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13 Dec 2022
  • Visual content agency Two Suns Creative launches with Universal Music, Ministry of Sound and more as clients. (RotD
  • GigFinesse, a platform to connect live music venues with artists, announced a $3.6m seed funding round from investors. (DMN
  • Music funding platform beatBread has appointed Mark Terry as Head of Europe, as it continues expansion in the UK and Continental Europe. (RotD
  • Independent development partner for self-releasing artists, TuneCore, has achieved the milestone of $3bn earned by artists since the company was founded in 2006. (RotD
  • Animoca Brands has taken a majority stake in Pixelynx, a music metaverse gaming platform founded by deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) and Richie Hawtin (Plastikman). (BusinessWire
  • AIM has appointed Silvia Montello as its new CEO. She joins from a role as CEO of global trade body the Association for Electronic Music (AFEM). (RotD)  
  • Artist development company One House claims it is "putting equity-ownership and self-determination in the hands of a new generation of uncompromising, independently-minded, globally-successful creatives". (RotD
  • The winners of the annual Radio 1 Dance Awards 2022 are Chase & Status (Dance); Clementine Douglas (Dance Vocalist of the Year), Fred Again.. (Viral Moment); TAAHLIAH (BBC Introducing Dance Artist); TSHA - Capricorn Sun (Dance Album Project); Goddard & Venbee - Messy in Heaven (Bass Track); Nia Archives (Breakthrough Artist); Gardna (Mini Mix); The Jaguar Foundation (Dance Impact Award); Kx5 Ft. Hayla - Escape (Electronic Chill Track ); KH (Essential Mix) and LF System - Afraid To Feel (Dance Track). (BBC
  • TikTok UK reported its 2022 Year in Music. (RotD
  • Only six people attend EU’s £334,000 metaverse party. (Mixmag
  • DJ and artist Carl Cox features on the 'world’s first avatar music magazine cover'. (RotD
  • British metaverse games developer and publisher Lockwood Publishing, creator of the mobile metaverse Avakin Life, announced its intention to bring AI music creation to its players’ experience through a partnership with London-based AI music startup DAACI. (RotD
  • Ultra Music Festival adds Charlotte de Witte, David Guetta, Marshmello, Tiësto, Alesso, Afrojack and more to 2023 line-up. (DJMag
  • 17 key music industry acquisition stories from 2022. (MusicAlly
  • Music subscriber market shares 2022 (Midia
  • VirtualDJ 2023 launches with Stems2.0, a stronger stem separation engine. (DJTechTools
  • Label of the Month: Souped Up Records (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: Eamon Harkin (Beatportal)
  • Beatportal's 50 Best Tracks of 2022 (Beatportal)
  • Party Mode winning the Gamechanger award (Musictech)
  • New Tokyo club ENTER to open (RA)
  • Opening of London club The Ton of Brix met with controversy. (RA
  • East London venues Boat Live and Boat Shed have been forced to close immediately due to “unforeseen circumstances”. (Mixmag
  • Marino Canal B2B Jeremy Olander live from DJ Mag HQ (DJMag
  • PinkPantheress | Boiler Room London: IFFY FM Presents PinkPantheress & Friends (BoilerRoom
  • 12 emerging artists you need to hear: December 2022 (DJMag
  • Selections: Nosaj Thing (DJMag
  • The Sound Of: MoBlack Records (DJMag
  • Franky Wah's 10 afterparty essentials. (Magnetic
  • The Art of Production: Steffi (RA
  • How LFO's 'Frequencies' became a benchmark for '90s bleep techno (DJMag
  • The Secret DJ: 'It may be time to examine what 'success' actually means.' (PRS
  • Tracking the growth of the production music sector and the tech driving it forward. (Synchtank
  • Community at its core: Warm Up is a London rave staple that might change your life (Mixmag
  • The 2ManyDJs album As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2 kickstarted the mashup phenomenon. As they prepare for an anniversary concert, the Dewaele brothers discuss bootlegs, brotherhood and looking back. (Guardian)  
  • Gabrielle Kwarteng: sonic shift (DJMag
  • Inside the real estate crisis crushing Miami’s nightlife. (RA
  • Why Carl Cox is moving beyond being a DJ. (Mixmag
  • From fans to friends: Eden Samara, Loraine James and object blue in conversation (Mixmag
  • Loraine James: the art of instinct (DJMag
  • Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2023 
  • Best of 2022: Music Producers (EDM
  • Best of 2022: Performances & DJ sets (EDM
  • Best of 2022: Industry Leaders (EDM
  • Best songs of 2022 (EDM
  • Chase & Status win the first ever BBC Radio 1 Dance Awards ‘Outstanding Contribution to Dance Music’ (BBC
  • Swedish House Mafia have collaborated with The Weeknd on a new track on soundtrack to the forthcoming film Avatar: The Way Of Water. (DJMag
  • Steve Aoki is to go on a trip around the Moon after he was picked by a Japanese billionaire for a private SpaceX flight. (BBC
  • Alison Wonderland has launched a new record label, FMU Records, with the release of I Surrender by Jon Casey and Dabow. (DJMag
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