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$1 Billion Music Piracy Lawsuit Reaches Supreme Court, Testing ISP Liability 10 Can’t-Miss Events At Art Basel Miami 2025 35 Years Of The Cathedral: Ministry of Sound Announces New Era For 2026 5 Presents to buy your electronic music loving relative this summer..7 Awesome DJ Software Tools You Should Probably Know About in 2026 7 Efficient & Inspiring Smartlink Tools Producers Should Know About in 2026 7 Of The Best Social Media Marketing Tools for Music Producers, DJs, and Artists To Try 84-track drum & bass compilation raising aid funds for Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa released 86 Million Spotify Tracks Scraped in Data Leak A Basic And Creative Guide On How to Quantize in Ableton Live 12 A Fentanyl Vaccine is About to Undergo Human Trials A Look Into the Only Open-Source DJ Software On the Market: A Conversation with the Mixxx Team AB InBev Acquires 85% Stake in BeatBox Beverages ADD9 team up with Barac on uplifting new single ‘Calling’ feat. Maya Isacowitz: Listen AFROJACK Links With Amél Again on New Track ‘Rivers’ALOK, SCRIPT, FAANGS Release Melodic Track ‘Substance’ARC On-Ear Review: IK Multimedia Just Solved Headphone’s Biggest Mixing Problem (And Took Home An Editor’s Choice Award For It)ATC Launches SCM105AC Pro and SCM105AiWC Pro Center Channel Monitors Above & Beyond And Malou Release Complete ‘Letting Go’ Remix Package Above & Beyond Announce Group Therapy 700 (ABGT700) at the Gorge Amphitheatre Absynth 6 Arrives With MPE, New Browser, and 350 Fresh Presets Activist group claims it scraped Spotify's 86 million song library Adriatique, Yubik, and Vincent Vossen Release ‘Never Alone’After two trips to Austin, one thing is clear: pound-for-pound, Seismic Dance Event is in a festival league of its own Aggressively Beautiful: The nomad spirit that keeps dBridge moving Akkiles82 builds gripping cyberpunk world on debut album ‘CyberNation Part 1’: Listen Alan Walker & Steve Aoki Team Up To Become Lonely Club Alison Wonderland unleashes powerful fourth album ‘GHOST WORLD’: Listen AlphaTheta announces MIDI pad controller, SLAB Alphadog Delivers Heartfelt House Energy with ‘More Love’ EP Amsterdam-based DANN is spearheading the new generation of club promoter and artist..André 3000 releases official music video for TRAИƧA contribution: Watch Anjunabeats Goes Golden: Nitrous Oxide Releases Classic Tune ‘Stardust’Anyma Drops New Single ‘Out Of My Body’ Featuring EJAE Anyma releases deluxe edition of ‘The End Of Genesys’: Listen Anyma shares new single, ‘Out Of My Body (Featuring EJAE)’: Listen Anyma unveils ‘Out Of My Body’ featuring EJAE, expanding his cinematic electronic universe Armand Van Helden classics ‘I Want Your Soul’ & ‘You Don’t Know Me’ still feature on Beatport charts Armin Van Buuren & JOA Releases ‘ON&ON’ Remix Armin van Buuren releases 113-track ASOT Year Mix 2025 Armin van Buuren releases ‘A State of Trance Year Mix 2025’: Listen Armin van Buuren revisits ‘Sonic Samba’ with Rising Star remix: Listen Arrests made following deadly Birch Nightclub fire Art Basel Miami 2025 Recap: Art With Me, Factory Town, Alec Monopoly, + More Art Basel Miami 2025 was a Playground for Dance Music Aficionados Art With Me is Masterfully Reborn at Art Basel Miami 2025 Artbat announce headline set at Club SEEN, Koh Samui, in association with DJ Mag Arturia Pigments 7 Arrives With New Filter Modes and an Updated Play View Arturia Pigments 7: The Best Gets Even Better Astropolis Records Releases 10-Track Project for Its Ten-Year Anniversary Atonemo Launches Streamplayer, Bringing Wireless Streaming to Any Speaker Avalon & GMS on the beauty of collaboration and the concept of new KNTXT EP ‘The Underground’Avicii Estate unveils Episode Two of ‘Stories on Stories’ featuring Gavin DeGraw & Rami Yacoub: Watch Avicii documentary miniseries, Stories on Stories, episode two released: Watch Avicii ‘Stories on Stories’ concludes with emotional final episode ‘The Lost Tapes’Avicii’s Former Manager Sues Family Over Documentary Treatment Avicii’s legacy heads back to court as old wounds resurface and online