Daft Punk Helped Humanize Machines, But Thomas Bangalter Is Drawing a Line at AI
In a new interview, the Daft Punk co-founder asserted that the most important parts of creativity exist beyond the language required to prompt AI.
AlphaTheta Discloses Security Vulnerability In rekordbox and CDJ Models
An attacker on the same network could view files on a connected computer, USB or SD card.
New Free Tool Helps DJs Plan for Worst-Case Scenarios
Built by DJs who've lived through their own gear disasters, Save My Gig launched this week to help others avoid the same fate.
Vangelis’ First Yamaha Becomes Most Expensive Synthesizer Ever Sold at $534,000
A seller in Athens listed the instrument with no documentation, one cigarette burn and a price tag that shattered the previous record by more than four times.
Spotify Co-CEOs Say AI Can Improve Company’s Cost Margins
After announcing a major licensing deal for fan-made covers and remixes, Spotify's top executives framed AI as a tool for "winning on the cost side."
Roland Is Releasing a Minions-Themed Keyboard
The GO:KEYS 3 Minion re-skins Roland’s portable, beginner-friendly keyboard with official Minions artwork and character voices.
Tiny “Responsive Stage” Lets You Make Beats by Placing Collectible Figurines On It
The interactive Loops Lab platform listens to whatever figurines you place on it and turns them into an evolving beat.
“It Changes My Future:” How AHEE Discovered Deeper Creative Freedom With Rekordbox Performance Mode
By combining music and visuals into a single workflow, the bass producer has gained greater artistic authorship and creative spontaneity in his sets.
Minimal Audio Brings Eprom’s Sound-Design to Producers Outside the Current Ecosystem
'Memory Rites' ships with 60 signature Eprom patches and the debut of a plugin format that makes those sounds available without a Current license.
This Album Made by Scientists Samples Antarctic Radio Waves, Penguins and More
The collection is the ninth album from the 'Sounds of Space Project,' a science-art collaboration that has been turning space weather data into music since 2020.
Deezer Launches Free Tool to Detect AI Music in Playlists on Spotify, Apple Music and More
The AI detection tool is operating with 99.8% accuracy, according to Deezer.
deadmau5 Is Selling a Replica of His Iconic Cube, Synths, mau5heads, and More
Proceeds from the sale will benefit Toronto Cat Rescue, a no-kill, volunteer-run organization in his home city.
Beatport Launches Track ID, A New Music Recognition Tool For The Club
Beatport's new in-app Track ID feature is built to identify tracks in the conditions where other recognition tools fall short.
Ableton Live 12.4 Arrives With Network Audio Streaming and Smarter Stem Separation Workflow
Ableton's latest update to Live arrives with a feature set aimed squarely at reducing the technical overhead of music production, starting with wireless audio collaboration and ending with a better way to learn the software from scratch.
Sam Altman-Backed Startup Reveals New Tool to Combat Concert Ticket Scalping Bots
Originally conceived by the OpenAI CEO alongside Max Novendstern and Alex Blania, World is "intended to be the world’s largest, most inclusive network of real humans."
Ultra Music Festival to Debut Zero-Emission, Battery-Powered Stage in Miami
The festival's RESISTANCE Cove Stage is set to run on Showpower's SmartGrid battery system, marking a major sustainability milestone for Ultra's Mission: Home program.
This Wooden Sequencer Resembling a Board Game Is Reimagining How Kids Learn Electronic Music
Tembo turns beat-making into something tactile for children and less intimidating than the average drum machine.
“Creep Behavior”: Calls Grow to Ban Meta Glasses in Nightlife Venues
The small LED light on the glasses designed to signal an active recording is being deliberately disabled, giving women no way to detect when they are being filmed.
Fender Enters the Speaker Wars and Brings a Bazooka to a Bluetooth Fight
Any audiophile who considers the legendary guitar manufacturer an interloper in the hi-fidelity game probably hasn't heard the powerful ELIE 12 in action.
Spotify and Liquid Death Curate Soundtrack for the Afterlife With “First Ever Music-Streaming Urn”
If your last wish is "run it back," Spotify and Liquid Death are obliging with the launch of a Bluetooth-compatible Eternal Playlist Urn.
Google Brings AI Music Generation to Gemini App
Powered by DeepMind's Lyria 3 model, the feature debuts as generative AI music tools continue to arrive faster than the legal frameworks meant to govern them.
New Organization Launches Charts for Only AI-Generated Music
The Sonic Intelligence Academy has developed two charts for AI-generated music: "Top 100 AI Songs" and "Top 100 AI Cover Songs."
Deezer Is Demonetizing 85% of AI Music Streams Due to “Fraud”
With AI-generated uploads now a major share of daily intake on streaming services, Deezer is selling the tool it uses to tag synthetic tracks and keep bot-driven streams out of the royalty pool.
Native Instruments Enters Insolvency Proceedings After Failed Private Equity Sale
The move places one of electronic music’s most influential technology manufacturers into a court-supervised restructuring phase with potential implications across the global DJ community.
Electronic Songs Are Being “Prescribed” by AI to Treat Brain Disorders
A Melbourne researcher secured $1.3 million from Google to build wearables that predict dementia patients' agitation 15 minutes early and calm them with algorithmically-selected music.
How the Composer of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Used Electronic Music to Score a World James Cameron Spent Decades Imagining
An interview with Simon Franglen about the music production techniques he used to score the third 'Avatar' film, which is primed to become one of the highest-grossing titles in cinema history.
New Hybrid Headphones Twist Into a Portable Speaker In Seconds
Expected to launch on Kickstarter in early-2026, the TDM Neo's twist-to-transform headband instantly switches the device between headphone and speaker modes.
The Inventor of the MP3 Launched Augmented Reality Headphones That Reshape How Music Is Heard
Brandenburg Labs' bleeding-edge Okeanos Pro system brings full multichannel studio sound into a single pair of headphones.
New Lollipop Speaker Plays Music Into Your Head When You Bite It
The speaker, which debuted at CES 2026, uses bone conduction technology to play music through your mouth.
deadmau5 Calls Out David Guetta’s Stage Design as Derivative of Iconic “cube”
deadmau5 accused Guetta's team of mimicking his LED cube concept for the development of the French DJ's vertical stage structure, "The Monolith."
A Record Label Built an ATM Machine So Artists Can Withdraw Marketing Funds Instantly
The brainchild of marketing agency Fraudulent, the "Net 30 Seconds" machine turns label marketing budgets into something artists can withdraw on demand.
Half of Clubbers Say Phones are “Ruining” the Vibe on Dancefloors: Study
A new Ray-Ban Meta-commissioned survey reignites the debate over filming sets versus actually living them.
