day event this September 2-4, which will include a world-class lineup of movement leaders from around the globe.

ARC also welcomes back the ARC Car Stage powered by The GoodBus — a full length school bus that has been converted into a fully-functional mobile sound stage with a 10,000 watt speaker system.

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Burko

Burko’s Journey Weaving Through the SoCal house Scene

Burko has been making a name for himself in the southern California house music scene since 2020 when he began releasing tracks featuring his “medieval house” sound that’s unique for its dark, heavy beats.

The up-and-coming artist has been gaining strong momentum since 2020 with the release of his debut EP Put Me In A Trance. Since then, Burko has been collaborating with other electronic artists and releasing his own music as he continues to establish his style as an a

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tech house

Tech-House Shown as Most Popular Electronic Music Genre

According to a newly released business report presented at Ibiza’s International Music Summit (IMS), tech-house has overtaken techno as the most popular electronic genre. The report stated that the genre shot past the previous favorite in Beatport sales in 2021, marking it the new best-seller.

After holding second place for the past two years, tech-house has officially climbed one space up the rankings, while house music stays in the third spot, and techno moves down to second place.

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Jamie Jones

Paradise in the Park Returns This June in L.A.

Jamie Jones brings his global event series Paradise back to Perishing Square, the city’s most iconic open-air venue, to host the baddest block party that’s ever been shown. Not to mention, this will be the last event at Pershing Square before construction commences, so it’s your last chance to party below the skyline.

This year, lineups will preformed by the likes of Jamie Jones, Art department, Dubfire, Carlita, DJ Holographic, and Airrica.

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Shingo Nakamura

Shingo Nakamura Talks Collab with Spotify and New Projects

Hailing from Ibaraki, Shingo Nakamura is a Tokyo-based producer and DJ who is  known for his progressive house style that blends deep and lyrical sounds with classical piano. Growing his footprint beyond a dedicated fan base in Asia, he has performed sold-out shows at many regarded venues in the U.S., as well as reaching #1 on Beatport’s Progressive House Charts twice.

Accruing over 100k monthly listeners on Spotify, and even launching Spotify’s new ‘DJ Mixes’ global initiative alongside other DJs, Shingo has cemented himself as one of the world’s leading talents in the melodic and progressive house space as a talented professional.

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Ida Engberg

6AM Global Vibe Radio 313 Feat. Ida Engberg (Drumcode)

Swedish techno maven Ida Engberg is a driving force in the techno scene, especially for women. This week’s Global Vibe Radio mix is an exclusive live set from Club Space Miami (2021).

As of 2022, Ida has been busy touring in the United States. In March alone, she has toured through Arizona, Texas, Los Angeles, and Miami for Miami Music Week.

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Guest Mix

6AM Guest Mix: ElezD

This week’s Guest mix features DJ-producer and label owner of F/4 Records, ElezD, an artist who’s name is an acronym for: EL (HUMAN), EZ (IS), D (DIVINE). For this mix, he gives a dose of his new sounds that are full of high energy and anthemic grooves — all of which are served with a lot of dark elements.

From beginning to end, this mix will include rave-worth soundscapes that will keep you on your toes. Even better, This mix includes 80% original music from him as well as from his peers

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Gods and Techno: Ness Debuts LP “Flesh of the Gods”

Born and raised in Sardinia, Italy Ness (also known by his aliases L-3P and The Gods Planet) is a DJ and producer that became interested in electronic music in the late 90’s. Eventually, he began DJing and creating various mixes with trance and other experimental genres. His interest in techno led him into a audio engineering conservatory, which he studied for quite some time. As Ness became more immersed with sound engineering and creating techno, he found his style of the atmospheric sounds of hypnotic techno, and its encompassing rhythms.

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