It's been four years since Harley Streten, better known by his producer alias, Flume, dropped his self-titled debut release to universal acclaim. The Australian electronic musician took a long break between albums, finally hinting last year that a new record was in the works. The highly anticipated sophomore LP, titled Skin, dropped earlier today and sees the innovative producer delivering sixteen stellar tracks and a full hour of new music.
Earlier this week, funnyman Dillon Francis revealed his latest comedy effort DJ World, a seven episode web series making a mockery of mainstream DJ culture. The faux reality TV series also features the familiar faces of Getter and pal Nick Colletti, who have each taken on various DJ personas to hilarious effect.
It's been over a year since French producer Madeon dropped his first studio album Adventure to widespread acclaim, but in the time that has passed since his debut release we've heard little new material come to fruition. Following the release of Adventure, Madeon kicked off a live show while only a trickle of new material hit the airwaves.
Dance music's most comedically inclined producers Dillon Francis and Getter have teamed up to bring EDM into the realm of reality TV with DJ World. Along with vine star Nick Colletti (of 'Suh Dude' fame), the two producers star in what will become a seven episode straight to web series that takes a satirical aim at all the worst DJ stereotypes.
Dutch dance music mastermind Quintino just dropped a new Major Lazer remix this week, offering up his own take on "Light It Up" off of last year's Peace Is The Mission LP. The producer holds nothing back on his rendition of the track, mutating the dancehall influenced original into a big room banger fit for the festival crowds.
Rising producer Boomslang released a new single today titled "Heights," teaming up with singer Sidney Alexandra on the track. This isn't just your average single, however; 100% of the proceeds generated from "Heights" will be donated to Shinerama and The Terry Fox Foundation to fund research for cancer and cystic fibrosis.
Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas is already known in the world of dance music as one of the biggest and best events of the year, and the festival draws in thousands of music fans every year to Sin City. But for the 20th anniversary of EDC Las Vegas, Insomniac Events is planning to go all out and improve the already impressive stage designs used for the festival.
The 2016 edition of the Billboard Music Awards kicked off over the weekend and the uprising of dance music over the last few years had a noticeable impact on the selection of artists involved in the award show.
For his latest single "Do It Right", dance music producer Martin Solveig enlisted the help of Australian singer Tkay Maidza, delivering a groovy summer anthem complete with catchy pop hooks and an undeniable rhythmic backing.
EDM superstar Martin Garrix is putting his fame to good use, teaming up with the charitable organization FCancer last week for a performance at Exchange LA to raise funds and awareness for finding a cure for cancer.
