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Swedish House Mafia unveil collaboration with IKEA

Electronic music group Swedish House Mafia have unveiled their collaboration with IKEA. The joint venture was announced earlier this year, with the products being officially unveiled at a launch event in Hollywood last Wednesday. The limited -edition collection, titled Obegränsad, comprises 20+ smart home furniture pieces designed to help young

Eliza Rose becomes first female DJ in 20 years to score a UK Singles Chart #1

Eliza Rose has become the first female DJ to score a number 1 record on the UK Singles Chart in the past 20 years. Her song, B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All), has beat out former reigning chart topper LF System’s Afraid To Feel and the new Britney Spears and Elton

Jägermeister launches fund with Tresor to support ideas on improving nightlife

Alcohol brand Jägermeister is partnering with Berlin’s iconic Tresor nightclub for a new campaign called #SAVETHENIGHT. Jägermeister has pledged up to €50,000 to fund up to five ideas, which will be implemented next year after being reviewed and selected by a panel of industry experts including Tresor founder Dimitri Hegemann.

UK nightlife industry calls for government relief from sky high energy costs

Amidst the ongoing energy crisis in the UK which has seen the cost of energy skyrocket, live music venues and nightlife organisations in the UK are calling on the government to help alleviate them to avoid industry-wide bankruptcy. An open letter penned by The Nighttime Industries Association, the Music Venue

A TikTok music streaming app may be closer than you think: here’s what we know.

A new music streaming service trademarked by TikTok could be on the horizon. According to Insider, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance filed a trademark for TikTok Music in May at the US Patent and Trademark office. From the filing, it appears that TikTok Music will be a key competitor to current

Bluetooth technology is a receiving a major upgrade

Bluetooth is set to receive a long overdue upgrade. First announced in 2020, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reports that the new Bluetooth LE Audio standard is set to be updated to enhance auto quality and energy efficiency, ushering in “a new era of smart audio.” Most of the upgrade

Spotify acquires online music guessing game, Heardle

Spotfiy has acquired the music guessing game, Heardle. A version of popular New York Times owned Wordle, Heardle challenges users to guess songs based on increasing snippets of music. The game experienced a surge in popularity off the back of Wordle. Following Spotify’s acquisition of Heardle, the game has been

Former Studio54 owner Mark Fleischman dies by assisted suicide

​​The former owner of the legendary Studio 54 Mark Fleischman has died. Flesichman’s former business partner confirmed that the nightlife icon passed away on Wednesday by assisted suicide at Switzerland’s Dignitas Clinic. Fleischman was known for taking over Studio 54 in 1980, after the club’s original owners were sentenced for

Napster to relaunch as NFT and cryptocurrency marketplace

Notorious music streaming service Napster has announced plans to relaunch their business as a platform for cryptocurrencies and NFTs, reports Bloomberg. Napster is infamous for providing free and often illegal mp3 downloads of music to an entire generation of people in the early to mid-2000s. The rebranding comes after Napster’s

Marshall Jefferson sues Kanye West over unlicensed ‘Move Your Body’ sample

House music legend Marshall Jefferson is suing Ye, AKA Kanye West, over the use of a sample from his seminal track, Move Your Body. In his lawsuit, Jefferson claims West used the sample “22 times” in his recent Donda 2 song Flowers without Jefferson’s permission. Also named in the lawsuit

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