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Watch a Deconstruction of ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ at Ableton Loop, Berlin with Point Blank Music School

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Welcome to the latest deconstruction from Point Blank, where lead course developer Ski Oakenfull takes a track apart and rebuilds it piece by piece. Recorded at Ableton...
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War Child announces underground music-led fundraising platform, The Right To Dance

The project has been launched alongside an exclusive mix by DJ Lag

War Child UK has launched a new fundraising platform with a focus on underground music.

The project, dubbed The Right To Dance, will, a press...

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Craig Richards, Eats Everything, more locked for Brighton Music Conference parties in April

The conference celebrates its fifth birthday this years with a host of networking events, demonstrations and parties...

Brighton Music Conference is turning five this year. To celebrate the landmark year, the organisers have announced a grand selection of parties and networking events...

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Live music revenue fell by almost 30% in 2021, new report shows

Despite the partial return of concerts in 2021

Live music revenue fell by almost 30% in 2021, according to a new report published by the UK’s Performance Rights Organisation PRS for Music. Some...

Screenshot of Sammy Virji's set from DJ Mag HQ with the Hep Musicians and DJ Mag logos attached
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Help Musicians & DJ Mag announce Electronic Music Award to support emerging UK artists

The 12-month accelerator programme will provide funding, opportunities and mentorship to 30 promising electronic music artists

Help Musicians and DJ Mag are launching a new programme aimed at supporting emerging UK artists in electronic music. The Electronic Music Award in Association...

Album covers from electronic music film soundtracks
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11 electronic music film soundtracks you should listen to now

Exploring the history of cinema, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt compiles 11 landmark electronic music movie soundtracks, arranged in chronological order, each of which earned its place on sonic merit, and significance in the canon of music and movies

When Bebe and Louis Barron presented their music for Forbidden Planet, Fred Wilcox's 1956 adaptation of The Tempest, the sounds were so alien, even compared...

Photo of three people sitting next to wall of sound systems at Notting Hill carnival
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500 years of Black music in Britain explored in new London exhibition

Opening this spring, the Beyond The Bassline exhibition will explore the people, spaces and genres that have defined the landscape of Black British music

A new major exhibition documenting 500 years of Black music in Britain is opening at the British Library. Running from 26th April to 26th August...
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Estimated 40% of ticket holders not attending music events due to COVID-19 concerns

The Music Venue Trust has called for "decisive and immediate action" to protect venues

The Music Venue Trust has called for "decisive and immediate action" from the UK Government following reports that renewed concerns around COVID-19 are causing drastic...

PRS Foundation's Power Up support scheme for Black music creatives and professionals launches applications
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PRS Foundation's Power Up support scheme for Black music creatives and professionals launches applications

Karen Nyame KG and TAAHLIAH were among last year's participants in the scheme

PRS Foundation has opened applications for the second year of its Power Up scheme, which was launched in 2021 to support Black creatives and professionals...
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R&S Records A&R announces departure from label, citing unprogressive management from founder Renaat Vandepapeliere

Raj Chaudhuri has announced the news in a statement posted on Twitter

UPDATE 10/02/2021: A previous version of this story stated that Raj Chaudhuri had quit his role as A&R at R&S. This has been changed to reflect new...

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Meet the artists striving for diversity in Vancouver’s electronic music scene

From 25th - 29th July, Vancouver's CURRENT: Feminist Electronic Art Symposium will present a huge range of female and non-binary talent ranging from ferocious techno...

Vancouver’s CURRENT: Feminist Electronic Art Symposium has a simple motto – “Dream of a New Future”. Fundamentally, this five day event has been curated with...

Kerri Chandler DJing live
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How Kerri Chandler produced a house music ode to the world's iconic dancefloors

For DJs with a packed touring schedule, gigging at one iconic club after another, finding the time to sit down in the studio can be nearly impossible. But when Kerri Chandler wanted to work on a long-delayed album, he hit on a solution: he’d transform those clubs into temporary studios, creating tracks attuned to each space. The result is ‘Spaces And Places’, and it’s some of his best work yet

“Sorry, it’s a little dark in here. I usually have club lighting on down here, like with rotating heads and stuff,” Kerri Chandler says, with...
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The gig-less economy: what could a post-pandemic dance music scene look like?

As dance music’s top-heavy, tour-focused infrastructure crumbles, people across the industry are wondering how new revenue streams can emerge to support artists during and after...

It’s been four months since COVID-19 sent dancers into deep freeze. With no sign of a vaccine, the suspicion is that clubs will stay closed...

U K, G?: the electronic music collectives opening up conversations around mental health
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U K, G?: the electronic music collectives opening up conversations around mental health

Sticky Tapes, eott and Don’t Keep Hush tell Jack Ramage how they’re helping to shift perceptions around wellbeing in dance music

The stigma surrounding mental health has drastically changed over the last decade, with people beginning to realise how important it is to talk about their...

The Loop announce online harm reduction course relating to drug use at music festivals this week
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The Loop announces online harm reduction course relating to drug use at music festivals this week

The charity hopes that people involved in the music and event industry will take up the course

Drug testing and harm reduction organisation The Loop is putting on an online training course about current drug use at music festivals and events later...