Over the course of 2012, two general ideas for reality television featuring DJs emerged. The first began as a partnership between Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Will Smith’s Overbook Entertainment, and when the idea was first announced in January 2012, the statement mentioned the talent mogul and the rapper-turned-actor had [...]
Over the past week, one trance artist announced his mission to push the genre forward, while a debut single shows that collaboration, even when several thousand miles separate you, is still possible. And, continuing the “good” versus “bad” EDM Twitter debates of last week, Sasha calls newer producers “douchebags.” Announced [...]
It’s really only been this year that electronic dance music videos have won awards on a greater, industry-wide scale, but within the scope of the genre, visuals have been added to such tracks for over the past 30 years. But within the dichotomy of dancing on a soundstage and a [...]
When we think social media, Facebook and Twitter are often the first platforms to come to mind. But, for DJs, producers, and musicians, YouTube, as a platform for previewing songs and videos and often for streaming new music, is a must. Practically all electronic dance music artists have a YouTube [...]
The past week was filled with multiple concert and show announcements. Perhaps the largest was Ultra Music Festival. For those not up to date, the EDM festival celebrating its 15th anniversary now expanded to two weekends. The lineup was revealed last Friday, and features the usual crew: Tiesto, Carl Cox, [...]
Sunburn has turned into the biggest electronic music festival in Asia, which has a growing market for the genre. As of 2012, the event already has multiple locations on the subcontinent, including in Mumbai, Noida, and Goa. The latter of these three just occurred on December 27 through the 29, [...]
What turns a DJ into a hitmaker? Is it appropriation of a particular track or remix? Is it being in the right place at the right time? Or, is it some je ne sais quoi quality, or an X-factor, that separates certain artists from the rest? No matter what “it” [...]
What better way to ring in the New Year than with a scientific study that shows electronic dance music distresses birds? A group of African gray parrots were observed when classical, “middle of the road,” and trendy pop music played, and while all birds had a preference for at least [...]
As 2012 comes to an end and 2013 starts, we’re putting together reviews of the latest singles. Many of these tracks have already been put in sets throughout 2012 and, at the tail end of the year, are just seeing an official release. For what to listen to and what [...]
During the course of a year, Crossfadr reviews a good amount of equipment, tests a bunch of apps, and listens to albums from practically all EDM subgenres. Throughout it all, we observe the changing technology and sounds. 2012 was a significant year for Electronic Dance Music (EDM). The sounds continued [...]