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AFEM is a global voice for electronic music; representing our community, culture and commerce, ensuring a bright creative and commercial future for our genre.

11/10/2026

AFEM was pleased to return to AVA London this year with two panels and our AFEM Meet the Experts sessions.

Across the day, we explored what it takes to build more sustainable careers and businesses in electronic music, including the challenges facing independent promoters and venue operators, and the future of music licensing in games and interactive media.

Huge thanks to AVA London for hosting us, to our speakers and experts Samantha Togni (Boudica), Steven Braines (He.She.They.), Remco Schuurbiers (CTM), Professor Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool), Vicky Taylor (Truelove Music Publishing), Sergio Pimentel (Synchronicity Music), Richard Jacques, George Rose and Ash Howard (PRS for Music), and to Finlay Johnson (AFEM) for moderating.

Thank you for showing up, asking questions, sharing ideas and connecting with peers across the industry.

We're proud to keep bringing the electronic music community together at events like this.

09/10/2026

AFEM and Beatport present Amplifying Your Label on Beatport, an online webinar on best practices for your label on the platform.

Join Will Gulseven, Label Relations and Curation Manager at Beatport, for practical guidance on pitching, getting featured, editorial opportunities, keeping your pages up to date and getting to know your audience.

Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Time: 16:00 BST (London) / 17:00 CEST (Amsterdam) / 11:00 EDT (New York) / 08:00 PDT (Los Angeles)

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Lvixkn1kRfKJEMVI1lRlFg #/registration

08/10/2026

Independent press is spotlighting AFEM’s AI work, reflecting a wider industry focus on moving from principles towards implementation.
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Recent coverage highlights AFEM’s AI Principles, the Berlin AI Think Tank and work supporting regional conversations on AI, rights and licensing. New reporting also shows the industry moving towards AI detection and verification at distribution level.
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We’re moving past broad questions at this point. It’s all about workable systems through licensing and consent, transparency, attribution and remuneration. This involves how rights are identified, how use is attributed, and how value returns fairly to creators and rights holders.
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That is exactly what AFEM is pushing for: a music industry where AI growth does not come at the expense of creators’ rights, but is built on licensing, consent, transparency and fair remuneration.
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Read the full articles: https://linktr.ee/afem
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06/10/2026

Three new members have joined the AFEM community, and all three work around the live show: who gets on the line-up, whether the music played on the night earns its royalties, and who books the artists in the first place.
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_ Not Bad For A Girl, a UK DJ collective, grassroots platform and label imprint founded by Martha Bolton to champion women and gender-diverse artists in electronic music. Known for its pink balaclavas and high-energy parties, it holds an uncompromising line on equality.
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_ ScoutWave, a copyright intelligence company that monitors live music for collective management organisations and rights holders. Its Eventrix platform tracks concert schedules, festival line-ups and venue listings to find unlicensed performances and turn them into royalty revenue.
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_ Encode Talent, a boutique agency covering booking, artist management and event promotion, with a roster that includes Anyma, Kevin de Vries and Colyn. It works in long-standing partnership with promoters including Tomorrowland, Insomniac, Time Warp and Live Nation.
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Welcome to all three, happy to now have you in the .

02/10/2026

For the next instalment of our series, Anya Bennett, Broker Support Account Handler at Howden Insurance takes on the cover most artists only think about once a show has already fallen through.
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She explains what insurers mean by a peril, why a DJ playing an international club show is not the same risk as a live band, and how specialist DJ cancellation wording lets insurers price that difference. The piece covers the perils that stop shows, the ten day cut-off that decides whether adverse weather can be insured at all, and why the useful conversation starts with what somebody is trying to protect rather than with a policy.
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is a series highlighting AFEM members and the initiatives or resources they are building for the electronic music ecosystem. Each edition shares real world learnings and perspectives that are helping shape the future of our industry.
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Swipe through for key insights, and read the full piece here:
https://associationforelectronicmusic.org/2026/10/02/members-voices-anya-bennett-the-show-must-go-on-until-it-cant/

01/10/2026

AFEM joined forces with PPL and PRS for Music for Understanding Rights & Maximising Revenue, a session for artist managers in dance and electronic music.

Managers filled PRS for Music’s London offices for practical guidance on the rights ecosystem, royalty flows and how to support artists and maximise earnings.

Highlights included clear breakdowns of publishing vs recording rights, deep dives into metadata, registrations, splits, performer claims and setlist reporting, and an open Q&A with rights specialists from PRS and PPL.

Thank you to everyone who attended, and to our partners PPL and PRS for Music for hosting and sharing their expertise.

30/09/2026

With only weeks to go until ADE 2026, join AFEM tomorrow, Thursday 1st October, for a pre-ADE preparation and networking session ahead of one of the busiest weeks in the electronic music calendar.

This session is open to everyone, and is particularly useful if you're heading to Amsterdam Dance Event for the first time.

We'll share practical tips and tricks on how to navigate the week, alongside insights into the official programming of ADE and opportunities on offer.

Date: Thursday, 1 October 2026
Time: 17:00 BST (London) / 18:00 CEST (Amsterdam) / 12:00 EDT (New York) / 09:00 PDT (Los Angeles)

Speakers: Gareth Deakin, Ruth Daniel, Shannon Herber and Margriet de Kroon

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UoRhsx5ORhyUy4MhBGTlmw

29/09/2026

A look back at Reeperbahn Festival 2026: Track ID at Alte Liebe 🎶

Curated by Jay Ahern with AFEM as institutional partner, followed the journey of an electronic music creator through five connected conversations exploring culture and community, discovery and audience, rights and royalties, live and touring, and the future of electronic music.

Thank you to Reeperbahn Festival and all our partners, speakers and contributors for bringing the programme to life. Swipe through for highlights from Hamburg, captured beautifully by Maike Ahern.

23/09/2026

What does a booking agent look for before signing an artist, and how can you put yourself in the best position to secure representation?

Join AFEM’s DJ & Producer Union on Tuesday 29 September for a practical conversation about finding an agent, preparing for representation and understanding the artist-agent relationship.

Hosted by Alex Kenning aka Lex Luca, the call features Alex Montoya of Analog Agency, sharing insight from the agent’s side of the desk.

📅 Tuesday 29 September
🕐 13:00 BST
🎙️ Live Q&A included

The session will also be recorded as the inaugural DJ & Producer Union podcast episode.

RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9RACRJC6SPKtr2tlzA7n3g

18/09/2026

As our Member Features series continues, we're turning to the businesses keeping working equipment in circulation. In this edition, we're featuring Pau Agustí, CEO and co-founder of Sounds Market, the Barcelona company that refurbishes second-hand DJ gear and sells it on with a warranty.
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Founded in Barcelona at the end of 2017, Sounds Market buys used equipment, refurbishes and certifies it in-house, and resells it with a year's warranty. More than 1,800 DJ devices have been through that process since 2023. The model answers two problems at once: the environmental cost of replacing gear that still works, and the risk of buying privately, where faults and scams are common.
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In this feature, Pau explains why discontinued models still have a market when retail only stocks the newest release, how the shared Barcelona store and trade-in programmes with Microfusa keep stock moving, and what AFEM membership offers a company looking for visibility beyond Spain. He also talks through the DJ sessions filmed at the store, which began as one video a week and now often run twice.

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