The return of EDC to New York for its 2nd year has now arrived. This year we physically will move to New York as Citi Field plays host (officially the 1st time in NY and not a “return”) and we’ll shine a spotlight on what each day has to offer with ‘Everything You Need to Know.’ We’ll break down what sets you can’t afford to skip out on and what we are dying to hear this weekend. Stay tuned tomorrow for Saturday.
The Basics
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Charismatic DJ duo Grand & Warren will be bringing their electro house beats and positive vibes to Santos Party House on Saturday, May 25 as the Electric Beach party’s headlining act for Memorial Day Weekend. We have an exclusive contest to win a VIP experience for you and a friend, so you can hang with Grand & Warren at their table! Just fill out our form and expect it to be an awesome night! If you’re not feeling lucky, buy tickets here in advance and don’t forget ...Read More
This image is of one patron from this past weekend’s Electric Daisy Carnival in Flushing, NY. This image has been circulated with hateful comments such as “Don’t be this girl” and other insensitivities. I sadly had to witness this girl get carried past the entire front from of Circuit Grounds instead of discreetly around the back. Perhaps if instead of shaming her and snapping pictures on smartphones someone had actually helped her, this girl would be spared the disrespe ...Read More
We’ve teamed up and partnered with Vh1′s Master of the Mix to give away a pair of ‘Beats’* headphones (See them here) . If you haven’t checked out the show yet, which is well underway into its 3rd season and airs every Monday at midnight on VH1. (You can see recap’s here: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3). Our coverage continues every Tuesday right as it goes down.
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Close our your Friday with another heart thumping video from the marketing geniuses over at AtNight Management. Today it’s a video recap of Cazzette’s journey with Avicii during the past few month’s college tour, which brought them all over the great ole U S of A. Watch them sweat through their shirts in Tampa (humidity, duh) and rock Chicago’s historic Congress Theatre. Avicii makes a few guest appearances as well. You gotta give props to Alex and Sebastian, the Cazzette boys, for wearing bow ties because, come on, how many people even know how to tie those bad boys. Enjoy!
In preparation for his U.S. tour with Alex Kenji, tech icon Manuel De La Mare gives us a free download to dig into the dance floor with.
In the first two minutes, you’ll notice the signature Kenji snare that De La Mare added in ode to his tour buddy, from there you’ll get flashbacks of Dirty South’s ‘We Are.’ All in all, a fantastic melody for the weekend.
Unfortunatly, De La Mare will not be making it to NYC on his leg of the tour. Kenji will though, however. He’ll be at Santos Party House on Feb. 4.
Junior Jack – Thrill Me (Manuel De La Mare Booty Mash)
Blues and jazz legend Etta James died early this morning in Southern California’s Riverside Community Hospital from complications with leukemia. She was 73 (and would’ve turned 74 next Wednesday). Many of you EDM fans might’ve known her as the vocalist from Avicii’s ‘Levels’ (which samples her 1962 track ‘Something’s Got a Hold on Me’).
James, singer of the famed ‘At Last’, began her career at just 16 years old during the 1950s. Since 1989, she has received over 30 awards and recognitions from organizations including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She won 5 Grammies (nominated for 17) in her lifetime.
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano are following up big on their remix of Tiësto – Lethal Industry. SJ & RM have now taken their own Dutch progressive spin on Ferry Corsten – Ain’t No Stoppin, set to be released February 24th from Flashover Recordings. Basically anything the pair touches turns into progressive gold. Have a listen of the preview and cross your fingers its released soon!
Ferry Corsten Feat. Ben Hague – Ain’t No Stoppin (Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano Remix)
Talk about a daunting task! MixMag is by far my favorite EDM publication, and I view it as a holy bible. The editors are brilliant, the content is exceptional, and the breadth and depth of information found throughout the magazine is overwhelming. Their list of the top 100 DJ’s of 2011 was tenfold better than DJ Mag’s, with names like Jamie Jones and Marco Carola in the top 10, rather than Avicii and David Guetta. So, without further ado, I present to you what the legends over at MixMag had to say about the greatest dance acts ever:
“The results are in! From September to December last year, you voted in your tens of thousands to decide who was the greatest dance act of all time.The poll was embraced by fans from Birmingham to Buenos Aires – acts campaigned fiercely, heated debate ensued and all of our expectations were exceeded by your response to the poll.And now the wait is over. Below is a list of your top twenty greatest dance acts of all time, including the all important winner.”
