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DJ Snake and Alison Wonderland to Welcome Back Canada’s Longest-Running Halloween Massive
The start of the fall season in Canada comes with mixed emotions for ravers. Dropping temperatures and leafs symbolize that it’s time to pack up outdoor festival camping gear and get ready for a long winter. Halloween can feel like the last yearly hurrah to dress up as wild, sexy and scary creatures to release remaining remnants of animalistic instincts from dancefloors in the summer before the snow falls. SCREAM 2022: The Resurrection, presented by Boodang Canada on October 29th in Edmonton, Alberta is making its return as the largest and longest running Halloween massive in Canada. But what exactly makes this event so special? Read on to find out why 15,000 creatures will be howling at SCREAM 2022. Alison Wonderland There is perhaps no better electronic music artist to headline a Ha...
Here Are the Set Times for Second Sky 2022
This weekend, fans of Porter Robinson will descend on the Bay Area for the third chapter in the saga of Second Sky, the Nurture artist’s curated music festival. This year’s fest will feature a special headline set from Robinson himself, as well as a hotly anticipated B2B between his Virtual Self alias and G Jones. Second Sky 2022 will also feature performances from RL Grime, Hudson Mohawke, Bladee and more. Skrillex is also primed for his first festival set of 2022 at Second Sky after replacing Fred again.., whose third studio album, Actual Life 3, is scheduled to release one day prior. Skrillex coincidentally filled a guest slot at the fest’s inaugural edition in 2019. Second Sky 2022 will take place on Saturday, October 29th on the grounds of the Oak...
Record-Breaking Amsterdam Dance Event Draws In 450,000 Attendees
The dust has just begun to settle on Amsterdam Dance Event 2022, and its numbers confirm a record-breaking year. The five-day assembly of conferences, performances, panels and more brought out over 450,000 attendees, who hailed from 146 different countries. 2022 marked a full return for the event following a series of pandemic-related cancellations. Last year’s partial return to action saw ADE’s Pro programming cancelled due to uncertainty surrounding the Dutch government’s restrictions. For that reason, it’s certainly no surprise that this year’s 27th edition of ADE achieved blowout results by every metric. More than 1,000 events dotted the city across 200 unique locations and over 2,500 artists participated in the nonstop action, like electronic music ...
Tina Knowles-Lawson and Richard Lawson’s Wearable Art Gala Celebrates Black Excellence and the Harlem Renaissance
The feathers were swaying and sequins were glittering at last night’s star-studded Wearable Art Gala, a benefit celebrating the 5th anniversary of WACO Theater Center, founded by co-artistic directors Tina Knowles-Lawson and Richard Lawson. Inspired by the aesthetics and Black excellence of the Harlem Renaissance era, the benefit is designed to support the company’s artistic and youth mentorship programs through a fine art auction. “Each year we find a theme that connects us historically with our past,” Richard Lawson told THR. “[We explore] the evolution of African culture in the western world.” Previous themes have included The Lion King and Black Panther‘s Wakanda. But this year, 50,000 square feet of the Barker Hanger at Santa Monica&nb...
Alan Walker’s “Walkerverse” Tour Tears Through Brooklyn, L.A. and Vancouver With Added Dates
Spider-Man and Doctor Strange have nothing on the interdimensional scale of Alan Walker and his “Walkerverse” tour. Walker is trekking all over the world in support of his latest album, Walkerverse, Pt. 1 and its impending follow-up, Walkerverse, Pt. 2. Walker has already made his way through much of Europe, performing sold-out shows in the U.K. and Belgium, plus stops in Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. “Walkerverse: The Tour” has doubled up on concert dates in three cities after the initial shows were filled to capacity. Brooklyn is getting a second show on November 10th, followed by an additional November 24th date in Vancouver and another on December 1st in Los Angeles. “Walkers, over the last months, I’...
Check Out ACRAZE’s Exclusive EDM.com Playlist Ahead of His Seismic Dance Event Debut
Seismic Dance Event lies just on the horizon and ACRAZE is chief among the newcomers to Austin’s largest house and techno music festival. Promising talents and established legends alike are converging on the Lone Star state next month, and the EDM.com Class of 2022 inductee has plenty for fans to chew over in anticipation for this year’s landmark 5th edition. As the “Do It To It” producer achieves new highs, he’s reminding himself of the persevering journey through the highs and lows along the way with “Believe.” The Goodboys-assisted single marks his opening salvo in an exclusive playlist he’s put together for EDM.com. Seismic Dance Event. Alexis Sturm Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Summertime track selections are still top of mind ...
