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Excision Opens the Gates to a New Bass Music Utopia, “Subsidia”
Earlier in the month, Excision posted a mysterious countdown that left the bass music community scratching their collective head. Now, we’ve seen artists release countdowns before announcing new albums, tours, merch—what have you—but as you’re likely well aware, Excision always takes things a step further. While fans would have been more than delighted by a simple song drop, he decided to crank up his subwoofer and blast open the gates to a new utopian society designed specifically for bass music listeners and artists, called Subsidia. A Whole New World Rukes So what exactly is Subsidia? We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but no—Excision has not purchased land and created a permanent Lost Lands… yet (fingers crossed). Subsidia is rather his effort to highligh...
Underground Vibes | 055
“Monster” – David Flix Steadily rising within the house music ranks, young Slovakian talent David Flix is back with one of his biggest releases to date, unleashing the dancefloor-ready “Monster” via KSHMR’s Dharma Worldwide imprint. “Sparks” Ft. Casey Cook – Rootkit Ahead of his upcoming debut album on San Holo’s bitbird, Rootkit has dropped yet another massive single, exploring explosive future pop vibes alongside Casey Cook. “Broken” Ft. Azuria Sky – Paper Skies Combining the worlds of dubstep and future bass, Paper Skies has come to Lacuna to deliver “Broken” featuring Azuria Sky, an immensely powerful and unique production. “In My Eyes” Ft. Verzache – ford. Gearing up for the release of his forthcoming album The Color Of Nothing, out later this ye...
How CIOs can Help Build Revenue Post Pandemic
Amid a historic global economic slowdown and societal crisis, CIOs can show their mettle and drive their organisations to a more prosperous future by practising the skills and embodying the attitudes that mark out all great leaders. The first stage in achieving that goal will be to act fast to reset cost bases as even relatively small expenses come under extreme financial scrutiny. Today, every IT investment needs TCO written through it like a stick of rock and CIOs need to go the extra mile to calibrate the value of the investments they recommend. In short, more than ever they need to lead as digital transformation and adoption of new technologies become existential issues of survival and critical factors to overall success. Of course, a large part of being a CIO has always been about cos...
Here is a Painful Video of People Awkwardly Dancing to Vin Diesel’s EDM Song on The Kelly Clarkson Show
Science fiction authors have been offering grim outlooks of the future for as long as the genre has existed. Many have told tales of dystopian societies battling worldwide sickness, oppressive government, economic crises, and weaponized artificial intelligence. Unfortunately for us, reality has been far worse than the stories. In real-life 2020, we’re facing worldwide sickness, oppressive government, economic crises, weaponized artificial intelligence, and virtual daytime TV studio audiences awkwardly dancing along on webcam to dance music created by a beefy action movie star. This horror story came to life during an episode of Kelly Clarkson‘s talk show earlier this week. Instead of hosting music from talented and underrepresented up-and-comers deserving of recognit...
College Student Develops Electronic Music Production Application for the Visually Impaired
A college student in the United Kingdom has developed software that allows the visually impaired to create electronic music with ease. After performing at a music festival in 2017, Ché Leader was in a serious car accident that left him hospitalized with a split tongue, broken nose, and chipped tooth. While he recovered, he also suffered severe eye injuries and is now visually impaired, experiencing chronic pain and psychological problems from the incident. The difficulties he faces each day and his background in sound design inspired him to create something that helps others in a similar situation. While specifics on his application have not yet been revealed, Leader’s software allows users to create electronic music with less reliance on sight than your average digita...
Jon Ikeda Is Committed to Acura’s High-Performance Ambitions
Jon Ikeda spent most of his career as a designer before becoming Acura‘s general manager in 2015 and brand officer in 2019. He is working to rebuild the premium performance brand, bringing back its heritage and injecting excitement while further differentiating Acura from the Honda brand. We chatted with him about the plans for the Acura brand in general as he prepared to launch the 2021 Acura TLX. MT: When did you start this latest relaunch of the brand? JI: Maybe 2015. That’s when the NSX came online. And that’s when we were completely reorienting ourselves back to “precision crafted performance,” our heritage. If we’re going to be a performance brand, we needed to have the supercar as the halo…I’m not going to lie to you, we did wander arou...
