If you’ve upgraded to the Serato DJ 5.0 public beta, released on 9 September, you may have opened your library to a familiar sea of red. The upgrade itself isn’t…
For each new generation a new type of urban furniture is required. That’s why the Dutch street furniture and playground design company Yalp created the Fono, the world’s first outdoor…
The Pioneer DJM-500 was Pioneer DJ’s first club mixer. Released in 1995 and sold until 2006, it brought beat-synced effects into the DJ booth and set the vertical four-channel layout…
Tucked away quietly at the edge of London’s Square Mile, in the shadow of the famous Gherkin landmark, there’s a hotel called Sir Devonshire Square that promises an escape from…
AlphaTheta has introduced the CDJ-1500X, a new DJ multi player aimed at bars, small clubs and any setup where space is limited. The unit carries over a number of features…
I have been chewing on this one for months and it is finally coming out, so pour yourself something stronger than coffee. When did dance music, our dance music, become…
There are artists you admire from a distance for years before the timing finally lines up. John 00 Fleming is one of them. His name has been on our interview…
There are pieces of gear that divide a room, and the Technics SL-DZ1200 is one of them. Even now, mentioning it to the right crowd will get you a knowing…
There are bad ideas, there are genuinely terrible ideas, and then there are ideas so magnificently misguided that they transcend criticism entirely and arrive somewhere close to performance art. The…
There’s something profoundly magnetic about a kitchen during a house party. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a perfectly decent living room with a banging sound system, mood lighting, and…
Nobody gets into music to become a copyright lawyer. You’re here because you want to create, share, and connect with people through sound. But if you’re uploading tracks to SoundCloud,…
Serato has officially launched its latest library update, Serato DJ 4.0, following a successful public beta. Shaped by community feedback, this major update introduces a range of workflow, organizational, and UX…
Sound of a Dream is an intimate portrait of Lee Burridge, a DJ who has dedicated his life to the pursuit his dream: to bring people together through music. Told…
Three decades behind the decks and an equal stretch chronicling the music industry has given me a front-row seat to every technological shift that’s promised to revolutionise DJing. I’ve beta-tested…
Following its World Premiere on Closing Night of Edinburgh International Film Festival on 20th August, the definitive documentary on the Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh will hit UK cinemas from 26th September. From award-winning documentary…
A self-aware takedown of PR fluff, listicles, and review inflation. How can we revive authentic voices in electronic music media? By Damion Pell | Editor – Decoded Magazine The cursor…
Let’s not sugarcoat it, being an underground DJ in 2025 can feel like yelling into the void while a 20-year-old with LED headphones mimes to a Spotify playlist on a…
