Dance News
Dance News carries the electronic scene's developments: record releases and label signings, club openings and closures, residency and tour announcements, licensing decisions and cancellations. Items stay short, dated and sourced. Followed by DJs, promoters and dancers who want the week's changes before buying a ticket.
Label releases, club closures and openings, residency announcements, licensing rulings and touring news, reported as they break across the scene.
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Berghain Turns 20: What Two Decades of the World's Most Famous Club Built
Berghain opened in a former Friedrichshain power plant in December 2004, and its 20 years remade Berlin's club economy, its building's tax status, and techno's global idea of itself.
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What Is Amapiano? South Africa's Genre Explained
The log-drum, jazz-piano house style born in Gauteng's townships now has its own Beatport chart and a Coachella headline set to its name.
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Live Electronic Music Summer 2026: The State of the Scene
As summer 2026 peaks — Tomorrowland two weekends down, Ibiza at full tempo, festival queues as long as ever — the live electronic economy is bigger, louder and more concentrated than a decade ago.
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Electronic Festivals and Sustainability: The Green Push, Really Measured
Electronic festivals have become the live industry's sustainability leaders — hard cups, grid power, travel surveys — but the honest math says audience travel still dwarfs everything else combined.
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Why Clubs Keep Upgrading Their Sound Systems
From Funktion-One refits to d&b audiotechnik installs and immersive audio, club sound upgrades have become the surest investment in nightlife — because sound is the product.
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DJ Equipment in 2026: Standalones, Streaming and the AlphaTheta Era
The DJ gear market has reorganized around standalone systems, streaming-built-in players and a rebrand: AlphaTheta's CDJ-3000X, launched September 2025, is the first flagship under the new name.
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Streaming Playlists and Electronic Music: Who Gets Paid?
Editorial playlists and algorithmic mixes now decide which electronic tracks reach millions of listeners — and the economics behind those streams decide who gets paid almost nothing.
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ADE 2025 Numbers: 600,000 Visitors for the 30th Edition
Amsterdam Dance Event drew a record 600,000 visitors from over 140 countries across five days in October 2025 — the biggest edition in its 30-year history, per organizer figures.