What DJs actually play when the season ends
Closing week is not the time for new IDs you barely know. It is the time for records that have already been in a war.
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The local DJ night is the real A&R
A&R does not start in a boardroom. It starts when a resident takes a chance on a record nobody asked them to play.
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Breakbeat still wins peak time
Four-four is the default. Broken drums are still the weapon — why breakbeat keeps landing in 2026 peak-time sets.
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USB prep for autumn: what to load before the rooms get darker
Festival season is winding down. Here is how we pack a stick for the first proper indoor nights of autumn.
Read article →AlphaTheta XDJ-AN: the new home-to-booth all-in-one
AlphaTheta’s $1,200 XDJ-AN is a two-channel standalone aimed at DJs stepping up from a laptop controller — USB-C, streaming, and a club-style layout.
Read article →Traktor MX2: Native Instruments’ new creative club controller
Native Instruments’ Traktor MX2 ships with Traktor Pro 4, Stems, Pattern Player, and a serious audio path — a controller aimed at DJs who want to reshape tracks live.
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