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12 September 2012

The economics of house music

The beat goes on.

By Mr Ali Miraj

For DJ (and chartered accountant) Ali Miraj, house music is still on the rise. And the numbers back him up.

“Not everyone understands house music”, as the words of one club anthem make clear. How times have changed. From its humble origins in a Chicago nightclub in the 1980s the genre – now dubbed electronic dance music (EDM) – has exploded into the mainstream.

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