Ask Plastikman anything, Tiësto Explains the EDM Universe, Pinch in conversation with Mumdance and Blawan’s new London club night.
“Conceptually the idea for the next Decks, FX & 909 has been lying around for a few years… just gotta find a moment to record it!” Richie Hawtin answers the public’s questions in a Reddit AMA, telling of his love of sake, art, and techno as he releases his new Plastikman LP, EX. Check it out it here.
F*&K It: Here’s the Entire YouTube Contract for Indies… The infamous contract for YouTube’s in-development premium music subscription service that indie labels and Google have recently been clashing over has been revealed in a leak to Digital Music News here.
How Glastonbury’s Shangri-La came to be. The Creative Director and co-producer of Glastonbury Festival 2014’s part art installation, part rave ‘Shangri-La’, Debs Armstrong tells The Independent how the neon-lit pleasuredomes came into being – and what she hates about festivalgoers who come to get high – here.
Beatport CEO Matthew Adell leaves the company, to take up a position at SFX Entertainment, who bought Beatport in 2013 for more than $50 million. A Beatport spokesperson told Billboard: “His vision and dedication has helped make Beatport the company it is today, and we wish him well in all his future endeavours.” More info here.
Tiësto Explains the Universe (of EDM) to Spin, who interviewed the highest paid DJ in history; last year Tiësto earned a reported $35 million. The superstar DJ on living life in the stratosphere: “It’s not just button pushing; it’s a lifestyle.” Read on, here.
NTS Radio Andrew Weatherall residency. East London’s independent online radio station NTS Radio announce that the iconic British DJ and artist will be joining them for a series of shows throughout July. Check the twitter post.
Pinch in conversation with Mumdance. The two producers discuss “proto-drum & bass”, dubstep, dissolving genre lines, ugly fish and more, ahead of a 19-track b2b mix laced with new solo and collaborative material, set to released by Tectonic Recordings next month. Read Dummy‘s interview here.
Blawan starts new London club night, TERNESC. Blawan has started a new club night at London’s Corsica Studios called TERNESC, with the first edition placing Answer Code Request, Psyk and Cut Hands on the bill, the party takes place on Saturday, July 19th. More info and tickets available here.
Rush Hour profiles Tom Trago. In Rush Hour‘s in-depth profile feature on internationally renowned DJ, producer, live performer and label owner Tom Trago, the Dutchman speaks on his music, Rush Hour and the Amsterdam music scene. Find it here.
James Lavelle: the 10 best tracks from this year’s Meltdown. As curator at this year’s London event, the Mo’Wax and UNKLE founder picks his favourite tracks from artists playing the festival. Find his choices here.
KORG DSN-12 for Nintendo 3DS. The new Korg DSN-12 features the world’s first 3D oscilloscope screen, and allows for a much broader range of powerful sounds than you might have expected from a game machine. Watch it in action above.
AIR debuts Advance Music Production Suite. AIR Music Technology unveils the Advance Music Production Suite, a significant new software bundle that ships on a 500GB hard drive and offers an abundance of premium plugins and samples from many of pro-audio’s top third-party developers, all for $599. Watch the promo video below, and find out more here.