deadmau5 is launching an ultra-limited line of toys with TOYMAK3RS, and will debut them at his upcoming retro5pective shows, which celebrate 25 years of his music. READ MORE: “There’s 800 ways to skin the DJ cat”: deadmau5 on the why DJing is more than just a live performance The toys take the form of exclusive collectable keychains, with six...

Jacob Collier has labelled Rick Rubin “hypocritical”, due to his philosophy that art is only pure if made for the artist and not the audience. Collier says a significant portion of Rubin’s catalogue was made with a large commercial audience in mind. READ MORE: Jacob Collier’s Audience Choir plugin offers access to the multi-instrumentalist’s famous...

Illegal synthetic opioids, which have been linked to nearly three UK deaths a week on average, have been advertised on SoundCloud and X, a new investigation by the BBC has revealed. The drugs, known as nitazenes, were found to have been advertised across nearly 3,000 posts on SoundCloud and more than 700 on X. SoundCloud is used by musicians both new...

Intro version £69 Standard version £259 Suite version £539 Crossgrade pricing for existing users ableton.com When Ableton first released Live in 2001 it offered musicians and DJs a new take on live performance – hence the name – and its developers were early pioneers of beat-matching technology. It’s taken on countless more producer-focused...

Collecting gear is fun, obviously, but sometimes simplicity prevails over all. Just take a look at Fred again.. who recorded the bass sound for his track Jungle from the crackle of a bad cable, or even Tourist who stands by the idea that your iPhone mic and Voice Memos app are “unbelievably useful” tools. The COVID-19 pandemic threw a spanner in the...

A new documentary charting the life of late DJ and producer Avicii is set to premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film, titled Avicii – I’m Tim, is said (via DJ Mag) to explore the early life of the Swedish music legend, whose real name was Tim Bergling, as well as the events that led to his suicide in 2018 at the age of 28. READ MORE:...