Native Instruments, creators of the popular DJ software Traktor, have announced the world’s smallest professional mixer and audio interface – the Traktor Kontrol Z1. Naturally invented to work with the Traktor DJ app, the controller provides iPad, iPad mini, iPhone or iPod touch users with faders, filters, three-band EQ, headphone cueing and a club-level output. [...]

  Deadmau5 has new music he wants to share with you. But you’re going to have to wait a couple more weeks before you hear it because of contractual reasons. That’s the word from the mouse himself, recently saying on Twitter that he has a new track done and ready to go, but he has [...]

Pete Tong’s weekly radio show titled Evolution is set to be expanded to a wider audience with the announcement that 80 stations across the US will now be streaming it. Each week, Tong showcases the best music from the biggest DJs and producers in the dance music scene from across the world. The format of [...]

Chart-topping UK dance duo Disclosure have jumped online to defend themselves after a photo was posted of the duo performing to 80,000 paople at the Summetime Ball event at Wembley Stadium sans headphones and with the CDJs unplugged. The I Love Bass Music Facebook group posted the photo (see below) to its page with the [...]

Ministry of Sound has announced the launch of a new app for Samsung Smart TV. Created in conjunction with Base79, the app features video content from Ministry of Sound TV, live streams from the venue itself, and live and on-demand high-quality audio from Ministry of Sound Radio. James Garside from Ministry of Sound said: “We’re [...]

The line-up for Holy Ship 2014 has been announced and unsurprisingly it’s a colossal roster of names. The usual suspects are there with Skrillex, Brodinski, Boys Noize, A-Trak, Diplo and Dillon Francis all returning to the party boat and this year the special guest is Pharrell Williams. This year though there has been an in-flux [...]

Skrillex, Richie Hawtin (pictured) and Luciano will all be involved in an exclusive Bridges For Music talk at this year’s Sonar+D which takes place on June 14. Launched in South Africa earlier this year, BFM is an organisation which looks to promote electronic music in disadvantaged areas as a means of bringing the community together. [...]

Ed Banger Records boss Pedro ‘Busy P’ Winters is just that, a busy man at the helm of a cutting edge electronic/dance label that has just surpassed ten years of music for gen Y. To celebrate a decade of decadent music comes Ed Rec Vol X – a collection of new cuts from a roster [...]

(Chris Sweda/ Chicago Tribune) And on the third day it rained. But to most of those assembled at the first visit of Electric Daisy Carnival to the Chicago area, it mattered not at all. People pogoed, waved glow sticks and umbrellas as a giant octopus puppet floated over the proceedings. Everyone danced. The three day [...]

The Chicago Reader announced yesterday that they are giving away some weekend general admission passes to the Spring Awakening Music Festival. One must be a registered member on the Chicago Reader’s website to enter the contest. The Spring Awakening Music Festival is the city of Chicago’s premiere EDM festival and features a wide array of [...]