UNTOLD ONE opens a new era for the festival as it unveils the first artists confirmed for its 2026 edition, marking the beginning of a new decade after its landmark anniversary year. Ranked third in the global Top 100 Festivals, UNTOLD continues to redefine the scale and ambition of major electronic music events. From August […]
Opinion: Watching the DJ Cost Us the Sound There was a time when the most important question in a club, a rave, or a festival was simple: *how’s the sound?*Today, it is often replaced by another one, more visual, more trendy: who’s playing? bOiLeR rOoM stage? What does the stage look like? Will there be […]
Billing, or the art of ranking the party So what exactly is billing? Billing refers to the way artists are presented on a poster or an official lineup announcement. Order of names, font size, placement on the visual, reading direction from left to right or top to bottom. Behind this seemingly technical term lies a […]
Hot Take: The One-Way Cultural Exchange of the Electronic Music Scene Since the global expansion of techno and house, Western lineups have broadened geographically. India, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, “Asia”, South Africa. European and North American DJs are increasingly touring the Global South, describing these tours as transformative experiences and documenting them through spectacular imagery […]
Do you really have to live in Paris to matter in electronic music? Of the 24 DJs interviewed for this Clubbing TV investigation, 100% live outside the capital. Amiens, Montpellier, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Limoges, Toulouse, Brussels, a village in the Drôme, Haute-Savoie… The French electronic music scene, as it is told here, is being […]
Horst 2026, a good sign when you don’t recognise a single name Article en francais Disclaimer for the puristsYes, we know. You already recognise every name on the lineup. Obviously. You’ve done your research, dug through Discogs, listened to the original pressings, and vinyl is, anyway, the only true way to listen to music. Great. […]
Who profits when the club is full? From community culture to extractive industry (we just learned this word..) When the queue stretches outside, ticket prices have gone up “because everything has increased”, the bar charges a beer as if it were vintage, and the dancefloor is full, we tend to believe the entire ecosystem must […]
How to start DJing on a budget, and why understanding the scene truly matters Article en français Starting to DJ today no longer requires thousands of euros or a sophisticated studio. An affordable controller, a computer and an internet connection are enough to begin your first hours of practice. That said, learning how to mix […]
Ben Hemsley accuses Hugel and Matt Sassari of lifting his edit of It Feels So Good Article en français It all started with an Instagram post—no press release, no lawyer, no apparent strategy. Just a side-by-side audio comparison. On one side, a tech-house edit of It Feels So Good that Ben Hemsley uploaded to SoundCloud […]
Hot Take : Reclaiming the scene from those who only come to admire themselves Article en français As the electronic music scene became institutionalized, professionalized, and globalized, another dynamic settled in: that of the ego. An omnipresent, multifaceted ego, rarely questioned and sometimes worshipped, which today shapes power relations, the night-time economy, and even the […]
Tektonik is not a dance. Electro is. Article en français Over the past few weeks, articles have been piling up. Tektonik is back, Tektonik nostalgia, Tektonik and the Y2K generation. The problem is that in most of these pieces, they are talking about a dance that doesn’t really exist.Because what many people still call Tektonik […]
Tresor.West caps DJ fees: an economic, political, and community-driven choice Article français As of January 1st, 2025, Tresor.West (Dortmund) decided to introduce a maximum cap on DJ fees, regardless of name, reputation, or digital reach. A sober announcement, published as a Community Post, but one heavy with meaning at a time when many German clubs […]
