Spring Awakening full lineup announced
Chicago has become a festival hub in North America, boasting Lollapalooza, North Coast, Pitchfork, a satellite EDC, and Spring Awakening among others. The latter festival, to be held June 14-16th in Soldier Field, has expanded to three days this year and has released its complete lineup. The electronic music acts included Bassnectar and Calvin Harris [...]
Moby vs Empire Of The Sun “After A Dream” Tommy Trash Bootleg
Aussie rockstar DJ/producer, Tommy Trash, returns with a bootleg, which comes in the form of a mash-up of Moby’s “After” and Empire of the Sun’s “Walking On A Dream,” with of course a touch of Tommy Trash’s hard-hitting electro-house sounds. This is a high-energy track that showcases Tommy’s seasoned production skills, which seems to improve [...]
arno cost “head up” out now
French DJ/producer Arno Cost has been a mainstay on dance music’s world stages since his emergence in 2006, attracting praise from many of EDM’s most formidable figures. From early releases with Norman Doray and Pierre de la Touche as The Freshmakers, to his more recent solo productions such as recent single “Lifetime” on Spinnin’ Records, [...]
EDM at the Grammy Awards
Last night, we saw the nominations for the 55th Grammy Awards. Among the dance music categories are Best Dance Recording, for which Avicii’s “Levels,” Calvin Harris’ “Let’s Go,” Skrillex’s “Bangarang,” the Swedish House Mafia’s “Don’t You Worry Child,” and inexplicably, Al Walser’s “I Can’t Live Without You.” The nominees for Best Dance/Electronica Album are Steve [...]
Sixth Avenue Express ’6th Avenue’
Deep house meets indie-chic meets Motown in this compilation of tracks by Manchester producer and DJ, Dave Lee. Known to fans and music lovers by his alias, Sixth Avenue, Lee’s use of soul track sampling and sound snippets from classic Motown records blend together to create an undeniably groovy laid-back brand of house that couldn’t [...]
Electrospective: Like Pretty Lights? Then you’ll love Moby’s “Play”
Elektro is proud to celebrate EMI’s Electrospective series, which pays homage to electronic music’s long, storied history. We’ll be giving you a guided tour through EMI’s extensive, 600-plus album catalog; our tailor-picked recommendations are geared toward Elektro’s readers and are sure to open your eyes to the legendary artists and key tracks that inspired today’s [...]
Moby “Extreme Ways” Moguai Remix for Bourne Legacy Out Now
With over a million album copies sold already since May, its hard to believe fans are only just catching on to Moby’s single, “Extreme Ways.” Even if it hadn’t been chosen for the latest Bourne Identity movie, we’re still confident this track would have been a smash hit. The bassline is robust, and Moguai’s remix [...]
Quickie with a DJ: Save The Rave
Favorite drink? Alcohol? Virgin? I like whatever alcoholic drink. Scariest groupie moment? One time I was in my car after a show. It was parked near to the club and suddenly many people went out of the club, they recognized me and started to shake my car and asked me to make me potos with [...]
Guess Moby’s Second Obsession? (EDM is first)!
Since conquering the electronic music world with his sample-based sounds, Richard Melville Hall, commonly known by his stage name Moby, now follows his passion for architecture with a photo blog of the strange and beautiful architecture of Los Angeles. Check out this short film where Moby shares his love of architecture with 1883 Media, coloring [...]
Mixmag Reveals Greatest Dance Acts of All Time
Mixmag created a poll where edm fans voted for three months last year on their picks for top dance acts of all time. It was a worldwide poll with tens of thousands of people voting. And the Winner is… drum roll please… Prodigy: Top 20: 1. The Prodigy 2. Daft Punk 3. The Chemical Brothers [...]
