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Watch Chairman and CEO Jim Bankoff discuss how Vox Media became one of today’s fastest growing and most innovative media companies during this Featured Session from SXSW Interactive 2016. In it’s fifth year, Vox Media already attracts a global audience of 170 million mostly affluent young adults. By bringing in influential writers—such as Ezra Klein, Kara Swisher, and Nilay…

The documentary ’Sound of Berlin – a journey through the capital of electronic music’ explores the myths around Berlin and its club culture by taking the viewer on an intensive journey through the electronic depths of the city. The documentary features interviews with Juan Atkins, Dr. Motte, Dimitri Hegemann, Marc Houle, Monolink, Pan-Pot, Mathias Kaden,…

How will artists make money in ten years? Twenty-five years? In a forward-looking predictive piece in 1996, The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote about “the celebrity economy,” in which “creations must make money indirectly by promoting sales of something else.” Today, artists are increasingly turning to sponsorships and ad placement for funding, and…

A distinct scene is flourishing in a city that no longer considers itself inferior to established dance music hubs like London and Berlin. Melbourne has long been heralded as the cultural capital of Australia, a claim that rings especially true when it comes to electronic music. These days, the city boasts a deep pool of…

With the globalization of music, we have seen the explosion of the “festivalization” of events. But what is festivalization? Festivalization is a profound event trend, largely fueled by the audience’s desire to be immersed in a multi-dimensional world of experiences over ownership. This movement has even infiltrated the events industry, reinvigorating attendee bases and attracting millennial…

A new documentary from DJSounds looks at the impact of touring and DJing on the mental health and lives of those lucky enough to do it. ‘Why We DJ – Slaves to the Rhythm’ is a 38-min insight into the world of travelling, performing, partying and producing and how the fast-paced world of dance music can…

Speakers: Stuart Dredge, Pieter van Rijn, Josh Remsberg & Venesa Hoffmann Why are music and esports merging and gaining more momentum now than ever before? It’s a two-way exchange: on one hand, esports leagues and game developers are blooming into full-fledged media brands, and are looking to the music business for both financial and cultural…

What kind of impact is social media having on DJs and the dance music scene? Watch artists, DJs, managers, and experts discuss this issue in the documentary, “INSTA DJ.” Social media helps artists speak directly to fans – inspiring new music and creating hype for undiscovered talent. But are there costs to being constantly online?…

Following the success of 2011’s How Hip Hop Changed The World and featuring some of the biggest names in dance music, actor and international DJ Idris Elba returns to count down the defining moments of the greatest cultural phenomenon of our generation in Idris Elba’s How Clubbing Changed the World . Twenty-five years since the birth of Rave, a new…

The story of Roland is one of the most expansive and influential in the world of music technology. This feature length documentary sets out to tell it through their iconic inventions