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Florian Picasso & Martin Garrix’s GRX have joined forces again, and today they bring ‘Far Away’ into the world. The fresh, uplifting track marks the first output from Martin Garrix’s GRX alias since the release of ‘Restart Your Heart’ last year, which also featured Picasso. ‘Far Away’ marks the beginning of a new story for Picasso who announced the coming of his brand new Héritage EP this week. The release date of the full project is still a secret at this point, but the spectacular trailer

Ever since LIL DUSTY G began to break boundaries in 2017 with his songs “Waste Your Time,” “Ghost Rider,” and “Burn,” everyone has been anticipating more music. The time is finally here. LIL DUSTY G has released the lead single “Preached” off of his debut album on Marshmello’s record label Polar Culture, with the label head as a featured artist. Marshmello started his own hip-hop producer collective and label imprint Polar Culture label in 2020 and has since signed 6 producers with Dusty being

Continuing to build hype for their forthcoming album, Adventure Club team up with BEAUZ and Tilian from post-hardcore darlings Dance Gavin Dance for the new single, “Drive.” “Drive” is a three-minute track that features melodic vocals delivered by Tilian Pearson from the Sacramento-based band Dance Gavin Dance. The track combines Tilian’s distinct vocals with an ethereal and energetic electronic track that uplifts listeners while showcasing Adventure Club’s signature synth drops and melodic bas

More and more we’re seeing comparatively mainstream artists joining forces with those in the EDM world. Already today we’ve seen deadmau5 and Foster The People, and we also have MEDUZA and Hozier teaming up for the new single, “Tell It To My Heart.” The track breaks down walls between genres and borders all at once. With pulsating house music production and a dancefloor-ready groove, it builds to a striking and soulful climax from Hozier. His instantly recognizable voice takes hold under a diff

Another day, another Deadmau5 collaboration that we are obsessed with! The latest by Deadmau5 is a single shared with indie pop band, Foster The People, and it will seriously make you feel things. Between the haunting vocals and rippling, progressive soundscape, “Hyperlandia” establishes itself as a unique release, perfect for a late night drive or bedtime lullaby. Foster The People frontman, Mark Foster, adds his unmistakable vocals and a touch of sorrow to the production. Give me your best

Jason Wann isn’t exactly a new artist, especially around his hometown of Portland where he’s been creating interesting, synth-based  music under a number of monikers and is active as a DJ in the local scene. Clearly well-versed in the ways of the synths, Wann’s work is heady, emotive and laced with classic 80s dancefloor style. His latest project, Sines, was invented specifically to marry his synth-heavy house and techno style with female vocals and blur the lines between EDM and pop. With his n

Avicii announced his retirement from touring and music in March 2016 (though he eventually returned in 2017 for his final EP before his death, AVĪCI (01) ), but it wasn’t until August in 2016 that he played his final live performance at Ushuaïa in Ibiza. Today, on the 10th anniversary of “Levels,” his team has uploaded his final performance of the track from his final show. And it’s almost poetic in a way that it was the Skrillex remix. Watch the emotional “Levels” moment below.   Photo

“Do It, To It” from ACRAZE, released on Thrive/Virgin a couple months ago, could be heard all around EDC this past weekend, from Zedd opening his set at cosmicMEADOW with a Squid Games mashup to ACRAZE himself coming out for Andrew Rayel’s set at kineticFIELD to premiere a new remix. The track could also be heard from bassPOD thanks to Subtronics, who played out his own flip of the chart-topping record. The original swerving house tune turned into a massive headbanger that had the crowd going w

Wooli, arguably the most well known purveyor of sad bass music (if that’s what you choose to call it), played EDC this past weekend. If you were at his set, you probably saw Grabbitz come out as a special guest to sing live over their new collaboration with Illenium. Captured by @goonass_bhris at the festival, the song is equal parts emotional and bass-filled accompanied by Grabbitz’s “butter on toast” voice, and it sounds amazing! Since Illenium just released his deluxe Fallen Embers album, it

Charlotte de Witte has retained the No.1 spot in DJ Mag’s Alternative Top 100 DJs 2021. The historic win means the Belgian DJ and producer has now won back-to-back No.1 spots. This is the fourth year that DJ Mag has presented the Alternative Top 100 DJs list in association with Beatport. The results are calculated by combining votes from the global Top 100 DJs poll with a genre filter based on insights and data from Beatport. Charlotte de Witte is one of the world’s most recognizable techno DJ

EDC Las Vegas ended at 5am on Monday and only about 36 hours later, Insomniac was already announcing the lineup of their next big EDC installment: Mexico. The festival in Mexico will go down February 25-27 next year at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. GA for the festival begins at only $100 making it very affordable even for those traveling from outside the country. (Be sure to update yourself on any COVID policies related to Mexico and international travel before you book your flig

You might want to plan on heading to the south for New Year’s, because Griz and Zeds Dead are reviving their B2B from Goldrush earlier this year for a massive event called ‘Zero Gravity.’ The lineup, of course, includes Griz and Zeds Dead, playing individual sets as well as another b2b set. Support will come from CloZee and Jantsen, another two of the more forward-thinking bass artists in the scene right now, making this one unforgettable night. Tickets are on sale tomorrow at 9am PT/noon ET h

