The US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set a new royalty rate for streaming services of 15.1% to pay songwriters and publishers for 2018 to...
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The 44% increase to songwriter and publisher payouts will go ahead despite a 2019 appeal by Spotify, Google, Amazon and Pandora
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The average strength of pills tested at last weekend's Parklife festival was 1.5 times that of the typical tablet
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People travelling to the festival site on 21st, 23rd and 25th June may face some disruption
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Clubs owners say a “perfect storm” of increased costs put them at significant risk
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Our quarterly update following our pledge last year, addressing how we can tackle racism and diversity issues within the electronic music industry as a publication
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...
Time for a history lesson
Memory is a crazy thing. Psychology suggests that huge chunks of our memory are false constructs, whopping great brain porkies designed to bolster up whatever zany truths we’ve decided to believe about the world. Say, for example, that you think of yourself as a virile, dancefloor dominating master of the decks, a near mythical hybrid of Julio Bashmore, Sasha and Larry Levan.
Montreal's annual Mutek festival is a sensory experience all of its own
Mutek is not Movement in Montreal. Nor is it Coachella in Canada. In fact, it’s unlike any other festival you know. So too...
Kam’s new CD player is the real deal minus the big bucks price-tag
Kam's KCD400 MP3 CD player is clearly aimed at those of us who aren't members of the Saudi Royal Family or superstar DJs, and are...
Producer du jour <B>Paul Epworth</B> is in full effect right now.
With a CV that reads like a who's who of hipster music, he's put his Midas touch to records by a vast coterie of disparate...
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In the UK and elsewhere, there’s now a pathway towards a staggered reopening of clubs and festivals. But how have venues coped in the past...
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“Crushing a piano, trumpet, and guitar evokes the same primal horrific sacrilege as watching books burn”
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The gesture comes on the 30th anniversary of the Criminal Justice Bill which sought to deal with illegal raves in the '90s