When “Play” is More Than Pressing a Button: Live EDM Acts

In recent months, the button pushing myth of making EDM came under fire, with Deadmau5 revealing many prominent festival performers essentially mime on stage. Yet, while the genre’s more well-known festivals are filled with DJs, authentically mixing or just pressing a laptop spacebar, electronic music has a long live tradition. [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:39:12-05:00November 8, 2012|

From the Bass, There’s Nowhere To Go But Up: What’s Post-Dubstep?

Back in 2009, just as dubstep was taking off stateside and a strong mainstay in the U.K., producer Untold, observing the nascent genre’s near future and potential offshoots, said, “[I] hope dubstep continues to be hard to pin down, disobeys its manifesto, gets called stupid names, gatecrashes other scenes and [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:39:15-05:00October 16, 2012|
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