The global electronic music market has climbed to an all-time high of $15.1 billion, according to the 2026 IMS Electronic Music Business Report

MoBlack is set to return to Istanbul with a show at Klein Phönix on Friday, 17 April

Set in southern Morocco, Sirāt follows a father searching for his missing daughter within a desert rave community

Dwson has released his sixth studio album, titled 'Nothing To Lose'

DJ GAWAD has collaborated with London poet and MC James Massiah on a new EP titled 'Contact High'

SoundCloud’s 2026 Music Intelligence Report points to a global music ecosystem increasingly shaped by underground movements, social discovery and fluid genre boundaries, with experimental hip-hop and electronic culture leading the charge

DJ Reza has died at the age of 51

The producer-focused competition hosted annually by Edmwarriors has returned for 2026, bringing with it a substantial €20,000 prize pool

Abdullah Miniawy has collaborated with Simo Cell on ‘Dying Is The Internet’, a new album set for release on Dekmantel’s UFO imprint on March 12

Darius Syrossian, the UK DJ and producer of Armenian and Iranian heritage, has withdrawn from a run of scheduled US performances, citing President Donald Trump’s “race and nationality-based” travel restrictions

Palestinian-founded ticketing platform Tzkrti has introduced a new funding initiative aimed at supporting independent cultural production across the SWANA region and the Arab diaspora

In what is being described as “hard techno’s “#MeToo moment”, multiple prominent hard techno DJs have been pulled from forthcoming club and festival line-ups

Deezer has confirmed that it has stripped monetisation from 85% of AI-generated tracks on its service, following the rollout of its in-house AI detection technology

Alexandria-based multidisciplinary artist Amro Zidan has returned with ‘catch me’, marking his first single of the year

Martcl and Al Rasta have joined forces on ‘Sarina سرينة’, which arrives as the debut release on Doze Records

The 2025 Luminate Year-End Music Report uncovers striking insights on Turkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria and Ghana

Six women with no prior experience took part in a workshop led by Berlin-based Algerian DJ and producer Acidfinky in Cairo

1001Tracklists' 2025 A State of Dance Music report maps MENA-related activity involving Tiësto, Aly & Fila, R3HAB and Future Sound of Egypt, alongside contributor data from the United Arab Emirates

Freaks of Nature has cancelled its Freakyard edition in Riyadh in full. This follows the festival’s week one cancellation

Bandcamp has introduced a new policy barring music created with AI tools from being sold on its platform

Riyadh-based Freaks of Nature’s seventh edition, themed “Freakyard”, has seen its opening week cancelled after final operational approvals were not granted in time

DJ HABIBEATS and Felukah are highlighted among Shazam’s Fast Forward 2026 artists

Reservoir Media, led by Iranian-Canadian founder and CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi, is among the publishers named in X Corp’s lawsuit

Liliane Chlela and LAÏ have come together on 'Msh S7ab'

AlphaTheta’s CDJ-3000X has gained Apple Music support following the release of a new update

A silent threat is emerging inside record archives, where thousands of master tapes from the analogue era are approaching the limits of their physical lifespan

Kneecap have been confirmed as the official away shirt sponsor for Dublin football club Bohemian F.C. 30% of shirt profits will be donated to ACLAÍ Palestine in Bethlehem, West Bank

Iranian DJ and producer Proyal told Mixmag MENA that the scale of repression and isolation has left many feeling abandoned and unheard: “We are not okay, we are alone”

Sultan + Shepard are among the artists featured on the United Nations Chamber Music Society’s album 'HARMONY', an electronic music compilation curated to mark the UN’s 80th anniversary

London-born Persian DJ and vocalist lylla (Leila Collins) has released the official video for her latest single ‘FUGITIVE’

Image-Line has revealed the public beta launch of FL Studio Web

Padre Guilherme, the Portuguese priest widely known as the “DJ Priest”, performed in Beirut last week, bringing his music-led message of unity to one of the city’s largest nightclubs amid public debate and legal scrutiny

Iranian DJs and producers Human Rias and Xashes have released 'This Is The End', an emotionally charged single shaped by recent developments in Iran

A new indoor concert venue is on the way in Bahrain, with Terminal 4 by Beyon set to open as a 3,500-capacity space

Lilya Mandre has shared a new single, ‘Casablanca’, alongside a mini documentary

A woman has been sentenced in Ibiza to 15 months and one day in prison for libel after false sexual assault claims made against Guy Gerber

Running until January 12, the online auction raises funds for food and medical support in Sudan ⏳

HBB (Usama Douglah) has released 'Challenge Everything', a two-track EP that marks his debut on Pipe & Pochet

Gorillaz have unveiled their vibrant new single ‘Damascus’, featuring Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey

Beirut-based producer Hrag Mikkel made his debut on Joone’s Acrylic on Canvas imprint with his new EP, 'Digitouch'

Radouan Mriziga’s new multidisciplinary stage project, Magec / the Desert, is receiving international attention, with Deena Abdelwahed providing its music and sound design

French-Algerian artist DJ Snake has released 'Nomad', a 17-track studio album that explores a wide spectrum of global sounds while marking a new phase in his artistic trajectory

Mathame are set to present the global debut of their new audiovisual concept, NEOLOGY, in Beirut on December 27

Spotify rolls out Premium Platinum in markets including Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Saliah is set to perform in Doha this Friday at HIDE

Tiësto has returned to his roots with ‘Bring Me To Life’, a distinctly trance-driven release featuring vocals from FORS. The release lands ahead of his shows at the Great Pyramids of Giza on December 19 and Dubai’s Surf Club on December 20

Khyam Allami contributes the music to a new documentary by Syrian filmmaker Rand Abou Fakher

SoundCloud has announced a new “all-in-one” artist subscription that will allow creators to retain 100% of their distribution royalties

Mor Elian's 11-track album blends ambient textures, early IDM frameworks and experimental electronics

Serkan Temizer has released a new single titled ‘Bayati Shiraz’, featuring vocalist Kenan Bayramli