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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, SNK’s highly anticipated 2.5D fighter game, drops April 24, 2025, but its soundtrack is already making noise by partnering with 11 global DJs. The game doesn’t just revive a beloved fighting series, it fuses it with modern electronic music culture to create something bigger: a fully immersive gaming experience. An In-Game OST Which Looks Like a Festival Lineup At the heart of this collaboration dubbed ‘REV IT UP’, is a simple idea: music shouldn’t just sit

As luscious dub chords enter spring, we present our quarterly dub and ambient techno chart on Magnetic, featuring the latest releases of chosen labels, tracks, and artists around the world, ranging from nature soundscapes to more groovy dubs for the dance floor. Ishtadi orchestrates the sounds of ...Continue reading

Following 16 years of restoration, Teatro Pereyra is set to re-open next month as a state-of-the-art theatre, music venue and more Continue reading...

It is possible to unearth latent abilities in the most unlikely of settings. Take 12ayo, a musician from East Los Angeles who has family in Mexico and El Salvador. Until a serendipitous meeting at a barbershop, music was never on his radar. Something about 12ayo stood out to his barber, who prompted the question of whether or whether he had ever explored a career in music. Twelve year old 12ayo was interested enough to give music a shot despite his complete lack of knowledge in the field. With t

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Steve Aoki’s remix of Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness,” featuring MGMT and Ratatat, burst onto the scene on December 5, 2009. This remix remains one of Aoki’s most iconic creations, resonating with listeners worldwide and leaving an incredible mark in not just the EDM world, but Hip-Hop too. The original version of “Pursuit of Happiness,” from Kid Cudi’s debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day, is a journey through themes of self-discovery, fame, and existential doubt. Steve Aoki took the t

Donatella Petrucci is a 16-year-old singer, songwriter based in London, UK who has been singing and writing her own songs from the tender age of 8, learning piano at grade level and conquering guitar accompanied by a commercially angelic tone and perfect set of vocals. Donatella fell in love with EDM & Dance during the lockdown pandemic of Covid-19, penning her first ever single “What Do I Do Now?” after analyzing the effects of Covid across the world to families and partners.  “What Do I N

1788-L's ominous new project feels less like an EP and more like an urgent transmission from the ambitious fringes of sound design.  With NU-TYPE vol. 1, the producer has inked his first release on Rezz's HypnoVizion label. And it doesn't just simply just push the envelope—it obliterates it with a barrage of seismic basslines and genre-defying song structures. The project's opening salvo, “Wartype” (with Quackson), sets the tone with thunderous, cinematic impacts that evolve into a frenzy of gro

When he debuted in 2018, 1788-L was everything. He was on every lineup, had collaborations with Rezz, Illenium, and more, and was hyped to become a leader in the midtempo scene. Then, the pandemic happened. While some soldiered through and found success with live streams and other forms of engagement, others retreated and focused on mental health, production, brand, design, or just themselves. Whatever the case, 1788-L’s output in COVID era decreased compared to the previous few years, but t

Enigmatic artist 1788-L has teamed up with Seattle-based producer/DJ Quackson for a new collaboration ‘WARTYPE’ out now via HypnoVizion. A ferocious force from start to finish, ‘WARTYPE’ is an electrifying kickoff to 1788-L’s new era. ‘WARTYPE’ sees 1788-L continue to experiment with intense and complex sound design alongside HypnoVizion alum Quackson. Thunderous builds offset cataclysmic drops as ‘WARTYPE’’s intensity heightens with each twist and turn. Complementary to both 1788-L and Quack

It’s been a whirlwind week for 1991. The London-based DJ and producer released his latest track ‘Cyclone’ ft. Mugatu on Thursday and by Saturday, was closing out Cosmic Meadows at EDC Las Vegas with the Drum and Bass collective WORSHIP. If 1991 was considered an emerging artist before, it’s safe to say he’s now fully launched. ‘Cyclone’ exemplifies 1991’s distinctive style, blending high-energy rhythms with intricate soundscapes, a hallmark that has earned him a dedicated following. A gr

At the turn of the century, dance music had a distinct sound that fused warehouse techno with sweeping trance riffs, creating an atmosphere that now conjures memories of glowsticks, green lasers, and parachute pants. Many artists today try to recapture that magic, but few succeed—until now. The UK’s 1991 has managed to blend the essence of the late ’90s and early 2000s with modern drum and bass in his nostalgic dancefloor anthem ‘Jungle’ featuring Alex Hosking. Released on the Chaos/Polydor

