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The 20-minute film is available on the Arte TRACKS YouTube page now. A new documentary from Arte TRACKS examines who owns Europe's festivals and venues, and what increasing consolidation means for the live music sector. The film focuses on four major promoter groups—Live Nation, CTS Eventim, AEG and Superstruct Entertainment—which collectively control more than 200 festivals and over 100 venues across Europe. It also examines KKR's 2024 acquisition of Superstruct and the subsequent fallout.

Bristol-based DJ and Soft Raw founder played a rare ambient and downtempo set at this year, playing soothing and serene sounds from the likes of Ibukun Sunday and Salamanda.

The PPWR will require any business selling directly to EU consumers to appoint an Authorised Representative for each member state. A new shipping law in the European Union may incur major costs for independent labels and stores. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) was made law on February 11th, 2025 and enforced on August 12th, 2026.

Published Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 05:00 Expert groove and flow on wax. Stalwart producer and DJ Titonton Duvanté landed on themuddshow this month, gliding between choice cut after choice cut from his deep record bag of funky and freaky house. Titonton Duvante is a producer, DJ, record label owner(Residual Recordings), event promoter and all around arbiter of all things musically funky. Sun, 6 Dec 2020 A propulsive master class from one of the most respected artists in the US underground.

Published Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 15:00 We round up ten new music announcements from the last few days. Welcome to our weekly music round-up. Every Friday, we'll share ten announcements from the last few days. Albums / Compilations Label: Self–released Release date: August 21st, 2026 An experimental downtempo journey from Montreal's Pheek and Belgium's Marino that doesn't sacrifice groove for dense technicality.

The drum & bass pioneers will be recognised for their contribution to UK music and club culture at next month's ceremony. Fabio & Grooverider will receive the Innovator Award at this year's AIM Independent Music Awards, recognising the duo's three-decade contribution to jungle, drum & bass and UK club culture. The final round of nominees for the awards was announced last Thursday, August 20th, by the Association for Independent Music (AIM).

The turntable will be limited to 12,000 units and released globally next month. Technics has announced a limited-edition SL-1200 to mark 55 years of the iconic turntable series. The SL-1200 55th Anniversary Edition will be limited to 12,000 units worldwide, with each turntable carrying an individually engraved serial-numbered anniversary badge. It will be available in seven colourways: gold, blue, red, black, green, white and grey.

The new release is credited to Hungarian artist Bandera and vocalist Blue Cartez. A track closely reproducing Randomer's "Bring" has appeared on digital streaming platforms without an apparent licence or credit to the original artist. Bandera and Blue Cartez's track, also called "Bring" and attributed to a label called corona amarilla was uploaded to streaming sites on May 5th.

Published Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 09:00 The Peckham space said thieves took alcohol, equipment and card readers, but it plans to remain open and is asking customers to bring cash. TOLA was broken into. The South London venue issued a statement via Instagram yesterday, August 27th, revealing thieves took alcohol, technical equipment and its card readers, leaving the grassroots space with just two readers ahead of this weekend's events.

Chase, who formerly ran Spray Shop, was serving a 12-year, eight-month sentence for drug trafficking. Liverpool DJ and former Spray Shop owner Kyle Chase has absconded from a Cheshire prison while serving a 12-year, eight-month sentence for drug trafficking. Chase, who DJs under the alias of Eldon, was sentenced in 2024 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine, ketamine and cannabis through the encrypted messaging platform EncroChat.