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Armin van Buuren Announces Album Trilogy, “Feel Again”
Fans of Armin van Buuren have a lot to look forward to this year and beyond. The trance music icon has announced a three-part album series. Aptly titled Feel Again, the trilogy, van Buuren said, was created to reestablish the connection between his friends, family and fans that the pandemic had eroded. He also dropped the series’ titular single “Feel Again,” a stunning house track featuring Wrabel that will appear on Part 1, which will arrive this Friday, June 10th and will comprise 10 songs. The trilogy’s remaining two chapters are expected to be released in the fall of 2022 and the opening months of 2023 respectively, according to a press release issued by Armada. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “I’m really excited to announce my upcoming F...
Andrew Bayer Announces New Anjunabeats Double Album, “Duality”
Trance music vet Andrew Bayer has announced Duality, an ambitious double album set for release via his longtime home of Anjunabeats. Bayer says the upcoming record will run the gamut of the wide spectrum of electronic styles that have shaped his unique sound through the years. “Since day one, I have always struggled with how to present myself. I love making these experimental home listening albums of electronica and indie sounds, but I also love DJing and making trance bangers,” Bayer said in a press statement. “On my last album, I had to remix the album in full after it was released to make the worlds fit. This time around I wanted to capture all the breadth, depth, and tension within that duality under one single project.” Cover art of Andrew Bayer’...
Listen to Flume’s Brilliantly Eclectic Third Album “Palaces”
After months of singles and teasers, Flume has finally delivered his hotly-anticipated third studio album, Palaces, via Future Classic. Palaces is a groundbreaking album that expands Flume’s influences to even deeper reaches of electronic music. He’s taken his signature experimental sound and perfected it, leading to some of the best music he’s written to date. It’s an LP that speaks to his vision and project as a whole, giving listeners a taste of exactly who Flume is even if they’ve never listened to anything else in his discography. Opening with high energy on “Highest Building” featuring Oklou, the track sets the pace for the rest of the album. Emotions run high throughout, as the vocals and varied collection of sounds help steer the ...
Watch Alison Wonderland’s Secret Album Release Rave Live From a Vacant Laundromat
Lights, camera, laundry. Alison Wonderland rinsed out a slew of filthy new tracks live from a vacant L.A. laundromat as her long-awaited album dropped this week. Giving audiences one of the first live previews of her brand new Loner LP, the Australian songstress performed in partnership with Brownies & Lemonade at a pop-up rave to remember. The private event went down in the Alvardo Laundromat in Los Angeles. But if a sonic cleanser is what you were after, this DJ set was anything but. Wonderland unleashed an onslaught of bass as the laundromat beamed to life in a flurry of lasers. The LED strips lining the venue’s equipment snaked along every corner of the aged interior, igniting the scene with sequences of polychromatic hues for a distinctly haunting feel. The washing machines ...
Madonna to Release “Finally Enough Love” Compilation With Remixes By Avicii, Above & Beyond, More
The Queen of Pop’s first project from her career-spanning global partnership with Warner Music is officially on the way: a retrospective album called Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones. Madonna remains the only recording artist to net 50 #1 hits on the Billboard charts. In celebration of the milestone, she will release the collection, which boasts 50 alternate versions and remixes of her music by some of electronic music’s most esteemed artists. Among the tracks is Avicii‘s beloved remix of “Girl Gone Wild,” a gem of the late dance music icon’s early era of mainstream success. Avicii and Madonna famously appeared together on the Ultra Music Festival Mainstage in 2012, a performance that marked the start of a working relationship which saw the two j...
“Loner”: Alison Wonderland’s Third Album Is the Rallying Call of Our Times
In 2020, Alison Wonderland hit a turning point. “My life was going a certain way before something pulled everything out from under me…I felt like I had hit my rock bottom,” she reflected in a press release. It was a reckoning both personal and professional, as working on new music transformed from an emotional outlet into a rallying call. “I realized that I have always seen myself as the victim of my story,” she recalled. “This time, something shifted in me, and I decided that I didn’t want to be the victim anymore.” Wonderland’s third album, Loner, is out now and it’s the sweeping result of this new awakening. And despite the title of her 2018 sophomore effort, Awake, it’s actually this new 12-track project that...
