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Amnesia Ibiza announces Mathame summer residency, NEO

“NEO will be a unique experience of connection, almost spiritual,” the duo shared in press material

Mathame have announced a new Friday residency at Amnesia Ibiza, NEO. The Italian duo’s eight-week residency will kick off on Friday 7th June and continue...

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Recognise: Piezo

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...

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Space Ibiza’s new club announces Carl Cox opening party

The successor to the legendary Ibiza superclub will open in Italy on Sunday 2nd June

Space Ibiza is launching its new nightclub in Riccione, Italy this summer with an opening party headlined by Carl Cox. The day-to-night event – taking...

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Kappa FuturFestival announces Jamie Jones, Carista, Four Tet, more for 2024

The Italian festival will also host sets from Purple Disco Machine, Anyma, and Miss Monique for the first time

Over 30 new names have been added to the bill for this year’s Kappa FuturFestival. The festival’s eleventh edition will take place at Parco Dora...

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Italy’s Terraforma Festival will not take place in 2024, shares open call for new home

The festival has also released a compilation featuring tracks from Donato Dozzy, Nkisi, Suzanne Ciani and more

Italian electronic music festival Terraforma has announced it will not return to its longstanding home of Villa Arconati in 2024. Organisers have issued an open...

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Premiere: Nite Fleit ‘Bending Frames’

Nite Fleit continues to experiment around her vitalising electro-focused sound on a new four-tracker, out via her own Atomic Alert label

Nite Fleit will release a brand new EP, ‘Did I Stutter’, later this week via Atomic Alert. Listen exclusively to ‘Bending Frames’ below. The Italy-based...

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TSVI surprise releases new album, ‘Stella Remota’: Listen

“In these trying times, I believe it’s worth sharing this music with the world.”

TSVI has dropped a new surprise album, ‘Stella Remota’. Listen to it below. The 19-track release, out today, marks the London-based Italian artist’s first full-length...

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Giulia Tess releases new single, ‘Gloves’, from ‘Serie A’ EP: Listen

The synth-heavy single was inspired by both football and gardening

Guilia Tess has a released a new single, ‘Gloves’, from her forthcoming ‘Serie A’ EP. Check it out below Out today, the track follows the...

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Calvin Harris and Sam Smith’s ‘Desire’ remixed by MEDUZA: Listen

It's the latest remix from the hit-making Italian trio

MEDUZA have remixed Calvin Harris and Sam Smith's 'Desire'. Listen to it below. Released back in July - with a video following in August -...

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Selections: Piezo

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Piezo spotlights genre-fusing gems and hyperactive club tools to shake up the dancefloor with

Piezo’s flair for shapeshifting rhythms, alien bass zaps and sizzling sound design is unparalleled. Over the past seven years or so, the Milan-based artist has...

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Space Ibiza is opening a new club in Italy, Space Riccione

The Ibiza superclub will find a new home on the Italian Riviera next Spring

Space Ibiza, the iconic superclub on the White Isle that closed in 2016, is opening a new venue in Riccione, Italy in spring 2024. Located...

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Italian record store Flexi launches GoFundMe following substantial flood damage

Roughly 2000 records have been “irreparably damaged” by the flood

An Italian record store called Flexi is raising funds following damages incurred from severe flooding. Located in Lugo, Italy, the shop was flooded after “six...

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Giorgia Angiuli unveils bluetooth device designed to "enhance physical and mental health" with sound

Using sonic frequency to alter the shape of brain waves

Italian live artist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Giorgia Angiuli has launched a bluetooth-enabled device designed to "enhance physical and mental wellbeing with sound". The project, KAYLA...

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Kappa Futur Festival adds 50+ names to 2023 line-up

Peggy Gou, Sasha & Digweed and Derrick Carter are among the acts to feature in the Italian festival's second phase announcement

Over 50 new acts have been added to the bill for this year's Kappa Futur Festival. Back in January, the festival revealed the first details...

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Italo disco pioneer Carmelo La Bionda dies, aged 73

Alongside his brother, Michaelangelo, he spearheaded the sound in the late 1970s

One of the founders of Italo disco, Carmelo La Bionda, has passed away. He was 73. According to a report by Italy24 News, La Bionda...

Italian government announces crackdown on illegal raves with up to six-year jail sentences for organisers

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Italian government announces illegal raves crackdown with up to six-year jail sentences for organisers

Invasive phone searches of suspected unlicensed event organisers could be allowed under the new motion by new far-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni

The Italian government announced it will be cracking down on illegal raves and punishing organisers with a maximum of six years' jail time and confiscating...

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Puglia’s Panorama Festival announces headliners for 2022 festival

Charlotte de Witte and Peggy Gou are among the acts set to play the festival

Italy's Panorama Festival has announced its headliners for 2022, with the event set to run from 13th to 16th August at the Salento Arena, Santa...

Kendrick Lamar to debut new music live this summer

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Kendrick Lamar to headline Milan Summer Festival

If reports are true, tracks from his new album may be performed

Kendrick Lamar will headline Milan Summer Festival at Ippodromo SNAI San Siro, Milan, Italy, on Thursday 23rd June, with rumours spreading fast that the show...

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Kappa Futur Festival announce first names for 2022

Carl Cox, Four Tet, Amelie Lens, Helena Hauff, and more are set for Italy this summer

The first names set to perform this year's Kappa Futur have been revealed. Having recently announced its plans to return as a three-day event to...

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C2C Festival locks Bicep, Arca, aya, Pa Salieu, more for 20th anniversary edition

The four-day event, also known as Club To Club, returns to its Italian hometown of Turin this November

C2C Festival has announced its initial lineup and plans for the event's 20th anniversary edition, which will take place in the Italian city of Turin...