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EDM.com’s Best of 2021: Performances & DJ Sets
EDM.com proudly publishes four installments of annual year-end coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. To honor their creativity and seminal influences on the live music industry, we’ve recognized 10 of the year’s best performances and DJ sets from around the electronic dance music sphere. Swardy Secret Sky Back in April, of the scene’s most under-appreciated artists was given a chance to showcase his inimitable performance capabilities to a massive audience in a prime-time slot on Porter Robinson’s virtual festival, Secret Sky. Swardy’s performance at the fest was one of sheer originality and imagination. He blew the lid off of what fans could expect from virtual performances with nearly 35 minutes of virtuosic l...
EDM.com’s Best of 2021: Industry Leaders
EDM.com proudly publishes four installments of annual year-end coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. Oftentimes, end-of-year coverage offered by the music industry’s vast pool of publications is limited to its artists and performers. In order to honor the extraordinary work of the music community’s unsung people and brands, we’ve recognized 10 industry leaders whose contributions helped shape the future of dance music in 2021. EVENT ORGANIZER Zouk Group Zouk Nightclub. Zouk Group Las Vegas Las Vegas, one of EDM’s most competitive markets, saw a newcomer in Resorts World, who landed on the iconic Strip to the tune of $4.3 billion. The ambitious project was easily the biggest development on the block in over a decade. Handling the...
Meet the Team Reviving Philly’s EDM Scene
It’s a quiet November night when Kai Wachi makes the second-to-last stop of his “Muscleville” tour in the City of Brotherly Love. Thanksgiving weekend sends Philadelphians home to the burbs for a tryptophan coma, the Eagles game enjoyed from sunken couches through half-shut eyes. One might expect this show to be a sleeper, but there’s a ghostly air blowing off the Delaware that says a storm is coming. The venue teems with headbangers as the Boise-born bass music producer takes the stage. Herein lies the intersection of wook and meathead. A pashmina-clad crowd sings, “electrify every cell, ‘cause I don’t wanna flatline” while visuals of skulls and flowers pulse from psychedelic swirls. Wachi’s signature, vicious blend of dubstep and metal drives the life-death motif unfolding. A...
Watch Shaquille O’Neal Explain Why He Loves the EDM Scene On “Full Send Podcast”
Shaquille O’Neal sat down with the Nelk Boys for a slam dunk episode of their Full Send Podcast to discuss why he loves the EDM scene, how he got into DJing, and his relationship with Kobe Bryant, among other topics. O’Neal, who performs onstage under the moniker DJ Diesel, quickly rose through the EDM ranks after he was given the opportunity to DJ at Excision’s Lost Lands festival back in 2018. He eventually went on to throw down at the 2019 edition of Chicago’s iconic Lollapalooza, among other music festivals. Shaquille O’Neal performs at the 2019 edition of Lollapalooza. c/o Medium Rare When Bob Menery, host of the Full Send Podcast, asks O’Neal what he’s doing in Las Vegas, “the world’s biggest DJ” res...
Listen to Zedd’s Gripping Remix of Grabbitz’s VALORANT Champions Anthem, “Die For You”
Grammy-winning electronic music producer and avid VALORANT gamer Zedd has dropped a new remix of the game’s 2021 championship anthem, Grabbitz‘s “Die For You.” Zedd’s electro house roots shine in the gripping remix, which hit streaming platforms after the VALORANT Champions 2021 tournament wrapped up on December 12th, 2021. It’s not quite the complextro mayhem of yesteryear, but it’s chock full of signature Zedd sounds, especially in the verses. Check out a clip of Zedd and Grabbitz debuting the new “Die For You” remix at the finals opening ceremony, which also featured PVRIS and REZZ, below. Zedd is a diehard VALORANT fan, recently teaming up with the tactical first-person shooter’s developer, Riot Games,...
