Umek unveils 300th release on his 1605 label
Techno titan Umek has unveiled the 300th release under his 1605 label, with new single Hypnotizing. The Slovenian artist is…
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A third of all festivals taking place this year are ‘electronic’, Viberate study finds
With festival season in full swing, music analytics platform Viberate has published an extensive analysis of the 2022 season, covering…
Tech House dominated Beatport in 2021, Viberate study finds
Tech House’s supremacy in today’s dance music landscape shows no signs of abating, with the genre dominating Beatport in 2021,…
Hip hop the top genre on Spotify, while radio continues to go ‘pop’, study finds
Hip hop is the most listened to genre on Spotify, accounting for 38% of streams, while pop music is the…
Ben Böhmer, Yves Tumor, Artbat among biggest ‘winners’ on Spotify since start of pandemic
Music research and analytics platform Viberate has undertaken a study to determine which artists were the biggest winners on Spotify…
The top-performing track on Beatport this year was…
Marshall Jefferson and Solardo’s rework of the house classic Move Your Body was the top performing track on Beatport this…
“Try to use music as a vent for the pain and frustration…” 909originals catches up with techno legend Umek
Arguably Slovenia’s finest musical export, Umek is approaching a quarter century as one of techno’s most consistent creators, with a…
A summer to forget – the economic impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 festival season…
If 2020 were a music festival, it would be a forgettable, rain-soaked mudfest with no headline acts, overflowing toilets and…
“It feels eerily dystopian…” Techno legend Umek helps partygoers keep track of cancelled festivals
The growing coronavirus epidemic cpmtomues to impact the music festival industry, with some of the biggest events scheduled for this…