Look Inside Carl Cox’s Historic Headlining Performance at London’s Wembley Arena
What better way to celebrate a new EP—and the year’s most anticipated electronic album—than with a massive party. Carl Cox took “massive” to a new level on October 15th, taking over London’s Wembley Arena for his first-ever headlining set at the iconic entertainment venue. But it doesn’t stop there. For the very first time, he treated attendees to music from Electronic Generations, his first album in 10 years. The impending record, Cox’s first as a live electronic artist, has the feel of a tour de force for the legendary techno artist, who promised a “true electronic music experience” inspired by the crowds he has watched and directed in dance over his storied career. The Wembley show was every techno fan’s dream. Captivating lights and...
Remembering “A Reflection of Love”: Watch the Official Tomorrowland 2022 Aftermovie
After a historic year, the Tomorrowland team touched down in Amsterdam to premiere the festival’s 2022 aftermovie. Hosted in the famed Royal Theater Tuschinski in the heart of Amsterdam amid this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), Tomorrowland’s premiere gathered fans from across the globe to rekindle the magic from the 2022 fest. The 25-minute aftermovie eases into view with Alan Fitzpatrick’s beautiful instrumental version of “Unite” and the Tomorrowland intro before it dives into a masterful cinema showcasing never-before-seen video clips from the festival’s three weekends. The aftermovie is more along the lines of a feature film, comprising over 12 days of film and including spectacular drone footage of over 100 of performances by Alesso, Armin van Burren, Eric Prydz, ...
RL Grime Announces Full Lineup for 2022’s “Halloween: Dead Space” Event
Halloween without RL Grime just wouldn’t be the same. Grime’s annual Halloween mix series is a staple in the electronic music community when Halloween comes around. Fans and artists around the world anticipate his dark and haunting mix every year, but in 2022, Grime is taking it live with an event in Los Angeles, “Halloween: Dead Space.” Grime recently took to social media to announce the event’s full lineup, which includes Hex Cougar, Pauline Herr, JAWNS, Montell2099 and a B2B set from ISOxo and Knock2. Mum’s the word on what celebrity will provide the introduction after last year’s shocking preface from globally renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. “It is your turn to fight off goblins and ghouls as we merge with a c...
BeOn1x Open Mind Music Festival Makes Colossal Debut In Cyprus
BeOn1x Open Mind Music Festival recently made a massive debut in Cyprus, cementing itself as the most exciting dance music festivals in the region. Featuring a plethora of some of dance music’s very best artists, the promising festival’s inaugural edition took place over two consecutive weekends starting September 23rd. Positioned on Larnaca’s breezy CTO Beach, the organizers of BeOn1x set out to influence the musical landscape of Cyprus with six stacked days of house and techno music. And it’s safe to say that it succeeded. BeOn1x’s mainstage stood tall and wide, towering with state-of-the-art production, from CO2 cannons and dazzling lasers to stunning pyro and firework displays. Its most impressive feature was the pair of giant, illuminated hands. Likely inspire...
Organizers Pull the Plug On Necropolis Music Festival Less Than Three Weeks From Kickoff
Just three weeks away from the scheduled kickoff of Chicago’s Necropolis Music Festival, organizers have pulled the plug. The Halloween weekend event was set to debut with a big lineup featuring the likes of Alison Wonderland, Adventure Club, Excision and Getter, among others, but its promoter, Auris Presents, have revealed their grand plans are not coming to fruition. Auris is an established Chicago promotional company and the creators of music festivals such as ARC and Heatwave. The organization’s statement was light on details, but says that they ultimately did not feel they could deliver on the experience as promised. “We strive to put out the best experience possible for our fans, unfortunately we no longer feel that we can accomplish ...
Crunchyroll Is Developing a Special “Anime Music Experience” at Porter Robinson’s Second Sky Music Festival
Porter Robinson and Crunchyroll are teaming up for a bespoke “anime music experience” at Second Sky, the electronic music star’s curated music festival in the Bay Area. According to a press release shared with EDM.com, the “Anime Shelter” experience will feature DJs from Tokyo’s iconic Akihabara anime nightclub, MOGRA, who are set to return to the states for the first time since 2019. Ravers will also be able to gulp down anime-inspired drinks at the pop-up, which takes its name from Robinson’s 2016 hit, “Shelter.” “MOGRA is one of my favorite places in the world—the all-night anisongs and incredible live VJing is an experience that has become rightfully famous worldwide and it’s somewhere I go every time I’m in Japan,”...