debate explodes Award Shows to Watch at The 2026 NAMM Show B Jones re imagines classic Depeche Mode song with latest release: Listen BBC News presenter Ros Atkins announces Rave Machine drum & bass takeover in Falmouth BEATSURFING LØW Review: Perhaps The Best Low End Tool I’ve Ever Used BOMA Announces Entire Week Of Open Air Parties For Rio De Janeiro Carnival Baby Audio Tekno Review Barbican to close for 12 months for renovation Beatport Reveals Top 100 Streamed Tracks of 2025 Beatport reveals Top 10 best-selling Trance acts in 2025 Beatport reveals Top 10 best-selling artists in 2025 Belyi & Kirr unveil captivating new single ‘Mr. Deejay’ on AFROKHIN Music: Listen Benjamin Yellowitz, CamelPhat & Kotiēr Release ‘Goddess’Berlin club Renate will remain open in 2026 Best Digital Record Pools for DJs Who Perform Live Björk confirms new album for 2026, premieres music with Reykjavik art exhibition Björk confirms new album is “in development”Blakey’s new single You! Girl…x is a tight, high-energy club cut Blank & Jones: Transcending dance music since the late 90s Bondi Beach New Year’s Eve events canceled following deadly shooting Breakaway Music Festival Dallas Reveals Full 2026 Lineup With Eli Brown, FISHER, HUGEL, And Sofi Tukker Breakaway Tampa 2026 Announces a Power-Packed Festival Weekend Breakthrough Study Presents Permanent Treatment For Tinnitus Breakthrough tinnitus research shows sound therapy may reduce symptoms Brunch Eletronik Festival Reveals Outstanding Phase I Lineup Bruno Furlan Showscases Catchy EP, ‘Meet Me’CRSSD Festival Announces Stacked Spring 2026 Lineup for March Return to San Diego Caprices Festival 2026 Unveils New Alpine Home in Gstaad With First Phase Lineup for Winter Edition Catch Lost Frequencies This Weekend at Marquee NY Chaka Khan, Fela Kuti and Whitney Houston to receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement awards Chapter & Verse Returns With New Single, ‘Night Pulse’Charlotte de Witte Flanders Expo 2026 Lineup Revealed Charlotte de Witte announces full line-up for Flanders Expo 20226 Charlotte de Witte shares full line up for Flanders Expo event ChatGPT’s Apple Music Integration Is Now Live Cherry Audio Releases The Mercury-8; A Beautifully Faithful and Modernized Reinvention of the Jupiter-8 Chrysalis Festival Unveils Inaugural Lineup with Disclosure, The Flaming Lips, Magdalena Bay, and More Claude VonStroke Makes Long-Awaited Crosstown Rebels Debut With ‘Noche Clara’Coldplay deemed as best-selling artist of 21st century Confidence Man share new dancefloor-focused EP, ‘Active Scenes Vol One’: Listen Crazy P on Playing Older Records Without Turning Backward Creamfields 2026 Celebrates 20 Years With Tiësto Cyber Monday Best Music Deals DJ Babatr remixes The Chemical Brothers' Tom Rowlands and Aurora's 'RING THE ALARM': Listen DJ Mag Best of British awards 2025: live results DJ Mag Best of British awards 2025: the winners DJ Mag’s top albums of 2025 DJ Mag’s top compilations of 2025 DJ Mag’s top mixes of 2025 DJ Mag’s top tracks of 2025 DVX Launches Night Storm X3 With Advanced Dual-Sensor Color Night Vision Daft Punk’s ‘One More Time’ re-enters Beatport Top 100, 25 years later Dancing Astronaut’s 2025 Album of the Year: Seven Lions – ‘Asleep in the Garden of Infernal Stars’Dancing Astronaut’s 2025 Artist of the Year: Chris Lake Dancing Astronaut’s 2025 Breakout Artist: Cassian Dancing Astronaut’s 2025 Track of the Year + 100 Favorite Tracks of 2025 Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2026 Dancing Astronaut’s New Music Friday: ALLEYCVT, Adam Sellouk, Riordan, anamē, Disclosure, and more (November 28 & December 5, 2025)Dancing Astronaut’s New Music Friday: Adam Sellouk & Y do I, Mary Droppinz, LUSU, ROSSY, Fred again.., and more (December 12, 2025)Dancing Astronaut’s New Music Friday: Linska, Beltran, Max Dean, Adam Ten & Mita Gami, Pegassi, and more (December 19, 2025)David Guetta becomes first artist to score 20 No. 1s on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart De La Groove Releases New Compilation “PANORAMA”, Provides Essential Tips for Running a Record Label Deborah de Luca & Valeria