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To festival-goers, Bonnaroo has always been more than just a 4-day festival on a Tennessee farm. It’s a creative experience that transforms 700 acres into a vibrant, colorful haven for music lovers, art enthusiasts, and free spirits. And this year, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is taking things to a new level with their addition of dance music artists in their 2025 lineup. This year’s Bonnaroo lineup is full of some of the biggest stars in the music game, like Olivia Rodrigo and Tyler the C

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival returns to Manchester, TN from June 13-16 – and it includes heaps of DJs, live acts. Electronic and dance music acts are slated to have an even bigger presence at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The annual event returns to Manchester, Tennessee from June 13-16, a mere 60 [...] The post Bonnaroo Unveils Anticipated 2024 Lineup appeared first on DJ Life Magazine.

What is there to do at festivals after the artists finish their sets on the main stages? At Bonnaroo, the party will once again persist into the wee hours of the morning with their silent disco—but with a new twist. This year, for the first time ever, Bonaroo's after-hours silent disco features a lineup comprising women. Quiet Events has been hosting the Who Stage for the last three consecutive years, but 2024 will mark the debut of their all-female DJ lineup. Feast, Kimmy K, Proper Savage and m

Like their namesake outlaws who stole hearts and headlines in the 1930s, BONNIE X CLYDE are once more stealing the spotlight with their new album, There's No Tomorrow. The duo continues to cement their reputation as the modern-day outlaws of dance music with their sophomore album, which marks their most daring heist yet into the vaults of vocal dance music. It's also their first LP since 2022's acclaimed Tears In Paradise, showcasing a poignant journey through emotions and memorable vocals that

Seattle’s WaMu Theater will once again play host to the third edition of BOO Seattle on October 25-26, 2024. The festival has just revealed an electrifying lineup of over 40 performers, promising an immersive experience for the spookiest time of year. Industry heavyweights, including the trailblazing Kaskade, the Grammy-nominated duo Slander, and the hauntingly brilliant Rezz, are all set to appear. Additionally, OGs like the multi-award-winning Afrojack and the genre-blending Latin sensatio

Boogie Lights, the visionary producer/DJ/drummer and frontman of the dynamic 10-piece ensemble The Boogie Bunch, is thrilled to celebrate the release of his debut album, DISCO DANCE THERAPY.  DISCO DANCE THERAPY showcases Boogie Lights‘ genre-blending mastery across 11 tracks, taking listeners on a journey through his artistic identity – a sonic ethos influenced by house, disco, funk, bass, soul, and hip-hop. Featuring contributions from members of The Boogie Bunch—a rotating ensemble of tal

Boogie T is hosting a big-time block party in Texas for the Fourth of July. The Bayou-born dubstep artist will touch down at the Far Out Lounge in Austin on July 4, where he’ll deliver two headline sets, one under his famously wonky flagship project and one with his longtime live jam group, Boogie T.rio. In partnership with promoters Disco Presents and Special Delivery, the July 4th “Blocka Party,” will also feature special guest performances from glitch-hop favorite Opiuo and UK dubstep torch

Launched in 2011, the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour showcases the biggest new names in music each year amidst their culture-impacting, breakthrough moment. The Monster Energy Outbreak Tour is the largest national touring brand in the club and theater space, recognized as the ultimate tastemaker in the live arena, and currently consists of five annual music tours across multiple genres and one annual comedy tour. Notable alumni include Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, The Chainsmokers, Latto, Mike Shi

Bass music fans are rallying to support New Orleans in the wake of the tragic New Year's Day truck attack, organizing a special electronic concert to raise crucial funds for victims and their families. On Friday, January 10th, bass music star Boogie T will headline "Nola In Need," a special benefit show at ARORA NOLA. The concert aims to bring together the local community and electronic music lovers from across the country in a show of support and solidarity. With Boogie T leading the charge, th

‘Rebel With A Cause’ is the remarkable story of Darcus Beese: legendary music-industry executive, OBE and a man Music Week described as “one of the great A&R people of his or any generation”. It is the inspirational story of how a teenage Londoner (and apprentice hairdresser) worked his way up from being the ‘tea boy’ to becoming the President of one of the UK’s biggest and most successful record labels – Island Records. From signing and nurturing some of the greatest artists of the twen

From the cacophonous surrounds of London to the sea stacks of Orkney, via the abandoned military facilities of the Suffolk coast and the watery expanses of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, from the quarries and neolithic sites of Snowdonia and the wide open skies of Norfolk to the hubbub of Nairobi and Berlin, the streets of Kyiv and the windblown wilds of Antarctica – music is everywhere. You just need to know or learn how to listen. Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Ele

