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5 Things Not to Miss Under the Electric Sky at EDC Las Vegas 2022
There’s less than two weeks until dance music fans unite by the thousands under the electric sky at EDC Las Vegas, and the excitement around the kickoff of North America’s largest dance music festival has reached a fever pitch. Despite having just held EDC Las Vegas in October of last year, the Insomniac team has been hard at work bringing more new innovations to their flagship offering. This year’s EDC experience includes the addition of a new stage, more rare back-to-back performances, and the same high-quality production fans of the festival have come to know and love. Discover our top five things to consider as you plan to make your EDC 2022 experience a memorable one. EDC Announces Addition of bionicJUNGLE, the Festival’s 9th Sta...
Julie Snell of the Scotland 5G Centre Joins This Expert Line-up of Speakers at the #DTF2022
Julie Snell, Chair of the Scotland 5G Centre, is set to speak at the upcoming Digital Transformation Forum 2022 held in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 May 2022 at the Maslow Hotel. Julie Snell, Chair of the Scotland 5G Centre, is set to speak at the upcoming Digital Transformation Forum 2022 held in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 May 2022 at the Maslow Hotel. This hybrid event will see industry experts come together to tackle ideas on how to navigate the future-of-work, future-of-integration, connected digital experience, data management, and digital innovation strategies all in efforts to prepare your business for its successful digital transformation journey. Snell has 35+ years of experience as a business leader having successfully established new technology market...
Swedish House Mafia Announce Massive Summer 2022 Headlining Show at Ushuaïa Ibiza
Swedish House Mafia are partying like its 2010. That was the year they released “Miami 2 Ibiza,” one of the band’s many generational dance anthems. Now fresh off their scintillating debut album Paradise Again, Swedish House Mafia are returning to the White Isle for a momentous show in summer 2022. The Night League, the team behind Ushuaïa Ibiza, have announced a massive headlining performance from Swedish House Mafia. They’ll return to the iconic open-air venue on Sunday, July 17th ahead of their 2022 world tour. Ironically, the tour begins less than two weeks later with a show in Miami. In the wake of the pandemic, the grand return of Ibiza’s nightlife also marks the longest clubbing season in the island’s history. According to a press re...
Watch Alison Wonderland’s Secret Album Release Rave Live From a Vacant Laundromat
Lights, camera, laundry. Alison Wonderland rinsed out a slew of filthy new tracks live from a vacant L.A. laundromat as her long-awaited album dropped this week. Giving audiences one of the first live previews of her brand new Loner LP, the Australian songstress performed in partnership with Brownies & Lemonade at a pop-up rave to remember. The private event went down in the Alvardo Laundromat in Los Angeles. But if a sonic cleanser is what you were after, this DJ set was anything but. Wonderland unleashed an onslaught of bass as the laundromat beamed to life in a flurry of lasers. The LED strips lining the venue’s equipment snaked along every corner of the aged interior, igniting the scene with sequences of polychromatic hues for a distinctly haunting feel. The washing machines ...
Splash House Taps Diplo, Duke Dumont, Walker & Royce, for June 2022 Opener
Splash House recently announced its return to Palm Springs with a newly expanded itinerary for 2022. Stretched over three long weekends this summer, the pool party-festival hybrid will once again take over a trio of resorts throughout the desert city. The first of those weekenders will take place June 10-12 and organizers have tapped some big names in the electronic music space. Headlining the sun-kissed pool parties at the Saguaro, Renaissance and Margaritaville resorts will be Diplo, Channel Tres, Walker & Royce and a b2b set from Dombresky and Noizu, among others. Furthering the roster of high-caliber acts performing throughout the three venues will be Hayden James, Yung Bae, J. Worra, Gene Farris, Shermanology, Manila Killa b2b Chet Porter, SecondCity and Hanna...
David Guetta, Marshmello, More to DJ at Summerburst’s Biggest Festival In 10 Years
Ahead of their biggest festival in a decade, the organizers of Summerburst have announced a massive lineup to celebrate the beloved festival’s return to Gothenburg. The 2022 edition of the Swedish dance music fest is scheduled for June 3-4 at Ullevi, one of the biggest stadiums in the Nordic countries with a capacity of 43,000. While the sprawling stadium has historically hosted major sporting events, like the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Cup Finals, it also doubles as a locus for the world’s best DJs to throw down for Summerburst. And after two years away due to the impact of the pandemic, Summerburst is returning stronger than ever. Summerburst 2022 is scheduled for June 3-4 at Ullevi. c/o Summerburst For the first time, ravers will have access to four stages: the M...
