The fast-food giant Pizza Hut unveils the “world’s first playable DJ pizza box” that turns the folding cardboard container into a complete turntable setup, including two decks, volume sliders, pitch controls, sync button and a crossfader.
Created by printed electronics expert Novalia, the battery-powered box connects to your smartphone or laptop via Bluetooth and is compatible with DJ software like Serato or Dj Pro. As Rinse FM’s DJ Vectra demonstrates in the video embedded below, you can scratch, rewind, control pitch and crossfade.
But before you get all excited and think you can finally become a DJ for cheap, you should know this slipmat will be hard to get your greasy paws on. The company said it’ll only give a small number of them away. Only five will be doled out acrossPizza Hut‘s 350 United Kingdom restaurants. To find out where they will be available, keep your eyes on Pizza Hut’s UK Twitter account.
ADE – The world’s biggest club festival for electronic music: 2,000+ artists performing at 450+ events over 5 days.
Amsterdam’s thriving club and nightlife scene is well documented and for 5 days a year the city becomes the centre of the electronic music world as over 375,000 visitors flock to the city for the Amsterdam Dance Event – the ultimate music event for fans of electronic music.
Taking place from 19-23 October, the festival features more than 2,200 international artists performing in more than 100 of Amsterdam’s most celebrated venues including Melkweg, Closure, Gashouder, the NDSM Docklands and De School.
Leading brands from across the globe showcase their latest gear and software at ADE Playground. Join one of the many workshops and masterclasses, get your hands on the latest high-end production gear at the Gear Testlab or watch an exclusive product demonstration by one of your musical heroes.
Enjoy the fine selection of dance-related art exhibitions, shows and installations with can be found across the city. ADE’s Art program fixes itself in the here-and-now as it takes a wider look at craftsmanship and design and how they integrate into today’s modern dance music climate.
During ADE you can enjoy a wide variety of film screenings at multiple cinemas and theatres throughout the city. Including red carpet world premieres, in-depth documentaries on global night life, and short films on clubbing capitals around the world.
The ADE MusicTalks series offers you a unique opportunity to be in direct contact with your musical heroes. Get inspired by some of the biggest names in the music industry as they share their experiences, passion and music.
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Wrigley Field DJ fired after playing “Irresponisble” track during CUBS game
After Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning against the Cardinals on Sunday night, the Cubs DJ pumped The Prodigy‘s 1997 hit, “Smack My Bitch Up,” through the Wrigley Field PA system in an effort to get the home crowd pumped.
Chapman served a 30-game suspension with the Yankees this year after an alleged domestic-violence incident in which Chapman was accused of choking his girlfriend and firing eight bullets in his garage. Chapman was not arrested and no charges were filed.
“The selection of this track showed a lack of judgment and sensitivity to an important issue“, Cubs president Crane Kenney said in a statement.
“We have terminated our relationship with the employee responsible for making the selection and will be implementing stronger controls to review and approve music before public broadcast during our games”
Calvin Harris has topped Forbes magazine’s annual “electronic cash kings” list of the top-earning DJs in EDM (Electronic Dance Music) for the 4th consecutive time, bringing in an estimated $63 million over the past year.
Calvin Harris has kept his title as the world’s highest paid DJs for the 4th in a row.
The Electronic Cash Kings on the annual ranking of the top-earning EDM artists collectively pulled in $270.5 million this year (down 1% from a year ago).
The “How deep is your love” hitmaker landed ahead of second place DJ Tiesto and David Guetta in third. Zedd, last year tied for eighth alongside Martin Garrix, has shot up to #4. The entire Forbes list appears below. It includes Steve Aoki, who came in fifth with estimated earnings over the past year of $23.5 million.
Have you ever wondered who Michael Phelps listens to before swimming in the pool? Like many athletes the 31-year-old uses music to get him pumped up before a race—in his case, the music of Skrillex, NERO and Steve Aoki.
In a short video interview for NBC, the recently-retired gold medal swimmer dropped IDs from his pre-plunge playlist.
“The music that I’ve been listening to this time around…I’ve got some old school hits. I’ve been going out to some old-school Eminem when I get to the pool, and then I change it up to… Nero and Skrillex “Promises”… EDM. Got some old-school [Steve]Aoki in the mix from 2008…”
Sjoerd Janssen and Wouter Janssen aka Showtek, once known as being leaders in the hardstyle scene, abruptly decided to transition to big room – electro house to help gain popularity among the North American dance music scene.
