Elektro’s 2012 Music Festival Preview – Snowball: Let’s All Go Outside and Dance
With recent lineup announcements from Coachella and Bonnaroo and building anticipation for Ultra, EDC and Electric Zoo, it is clear that despite the fact that it’s only February, the 2012 festival season is already well underway. Let Elektro be your guide through the season, from Southern California, to Tennessee to our home base in New [...]
Skrillex is a Hugger, and More Revelations From Billboard’s EDM Cover Story
The latest issue of Billboard delves into EDM’s takeover of the record industry and popular culture as experienced by three of the tastemakers leading the charge – Diplo, A-Trak and Skrillex. All Up in Your Feeds: “Together, [Skrillex, Diplo and A-Trak] boast more than 1.2 million Twitter followers and 3.9 million Facebook fans [and] seven [...]
Skrillex for the Win: Why Electro-Dub’s Boy Wonder Should Get the Grammy
Sonny Moore has had quite the year. In the last twelve months, he’s sold out hundreds of shows around the world and, in the process, has become fantastically famous– he’s basically a household name, at least in my house. Moore’s rapid ascension to EDM superstar has garnered him 3.65 million likes on Facebook and a [...]
Steve Aoki Wonderland Release Party Recap
Wednesday night, Steve Aoki did what anyone does when they have something major to celebrate; he threw a huge party and invited all his friends. A capacity crowd of dapper dudes and ladies in very short skirts flocked to Hollywood hotspot Supperclub to toast the release of Wonderland, Aoki’s debut full length LP. Buddies including [...]
Lightning in a Bottle Festival Announced
The Do LaB’s Lightning in a Bottle 2011 – Official Video from The Do LaB on Vimeo. Do you have plans for Memorial Day weekend? You do now. The Lightning in a Bottle festival is returning to Silverado, California, (that’s just outside of LA for you non-SoCal peeps), for another long weekend of music, art [...]
Deadmau5 Celebrates Three Ways in Las Vegas (no, we didn’t say “three-way” we said three ways)
This Monday, While most of us were still shaking off our lingering NYE hangovers, (What? Isn’t that what you were doing?), Joel Zimmerman was staging a decidedly un-hostile takeover of Sin City. The Mau5 man was in town celebrating a trio of events: his 31st birthday, the launch of his residency at Vegas mega-club XS [...]
Elektro Presents: The Freshman Class of 2012
If 2011 was the year that EDM exploded in the United States, 2012 will be the year that the genre completely permeates our collective musical consciousness via the efforts of an eclectic crew of new school artists. Elektro presents our picks for the 20 DJ/producers to listen for in the new year.
Coming Soon: Elektro Presents 20 DJs to watch in 2012 PREVIEW
We’ve scoured the EDM world, leaving no studio untapped, no remix unheard and no underground club unvisited. Why, you ask? In order to bring you the DJs that will blow your mind in 2012. Who are they? For now, we’re not saying. Watch for our special year end report, Elektro’s Top 20 DJs to Watch [...]
Nine 2012 Tours to Care About
Things may seem ultra-quiet on the concert front at the moment, what with all of our favorite artists taking a well-earned vacay after worldwide NYE blowouts, (although quite a few of them are currently partying in the Bahamas with Holy Ship!), but the 2012 tour season is ramping up as we speak, (or, you know, [...]
Dita Von Teese to Perform Aboard Holy Ship!
Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese has joined the crew of January’s electronic music cruise Holy Ship! Known for her retro cinematic striptease performances, (and for once being Mrs. Marilyn Manson), Von Teese will add a dash of old school feminine charm to the cruise’s male dominated lineup when she strips down to just slightly more [...]
