Hybrid showcase their legacy on ‘Hybrid Classics’

With EDM one again exploding in popularity around the world, there’s no better time for influential UK act Hybrid to showcase some of their finest moments over the past 15 years. Hybrid rose to prominence in 1999 when dance music was first reaching critical mass, releasing their highly lauded album ‘Wide Angle’, which featuring the [...]

Paul Oakenfold shows his next move with ‘We Are Planet Perfecto Vol. 2’

Along with Tiesto, the UK’s Paul Oakenfold was one of the first DJs to truly break it big in the US in the past decade, with his high-profile Las Vegas residency in particular endearing him to stateside fans. While he was briefly seduced by movie and soundtrack work in Los Angeles, last year he made [...]

Sharam delivers a 2-disc club opus with ‘Night & Day’

One of the mainstay names in American house music that was touring the world long before his country’s ‘EDM’ explosion, Sharam originally formed the famous Deep Dish duo alongside Dubfire. While they’ve since gone their separate ways, with Dubfire transforming into a kingpin of the techno scene, Sharam has stuck close to his house roots [...]

Cicada unleash free EP of remixed bangers on Facebook

UK live electro-pop outfit Cicada have given punters a pretty good reason to visit their Facebook page, with the release of a free EP of club remixes of some of their hit singles from over the years. Beautiful, Cut Right Through and Metropolis all get high-octane dancefloor makeovers, and it’ll serve as a perfect introduction [...]

Apollo 440 return to spotlight with new album

UK electronic rock pioneers Apollo 440 have returned to the musical fray after nearly a decade of silence with new album The Future’s What It’s Used To Be, and those curious to listen in on the veterans’ return can tune in on their label Radikal Records’ SoundCloud page. Apollo 440 is a name that will [...]

Eric Prydz: Hail to the king

The Swedish House Mafia aren’t the only world-beating EDM producers to emerge out of the Swedish capital of Stockholm. The enigmatic Eric Prydz has been a household name in club music around the world for nearly a decade years now, and while Axwell, Ingrosso and Ingrosso might be headlining North America’s biggest festivals, there are [...]

Andy Moor’s upcoming album on Armada is a progressive trance masterpiece

While Andy Moor might not be as familiar to stateside trance fans as the likes of Armin van Buuren or Above & Beyond, he’s been one of the genre’s most formidable production talents for 15 years now, and on July 6th he’ll finally release his long-awaited debut album Zero Point One on Armada Records – [...]

Above & Beyond take the reigns for this year’s ‘Cream Ibiza’ mix + FREE TRACK

Each year the Balearic island’s longest running club night Cream Ibiza recruits one of its high-profile DJ residents to mark the start of the season with a mix compilation, with the likes of Paul van Dyk and Sander van Doorn responsible for excellent efforts in the past. This year though, UK trance trio Above & [...]

Elektro interviews Jody Wisternoff: “I’ve just had my US visa renewal accepted!”

Fans of Jody Wisternoff’s unique brand of sumptuous progressive house have much to celebrate; as the headline suggests, he’ll be back in North America later this year for another tour, and fans also have a massive slab of fresh Wisternoff brilliance to enjoy in the form of his debut solo album Trails We Blaze, out [...]

Elektro Exclusive: Eric Prydz… the lost member of Swedish House Mafia? “I always really wanted to go my own way”

All the talk over the past week has centered on Eric Prydz, with the release of his stunning Eric Prydz presents Pryda 3-CD anthology as well as his upcoming tour with Identity Festival. Something that his stateside fans might not know though is that he used to be part of the Stockholm collective – also [...]