There's a new house music artist on the scene, and he goes by AFSHeeN. The L.A.-based DJ/producer (whose actual name is Afsheen Salmani) has spent the past year making a name for himself with remixes spanning the electronic music spectrum, and now he's made a splash in the realm of house music with the premiere of his debut single, "Let Me Down Slow," on Tiësto's Clublife podcast.
The master of non-marketing is up to his old tricks again. It wasn't all that long ago that members of the electronic music community found themselves fervently speculating on what ZHU's Genesis Series could entail, and now the mysterious producer has gone to similar lengths to promote his Neon City tour.
Bass house pioneer Jauz has already started 2016 off with insane support, but more and more major artists crawl out of the woodwork of the bass music scene to work with him as the days pass. Following his performance at Marquee Dayclub in Las Vegas, the L.A.-based DJ/producer uploaded a video of the live debut of his as-yet-unnamed Netsky collaboration.
After five years of electronic music artists, events and venues edging their way into the mainstream spotlight, the electronic music community can finally boast an awards show of their own. The annual Electronic Music Awards & Foundation will debut on April 23rd and will be broadcasted exclusively on FOX.
Dufur, Oregon massive What The Festival has announced its 2016 lineup, and bass music fans from all over the Northwest ought to flock to the gathering in droves. For its fifth edition, the festival's organizers have pulled out all the stops to put together an especially Lightning in a Bottle-esque talent roster together.
With all the noise emanating from the modern electronic music landscape, it's reassuring to see festivals around the globe keep the tried-and-true grooves going. The aptly named Groovefest stands among the few that continue to do it proper, as evidenced by the festival's 2016 lineup.
At this point, wouldn't it make more sense for Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike to just call themselves a label instead of an act? The duo have collaborated with W&W on a progressive house track titled "Arcade" - and by that, I mean that W&W made a track titled "Arcade" and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike got to put their names on it for some reason.
There have certainly been stranger ways for an artist to release an update to one of their tracks, but Disclosure didn't exactly take the tried-and-true route either. The Surrey, England brothers have released a variation in production of their celebrated collaboration with The Weeknd, "Nocturnal," but if you're not dedicated enough you might not even hear the meat of it.
With the rapid-fire succession of tracks released by progressive house icon deadmau5 since the turn of the year, it might seem as though the Toronto-based producer turns out music at an unbelievable rate - that is, until you take a closer look at everything he's shared.
There's really no bad time for Flume to test out new music. The Australian future bass poster child may only have released his long-awaited Skin LP preview last month, but he arrived at Sydney's Laneway festival with even more new music from the album to premiere.
