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The organizers of Breakaway Festival are meeting the moment of their 2025 homecoming in Columbus by revealing a massive lineup. "Columbus has been home to Breakaway for over 12 years, and it remains a core part of our identity," said Co-Founder Zach Ruben. The nation's fastest-growing traveling festival will return home for the 12th edition of Breakaway Ohio from May 30-31 at the Historic Crew Stadium Festival Grounds. And they brought the heat with this year's headliners: Dom Dolla, Marshmello,

A busted mid-century TV set hums alive, its channels bleeding into a universe only Zeds Dead can tune.  Their long-awaited sophomore album, Return to the Spectrum of Intergalactic Happiness, bridges yesterday's voices to tomorrow’s beats. Eight years in the making, it's out now via the influential electronic music duo's own record label, Deadbeats. The album's conceptual framework—a television flickering through time—perfectly suits Zeds Dead's sampling prowess and lets their obsession with crat

One of New York's most popular electronic music venues, Brooklyn Mirage, has reinvented itself multiple times over the past decade. Its latest transformation, revealed today, is its most ambitious redesign yet. "The Brooklyn Mirage has always been a place to dance, to lose oneself in moments of pure, electrifying energy,” said Josh Wyatt, who took over as CEO of Avant Gardner last fall. "When we decided to rebuild the venue from the ground up, we aimed to honor its legacy while expanding the dan

Calvin Harris is back behind the mic for the first time in seven years in his new single, "SMOKE THE PAIN AWAY." Known for lending his own vocals to generational dance hits like "Feel So Close" (2011), "Summer" (2014), "My Way" (2016) and "I Found You" (2018), the chart-topping producer took a step back from singing in recent years. His comeback, however, is nothing short of captivating. Harris this week surprised fans with the release of "SMOKE THE PAIN AWAY,"  a unique blend of country and hou

Calvin Harris is set to become the first artist to secure a double residency at the iconic Ushuaïa Ibiza, one of the world's most illustrious clubbing destinations. The superstar DJ and producer will take over Ushuaïa's open-air stage for 25 exclusive performances, performing on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the season. Harris, a longtime dominant force in electronic dance music, is set to introduce a new live concept for the shows at Ushuaïa, according to a press release. The landmark residen

A Calvin Harris vocal performance doesn't come around often, but when it does it's a moment worth savoring. The chart-topping producer, who famously lent his own vocals to his 2011 classic "Feel So Close" before largely stepping away from singing, has announced a brand-new single called "Smoke The Pain Away" with his familiar voice leading the cut. Posted as an extended teaser on his Instagram, Harris' latest preview incorporates earthy harmonica riffs, twangy plucked strings and punchy, thumpin

Carl Cox's return to Detroit's Movement Festival has been delayed by one year, he announced this week. The British techno legend was slated to return for the first time in eight years with a special "Hybrid Live" performance. To the dismay of fans, he revealed that scheduling conflicts preclude him from delivering his hotly anticipated performance, which has now been postponed to 2026. "I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but I promise to make it worth the wait," Cox said in a statem

A great dance track owns the space around it, and with their new collaboration "Where I’m From," Cassian, SCRIPT and Belladonna do exactly that.  Even before its official release, "Where I’m From" was already leaving a mark. Cassian has certainly championed the track in his own DJ sets, sending it surging through some of the biggest dancefloors in the world, but its most recent lift came when Anyma and John Summit dropped the incendiary track in a surprise b2b set at LIV Las Vegas. Cassian has b

After 15 years of shaking dancefloors and redefining techno with a staggering 25 EPs, Charlotte de Witte is finally ready to release her debut album. The Belgian DJ and producer today announced the self-titled opus, which is due out November 7th via her own record label, KNTXT. The 11-track album, which de Witte sayd "feels surreal," promises to reflect her evolution, both artistically and emotionally. "This album is the most personal project I’ve ever worked on," the techno superstar said in a

Chris Lake has teamed up with rising Brazilian DJ and producer Ragie Ban to release "Toxic," a house heater with a new jack swing twist. Out now via Lake's Black Book Records, "Toxic" arrives hotly anticipated. The track had become a fan-favorite, turning heads since the house music superstar first teased it in his recent DJ set at Costa Rica's Ocaso Music Festival.  At the core of "Toxic" lies a genius sample: Bell Biv DeVoe’s 1990 classic "Poison," which the producers reimagine with a snarling

Chris Lake is no stranger to creating a spark on the dancefloor, but with his latest track, he's melting hearts instead. Released on Valentine's Day, "Ease My Mind" is a subtle stylistic shift for the house music powerhouse, an intimate offering that trades his high-energy club artillery for something more delicate and soul-soothing. Teaming up with Amsterdam-based vocalist Abel Balder, Lake crafts a track that feels like a warm embrace in every respect. Balder, whose signature vocals have alrea

Serving as a sort of hedonistic nightcap for attendees of Coachella's first weekend, leading LA promoter Framework has announced its return to the desert for its annual afterparty series. Situated a few miles east of the storied Empire Polo Club, the three-day series, Framework In The Desert, will once again take place inside the Atlantic Aviation airport hangar in Thermal, California. The unique locale offers a one-of-a-kind experience for partygoers with indoor and outdoor dance spaces, runway

