Live-Coding parties are the latest phenomenon in underground electronic music culture. Two women on stage behind laptops play music Joanne Armitage and Shelly Knotts of Algobabez perform on the first night of Algorithmic Art Assembly. Continue reading FUTURE DJING. DJs of the future don’t spin records — they write code.
As U2’s Sphere residency debut has arrived, U2 shows an exclusive behind the scenes look at the creative madness behind everything that made it possible for them to perform at such a groundbreaking venue. Continue reading U2. Watch to documentary, behind artist’s residency at Massive Sphere Las Vegas.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, with attendees from over 100 different countries, the festival debuted a reworked and refreshed Sónar by Day, with new, more comfortable areas, and marked musically by a wealth of genres ranging from Latin or African rhythms to the most radical forms of experimentation, passing through house and the hardest contemporary forms of dance music. Continue reading SÓNAR 2023. Festival gathers 120.000 attendees together in Barcelona, for a 30th anniversary edition that strengthens its reputation as a one of a kind cultural celebration.
NFT-TiX has sold its most expensive ticket ever via smart contracts platform Avalanche. The sale of this ticket for the world renowned music festival Exit marks a historic moment for NFT TiX which is now paving the way in ticketing innovation with this notable milestone. Continue reading NFT-TiX. Platform sells NFT Ticket at a record $10,690 for EXIT festival.
NFT-TiX, the cutting-edge blockchain-based ticketing platform, is thrilled to announce an unprecedented multi-year partnership with Unum Festival, one of the most highly-anticipated music events of the year. Continue reading NFT-TiX 2023. Platform announces groundbreaking multi-year partnership with Unum Festival.
Game-changing XR creation platform Volta is joining forces with world-renowned techno pioneer and futurist Richie Hawtin for select dates of his North American Tour. Volta will be delivering their next level 3D, live audio-generated visuals for Hawtin’s live-streams as he plays a series of warehouse parties that are designed to unearth the next generation of talent. Continue reading VOLTA. XR Platform is providing 3D Live Audio Generated Visual Worlds for dates of Richie Hawtin’s Tour (Phoenix, Los Angeles & San Diego).
Beatport, the global leader in electronic music for DJs, producers, and their fans, is joining forces with Polkadot, the next-generation blockchain network powering the movement for a better web, to launch Beatport.io, a digital collectible marketplace bringing electronic music culture to Web3. Developed and designed in partnership with Define Creative, Beatport.io will launch on Aventus, a Web3 solutions provider for enterprises and parachain in the Polkadot ecosystem. Continue reading BEATPORT. Music resource unveils plans to launch Web3 electronic music platform.
After a 10 year hiatus, Enjoy Television returns with a new concept that will be visible all over the world to put the global clubbing scene at your fingertips via a new APP and smart TV. Continue reading ENJOY TELEVISION. New App putting the Global Clubbing Scene at Your fingertips.
Beatport is proud to introduce our latest advancement in groundbreaking DJ technology: Party Mode — a new feature inside Beatport DJ that gives you latency-free, connected DJ sessions with up to four DJs at once from any location worldwide. Continue reading BEAT PORTAL. DJs back to back from anywhere in the world with Party Mode.
As the Official Connectivity Partner of Mighty Hoopla Festival in London, Vodafone wanted to use the power of its 5G network to promote accessibility and inclusion across the festival. We were honoured to help them do this by using cutting-edge technology in an experience that enabled deaf or hard-of-hearing audience members to feel live music like never before. Continue reading VODAFONE. Haptic suit experience for hard-of-hearing audience members to feel the bass and music like never before.
KlubCoin, officially partnered with Festicket and Amnesia, is championing an innovative ‘Party-to-Earn’ model. KlubCoin is already trusted by some of the world’s strongest brands and is an empowering, fast-growing ecosystem that allows clubs, festivals, artists and DJs to offer crypto-ownership and rewards to their loyal fans. As part of this new fan token economy, KlubCoin can be used at both physical and Metaverse events and is now open to new partner applications. Continue reading KLUBCOIN. Amnesia, Festicket and more partner with KlubCoin: the first cryptocurrency for electronic music fans with ‘Party-to-Earn’ model.
Myx is a game-changing new platform that allows artists to take back control of music distribution. Built with blockchain technology that far outstrips any other Web3 music platform out there, it bridges the gap between both artists and fans as they create, collaborate and connect on a new and level playing field. Most importantly, Myx allows earnings to go back to artists. Continue reading MYX. Streaming and NFT platform Myx aims to shake up music distribution with blockchain technology.
More than 100 activities, concerts, lectures, demonstrations, workshops, screenings and audiovisual capsules will fill the spaces of the CCCB every day, from Thursday 28 to Saturday 30, from 11am to midnight. On the nights of Friday 29 and Saturday 30, between 10 pm and 4 am, the musical activity moves to the Plaza Mayor of Poble Espanyol. All the shows can be watched standing up and without social distancing at both venues. Continue reading SÓNAR 2021. This week in Barcelona, Sónar brings together more than 300 artists, researchers and scientists to participate in the extraordinary editions of the festivals AI and Music S+T+ARTS and SónarCCCB.
Google Arts & Culture, Google’s not-for-profit platform, has launched a virtual exhibit showcase it’s all about the history of electronic music, music makers and producers over the past century. The exhibit is called Music, Makers & Machines, looking at some of the original synth makers, from the first synth in 1895, to pioneers across the world and notable artists today. Continue reading GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE. Virtual exhibition honors pioneers, instruments & history of electronic music.
Much loved open-air garden Kiesgrube hosted their first safe and socially distanced gathering Stay Wild Moonchild in Duisburg, Germany thanks to a hook up with the brand new, game-changing app GRID. It proved a huge success, and followed up last Sunday June 21st with Boris Werner, Wouter S and Tapesh playing. The likes of Pan-Pot, William Djoko, Detroit Swindle, Tom Trago, Lazare Hoche, Anotr, Franky Ricardo and more all set to appear throughout summer. Continue reading GRID. How the App is saving the future of social gatherings and events (Kiesgrube and Trivago founders on board).
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