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Rezz has been extremely private about her personal life since she broke into the music industry in 2015. The daughter of Iranian/Ukrainian parents and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, she has stayed largely out of the public eye while becoming comfortable and confident in her own skin. Overcoming a debilitating battle with insomnia in early 2022, which she considers her greatest obstacle to date, inspired Rezz to go on the podcast SHE/HER/THEY with KITTENS and be more vulnerable and open up ab

It’s been a while since we’ve covered the Pittsburgh-based inclusive bass label VALE, so one new readers could be forgiven if they don’t know who we’re talking about. In the words of Inigo Montoya, “lemme splain.” VALE, which stands for Various Artists, Limitless Expression,started to stand out from the fray of US bass music labels almost immediately with its first releases in 2019 and 2020. With a slight lean towards deep dubstep and soundsystem-style halftime, VALE has become a vehicle for bot

Orang Utan is a rising artist who is truly full of monkey business. Since Orang Utan’s 2021 debut, they’ve released two previous singles on the prestigious label Ultra Records. Each single is accompanied by music videos that coerces their audience to go bananas and has multiple syncs, including two Netflix shows and featured in FIFA.  Now, this electrifying duo are continuing their hot streak with a groovy edit of their new single “Sugarmama” from none other than Dmitri Vegas. A funky bassline,

Multifaceted artist Ezediel’s last release, “A Dark Knight Screaming Inside”, comes back to the more primitive tunes of “I Wash My Hands in the Blood” (2021 – 1.5MLN streams) and instantly puts you in a trance with his unique ritualistic music design and electronic/synth soundscape. It begins with a quote from The Batman, as the track unfolds with a sample inspired by the recognizable Fever Ray’s “If I Had a Heart”, mixed with humming and broken at times by intervals. The song inspiration

Pure positivity reigns supreme over Damon Fletcher’s polished tracks. Already imbued with tremendous confidence, he is the sound that resonates in the club. His path to this moment has been one of constant perseverance underpinned by the sheer strength of the beats. The attention to detail pays off in many ways – from his incorporation of the soul into the electronic atmosphere, he is some next-level work. He started this project amid the pandemic. While everybody else was hunkering down, he st

Hangout Fest just dropped their lineup for 2023 and right out the gate have come swinging for other festivals with a broad and top-tier assortment of artists from past and present; rock, hip hop, and dance; as well as one of the best backdrops of any festival in the country. Situated on the majestic white sand beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, May 19-21, attendees will be able to bear witness to a plethora of incredible musical acts. The legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers will set the tone for tho

Ultra Music Festival has unveiled its star-studded Phase 2 lineup, adding more than 100 additional acts to the 2023 event taking place Friday, March 24 – Sunday, March 26 at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami. In September, Ultra announced an impressive roster of Phase 1 headliners including Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, Claude VonStroke, CloZee, Eric Prydz presents HOLO, Ganja White Night, GIGANTIC NGHTMRE (Big Gigantic and NGHTMRE), Grimes, Gryffin, Hardwell, the world debut of HI-LO b2b Testpilot

Blossom has big things on the horizon. Before the year’s out, she has dropped her latest single, “On My Own,” which serves as the first release from her forthcoming EP. And as she finished up her dates supporting Alan Walker on tour, she has also announced her first headlining tour beginning in 2023. The single marks a hard reset in the world of Blossom, she explains: “The world as we know it has ended and I’ve been reborn as the humanoid, Blossom, challenged to rebuild a world far away from th

So Martin Garrix released his (technically) debut album earlier this year, Sentio. He also released Greatest Hits Vol. 1 last year, under his project AREA21 with Maejor. No one would be surprised for the young producer to take a break from new releases while he tours the album, or does anything else, but he’s back this week with a new single already. “Hero” is out this Thursday in collaboration with JVKE and apparently in partnership with Marvel Snap, an official card battle game available on i

Alison Wonderland will become the latest producer to launch their own record label, following in the footsteps of Kayzo, Rezz, Subtronics, Excision, and more. As an artist, releasing music on your own label is a great way to retain power and resources of your own work. However, you’re not just releasing your own music most of the time, often intending to “give power and freedom back to the artist” at large, as Alison states in her tweet teasing the launch. Compared to major labels, the splits

Yonahh guy just released a new hit single aimed at all of the world’s dancers. The new song “Jumpin” gets everybody up and moving. The song has become a mainstay on many people’s summer party playlists. With time, the track will become a global standard if things continue as they are. There’s no denying that “Jumpin” is a dancing track. Listeners have a wonderful time when the song gets them dancing. When this music comes on, listeners can’t help but get up and dance. So as soon as the music st

Artist Mrronwright captures self-realization on the passionate track “Together,” led by his sweet and heartfelt vocals laid upon bouncy instrumentation. A track that captures the moments in which you find your bad habits returning to the surface yet fighting against to win control yourself, the empowering number is infused with freshness and a boost of feel-good energy. Having crafted a vibrant artistry nestled between Melodic and hip-hop, Mrron who started making music in 2010 has never tried

Many musical artists nowadays shy away from political stances, either for fear of hurting their careers or simply for the fact that they see their jobs as a necessary distraction from the depression and discourse that can come with serious issues. With 2022 bringing war via Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, there was an initial outpouring of support for Ukraine with artist contributing to loads of charity albums and shows, as the war has rolled on and the repercussions of speaking out have