Museum of Modern Electronic Music Opening In April 2022
A first-of-its-kind museum dedicated to all things electronic music is opening in Frankfurt in 2022. The Museum of Modern Electronic Music (MOMEM) is being touted as the first of its kind to explore the history of dance music. It will feature seven sections comprising performance areas and installations, each of which explore the impact of electronic music on art, fashion, and technology. The museum will also examine the influences of a myriad of sub-genres, such as ambient, drum & bass, house, techno music. Plans for the museum were revealed back in 2015, when its proprietors announced “the first electronic music museum” before launching a pop-up trial run. Recommended Articles In addition to the museum’s physical space, its organizers are launchi...
longstoryshort Drops Must-Listen Bass House EP, “Love We Had”
Once again, longstoryshort has delivered a high-powered EP, this time around arriving on Dr. Fresch’s House Call Records imprint. longstoryshort’s two-track Love We Had EP is dark and contemplative, and chock full of spellbinding sound design. The EP gives listeners a fresh dose of what’s quickly becoming his signature sound, as he’s expertly implemented brooding vocal samples alongside organic percussion and menacing bass. The namesake tune “Love We Had” is more subdued than its counterpart. The airy, slow-building intro is transformed into a rumbling drop as the percussion makes its way in, taking listeners by surprise early on. “To Ya Headtop” brings even more energy right from the start, kicking things off with punchy...
Tom Holkenborg Unveils New Junkie XL EP A Fluff Scam: Stream
Tom Holkenborg has dusted off his Junkie XL persona for a brand new EP, A Fluff Scam, which is out today. Stream it below via Apple Music or Spotify. The four-track EDM project arrives via Sasha’s Last Night on Earth imprint, and the idea came to fruition as the film composer was working on the score for the Iziba-set Netflix series White Lines. “These tracks were something fun and personal for me, a chance to stretch my dancefloor muscles again, after recalling so many of my Ibiza memories during White Lines,” Holkenborg said in a statement. “They are quite different from the classic Junkie XL sound, and I never had any intention of releasing them, but when Sasha asked me to, I couldn’t say no.” Advertisement Related Video A Fluff Scam marks the first Junkie XL release in more than n...
The Ultimate Electronic Music Fan’s European Club Guide
Many in North America look to cities like Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles, and New York as meccas of entertainment. Yet, stories of the nightlife scene in Europe have long permeated bathroom line conversations and after-party dance floors across America. Some diehard ravers and dance music fanatics will stop at nothing to find the best nightlife experiences the world has to offer. If this sounds like you, look no further. In this guide, we provide a definitive list of which cities to visit, where to stay, and our picks of two must-visit clubs. Amsterdam Amsterdam is one of the most popular European destinations for young people looking to party. On the weekends, most bars stay open until 3AM while dance clubs remain open all night. When you’re ready to sleep, we recommend staying at St...
Overwhelming Majority of Fans First Began Their EDM Journey Before Age 20: Poll
Electronic music listeners tend to become enamored with the genre at an early age, according to the results of a recent EDM.com reader poll. The fact that the blissfully care-free lifestyle promoted by electronic dance music culture appeals vastly to youthful demographics isn’t necessarily a surprising discovery, but the weighting by percentage skews more youthful than perhaps one would expect. Precisely half of respondents reported first beginning their EDM journey between the ages of 0-15. This would suggest that listeners at the high end of this segment were born around 2007, a time when dance music was just on the cusp of booming in the U.S. during the late 2000s and early 2010s. Our latest EDM.com poll found 85% of dance music fans began listening before th...
GRiZ Shares Lineup for “12 Days of GRiZMAS” Charity Stream With What So Not, STS9, More
Beat the cold and get in the GRiZMAS spirit with GRiZ‘s stacked livestream this Saturday. For the first 12 days of the month, GRiZ will be giving back to his hometown of Detroit with his annual charity event, “12 Days of GRiZMAS.” Earlier this week, we saw the grand opening of his pop-up shop which will donate 100% of proceeds to a local youth education organization as well as a specialty crafts and cocktails class. Now, he’s planned out our Saturday fun no matter where we live with his all-day and all-night charity livestream. Joining the patron saint of GRiZMAS is an eclectic list of artists who will serve to satisfy GRiZ’s wide-ranging fanbase. Viewers can look forward to genre-defying showcases from What So Not, Wenzday, The Sponges, Canabliss, BLVK JVCK, ...
EDM Artists Strike Gold With Spotify’s 2021 Artist Wrapped
Memories fade, but listening history lasts forever. No one knows this better than Spotify, who has rolled out their annual Wrapped campaign. Once per year, this ubiquitous feature comes out of the woodwork to give us a glimpse into the inner workings of our musical minds: Were we happy this year? Were we sad? Who did we turn to? Now in its fifth year, not only does Spotify Wrapped provide a platform for listener self-reflection, but it also gives artists a unique opportunity to see—and share—just how much they accomplished. And in 2021, EDM emerged victorious, with artists taking over social media to thank their fans for their dedication. From the millions of plays they achieved on their tracks to the hundreds of countries their music was streamed from, there’s a lot...
