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and when to remove this template message boiler room industry music & entertainment founded march 2010 founder blaise bellville headquarters london area served worldwide website www.boilerroom.tv boiler room is a global online music broadcasting platform commissioning and streaming live music sessions around the world . 1 2 3 founded in london in 2010 boiler room has now hosted shows in around 100 cities worldwide from stockholm to shanghai . 4 5 they have regular operations in london new york city berlin mexico city sydney s o paulo tokyo krak w and los angeles and produce an average of 30 35 new shows each month . 6 7 their music programming originally focused on electronic music such as garage house techno dub but quickly expanded to include additional genres including grime hip hop classical jazz and world . 8 9 10 according to the guardian boiler room have streamed over 3 500 000 000 minutes of music since starting out with audiences of up to 400 000 tuning in to watch . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 early beginnings 1.2 visual style and logo 1.3 2010 11 expansion 1.4 present day 2 tech 3 notable events 4 references 5 external links history edit early beginnings edit in march 2010 boiler room s founder blaise bellville invited thristian richards and the founder of nts radio femi adeyemi to record a mixtape for his online magazine platform . 11 12 13 the first boiler room session was recorded using a webcam duct taped to the wall of a disused boiler room and the session was broadcast live online on ustream . 14 15 during this period boiler room developed their format of filming a dj facing the camera a projected visual backdrop of the boiler room logo overlaid on old rave video footage with time out noting the artists are after all the sole attraction at boiler room attendees are positioned behind the decks in a bedroom dj style set up so that the selector is always the main figure in view . 16 visual style and logo edit red bull music academy explains how boiler room s initial visual style was developed further from the initial signature style the setup of a boiler room event wherein the dj faces the camera with the audience behind left space for imagery in the background . the guys decided to add a big video projector screen to the mix during live broadcasts and filmmaker cieron magat started placing the logo atop old rave footage . 17 graphic designer adam tickle who created the logo described it as a cross between a technics slipmat and the pure garage logo . 17 2010 11 expansion edit boiler room s first session in march 2010 turned into a weekly show becoming a ustream supported channel and getting widespread press recognition with coverage from the bbc fader time out hypetrak and dummy magazine who noted that from a small room in dalston to a globe spanning brand in just over a year boiler room has emerged as one of the most important broadcasters in underground music . 18 19 20 21 2010 the first year in boiler room s history featured performances from a variety of mostly electronic musicians and djs including theo parrish jamie xx sbtrkt hudson mohawke jamie woon mount kimbie falty dl james blake and ben ufo among others . 21 22 23 24 25 26 london based record labels young turks and hessle audio as well as hip hop collective livin proof also hosted boiler room takeovers in 2010 . 22 25 27 boiler room first began international shows in august 2011 with a run hosted in germany by michail stangl a russian born music curator and dj who is involved in planning berlin s ctm festival as well as the berghain night leisure system in the berlin venue stattbad . 28 29 30 31 radiohead hosted a boiler room takeover in october 2011 featuring sets by thom yorke jamie xx caribou lone and illum sphere . 32 present day edit the early focus on underground music scene and electronic music within london has broadened with boiler room s music programming regularly taking in other genres including hip hop jazz experimental classical world music and talk based podcast formats . 33 34 boiler room stated in 2015 we re also diversifying our broadcast and editorial formats to ensure we can capture everything happening in quality new music whether it s a boiler room show or performance live from the barbican panel discussion from our studio or q & a with an artist from halfway across the world . 35 2014 was defined by a push into classical music launched with german prepared pianist hauschka 36 and followed by broadcasts from st johns church in hackney featured grammy winning japanese composer ryuichi sakamoto and julia holter . 37 a broadcast within the pula arena in croatia 38 saw nils frahm perform . 39 boiler room continues to partner with a number of music festivals including sxsw s nar dimensions and dekmantel . 40 41 42 boiler room launched in china with a show in beijing on 30 april 2016 followed by a show in shanghai with disclosure in may 2016 . 43 boiler room s first full length documentary on atlanta rap crew awful records launched in june 2016 . 44 tech edit boiler room has an ongoing partnership with broadcast provider liveu . 45 it also broadcast run the jewels live in 360 format december 2015 before the technology was widely available . 46 according to wired boiler room is developing a content suggestion algorithm that challenges viewers tastes rather than pandering to them . 7 notable events edit a number of notable musicians and cultural organisations have worked with boiler room to celebrate key releases and other one off events . disclosure held an album launch party for settle via boiler room in june 2013 . 47 u.s. rapper danny brown released his album old via boiler room september 2013 . 48 chvrches launched their debut album the bones of what you believe via boiler room in september 2013 . 49 50 jamie xx celebrated the release of single all under one roof raving with a boiler room set in june 2014 . 51 richie hawtin celebrated the release of his playdifferently mixer with a boiler room show in may 2016 featuring a performance from hawtin and dubfire as well as performances from chris liebing ellen allien joseph capriati and others . 52 53 54 dj ez s 24 hour dj set on the 27th and 28 february 2016 which raised over 60 000 on behalf of cancer research uk was also broadcast live on boiler room . 55 56 57 58 skepta celebrated the release of album konnichiwa with an album launch party arranged with and streamed by boiler room live from tokyo in may 2016 . 59 60 61 62 notting hill carnival s rampage deviation aba shanti i channel one nasty love saxon sound king tubbys gladdy wax and disya jeneration soundsystems were broadcast live by boiler room in august 2016 totalling 42 hours video coverage . part of the live coverage was also broadcast by partners the guardian time out noisey thump sb.tv nts radio and the deviation and rampage soundsystems . 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 references edit how boiler room works read i d . i d. retrieved 2016 05 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