Written by veteran journalist Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor is a weekly newsletter that focuses on electronic music, along with the culture and industry that surround it. Over the course of just a few years, it’s become one of electronic music’s most influential platforms, routinely putting many of the genre’s thorniest issues under the microscope while reckoning with changes in the culture during a time of profound transformation. A collection of Reynaldo’s most thought-provoking essays, Firs

Nightclubs and music venues are often the source of a lifetime’s music taste, best friends and vivid memories. They can define a town, a city or a generation, and breed scenes and bands that change music history. In Life After Dark Dave Haslam reveals and celebrates a definitive history of significant venues and great nights out. Writing with passion and authority, he takes us from vice-ridden Victorian dance halls to acid house and beyond; through the jazz decades of luxurious ballrooms to

Opening with a foreword from prolific Rush frontman Geddy Lee, THE MINIMOOG BOOK presents more than a decade’s worth of research-turned-storytelling by author, esteemed journalist, and music historian JoE Silva.⁠ Readers can expect exclusive interviews and features with legendary musicians like Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Chick Corea, Tony Visconti (David Bowie), George Duke, Anne Dudley (Art of Noise), Bernie Worrell, Devo, Kraftwerk, Air, J Dilla, Gary Numan, and many others — as well as

The definitive illustrated history of the cult videogame – a heart-thumping fusion of groundbreaking graphic design, architectural futurism, electronic music and high-speed racing. WipEout crashed onto the scene in 1995, shifting games into the cultural fast lane with its unique 3D visual designs. It propelled a wondrous hit of anti-gravity, hyperspeed racing into the heart of the freshly released PlayStation console and, over time, the series – developed by Psygnosis, later known as Studio Liv

Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ages out. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can hone in on who they really are and what they offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, as he has thought deeply about where creativity comes

Booka Shade have announced their ‘For Real’ Tour, with the duo set to play shows in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic throughout March 2025. Named after their forthcoming album on Blaufield Music, the tour also marks a notable change from recent dates, with the iconic pair returning to early evening concert performances for the first time since 2017 – showcasing fan favourites from their extensive catalogue alongside fresh new productions. “For the first time since 2017, w

Founded in in 2004 by singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Zion Rock Godchaux, BoomBox has grown and evolved alongside loyal fans across the globe. They’ve developed a signature groove rooted in a back-beat driven style, wrapped around smooth vocals, compelling lyrics, and a mixture of drum machine and live-mixed computer beats laid down by Kinsman MacKay, Godchaux’s brother. Their songs pull from a wide range of genres – from hip hop to funk and a healthy dose of electronic th

Hong Kong’s Boomerang is on a mission to prove that Las Vegas doesn’t have all the fun. Five years in and the club has just earned its fifth consecutive spot in DJ Mag’s Top 100 Clubs, hitting 40, their highest ranking yet and a clear signal that Asia’s taking the global club scene seriously. From their kinetic motorized ceiling (yes, really) to a Funktion-One sound system Boomerang isn’t playing around. Located in Hong Kong’s nightlife epicenter Lan Kwai Fong, they’ve been climbing steadily

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With over 100,000 tracks uploaded to the global marketplace every single day, cutting through the noise and getting yourself heard – literally – as an independent artist can feel like an impossible task. However one producer is about to get a career-changing opportunity with a prize worth €5,000 from music distribution and promotion platform Collabhouse. TO WIN A TIK-TOK PROMO CAMPAIGN WORTH €5,000, CLICK HERE Harnessing the massive power of TikTok, the prize not only includes €

Since 2019 Bootshaus has remained in the top 10 of DJ Mags ranking of the top 100 clubs in the world. On a recent visit to the legendary venue, we got to have a look into why Bootshaus has been so consistently successful and why going there should be on your bucket list. Having a focus on music may sound like a simple thing but it’s something that a lot of clubs are losing as crowds watch more of the set through their phones. The attitude within Bootshaus is that you should be in the moment and

The Glitch Mob’s very own Justin Boreta has been involved in a variety of lauded musical projects – but none more important than his latest work as a member of ambient/psychedelic duo Superposition and co-founder of the label Formless. Superposition and Formless both have the same mission – to create music with the intention of healing. Each project dives deep into spiritual concepts with the hopes of creating a healthy escape from the day-to-day grind. Now for his latest endeavor, Boreta is on