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Monstercat Announces Partnership with Gaming Platform Roblox to Empower Creators with Its Music
One of the most influential tastemakers in the electronic music sphere is further angling to be a driving force in the gaming community after the announcement of a monumental partnership. Renowned independent electronic label Monstercat took to Twitter today, July 28th, 2020 to announce that it has teamed up with prestigious game creation platform Roblox to provide users access to its distinguished catalog of music. Monstercat now offers 51 tracks to Roblox developers, who may use the music in their games for free. More songs will also be added to Roblox Studio on a regular basis, according to a report by GamesBeat, the gaming vertical of leading technology website VentureBeat. The Monstercat partnership is the latest effort by Roblox to empower its creators with more tools ...
Leading VR Company Redpill Announces Three New Livestream Music Performances
As part of their continued efforts to alchemize the worlds of live music and virtual reality, leading VR company Redpill has announced three new music livestreaming events in partnership with Renaissance Records. The livestream series, called “Renaissance Engage,” will feature performances by Patrice Bäumel, Franky Wah, and Yotto. They will be funneling bespoke, trailblazing DJ sets from their homes straight to viewers’ devices. Viewers will also be able to experience a special preview of the latest in event virtualization and social VR technology, courtesy of Redpill VR. The new shows follow a successful summer for the “Renaissance Engage” series, which featured scintillating performances from legendary producers Hernan Cattaneo, Danny Tenaglia, and Sasha....
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Atari CEO and “Beat Legend: Avicii” Developer Discuss New Rhythm Game, Share Unearthed Photos of EDM Legend [EXCLUSIVE]
Earlier in the month, we went hands-on with Hello There Games‘ upcoming rhythm game Avicii Invector Encore Edition for Nintendo Switch. While many fans of the late EDM icon are anxiously awaiting the release of the console-based musical adventure, its developers teamed up with legendary game publisher Atari for a newly-released mobile game celebrating the life and work of Avicii. Appropriately titled Beat Legend: Avicii, the game allows players to explore the beautiful soundscapes created by his timeless melodies anywhere in the world on their mobile devices. Before the release of the game, EDM.com had the pleasure of speaking with the game’s lead developer, Oskar Eklund, and the CEO of Atari, Frederic Chesnais, for an in-depth conversati...
Indie-Electronic Band Glass Animals Request 3D Head Scans from Fans for New Music Video
Glass Animals are taking user-generated content to the next level. The renowned English indie-electronic band took to Instagram yesterday, July 21st, to ask their fans to send 3D head scans for a new video they are producing. “YO. we need 3d scans of your heads for a video we’re making,” they wrote, adding that they want to “mess around” and “create something” with the content. The post itself features drummer Joe Seaward in a tutorial designed to show fans how they can submit their 3D head scans. Those who want to generate and send their scans must do so via Trnio, a mobile app that allows users to scan objects in the real world and create immersive 3D models using their iPhone camera. Fans can simply follow Seaward’s lead...
Spotify Enters the Video Space with “Vodcasts”
Spotify is slowly but surely is encroaching on YouTube territory with the launch of video podcasts, or “vodcasts.” The objective behind the rollout of the new feature is to provide a more engaging experience between fans and their favorite podcasters. It should come as no surprise that visual aspects provide an enhanced sense of connection that audio sometimes cannot. Being able to see the hosts’ mannerisms and their environment opens up the opportunity to draw in a new demographic of fans who may have previously stayed away from the audio medium. Before the launch of “vodcasts,” most hosts would upload their audio to Spotify, but then migrate to YouTube to provide their listeners with the video component from that episode. Spotify is now angling to be a one-s...
deadmau5 Teases New VR Project with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine
deadmau5 took to Instagram recently to share a teaser of a forthcoming VR project. The electronic music icon was mum on the details, however, writing nothing but an arcane caption along with the video that reads, “A breed of goat.” The teaser does divulge that the project was produced in collaboration with Epic Games‘ gameframe Unreal Engine as well as Geodesic Games and Upsurge Studios. The teaser closes in typically cryptic deadmau5 style with a nebulous message that says “Codename #Oberhasli.” An Oberhasli is a breed of dairy goat, which explain’s deadmau5’s caption but does nothing to demystify it in terms of the forthcoming project. You can watch the teaser below. FOLLOW DEADMAU5: Facebook: facebook.com/deadmau5Twitter: twitter...
