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D Malik is one of dance music’s newest faces, and with his debut release, he’s proving he’s here to stay. Teaming up with vocalist Michael Lanza, D Malik makes his massive debut with “Prince.” Out now on all platforms, “Prince” sits at the intersection of stadium rock and festival dance sound. The Dubai-raised, Los Angeles-based producer brings a unique perspective to his music, drawing inspiration from a multitude of genres from rock to electronic to rap. Inspired by the likes of The Weeknd, D

Welcome this weekend with this powerful piece of Hard Dance, crafted just for you, dear raver. “This one is for all the ravers in the place“! In quite the classy clash of veterans, iconic duo D-Block & S-te-Fan and recently retired legend The Prophet have come together to unleash an impressive collaboration, ‘Nothing But Rave‘. This is quite the piece in Hardstyle history, for a duo which has graced the sound of the genre for exactly two decades this year, wrote a collaborative effort al

On the scene since 2000, Cian McCann has been supplying his variety of beats for some time now. Drum & bass knows him as Zero T (FKA Zero Tolerance) – the Dublin native who brings a constant stream of quality tracks that range from soul-driven to utterly filthy.  His output is huge, with constant remixes and releases across the most highly renowned labels: CIA, Sofa Sound, Integral, Metalheadz, and of course The North Quarter, where he’s particularly associated.  In The North Quarter

D3FAI the budding techno maestro just released an out of this world 5-track EP titled BIO WEAPON on RESTLESS RCRDS meanwhile touring Europe visiting cities like Amsterdamn, Spain, and Paris on Saturday for the FORM Music label party in Paris. The new EP which dropped today includes an introduction record and 4 nearly 8-minute long techno bangers. D3FAI has worked on music with big name producers in the past like Deorro, yet his latest EP BIO WEAPON really sets himself apart. The techno wunderki

I’m sure others might feel differently, but after the last year, 2021 has felt like an opportunity for redemption and growth. Being stuck inside for the better part of a year, and even then once you’re let back out into the world, to see it like… this? It does things to people. And throughout time, music has served as an incredible tool to shed off some of that weight and anxiety, to see yourself and your feelings represented in art, and perhaps identify with something along with others. Dabin

North Coast, the premiere Midwest Labor Day weekend festival is only two short weeks away. The lineup is massive as always, featuring top tier acts such as Alesso, Marshmello, Zeds Dead, DJ Snake, Duke Dumont and more. In fact, the lineup is so stacked that artists like Jauz, Chris Lorenzo and Black Tiger Sex Machine are on the second line of the festival poster. With the festival right around the corner, none other than Dabin has shared an exclusive North Coast playlist on Spotify. Dabin wi

Dabin has once again captivated the electronic music landscape with his fourth studio album, Aura Park. Dropping a week ahead of his highly anticipated second annual Stay In Bloom festival at Stanford, CA this multi-talented instrumentalist and producer delivers his most sonically diverse and emotionally stirring project to date, a collection of thirteen tracks that individually have its own “aura“, a unique emotion, a different energy. Aura Park is Dabin’s love letter to the music that’s shaped

Dada Life are back with a new single on a new label, and we are here for it. The iconic Swedish duo just released “Take Me Into Space” along with upcoming Chinese producer DEXTER KING. “Take Me Into Space” will do just that as Dada Life foray into the big room techno scene with this huge new track. This track has all the hallmarks of the big room techno that has been taking over; a massive kick drum, a pulsating bassline, and those light melodic synths that remind you, you’re at a festival. “Ta

Stefan Engblom, one-half of the influential Swedish EDM duo Dada Life, has successfully undergone a liver transplant after battling a rare liver disease, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. The chronic condition, which affects the bile ducts and can lead to liver failure, had forced Engblom to step away from touring as he awaited a donor liver. The DJ shared the severity of his condition in a heartfelt message to fans prior to the surgery, describing undergoing seven procedures over the past 18 mont

As we speak, Dada Life’s longtime member Stefan Engblom is in the Intensive Care Unit of a Stockholm hospital, fighting severe infection following postoperative complications. Just a few weeks ago, on October 16th, he’d had an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP for short), where he caught, in his own words, “a nasty bacteria“. After being looked after at the hospital and treated with IV antibiotics, he was eventually released, and a few days later, bacteria started growing

