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YouTube launches Creator Music, a licensing hub for content creators

The hub, which is currently in beta in the US, aims to make it easier for creators to use commercially released music

YouTube has launched Creator Music, a new platform designed to help creators look for licensed songs to use in their long-form videos. Creator Music, which...

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Carl Cox features in new BBC documentary, Music and Motorbikes

The UK rave figurehead talks to presenter Rick Faragher about his too-early love of driving fast and how playing around the world is an extension of his love of motorsport

Carl Cox discusses his love of motorbikes and starting up a motorsport team with BBC Sounds for a new documentary called Music and Motorbikes. Available...

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Robert Pattinson made "ambient electronic music" while in Batman costume

The actor produced music to pass time while filming the forthcoming Matt-Reeves directed Batman movie

Robert Pattinson has revealed that he made "ambient electronic music" while in costume during filming for the forthcoming film The Batman. Pattinson plays the titular...

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Music Venue Trust launches new grant scheme for small venues

The new initiative will provide grants of up to £5,000 to grassroots venues across the UK

The UK's Music Venue Trust (MVT) has launched a new grant scheme for small venues. Unveiled earlier this week (19th October), the Pipeline Investment Fund...

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Solid Gold: How Leftfield's 'Leftism' united electronic music in post-rave Britain

DJ Mag's Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing significance and influence of electronic albums throughout history. In this edition, Ben Cardew discusses how Leftfield's...

Bastardisation has long been at the heart of the British musical soul. The Beatles had it, tying up US R&B into wonderful new forms in...

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Avicii photobook, The Life and Music of Tim Bergling, released

All profits from the book will benefit the Tim Bergling Foundation

A new photobook celebrating the life and legacy of Avicii, titled The Life and Music of Tim Bergling, has been released. Now available in English...

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DJs to cycle 500km from London to Amsterdam for music charity

Organised by Bridges For Music, funds raised will be directed towards providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees

Music charity Bridges For Music is staging the sixth edition of its annual charity Amsterdam Dance Event cycle this October. The cycle from London to...

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How Coil’s ‘Love’s Secret Domain’ reshaped industrial music for the dancefloor

Influenced by emerging electronic techniques and the rave scene, industrial outfit Coil's third album 'Love's Secret Domain' is full of trippy, drug-fuelled dichotomies and collaborations...

“I remember thinking, ‘What the fuck have we made?’” Danny Hyde says of Coil’s ‘Love’s Secret Domain’ — known as ‘LSD’ — which turns 30...

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rRoxymore releases new EP, ‘i Wanted More’, on Aus Music: Listen

Velvety downtempo and bright, wriggly beats from the French producer

rRoxymore has released a new EP, ‘i Wanted More’, via Aus Music. Check it out below. Marking her debut on Will Saul’s label, which has...

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Ultra Music Festival to take place at Bayfront Park until 2027

A limited number of tickets for the 2023 edition will go on sale next week

Miami's Bayfront Park has been approved as the home of Ultra Music Festival until 2027. The festival returned to the downtown Miami venue in March...

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Petition launched to ban "woo woo"ing at house music nights

"We get it, you finally like house music even though it's been around for decades," writes the petition's author

A petition has been set up calling for a ban on "woo woo"ing at house music events. Set up via Change.org, the petition 'Stop Woo-Woo'ing...

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Watch Björk rave in a mushroom underworld in 'Atopos' music video

The video features a bass clarinet and Gabber Modus Operandi's DJ Kasimyn

Björk has shared a video for the lead track from her forthcoming album, ‘Fossora’. The new single, ‘Atopos’, features contributions from Gabber Modus Operandi's DJ...

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John Summit shares DJ Mag Cover Mix on Apple Music: Listen

Rolling tech-house from the rising star

John Summit has shared his DJ Mag Cover Mix on Apple Music. Check it out below. The DJ Mag North America cover star for March...

Watch a new five-part documentary series, The Evolution of Black British Music

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New five-part documentary series explores The Evolution of Black British Music

The first episode highlights jungle's Hackney roots with revered originators Fabio & Grooverider, Roni Size, Goldie and more

There's a new documentary series highlighting the Black origins of British dance and electronic music. 'The Evolution of Black British Music' is a five-part series...

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Ultra Music Festival announces first phase of 2023 Resistance line-up

Michael Bibi, Chris Liebing, Camelphat, Ilario Alicante, Enrico Sangiuliano and more names added

Ultra Music Festival has announced the first phase of its 2023 Resistance line-up. The 23rd edition of the US festival will take place from Friday...