Many fans didn’t agree with their choice and to this day some still post comments asking them to come back to Hardstyle. Now four years later has been released Mellow, the new powerful hardstyle track by Showtek with Technoboy and Tuneboy on the label Skink.
The Dutchmen go back to their roots and there’s strong evidence of that in its massive synths and heavy kicks. Coupled with highly addictive and recognizable vocals, Mellow is a floor-smasher to say the very least.
Stream Mellow below and make sure to grab your copy via your preferred outlet here.
A campsite was evacuated after more than 80 vehicles caught fire at the BoomTown Fair Festival around 4:15 p.m on Friday.
It comes after 60,000 festival-goers flocked to the site yesterday for the weekend hoping to enjoy the forecasted heatwave. A fire and rescue spokesman said:
“On arrival firefighters were faced with a large blaze involving approximately 80 vehicles, all of which were destroyed in the fire, but fortunately no injuries were reported. The Boomtique campsite next to the car park was evacuated as a precaution, but suffered no damage.”
BoomTown music festival, Rows upon rows of charred vehicle remains Credit: Alresford Fire Station
Organizers of the BoomTown festival said in a statement that despite the fire no festival performances have been affected by the incident and the weekend events are continuing as planned.
“A fire was reported by a member of the BoomTown Fair security team at 16.16 on Friday 12th August in the West car park of the festival. All car parks are located outside of the festival.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, were immediately called to attend to the incident.
BoomTown’ Fair immediately mobilised its onsite fire teams, security and all available staff to the scene.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and Hampshire Police, together with the Boomtown Fair staff contained the incident and the fire has now been extinguished. Hampshire fire and Rescue remain onsite to monitor the affected area. No injuries have been reported.
Areas close to the fire within the festival were evacuated as precaution. All of these areas have been assessed and have been reinstated for public access. The West Car Park will remain closed until the investigations by the fire and police services have been concluded.
At this stage no cause of the fire has been established.
Boomtown Fair event management team are working to identify and support all festival goers whose cars may have been affected.
No festival performances have been affected by the incident and the weekend events are continuing as planned”.
A Polish man has been arrested after allegedly jumping over the main wall at David Guetta’s home in Ibiza carrying a knife.
Hours after he allegedly jumped over a boundary wall of the DJ’s property near San Jose, the suspect was apprehended in a nightclub in Ibiza Town. A worker told police that he saw the man throw a knife out the window – which has not yet been found – before fleeing the area.
According to local reports this is the second time the unnamed man has entered the French DJ’s house without permission after he tricked a maid into letting him in by posing as a friend on an earlier occasion.
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The man will be questioned by a judge at a private hearing today, and could face a restraining order from David Guetta so that he would be disallowed from approaching him, his property and his family.
If you’ve ever thought about telling women what they should be doing, maybe you should think twice before doing that. Will Sparks gave out about women using Snapchat filters, and the internet put him in his place.
The Melbourne Bounce DJ and producer posted a status in which he condemned women for using Snapchat to take selfies instead of sharing more inspiring, exciting content.
“I strongly suggest doing something GOOD, MOTIVATING, INSPIRING or maybe even ENTERTAINING or EXCITING! You have this massive following yet all you use it for is to fulfil your significance and love for CERTAINTY aka ‘likes/views’. You’ll feel a lot better contributing to these people’s lives, helping them to grow”.
Even though the post was removed from his official Facebook page, the Internet quickly sent in a flurry of outraged responses. Below, you’ll find Will Sparks’ original post and several of the retorts.
“Instead of taking selfies you should be doing important and meaningful things, like shaming women” – Will Sparks pic.twitter.com/kqr4zzdrXB
A Grammy nominated British DJ Mark Lewis was arrested in Korea for alleged drug smuggling, police said Thursday.
Mark Lewis, 52, was nominated for a Grammy Award back in 2005 in the category of ‘Best Electronic/Dance Album’ for “I Found U.” According to Korea Times article, Lewis allegedly smuggled 3.78 liters of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), also known as the date rape drug. The value of the attempted drug smuggle was worth $336,148 and has the quantity to dose 1,000 people.
Video footage shows Mark at a customs checkpoint at Incheon International Airport with a 1.5-liter bottle filled with an alleged illegal drug.
Hiding his face with a jacket, Mark Lewis sits at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. / Yonhap
Police said Mark Lewis was caught in June during his fourth attempt to bring in the drug. He tried to disguise the drug in a normal water bottle.
A 1.5-liter bottle of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) confiscated from him. / Yonhap
Lewis reportedly denies the allegations, saying he did not know the water bottle was filled with drugs.
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