Prices for Electric Forest were sent out yesterday, which, understandably, made some people upset. The festival is a bit more expensive this year — and you can likely attribute that to any variety of factors, none of which have been explicitly stated at this time. However, today brings the “initial lineup” for the 2023 edition, which already boasts a hefty amount of artists. Joining The String Cheese Incident (performing 2 Incidents) on the top of the bill are ODESZA, Illenium, Zeds Dead, Above

We’ve come to hold new releases from Skrillex at arm’s length. After being promised, multiple times, multiple albums, and left wanting, the easiest thing to do is not have any expectations at all so that when something does come, it still feels like a gift. (Artists don’t owe us anything, but we’ve been teased and left dry many times already.) Out of nowhere today, 100 gecs dropped a surprise EP, Snake Eyes, including a 113-second collab with none other than Skrillex. Of course the production i

Over time, we’ve seen plenty of legendary acts in dance music team up after years to create something wonderful. Today we see the cycle continue as RL Grime and NERO team up for the very first time for their debut collaboration, “Renegade.” The track was teased around Halloween weekend as RL Grime headlined the Forum in Los Angeles and dropped his Halloween XI mixtape, with NERO also playing the song at Red Rocks in support of deadmau5. Now, it’s officially out in all its glory and we couldn’t

Not many artists had a bigger 2022 than Maz, his “Banho de Folhas” remix became a worldwide hit, recieving strong supports from incredible artists such as Black Coffee, Lee Burridge, Damian Lazarus, Matador, Stephan Jolk, D-Nox, Gorje Hewek, Dosem, Durante, Simon Doty, Enamour, to mention a few. “Banho de Folhas” took the Brazilian sound identity all around the Globe and consolidated Maz’s name internationally. The Brazilian Afro House song broke the EDM bubble and reached international pop s

Powerhouse EDM Artist Roger Gunn gears up his discography with addicting techno-inspired single “Lose & Control” Moving in a 4 to the floor , the energy in the track is far from lost. Gunn exuberates non-stop electricity spearheading the record with an energizing blend of nostalgic techno and retro vibes. Familiar cymbals and breaks move listeners throughout the track, emitting golden era techno energy. Roger Gunn has been unfailing when connecting with his audience and executing vibrant

Ultra RESISTANCE is getting a new home in Miami at M2 as it begins its first residency in the US. RESISTANCE has ballooned into a globe-trotting powerhouse of underground curation since its inception in 2015, from programming stages at Ultra events in 35 cities internationally, to organizing tours across Latin America. In 2017, RESISTANCE debuted its first-ever residency in Ibiza at the world’s largest nightclub Privilege, and has since welcomed house and techno heavyweights including Carl Cox,

When you think of a creature that is able to lure its prey and entangle the target in a web of intrigue and mystique, the first animal that comes to mind is obviously a spider. The metaphor is literally made after its most prominent feature: the web. It’s exactly that sort of magic that Sharlitz Web brings to the table, especially with her new EP, Spider Lily, out today on SSKWAN. From the EP is “Dark Roots,” a dark and foreboding track that perfectly encapsulates the spider’s strategy of entic

Night Stalker is an interesting choice of title for 1st Base Runner’s fifth EP, given the Netflix bioseries of the same name being so popular. Those of us old enough to remember, especially if you lived in Southern California at the time, may have even more of a visceral reaction to this EP and the music attached to it. Apparently this was on purpose. The resurrected true crime Netflix story of serial killer Richard Ramirez, tagged by the media in the 80s as the Nightstalker, means that GenX ki

Dance music titans R3HAB, Timmy Trumpet and W&W are back with their second ever collaborative single “Poison”, and this is a certified main stage banger. Combining a little bit of each artist’s distinctive styles, “Poison” is sure to delight festival crowds all over the world. The opening of the track seems to be Timmy Trumpet’s doing with lightly building synths layered against a pitched-vocal. There’s a melodic little piano interlude before we get to the beefy drop. The synths in the drop

If you ask me, there’s nothing better than a great progressive house tune. The synths and melodies are uplifting, and they’re usually accompanied by an epic vocal. The formula is simple, but very effective. That’s what we get to experience from the highly anticipated collab from Nicky Romero and DubVision, “Stay a Little Longer.” Nicky Romero is well known to EDM audiences for his decade in the business, and true progressive house fans know that DubVision can do no wrong. Enlisting vocalist Phi

Many successful artists also have side ventures, with some exploring different alcohol sales, brand partnerships, modeling, etc. For NGHTMRE, he worked with his brother Matthew Marenyi, and Winterhalter from his media team, to craft an idea for a food/travel show that takes advantage of some of the exotic locations he already finds himself in thanks to work. “After YEARS of development with lots of ups and downs,” he says, their show SAMPLED is officially premiering on Paramount+. Dates of the

Talent always finds its way through the noise of a competitive industry, and for Blake Orris, also known as BLAKELOGANX, cutting through the saturation is exactly what he’s been doing this past year. The 19-year-old is living his dreams and entertaining the world with his multiple endeavours while growing his fanbase on social media. The Florida-born musician has worked hard for years, built connections, and is prepared to make his mark within the music world. It’s evident that the artist’s skil