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Following a select fan and festival screening this year, Trafalgar Releasing will show the 4K remastered version of Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto’s 2003 anime masterpiece Interstella 5555 in cinemas worldwide one night only on December 12, 2024. Says Trafalgar Releasing CEO Marc Allenby: Daft Punk and Cédric Hervet developed Interstella 5555, The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem in association with Leiji Matsumoto and Toei Animation. It chronicles the kidnapping of an alien music band by an

Daft Punk seminal album “Discovery” recently commemorated its 23rd anniversary, symbolizing over two decades of influence in the electronic music realm. Released on March 12, 2001, by Virgin Records, “Discovery” represents a transformative chapter in the duo’s trajectory, departing from the raw electronic sounds of their debut album, “Homework” (1997), and embracing a fusion of … Continued Daft Punk album ‘Discovery’ turns 23 years old

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Random Access Memories, the final studio album from Daft Punk, was released May 17, 2013, almost ten years ago. However, Daft Punk, the duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, officially ended on February 22, 2021 at 2:22pm, exactly two years ago today, breaking the news with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue.” Today, on the two-year anniversary of the announcement of the group’s dissolution, Daft Punk have announced a Random Access Memories 10th Anniversary Edition to be rel

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We’re quickly approaching the release of Random Access Memories 10th Anniversary Edition on the heels of the two-year anniversary of Daft Punk officially breaking up. Thomas Bangalter has a solo album coming out this Friday, Mythologies, his debut solo orchestral album. Ahead of the release, he spoke with BBC and explained why exactly Daft Punk officially decided to break up. “[Daft Punk] was an exploration, I would say, starting with the machines and going away from them. I love technology as

The bitter aftertaste of Daft Punk's shocking 2021 breakup still remains, but their legacy continues to thrive in unexpected ways. Now, one dedicated fan and historian is inviting the global Daft Punk fandom to support his labor of love through a new Patreon page to ensure the duo's mythos remains as timeless as their music. The anonymous, independent historian, who tirelessly archives and curates Daft Punk content across multiple platforms, has launched a Patreon to fund his passion project. Wi

On this day last month, Daft Punk announced a 10th anniversary edition of their final studio album, Random Access Memories, with an additional 35 minutes of unreleased music. Today, the first track has been released — we hesitate to call it a “song,” as, more than new music, it features additional commentary from collaborator Todd Edwards during the creation of the track. Todd Edwards first worked with the band on “Face To Face” from their Discovery album in 2001. As they were working on “Fragm

Random Access Memories, the final album from Daft Punk released on May 17, 2013, officially celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. Leading up, the French duo have released a couple of tracks from the 10th anniversary album ahead of its official release today. With 35 minutes of unreleased music across 9 tracks, Daft Punk shares for the first time outtakes, demos, and unreleased songs from the original recording sessions of Random Access Memories. The new tracks are described in detail i

Tickets are available now at interstella5555film.com for Daft Punk’s Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, a one-night-only event that brings the celebrated anime to the big screen at over 800 cinemas across the globe, remastered in stunning 4K, plus six of Daft Punk's most iconic music videos. The event’s official trailer debuted today (view it HERE). Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem is a spectacular journey through Daft Punk's album

Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories 10th Anniversary Edition is officially out in just three weeks, and today the French duo has shared the second “single” from the deluxe edition, “GLBTM (Studio Outtakes).” GLBTM (Studio Outtakes) is an early and raw version of what will end up as Give Life Back To Music before any production was added to the track. It gives listeners a look at the evolution of the track, and showcases the importance of all elements of the track and how they work together to cr

Daft Punk's LEGO doppelgängers are set to make a cameo in Piece by Piece, Pharrell Williams' upcoming biopic. Told through the lens of LEGO animation, the film, Piece by Piece, chronicles the growth of Williams' music career and his path to becoming a cultural icon. Focus Features, the movie's distributor, has now released its official poster and uncovered the first look of Daft Punk in LEGO form. It's a match made in rectangular heaven, blending the French electronic music pioneers' sleek futur

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In celebration of Daft Punk’s 25th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album, “Homework”, comes the release of “Homework” Digital Deluxe. The DLX contains 15 remixes from the original album (9 previously unreleased at DSP’s). The Homework 25th Anniversary edition gathers for the first time the remixes (by Masters At Work, DJ Sneak, Todd Terry, Motorbass, Slam, Ian Pooley, I:Cube, Roger Sanchez & Junior Sanchez) that were released in 1997. 9 of those remixes were previously unreleased