Not relegating a DJ to a dark corner of a club was a rare incident, at one point. Then came the lightshows and arena performances. But while other electronic producers include arena venues in their global treks, Swedish house DJ Avicii is the first to have an arena-exclusive tour, which [...]
Although his efforts to push mainstream visibility of electronic music are undeniable, David Guetta is a polarizing figure. To some, he embodies everything wrong with a crossover genre, sycophantic, shape-shifting, and dwarfing his art form for record sales. To others, Guetta’s the harbinger of recognition for dance music, which has [...]
Seems like every DJ and producer is coming out with a radio show, doesn’t it? Diplo is the latest to do so. On April 4, the Philadelphia-based producer and one-half of Major Lazer announced the news on April 4 through the Mad Decent blog. He wrote to fans: "After years [...]
The combination of punk and reggae can easily bring to mind any number of cringe-worthy pop-punk-ska bands from the 1990s. However the angst-ridden snarl of punk and the chilled-out vibes of reggae share a somewhat strange bed-fellowship that actually dates back much further than that; to the earliest days of [...]
One glance at the music videos for EDM, and the one thing that is quite apparent is the beautiful selection of models. Usually you’ve got the DJ or producer in the video doing his thing on the turntables. Then you look out into the crowd and see a bunch of [...]
For the first time since 1981, electronic music pioneers Vince Clarke (Erasure, Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) reunite to form minimalist techno group, VCMG. After releasing two EP’s (EP1/Spock and Single Blip) exclusively on Beatport, the duo has finally released their first full-length album entitled Ssss on [...]
During the second night of the Ultra Music Festival, it was a blink-and-you’d-miss-it moment at the start of Avicii’s set. As one of the night’s headliners, Avicii opened with an exclusive remix of Madonna’s most recent single, the Benny Benassi-produced “Girls Gone Wild,” and had the singer – also promoting [...]
Someone once told me they didn’t like music that didn’t have vocals, but some tracks are so massive that vocals aren’t essential. One of those truly massive tracks that ditch the vocals is Swedish House Mafia’s new single ‘Greyhound.’ Swedish House Mafia, which is the genius collaboration of superstar DJs/producers, [...]
For many people life is a process of finding yourself, through trying on different skins, checking out different scenes and taking a little of this and that from each of them. Then there are those people who figure out what they like early in life and stick with it. People [...]
In true Swedish House Mafia fashion, when a venue or an event is not large enough to accommodate their immense fan-base, they create their own – Masquerade Motel. The Swedish trio returned to Miami for a third time to bring back highly acclaimed Masquerade Motel. The demand for Masquerade Motel [...]