DJCyberNews for the Week

Welcome to another week of news, hope you had a great holiday and are pumped for the new year. As we get into the second week of January there has been a lot of news this week and here are some of the highlights:

Tips:

For those who are starting a new company here is a great tip and insight into the team at Melodics:

https://melodics.com/blog/index.php/2019/12/18/the-melodics-way/

Need to get on one of Spotify’s playlists here’s a tip to game those same playlists:

https://music3point0.com/2020/01/02/gaming-spotify-playlists/

New Tracks out:

Please help out Australia in their bushfire crisis by purchasing DJ Plead’s new EP Massari for Relief:

https://djmag.com/news/dj-plead-drops-ep-raise-funds-aid-australia-bushfire-crisis-massari-relief-listen

And Together in Electric Dreams – Andy Duguid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1-E5Fqe6DA

Mixes:

Three great mixes for your listening pleasure one from Nora En Pure:

https://mixing.dj/nora-en-pure-purified-radio-176-06-01-2020/

From Chris Liebing:

https://mixing.dj/chris-liebing-am-fm-252/

And from Alison Wonderland:

https://mixing.dj/alison-wonderland-radio-wonderland-139-best-of-the-decade-pt-2-07-01-2020/

Gadgets:

Two gadgets that caught my eye this week are the Korg’s new Wavestate synth which is an update to a 90’s Classic:

https://djmag.com/news/korgs-new-wavestate-synth-21st-century-update-their-90s-classic

And the A-88MKII is Roland’s new 88-key keyboard no software needed to use but the major thing about this keyboard is that it is MIDI 2.0 ready which will be huge when it arrives in March. Check out the details here:

https://cdm.link/2020/01/roland-a-88mkii-midi2/

Here’s one for the singers in the shower a speaker in your shower head:

https://www.edmtunes.com/2020/01/kohler-created-an-alexa-enabled-smart-speaker-for-your-showerhead/

News:

In the News we have Beastie Boys have announced a new photo book with Spike Jonze:

https://djmag.com/news/beastie-boys-announce-new-photo-book-spike-jonze

Ethan Russell, the legendary rock photographer has a new book out:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ethan-russell-rock-photographer-927009/

And in some sad news today Detroit drum & Bass DJ Mark David Fisher has passed on at age 50:

https://djmag.com/news/detroit-drum-bass-dj-mark-david-fisher-has-died-aged-50

London venue KOKO damaged by fire:

https://djmag.com/news/london-venue-koko-damaged-fire