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. [...]
Given the rise to prominence of Dubstep in recent years, it’s to be expected that the heavy, dark, bass-drop style has begun to inform a whole bunch of what’s out there in EDM. DJs everywhere are incorporating the quick-zip and slow crunch into their mixes, along with halting grinds and [...]
For smart phone users and EDM fans, Tap Tap Revenge just might be the perfect app. Aside from being, what Tap Tap Revenge calls, “our biggest, baddest, most mind-blowing version yet [...] [and] the most addictive, adrenaline filled game on the App Store,” Tap Tap Revenge 4 is now being [...]
Bassnectar is the kind of DJ that sells out his shows everywhere he goes. His last tour reportedly sold out in every city where he performed. For a DJ under the age of forty, he has managed to build a career that most musicians and artists would be proud of [...]
Are you planning to go to Ibiza this summer? A trip to Ibiza, to see some of the world’s best-known DJs perform in the most prominent and legendary clubs, is a pilgrimage for every EDM fan, and the Space Ibiza Opening Fiesta is considered the kickoff event for a summer [...]
The question that is on the tips of every hungry investors tongue right now is can Electronic Dance Music (EDM) really make big money? In other words, is it a “safe” investment. Can the resurgence of EDM be boiled down to a simple formula and be capitalized on? In years [...]
The Green House Vol. 1 is a compilation of 4 songs by 4 various artists put together by Green House Records as a preview for various styles of music that they represent. The first track is Sax Sex by artist GNP. Sax Sex is an ambient tropical dance track with [...]
Martin Solveig is doing more than producing for Madonna – he’s now a part of her world tour. Announced at the end of last week, the “Hello” producer, who was also behind Madonna’s “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” is joining the singer on the European leg of her MDNA World [...]
You don’t have to rock a 70s Afro Sheen worthy fro to enjoy the global sounds of Afro house. The fro is optional, but you don’t have the option to deny the organic sounds pulsating from the EDM scene in South Africa. South Africa has a pretty huge music scene [...]
It’s difficult to give background to London-based musician and producer Aaron Jerome. For one, his stage name, SBTRKT (pronounced “subtract”), is meant to create a distance between his personality and his music. Also, he wears native ceremonial masks while on stage to insure his anonymity. Yet, when I listened to [...]