New book Beat Gems traces the history of the drum machine

The Bjooks release features 100+ machines plus dives into the artists & engineers who used them

Bangkok: BadBadNotGood 2026 Live in Bangkok

Thursday, July 16, 2026

KORG's KAOSS Pad V lets you touch two affects at once

Keeping the series' iconic touchpad interface, it now comes with dual-touch operation, a rebuilt sampler with real-time overdubbing & dedicated Voice FX engine

Taipei: Evaporate 蒸發 6th Anniversary presents Sinqmin

Saturday, July 11, 2026

AlphaTheta's new CDJ-1500X lets DJs play sets with just their phone

Packing flagship CDJ-3000X tech into a smaller frame, it also offers CoBeat; a new crowd-interaction service that puts song requests on screen

Singapore: RASA presents DJ Stingray 313

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Hong Kong: 4 Years of Distrikt: Spekki Webbu B2B OCCA

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Popularity of tracks with explicit lyrics has declined by 61% since 2018, report finds

Music requiring a parental advisory tag now makes up just 13% of Spotify's Top 50