The short answer is yes. The long answer is, not necessarily. Because downtempo is really the source of all EDM everywhere (due to its initial roots in experimental recording), by this point in time it stretches its long digital fingers into almost every musical genre. All mainstream music production involves [...]
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 [...]
Contemporary disco (or “Nu-Disco”) is a genre of which many American EDM-listeners may not be aware. The term was coined as early as 2002 by record stores and online vendors and referred to European electronic artists who took influence from 1970’s American Disco. Today, Nu-Disco is most widely recognized in [...]
Shpongle has been around since the early nineties with their psychedelic, trance style music mixed with an exotic feel. They’ve made fans all over the world since the duo themselves have a varied background. Simon Posford and Raja Ram have collaborated to create music everyone can appreciate. Although their main [...]
On Our Gigantic Mistake, John Tejada & Justin Maxwell, create an aural landscape to get easily lost in. The EP is only three tracks but the shortest is comes in at 5 minutes and 20 seconds, giving the listener enough time to fully explore what Tejada and Maxwell have accomplished. [...]
DJ Aakmael's Crack EP is a two track exploration of simple beats underneath washed out synthesized electronic grooving. The simple beats keep the EP from getting too hurried and keep the necessary movement to light swaying and knowing head bopping. The first track, Crack, is the foundation. It begins with [...]
New on the scene, LA based producer Taylor Freels, better known as Urulu, released his second EP this March on Exploited Records. The three track EP, entitled “Across the Sky,” is a comfortable blend between old school house sensibilities and modern soul, creating something both easily accessible as well as [...]
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 [...]
If there’s one group that has been influential to the EDM scene, it would have to be Kraftwerk. Some may disagree, but they would be wrong. Before there was Armin Van Buuren, Deadmau5 and Avicii, there was Kraftwerk. The group came out of Germany and has become a significant contributor [...]