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Technics DMC World DJ Championship brings 40th anniversary finals to Tokyo

Landing in Asia for the first time, the finals coincide with 60 years of Technics' innovation

The Cure’s ‘Songs of a Lost World’ to be reworked by Orbital, Four Tet, Sally C, and more

The record, titled ‘Mixes of a Lost World’, comes complete with 24 new remixes

Billy McFarland announces Fyre Festival brand is up for sale

“We knew that FYRE was big, but we didn’t realize just how massive the wave would become”

New BBC documentary explores ‘The Rise and Fall’ of P Diddy

The Yinka Bokinni-fronted documentary investigates the culture that helped make Diddy a billionaire while protecting him from serious criminal allegations for many years

61% of emerging DJs feel “social media numbers matter more than musical skill”

The findings of a new survey conducted by the Pete Tong DJ Academy were revealed at IMS

Electronic music industry grew to $12.9 billion last year, according to IMS Business Report 2025

The report found that live music revenues have risen to double their pre-COVID level, despite widespread venue closures

Collabhouse aims to empower artists with new DIY sync licensing tool

Set prices, share licensing links, and automate royalty splits—all from your own platform

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Videos tagged with electronic music on TikTok surge above indie for the first time

Views on TikToks tagged with #ElectronicMusic grew by 45% last year, with a 50% increase in videos using the genre from the UK alone

An artificial ‘brain’ grown from an avant-garde composer’s blood is making posthumous music

Alvin Lucier died in 2021. Now his brain has been "resurrected" and is making music at an art exhibition in Australia

Posthumous 19-track Avicii album set for release next month, ‘AVICII FOREVER’

News of the record follows recent criticism from Avicii collaborator Sandro Cavazza against the release of posthumous music

Fyre Festival 2 postponed just weeks before it was due to go ahead

Didn’t see that one coming

57% of London's clubs and pubs will close by 2030, new research suggests

The report predicts that Brighton, Leeds and Bristol will also be hit hard, each forecasted to lose over 60% of their pubs and clubs in the next five years

The Prodigy showcase laser tribute to Keith Flint at Coachella

A laser outline of the legendary frontman was beamed during 'Firestarter'

SOPHIE Scholarship Fund established to support women, trans and non-binary artists

In honour of the late electronic pioneer, the fund will support college students studying music production and other related fields in the US

BAMBII hits out at Coachella for "paying artists in exposure"

The Canadian DJ and producer claimed that her set at the Do LaB had caused her to be “embarrassed and misrepresented” due to its malfunctioning soundsystem

Kneecap accuse Coachella of cutting pro-Palestine message from livestream

The set had reportedly cut out on YouTube shortly after the Irish rap trio had led an anti-Margaret Thatcher chant

PinkPantheress announces new mixtape ‘Fancy That’

The current Mixmag cover star is expanding her sound on the nine-track release

Aphex Twin's rare Yamaha GX-1 synth is currently up for auction

Currently listed at £99,950, the rare piece of kit is one of only 100 ever created by the manufacturer

Laurent Garnier hints at quitting touring in new radio interview

The legendary French DJ shared fears of becoming a "dusty jukebox" asking if it is "really relevant to still be behind the decks at 60?"

Pedro Pascal celebrates 50th birthday with party headlined by Honey Dijon

The 'Last of Us' star was seen donning a "House of Dijon" hat at the event in London

Mysterious new artwork suspected to be a Banksy appears in London

The artwork appeared on the night of April 2 in Farringdon’s Clerkenwell Green