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5 Songs You Never Would Have Heard Without SOPHIE
After the crushing loss of electronic music icon SOPHIE last month, artists from all ends of the music community united together to mourn collectively and share their favorite moments with the late artist. Her far-reaching influence can be attributed to her unique manipulation of sonics and her persistent sense of self, inspiring young creators—especially those holding LGBTQ+ identities—to feel comfortable in their own skin and pursue their dreams. SOPHIE’s work received large-scale recognition in 2018, when her debut album, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album. At the same time, she was also a prolific producer, assisting a plethora of iconic names in the studio over the years. To celeb...
10 Times Daft Punk Blew Our Minds
After nearly 30 years of groundbreaking music, Parisian duo Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, famously known as Daft Punk, amicably ended their partnership. The band were among the most influential and renowned acts of their time, crafting a unique sound that merged electronic, Euro music with funk elements — a unique blend that made them icons in the music world. After hearing the news, fans and fellow artists alike gushed forth with tributes denoting the massive reach of the dynamic duo’s one-of-a-kind artistry. Without question, Daft Punk’s artistic ingenuity and anonymity have left an indelible mark on the music industry and beyond. We don’t know for sure if there’s a future for Daft Punk. However, we can surely pause a day later to look back and celebrate the lega...
EDM Artists React to Daft Punk Split: “An Impossibly Rich, Immaculate Legacy”
We’re not crying, you’re crying. The electronic music community was flung headlong into hysteria today after Daft Punk revealed their shocking split after 28 years. Naturally, a deluge of tributes to the legendary “One More Time” producers immediately overwhelmed social media from the likes of Zedd, Porter Robinson, TOKiMONSTA, Alesso, and countless others. In a particularly poignant post from fellow electronic music fulcrum Madeon, the French compatriot shared an open letter of sorts, tipping his cap to the iconic duo’s “impossibly rich, immaculate legacy.” “Their songs became diaries, I kept them close and I’ve been attaching new memories to them at every chapter of my life. It’s a cherished treasure,” he wrote while gu...
Underground Vibes | 063
“I Want More” – Marc Benjamin Marc Benjamin is already showing immense signs of growth this year, dropping his third release in 2021 with “I Want More,” a bright house gem filled with catchy vocals and uplifting melodies. “Give Luv” Ft. Pamela Hunt – Capozzi Following up her first EP Boss, Capozzi is back with The Dark Side EP, a 3-track journey through deep rhythms and groovy basslines, and “Give Luv” featuring Pamela Hunt is without a doubt a highlight. “One I Want” Ft. Misdom – HEKLER 2021 is set to be a massive year for HEKLER, as he just dropped the first single off his debut album, “One I Want” featuring Misdom. The tune represents a stylistic change for the rising producer, seeing him bring together granulated synths and ethereal melodies for a stunning result. “Bl...
The Five-O’s 5.0: 1991 Ford Mustang SSP Police Car Rewind Review
In the annals of Fox Body Mustang history, the SSP police models—that’s for Special Service Package—certainly stood out as notable when new but now, some three decades later, they’re positively legendary. They’ve taken on mythical status, with whispers of how they’d been modified from the factory with performance engines and gearboxes with specific calibrations, but this was often not the case. And while the rumor mill also said each were hand-built by a skunkworks team in Ford’s plant, this is also untrue. In reality, these were built alongside all other Fox Body Mustangs on the exact same assembly line, with the vast majority having the same components as the street-spec, regular cars normal folks plucked from showroom floors. See all 6 photosAs one of ...
EDM.com Presents Synth Sisters, Vol. 8
There is so much talent within the electronic music community that it’s difficult to keep a finger on its pulse. To assist you on your music discovery journey, EDM.com’s monthly “Synth Sisters” series illuminates new releases from brilliant women producers of all genres and sizes with the hope of celebrating their contributions. “Goosebumps” – Pillows Producer and singer-songwriter Pillows brought an intoxicating deep house rework to Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar‘s iconic “Goosebumps.” Released via New State Music, this dance-pop cover is the latest in a series of covers from the Los Angeles talent. “Cali” – Capozzi Capozzi returned to IN / ROTATION to stun with her three-track The Dark Side EP. “CaliR...
