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28 Aug 2015
Business
  • Sillerman’s failed bid, debts and growing losses test SFX investors’ patience. (NYTimes)
News and Features
  • Women are using social media to help increase awareness and understanding of the growing problem of rape in nightlife. (Thump)
  • Sony Music has signed onto Artist Growth's cloud-based tool for web and mobile that allows touring artists to track finances, merchandise and royalties. (Billboard)
  • The owner of file-sharing site RockDizFile has is the latest to plead guilty to copyright infringement. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Forbes have listed Calvin Harris as the world's richest DJ, reporting him to be worth £41.8m.
  • PRS for Music begins legal action against SoundCloud. (RotD)
Digital
  • Ninja Tune have teamed up with Novation on the Launchpad app for iOS, which will now offer remix packs from Machinedrum and Lapalux. (XLR8R)
  • Apple has revived its Alchemy synth with a Logic Pro X 10.2 update. (Fact)
  • Native Instruments' Stem Creator Tool is now available in public beta. (Fact)
  • Pumping nightclubs with vapourised alcohol could become a thing thanks to a new company called Alcoholic Architecture. (Your EDM)
  • DMN claims Universal's deal with SoundCloud is now 'days away'.
Live
  • Bassnectar, Eric Prydz & Kaskade are among the headliners on EDC Orlando's 2015 lineup. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Manchester's The Warehouse Project has added a further four dates to its 2015 schedule, featuring the likes of Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler and Kerri Chandler. (Thump)
  • The world's first ever "blood rave" is set to be held in Amsterdam this coming Halloween. (Your EDM)
  • Amsterdam Dance Event has just added an additional 20 acts to its line-up this year. (XLR8R)
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Google's plan to win the music-streaming marketing war: Partner with cool brands. (AdWeek)
  • Spotify is spying on you - but is it really that surprising? (Thump)
  • Is house music headed in a worrying direction? (Thump)
  • Dance music has an elitist problem. (Pulse)
  • Carl Cox revealed he thinks VIP culture is spoiling Ibiza in an interview with Scottish newspaper The Daily Record. (Fact)
  • The fall of SFX: From billion-dollar company to bankruptcy watch. (Forbes)
  • Ten DJs and producers discuss SoundCloud’s future and what will they do if it succumbs to its troubles? (Spin)
Clubs
  • Police have lifted the licence suspension at UK's Birmingham nightclub Gatecrasher after outbreaks of violence but are still in talks with the Rainbow Club, which remains closed. (Birmingham Mail)
Artist and Music Features
  • A photo diary of Jonas Rathsman's time at Splash House Festival at Palm Springs. (XLR8R) 
  • The 10 most essential progressive tunes of all time. (Pulse)
  • Eight insane facts you probably never knew about Jeff Mills. (Pulse)
  • Faithless are reuniting for a 20th birthday gig on Clapham Common, London, and an upcoming remix album, they tell John Aizlewood. (Standard)
  • St Germain was once as revered as his peers Daft Punk. Now with a new self-titled album about to be released he talks to Matt Munday who says Ludovic Navarre is the forgotten genius of French dance music. (Independent)
  • DJ Them Jeans reveals how he taught Zac Efron to play an EDM superstar in We Are Your Friends.  (Guardian)
  • DJ and producer Prime Cuts from the Scratch Perverts explains why he's using a new music format called Stems. (BBC)
  • Pirate radio: How today's rebels have exchanged the North Sea for coffee shops and restaurants. (Independent - Ian Burrell)
  • Reboot: 'It’s more about names, wristbands or attitude than about music itself nowadays'. (Pulse)
  • How personal tragedy and public misconception helped shape Rabit's debut album. (Fact)
  • Justin Bieber, Diplo and Skrillex talk about the making of their hit song Where Are U Now. (NYTimes)
  • Leftfield: "I like this and I don't care what other people think.." (Clash)
  • Electronic music has long been likened to religion. Some DJs, though, make that connection explicit. Aaron Gonsher meets Robert Hood, Terrence Parker and others spreading the gospel. (RedBull)
  • Krewella discuss the negative stereotypes of women in EDM in this video interview. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Discwoman and changing the record of all-male electronic lineups. (Forbes)
  • DJ's favourite Ibiza afterparties. (Mixmag)
Artist News
  • Adam Beyer returns to Tobacco Dock, London, for Drumcode Halloween. (Pulse)
  • Floating Points has announced his debut album Elaenia, out November 6 via Luaka Bop (US)/ Pluto (UK). (XLR8R)
  • John Talabot, Barnt, Tessela and more have remixed Jamie xx's Loud Places for an upcoming EP on Young Turks. (XLR8R)
  • Giorgio Gigli has announced debut album The Right Place Where Not To Be is scheduled for an October 23 release date via Electric Deluxe. (XLR8R)
  • Aphex Twin has once again uploaded heaps of unreleased material to his SoundCloud page, the third time he's done so this year. (Thump)
  • Kraftwerk are set to release a "3D album" on Bluray later this year. (Fact)
  • Roots Manuva has announced plans to release new album Bleeds this October. (Fact)
  • Prolific UK producer Luke Vibert will release his seventh album this October via Planet Mu. (Fact)
  • Martin Garrix has parted company with Spinnin' Records and teased that a new project is on the way. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Keri Chandler and Chez Damier play the last ever Southport weekender (Mixmag)
  • Jamie Jones has announced his first solo release on his Hot Creations imprint in two years. (Data Transmission)
  • Move D and Jordan Czamanski are prepping a 99-minute live album recorded earlier this year in Seattle. (Data Transmission)
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