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GLASTONBURY’S ARCADIA STAGE TO RUN ENTIRELY OFF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN 2023

Glastonbury Festival’s world-renowned Arcadia spider stage is set to run entirely off renewable energy at this year’s event. It marks a first for the collective, which hosts stages at festivals around the world including Nevada’s Burning Man and Bangkok’s Gravity Thailand. Announcing the news alongside the stage’s full line-up in May, Arcadia explained: “The Spider’s built on creative recycling and now she’s got transformation running through her veins.” “This year, the entire Arcadia field runs on recycled energy - waste cooking oil […]

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STREAMING SERVICE DEEZER TO ‘DETECT AND DELETE’ ARTIST-MIMICKING AI TRACKS

Streaming service Deezer has launched new technology to detect and delete any songs on the platform made using AI that might mimic artists and popular tracks. In an effort to “weed out illegal and fraudulent content”, the platform has developed new software that aims to pick up ‘deepfaked’ tracks, the BBC reports. It follows a recent surge in songs made using AI, including a collaborative track between Drake and The Weeknd using AI-generated vocals of both artists that went viral in recent weeks. The track was removed […]

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ITALIAN RECORD SHOP FLEXI LAUNCHES FUNDRAISER AFTER SEVERE FLOOD DAMAGE

The almost 40-year-old record shop Flexi, based in Lugo, Italy, has launched a fundraising campaign after floods filled the building and caused significant damage. The northern region of Emilia-Romagna has seen catastrophic flooding after six months of rainfall fell in a day and a half, resulting in the deaths of 13 people as well as thousands evacuated, reports the BBC. Flexi record shop saw its “entire basement” fill with water, causing furniture, electronics and around 2000 records to be "irreparably damaged." Posting […]

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SHANGRI-LA CONFIRMS HUGE LINE-UP FOR GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2023

Glastonbury’s Shangri-La arena has revealed a stacked line-up for this year’s event, taking place from June 21 - 25. In the countdown to Glastonbury Festival 2023, Shangri-La unveiled a full line-up including the likes of Nia Archives, Eliza Rose, Conducta, and Prospa. Over on the Nowhere stage, Ahadadream, Andy C, Bou, Chunky, Effy, Flowdan, Ivy Lab, My Nu Leng, Mike Skinner, Sicaria, Skream, and a takeover from femme-collective Lady Of The House, will be providing some star-studded action over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Truth stage offers a more downtempo and jazz-focused selection of artists including Blue Lab […]

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NEW VENUE FROM TEAM BEHIND THE GLOVE THAT FITS OPENS IN LONDON, GLOVES OFF

The Hackney-based open air venue offers free entry and is being described as an "outdoor sanctuary" A brand new venue from the team behind The Glove That Fits has opened up in east London, Gloves Off. The new “open-air offering” opened for the first time on Saturday, May 6, just next door to its sister venue The Glove That Fits in Hackney. The space is also set up by one of the co-founders of east London venue FOLD. Gloves Off offers free […]

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WARP RECORDS TO RELEASE SOUNDTRACK FOR PECKHAM-SET ROMCOM RYE LANE

Warp Records has announced that it will release the Kwes-produced soundtrack for new Peckham-set rom-com Rye Lane. The 19-track original score from the London-based producer is due to drop on November 3, and includes features from Tirzah and Sampha. Kwes has been releasing music with Warp since 2012, previously working with the likes of Solange, Damon Albarn, Pusha T and Black Coffee. Last week, the EP ‘Rye Lane (Suite)’ was released featuring six tracks from the score, other music included within the film comes from the likes of Stormzy, Craig David and A Tribe […]

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​DJ DEEON RELEASES FOUR EPS IN TWO DAYS

Over the weekend, Chicago house legend DJ Deeon surprise-released four brand new records over the course of two days. The first of four new EPs, titled ‘BAD ROBOT’, landed on Friday, May 5, spanning four tracks, kicking off a surprise string of releases over the next 48 hours. A five-track release landed the following day on the producer’s Bandcamp titled ‘GLASGOW TO LONDON’, followed by ‘MY CPU’ and ‘SPACE AGE DIGITAL PIMP’ in the hours after. Each record exceeded its last in […]

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​10,000 PEOPLE ATTEND ILLEGAL RAVE ON MILITARY SITE IN BELGIUM

The rave, which took place near the Netherlands-Belgium border, raged on through the weekend night before police showed up Over 10,000 people attended an illegal rave at a disused military airbase in Belgium, over the weekend. Organisers broke into the base in the Netherlands-bordering region of Sint-Truiden on Friday night where thousands of punters from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany later gathered, The Brussels Times reported. Multiple soundsystems were set up before punters arrived at around 11:PM on Friday night, many of whom travelled by […]

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75% OF ARTISTS ARE MAKING A LOSS ON THEIR MUSIC, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY

Research from Pirate claims that over half of the artists involved in the survey have taken a social media detox to cope with financial pressure 75% of artists are making a loss when releasing music, according to new data gathered by Pirate. The research surveyed over 1000 musicians from the UK and US Pirate recording studios which concluded that three quarters of respondents were out of pocket due to spending money on promoting their release. Due to making a loss on […]

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