With the exception of Kaskade and, on occasion, Diplo, how many American house DJs can you name? A phenomenon that started on this side of the pond, then migrated to Europe, and is now back here, house music is now catching back on. But, it’s not just a complement to [...]
An underground techno DJ and producer, Lance Blaise has seen his career take off over the past few years. Part of duo Tattoo Detectives with Gabriel Ben, at one point, Blaise has been going solo since 2008 and, in 2010, put out his debut album Pretty Twisted. Aside from this, [...]
Recently, Pete Tong released his latest mix collection, All Gone Pete Tong/Groove Armada Miami 2012 and has turned it into a platform to discuss the recent explosion of EDM in the U.S. A partnership with Groove Armada, the two-disc album features new production from the dance duo, as well as [...]
Trance duo Tritonal has experienced a nearly-meteoric rise over the past five years. Chad Cisneros and David Reed, living at the time in Austin, Tex. and Washington, D.C., respectively, formed Tritonal in 2007, but both already had their own EDM projects: Cisneros remixing for some of the genre’s bigger labels [...]
The Winter Music Conference may soon have competition. Announced last week, Insomniac, the promoters behind Electric Daisy Carnival, is introducing EDMbiz. A conference geared toward industry professionals, EDMbiz is scheduled the same week as the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. Scheduled from June 5 to 7, the conference falls [...]
As Israel’s hottest and most well-known EDM act, the Flash Brothers – Ruven, Ilan, and Shmuel Flaishler – jump between genres and have regularly revisited progressive house, progressive trance, and electro ‘80s house over the course of their career. Currently based in Tel Aviv, the brothers are originally from Nazareth. [...]
On his recent tour, Marco V made a stop at Pacha NYC on April 26, and Crossfadr caught up with him in an interview. An EDM innovator who initiated the tech-trance subgenre, the producer born Marco Verkuijlen has played at countless clubs and festivals across the globe. After his stateside [...]
As cliché as it sounds, it’s far better to go out in a blaze of glory than with a whimper. Such a statement describes Danny Tenaglia’s Birthday Bash and Vinyl Reunion at Pacha NYC on April 28. Actually, to be more accurate, Tenaglia’s set of organic techno also took up [...]
How many EDM fans still consider David Guetta a proper house DJ? Guetta, it appears, even doubts his own credibility. Propelling himself to the mainstream with a long string of pop and hip-hop hits (and taking EDM with it) distanced him from his roots, but now Guetta’s creating his own [...]
How do you know when you’ve made it as a musician? It’s not just album sales and sold-out concerts; it’s when you’re well-known enough to be the face of an advertising campaign. This is the reality for Avicii, the 22-year-old Swedish producer who shot to fame over the past year. [...]