Here’s an interesting fact: White has a deep meaning for Sensation. The white dress code was instituted from the beginning as a way to pay [...]
06/18/2013 by
Electric Daisy Carnival: How To Survive Pt. 1
(Not pictured: Your future self, crying in the corner) You’ve been starving yourself for 3 months now, making Spotify playlists of EDC artists, and [...]
06/17/2013 by
Will The Real Lady DJs Please Stand Up. “She Can DJ” Scours US For Best Female DJ
Let’s be honest, there is an overwhelming ratio of guy to girl DJs. If you can name 10 well-known female DJs, go give yourself a [...]
05/01/2013 by
Will.i.am Blames Legal For Stealing, Mat Zo & Arty Should Expect To Get Paid Fat
We don’t usually like to throw fuel on a burning fire, but we couldn’t stay quiet for this Will.i.am stealing story. By now, most of [...]
04/30/2013 by
GDD™ MORNING UPDATE: CALVIN HARRIS, MYSTERYLAND, BOARDS OF CANADA, ZOMBY
• Move over MJ: Calvin Harris sets new UK chart record • Mysteryland turns 20 with bumper 2013 line-up • Boards of Canada‘s surprise single appears in Rough Trade East [...]
04/24/2013 by
More Boards of Canada clues found, FlyLo writes a jazz album with Madlib, Zomby’s sneak-peak, Nile Rodgers’ Fireside Chat, and Benga “was and wasn’t” dubstep?…
Well, the Boards of Canada conundrum continues apace, with more clues being dropped all over the place—in record stores, on public radio… where else? Click [...]
04/24/2013 by
Dirtybird lands in Ibiza, Jazzy Jeff sounds off on dance music, what else happened at IMS Engage (hint: it’s not all Diplo manager fights), Mad Decent’s five to watch, and seriously, who doesn’t like Daft Punk?
Really, who out there doesn’t like Daft Punk? If our Facebook page is any indication, the French duo is pretty much the only brand in [...]
04/23/2013 by
GDD™ Morning Update: Maceo Plex, TomorrowWorld, SFX, Pasquale Rotella
• Listen to Maceo Plex‘s ‘DJ-Kicks’ Mix • America’s TomorrowWorld 2013 line-up is taking shape • SFX’s Shelly Finkel Hints at New Acquisitions With Pete Tong at IMS: ‘What’s [...]
04/22/2013 by
Maceo Plex speaks on Nina Kraviz remarks, Eno heals, Kompakt’s oral history, and the most important breakbeat of all time
Well, after the big Nina Kraviz “bubblegate” controversy of last week, Maceo Plex has got a bit more to say—in particular, he wants to apologize [...]
04/19/2013 by
One crazy Thom Yorke tat, J Dilla’s Gary Numan rap, a techno dating site, Tommy Trash’s new video, and… accordion trap?
There’s a fair bit of craziness in today’s Morning Roundup—and a dating site for lovers of techno and a video about Panamanian accordion trap are [...]
04/18/2013 by
Avicii manager Ash Pournouri on the pair’s balance of success and controversy: “If one of us stops, the other dies”
From setting up specialty hotels to orchestrating brief country-music makeovers to shepherding a Madonna cameo at UMF, dance-music svengali Ash Pournouri always has a forthright [...]
04/15/2013 by
Ash Pournouri Launches PRMD Record Label with Scandinavian Heavyweights Cazzette and Morten Breum
Ash Pournouri, the lawyer turned nightclub owner turned dance music executive with Avicii and Cazzette under his charge, has launched his own record label called [...]
04/12/2013 by
Thatcher’s war on acid house, Axwell and Ingrosso to Ushuaia, Maya Jane Coles’ new LP, 3LAU is on his way, Rudimental get real, and Daft Punk and Skrillex get the mash-up treatment
Today, more news from the White Isle, an update on Maya Jane Coles’ big debut full-length, and a loving look back at Margaret Thatcher’s musical [...]
04/12/2013 by
Crashing Parties @Coachella: Week One list
For some people, paying 4 bills to stand in a dusty field, baking in the sun, waiting for a headline nineties throwback artist to play their [...]
04/11/2013 by
Waka Flocka and Sting pair up with Skrillex and Afrojack, Hawtin, Gerber, and Loco Dice plot Ibiza plans, and Daft Punk’s 2006 Coachella set
In case you hadn’t already heard, everyone’s going gaga for dance music these days…
04/11/2013 by
GDD™ Morning Update: Coachella, Electric Zoo, James Blake, Eats Everything/Justin Martin, Bomba Ibiza
• Coachella Announces Set Times • Electric Zoo Phase 1 Lineup—Main Stage West & Main Stage East Headliners Announced • Watch James Blake‘s Video for “Overgrown” • House talents Eats Everything and Justin Martin “30% there” [...]
04/10/2013 by
Boys Noize’s interactive “Stop” video, James Blake’s “Overgrown” clip, a dance-music awards show, DJs Having a Bath, and more from Musikmesse
Musikmesse kicks off with a bang, and we’ve got updates on new Genelec monitors and—what we’re most excited about—Korg’s new line of analog synths. Come [...]
04/10/2013 by