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…
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VivaTech 2022: This French start-up is creating deep tech to revolutionise music production
Among the green tech, metaverse and crypto companies that dominated this year’s VivaTech in Paris, one start-up made its mark by putting on a mini electronic music concert at their stand on the conference floor. Two musicians sat with a compact touch sensitive music controller, riffing to a beat with their finger tips. The device…
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…
IMS report shows electronic music industry value rocketed to $6 billion in 2021
The first physical International Music Summit in over two years was not without its surprises. This year’s IMS annual business report yielded fascinating figures, most notably the significant rise in industry value – which rocketed to an estimated $6 billion in 2021. Surpassing 2020’s sector value by almost 2x, the report revealed that we are…
BEMP México da a conocer a los 6 productores de música electrónica que fueron #1 en 2021 en Traxsource.
Como parte de un esfuerzo por reconocer el semillero de talentos en la música electrónica que se vienen cultivando desde hace años en México, la iniciativa BEMP (Best Electronic Mexican Producers) en su primera edición, y como preámbulo al listado de los mejores productores que en 2021, alcanzaron los primeros 15 lugares en los diferentes charts…
Toner, el lugar sonoro donde Ramón Amezcua (Nortec Collective) y Jairo Guerrero se encuentran.
PointLoma, no solo es una península ubicada en San Diego, California desde donde se alcanza a ver Tijuana, sino que es además uno de los recuerdos que viven en la mente de Ramón Amezcua ( Bostish, Fussible, Nortec Collective) cuando visitó por primera vez los Estados Unidos. Nunca olvidó esa extraña sensación al ver su…
MAMBO Alive in Colombia prepares for its 2nd edition with B-Liv´s “Techxturas Sonoras” included.
The Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá, better known as “MAMBO”, with more than 50 years of existence, is one of the most important museums in Latin America, and with no doubt the most recognized, appreciated and visited cultural space in the this vibrant city. On August 12 2018, the 2nd edition of “MAMBO ALIVE”…
A New Movement comes in May!
The festival, going down on Memorial Day weekend from May 27th through 29th, already announced artists like The Belleville Three, Carl Cox, Ben Klock and DJ Harvey. Now they’ve revealed the second wave of names, including Richie Hawtin and Plus 8 artist Testpilot, Seth Troxler, Octave One, Adam Beyer, Cajmere, Heidi, Mind Against, Terrence Dixon…
B-Liv surprised the Zocalo in Mexico City.
Last Saturday, B-Liv, who is one of the most respected and recognized DJs and producers in México, presented his project in the largest celebration of “Dia de Muertos” that Mexico has had in its history so far. More than 100,000 souls in one of the most important stages of Latin America: “The Zocalo Capitalino” located…
From Colombia to Mexico, B-Liv an Explosive formula for house music.
Interviewing today’s artist was truly an honor. Two days ago, in a well know club in Brooklyn the DJ was in his zone and I was dancing as hard as I can so I decided to shazamed the current track that truly blow my mind and made the crowd go wild. The result of my…