Max Heyraud, Author at Four/Four Magazine

Electric Picnic Main Stages to Run on Renewable Electricity This Weekend

Max HeyraudAugust 27, 2026

Electric Picnic will be powered by renewable electricity this weekend, with Flogas returning as the festival’s Official Renewable Energy Partner for a second year. The partnership will cover the festival’s main performances, with around 80,000 pe... Read More...

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Local Selection 313: JOR

Max HeyraudAugust 26, 2026

This week’s Local Selection comes from burgeoning young artist JOR, who weaves potent strains of trance, techno and bounce into a high-energy package that nods to the past while looking towards where the sound can go next. JOR has been making his... Read More...

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Sofia Kourtesis: “Perfect Music is Boring”

Max HeyraudAugust 25, 2026

Sofia Kourtesis has spent years blurring the lines between where she comes from, where she lives and the music she makes, bringing together the sounds, people and experiences that have shaped her into a singular force within electronic music. Per... Read More...

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Why Does Club Culture Have Such an Uncomfortable Relationship With Age?

Max HeyraudAugust 25, 2026

At 63, German techno artist The Tunegirl is challenging one of electronic music’s most persistent assumptions: that club culture is, and should remain, the domain of the young. Last week, The Tunegirl wrote on Instagram that she “didn’t understan... Read More...

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Leon Vynehall Announces Fidelity Residency with Peach, Yu Su and Dr Banana

Max HeyraudAugust 25, 2026

Dublin venue welcomes acclaimed British DJ and producer Leon Vynehall for a three-date series from September through to December with guests Peach, Yu Su and Dr Banana Known for his eclectic approach to electronic music, Vynehall has personally h... Read More...

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Synthesize_Her Takes on Electronic Music’s Gender Gap with Belfast Workshop

Max HeyraudAugust 24, 2026

Synthesize_Her is bringing its collaborative approach to sound-making technology to Belfast this September, with a four-hour workshop specifically designed to create space for women and marginalised genders. Taking place at Accidental Theatre on ... Read More...

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On This Day in 1996: Everything But The Girl Made Chart History with a 55-Week Run

Max HeyraudAugust 24, 2026

On this day in 1996, Everything But The Girl’s “Missing” made US chart history, appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 for its 55th week and breaking the previous longevity record held by The Four Seasons’ “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night).” The reco... Read More...

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Mix Of The Week: Peggs – Aaja Radio [08.08.26]

Max HeyraudAugust 21, 2026

Hot off the presses, London-based electro stalwart Peggs soundtracks this week’s Mix Of The Week with an hour of apocalyptic electro on Aaja Radio. Ireland hasn’t exactly been a breeding ground for electro DJs, but the ones who have emerged from ... Read More...

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Club 69, One Of Scotland’s Longest-Running Clubs, To Close

Max HeyraudAugust 21, 2026

The venue announced the news on social media on 19th August, revealing that the current management team’s tenure will conclude after a final run of events. Club 69, the long-running Paisley basement venue, is set to close its doors on Saturday 10... Read More...

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A New App Wants to Rate DJs Like Restaurants, Movies and Hotels

Max HeyraudAugust 20, 2026

Just moments ago, Mixmag reported that Jordan Taylor, head of club culture documentation platform Tough Luck, has developed an app called Seen Live, which allows users to rate and review DJs they’ve seen. Taylor told Mixmag that he wanted the app... Read More...

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