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W CLUB

mondo*drLive & DJW CLUB Cambodia’s W CLUB brand has a new home on the country’s southern coast, in the port city of Sihanoukville. It’s the second location after the flagship in the capital, Phnom Penh, already established itself as one of the

The Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto

mondo*drLive & DJThe Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto The Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto opened with back-to-back sets from Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton for the resort’s Official Grand Opening Weekend, and the room made a bit of history in the process. Th

Botánica

mondo*drLive & DJBotánica “Like everything in life, first impressions matter,” is how Giannis Nestor, Music and Entertainment Managing Partner at Botánica in Manama, Bahrain, summed up the thinking behind the venue’s newly completed refurbishment

Mint XL

mondo*drLive & DJMint XL When Mint XL opens its doors on Friday 25 September, its main rooms will be running on a permanent Funktion-One sound system installed by the same audio partner that has worked with the venue’s promoters for the best par

L-Acoustics Achieves B Corp™ Certification

mondo*drLive & DJL-Acoustics Achieves B Corp™ Certification L-Acoustics has achieved B Corp™ Certification, awarded by the non-profit B Lab to companies independently verified against rigorous global standards of governance, transparency, and social and environmental performance.

Flexible LED Displays: shaping more immersive retail, events and architectural spaces

mondo*drLive & DJFlexible LED Displays: shaping more immersive retail, events and architectural spaces As digital displays become increasingly integrated into physical environments, the conventional flat screen is no longer the only option. Curved walls, columns, arches and other non-linear structures are creating new opp

Thebarton Theatre

mondo*drLive & DJThebarton Theatre The Thebarton Theatre in Torrensville on the western outskirts of Adelaide is a 2,000 capacity performance venue which is synonymous with live music and touring bands. The ‘Thebby’, as it is known locally, has had a veri

Dots Bay House

mondo*drLive & DJDots Bay House Forming part of the Dots Ceylon Hotels network of properties across Sri Lanka, Dots Bay House is an intimate multipurpose resort which includes a restaurant, yoga studio, pool area, overnight rooms, and a nightclub cater

Montana Heritage Center

mondo*drLive & DJMontana Heritage Center After nearly two decades of planning and five years of construction, the Montana Heritage Center opened in December 2025 with a focus on engaging visitors with an interactive and educational journey. Utilising dynamic LE

The Big Interview: Jason Ojeda

mondo*drLive & DJThe Big Interview: Jason Ojeda Having spent years both behind the DJ booth and designing the sound systems that drive hospitality venues, Global AV Group founder and owner Jason Ojeda has developed a finely tuned ear for what works, and an equally kee

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XLR is a magazine, a radar and a diary about music gear and the making of music — for the people who make records and put on shows, wherever they do it.

The name is the three-pin connector that every signal in the business passes through: the microphone on stage and in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX cable that runs the lights. Studio, stage and lighting rig share it, and so does this magazine. Every few hours XLR collects what the makers shipped, what the reviewers heard, what the studios and the touring crews are doing, which producers and collectives are surfacing and what they are saying — synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lights, the rooms and the people — from a few hundred sources in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and more, then plots what is moving. The editor writes a letter every few days. Nothing is sold here; when a link leads to a shop, that is the maker's shop, not ours.