1. The Prodigy
2. Daft Punk
3. The Chemical Brothers
4. Faithless
5. Deadmau5
6. Plastikman
7. Underworld
8. Fatboy Slim
9. Orbital
10. Moby
11. Leftfield
12. Kraftwerk
13. Pendulum
14. Depeche Mode
15. Justice
16. Basement Jaxx
17. Groove Armada
18. The Shamen
19. Above & Beyond
20. The KLF
Going through blog demo emails is generally a monotonous and lengthy task which usually results in finding 1 or 2 solid tracks or bootlegs amongst hundreds of submissions. The beauty of running a blog is finding those 1 or 2 winners, and exposing these “diamonds in the rough” to the masses. Live City is a duo from NYC, and their genre is classified as Live House. The sound that they are hoping to cultivate is an interesting one: it reminds me a mix of The New Deal (which is an electronic jam band from Toronto) and Alesso. In other words, ‘Connection Lost’ has an improvisational feel, coupled with big room sounds and catchy melodies. Download the track  for free on the SoundCloud below by simply pressing the down arrow, and certainly keep an eye out for these guys.
The HARD team is really taking it’s summer fest to the next level. Last year, more than 30,000 fans attended the Los Angeles event, which featured Skrillex, Chromeo, Duck Sauce and Boys Noize amonst others. But this year, following the success of the first Holy Ship!, HARD will be a two day festival experience. The event will again be held in the Los Angeles State Historic Park, but now with an expanded four stages and more than 60 artists. $99 two-day passes go on sale Saturday at Hardfest.com. If you can’t make it to LA, HARD is featuring Jack Beats, Knife Party, Kill The Noise, 16 bit and JWLS March 24 in NYC at Terminal 5.
Check out the 2012 trailer below!
Tickets for HARD SUMMER 2012 go on sale Saturday, January 21 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT HERE.
Released shortly after New Year’s day, David Berrie‘s (NOT to be confused with dBerrie, his big-room alter ego) Kids EP has been jetting through the Beatport tech charts.
Last week, the entire three-track EP was in the top 15. Today, it is still, respectably, in the top 30.
The crown jewel of Kids, ‘Behind The Front,’ has garnered support from tech giant Marco Carola and broke the top 5 in Beatport’s tech charts. It currently sits at No. 8 and has many plays left in it.
If you are a mainstay in the tech community or are just passing along, the Kids EP is essential to pick up. For more of David Berrie’s tech stylings, check out his Soundcloud and like him on Facebook.
David Berrie – Kids
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David Berrie – Quiet Room
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David Berrie – Behind The Front
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Dubstep dons Skream and Benga have slowly been announcing their ‘Skream and Benga Presents in the USA’ shows on their Facebook pages. If you’ve ever seen one of their shows, (and couldn’t get tickets to their sold out show with Skrillex in February,) you can understand why I’ve been tapping my feet looking back at their page every so often trying to find out where and when they’d be playing in NYC. This afternoon, Skream announced that they will be at Best Buy Theater on March 28th. One can expect nothing but an epic night from these two (along side the AMAZING sound system at Best Buy). Tickets go on sale Saturday at noon.
Danish producer Morten Breum and new Danish dubstep duo Pegboard Nerds have teamed up to create an incredible dubstep track entitled ‘Ingen Anden Drøm’. The track features an eclectic mix of dreamy Danish vocals from Anne Linnet’s 1986 hit of the same name, and modern dubstep wobbles. It will be really interesting to see what comes out of both Pegboard Nerds and Morten Breum in the coming future.
Morten Breum is starting out 2012 with a blast, having performed at both Pacha and LAVO earlier this month. In March, he will be amongst some of the world’s biggest producers at Miami Music Week/Winter Music Conference. His new single ‘Larva’ is set to be released early this year and is rumored to be the first out of 15 tracks to be released in 2012.
Pegboard Nerds & Morten Breum – Ingen Anden Drøm
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