
Dance News
Label releases, club closures and openings, residency announcements, licensing rulings and touring news, reported as they break across the scene.


Berghain Turns 20: What Two Decades of the World's Most Famous Club Built
Berghain opened in a former Friedrichshain power plant in December 2004, and its 20 years remade Berlin's club economy, its building's tax status, and techno's global idea of itself.

What Is Amapiano? South Africa's Genre Explained
The log-drum, jazz-piano house style born in Gauteng's townships now has its own Beatport chart and a Coachella headline set to its name.


Live Electronic Music Summer 2026: The State of the Scene
As summer 2026 peaks — Tomorrowland two weekends down, Ibiza at full tempo, festival queues as long as ever — the live electronic economy is bigger, louder and more concentrated than a decade ago.

Electronic Festivals and Sustainability: The Green Push, Really Measured
Electronic festivals have become the live industry's sustainability leaders — hard cups, grid power, travel surveys — but the honest math says audience travel still dwarfs everything else combined.