Weekly radar recap
This week in electronic music: 2026-W35
Rising
- Melodic House and Techno+1.6
- Tech House+1.4
- Vocal Production+0.4
- Streaming Economics+0.3
- Hard Techno+0.2
Cooling
- Low-End Mixing-1.3
- Dubstep-1.2
- AI Music on Streaming-1.1
Notable evidence
- Beatport bans all AI-generated tracks from platform
- Apple Music to introduce tag for AI-generated tracks
- AI-generated tracks banned from Australia's official music charts
- AI detected in 40% of music released in July, study reveals
- Forging movements: Inside Stone Techno's groundshaking 2026 edition
- The Mix 118: deBasement
- Bou samples flight attendant then brings her out at Las Vegas set following passenger altercation
- BBC Radio 6 launches show celebrating Black British rave music
- Sub Focus announces £1 grassroots ticket levy for 2027 UK arena shows
- Cathartic chaos: Cuddles is countering Berlin’s status-driven scene one queer party at a time
- Campaign launched to lift restrictions on Bristol's clubs, bars and pubs
- Massachusetts lawmakers to lift happy hour ban in bid to boost nightlife