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Dedicated to both unearthing lost gems and supporting new talent, record store and label Rush Hour has become a crucial part of dance music culture...

It’s the mid-90s and a teenage Antal Heitlager is on an overnight bus to London. When he arrives in the UK capital he plans to...

From imposing modular synths to classic Moogs

The history of electronic instruments is charted in a new book, 'Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital (and Back)'. 

Published by Velocity Press, with a...

Featuring more than 100 tape and synth composers from the 1950s and 60s

A book on pioneering British electronic musicians is set to go into reprint, 'Tape Leaders: A Compendium of Early British Electronic Music’. 

First published in...

Album covers from electronic music film soundtracks

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...

New “house and electronic” music club, Virgo, opens in Manhattan

The Lower East Side has a new 3,000-square foot nightclub fitted with a VOID soundsystem imported from the UK

There's a new nightclub in Manhattan aimed at "house and electronic" music fans. Virgo, located at 324 Grand Street on the Lower East Side, is...

Tech-house overtakes techno as most popular electronic music genre

House music remains at third in the Beatport rankings

Tech-house has overtaken techno as the most popular genre of electronic music, according to a newly-published business report as part of the International Music Summit...

Neurodiversity in electronic music industry explored in new AFEM survey

It's the first of its kind to specifically hone in on ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and Tourette Syndrome

The Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) wants to help make the electronic music industry a healthier place for people with neurodiverse conditions. The results of...

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...

Future Proof

Masterclasses, mentoring, studio time, training, and free audio equipment and software will be provided

Rhythm Section has announced a mentorship programme for emerging electronic music artists. Future Proof will provide an opportunity for six burgeoning artists to participate in...

DJ Mag’s Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing influence of seminal albums throughout history. Here, DJ Mag's Digital Tech Editor Declan McGlynn examines how Prince's...

As the chorus for ‘Purple Rain’ rang out of First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis on a humid August evening in 1983, no one sang along...

Kruder & Dorfmeister also feature in the dates... 

The Fonda Theatre has locked recent DJ Mag interviewee Claptone, Jauz— whose debut album dropped last month— and more for a new electronic music...

JIVA! is available now

A new series about the South African electronic music scene is out now.

Titled JIVA!, the five-part series, produced by Cape Town's Blue Ice Africa...

'Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes' is now available to watch in BBC iPlayer

A new documentary drama film about the life of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire has been aired on BBC Four, and is now available to...

The out-of-the-box big beat anthem from the Wall Of Sound act Propellerheads

Based in Bath in south-west England, near musical hot-spots Glastonbury and Bristol, Alex Gifford had some quite varied early musical experiences. He played sax with...

New London club night, Satellite Towns, celebrates queer Irish electronic music

Founders sohotsospicy and Gadget and the Cloud want their party to be a "home away from home for the Irish queer community"

There's a new club night in London for queer Irish artists and clubgoers. Satellite Towns wants to be a "home away from home for the...