This week in electronic music: 2026-W43

Notable evidence

• How Shimza’s Pacha residency is helping African dance music take root in Ibizaafro-house · Oct 20
• US musician given 18-month prison sentence for $8 million AI streaming fraudai-music-copyright · Oct 20
• YouTube Music will now tag AI-generated contentai-music-streaming · Oct 20
• The Mix 127: Bae Bladehard-techno · Oct 20
• Non-infringing music removed from DistroKid amid UMG copyright cull, artists claimindependent-artist-economy · Oct 20
• Irish musicians to start receiving €1,400 basic income each monthindependent-artist-economy · Oct 20
• Roni Size to host “world’s deepest rave” in abandoned Welsh minejungle-dnb · Oct 20
• Festival line-ups you might have missed: E-Fest, Primavera Sound, Circleslive-club-economy · Oct 20
• Police shut down 200-strong illegal rave at farm building in Cambridgelive-club-economy · Oct 20
• Small nightclubs are still making a big impact in Ibizalive-club-economy · Oct 20
• Interactive bus tour visiting Dublin’s “vanished” music venues to begin this autumnlive-club-economy · Oct 20
• CinCity to headline the Mixmag Lab Amsterdamlive-club-economy · Oct 20