Mancini – My Humps Derek Barbolla on the Vision Behind Cercle Festival’s Return to the Air and Space Museum Detroit’s Historic Packard Plant To Become Electronic Music Museum Digital Merch Platforms for Musicians: 6 Sites To Sell Your Amazing Drip, Swag, And More Disco + Design Brings a New Installation to Miami Art Week Discognition Delivers a Late-Night Take on Eli & Fur’s Air Dom Dolla co-sign lands Jay Pryor on Gorgon City’s imprint with ‘Funk 2 Da’Dom Dolla draws 40,000 fans to landmark Allianz Stadium show in Sydney Dopplereffekt -   Metasymmetry Dreambus shares uniquely deep, hypnotic and stunning new two-track “Stranger/ Visions”Drumcode A-Sides: 12 Artists Share Their Favourite Tracks Duran Duran and We Are Rewind deliver exclusive cassette player EDC Thailand 2026: Asia’s Ultimate EDM Party in Paradise EDC Thailand 2026: Celebrating music & creativity in the most spectacular of manners EDM Reality Dating Series Wooking For Love Seeks Contestants EDM festival-themed reality dating show, Wooking For Love, opens casting for contestants EDMTunes NYE 2025 Events Guide EDMTunes: Year In Tunes – The Top 15 Remixes of 2025 EDMTunes: Year In Tunes – Top 15 Original Tracks of 2025 Electric Forest Announces 2026 Lineup ft. GRiZ ILLENIUM, ISOxo, and More Electric Forest Releases Massive Phase 1 Lineup For 2026 Eli Brown Reimagines ‘Wavey’ With Four Remixes Elrow Bondi Beach NYE Event Cancelled in Wake of Terror Attack Environmental Groups File Complaint Against Tomorrowland Winter Over Noise Pollution EsDeeKid and Timothee Chalamet team up for '4 Raws Remix' video amid alter-ego rumours: Watch Europe's biggest rap and electronic beach festival Rhythm + Waves set for Portugal in 2026 with Gunna, Chase & Status, D-Block Europe, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and more - NME Eurostep Deliver Focused Club Pressure With ‘Freedom’ on 303Lovers Eventide Temperance Pro Review: A New Way of Thinking About Reverb FD - From The Ashes FISHER Remixes Marlon Hoffstadt’s ‘Daddy’s In The Club’Failed Fyre Fest Creator Billy McFarland Actually Put On a Festival Fantasia Music Innovates With Debut Compilation Future Fantasy Vol I Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones unite for ‘Satisfaction Skank’: Listen Fatboy Slim announces headline show at Dreamland Margate Fatboy Slim announces Dreamland Margate headline show for 2026 Fatboy Slim’s ‘Satisfaction Skank’ mash-up officially released after 25 years following Rolling Stones sample clearance Felix Kessler and Alex Drift Provide Two Unique Takes on SITARA & Alex Drift’s “Chase The Moment”Finest Wear Releases Deep & Expressive New EP “Searching For Something”Fire at Goa Nightclub Claims 25 Lives First Wave of Artists Confirmed for Awakenings Festival 2026 First twenty minutes of Skrillex set at Berghain up on YouTube: Watch Fish56Octagon Provides New Track ‘I Wanna Know’Five Must See Sets At Decadence Arizona Former Avicii Manager Ash Pournouri Responds To Critics Against Lawsuit Fosi Audio Holiday Sale Makes Modular HiFi More Accessible Four Tet adds his own touch to Sammy Virji & Chris Lake collaboration, ‘925’: Listen Four Tet remixes Sammy Virji and Chris Lake's '925': Listen Four Tet’s All Dayer festival will return to London in 2026 Fred Again… Set to Release USB0002 Tour Live From Dublin Fred again.. announces USB002 residency shows in London and New York City Fred again.. extends ‘USB002’ tour with 10 shows in New York and London Fred again.. releases new single ‘solo’ as the USB002 era expands: Listen Free Music Promotion Tools That Actually Work for Independent Artists Free Plugin Alert: Get SynthMaster One Synth for Free French electronic music added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list French environmental groups challenge Tomorrowland Winter over alleged illegal noise pollution From Boardrooms to Festival Stages: Marco Nobel on combining Entrepreneurship with Life as an Artist From Campsite to Cozy Retreat: Why a Campground Cabin Pays Off All Winter Fundraiser for Chris Stoker, London DJ and Not An Animal label co-founder, launched amid cancer treatment FutureMusic 