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EDM.com Presents “Quarantini Chats” Episode #3: Ferry Corsten
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. Pioneering trance producer and electronic music Renaissance man Ferry Corsten is joining EDM.com for the third episode of “Quarantini Chats.” After dropping his scintillating album As Above ...
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Watch Mat.Joe Debut New Dirtybird Track and More from a Berlin Gelato Shop [Video Premiere]
There are few things sweeter than a bowl of ice cream, but Berlin house duo Mat.Joe have emulated a sound and style every bit as delectable. Fusing their passions for hip-hop, skateboarding, and house music, Mat.Joe have forged a crisp, rhythmic sound inherent with soulful, urban influences. The result is a project embraced worldwide—the duo has racked up a large and loyal following while touring across Europe and the Americas. In addition to finding success on labels such as Defected, Spinnin’, and Armada, the duo started their own imprint, Prïma, which translates to “fantastic” or “awesome” in German. They hope to launch their first releases later this year. Mat.Joe has remained busy this summer, releasing “Shine” on Toolroom Recor...
This Book Explores the Evolution of Electronic Music Through the Lens of 90’s “Beat Culture”
The modern electronic scene has come a long way since its fascinating beginnings, which were heavily influenced by the colorful “beat culture” of the 90s. The evolution of hip-hop and electronic music throughout the era has now been etched into a book called Bedroom Beats & B-sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century. Scheduled to hit the shelves this winter, the book explores “beat culture” through the lens of its author, Laurent Fintoni, who dedicated over 20 years to the project. It includes over 100 interviews with artists, music producers, DJs, and record label owners, all of whom were deeply immersed into the culture. “This book is a deeply personal project that has consumed me for over 20 years,R...
Watch the $10,000-Winning Video of Marshmello and Halsey’s “Be Kind” Fan Contest
Back in May, Marshmello joined forces with Adobe and Live Nation to launch a fan video editing challenge, inviting creators to develop a short that demonstrates how they are fostering kindness in a world that desperately needs it right now amidst the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic. Almost two months after inviting fans to “show how they’re bringing kindness to the world,” Marshmello has delivered some kindness of his own in the form of a colossal cash prize to the contest’s winner. Julian Curi‘s wallet is flexing thanks to his heartwarming video. Curi’s entry netted him a cool $10,000 cash prize as well as a virtual meet-and-greet with the masked electronic music superstar later this year. In a congratulatory tweet, Marshmello said he “can’t wait to l...
No Compromises: How the Chiron Pur Sport and Super Sport 300+ Push Bugatti’s Envelope
Why make one derivative of your hypercar when you can—and should—have two very distinct versions, each of which takes the already wild base car’s attributes to the extreme? That’s the thought-process at Bugatti, as it continues to capitalize on the dynamic capabilities of the Chiron. See all 36 photos Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport: Designed for Cornering Bugatti de-emphasized the Chiron’s top speed with the Pur Sport. In fact, engineers reduced the Chiron’s 261 mph top speed to 217 mph in the Pur Sport. The goal: To make the quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter 16-cylinder hypercar more fun to drive at lower speeds on a twistier tarmac, Bugatti’s deputy design director, Frank Heyl, said. Heyl’s design team worked closely with the French brand’s engineers during ...
Nicky Romero’s Eye-Popping 3D Livestream “Another World” is Live
Iconic dance music producer Nicky Romero has taken the livestream game to the next level with with “Another World,” an immersive 3D streaming event. Fresh off the release of his highly anticipated collaboration “I Need You to Know” with fellow electronic icon Armin van Buuren, Romero has launched his new livestream concept amidst a COVID-19 pandemic that will simply not relent. Ideated and produced by Visual Lab, the show is being touted as a technological pièce de résistance with cutting edge design and animation. According to a press release issued to announce “Another World,” the stream will feature many exclusive, never-before-heard tracks from Romero and his illustrious label, Protocol Recordings. Romero teased the stream on Instagram earlier i...