Dirtybird founder Claude VonStroke is taking flight on a comeback tour, officially ending a two-year hiatus that saw him sell his prized record label. VonStroke flew the coop back in 2023, when he announced a break from the house music project to focus on his bass alias, Barclay Crenshaw. The influential DJ and producer, who spent over two decades cultivating the beloved Dirtybird ecosystem, is now set to hit the road with a new vision in late-April. Rather than pursuing the typical relentless t

After finding a home in Los Angeles, Cloonee is ready to deliver what he's calling the biggest show of his career in honor of the city that helped him grow. The house music star in June is joining forces with Insomniac's Factory 93 brand to showcase the sounds of his label, Hellbent Records, label in downtown Los Angeles. Fans of the British DJ will also be treated to the sounds of a handful of special guests, who have not been announced at the time of this writing. Cloonee also got in front of

For a quarter century, Club Space has been the nucleus of Miami's nightlife sector, where the music never stops and sunrise is just the beginning. This March, the illustrious venue is commemorating 25 years with a lineup worthy of its pedigree. The anniversary festivities for Space will kick off on March 14th with a performance from Deep Dish along with house music veteran Victor Calderone and a special appearance from original owner Louis Puig, the man who helped launch Space. The momentum cont

Coachella’s Quasar stage is set to level up in 2025. After a show-stopping debut last year, the festival's newest stage, which is dedicated electronic music, is back with a brilliant lineup and a brand-new experience in partnership with Red Bull. Goldenvoice has revealed the 2025 Quasar stage lineups, and this year’s edition is bringing even more star power to Coachella's ever-growing electronic music presence. The festival’s second year hosting the futuristic stage will host three-hour DJ sets

If sisterhood had a BPM, it might just pulse to the rhythm of Kinder and Coco & Breezy's new single, "Blessed Generation." Equal parts liberation chant and club-ready elixir, this Afro-house anthem arrives as both a meeting of minds and a rare case of sisterhood squared. You can hear the fingerprints of both duos as Kinder's signature Afro-electronic fusion melts into the fluid house sensibilities of Coco & Breezy, who were recently named by EDM.com among 2024's best music producers. “Wo

For the past decade, CRSSD Festival has been where San Diego’s ocean breeze carries the rhythm. As the festival's spring edition marks its 10th anniversary in 2025, CRSSD is set to return to Waterfront Park on March 1st and 2nd, bringing with it a stacked lineup of international heavyweights, underground selectors, and a nightlife program that turns the entire city into a weekend-long marathon for dance music. San Diego may not be the first city that comes to mind for club culture, but its deep-

As dusk settled over San Diego's Waterfront Park on Sunday, the sky darkened and a light, unrelenting rain began to fall. Instead of sending festivalgoers scattering, however, instead it transformed the dancefloor into groove-soaked spectacle. It was a fitting scene for the 10th edition of CRSSD Festival's spring showcase, which has not only endured, but flourished as a cornerstone of stateside electronic music culture on the West Coast. Over the last decade, techno and house have moved from the

D.O.D. is back with "Wrap Yourself Around Me," an emotive house track that manages to be both an embrace and an exit wound. The new single is out now via Armin van Buuren's Armada label and it features NORTH, a rising singer-songwriter who recently featured on tracks by Gorgon City and Wilkinson. There's a special kind of loneliness that comes after someone says "I love you" and "goodbye" in the same breath. NORTH's lyricism crystallizes that moment atop propulsive house production from D.O.D.,

Every great album tells a story, and for DAKRED, that story is his own. The rising DJ and producer has released his self-titled debut album, a project he's calling his most personal work yet. Fusing melodic bass and dubstep, DAKRED serves as an intimate reflection on love, heartbreak and self-discovery, charting the emotional highs and lows of his 20s. "After years of evolving as an artist and a person, I realized that this album is my story, and it deserved to be self-titled," said Dakred. "It

The architectural impossibility of the Vegas Sphere finds its sonic equivalent in "Work," Anyma's new single featuring surging hip-hop phenom Yeat. The track's recent debut during Anyma's historic residency at the $2.3 billion Sphere marked a significant cultural milestone. Yeat delivered the venue's first-ever rap performance, shattering yet another invisible barrier between techno's underground roots and hip-hop's mainstream cultural dominance. View the original article to see

Some songs define a moment while others, like "Titanium," define a generation. More than a decade after their timeless 2011 collaboration "Titanium," David Guetta and Sia have rekindled their creative spark with "Beautiful People," a soaring dance anthem that channels their signature blend of euphoria and emotional intensity. Guetta took to social media to confirm the long-awaited reunion prior to its release, calling Sia "one of the greatest voices and songwriters of our generation." And the sy

David Guetta and Sia, the artists behind the generational dance anthem "Titanium," are teaming up once again for a new track, "Beautiful People." The iconic DJ and producer took to social media on Monday to share the news, expressing his deep creative connection with Sia and confirming more collaborations with the Australian pop superstar in the future. "This is so crazy, Sia and myself back to working together," Guetta said. "There’s always been a special connection since 'Titanium' between us,

Dance music icon David Guetta is bringing his massive "Monolith Tour" to Baltic and Scandinavian audiences for the first time, marking the "biggest dance music show in the region's history," according to a press release shared with EDM.com. Guetta is set to take over Estonia's Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, the region’s largest outdoor live music venue, on August 23rd, 2025. The show will be the only performance for the chart-topping DJ in the Baltic region, making it a highly anticipated event