For more than six years, Two Friends have been gracing the world with their Big Bootie Mixes, putting together an assortment of songs that seem impossible to mix and the amount of which seems staggering to even the most seasoned DJs. (Of course, putting it together on Ableton Live helps.) Now, the duo are here again with the 20th installment of the mix, putting together a group of over 100 songs in an hour, from electronic to pop to hip hop, and everything flows seamlessly. Just listen to how t

It will have been three years, two events, since the last Ultra Music Festival in Miami. Ultra was one of, if not the first festival to be hit with a cancellation due to COVID-19. And, being so early in the year, it had no chance of coming back in March 2021 when the vaccine was only just beginning to roll out and safety around coronavirus was still dubious at best. Now, as we look to 2022, the Miami music festival is plotting its grand return and bringing back all the top-tier acts from which

You’ve probably been hearing it all through the pandemic, that producers weren’t releasing their best works until touring and live events resumed. Despite many albums and impressive projects being dropped during the pandemic, overall, that probably remains true. There’s still so many sets to go through from EDC that we’ll likely be finding IDs for weeks, but one has already surfaced — Seven Lions & Rezz. As Seven Lions took to the main stage on Friday, he dropped this amazing track (below).

EDC 2021 is officially over, and that’s a sad day for hundreds of thousands of ravers who descended upon the Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the past three days. However, with the live stream, now dozens of sets exist up on YouTube (unofficially for now, until they’re uploaded by either the artists or Insomniac). Below, you can watch sets from Tiësto, Alison Wonderland, Martin Garrix, Excision, Pendulum Trinity, NGHTMRE, Alesso, Subtronics, Seven Lions, Diplo, and Knife Party. You might even be a

Australian producer and DJ Sonny Fodera delivers 14 fresh and sonically diverse tracks with Wide Awake via his Solotoko imprint. The album is his first full-length offering since his 2019 album Rise.  The album includes singles “Angel,” “You,” and “Last Thought,” and “Turn Back Time,” the successful collaboration with Diplo that has been grazing dance floors since its 2020 release. Sonny Fodera also incorporates a range of recognized vocalists including Laura Welsh, Raphaella, Ella Eyre and mor

EDC Night 2 is wrapped, and there will be plenty to talk about once the weekend is through. But last night during Diplo’s set at cosmicMEADOW, the festival welcomed one of its biggest guests so far — Lil Nas X. It’s not at all uncommon for DJs to bring out other DJ special guests at festivals. What makes events like EDC or Ultra so special are the guests that end up coming from elsewhere, whether it’s Drake, The Kid Laroi, or in this case Lil Nas X. The young dynamo came out to perform his hit

It’s been over two years since we’ve last heard new music from The Chainsmokers, their 2019 album World War Joy. The group has been on a social media hiatus since February 2020, ironically just a month before the official global pandemic was declared. They still popped up every now and then during the pandemic, but on the public-facing front, they’ve been quiet. Yesterday, they performed on the main stage at EDC, however, and shared some new music with the crowd. “EDC! This is a brand new Chai

It’s fun in 2021 to see the spirit and sounds of post punk wending their way into modern electronica and, in addition to their name having a sort of “Spooky Mother Goose” vibe, Mother Ghost is definitely channeling the likes of Ian Curtis and Bauhaus into their debut album, Somnámbulo. With industrial-style synths, experimental composition styles and political, evocative vocals, the album, released last month, deigns to take post punk into the 21st century. But it almost didn’t happen. While si

Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Las Vegas, the world’s largest dance music festival, officially begins tonight. Those already in Vegas will be able to witness hundreds of artists perform, but those at home can still watch the largest festival live stream in its history, for the first-time ever streaming all eight festival stages across multiple platforms including YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Lomotif and Roblox. More than 75 cameras will transport viewers at home directly into the heart of EDC Las Ve

If you’ve seen LICK play at all this Summer, then you already know which track this article is about. “PURGE“, his collab with Portuguese producer Holly , has been a staple in his set for the past few years. With the wrench that covid threw into the music world, the release had to be delayed substantially as the two producers originally made it back in 2018. Now that the song has finally seen the light of day, we get to enjoy it to no end. If you’re a fan of heavy bass music this song is def

DJ Snake has become a paragon of mega-collabs, beginning with “Taki Taki” in 2018, teaming up with Cardi B, Ozuna, and Selena Gomez. Next up was “Loco Contigo” in 2019, reviving his single with J. Balvin and Tyga and adding on Ozuna, again, and Nicky Jam, Natti Natasha, Darell, and Sech. Now in 2021, he’s back with Ozuna, again again, as well as Megan The Stallion and LISA of BLACKPINK for “SG.” The song is another Hispanic-influenced melody which fits well with Ozuna, as Megan and LISA both i

Just a few months since the release of Illenium’s fourth studio album, Fallen Embers, he’s back with the Deluxe version, featuring five new songs including a remix with Virtual Riot for “Blame Myself” and a new collaboration with Said The Sky, “I See You.” Among the new tracks is “Wouldn’t Change A Thing” featuring Thirty Seconds To Mars – which marked the first new music from Thirty Seconds To Mars in three years. The song has already garnered over 1 million streams and counting since its rele

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