Editorial

No-phone policies are supposed to protect the dancefloor, preserve the moment and give people the freedom to lose themselves in the music without worrying about ending up on someone else’s social media. But when clubs seal phone cameras at the entrance while professional photographers and videographers film the DJ, the crowd and every drop, it raises an important question: are we protecting the experience, or simply controlling who gets to capture it?

Every artist will eventually encounter the time when their audience asks who they really are, the old one or the new one. For Cloonee, it was something that haunted him for years. While some wanted to know the old Cloonee, others wondered about the present-day artist. There were also those who wondered what would happen next?

Techno music has never really had a fashion sense, but it certainly has its preferences. Dark clubs, loud sounds and nice jeans. And since Charlotte de Witte recently announced on her Instagram account that she is the new face of G-Star RAW, it appears that one more loose end was tied.

Thirty years is a long period of time, especially in the music industry. This is the duration for which Simon Robson has served at Warner Music Group. However, in one of the most dramatic executive shifts by the record label in recent times, he will be vacating the position of President of EMEA, Recorded Music.

David Guetta will headline London's The O2 on Saturday, 5 June 2027, bringing his Monolith Live Show to the capital for his biggest London performance to date. The date will be his only London show and his only UK indoor show of 2027. It also makes him the latest act to join The O2's 20th birthday celebrations, which run throughout next summer. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Thursday, 1 October at 10am BST.

Here is something new for ADE week, the curtain has come down on one half of ADE Lab. For as long as anyone can remember, ADE Lab has been like a backstage pass to the industry. It is the place to learn and grow as a producer and a performer, provided you could get access by applying, being selected and paying for it.

No USB. No sync button. No backup plan. Simply two turntables and three decades of muscle memory. The largest trance DJ, performing at one of Ibiza's most flamboyant new clubs, approaches the turntable and doesn't bother with his USB key. No safety net. Simply two turntables, a box of vinyls, and decades of experience.

Here’s an example. You're in the middle of a mixing session and the compressor in your mind’s ear doesn't have a plugin version anywhere in your folders. It's warm, breathing, and has that wild swing of an old opto. You would have to scour, sample six plugins, and make due with one that is close enough.

It has now been a quarter of a century since a Dutch radio DJ who had both a vision and a radio show launched an initiative that would far surpass the expectations of everyone involved. It now seems that A State of Trance will not only survive its silver anniversary, but also be ready for a new era, taking along with it one of the world’s biggest dance music brands.

By 2pm on Sunday August 30, the Daresbury Estate fields resembled swamps rather than grounds for a festival. The skies had broken open on more than one occasion during the four day weekend, and where there used to be green Cheshire fields, there were now churned up grounds covered in mud thick enough to suck your boots right off. None of which mattered.

It's 1977, and Donna Summer is in a Munich studio, with Giorgio Moroder using electronics to create a simple bassline. There's no band and no drum set; it's all done with an instrument that pulses like the heart.

Every fan can relate to the experience where once tickets go on sale, the available seats sell out in seconds, then when you finally find a ticket, it’s sold at triple the price on the resell sites and there is no guarantee if it’s even legit.

Every serious DJ booth around the world has one device that is indispensable. Without the screen, without synchronizing it simply spins, on time, and always has, even before there was a thing called disco.

Think about the last song that gave you goosebumps while listening to it. Now imagine an AI helping create that song legally with the permission from the label and the original artist being compensated for that.

For an artist who's built his entire brand on relentless motion festival to festival, city to city, barely pausing for breath. John Summit has just done something no one was expecting. He stopped.

Every sample library seems to be chasing the same idea right now, one subscription, everything included. Drums, synths, loops, one-shots, vocals all bundled under a single roof

Music festivals have long been celebrated as places of escape, connection and shared experiences. Now, one of Europe's biggest festivals is taking that idea a step further

The WR1 marks another step in that evolution, bringing the Tomorrowland identity into everyday footwear.

Grab your confetti cannons, because Alesso is officially off the market. The Swedish hitmaker tied the knot with Erin Michelle in Italy, and if the guest list is anything to go by, this wasn't just a wedding it was basically a Tomorrowland afterparty.

Global Underground has spent thirty years trying to bottle a very specific moment. Now, to mark its 30 year anniversary, the label is releasing "THIRTY". Thirty brand new, exclusive tracks from thirty different contemporary artists, out September 25th, 2026. Rather than lean on nostalgia, Global Underground commissioned an entirely new body of work, making it arguably the label's most symbolic release in years.

YouTube and TikTok have both added their names to flashy concert events to branch further out in With the debut of a new L-Acoustics 360° spatial audio system and Don Diablo setting the tone for its next chapter, one of Europe's most influential venues is once again betting on the future. On Friday, June 12th, the doors of the iconic Bootshaus opened onto the Mülheim harbour in Cologne for what was coined as the latest chapter in a story that began on these same docks more than three deca

A Summer That Changed Everything For many people, summer festivals are the highlight of the year. They are places where thousands of strangers come together to celebrate music, friendship, and freedom. This year, however, Europe has experienced something very different. Instead of worrying about rain or thunderstorms, organisers have been forced to deal with record-breaking temperatures that have pushed public safety to its limits. The cancellation of Defqon.1, one of the world's largest har

Inside Alden Song’s journey through electronic music With the debut of a new L-Acoustics 360° spatial audio system and Don Diablo setting the tone for its next chapter, one of Europe's most influential venues is once again betting on the future. On Friday, June 12th, the doors of the iconic Bootshaus opened onto the Mülheim harbour in Cologne for what was coined as the latest chapter in a story that began on these same docks more than three deca