Why Not Her? studied 26 radio stations across 2022 and found startling data A new report from inclusion campaigners Why Not Her? has found a huge disparity in racial and gender balances across the 26 top British radio stations. The study, which looks at the way in which equality is spread amongst radio plays over time, found that top…
A-Ha announce details of new album and film ‘True North’, recorded above the Arctic Circle
A-Ha are back with a new album and film, which promises to be one of the most fascinating projects of the band’s career. True North will be the Norwegian band’s 11th studio album, and their first since 2015’s Cash in Steel. But this time, they’re not only releasing an album, but they’re bringing out an intriguing film…
Join Afrorack and tour the Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments – from home!
It’s Afrorack gone Swiss! Afrorack aka Brian Bamanya has a fantastic video sweeping through the world’s largest synth collection. And there are more ways to experience this collection for yourself, from home or, if you’re lucky, in Fribourg first-hand. Brian’s trip is don’t-miss, and really gives you a feel for the scale of the place. And he…
My Own Beat Records says: No more amputated songs.
The songs are getting shorter and the fault lies with Spotify.The length of songs written and produced to become massive hits has shrunk considerably in recent years.Artists shorten their songs because Spotify gives more interest and editorial support to short songs. This is assuming a lack of respect for the work of many artists. Because…
This Puzzle Game Is A Fun, Affordable Way To Learn Electronic Music.
The Signal State’s new sandbox mode lets you play around with virtual synth modules for way less money than the real thing By Claire Jackson Gif: Reckoner Industries / Kotaku Released in September of last year, The Signal State was a surprising and fun way to translate the process of making modular synth patches into cool logic puzzles—which…
The Warehouse: The place house music got its name
In honor of its 35th anniversary, RA’s Jacob Arnold looks back at the origins and the heyday of the legendary Chicago nightspot. In the mid-’70s, Chicago was still America’s second largest city. Yet after the financial collapse of a number of independent soul labels a few years earlier, its recording industry was virtually non-existent, and…
Best Sets at Hideout Festival
Hideout Festival was one of the first festivals to arrive in Croatia approximately a decade ago and now, to this day, it is still a leading festival on the international scene in dance music. This year’s delayed 10th anniversary was a special one with high energy throughout the five-day event. Across Zcre Beach’s famous open air…
Detroit techno doc “God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines” debuted at Tribeca
An auspicious premiere for this story of “mismanaged success, damaged friendships, ascendant beats & raw inspiration” in 1980s Detroit… Twelve years in the making, a Detroit techno documentary has touched heights of anticipation that few films about dance music ever reach. God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines is a feature-length documentary from Washington Hill Pictures and…
Sziget Festival returns: here are the artists you shouldn’t miss
After two years away, one of Hungary’s biggest cultural events, Sziget festival, is back in Budapest. Hundreds of concerts and performances on more than a dozen stages are waiting for festival goers on the Island of Freedom, a small isle on the Danube River where Sziget has been taking place since 1993. In order to…
LIFTING THE CURSE: HOUGHTON FESTIVAL IS FINALLY BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER
Following a string of cancellations, Houghton’s continuing existence hung in the balance, with the 2022 edition looking like make or break Craig Richards, you could say, has had a hard time of it lately. The DJ’s Norfolk festival has endured so many back-to-back cancellations it basically became a meme (2019: stormy weather; 2020: COVID; 2021: COVID, again, combined with staff shortages and ineligibility for…
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