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Ibiza clubbing and COVID-19: how the White Isle has adapted during the pandemic

Ibiza clubbing and COVID-19: how the White Isle has adapted during the pandemic The world's best-known party island, Ibiza has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Frequent restriction changes, extortionate fines and bans on dancing, parties and smoking have affected the music and hospitality industries hugely. But while it's hit locals hard, the pause in summer season has also given time for a reset and for the White Isle to regenerate. Anu Shukla travels to Ibiza to investigate Anu Shukla […]

January 18, 2021 78

Community

Berlin Love Parade to return in new form in 2022

Berlin Love Parade to return in new form in 2022 Rave The Planet is set to take place in July 2022 Amy Fielding Berlin's Love Parade is set to return in a new format next year. Organisers of a brand new street party in Berlin, Rave The Planet, have announced that their debut street parade will take place on the 9th July 2022, after coronavirus restrictions forced the team to cancel this year's event. The team behind RTP also confirmed […]

January 18, 2021 81

Technology

RANE announces new controller with motorised vinyl platters

RANE announces new controller with motorised vinyl platters The new ONE controller is designed to work with Serato DJ By: Mick Wilson RANE is back with a new bit of kit – the ONE controller. The new controller is for use with Serato DJ Pro and has a few tricks up its sleeve. It's unique in that it comes with seven-inch motorised platters, giving DJs authentic vinyl-style performance and feel. It also comes with slipmats and seven-inch vinyl to complete the […]

January 16, 2021 192

Technology

The world’s first AI DJs playing AI music are here

The world’s first AI DJs playing AI music are here It was only a matter of time but the pandemic has hit-fast forward on the virtual club concept Sensorium – the social VR music platform whose list of collaborators include Carl Cox, David Guetta and Armin van Buuren – has announced that it’s teamed up with AI-music generating platform Mubert to create the world’s first virtual avatar DJs playing only AI-generated music. Sensorium claim they’re “the world's first AI-driven DJs that will […]

January 16, 2021 185

Technology

Download IK Multimedia’s Syntronik Memory-V sampler synth for free

Download IK Multimedia’s Syntronik Memory-V sampler synth for free Simply sign up to the IK newsletter to download the sampler instrument You can get IK Multimedia’s Memorymoog sample instrument Memory-V by signing up for their newsletter. The plugin usually costs £49.99 and is based on the classic Moog synth with 18 oscillators and features over 5GB of samples with 146 presets and over 6,000 samples. The Memorymoog was used by Jean-Michel Jarre, 808 State, The Orb, Jan Hammer, INXS and […]

January 16, 2021 154

Technology

Beatport acquire sample company Loopmasters

Beatport acquire sample company Loopmasters The merger includes Loopmasters’ other brands Loopcloud and Plugin Boutique Beatport has acquired sample company Loopmasters, including their umbrella brands Loopcloud and Plugin Boutique. Beatport has been in the producer samples game since Beatport Sounds launched in 2010 but this move sees Loopmasters’ library folded into the digital DJ store. CEO of Beatport Robb McDaniels said: “The entire Loopmasters team are world-class people who have built amazing products for the producer community that simply belong […]

January 16, 2021 86

Technology

Apple launches AirPods Max over-ear headphones

Apple launches AirPods Max over-ear headphones The new model in the AirPod range is Apple’s first over-ear cans Apple has launched a new pair of headphones called AirPod Max. They’re their first over-ear headphones from Apple, and feature "incredible high-fidelity audio, Adaptive EQ, Active Noise Cancellation, and spatial audio". The headphones drivers designed by Apple and are 40mm, with memory foam pads and they're are powered by the Apple’s H1 chip. Apple claims they’ll last 20 hours with talk, […]

January 16, 2021 103

Technology

Top Dj Gear Of 2020

DJ GearEditorials and Opinions Gear Roundup: Our Top Picks of 2020 By Rachel Black There’s no doubt that 2020 was been one hell of a year. With a pandemic completely shutting down nightlife and wrecking the music industry as we know it, 2020 took quite an unexpected turn that left many DJs, producers, and music lovers scratching their heads a bit. But not all was lost this year –– a massive amount of new music gear, both hardware and software, was […]

January 16, 2021 388

Technology

Legowelt is giving away a new free sample pack

Legowelt is giving away a new free sample pack Legowelt is giving away another free sample pack, this time called Legowelt Drum Wizardry Sample Pack. It’s a collection of 325+ drum sounds from equipment like Amiga 1200, EMU EMAX II, Soundblaster, AKAI S900, S612, Prophet2000 and more. Legowelt says “No worn-out clean soggy overused boring clinical TR techno whatever drum machine samples but all new fresh unique processed layered synthesized FX’d drum sounds with extra crispy lo-fi crunch and punch!” […]

January 16, 2021 76

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