It's been some time since Tiësto performed anything longer than a three-hour set for a regular booking, but apparently the current electronic music climate has prompted him to return to his roots. The Dutch superstar DJ/producer has announced that he will perform continuously for six hours at this year's Amsterdam Dance Event.
Now that SoundCloud's got back in the clear - at least for the foreseeable future, anyways - its developers are looking to make more changes. Twitter recently came to the aid of the music streaming platform by giving it a much-needed capital injection of $70 million, and some of that money appears to be going toward changes to its interface.
While a number of electronic music promoters crumble under the weight of the EDM industry's recent contraction, Ultra has proven itself capable of weathering the storm. It wasn't long ago that Ultra Singapore's organizers revealed that the two-day festival would kick off in 2016, and it's followed up the announcement by unveiling its phase 1 lineup.
There's a new kid on the house music block, and he goes by the name LondonBridge. The Los Angeles-based DJ/producer and Space Yacht record label co-founder just got done making his EDC Las Vegas debut, and now that the dust has settled he's ready to debut "America Online" - a track which derives influence from the early days of the information revolution itself.
Dutch EDM trio Yellow Claw's performance at EDC Las Vegas last weekend will prove to be their last as a trio. In a heartfelt statement to their fans, they revealed that Bizzey will be leaving the group to spend more time with his family.
There aren't a great many artists as who boast the level of mashup expertise that DJ Earworm does. The San-Fransisco based DJ/producer turns heads every time he unveils another one of his mashups, and "Summermash '16" is no exception.
Among the more overlooked artists in the present-day electronic music landscape is Nora En Pure. The Switzerland-based South-African DJ/producer is slowly starting to garner a bigger fan base, however, and her remix of Seeb's March release, "Breathe," makes for one more step in her global conquest.
Every so often a producer releases a remix of a track that puts an exciting new spin on the original. I can't say I ever expected such a rework to come from Danny Avila of all artists, but I suppose that anything's possible in 2016.
Vicetone are definitely starting to heat up this festival season. The Dutch DJ/producer Duo brought some disco flavor with their reimagining of Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" last month, and now their remix of Bonnie McKee's "I Want It All" incorporates samples from the original into a unique progressive house framework.
Now that we're in the busiest stretch of festival season, it's clear that high-energy bangers still have their place in the contemporary electronic music landscape. Bassjackers and Jay Hardway recognize this, and their new collaboration, "El Mariachi," stands as evidence.
