Global News Purple Disco Machine takes hiatus from touring citing “sudden” hearing loss He’ll pause performing for a month while dealing with “severe” tinnitus and hearing issues
Features Artists exciting us in 2026 / June Our monthly round-up of names from Asia & the diaspora, making major noise & moves everywhere that matters
Global News Rave Preservation Project launches directory tool for archival artefacts The online archive of rave memorabilia features around 40,000 items, though its organiser claims there is a backlog of around 250,000 artefacts waiting to be added
Asia News Fred again.. makes India debut with three-city live tour in December The UK producer is set to stop by Delhi NCR, Mumbai & Bengaluru for his only live tour of 2026
Global News Artists can now check whether their music has been used to train AI Launched by The Atlantic, AI Watchdog offers a search tool for songs used by AI music creation platforms, including Google and Stability AI
Tech NTS & Atonemo launch radio player built around human-curated listening Designed for "omakase listening", the device gives direct access to NTS's 16 Infinite Mixtapes & two live radio channels
Music House Cartel expands into label, House Cartel Records With a debut release by Halal Sol, the Jakarta-based label aims to deliver tracks "always with a strong focus on musicality and dancefloor functionality"
Tech New "ad and algorithm-free" social music app Corus has launched The app will focus on peer-to-peer music recommendations of music and film
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