2025 Gear Of The Year Awards GHIEST Closes Out Strong 2025 With New Single “My Love”GRYFFIN, LAVERN & AR/CO Enlist Mathame For New ‘Higher Power’ Remix Gadi Sassoon Releases Forward-Thinking Live Performance Video for Latest Album “Modes of Vibration”Gaztween Releases “II”, A Collection of Ideas Bridging the Electronic and the Acoustic George Michael ‘FAITH’ returns as limited-edition vinyl reissue in 2026 Gesaffelstein Announces Debut Live Album ‘Enter The Gamma’ + New Single Gesaffelstein announces debut live album, ‘Enter The Gamma’Gesaffelstein announces ‘Enter The Gamma’ live album and releases ‘OPR (live)’Ghetts pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving Giant Netflix To Acquire Warner Bros. In $82.7 Billion Deal Giuseppe Cucè explores ancient legends on new album ‘21 gammi’: Listen Gorillaz release ‘Damascus’ featuring Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey: Listen Gorillaz set bring House Of Kong to Los Angeles Gorillaz share new track, ‘Damascus' featuring Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey’: Listen Grammy Elderbrook Reinvents Kim Carnes Classic ‘Bette Davis Eyes’, Announces Upcoming Tour Dates Grammy Nominated Elderbrook Reinvents Kim Carnes Classic ‘Bette Davis Eyes’, Announces Upcoming Tour Dates HEDD Audio Releases CTRL for Full MK2 Monitor Management HNTR Completes ‘Your Mind’ Remix Trilogy As Full Drumcode Package Drops Hangout Music Festival Will Skip 2026 Hannah Laing opens community DJ and production hub in Dundee, doof Studios Hardwell releases ‘Hardwell & Friends Vol.4’Hardwell returns with ‘Hardwell & Friends Vol.4’ EP: Listen Heard Right Returns With Precision and Drive on the Blue Line EP Here’s Your Chance to Join EDMTunes in 2026!History of Black British music from 1989 to today explored in forthcoming book, Escaping Babylon How Alexis Grapsas Keeps Depth in a Fast Digital Culture How It Was Made: Chris Giuliano – out alive (club mix)How It Was Made: Electrons In Slow Motion – MEKANIKARU (Dark Cinematic Electronica)How It Was Made: Late Checkout – Made In Paris How It Was Made: Moog Diez – Will Soon Be A Woman (Ibrahim Maalouf)How It Was Made: Snuffo – Embrace The Arts How It Was Made: Timefive – Find You (feat. Quincy Telus)How It Was Made: Truthlive feat. Erica Ambrin – Surrender How It Was Made: Volkoder – Cama Cama (Metamorfosi Records + Tech House)How Learning Chord Progressions Speeds Up Your Music Production Workflow Right Now How Mathame Let Real Life Shape Their DJ Sets and Visual Concepts How SEBS Learned to Let the Room Lead the Set How Sohail Built Trust in Muscle Memory Behind the Decks How We Belong Here Turned Tampa’s Waterfront into a Festival Standout How to Overcome Creative Block Through Daily Habits That Support Your Art How to easily remove background noise from vocals with one click ILLENIUM Announces Full Sphere Support Acts; Releases Latest Single ‘War’ILLENIUM Reveals Sphere Residency Weekend 2 Support Iconic Drumcodes Series Returns With A-Sides Vol. 14 Iglesias Shares What He’s Unlearned Over Years Behind the Booth Ihsa Kent returns with enticing new single ‘Obscura,’ alongside Amir Farhoodi: Listen Illenium Reveals Opening Acts for Sphere Residency Illenium continues build-up to new album with latest single ‘War’: Listen In Trance We Trust returns with exclusive daytime event in Breda Indira Paganotto, James Hype, Baalti, DBN Gogo, more share New Year's Eve 2026 mixes on Apple Music Indonesian Authorities Break Up Drug Rings Ahead of Djakarta Warehouse Project Festival Influential UK club culture journalist James Hamilton's writings collected in new book, Dance Pages 1983-1989 Inside Talal’s Delta EP and the Methods Behind His Sets Istanbul Ghetto Club It’s official – raving is the UK’s favourite way to celebrate New Years Eve James Hype Drops ‘Behavior’ Featuring A.D.O.R.Jamie xx remixes Robyn’s ‘Dopamine’ in rare new release: Listen Jamie xx remixes Robyn’s ‘Dopamine’: Listen Jason Ross, Horyzon, Camden Cox & TW3LVE Collab On ‘Fast Forward’Jawnino and Surf Gang release collaborative album, ‘Amnesia’: Listen Jean-Michel Jarre leads electronic music into UNESCO