Lifestyle
Lifestyle · 11 October 2024
The Frankie Knuckles Foundation and Defected Records come together to commemorate 10 Years since the passing of Frankie Knuckles, possibly one of the architects of the global house sound. The panel will examine Frankie’s contribution to house music, the origins of house and the importance of heritage in dance music.
Lifestyle · 17 September 2024
[DEEP]Search radio show by Laurent Garnier is broadcast exclusively on the French public music radio station FIP, from Saturday 7 of September from 10pm to 12.30am CET and every first Saturday of the month and is the station’s first show with a resident DJ.
Lifestyle · 13 July 2024
Anjunabeats has become the first dance music label to sponsor a player during the grass court tennis season. Tennis player and apparent Anjuna fan, Alicia Barnett, sported the label's ‘A’ logo at Wimbledon, the ‘world’s most prestigious tennis tournament’.
Lifestyle · 03 July 2024
Carl Cox has now distilled his life’s work in a limited edition artwork entitled 'Carl' in collaboration with British photographic artist Mark Vessey to be launched at Enter Gallery (Brighton) on 20 July. Chosen from his 150,000 piece vinyl collection, he has selected his ‘absolute superstar’ records, authentically reflecting the key musical moments that define his career from funk, soul, disco, rare groove, rave, Detroit techno, hip hop, electro and ‘80s pop.
Lifestyle · 16 June 2024
UK electronic music conference, Brighton Music Conference (BMC), recently set next year’s dates for its 12th edition, which will take place from 28-30 May 2025. A possible hub for the next generation of talent in electronic music, the event brings together Industry professionals with a programme of talks, workshops and networking events.
Lifestyle · 25 April 2024
Involved Productions’ three core labels, Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep, and Reflections, celebrated Earth Day with its biggest sustainability drive to date. This day was the launchpad for three key activations - Earth Day Label Mixes with Royalty Donation Scheme, Sustainability Publication, and Sustainability Action at Anjuna HQ.
Lifestyle · 25 March 2024
Five of Europe’s ‘nightlife specialists’ have teamed up to present NightSchool: An EU-wide training programme designed to support night culture producers early in their careers. This transnational education programme will focus on environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Lifestyle · 19 March 2024
Last Friday, 15 March, Above & Beyond celebrated World Sleep Day by partnering with Pandora to take over Sleep Radio, bringing an exclusive sleep experience to Pandora listeners. The World Sleep Day takeover featured a bedtime story read by Above & Beyond’s Tony McGuinness (“Jack and the Beanstalk”) and a Above & Beyond curated playlist of songs good for sleeping on Pandora’s Sleep Radio.
Lifestyle · 30 January 2024
Open to women, trans and non-binary artists, Change the Beat and Drumcode recently announced a competition to remix one of their biggest techno cuts of 2023; Mha Iri ‘Bell’. Change the Beat is a campaign from Sydney Blu which was created with the help of Native Instruments and is partnered with Beatport.
Lifestyle · 11 January 2024
Late last year, house music vocalist Kathy Brown was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, which has now spread to her brain. The news came as a total shock to her fans, friends and family and resulted in an emergency operation. Kathy is currently undergoing a course of radiotherapy and immunotherapy, and the road ahead is going to be a challenge unlike any she has faced before.