Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Future Frequency Festival 2017 announces internationals Future Frequency Festival 2017 is raising the frequency to maximum party levels, for their upcoming festival. In terms of production, FF has always been on the cutting edge in terms of venue, sound and feel to make all the techno heads squeal with delight. The mere fact that the […]
Whistling at parties: Where did it start? No matter the genre of electronic music, whistling at parties is a given. Whether it’s Techno, Psy-Trance, House or even straight up EDM, there will always be a chorus of whistling protruding the DJ set. It usually takes place during the build or drop of a track; I […]
Adana Twins chat before their gig at TRUTH, Joburg Adana Twins joins the combined forces of ‘Take it Easy’ and ‘Friso’ to create a deep techno act straight out of the Hamburg scene. They will be playing at TRUTH in JHB Tuesday, 8 August 2017 for a night to remember. Adana Twins consists of ‘Take […]
What’s the Electronic music industry worth right now? From techno to EDM, house to drum and bass, the electronic music industry is all about a abundance. Last year we reported how the electronic music industry grew by 60% between 2012 and 2016 shooting from $4.5 billion to $7.1 billion. Well the numbers are out and […]
Japanese priest builds a techno temple in Fukui City When electronica meets Buddhism you get a techno temple. Welcome to the 21st Century where our places of worship are truly beginning to reflect the music we enjoy. If you think about it, why not bring the two together? Music and religion have walked hand in […]
Dixon to headline Music People by CTEMF at Truth this weekend This weekend at Club Truth in Johannesburg the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival (CTEMF) crew host an event called Music People and their headlining act is the Innervisions boss man, DIXON. DIXON is a deep house / techno producer/DJ and has a reputation for […]
Techno could revolutionise traditional education says University professor We love techno on dancefloors, could we take the same love of techno into our classrooms? Professor Peter Dale of Manchester Metropolitan University has written about a very intriguing notion stating that the integration of techno and other electronic music genres into music curriculums may very well […]
Techno to be recognised at the 2018 Grammy Awards So it finally happened. The Grammy Awards are recognising techno music as a valid style of music worthy of an award. Naturally we can’t expect to have more than 1 category but we will take or shall we say ‘tech what we can get.’ President Neil […]
Afrojack steps out of EDM to take a walk on the Techno side of life Afrojack plans to make techno this year. In 2007, an infectious track took control of dance floors the world over. It is called “Take Over Control” and it was made by a Dutch producer named Afrojack and features Eva Simons. […]
Dave Clarke will play CTEMF but refuses to tour USA Techno artist, Dave Clarke will be playing CTEMF this year but he definitely won’t be touring America anytime soon. As many celebrities and influential figures have recently, Dave Clarke has taken a stand against the Trump presidency. It seems there isn’t a corner of the […]
