During their set at Houston, Texas festival Day For Night over the weekend, ODESZA took the opportunity to debut three unreleased tracks for the unsuspecting crowd. The new material was captured on video and has surfaced on YouTube, giving us our first taste of the upcoming songs.
While speculation that a Swedish House Mafia reunion will take place next year continues to rage on, fans can at least take solace knowing that ex-SHM member Steve Angello will be delivering fresh material in 2017. During his last residency show of the year for BBC 1, the producer announced that he'll be delivering a new album next year.
Back in November, The Chainsmokers dropped their five track Collage EP, a release that served to collect recent effort likes "Closer" and "Don't Let Me Down" while offering up "Setting Fires" with XYLØ. While fans are still enjoying the duo's latest EP, Andrew Taggart has taken to Snapchat to tease their upcoming next single.
Despite Rob Swire's insistence that a Pendulum reunion isn't happening, it would appear that the drum and bass band is gearing up for just that. Fans were pleased to see the group close out Ultra Mimi earlier in the year, sparking rumors that more live appearances were on the way. Now, a new slot at a festival in 2017 hints again at the possibility of a Pendulum reunion.
At the beginning of the month, Flume stopped by Australian radio station Triple J to drop a special live performance backed by a host of vocalists including rapper Vince Staples, Kai, Kučka, Vera Blue and Ngaiire. While there, he impressed with a cover of the 1990s classic “My Boo” by Ghost Town DJs. Now, following up on that, the producer has offered up an official release of the track.
Back in November, Justice announced that they would be delivering a follow up to their 2007 essential mix as part of the promotional campaign for their latest album Woman. Though slightly postponed, the duo returned to BBC Radio 1 this weekend as promised, providing a memorable two hour mix along the way.
Despite the persistent rumors of EDM's imminent decline, dance music enjoyed a successful year in 2016, both from a critical and commercial point of view. The melding of pop and EDM that we saw alchemizing in 2015 fully solidified throughout the year, as evidenced by massive crossover hits like The Chainsmokers' "Closer" and Major Lazer's "Cold Water" with Justin Bieber.
Following up on their Grace Grundy collaboration "Kaleidoscope" from last month, Vicetone are back today to offer up their latest single. Teaming up with rock band Youngblood Hawke, the Dutch production duo offer up a reworked version of one of the group's B-Sides, delivering an indie flavored dance cut titled "Landslide."
Last year, Kaskade and deadmau5 stunned listeners when their collaboration "Beneath With Me" hit SoundCloud for streaming. Featuring haunting vocals from Skylar Grey, the two producer's latest pair up was a worthy follow up to their previous joint effort "I Remember," but unfortunately for fans it wouldn't receive an official release until late this year. Following up on the official version, Kaskade has now offered up his own rendition, titled "Beneath With Me V.4."
Skrillex is already one of the most accomplished producers in all of dance music, but it looks like he can add matchmaker to his long list of achievements after his set at Fiji's Your Paradise festival. During his performance at the exotic music festival, the celebrated producer and DJ helped one lucky fan propose to his girlfriend in one of the most epic ways possible.
