NEWS Global value of music copyright has surpassed cinema for the first time Last year the total revenue from recorded music, publishing and royalties reached $45.5bn compared to global box office revenues of $33.2 billion.
FEATURES "The ultimate diversity": Gaytimes is your favourite DJs favourite queer festival As the much loved queer community festival approaches its 2025 edition, Michael Ahari provides a glowing review.
NEWS Digi Culture & Music shares big-name heavy 2025 lineup The Ngambri/Canberra festival is back for another year with its biggest lineup to date.
COVER STARS ATARANGI is a leader in Aotearoa's next generation queer underground The Māori DJ is paving his way through Australia's club & festival circuit. He is Mixmag ANZ's Cover Artist for November 2024.
NEWS “A financial mistake”: Berlin to cut culture budget by 12% in 2025 Demonstrations took place earlier this month in protest of the budget slash
NEWS Over 200 UK festivals have “disappeared” since 2019, report reveals A new report from AIF shows that the number of festivals cancelled from 2023 to 2024 has doubled.
NEWS Dutch police discover “visibly startled” garden gnome made entirely of MDMA The gnome weighed 2kg, equivalent to around 8,000 pills.
NEWS Groundbreaking '70s compilation of female electronic artists reissued on vinyl Containing work by Laurie Spiegel, Laurie Anderson and Pauline Oliveros, the album has been called “a historically significant feminist statement”.
FEATURES Operating at a "loss": Subsonic is about more than money As NSW's doofiest festival celebrates its 15th birthday, Subsonic heads Scott Commens and Vanessa Fields reflect on one of music's most expensive passion projects.
NEWS Surusinghe launches Drifting party series and platform The debut event will be held in collaboration with Tropical Waste on November 30.
NEWS Nia Archives shares remix of Jamie xx's ‘Waited All Night’ It marks first, official rework of a track from Jamie's recently-released ‘In Waves’ album, which entered the UK charts at number five.
NEWS VIC government announces on-site pill testing trial at 10 festivals The first of which set to be Beyond The Valley, over NYE.
DJ creates web extension to adjust tempo of music on Discogs and Bandcamp The tool also has a "Master Tempo" feature for users to change a track’s BPM without affecting its pitch.
NEWS Justice: "We wanted 'Hyperdrama' to grow and transform like Tetsuo's arm in Akira" The French duo have discussed the anime influences around their latest album, including Masanobu Hiraoka-directed music video for 'Neverender' ft. Tame Impala.
MUSIC Mha Iri four-EP series 'Elements', reveals first instalment 'Leader of the Pack' The launch EP's eponymous lead single is available now.