They say every cloud has a silver lining. With the pandemic finally in the rearview, electronic dance music festivals are back—and so are many of the scene’s beloved artists who have largely remained in the shadows. The scourge of COVID-19 vicious, but it seems these artists have now emerged with a renewed sense of vision and verve. And after two years of creative strangulation, they are hungrier than ever. If 2022’s albums are any indication, we’re on the precipice of the best years for dance music in history—just like David Guetta boldy predicted. Here are 22 of the most anticipated albums expected to release this year. Flume Palaces, Flume‘s third studio album and first since 2016’s critically acclaimed Skin, is slated to release on May 20th. He r...
Kill The Noise has given fans a behind-the-scenes look at one of the biggest electronic songs of the last decade. Many of the songs on Skrillex‘s seminal 2014 debut album, Recess, are regarded as classics. But one of the record’s most memorable cuts is its titular track, a collaboration with Kill The Noise, Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit. The album’s namesake single combined the talents of two virtuosic music producers with the stentorian vocals of its iconic singer-songwriters. Seeing as Monday was the eight-year anniversary of Recess, Kill The Noise took to social media to share a look at what “Recess” sounded like before Scoop and Angelakos joined in. Guided by some light commentary from the EMBRACƎ producer, fans are able to listen to an...
Thanks to a decade-long kinship, Kill The Noise and Seven Lions have never wavered in their shared goal of challenging electronic music norms. Long revered for their ability to fluidly oscillate across the spectrum of bass music, the pair have joined forces for a new single called “Without You,” which will appear on Kill The Noise’s upcoming sophomore album EMBRACƎ. With its melodic sensibilities and progressive house backbone, it’s a stark contrast to the tandem’s 2019 collab “The Blood,” a heavy-hitting psytrance and dubstep hybrid. But the notion that “Without You” is a bit of a departure doesn’t make it any less emphatic. Julia Ross’ vocal performance in “Without You” is bot...
The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com’s weekly “Playlist Picks” series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits Run – Becky Hill & Galantis Without You – Kill The Noise, Seven Lions & Julia Ross Dancing Feet (feat. DNCE) – Kygo Festival Hits 2022 Do It To It (Tiësto Remix) – ACRAZE Redlight – Swedish House Mafia & Sting Recommended Articles WAIT – Malaa Idiosyncrasy – Redrum Angel – Tsu Nami & Dani King I’ll Be There – Biicla Gold – Crystal Skies These tracks can be accessed on the EDM...
The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com’s weekly “Playlist Picks” series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits You’ve Got To Let Go If You Want To Be Free – Disclosure & Zedd Abcdefu – Crystal Rock, Felix Schorn & Csenge Forstner Waste Love v3 – Kaskade & PYFER Festival Hits 2022 How Ya Like Me Now – Kill The Noise, Wolfgang Gartner & Ericka Guitron Recommended Articles Utopia – Black Tiger Sex Machine All Night – Skepsis & Riddim Commission Electronic Avenue Better Off – SLUMBERJACK Superhuman (wi...
After a few relatively quiet years, Kill The Noise is angling for a triumphant return in 2022. Now he’s back in action alongside MOELLE with their new collaboration, “Don’t Look Back,” released under Seven Lions’ venerated Ophelia Records banner. Kill The Noise has long been revered for his innovative approach to sound design, and he’s put his music production chops on full display in “Don’t Look Back.” The bass music virtuoso has effortlessly fused MOELLE’s captivating vocals with an onslaught of haunting synths and frenetic stabs, dropping an eerie dubstep anthem. “Don’t Look Back” is the first single from Kill The Noise’s forthcoming sophomore album EMBRAC3, the first to be released i...
Electronic artists have the innate ability to hype people up with their music. Just ask American beach volleyball player April Ross, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist and 2016 bronze medalist listening to EDM to fuel her quest for gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Ross recently shared the artists and tracks which pump her up to compete—and it’s not for the faint of heart. Some of her go-to artists include Kill the Noise, Skrillex, Flux Pavilion, Excision, NGHTMRE, Kygo, and Avicii, As a true testament to her level of EDM fandom, she has curated her own Olympic playlists for the last five years, incorporating songs like “Wake Me Up” by Avicii, “The Drop” by Bro Safari, and “Birdz” by Wuki and Smokepurpp. “Something about...
To round out a remarkable year of releases on his venerated Ophelia Records imprint, Seven Lions has tapped a handful of label favorites to join him on the road this fall. The tour, dubbed “Seven Lions and Ophelia Present: Pantheon,” will feature the likes of Jason Ross, Kill The Noise, Last Heroes, Trivecta, Wooli, Xavi, Gem & Tauri, and EDM.com Class of 2021 artist Blanke. Tour dates span all across the United States including California, Texas, and Colorado, with more set to be announced soon. Seven Lions and Ophelia Present: Pantheon tour flyer. Ophelia Records Alongside the announcement of the tour comes the news that Au5 is scheduled to release his debut single on Ophelia Records this Friday. The track is titled “The Pap...
The prescient producer sees value in AI-assisted music production. As artificial intelligence continues to play a major role in the music industry and tools become more accessible to artists, many prescient producers have harnessed its power to create and manipulate music. Kill The Noise, a polymath when it comes to the technical side of music production and synthesis, recently decided to plug one of his tracks into OpenAI‘s groundbreaking music tool, Jukebox. Jukebox is a neural network that uses machine learning to generate musical elements, including vocals, as raw audio to use in compositions. The program astonishingly went on to spit out new vox for Kill The Noise’s May 2019 single “Salvation,” a pulsating, Mija-assisted electronic tune tha...
Spooky season is officially upon us, and Seven Lions is here with an early Halloween treat. The melodic bass maven has announced a special Halloween-themed edition of his patented “Visions” livestream series. Joining him to grace the virtual stage are Kill The Noise, MitiS, and Gem & Tauri, the latter of whom recently dropped the first-ever house music EP released on the renowned Ophelia Records imprint. Ophelia label head Seven Lions took to Twitter to announce the stream and invite fans to show out in their best costumes. “Halloween is my favorite holiday, and to celebrate it this year the only way we can, we’re doing a Halloween themed Visions!” he wrote. “This Saturday night, put on your costumes and join me, [Gem & Tauri]...
Bass music vet Kill The Noise has long been championed as one of the most gifted sound designers in the electronic music genre. Whether he’s crafting house music, mind-bending dubstep, or soaring future bass, his ability to pump out pristine mixes across any genre is matched by few in the game. Prompted by an innocuous tweet from REZZ that simply said, “Hey,” Kill The Noise took to his Twitter account yesterday to share a short clip in which he plays around with a waveform in Ableton that looks just like Space Mom’s patented LED goggles. The sound produced by the waveform is a simple bass patch, but its visual representation is uncanny, as he says, “That almost looks like REZZ.” Responding to a fan, Kill The Noise said the program wasn’t a plu...