Electronic music's middle children have new cause for celebration this festival season. The blog house genre may have fizzled out just before the dubstep explosion thrust dance music into the mainstream spotlight, but word has reached the masses that its poster children, Justice, are just about to release a follow-up to 2011's Audio, Video, Disco.
As rapidly as the electronic music landscape appears to be changing, we would rather not envision a world without Nicky Romero. For that reason, it delights us to discover that the Dutch progressive house DJ/producer and Protocol Recordings Label head is on the tail end of a temporary hiatus from releasing music, a hiatus which is owed to his own personal struggles stemming from anxiety.
There's a small handful of producers that are still pushing the boundaries of the future house genre, and Mr. Belt & Wezol stand among the names on the ever-shrinking list. For their most recent track, they've teamed up with Shermanology to deliver an experimental cut titled "Hide & Seek."
Leave it to Major Lazer to make any unlikely union all the more likely. The Diplo-headed Jamaican dancehall outfit calls upon a veritable revolving door of collaborators for its original productions, and has added Dutch progressive house group Showtek to the ever-growing list.
Cruise ship festival Holy Ship! has announced the dates for its 2017 sailings, and the arrangement of dates means a particularly novel experience for attendees of both. The 2017 sailings will take place back to back, meaning that the first one will end on the same day that the second one leaves.
RL Grime has remained relatively quiet on the release front so far in 2016, but it looks like that's about to change. In addition to a series of tracks and remixes that he made available for preview on his SoundCloud account a couple weeks ago, the hip-hop/bass music producer has also uploaded the mesmerizing video for a new track titled "Aurora."
It's nice to see an artist of Martin Garrix's stature do something for a noble cause. The Dutch progressive house superstar is slated to headline an event hosted by nonprofit organization Fuck Cancer that will take place on May 19th at Exchange LA.
It looks like Protocol Recordings isn't entirely free of the sort of "big room bass" tracks that have become a staple of labels like Spinnin' Records in recent months. The Nicky Romero-headed label has released one such track - a collaboration between Corey James and Teamworx titled "Make The Crowd Go."
Insomniac Events is pulling out all the stops for the 20th anniversary of its flagship festival, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas. In addition to an unparalleled lineup and cutting-edge production values, the festival's organizers have also announced a series of amenities reserved specifically for those attendees with VIP access.
Just when you think you've heard everything, an EDM artist repurposes an Enya track from the '80s as a melodic trap song. Swedish DJ/producer Salvatore may be known for high-energy productions like last year's "Money in my Mattress" and "Hit It From the Back," but "Dive" sees him take a distinctly more melancholy approach.
