Month: July 2022

William Orbit reveals signature synth and delay technique: “We did it in milliseconds. I think in milliseconds now. Milliseconds are very important.

Orbit’s full synth and effect combination was revealed during the My Forever Studio podcast Grammy award winner, Madonna, Queen and Blur collaborator William Orbit has revealed the synthesizer and delay technique combination behind his signature sound. The technique, as used “all over everything”, says Orbit, was revealed to the hosts of the My Forever Studio podcast Chris…

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London club Printworks is set to close

The venue played host to the likes of Aphex Twin, The Chemical Brothers and Bicep over the years London nightclub and venue Printworks is set to close. It comes after Southwark Council approved plans to turn the venue into an office block earlier this week. Plans for the development were first submitted in October 2021…

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Studio 54 owner Mark Fleischman dies by assisted suicide in Switzerland

The 82-year-old had been suffering from an unknown degenerative illness Former Studio 54 owner Mark Fleischman has died by assisted suicide in Switzerland. It comes after the 82-year-old had been suffering from an unknown degenerative illness since 2016, that had seen him recently confined to a wheelchair. His wife Mimi Fleischman confirmed her husband’s death…

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‘Love Parade’ returns as ‘Rave the Planet’

Almost 20 years after his last Love Parade, German DJ Dr. Motte is back with a new party. With Rave the Planet, the DJ wants to make the culture of clubbing part of UNESCO World Heritage. It was July 1, 1989, some months before the Wall fell, in the western part of divided Berlin. Many…

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Despite the ongoing war with Russia and a looming threat of danger, the Ukrainian capital is regaining its energy: bars are open, daytime parties are back and optimism is in the air.

Despite the ongoing war with Russia, Kyiv’s electronic music scene is slowly coming back to life. It’s the fifth month of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian army made a great effort to protect Kyiv and repel attacks from the north. Around the start of April, Russia ordered…

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Musicians dedicated to saving electronic instruments for the future

Australian musician Gotye’s international hit, Somebody That I Used to Know, was one of the biggest songs of 2011.  Its incredible success allowed its creator, Wally De Backer, to feed his passion for early electronic musical instruments including the theremin, the onde martenot, and the ondioline — instruments which are considered forerunners to the synthesiser….

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Kanye sued for sampling house music classic “Move Your Body” 22 times

A lawsuit filed Wednesday lights up Kanye West for alleged “blatant exploitation” of Marshall Jefferson’s house music classic on “Flowers” from Donda 2… A track on Kanye West’s Donda 2 album contains uncleared samples from Marshall Jefferson’s 1986 House Music classic “Move Your Body” (The House Music Anthem) featuring Curtis McClain — and he acknowledged doing it,…

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The 15 greatest house albums you’ve never heard

Dance music fallacy #036: house artists don’t make good albums – and if they do, you’ve already heard them.  Back in 2013, we pulled together a list of the most underrated techno albums of the last 25 years – and there turned out to be so many we had to publish a sequel. Hardly surprising, really: techno’s meditative bent…

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Some fans think Björk is teasing a new era after announcing DJ set

Earlier today (15 June) Björk announced an upcoming DJ set with some new photos, and some fans think the Icelandic artist could be teasing a new era. Björk shared a new post on Instagram earlier (15 June) confirming an upcoming DJ set in Iceland this weekend (19 June), and shared two images of her in a navy blue…

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