heritage history Jeff Mills announces special ‘Spending Time With Jeff Mills’ event at Gloria RSO Berlin Johan Gielen discusses his return to Airscape, his new album, and more John Summit Will Ring In The New Year With Five New IDs And Full Album At Ultra Miami 2026 John Summit brings ‘Experts Only’ to the UK for exclusive 2026 open-air debut at Tofte Manor John Summit confirms 2026 Ibiza residency John Summit’s Experts Only Announces Club Space Takeover Jorja Smith’s label challenges viral hit, ‘I Run’, over AI voice cloning claims Joseph Crime Shows a Stronger, Groovier Side With Mirage Josh Baker shares new EP, 'Come Closer': Listen Josh Wink Drops Eclectic Selects Playlist On Apple Music Judge overturns conviction in Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay murder case KI/KI shares new single, ‘Can’t Stop Loving You’KX CHR Makes Hekate Debut With ‘Ready’Kalpee Fuses Caribbean Influence and Laid-Back Electronic Dance on New EP “Dougla Boi”Kannibalen Records Releases All I Want For Christmas Is Bass Vol. 9 Kappa FuturFestival Announces Phase One Lineup for 2026 Edition Kappa FuturFestival reveals first names for 2026 line-up Kevin de Vries & Add-us Debut On Musical Freedom With ‘Entrance’Klaudie & Fredrik Ferrier Team Up on ‘Keep Me Running’Korolova And Agents Of Time Unleash ‘Made for Love’Kujo on Performing at III Points With L-Acoustics DJ Kölsch announces Thailand tour, in association with DJ Mag LEON Reflects on Club Culture Then and Now as He Drops ‘Parallel Lines’LMNT 115 release ‘Paradise’ with Daya ahead of debut EP ‘Isotope’: Listen LMNT 115 tap GRAMMY-nominated Daya for euphoric new single, “Paradise”Label Spotlight: How Perspectives Digital Secured a Place in Today’s Global Club Circuit Laidback Luke delivers stunning set at the Williams Center Lane 8 Delivers Holiday Magic With a Festive Seasonal Mixtape Lane 8 delivers pure magic with Winter 2025 Mixtape: Listen Last Night A DJ Saved My Life announce Himalayan expedition for charity Le Youth Releases All New Track ‘Sanctuary’ With ALLKNIGHT Lea Key Breaks Down the Vocal Story Behind Her New Release on Enhanced Learn The Essentials Of How Editorial and Algorithmic Playlists Impact Your Streaming Revenue Les Plages Électroniques unveils phase 1 of 20th anniversary lineup Levity’s Lasership Tour Beamed Down on Brooklyn Paramount for B2B Nights Lights All Night 2025: Five acts you must witness while at the premier New Years Eve dance festival in Texas Lisbon club Outra Cena launch fundraising campaign after police raids threaten future London’s Moth Club announces fundraising event amid ongoing closure threat London’s O2 Arena announces “significant funding” for UK grassroots venues Luca Saporito on Identity, Longevity, and Building a Signature Sound Luminosity Beach Festival 2026: Trance Paradise in Zandvoort – Full Lineup MASV Music Group Announces GET LUCKY 2026 MIDLINE Venue Coming to Wynwood in 2026 MIXX Revival 55 Turntable Review for Beginners and Casual Vinyl Listeners MVSE Delivers Melodic Bass Remix of ‘Golden’ From KPop Demon Hunters MYLA Unveils “Sense”MYLAMINE Finishes 2025 Strong With New Single “Gravity”Mariah Carey ultra-rare 1988 demo tape sells for $54,050 at Wax Poetics auction Marlon Hoffstadt and Peter Xan share new single, 'Hold You Close'Marshmello curates Apple Music’s 2025 Year-End Megamix with high-energy Spatial Audio experience: Listen Marten Lou & Camelphat’s ‘Save Me’ Gets A Remix By Ajna & Samm Martin Garrix & Alesso share full B2B set from Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Watch Martin Garrix Announces 16-Run 2026 Americas Tour Martin Garrix announces 2026 Americas tour Martin Garrix announces massive Americas tour for 2026 Martin Jensen on Flow, Confidence, and Me, Myself, Online Massano Drops New Three Track EP ‘Cash is King’ Following Album ‘Natural’Max Dean remixes Timbaland's 'The Way I Are' featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E.: Listen Max Sinàl & KingCrowney Strike Collaborative Gold Again with New Single All Night Meris Enzo X Evaluacion Meris Enzo X Review

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