Look Inside the Mayhem of Excision’s First-Ever Paradise Blue Music Festival In Cancún
As Excision continues to expand his festival empire, it was only a matter of time until he went international. His first-ever destination music festival, Paradise Blue, seemingly went off without a hitch in Cancún, where attendees had the opportunity to head-bang in the pool, on the beach and in the club from 2PM to 3AM daily. Paradise Blue offered a refreshing dose of bass music, featuring artists from all over the spectrum to join X on the beach. Ace Aura, Bear Grillz, SVDDEN DEATH, Kai Wachi, Eliminate, Au5 and many more showed out to help curate the signature Excision festival experience. Words alone can’t provide a festival of this caliber justice, though. Check out the clips below for FOMO a glimpse into the inaugural Paradise Blue, where DJs raged in the po...
SLANDER, Adventure Club, Flux Pavilion to Headline Lakeside Music Festival, Bass Camp
Most associate Lake Tahoe with relaxation and tranquility, but in late July, the waters will be clattering from the sounds of dubstep and house music. Bass Camp Festival is returning on July 23rd with and a massive lineup. Tucked in the scenic mountains of South Lake Tahoe, the open-air event is planning to return bigger and better than ever after a string of brutal cancellations due to the impact of the pandemic. Fans will be able to check out three curated stages as well as a silent disco and interactive artist paint wall, among other experiential activations. “How amazing to be back producing music events again after what we all went through the past couple of years,” Paul Reder, Founder and CEO of Bass Camp, tells EDM.com. “All of us at Bass Camp can’t ...
Photo Gallery: From Swedish House Mafia to Skream, Relive Coachella Weekend Two
Coachella‘s run may have come and gone, but the memories made by those in attendance will live on forever. Just over a week ago, April 22-24, Goldenvoice hosted the second weekend of Coachella, once again packing out the Polo Fields of Indio with fans from all over the globe for another high-profile fest. With gigantic art installations and experiential activations around every corner, Goldenvoice transformed the venue into an adult playground. From Harry Styles to Fred again.. to Louis The Child, Weekend Two also delivered a healthy dose of live music. Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2022. brphoto.co With over 125,000 people gathering in the desert each weekend, Coachella is one of the largest music festivals in the nation. Drawing in an internati...
Kaskade Announces New Destination Music Festival In Cancún, Sun Soaked
A brand new destination festival from the mind of Kaskade could become dance music escapists’ ultimate getaway. Scheduled for December 16-18, 2022, the first-ever Sun Soaked event will go down at Cancún’s all-inclusive Paradisus and Fiesta Americana Resorts, the home of sun-kissed destination festivals organized by Excision (Paradise Blue) and ILLENIUM (Ember Shores). Kaskade has joined forces with the promoters of those events, Festication, to organize Sun Soaked, the third in a series of artist-curated destination festivals. According to the iconic Fire & Ice producer, he wants to break the mold of today’s moth-eaten festival landscape. “Sun Soaked has become a unicorn in an over saturated festival world. A perfect trinity of sun, water + sand,” Kaskade ...
Armin van Buuren Announces 2022 Headlining Shows at Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza
Armin van Buuren is officially returning to the White Isle this summer. The legendary DJ and trance music producer has announced six headlining performances in Ibiza, starting with two at Ushuaïa Ibiza’s world-famous poolside stage on June 9th June and 26th. van Buuren will then head to the venue’s sister club, Hï Ibiza, on August 22nd and 29th before returning to the iconic Ushuaïa Ibiza to tie a bow on the season with two final shows on September 18th and 25th. The shows are said to “take trance into untold and unmissable territory,” according to Ushuaïa. You can purchase tickets here. Armin van Buuren. Bart Heemskerk Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Both Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza are celebrating record-breaking attendance at their official openin...
Alison Wonderland, Madeon, GRiZ, More to Perform at HARD Summer: See the Full 2022 Lineup
After returning in a big way in 2021, HARD Summer is back a year later—and with a monster lineup of over 100 artists. Organizers have once again nabbed a laundry list of electronic dance music’s corps d’elite for the SoCal fest, its first-ever three-day affair, scheduled for July 29-31. Set for performances are Porter Robinson, Madeon, Alison Wonderland, NGHTMRE, Chris Lake, GRiZ, TOKiMONSTA, Moore Kismet, Vintage Culture and many, many more. Check out the hysterical trailer below, which features Marc Rebillet, SVDDEN DEATH and SIDEPIECE’s Party Favor and Nitti Gritti, among other HARD Summer 2022 artists. This year’s lineup also heavily integrates hip-hop and features a slew of major rappers, including Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Uzi Vert, Three 6 Mafia, Denzel Curry,...