Hands On with the “Avicii Invector Encore Edition” Video Game for Nintendo Switch
Since the tragic passing of Avicii back in 2018, the EDM world has put together an amazing collection of tributes. We’ve seen everything from a star-studded concert to an upcoming museum dedicated to his career, and the late artist is now getting the Nintendo Switch treatment with the forthcoming Avicii Invector Encore Edition video game. The standard edition of Avicii Invector released late last year on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Encore Edition, however, features 10 new tracks, including some from Avicii’s posthumous album Tim. Developers Hello There Games offered EDM.com a hands-on preview of the first five tracks of the upcoming game so we could see what to expect later this year. We got to explore the worlds of his songs “Can’t Catc...
Elon Musk Shares 3D Rendering of New Tesla Factory with “Rave Space on the Roof”
Following the news that his electric car and battery behemoth dethroned Toyota as the world’s largest automaker by market value, Tesla boss Elon Musk is planning to open the company’s brand new Giga Factory in Berlin, Germany. Musk posted a 3D render of the factory on Twitter this morning, July 15th, which shows a gargantuan, solar panel-lined roof atop a sprawling facility situated in a picturesque field in Berlin. Musk, who has also dabbled in electronic music production via an original song called “Don’t Doubt Ur Vibe,” also flung the dance music community headfirst into a fever pitch by writing that the rooftop may also moonlight as a “rave space.” Replying to a Twitter user asking for more information about the cave rendering, Musk w...
Sony Purchases $250 Million Stake In Fortnite Developer Epic Games
Sony‘s latest strategic investment is sure to augment the already flourishing link between the music and gaming industries. The parent company of Sony Music has moved to acquire a $250 million minority stake in Epic Games, makers of the hit video game franchises Fortnite and Borderlands. The investment will enable the continued pursuit of crossover partnerships that have already begun to shakeup a rapidly shifting digital entertainment landscape. The two companies have already demonstrated record-setting synergy this year. In April, Travis Scott, a member of Sony’s Epic Records roster, drew in Fortnite’s single largest audience to date with his virtual Fortnite concert, pulling in over 12.3 million concurrent viewers. Kenichiro Yoshida, President and CEO of...
Electronic Music Exhibit Featuring Kraftwerk Set to Open with Enhanced Speaker System
The Design Museum in London is making new investments into its sound system to support the museum’s electronic music exhibit, which is set to open at the end of this month. The exhibit, titled “Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers,” was originally scheduled to launch in April, but was postponed due to mandatory closures following the onset of COVID-19. Ahead of its reopening, the museum will be installing a PMC 7.1 surround system based on the company’s result6 monitors, which is sure to simulate the experience of a live electronic music show. As long-time PMC users themselves, Kraftwerk was influential in making the decision, insisting the museum adopt the award-winning technology. Kraftwerk Live The exhibit features a 3D Kraftwerk show com...
Here is a Techno Song Featuring Vocalized Versions of Elon Musk’s Best Tweets
Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire, Tesla boss, DJ, and father to a human named X Æ A-Xii, is sauntering through life with an iridescent glow after his flagship automobile and battery company dethroned Toyota as the world’s largest automaker by market value. A decade after Tesla went public, the company’s market cap recently eclipsed a staggering $224 billion, almost 30% more than that of Toyota. What better way to pay tribute to the unprecedented milestone than with a visual representation of the meteoric rise of Tesla soundtracked to a techno song featuring vocalized versions of its fabled founder’s best tweets? The madcap video arrived courtesy of tech journalist David Canellis by way of Hard Fork, the money and markets vertical of technology outlet Th...
Nicky Romero Gives In-Depth Virtual Studio Tour
Nicky Romero has treated fans to an in-depth look at his newly renovated studio. In the form of a YouTube video, the Dutch producer detailed his workspace from top to bottom and shows how he creates his hits. The first half of the video shows off the main production area complete with top-of-the-line speakers, keyboards, and more. He also explains some of his design choices and what feel he was going for when designing the room. The second half focuses on the recording space for live instruments and vocalists. Also included in this segment is a rundown of the pianos, drums, microphones, and other instruments that make up his arsenal. At the end of the tour, he mentions that there will be more footage of the unseen rooms in his studio included in a future video. As of the time of writing, R...