This New Zealand Bar is Reinvigorating Nightlife In Town Rocked By 2011 Earthquake
In 2011, a massive earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, nearly wiping out the city’s nightlife industry. On a mission to help fill the empty void left after the disaster, Mitch Ryder and Sam Smith opened Hide, a bar that is being used as an “all-inclusive ‘safe-space'” for those looking to experience live electronic music. Post COVID-19 lockdown, the club is now back open, selling out and welcoming in record numbers of attendees. “Before the earthquakes, there were about 10 serious, world-class nightclubs in Christchurch,” Ryder told Stuff. “They were formidable, but they closed and there was no scope for anyone looking to rebuild.” Hide, which opened last year, takes inspiration from European clubs, equipped with a spaciou...
This South African Style of EDM is Taking TikTok by Storm
Those who have experienced the idyllic vibrations of a dance music festival can attest that if EDM is known for anything, it is that the genre is all-inclusive, pervading all areas of globe and opening its arms to all walks of life. Where the beauty of the genre really lies, though, is in its malleability. Through its many sub-genres, electronic dance music is able to be deconstructed, whittled down, and molded into a signature dish all one’s own, with all the accoutrements necessary to start a movement. Such is the case with Amapiano, a South African style of EDM that is taking the music industry by storm. A unique fusion of deep house and jazz, Amapiano emerged in South Africa in 2012 and has steadily risen to become a bona fide juggernaut. Artists such as Moonchild Sane...
The Revenge of /\/\/\Y/\
As the 2000s became the 2010s, no artist looked more poised to transform the landscape wholesale than Mathangi Arulpragasam, whom most millennials know as M.I.A. A brilliant Sri Lankan musician, political disruptor, and cultural synthesizer from London, she made music almost entirely about being exiled by birthright, about her complicated relationship with societal upheaval having an activist father with links to (but not, as oft-believed, actually in) the LTTE, about how rich music itself becomes when you look outside of spaces colonized by Western whites. Then she ate a truffle fry. It’s instructive to look back on how deeply M.I.A.’s and Kanye West’s paths diverged as the 2010s took shape. Both were cutting-edge royalty beginning in 2004, pulling just about every musically inclined pers...
A-Trak Shares Preview and Astonishing Story of a Remix for Michael Jackson That “Will Never Come Out”
A-Trak took to Twitter yesterday, July 14th, to share the astonishing story behind an official remix he produced for the the King of Pop, which he admits “will never come out.” “Back in 2012, I got asked to do a Michael Jackson remix for the 25th anniversary of Bad,” A-Trak wrote. “They said I could pick any track on the album.” He goes on to say that he chose Jackson’s legendary single “Smooth Criminal,” which appeared on the late artist’s seminal studio album Bad, before teaming up with Oliver to flesh out the remix. When music producers are tapped for a remix, the original artist simply sends the DAW project file or the song’s stems in a Zip archive. This exchange is somewhat perilous, though, since it leaves a digit...
Celebrate Porter Robinson’s Birthday With 5 of His Most Memorable Moments
Few artists have garnered the diehard loyalty Porter Robinson has in his career. The multi-genre producer has helped to usher in a new era of dance music in that time, and we share greater appreciation for his impactful contributions with each passing year. To celebrate Porter Robinson’s birthday, we are turning back the clock to some of his biggest career moments thus far. Porter Releases Breakout Spitfire EP Porter Robinson’s Spitfire EP was not the rising complextro producer’s first work, but it was his first long-form project, which poised the star for a breakout. The EP, which became the first release on Skrillex‘s OWSLA imprint, included six originals and a handful of remixes. The cover, featuring a Titan II GLV rocket lifting off, was predict...
Manager of Lady Gaga Producer BloodPop®: Women “Will Usher in a New Revolution” of Dance Music
Following the release of her sixth studio album Chromatica, Lady Gaga is going to need a forklift to haul the hardware coming her way. According to a report by Bloomberg, Gaga has dethroned Bad Bunny as the world’s biggest pop star thanks to the EDM-inspired Chromatica, which features production from Madeon, Skrillex, Tchami, Axwell, and Boys Noize, among others. Following the album’s ballyhooed release, it skyrocketed up the charts to rapidly emerge as the best-selling album in the US this past month. According to Bloomberg, Mother Monster sold over 400,000 copies over the course of the month while no other artist even eclipsed 300,000. The record’s lead singles, “Stupid Love” and “Rain on Me,” the latter of which we predicted as an...