19MIL’s latest single, “All You Do,” is a vibrant and empowering track that showcases her shameless and bold personality. The song is inspired by a less-than-ideal date experience, which 19MIL describes with a touch of humor: “He utilized all his time the entire date criticizing every aspect of me and my personality. By the end of the date, I was exhausted from not only listening to him but acting like I even mildly cared what HE thought of ME.” With “All You Do,” 19MIL turns this negative e

After having followed him for two years and through a number of permutations of releases, one thing we at YEDM can say about 1st Base Runner (Tim Husmann) is he never ceases to surprise. Never skimping on quality, the Austin songwriter and producer has run through loads of styles and subgenres, not to mention labels, release structures and distro. Now settled on his own Souvenir Sound imprint, His latest EP Light Roars is still filled with loads of surprises, different styles and heavy emotion.

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

Just a few weeks ago Australian producer 1tbsp announced that he’d be giving us an eight-track album in August and with that news also came a brand-new single called ‘Sleeves Touch My Elbows’ which features a vocal sample from a song called ‘Gran remera’ by Argentinian project Mora y los metegoles. Now, he’s back with a swirling, mind bending single aptly titled “Circuit Current.” He skillfully weaves trippy vocal samples with pulsating synths and a thumping beat that keeps you locked in the

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1tbsp is a side-project by Australian artist Maxwell Byrne (aka Golden Vessel), who has developed an addictive sound around this project. Over the last few weeks, 1tbsp released three new singles – Joan // 2007 // Seasons (feat. Squidgenini) – while also making promise of a new four-track ep titled ‘Joan’ coming our way very soon.  Well, that promise has been fulfilled, as the ‘Joan‘ EP is beautiful, mesmeric experience from start to finish. His sampling is so precise and unique, part of what m

1tbsp is the project by Australian Grammy Award Nominated artist Maxwell Byrne (aka Golden Vessel) which has a sound that can be likened to a mix between Daphni, Four Tet and DJ Koze. He’s crafted an irresistible sounds that lies somewhere between deep and melodic house, and his songs have an uncanny ability to get stuck in your head. Over the last few weeks, he offered exceptional new 1tbsp singles – “Pioneer Digital Plastic Sound”, “No Nein (feat. Mietze Conte)” and “Four Tet Is My Godmother”

The outpouring of help and support to the Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded in late February has been truly astonishing thus far, both in Europe and abroad. With round-the-clock asylum centers set up in Poland, Bulgaria, Czechia and Romania, donation centers for food, clothes, personal products et cetera trucking supplies into Ukraine daily and thousands of citizens opening their homes to asylum seekers in neighboring countries, everyone has shifted into help mode a

Greater Manchester Police were called to the Cheetham Hill venue, which had been hosting a Teletech party, in the early hours of Saturday morning Continue reading...

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Almost two months ago, we revealed our annual Artists to Watch list for 2023, including W IN K among 39 other exceptional names. This past week, W IN K dropped a 30-minute mix full of unreleased music for the upcoming year, and, not to toot our own horn, it’s great to hear that we were right in picking this talented artist as one to watch. While we can’t point to specific track titles in the mix (they’re all IDs), we can confidently say that there isn’t a single one that you’ll skip. All of the

At the beginning of February, W IN K put out a 30-minute mix of unreleased music from himself and friends, and we couldn’t stop listening. Now, just about two months later, he’s officially joined Sable Valley with his debut EP, WINK. Clocking in at 5 tracks, including opener “NUKID” which was featured in the aforementioned mix, and a collaboration with nikko, the EP perfectly encapsulates everything about the vibe that Sable Valley is aiming to curate. Our favorite out of the EP, though it lac

Here we are, finally, where 2023 meets 2024. For the most part, the past year eased further into relative normalcy – whether we’re talking clubs, festivals or the private-party scene.  So, as we wrapped up ’23, we conducted a quickie poll to DJs of all stripes and from all over the world, inquiring about the [...] The post 2023 In Review: 100 DJs of All Stripes Offer Up the Year’s Top Tracks & Best Musical Moments appeared first on DJ Life Magazine.