New Moog documentary explores the early days of electronic music The first installment features the co-inventor of the Moog modular synthesizer Spotify sees huge increase in traffic to cancellation page The page has seen as spike of 196% week-on-week Bandcamp introduce consecutive, uninterrupted streaming feature to app The platform now allows users to queue tracks from their collection Coachella is selling lifetime passes as NFTs Extra special news for NFT collectors in our space below Nick Warren is auctioning off his “extensive” record collection The online sale, which currently features over 200 lots, will go ahead on March 15 New online radio station has been set up in Accra Oroko radio already has an impressive roster of residents Watch a documentary on the late, great Lee “Scratch” Perry The Upsetter: The Life & Music of Lee "Scratch" Perry is available now Win a Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio, Beatport LINK subscription & a trip to Ibiza Remix Giolì & Assia's ‘Inside Your Head’ to win Singapore's Zouk Group dazzles with a hefty line-up for its 2022 season in Sin City Your 2022 calendar in Las Vegas is fixed, time to plan a trip out West South-Asian inspired festival Dialled In has announced its return to London Following a successful first edition, the one-day event will take place in April Kanye has given up his phone until ‘Donda 2’ is complete The rapper wants the next record to be played at “funerals and childbirths” Kraftwerk to release a 19-track remix compilation on CD & vinyl The seminal German group has enlisted Orbital, François K., Étienne de Crécy and Hot Chip for reworks Spotify’s market value drops by $2 billion in one week Artists are boycotting the streaming platform amid COVID misinformation claims Thailand to decriminalise cannabis, end jail terms for possession It is currently legal for medicinal and cosmetic use A new encyclopaedia is spotlighting 90s & 00s trance music The book is also accompanied by a triple LP Reviews are in for the the metaverse ‘rave’ — they are not good “I think we need to gatekeep the term ‘rave’” The Pope has been spotted at a record store in Rome He’s known to like Beethoven, Mozart & Bach New book released dedicated to the bloghouse era and early-2000s internet culture ‘Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor’ includes 50 interviews with DJs & industry insiders Giorgio Moroder’s Italian sports car prototype is going on auction The Father of Disco’s personal Cizeta-Moroder V16T prototype will be up for grabs Casio's new synth to include a built-in vocoder The AiX-powered synth will be released later this month 270 scientists petition Spotify to stop platforming "dangerous" COVID misinformation They call podcaster Joe Rogan a 'menace to public health' For the first time in 17 years, CD sales have increased The numbers were shared by Billboard from MRC Data’s 2021 US Year-End Report Irish government to pay artists 'basic income' Arts and Culture Minister Catherine Martin said she is looking at "supporting electronic music" This voice-amplifying face mask is perfect for raving in the apocalypse Want to look like Bane in the rave? GRAMMY Awards 2022 postponed due to rising COVID cases The ceremony was due to take place on January 31 David Bowie’s estate sells entire catalogue of music to WCM The rights to the late singer’s body of work is reported to have fetched upwards of £185 million Google Arts & Culture's Music, Makers & Machines blasts into the past & future of electronic music Industry experts, museums, labels & pioneers galvanise a gateway of virtual experiences Daft Punk celebrate 11 years of ‘Tron: Legacy’ soundtrack with vinyl reissue 10,000 copies of the limited edition translucent vinyl sold out in just six days Vinyl sales reach highest level in 30 years Many have attributed releases from ABBA, Adele & Ed Sheeran for the increase Creative studio creates electronic music history galactic map The print is available to buy now Nightmares on Wax launches remix competition The competition winners can receive a digital release and a play by N.O.W The first DJ workshop for the deaf is set to start in 2022 Deaf Rave is providing members of the deaf community with the opportunity to learn DJ skills The Beatport Plan launches as a value for money option geared towards new DJs The brand new subscription is priced at $9.99/month COVID-19’s genetic code has been transformed into ambient music “Every note in the melody is part of the step-by-step instructions the virus uses to make more copies of itself.” Kanye West documentary directors discuss his career in new footage A YouTube video shows the pair discuss what it's like to follow Ye's story Influential hip hop journalist and critic Greg Tate has died aged 64 Tate was essential to documenting the earliest days of hip hop Never-heard before Whitney Houston track is being sold at auction The starting bid price is set at $117,000 The Matrix Resurrections soundtrack features Marcel Dettmann & Gudrun Gut A number of Berlin techno legends have contributed remixes for the soundtrack of