Get Lost In a Musical Cosmos With Darius’ Scintillating Sophomore Album, “OASIS”
Five years after releasing his debut album Utopia, Darius has finally graced fans with another studio album, OASIS—and it’s a doozy. Staying true to his signature, euphonic sound that we all know and love, Darius still manages to bring a fresh perspective to his work in OASIS. Featuring far more vocal tracks than 2017’s predecessor, Utopia, the Roche Musique producer continues to enrapture the mind, delight the senses and inspire the body to dance with funky, ethereal beats. Though there are only five instrumental songs out of 14 total, it’s these tracks, which are devoid of lyrics, that anchor the record. “WINTER SADNESS” is an uncharacteristically slow-burning, languid jam with a bluesy cadence, while “GRAND LARGE” evokes classic Darius with upbe...
Swardy Announces New Album and Animated Short, “Compact Objects”
If you aren’t listening to Swardy yet, let this be your wakeup call. Next month, fans will hear a new album from the the imaginative producer and puppeteer, one of the most criminally underrated artists in the electronic music scene. Just in time to brighten up our summer is Compact Objects, a new LP from Swardy. In a similar vein to his whimsical video content, the album announcement featured a handmade set and puppet. Sadly, the teaser trailer doesn’t reveal much beyond the album’s release date, June 7th. The lyrics “guessing it’s over now” repeat as delicate keys flutter through to the clip’s end, when Swardy’s animated mascot steps into a TV screen dimension. Swardy’s upcoming album is the follow-up to 2020’s beautiful P...
Listen to Whethan’s Stunning Sophomore Album, “Midnight”
Queue this one up on your car speakers and prepare to be taken on a ride. Out April 29th via Atlantic Records, Whethan‘s MIDNIGHT album is a stunning sophomore showing, proving in only nine tracks and 27 minutes that its critically acclaimed predecessor, FANTASY, was only the tip of his ever-enlarging iceberg of imagination. “[It’s] going to be a totally different side of me you haven’t heard before,” Whethan had promised in January. Just hit play on its booming opening track, “LOCK IT UP” (with Yeat, midwxst and Matt Ox) and you’ll immediately notice the growth. Quirky, dance pop-minded sound design has been traded out with swells of rap (“OUT THE WINDOW” with Overpade), hyperpop (“MENTAL”...
Hardwell Conjures “BLACK MAGIC” In Fourth Single From “Rebels Never Die” Album
Hardwell‘s forthcoming REBELS NEVER DIE album continues to unfurl with the producer conjuring up another menacing single, “BLACK MAGIC.” Hardwell’s comeback saga has been nothing short of a subversion of expectations. His reveal of an ominous new aesthetic and his techno-laden set to close out Ultra Music Festival spoke volumes as to where he sees his future. Hot off the release of the album’s heated third single, “F*CKING SOCIETY,” Hardwell continues to storm the gates with another thumping track, “BLACK MAGIC.” The song’s twangy bassline forges a spirited rhythm as the broader sonic spectrum unfolds into a melodically dense concoction of reverberating synths and cinematic strings. Scroll to Conti...
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Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation Announces Solo Trip-Hop Album, “Lost Dialect” [Exclusive]
From acid jazz and reggae to downtempo and bossa nova, Eric Hilton explored it all as one half of renowned electronic music duo Thievery Corporation. Yet as a solo artist, Hilton’s true love lies with trip-hop. It’s a genre he helped to create with a pioneering approach to sound design, highlighted by ingenious sampling, moody synths and psychedelic lo-fi. Now Hilton is taking an opportunity to revisit these roots with his newly announced Lost Dialect album, the titular track of which is out now. It’s a 10-track opus that, according to Hilton, consciously brought him back to his “early days” of producing trip-hop when he was “combining sample collages with grooves,” he tells EDM.com. For the grooves, Hilton self-recorded all o...
Listen to The Knocks’ Stunning Fourth Album, “HISTORY”
After teasing singles from their latest album for over two years, The Knocks have finally released HISTORY via Big Beat Records. The long-awaited LP embodies its name perfectly, encapsulating the duo’s past experiences into a blissful, 12-track experience. Maintaining an upbeat feel throughout, HISTORY is a masterclass in songwriting, sound design and collaboration while simultaneously pushing the needle of dance music innovation. It’s The Knocks’ most genuine and cohesive project yet. The Knocks grab their listeners’ attention straight from the get-go, opening with their hit single “Bodies” (with MUNA). The track sets the pace for the rest of HISTORY as three more previously released fan-favorites follow. But the new cuts are just as phenomenal, ri...
