Detroit Just Got Its Hands on Chicago's Holiest Deep House Record
Chez Damier's 1992 deep house touchstone "Can You Feel It" returns on Balance on November 27 with two new Underground Resistance remixes on the B-side.
Marco R. · 4 min read
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No Second Stage. No Side Room. Just Richie Hawtin, Faithless and 13 Hours Straight.
Rave Rebels XXL Weekender turns Brussels' ING Arena into two back-to-back 13-hour marathons on November 6 and 7, run entirely in one main room with no split stages, a deliberate break from the sprawling multi-stage festival model.
Juan Atkins Invented a Genre and Gave It a Name. He Died on the Road, Age 64.
Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer who co-invented techno and named it with Model 500's 1988 track "Techno Music," has died at 64 after being found unresponsive in a Mexico City hotel on November 1.
Finn M. · 5 min read
Dance Music Has No Minor Leagues. Beatport Built One Anyway, and Applications Close Friday.
Beatport is taking applications for the 2027 class of its year-long artist development program, Beatport Next, through this Friday, November 6.
Elena R. · 4 min read
Why Raves Might Be the Perfect Place for Neurodivergent Minds
For people with ADHD or autism, research suggests the dancefloor can offer focus, connection and self-regulation that everyday social settings often don't.
Sarah H. · 9 min read
The Brooklyn Mirage Went Bankrupt in 2025. Pacha Just Made It Permanent.
Pacha opens Brooklyn Pacha, a year-round indoor venue in the former Great Hall at the bankrupt Brooklyn Mirage complex, on November 6-7, 2026, headlined by Loco Dice and Nervous Records' 35th anniversary.
Josh D. · 5 min read
A Grammy Doesn't Get African Afro House a Seat at the Table. So Zakes Bantwini Built His Own.
Zakes Bantwini paired an eight-minute European-tour documentary, "Golden Hour," with his label Mayonie Productions' first Amsterdam Dance Event showcase, turning a victory lap into infrastructure for South African Afro House artists.
Samir H. · 5 min read
Polyend Opened the Tracker's File Format in June. Now It's Giving Away the Whole Firmware.
Five months after opening only the Tracker's file format through a library called tracker-lib, Polyend has released the complete firmware source code for its entire Tracker family as Community Edition 1.0, with two new synth engines and a developer kit to build and sell custom effects.
Samir H. · 6 min read
Spectral Synthesis Used to Cost a Studio Fortune. Now It's a 10-Euro iPad App.
4Pockets has released SpectraPad, a 9.99-euro spectral synthesizer for iPadOS and macOS that gives producers a slider for each of 16 harmonic partials plus vocal-style formant shaping, after what the developer calls a lengthy Apple review process.
Samir H. · 4 min read
Spotify Will Let AI Remix Any Song in 2027. The Payout Still Goes to the Original Artist, Not the Remixer.
Spotify is building a $4-5-a-month AI remix and cover feature for early 2027 that credits every royalty to the original rights holder and counts fan remix streams toward the original track's chart position, cutting out the human remixer entirely.
Elena R. · 5 min read
Carl Cox Rarely Gets Three Hours Anymore. New Orleans Is About to Get the Whole Sunset.
We Belong Here's first New Orleans festival, running November 13 to 15 at Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park, hands its house and techno anchor slot to a three-hour Carl Cox sunset set.
Josh D. · 4 min read
Piano People Already Conquered Cape Town. Now Amapiano's Own Festival Brand Faces Its Toughest Crowd: Johannesburg.
Piano People, the amapiano festival brand built on sold-out shows in London, New York and Cape Town, plays Johannesburg for the first time on November 28, 2026, headlined by Uncle Waffles at Old Park Station.
Samir H. · 4 min read
Charlotte de Witte Gave London One Night of Techno in 2026. A Brand-New Warehouse Got It.
Charlotte de Witte played her only UK show of 2026 on November 1 at Ironworks, a brand-new warehouse venue in London's Royal Docks, handing the untested room an instant stamp of credibility.
Finn M. · 4 min read
Beatport Next Made HoneyLuv and Nia Archives. The Deadline to Be Next Is Four Days Away.
Beatport has opened applications for the 2027 class of Beatport Next, its artist development programme, with the entry window closing November 6, 2026.
Elena R. · 4 min read
Amapiano Has a Subgenre Most Fans Can't Name. Mr JazziQ Just Built a Second EP Around It.
Mr JazziQ, A.W.O and Freddy K released the seven-track "Stance Social" EP on October 23, 2026, the second installment in Mr JazziQ's ongoing love letter to stance, the slower, bass-heavy amapiano strain that insiders chase and casual listeners rarely clock.
Marco R. · 5 min read
Maceo Plex Just Put Two Opposite Records on One EP. That's the Point.
Maceo Plex's new two-track EP 'Supasonic / Closer', out October 30 on his own Lone Romantic imprint, deliberately pairs a hammering, vocal-chopped peak-time cut against a brooding, cinematic one, refusing to let the release settle into a single mood.
Marco R. · 4 min read
FabFilter Twin 3 Shut Out Every MPE Controller for Almost Four Years. That's Over Now.
FabFilter's free Twin 3.10 update adds full MPE and Note Expression support, finally letting Roli Seaboard, Expressive E Osmose and LinnStrument players drive the synth's pitch, timbre and pressure per note, alongside more than 200 new factory presets.
Samir H. · 4 min read
Behringer's $199 Keyboard Just Caught the $1,999 Club's Touch Tech. And It's Giving Away the Blueprints.
Behringer has announced the Polykeys 61, a 61-key USB/MIDI controller with a polyphonic aftertouch keybed and open-source hardware, targeting a $199 price against boutique controllers that cost $1,199 to $1,999.
Samir H. · 4 min read
Neve Built Its Name on Pure Analog. Its New Flagship Has a Touchscreen and Total Recall.
Neve has unveiled the Elements range, three rack-mounted analogue processors with full digital recall, alongside the $37,950 8424E console that pairs 80-series analogue circuitry with touchscreen automation.
Samir H. · 5 min read
Tour-Maubourg's New Label Just Sold Out Its First Vinyl Before It Even Drops
Paris producer Tour-Maubourg is launching his own imprint, Alone Together, with the "It's Time" EP due November 27, 2026, and the 12" press has already sold out.
Marco R. · 4 min read
A Free, Open-Source Tool Just Did in One App What Usually Takes Three Separate Rigs
Infinite, the free open-source node-based audiovisual workstation built by solo developer Naman Soni, hit version 1.0 on October 31, adding a piano roll, a sample studio, a 3D scene compositor and three physically modeled instruments to its modular synth and GPU visuals engine.
Samir H. · 5 min read
FaseGroove's Four House-Groove Plugins Are Free. The License Makes Sure They Stay That Way
Italian developer Fabio 'Pitch' Serra has released FaseGroove Piano, Drums, Guitar and Arranger, four free beta MIDI plugins tuned to house grooves and locked under the AGPL-3.0 license.
Samir H. · 5 min read
JUAN ATKINS, THE GODFATHER OF TECHNO, HAS DIED AT 64
Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer whose 1988 track "Techno Music" gave the entire genre its name, has died at 64 after being found unresponsive in a Mexico City hotel room ahead of a scheduled gig.
Finn M. · 5 min read
Amnesia Just Sold Out a 14,000-Euro Gold Pass to Its Own VIP Room. The Club Can Still Turn You Away.
Amnesia Ibiza has sold out a nine-carat gold, RFID-chipped pyramid medallion priced at 14,000 euros that promises two people lifetime VIP access, though the club's own admission rules still apply every night.
Sarah H. · 4 min read