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Discover the secret behind the popularity of Sennheiser HD 25. Field-tested experience by Victor PROG, a breakdown of the modular design, and the Standard, Plus, and Light versions. Why have professionals been choosing the HD 25 for 40 years?

There are headphones that are “good-looking,” there are “fashionable” ones—and then there are tools. Sennheiser HD 25 are exactly that: a tool. They are not bought for looks or for “wow bass.” They are chosen when you need sound control in environments where everything else gives up: clubs, stages, broadcasts, field reporting, noisy studios. This article is not about dry…

How the CDJ-1000 and DJM-800 combo changed the world of DJing, killed vinyl snobbery, and created the gold standard of club DJ setups. Read an expert breakdown on Minatrix.FM.

In the history of music technology, there are devices that don’t just become popular — they establish a professional standard. In the early 2000s, Pioneer DJ achieved exactly such a breakthrough by releasing a pairing that would define the look of club DJ booths for years to come: the Pioneer CDJ-1000 and the Pioneer DJM-800. It was the moment when digital DJing stopped being a compromise — and…

Minatrix.FM launches the Minatrix AI bot in a cozy 90s-style chat: live communication, private messages, jokes, and modern technologies all in one place.

We’ve preserved the atmosphere of those iconic ’90s chat rooms—where conversations were live, genuine, and free from algorithmic noise—and combined it with today’s technology. Now, the Minatrix.FM online chat is more than just a place for music lovers to talk—it’s a modern communication space with bots and real AI. Meet Minatrix AI — your personal assistant in the…

The launch of Minatrix.TV — a new independent film portal and video encyclopedia by the Minatrix.FM team. Hand-curated content, unified login, and the start of production of the animated series “Bansik”.

In recent weeks, many people noticed that the Minatrix.FM team’s activity during the New Year holidays was lower than usual. But this calm was deceptive. We were not resting — we were working on the launch of a new major project and laying the foundation for a new direction. We are proud to announce: the Minatrix.FM team has launched Minatrix.TV — an encyclopedia of video and cinema, an…

How Electronic Music Became a $12.9 Billion Industry: Streaming, Festivals, AI Production, Copyright, and the Shift from Spectacle to Meaningful Culture

The 2025 International Music Summit Report documents not merely the commercial success of electronic music, but a transition of the scene into a fundamentally new qualitative phase. Electronic culture is no longer a niche or purely entertainment-driven phenomenon — today it stands as one of the key ways of interpreting and understanding the contemporary world. Economy and scale By the end of 2024, the global…

Ukrainian singer Melovin has announced his intention to end his music career in 2027. The artist revealed plans for farewell concerts and explained his decision as a desire to take a pause and shift his life focus.

Ukrainian singer Melovin (real name — Kostiantyn Bocharov) has announced his intention to end his music career in 2027. The artist shared the news personally on his Instagram, accompanying the statement with an announcement of a series of farewell concerts scheduled for next year. In an emotional message, the 28-year-old musician admitted that recently he has felt as though he has been living “faster…

Minatrix.FM looks back on a year of community growth, live radio, independent artists, and curated music beyond algorithms.

Friends, listeners, artists, and everyone who lives through music — the Minatrix.FM team wishes you a Happy New Year! This year became more than just another date on the calendar for us — it marked a true stage of growth, experimentation, and community building. What we achieved this year Minatrix.FM — more than just radio Over the past year, Minatrix.FM has fully taken shape as a curated music…

Minatrix has summed up the results of the TOP 100 DJs 2025 — the most honest DJ ranking, based on artist activity and real listener choice.

2025 became a landmark year for the Minatrix.FM platform. For the first time in a long while, a truly independent and transparent DJ ranking was compiled—one where the decisive factors were not algorithms, budgets, or artificial boosts, but real artist activity and genuine listener engagement. Minatrix TOP 100 DJs 2025 is more than just a list of names. It is a snapshot of the scene, reflecting who actually…

Analysis of the music results of 2025. Why did Spotify, Apple, and YouTube show different outcomes? Discover how “new nostalgia” and Minatrix.FM’s live broadcast outperform algorithms.

The year 2025 officially cemented a great divide in the music industry. The musical world is no longer unified: while giants like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music battle for milliseconds of attention using neural networks, autoplay playlists, and behavioral models, real cultural life is increasingly moving “underground” — toward live broadcasting, human intuition, and curatorial selection.…

Why was French electronic music recognized as UNESCO World Heritage? The history of French Touch: from Daft Punk and Cassius to Jean-Michel Jarre and Maurice Martenot.

French house music, known worldwide as French Touch or French House, has officially been recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This decision закрепляет the genre’s status not merely as a musical style, but as a full-fledged cultural phenomenon that shaped France’s modern identity and had a profound impact on the global electronic music scene. What French House and French…

The court ordered the eviction of Larisa Dolina from her apartment in Khamovniki. How an elite real estate deal turned into a legal precedent — and how the high-profile dispute ended.

The Moscow City Court has ordered the eviction of Larisa Dolina and her family members from a luxury apartment in the Khamovniki district. The singer has also been deprived of the right to use the residential property. The ruling was issued on December 25, 2025, putting an end to one of the most widely discussed property disputes of the year and triggering strong reactions within the legal and real estate…

How did an encrypted genre with triangles in its names become the foundation of modern dark electronic music? Read the history of Witch House: from Salem’s canonical album to the powerful wave of Ukrainian raves.

The Witch House genre has long moved beyond the status of an internet curiosity or an aesthetic joke. Today it is a multi-layered musical phenomenon that has traveled a long path—from the American underground of the late 2000s to a powerful Eastern European rave wave that effectively prevented the genre from disappearing. Origins of the genre: from a joke to a cult Witch House took shape in the late 2000s…

Anna’s Archive reported obtaining 86 million tracks and Spotify metadata. The company has launched an investigation. Why this is an alarming signal for the industry.

The non-profit project Anna’s Archive has reported the large-scale acquisition of content from the streaming platform Spotify. The dataset reportedly includes 86 million audio tracks and metadata for 256 million musical works. Spotify has acknowledged the fact of unauthorized access and announced the launch of an internal investigation. The company clarified that a third-party entity was involved in the data…

The court dismissed Moon Records’ lawsuit against the family of Kuzma Skryabin for ₴600,000. Details of court decision No. 910/9689/25 and the protection of the artist’s legacy rights on Minatrix.FM.

The Commercial Court of the city of Kyiv has refused the company MUN RECORDS its claim to recover more than 600,000 hryvnias from LLC “KUZMA SKRYABIN” in a case concerning an alleged infringement of copyright and related rights to the musical works of the band “Skryabin.” In doing so, the court effectively put an end to one of the most high-profile legal disputes surrounding the legacy of…

A story about how music erases borders between Iran and Ukraine. Why are HestiLL’s family and the first snowfall more important to Minatrix.FM than algorithms and charts? Read on…

People often say that music knows no borders, but in today’s industry this has turned into an empty cliché. At Minatrix.FM, we see it differently. For us, a “global community” is not dry listening statistics from different countries or soulless analytics charts. It is a living ecosystem made up of real people who share moments of their lives with us—genuine joy, personal stories, and…