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Human Traffic 2 will be a reaction to Brexit says director Human Traffic 2 is “as relevant to today as [the original] was relevant for its time,” says director. This weekend they celebrated the 20th anniversary of Human Traffic, the 1999 British-Irish indie film that explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures […]
Posthumous Avicii album Tim to be released in June The posthumous Avicii album will feature vocals from Aloe Blacc and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. In 2018 the world trembled in hearing of the tragic passing of one of EDM’s brightest stars, Tim Bergling aka Avicii. Although he loved making music, the stress that comes with the […]
Global music sales skyrocketed to $19 billion in 2018 Global music sales have exploded thanks to streaming subscriptions. Music will never be redundant, although the way we consume it may change. For the past few years the music industry hit a lull, with record sales dropping etc. but it seems to be turning around. In […]
Watch: A Pioneer DJ documentary exploring the global festival scene The Pioneer DJ documentary is called Under A Strobe Lit Sky. Under A Strobe Lit sky is a documentary curated by Pioneer DJ that explores the ever-evolving music festival scene. Every year, millions of revelers flock to festivals around the world to bare witness to […]
ABBA’s new songs due out in Sept/Oct ABBA’s new songs, “I Still Have Faith In You” and “Don’t Shut Me Down” are on their way. Last year we reported that a “Virtual ABBA” experience was in the pipeline in collaboration with American Idol creator Simon Fuller, which would see the famed quartet virtually take to […]
Say goodbye to Red Bull Music Academy and Radio Red Bull Music Academy and Radio are shutting down this year. After 20 years of nurturing, watering and supporting the music industry; especially of the electronic kind, the RBMA and Red Bull Radio are shutting down at the end of the year. Last week employees of […]
Ultra Miami 2019 day 1 described as “Fyre Fest 2.0” A chaotic Ultra Miami 2019 left attendees stranded on the festival’s island; ring a bell? There’s a golden place where dreams and logistic meet, unfortunately for Ultra it went up in flames. Last Friday marked day 1 of the iconic Ultra Festival in Miami, its […]
Ballantine’s True Music series x Felipe Pantone tour ends on a high at Langa Ballantine’s True Music series x Felipe Pantone is a wrap! Ballantine’s Scotch Whisky wrapped up a three country True Music Series x Felipe Pantone tour with an amazing finale event at Langa, Cape Town at the Guga S’thebe Arts & Culture […]
Scientists gave alligators ketamine for study on hearing Scientists gave alligators ketamine and headphones. The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience was designed to learn about the neural maps alligators generate to locate noises in their habitats, focusing specifically on interaural time difference (ITD), which is the gap in arrival time of a sound […]
Brenda Fassie biopic gets green light after prolonged court battle The Brenda Fassie biopic is set for release late next year with pre-production under way in the next few weeks. Brenda Fassie’s long-time manage Sello “Chico” Twala has been trying to stop her son Bongani from going forward with the biopic of her life but […]