the long-awaited Matrix sequel Elton John: “First thing I do in the morning is listen to dance music” He also spoke out about ending AIDS stigma in a new interview Sydney Blu & Rebekah launch campaign to increase female representation on record labels The #23by23 campaign is challenging labels to increase the percentage of female producers by 23% by the end of 2023 Artists criticise Spotify CEO's €100 million investment in AI defence tech “We believe in music as a powerful tool for peace, otherwise it's a complete contradiction of our music philosophy" Doja Cat says she doesn’t enjoy her music career: “I feel pressured to do shit” The singer says she just wants to “play video games” and stay at home Virgil Abloh has passed away aged 41 LVMH confirmed the DJ and fashion designer had passed away following a private battle with cancer NASA has shared a musical representation of the Butterfly Nebula using data sonification “It just gives us all the feels.” Deadmau5 & Richie Hawtin are joining forces on an augmented reality gaming platform PIXELYNX is the new platform from the developers behind Pokémon GO Universal Music are launching an NFT band made of cartoon apes The virtual supergroup will join the Metaverse, VR, and video games Twitch launches an incubator program called The Collective The Amazon-owned streaming platform looks to help artists generate revenue & build their own musical brand DJs For Climate Action & Greenpeace release a 41-track compilation of music inspired by the planet Acid Pauli, Mark Farina, Fakear, Aroop Roy & more used field recordings of iceberg claps, whales singing, monsoons, birds in the Indonesian rainforest & more Travis Scott issues statement following tragedy at Astroworld Festival in Texas In what has been called a "mass casualty incident", eight people have died and numerous injured Bob Moses shift gears with new partnership & single with Astralwerks & Domino Recordings Listen to the duo's new single 'Time and Time Again' Next Page Previous Page Latest from Mixmag »
New Moog documentary explores the early days of electronic music The first installment features the co-inventor of the Moog modular synthesizer
Spotify sees huge increase in traffic to cancellation page The page has seen as spike of 196% week-on-week
Bandcamp introduce consecutive, uninterrupted streaming feature to app The platform now allows users to queue tracks from their collection
Coachella is selling lifetime passes as NFTs Extra special news for NFT collectors in our space below
Nick Warren is auctioning off his “extensive” record collection The online sale, which currently features over 200 lots, will go ahead on March 15
New online radio station has been set up in Accra Oroko radio already has an impressive roster of residents
Watch a documentary on the late, great Lee “Scratch” Perry The Upsetter: The Life & Music of Lee "Scratch" Perry is available now
Win a Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio, Beatport LINK subscription & a trip to Ibiza Remix Giolì & Assia's ‘Inside Your Head’ to win
Singapore's Zouk Group dazzles with a hefty line-up for its 2022 season in Sin City Your 2022 calendar in Las Vegas is fixed, time to plan a trip out West
South-Asian inspired festival Dialled In has announced its return to London Following a successful first edition, the one-day event will take place in April
Kanye has given up his phone until ‘Donda 2’ is complete The rapper wants the next record to be played at “funerals and childbirths”
Kraftwerk to release a 19-track remix compilation on CD & vinyl The seminal German group has enlisted Orbital, François K., Étienne de Crécy and Hot Chip for reworks
Spotify’s market value drops by $2 billion in one week Artists are boycotting the streaming platform amid COVID misinformation claims
Thailand to decriminalise cannabis, end jail terms for possession It is currently legal for medicinal and cosmetic use
A new encyclopaedia is spotlighting 90s & 00s trance music The book is also accompanied by a triple LP
Reviews are in for the the metaverse ‘rave’ — they are not good “I think we need to gatekeep the term ‘rave’”
New book released dedicated to the bloghouse era and early-2000s internet culture ‘Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor’ includes 50 interviews with DJs & industry insiders
Giorgio Moroder’s Italian sports car prototype is going on auction The Father of Disco’s personal Cizeta-Moroder V16T prototype will be up for grabs
Casio's new synth to include a built-in vocoder The AiX-powered synth will be released later this month
270 scientists petition Spotify to stop platforming "dangerous" COVID misinformation They call podcaster Joe Rogan a 'menace to public health'
For the first time in 17 years, CD sales have increased The numbers were shared by Billboard from MRC Data’s 2021 US Year-End Report
Irish government to pay artists 'basic income' Arts and Culture Minister Catherine Martin said she is looking at "supporting electronic music"
This voice-amplifying face mask is perfect for raving in the apocalypse Want to look like Bane in the rave?
