Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Massive Attack to help create blueprint for eco-friendly touring Massive Attack has commissioned the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to help. Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, aka 3D, recently wrote a piece in The Guardian about how the group, who performed at an Extinction Rebellion demonstration earlier this year, has commissioned the Tyndall Centre […]
EDM mogul Robert Sillerman dies at 71 Robert Sillerman founded SFX Entertainment, which bought up numerous EDM companies. SFX Entertainment founder Robert Sillerman died on Sunday, 24 November of respiratory illness, as confirmed by Billboard. The New York-born businessman consolidated several U.S promoter companies in the 1990s and created SFX Entertainment, which he sold to […]
Get tickets to the inaugural Dance Music Summit 2020 The Dance Music Summit 2020 is taking place on Constitutional Hill in Joburg next March. The inaugural Dance Music Summit will take place in March 2020 and the advantages it offers young Mzansi music creatives is unparalleled – it is the go-to conference for anyone in […]
Viberate network grows to 1 million strong In 2017 the Viberate network boasted 130,000 profiles; today it sits at 1 million. In September 2017 Viberate became one of the most successful crowdfunding projects to date after raising $10.7 million in under 5 minutes. Viberate is a global music industry connector that helps Producers, DJs, artists, […]
Red Bull Music Academy releases free digital content archive ahead of closure As a final goodbye, Red Bull Music Academy is giving all their digital content away for free. Earlier this year we reported on the miserable news that RBMA and Red Bull Radio was gearing up to close by the end of the year- […]
ADE 2019 attracted 400,000 visitors The success of ADE 2019 is a testament to the advancement of the dance music industry. From 16 to 20 October 2019, Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) offered over 1,000 events spread across 200 locations, attracting over 400,000 visitors from a record number of 146 countries. The conference was attended by […]
MPG study finds 77% of recording professionals work for free The MPG study- Working For Free- featured as part of a ‘Should You Ever Work For Free’ panel. We’ve all seen the meme about how artistic professionals are expected to do work for ‘exposure.’ We all laugh but the sad reality is that it’s plaguing […]
YouTube Music Charts revises how it counts song views YouTube Music Charts song views must be organic, not advertisement driven. YouTube is undertaking an overhaul of its music chart system since it came to light that artists and labels were using growth hacks to inflate song/video views. In a blogpost, YouTube explained: “In an effort […]
Vinyl sales to overtake CD sales by end 2019 The vintage craze is increasing vinyl sales, with no signs of slowing down. Say anything you want about hipsters and the vintage craze; it’s doing wonders for vinyl and the music industry. In a world where everything is digital, instant and at your fingertips, it’s a […]
Deezer User-Centric Payment system to launch in 2020 Deezer User-Centric Payment system is focused on paying artists fairly. Deezer’s User-Centric Payment system’s beta stage will start in France next year (2020) and depending on the results will either be implemented or discarded. Currently, Deezer pays artists royalty payouts as a percentage based on the listens […]