Intelligent Compliance: POPIA in the Age of AI
The artificial intelligence (AI) market is predicted to reach revenues of $156 billion by the end of 2020, according to IDC, with the largest segments being application and enterprise relationship management (ERM) at 20% and 17% respectively. The scale of AI growth alongside developments in automation, machine learning, deep learning, and the Internet of Things is equally driving the creation of extraordinary volumes of data. In fact, research has found that the number of digital bits produced every year could exceed the number of atoms on the planet by the year 2245. But as data grows and AI interprets and organisations analyse, so does the risk – the risk of non-compliance with regulations such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe and the Protection of Personal Informat...
Watch Calvin Harris Deconstruct His Song With The Weeknd, “Over Now”
As Calvin Harris and The Weeknd‘s collaborative single “Over Now” continues its ascent up the charts, Harris has offered a one-of-a-kind glimpse into the song’s creation. The Grammy Award-winning DJ and dance music producer shared a video in which he deconstructs the track, offering a glimpse into the creative process of one of contemporary music’s most successful record producers. Locked down in a gorgeous music studio with enough keyboards to stock up a Best Buy, Harris walks through each element of “Over Now,” including the keys, guitar, and drum programming, and he also isolates The Weeknd’s vocals in a neat display of vocal processing. A highlight of the video is when he uses a Roland Devil Fish TB-303 synth to show how he made...
EDM.com Presents “Quarantini Chats” Episode #7: Martin Jensen
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. Danish dance music superstar Martin Jensen is joining EDM.com for the 7th episode of “Quarantini Chats.” Jensen, who has accrued a staggering 12 million monthly listeners on Spotify due to h...
Prince Collaborators Reflect on 1987 Opus ‘Sign o’ the Times’
By the mid-80s, Prince was a global superstar thanks to the worldwide success of 1984’s Purple Rain. So when he started work on his follow-up — eventually released on March 31, 1987 as the double-LP Sign o’ the Times — it came amidst a creative tsunami that saw two more classic albums with his longtime band the Revolution (1985’s Around The World in A Day and the following year’s Parade), the 1986 film Under The Cherry Moon and three ultimately shelved titles (Dream Factory, Camille and Crystal Ball). For those who worked closest to him during this period, including Revolution keyboard wizard Matt Fink (aka Dr. Fink), longtime engineer Susan Rogers and bassist Levi Seacer, Jr., it was astounding to see such a voluminous output from Prince during this time. “His creativ...
Gus Dapperton Learned How to Leave Control Behind on Orca
Gus Dapperton isn’t about the facade that musicians — or anyone famous, really — are superheroes. And like everyone else, they deal with mental health issues. “[Musicians] are usually afraid to portray … to a large audience if they’re suffering or if they’re feeling depressed,” Dapperton tells SPIN. “I think it’s important to just express those feelings to everyone. The more you talk about it, the more helpful it becomes.” With his recently issued second album, Orca, Dapperton wants fans to consider assumptions about their favorite musicians or celebrities. Even the record’s title, he shares, derives from an Orca whale — a creature whose outward appearance may disguise its internal suffering. Dapperton (real name Brendan Patrick Rice) bounces through gritty, introspective lyrics on th...
Global 5G Networks Reach Major Connectivity Milestone
101 mobile operators in 44 countries have launched one or more fully commercial 5G networks, according to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). Of these commercial networks, GSA data records that there are now 94 operators live with 3GPP-compliant 5G mobile services (up from 63 at the end of March 2020), while 37 have launched 3GPP-compliant 5G FWA or home broadband services (up from 34). “5G remains on track to become the fastest adopted mobile technology ever,” says Joe Barrett, GSA President. “There are now over 400 announced 5G devices; 5G subscriptions are doubling quarter on quarter; there are 20 commercially available 5G mobile processors and platforms and eight discrete 5G modems from five different semiconductor companies.” “With over 100 commercial 5G networks now launch...