GRAMMY Awards 2022 postponed due to rising COVID cases The ceremony was due to take place on January 31
David Bowie’s estate sells entire catalogue of music to WCM The rights to the late singer’s body of work is reported to have fetched upwards of £185 million
Google Arts & Culture's Music, Makers & Machines blasts into the past & future of electronic music Industry experts, museums, labels & pioneers galvanise a gateway of virtual experiences
Daft Punk celebrate 11 years of ‘Tron: Legacy’ soundtrack with vinyl reissue 10,000 copies of the limited edition translucent vinyl sold out in just six days
Vinyl sales reach highest level in 30 years Many have attributed releases from ABBA, Adele & Ed Sheeran for the increase
Nightmares on Wax launches remix competition The competition winners can receive a digital release and a play by N.O.W
The first DJ workshop for the deaf is set to start in 2022 Deaf Rave is providing members of the deaf community with the opportunity to learn DJ skills
The Beatport Plan launches as a value for money option geared towards new DJs The brand new subscription is priced at $9.99/month
COVID-19’s genetic code has been transformed into ambient music “Every note in the melody is part of the step-by-step instructions the virus uses to make more copies of itself.”
Kanye West documentary directors discuss his career in new footage A YouTube video shows the pair discuss what it's like to follow Ye's story
Influential hip hop journalist and critic Greg Tate has died aged 64 Tate was essential to documenting the earliest days of hip hop
Never-heard before Whitney Houston track is being sold at auction The starting bid price is set at $117,000
The Matrix Resurrections soundtrack features Marcel Dettmann & Gudrun Gut A number of Berlin techno legends have contributed remixes for the soundtrack of the long-awaited Matrix sequel
Elton John: “First thing I do in the morning is listen to dance music” He also spoke out about ending AIDS stigma in a new interview
Sydney Blu & Rebekah launch campaign to increase female representation on record labels The #23by23 campaign is challenging labels to increase the percentage of female producers by 23% by the end of 2023
Artists criticise Spotify CEO's €100 million investment in AI defence tech “We believe in music as a powerful tool for peace, otherwise it's a complete contradiction of our music philosophy"
Doja Cat says she doesn’t enjoy her music career: “I feel pressured to do shit” The singer says she just wants to “play video games” and stay at home
Virgil Abloh has passed away aged 41 LVMH confirmed the DJ and fashion designer had passed away following a private battle with cancer
NASA has shared a musical representation of the Butterfly Nebula using data sonification “It just gives us all the feels.”
Deadmau5 & Richie Hawtin are joining forces on an augmented reality gaming platform PIXELYNX is the new platform from the developers behind Pokémon GO
Universal Music are launching an NFT band made of cartoon apes The virtual supergroup will join the Metaverse, VR, and video games
Twitch launches an incubator program called The Collective The Amazon-owned streaming platform looks to help artists generate revenue & build their own musical brand
DJs For Climate Action & Greenpeace release a 41-track compilation of music inspired by the planet Acid Pauli, Mark Farina, Fakear, Aroop Roy & more used field recordings of iceberg claps, whales singing, monsoons, birds in the Indonesian rainforest & more
Travis Scott issues statement following tragedy at Astroworld Festival in Texas In what has been called a "mass casualty incident", eight people have died and numerous injured
Bob Moses shift gears with new partnership & single with Astralwerks & Domino Recordings Listen to the duo's new single 'Time and Time Again'
