In modern pop culture memory, EDM is so new that today’s Beatport Chart-topping talent could either seemingly rise even further or flame out. What many in the U.S. forget is, EDM’s profile gained greater visibility in the 1990s, through acts like Paul Oakenfold, The Chemical Brothers, John Digweed, and Sasha, [...]
Collaboration is a trend seemingly inherent in EDM. That is, through it’s wide use of technologies, electronic music allows for musicians of vastly different influences and backgrounds to fuse their styles and sounds in order to create something new. This is a great idea in theory, but in the case [...]
Considering Steve Angello’s work with Swedish House Mafia and recently emphasizing his traditional DJing background, Saturday’s Size in the Park concert, at the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, could have gone in one of two ways: an effort to prove his DJing roots or a long string of hits. Angello [...]
If 2010 was the year EDM officially went mainstream in the U.S., after two years of build up, 2012 signifies the rise of the producer prodigies. These young adults, all under 25, began producing as young teens, but unlike their older industry peers, never spent years playing in clubs, captivating [...]
At the peak of EDM news coverage this week, Markus Schulz beat out a growing list of U.S.-based DJs and producers for America’s Best DJ. Do you agree with this, or should someone else have taken away the award? The Award Ceremony, which will feature sets from both Schulz and [...]
Matthew Dear’s career is almost as eclectic as his music. He has been labeled as a DJ, a producer, and an experimental pop artist by peers and critics, while the artist himself holds four different aliases (Audion, False, Jabberjaw, and Matthew Dear) depending on the nature of the project on [...]
2012 has been quite a year for Avicii. Aside from his massive hit “Levels,” he’s transformed into a festival headliner, including at Lollapalooza and the Ultra Music Festival, he did the first ever arena-only headlining tour for a DJ, and is now about to make history one more time – [...]
RPM Presents Size In The Park Saturday, September 22 Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, New York City On Saturday, September 22, Steve Angello is bringing his “Size Matters” party to Rumsey Playfield in New York City’s historic Central Park. The summer of 2012 will go down as one of the finest [...]
EDM, in the present, has perhaps reached an apex. Producers, regardless of subgenre, now find themselves in a precarious situation: collaborate with a pop star or stay true to your roots? Not all collaborations are equal, however. House and trance, for years, have featured singers, but including a name results [...]
In this video tutorial, Dubspot Instructor Matt Cellitti shows you how to create your very own remix sets inside the brand new Traktor Pro 2.5 using Maschine as a way to export your projects and use them in your Remix Sets. Traktor and Maschine team up to be an amazingly powerful performance and production combo. If you are [...]