DJ GAWAD links up with James Massiah for new ‘Contact High’ EP

The four-track EP represents the first official collaboration between the pair

SoundCloud shares 2026 Music Intelligence Report on emerging music trends

In 2025, uploads hashtagged “#DJSET” on the platform increased by 39% year over year

Winter Is Coming brought electronic music to Turkiye’s high-altitude Erciyes across two weekends

The gathering took place at Mirada del Lago Erciyes over January 30-31 and February 1 and 6-8

Freaks of Nature cancels Freakyard edition in full as organisers unable to proceed with event

This follows the festival’s week one cancellation

Palestinian-founded ticketing platform Tzkrti opens fund for artists, collectives and organisers

Focusing on projects in SWANA and the Arab diaspora, the biannual initiative awards two $3,000 microgrants per cycle

Freaks of Nature opening week cancelled after approval delays

Alesso, ARTBAT, Hot Since 82, Eric Prydz, MEDUZA and MORTEN were due to headline the first week, while the status of the second-week programme on February 12-13 remains unclear

Abdullah Miniawy reunites with Simo Cell on new album, ‘Dying Is The Internet’

Abdullah Miniawy describes the album as “a playful prophecy about the triggers of a new global revolution”

Darius Syrossian pulls out of US tour plans citing Trump’s “race and nationality-based” travel restrictions

He shared concerns around current travel restrictions, which "target, exclude, and marginalise people based on who they are and where they're from"