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Self-releasing your music in 2022: which distributor is right for you?

When starting out in the industry, musicians and producers have what can often seem like an insurmountable number of new skills to learn outside of making music. With seemingly countless distributors offering widely varying features and products, choosing how to get your music on streaming services can be confusing. This guide seeks to demystify one of the most confusing aspects of releasing music

Digital distribution is the process of releasing your music to various digital streaming platforms (DSPs) and services. In the past, distributors would take care of...

The Martinez Brothers: reaching new heights

As they kick off their Tuesday night headline residency at Hï Ibiza, New York natives The Martinez Brothers catch up with DJ Mag Ibiza's Mick Wilson about  their love for the White Isle and their big plans for the coming season

Straight outta the Bronx in New York City, The Martinez Brothers — and yes, they are actually siblings; Stevie is three years older than Chris...

Radio signal distant galaxy

The bursts last up to three seconds and occur every 0.2 seconds — the longest ever recorded, in the clearest periodic pattern ever observed. 

A radio signal emanating from a distant galaxy several billion lightyears from Earth has been detected by astronomers in Canada and at the Massachusetts Institute...

Suspect confesses to killing of former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Human remains have also been found, but are yet to be formally identified

A suspect has confessed to the killing of former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, the Guardian reports. The news follows...

Photo of an outdoor dancefloor in the sunshine at Field Maneuvers festival

The UK festival landscape is in crisis, with over 40 events cancelled ahead of this year’s season according to recent figures from the Association of Independent Festivals. Amidst the insurmountable rise in the price of production, and the ongoing cost of living crisis, how are organisers and punters feeling about the current situation? What has caused it? And what solutions are being considered that will help us save the sector?

“We went as far as three weeks before the gig, then made the decision [to cancel],” says Dave Clarke, co-director of Glasgow’s Riverside Festival. “We...

The punky provocateur was the face of the UK's ‘90s dance music revolution, bringing the rave scene to the radio with the iconic 1996 hit...

One of electronic dance music’s greatest characters, Keith Flint of The Prodigy, has died aged 49. It was reported that he had died by suicide...

We catch up with the Danish Kompakt king to take a look around his studio and find out more about the gear behind his sound...

What did your studio look like when you first started?
Kölsch: "My first kit was an Amiga 500 and headphones. Made my two first records...

We meet 2017’s Miller SoundClash partners...

The Chainsmokers have been announced as 2017’s Miller Genuine Draft partners for Miller SoundClash. The Miller SoundClash champion will get the chance to perform...

The US house don talks to us about the difference between his home city of New York and Ibiza, and playing underground house music at...

A house head to the core, Dennis Ferrer is the owner of the esteemed Objektivity label and one of New York’s most celebrated DJs. A...

A flight of fantasy for any performing DJ...

At any festival or rave, one of the most essential bits of kit has to be the stage. The bigger the event, the more awe-inspiring...

Small scale energy

You might think that the UK festival scene is over-saturated, and in many senses it is with more choice than ever for the seasoned cider...

The on-the-road diary of the world's top DJs treading the globe

Showcasing fresh house cuts from Hot Since 82, Eats Everything and Shadow Child (among others), Jaymo and Andy George's 'Moda Black Vol. 1' revealed the duo's interest in darker, more demure sounds of the house spectrum when it landed last summer.

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These are the most exciting amapiano producers right now

Amapiano has become a world-conquering genre since emerging in South Africa over a decade ago, with the sound mutating in recent years to solidify its place as an embedded dance music culture. Here, Shiba Melissa Mazaza asks: who are the South African artists carrying the torch for amapiano right now?
 

Amapiano (also known as ipiano or ’piano) began in the streets of Gauteng, South Africa, in the early 2010s. The now world-conquering sound is a...

Photo of Piezo lying on a pile of bags of soil wearing a black t-shirt, white hate and sunglasses

Milan-based producer and DJ Piezo has spent the past decade refining his meticulously mutated strain of club music, with releases appearing on lauded labels such as Wisdom Teeth and Nervous Horizon. Alongside a head-spinning Recognise mix, he tells Christian Eede about his early days in the Italian freetekno rave scene, formative years in Bristol, and the global sound palette of his Ansia label’s latest compilation

On the face of it, Luca Mucci’s gateway into the world of underground electronic music was like many others’ – discovering Aphex Twin and Autechre...