Umek unveils 300th release on his 1605 label
Techno titan Umek has unveiled the 300th release under his 1605 label, with new single…
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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…
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…
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,…
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 top-performing track on Beatport this year was…
Marshall Jefferson and Solardo’s rework of the house classic Move Your Body was the top…
“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…
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…
“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…