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Disclosure went back to basics to commemorate the tenth anniversary of their groundbreaking first album Settle and for their upcoming fourth studio album. Not only did they unexpectedly release it last Friday, but Alchemy has no guest features or samples. They're publishing it on their own and don't plan to tour it right now. Instead, the spotlight is on the brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, who are the faces behind […]

Black Artist Database (formerly Black Bandcamp) has become known as an important global platform connecting artists across Africa and the diaspora since its inception during the politically tumultuous pandemic lockdowns, thanks to a team of passionate Black music industry workers led and co-founded by Niks Delanancy and Kay Ferdinand. Starting out as a crowd-sourced database, B.A.D. is now celebrating the creative output of a variety of international Black-owned record labels, […]

Vasja Veber and Matej Gregori were working as managers for legendary Slovenian techno DJ UMEK when they realised they had a problem. They were searching for a data-driven platform that could assess the impact of many elements on UMEK's career, such as album releases, tours, or advertising campaigns. However, as Veber adds, "we couldn't find any tools that would do the job for us." So they made their own. UMEK's […]

This past weekend, thousands of techno and house music fans gathered in Torino, Italy to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the legendary Kappa FuturFestival. Over 118 different countries were represented at the biggest production of the electronic music festival to date, which took place in Torino's Parco Doro and featured 105 different DJs and artists performing on 5 different stages. Major Lazer, Detroit master Carl Craig, Diplo B2B with Maceo […]