AI imageCulture10 October 2026
The Essential Mixes That Changed Dance Music
From Oakenfold's Goa Mix to Sherelle's 160 BPM: the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mixes that changed dance music, and why each one still matters today.
#Essential Mix#BBC Radio 1
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AI imageGuide9 October 2026
No Phone Signal at Festivals: Why, and How to Find Friends
Full bars but nothing sends? Why festival networks collapse, how to find your friends without signal, and how to keep your phone alive all weekend.
#Festivals#Festival Tips
AI imageBusiness9 October 2026
Artificial Streaming Explained: Why Spotify Removes Streams
How Spotify detects fake streams, what happens when your track is flagged, and how to protect releases from bot playlists — after the first prison sentence.
#Artificial Streaming#Spotify
AI imageCulture8 October 2026
The Night Drum and Bass Beat OK Computer
In 1997 Roni Size & Reprazent, a 16-1 outsider, won the Mercury Prize with New Forms ahead of Radiohead. How a Bristol jungle crew changed drum and bass.
#Drum and Bass#Roni Size
AI imageBusiness6 October 2026
Official Remix Fees: What Labels Pay and What You Keep
How much labels pay for an official remix, flat fee vs royalties, whether remixers get publishing, who owns the remix and what remix contests take from you.
#Remix#Music Business
AI imageCulture6 October 2026
Italo Disco Explained: The Sound Behind House and Synthwave
What is Italo disco? Where it came from, who named it, what it sounds like, how it shaped Chicago house and techno, and why DJs are playing it again.
#italo disco#disco history
AI imageCulture5 October 2026
Smart Glasses in Clubs: Are Meta Ray-Bans Banned?
Clubs like BASEMENT are banning Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. Why camera glasses worry ravers, whether the ZuckOff app works, and what to expect at the door.
#Club Culture#Smart Glasses
AI imageCulture4 October 2026
Ten Records That Built Drum and Bass, 1992–2005
From Goldie's time-stretched breaks to Pendulum's arena sound: the ten drum and bass records that shaped the genre, and what each one changed for good.
#drum and bass#jungle
AI imageGuide3 October 2026
Playing Vinyl at Festivals: Feedback, Wind, Heat and Riders
Why turntables struggle on festival stages: feedback from subs, wind, sun-warped records and short changeovers, plus how DJs and crews make vinyl sets work.
#Vinyl#Festivals
AI imageGuide3 October 2026
DJ Effects Explained: How to Use Echo, Filter and Reverb
What DJ effects do, Beat FX vs Color FX, how to echo out of a track, when to use filter and reverb, and how to stop overusing effects in a DJ set.
#DJ effects#echo out