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Ambassador Award 2023 - KUJU Studio from Kosovo for the "Best Art Production of the Year"

Live Nation Announces Green Nation Touring program

Live Nation gives artists tools to reduce the environmental impact of tours.  Live Nation Entertainment , the world’s leading live entertainment company, today introduced the Green Nation Touring Program, which is developing industry-leading guidance and best practices to enhance the sustainability of concert tours.  The Green Nation Touring Program will allow Live Nation to help artists adopt and scale sustainable touring practices that prioritize people and planet.  There will be focus on driving impact across all areas of the tour, including:  PLANNING : green venue selection, maximize efficient routing, evaluate transportation options, and more  PRODUCTION : stage design to power requirements can also be measured and optimized  SOURCING : conscious and equitable sourcing options across merch, catering and other vendor supplies  COMMUNITY : enhancing engagement with every community that touches a tour from fans, to crew, to the local market and brand partners  Live Nation just comp

Techno club The Fuse in Belgium has turned into a museum

The cult Belgian techno club in Brussels, "The Fuse" takes over the role of a museum with a dance floor during the corona era 😎 While it was just a club, it hosted 800 clubbers in one night, and now it can accommodate a maximum of 60 visitors per hour 🧐 At the exhibition, clubbers can learn about the history of the club and how " The Fuse " became one of the cult clubs in Belgium, for fans of techno music. You can also see the pop-up exhibition " Echoing Through Eternity" in the space, which shows the history of the uncompromising nightlife in Brussels.  Visitors will discover the origins of the pioneering festival "I Love Techno" in Belgium, which was one of the biggest techno events in Europe , as well as many stories about the giant city parade in Belgium, an event that was close to the club " The Fus e".  And what would a nightclub be without loud music? At a time when clubbing has become a hazy memory, visitors will be able

European festivals unite to creat greener future

 A collective of festivals and non-governmental organizations have launched Green Europe Experience (GEX) , an initiative working to create a more eco-friendly future for music and arts festivals.  Portugal’s Boom Festival, Dour Festival in Belgium, Pohoda Festival in Slovakia and French event We Love Green have teamed up with sustainability groups A Greener Festival (AGF) in the UK and Germany’s Go Group in Germany as the co-initiators of GEX.  “In the middle of these demanding times, we feel an even stronger urge to use this special moment in history to take a deep breath and work towards healing our connection with this planet ,” reads a statement from GEX initiators.  “We understand that the big challenges ahead can only be addressed in a co-creation process.”  Using the two main focal points of scenography – festival decor, artwork, installations, design and signage – and food, GEX will work on developing ways to allow festivals to become fully circular through a process of

Technics has a new entry-level turntable, the SL-100C

Technics announced newly SL-100C with sharpened its audiophile aim. The incoming model strips away the SL-1500C’s internal phono stage and swaps out its Ortofon 2M Red pick-up for an Audio- Technica VM95C to shave €100 from the sticker price. The SL-100C will sell for €899. The SL-100C features both a high-rigidity cabinet and a high-damping insulator to help minimize vibrations. Technic’s in-house developments in platter design are carried over with a two-layer structure combining deadened rubber and aluminum . Speaking about the launch, Technics product manager Frank Balzuweit said:  “The huge success of the SL-1500C, offering a fully-featured package for the dedicated hi-fi enthusiast, with all the core Technics turntable technologies, has shown we have hit the mark within a popular and competitive turntable class. The demand for this high-quality ‘Plug'n'Play turntable – having exceeded our own expectations – is still undiminished even to this day. However, there is

RWXVI x DEnacht E02 - A night that will always be remembered

Since it's raise, the Berlin wall was a political and a cultural barrier. The fall of the wall was the start of many great artists and clubs like Ostgut Ton's Berghain, E-Werk and Tresor which made Berlin's techno scene very impactful and inspiring. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Hapësira organized RWXVI x DEnacht E02 in collaboration with the German Embassy in Prishtina, in love and honor of Germany, it's electronic music scene and Ambassador Held without whose support "Rilindja Warehouse" would have been taken from Hapësira, leaving us the electronic muisc community without our favourite venue where so many unforgettable memories were made. Ostgut Ton | A-TON | unterton · Function | Against The Wall Before the event, we were listening to Tobias - Like A Drug [Ostgut Ton] & Answer Code Request's Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set, to warm up for the party. As always, we went to Rilindja Warehouse before the doors wer

Multimedia platform for art and culture in Montenegro

 The multimedia platform “Platform081” was created with the aim of being a link for all young creative people who want to contribute their art to the development of culture during the pandemic.  This platform is a place to meet and create new creative industries in Montenegro.  Pandemia co19 was fatal for the culture, but this platform, through live streams, connected performers with the audience and created space for art to live in times of crisis. So far, they have mostly worked with artists from Montenegro, choosing locations that will complete the experience of the audience and performers and of course to promote Montenegrin tourism.  Platform081 implemented two great events called “Sunset VICE”. The epidemiological situation in Montenegro was in their favor, so they managed to organize two events - respecting all epidemiological measures and both were for a limited number of people.  “Sunset VICE” parties are mini-festivals, because visitors, in addition to beautiful Montenegri

The Kosovo clubbing podcast series with Flekitza and Vegim on Radio Kosova

 The Kosovo clubbing podcast series with  Flekitza  and  Vegim  is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. After the pandemic halted their performances,  Flekitza  and  Vegim  focused on producing in the studio and organizing releases on their imprint  TMM Records.   "Isolated State"  released on their label  TMM Records , prior to the pandemic, is just an entry into what follows from their production.  In order to stay in touch with loyal fans of techno music , Flekitza and Vegim will prepare a music set every Saturday on Radio Kosova from 9 pm.  Get ready for your dancing shoe, every Saturday from NOW  :)