Between remixes, edits, re-edits, flips, mashups and VIPs, electronic music has no shortage of convoluted terminology used to describe methods by which an artist can update a track. Dillon Francis and Skrillex apparently felt that there was one too few, because they're calling their remix of GTA's "Red Lips" a "Rebirth."
You know an artist's online presence is massive when they can send ripples through the EDM blogosphere just by revealing an updated version of the latest track they uploaded to their SoundCloud account. Progressive house icon deadmau5 is on the tiny list of artists who could pull something like that off, as evidenced by the internet's response to "What a save!"
Seriously, we couldn't make this up if we tried. There is a three-year-old electronic music artist that goes by DJ Arch Jnr, and he has literally been booked for an event called Back To The Old Skool.
Pressure from the big four record labels appears to be putting SoundCloud up against a wall. New data from the company's recent UK filings has emerged which indicates that the company's losses almost increased by 100% from 2013-2014 - after having already doubled in 2013 from the year prior.
Claude VonStroke's Dirtybird record label saw perhaps its most successful year in 2015, having reached an unprecedented audience as dance music's youngest generation of fans graduated to house and techno in droves. Where a bigger label might lean on its tried-and-true assets at this point (which, in Dirtybird's case, would be artists like Justin Martin or Shiba San), Vonstroke remains keen on offering promising up-and-comers a platform by which they can access a wider audience in 2016 - and Sage Armstrong is the latest name on the list.
When English outfits Disclosure and Rudimental met in the middle from polar ends of the dance music spectrum to present the inaugural edition of Wildlife Festival last year nobody quite knew what to expect - but by and large, the event made for a resounding success. Now that the season for festival announcements is upon us, the festival's organizers have confirmed its spirited return by releasing its 2016 lineup.
Jauz's legendary back-to-back performance at the Fonda Theater in L.A. is proving to be the set that keeps on giving. Not only did he bring enough top-tier bass music artists onstage for what could have just as easily been the lineup of a small festival, but Borgore was also given a platform to debut new music.
EDM conglomerate SFX Entertainment has found itself the subject of ongoing scrutiny in light of its recent bankruptcy filing, and in the days that have passed, numerous details of the company's unsavory business practices have come to light. Most recently, after its bankruptcy filing, a list of SFX's outstanding debts has reached the public.
Have you ever wanted a compilation of original music that blends your childhood affinity for all things Star Wars with your more recent appreciation for decorated music producers? Rick Rubin thought you might, which is why the decade-spanning pop culture mastermind has enlisted some of the world's most renowned producers to deliver tracks for Star Wars Headspace.
It's too bad every producer can't have an Arty in their back pocket to impose some order on their creative chaos. We were less than enthralled with what Axwell delivered for the original version of the "Waiting For So Long (Gloria)," but in his official remix Arty has managed to tie otherwise arbitrary elements together to yield a whole that's greater than the sum of its parts.
