Although much has been said about EDM’s ascent in 2012, one aspect of it has been significantly positive: music-related charity events. These aren’t your local dance-offs at a club. Instead, no matter if DJs are raising money for a cause or a disaster, top talent brings the crowd (and sometimes [...]
Repetition is no stranger to electronic dance music. Reoccurring themes pepper tracks, while loops lull familiar material over a 4/4 beat. Even with keys modulating, the pattern of intervals remains unchanged in a four-minute span. Yet, beyond the elements of individual tracks, repetition has seeped into another aspect of dance [...]
For most of the plugged-in population, itunes (host to 28,000,000+ songs) is a one stop shop for all their music needs. For the rest of us music addicted connoisseurs, there is no single source for music nor are there ever enough tools for building the perfect collection. The following is [...]
Who is Gemini? The 22-year-old producer and songwriter born Thomas Slinger attempts to define himself on this short, five-track EP that includes two of his larger singles, “3D Romeo” and “Freedom.” The Mercury EP, out on November 19, assembles a collection of vignettes, each exploring a different and divergent facet [...]
When most think of electronic dance music labels, the larger names like Ultra and Ministry of Sound automatically pop up. Then, there are the efforts started by the producers and DJs themselves, some successful like Armada and others, like Sasha’s EmFire, operating on a smaller or entirely producer-exclusive scale. But, [...]
As the night hits its’ stride and each record I play begins to more effectively conduct the symphony of Dionysian debauchery taking place around me, I become anxious for the moment when the handful of flirty twenty somethings standing in front of the DJ booth will use their infectious energy [...]
Long time EDM duo, The Orb, has gone through many transformations in its near-twenty year existence, resulting is an unlikely but surprisingly tasteful mixture of the deepest of the German underground scene and the heaviest of old school hip-hop. In its current incarnation, Dr. Alex Paterson and Thomas Felhman make [...]
Social media has transformed into an integral aspect of electronic dance music’s proliferation, from increased chart ranks and sales to tickets. Yet, no performer sticks exclusively with one form. Facebook is typically for promotions and contests, while Twitter, with its minimalist look and 140-character limitation, offers a series of vignettes [...]
This past week, the American Music Awards added its first electronic dance music category. Predictably, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, and Skrillex were nominated, with the “Titanium” producer winning. None of the three were present at the ceremony. If you missed out on Ibiza’s latest summer, there’s a chance to experience [...]
As this last week shows, DJs who aren’t even the most well-known can still cause a riot. Case in point was Flux Pavilion doing a surprise show, hosted by MTV and Intel, in Santa Monica, Calif. After tweets and free tickets, hundreds of concertgoers showed up at Hangar 8, and [...]