Song of the Week: serpentwithfeet Gains Traction with Soulful “Same Size Shoe”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, serpentwithfeet gains traction with “Same Size Shoe”. There are two types of hype in the music business. One type makes it feel like an artist has the primal forces of nature behind them, controlling all media and advertising to make it seem like their next album will not only be the next canonical masterpiece to change music forever, but also the antidote to all that ails our suffering species and planet. And, then, there’s the type of hype that seemingly finds root in the tiniest speck of soil imaginable and slowly grows from th...
My Morning Jacket’s Patrick Hallahan on New Cooking Show, Food-Themed Songs
As Patrick Hallahan calls up SPIN, the My Morning Jacket drummer is gearing up for a full-blown blizzard — 12 to 18 inches of snow are expected in his current home of Louisville, Kentucky within 24 hours. And where many Americans would devolve into a panic after a day without takeout, this dude’s prepared — with a fully stocked kitchen and the culinary skills to make good use of it. But one core message from his new cooking show, In the Kitchen With Patrick Hallahan, is that interesting dishes (and, by association, memories) are tucked away in our cupboards and rarely visited fridge drawers. We just have to seek them out — and, for the novices among us, embrace the unknown. “The biggest lesson to learn in life really is to push past the fear and challenge yourself to do some...
EDM.com Presents “Quarantini Chats” Episode #14: Blanke
Whether they’re bedazzling eggs with rhinestones, baking their own sourdough from scratch, or concocting absurd cocktails, those in the social media community at large have embraced their creativity during their time in quarantine. Harnessing that creativity and manifesting it into the dance music community, EDM.com’s Instagram Live interview series “Quarantini Chats” invites the brightest music producers and DJs in the game to join our platform and craft a custom cocktail as they sip and dive into a wide range of topics with our special guest hosts, The Hotel Lobby. As he continues to bulldoze the boundaries of EDM’s genre pool with his trailblazing sound design, prodigious Australian producer Blanke is joining EDM.com for the 14th episode of “Quarantin...
10 Space-Themed EDM Tracks to Celebrate NASA’s Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars
Since we live in a social media hellscape age where content is force-fed down our throats whether we like it or not, odds are you saw NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars today. Nicknamed Percy, the rover was launched back on July 30th, 2020 and finally landed on Mars’ Jezero Crater. After completing its staggering 293 million-mile journey through the depths of outer space, the rover landed safely on Mars at 12:56PM PT today. The rover, developed by NASA’s badass Jet Propulsion Laboratory team, will now kick off a two-year mission to search for life on Mars. To celebrate this incredible, transformative watershed moment in our nation’s space operations, we’ve highlighted 10 outer space-themed EDM tracks for your playlists. Check th...
Do We Trust Robots More Than Ourselves?
People now trust robots more than themselves to manage their finances, according to a new study by Oracle and personal finance expert Farnoosh Torabi. The study of more than 9,000 consumers and business leaders in 14 countries found that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased financial anxiety, sadness, and fear among people around the world and has changed who and what we trust to manage our finances. In addition, people are rethinking the role and focus of corporate finance teams and personal financial advisors, according to the research. The global pandemic has damaged people’s relationship with money at home and at work, here’s how: Among business leaders, financial anxiety and stress increased by 186 percent and sadness grew by 116 percent; consumer financial anxiety and stress doubled, ...
15 Black Trailblazers Shaping the Future of Electronic Dance Music
Since its inception decades ago, the backbone of dance music has been constituted by a strong community of Black creatives. They’ve led the charge for change, from creating inclusive underground club scenes to fostering initiatives that call for diversity in the industry at large. Even more, today’s landscape of sounds is constantly changing, and Black artists have proved to be a driving force of innovation and propulsive momentum. To highlight some of their voices, we’ve compiled a list of 15 trailblazing artists who have hit their strides in the last several years. These pioneers have had a profound impact on their contemporaries, and their sonic influence is certain to materialize within the industry’s future wave of talent. ALUNA JÉRÉMY PAUL BALI After off...
