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01 Jul 2025
News and Features
  • Dancefloor announced the launch of Dancefloor Pro, a purpose-built platform designed to empower promoters and venue operators. (RotD) 
Digital
  • Suno has acquired WavTool, an AI-accelerated digital audio workstation (DAW) built entirely in the browser. (PRNewswire)  
  • TikTok launches an updated Fan Club option to gamify the viewing experience. (DMN)  
  • Music marketing automation tool SymphonyOS aims to transform its AI assistant Maestro into an AI engine uniting strategy, assets, and execution in one place. (RotD) 
  • Apple is changing its App Store policies and introducing new fee structures in the EU to comply with the Digital Markets Act. (Verge) 
Live
  • The Prodigy returned to Glastonbury to headline The Other Stage on the closing night with an emotional, blistering performance. (Mixmag)
  • Fresh off a knock-out headline set on the Woodsies Stage at this year's Glastonbury, Four Tet will take over London's Alexandra Palace this November. (Mixmag)
  • Tomorrowland Thailand 2026 is “closer to reality” as PM meets festival CEO. (DJmag) 
  • A pair of state representatives honored Pasquale Rotella, the founder and CEO of Insomniac Events, for his contributions to California's EDM community. (EDM)
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • The UK's festival sector has been counted in full for the first time as part of the Association of Independent Festivals' Festival Forecast 2025. (RotD) The Forecast concludes with AIF repeating the call for UK Government to introduce a Music Festival Tax Relief which would mitigate closures and help support the recovery and growth of the festival sector. 
  • Budweiser’s royalty loophole ad: How AI and social have changed the value of creators. (Midia - Hanna Kahlert) 
  • Streaming is both retail and radio – it shouldn’t be (Midia - Mark Mulligan)  
Beatport
  • Toman Unleashes Ibiza Summer Anthem “Verano En NY” on Solid Grooves. (Beatportal)
  • “I Feel at Home Again”: Elkka on Queer Club Culture, Pleasure and 'Xpression'. (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: Introspekt. (Beatportal)
  • Beatport x Elijah Launch Playlist Challenge: Win a $1000 Prize Bundle. (Beatportal)
  • Clementaum: High Heels, Hand Fans, and Heavy Brazilian Beats. (Beatportal)
  • The Top-Selling Tracks, Artists, and Labels of 2025 (Mid-Year Review). (Beatportal)
  • Jyoty Explores Beatport Streaming on the CDJ-3000s. (Beatportal)
Clubs
  • Sardinia's Phi Beach club announces summer programme with Peggy Gou, Michael Bibi, Black Coffee, more. (DJmag) 
Deals
  • The New Delhi-born composer, producer and graphic artist Sijya has signed with One Little Independent Records. (DJmag)
Streams & Podcasts
  • RA.994 D.Dan (RA) 
  • Recognise 086: Purelink (DJmag)
  • Mix Of The Day: Vera Moro (RA)
  • Mix Of The Day: Will Automagic (RA)
  • Mix Of The Day: AZA (RA)
  • Mix Of The Day: Mike Midnight (RA)
  • RA.995 DJ TOBZY & Kampire (RA)
Artist and Music Features
  • Inside the 2025 Electric Forest Festival, a surreal celebration of fantasy and found family. (EDM) 
  • Dripping 2025: A soft rave utopia (RA) 
  • Amsterdam’s A10 Highway Rave: where infrastructure embraces club culture. (DJMag) 
  • EX.771 Dominga (Föllakzoid) (RA) 
  • EDMTunes chats with Sam Feldt on fatherhood and new album. (EDMTunes) 
  • At home with Zedd in his latte-making lab: ‘This is real for coffee nerds’ (Billboard) 
  • deadmau5 on how his cats have helped him — Even if one also destroyed his rare art: ‘That’s the price of a cat’ (Billboard) 
  • Retiring Arista CEO David Massey shares his top 10 career highlights. (Billboard) 
  • Honduran experimental pop provocateur Isabella Lovestory is redefining reggaeton by fusing Latin trap with goth electronica and DIY punk urgency. (Mixmag) 
Artist News
  • Carl Cox will support The Prodigy during their tour of the UK and Ireland next year. (RA) 
  • Eric Prydz has launched a new Holosphere 2.0 docuseries, taking fans behind the scenes of Ibiza's "biggest show production" ever. (DJMag) 
  • Richie Hawtin has produced a new short film based on the “underground techno culture” of Detroit through the 1990s. (Mixmag) 
  • Armin van Buuren releases 51-track album, ‘Breathe’ (DJmag) 
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