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Bleu Clair Drops Spectacular EP, ‘New Age of House’

In just a few years, Indonesian-born artist Bleu Clair has become a household name in the tech house community. He has crafted his own unique style of house that radiates an unprecedented level of energy onto the dance floor. He seems to be just about on everyone’s radar, earning the love of the massive with support from renowned artists, such as DJ Snake, Diplo, Skrillex, and many more. His captivating basslines has led to collaborations with Matroda, AC Slater, and other top-tier producers. Tracks like “Disco Tool” and “Have Me All” shot up the Beatport charts, exponentially expanding Bleu Clair’s fanbase. Continuing his success across 2021, the gifted performer toured the US for his first time, landing spots at EDC Las Vegas, CRSSD Fest, and Seismic Dance Event.
Now, he’s back with his highly anticipated EP, ‘New Age of House’ and it’s yet another spectacular release from this young artist, who is truly unstoppable. Featuring some of his previously released singles, such as “Aura” with Jargen, “Sand Dunes”, and “Killer Bee” with OOTORO and chyra, the EP also adds brand new bangers to the tech house scene. Take “Love Capsule 2022”, a collab with Kara Chenoa, that is electric, jam as an infectious bass line and captivating vocal lead that cement this as a dance floor heater. Bleu also teams up with the renowned Dances With White Girls for “Peanut Butter”, delivering a hypnotic bassline, layered with tantalizing vocals and piano progressions.
Listen below!

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Bleu Clair Drops Spectacular EP, ‘New Age of House’
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Multi-Talented EDM Artist ProdigysPicks Talks “On Fire” EP and Future Plans

You can be sure that “On Fire” will be heard during the international game. On this magnificent EP created for fans, brilliant recording artist ProdigysPicks puts on his finest performance. The newest EP he has released is what you get when quality meets creativity—something remarkable to listen to.
Each song makes you feel strong and shows that EDM is still alive. Trap, retro tastes, hard-hitting futuristic sonorities, and excellent flows are all explored on the album. Let’s face it, ProdigysPicks has saved the game since this is so uncommon these days.
In this day and age, when every song has become monotonous and it is difficult to distinguish unusual sounds, ProdigysPicks debut EP, “On Fire,” has been meticulously crafted in order to give the audience the highest quality music.
ProdigysPicks explained how he had put his heart, soul, and creative energy into this project in order to make it successful. Being his favorite project he’s ever worked on, ProdigysPicks looks to top this with the release of his new EP coming this December.
He aims to top the numbers on his last EP, explore new sounds, and give his fans this long awaited drop he’s been teasing for the past few months. He told us “I’ve been locked in for the past few months making this. It’s been one of the hardest things I’ve done but i’m so excited with how everything has come out and I can’t wait to finally release this.”

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Multi-Talented EDM Artist ProdigysPicks Talks “On Fire” EP and Future Plans
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Kayzo talks about his Unleashed XL tour and what it means to headline The Forum in Los Angeles [Interview]

Kayzo’s humble beginnings as a student of Icon Collective in Southern California seem like a lifetime ago, now that he’s just announced his Unleashed XL tour for 2023, ending with a headlining performance at the iconic Forum in Los Angeles. Since he started the project in 2012, he’s hit every marker of growth and has steadily grown as an artist and person, leading to this truly monumental occasion.
The Unleashed XL tour is on sale now. We caught up with Kayzo over the phone this week to talk about his biggest headline show to-date, reigniting the Unleashed tour after COVID, and what it took make this all happen.
So I’ve known you for I think about seven years now, since that first interview in the pizza shop in North Hollywood.
Oh, my God, dude. Yeah, that is such a throwback. I forgot all about that setting until now.
I was at your first Doghouse takeover at Avalon in 2016. I think I was at your first EDC too when you went back to back with Protohype and Lookas in 2015.
Oh, yeah, the bassPOD, we opened it up at doors.
Now you’re headlining one of the most iconic venues in Los Angeles, The Forum. When that offer came through, what was going through your head, especially looking back at where you’ve come from?
You said it best. It’s one of the most iconic venues in Los Angeles and one of the most iconic historical venues around just judging by its history. It’s been 5 years, going on six next year, from my last headline play in LA which was at the Palladium.

Photo via Yoder Was it really that long?
Yeah, dude, isn’t that crazy? Yeah, it was like 2017 when I did the Palladium. And so, obviously, with COVID our plans that we had at that time got pushed back, so it’s been five years since the last LA show, you know, LA being kind of sentimental for me. It’s important to me because it’s where everything started musically for me back in 2012 so making sure that we put on the biggest, best Kayzo show that we can possibly do in Los Angeles is kind of like top priority, right? It’s kind of like, you set the tone with it. It’s like a mile marker and kind of performance in Los Angeles, always for me. So when we were kind of figuring out where we wanted to play, what our target was, and what our goal was for the show, The Forum always stuck out to me because, you know, I’ve been to other shows at the Forum. Non-dance music shows specifically. And I remember the last rock show I saw there. It was Bring Me The Horizon in 2019, and I saw Fever 333, and I forgot who played in the middle. But it was the first metal and rock show that I saw at The Forum. And there’s just an energy in there that was –
That show was with Thrice. [laughs]
Yeah. Okay. It was with Thrice. Yeah, show was incredible. And, for me, it’s just, you know, growing up, listening to you know all types of different rock, metal, pop punk, alternative, kind of hardcore stuff, post hardcore, and also coming from a sports background, through hockey, that type of sports/arena style venue, those types of venues in general, I always kind of gravitate towards because it’s a good representation of my life with sports and my life with music now, since they typically house those types of events. So, the energy in those types of arenas, especially The Forum, like when I saw that show, I kind of knew right then and there that was like– I remember, I was with my manager at that show. I was like, “Dude, we will play this venue one day. We need to play here,” like there’s something about this place that just sets it apart from any other venue that I’ve been to in LA for music at that time. And so when that offer came in, it was kind of surreal because I knew it was possible to do The Forum. I just didn’t know when, and I just didn’t know how it would come about. And so when that option became available, it was super full circle for me. I started to remember all the shows I’ve been to there and just having that conversation with my manager like, “We’re going to do a show there.”
I’m so excited for the show and it’s been something that we’ve been working on for months, and we’re still working on, in terms of making it perfect for everybody by the time May rolls around.

So you’re now the third EDM artist in the past year to announce or play at the Forum. You know, Subtronics and RL Grime. And you mentioned that you haven’t seen any EDM acts there. The only ones I have seen in the past five years were Armin van Buuren and The Chainsmokers. What do you think is happening that artists, particularly, it seems, bass artists, are now playing The Forum? Are they opening up to it or is bass getting to that crossover area where The Forum is now like, “Yeah, we can do this.”
Right. It’s a good question, I think a little bit of both. I think certain acts like you mentioned at least in the last couple of months, and I was at the RL Grime show too, which was great, really, really dope show. It’s a venue where an artist that really takes pride in the vision and the storytelling behind the brand and the showmanship of the show, it’s a good place to show off that story outside of the typical club and even normal venue. It’s just a bigger stage, and it’s a different type of viewing experience than other venues that you can go see. So I think The Forum, obviously they’re coming around to see more dance music in there. Dance music is at a good place for those like large scale shows. The shows that they put on there, whether they’re electronic specific music, or with myself who does a combination of rock and electronic that’ll bring, like without giving away too much of who we have and what we’re doing, like we’re bringing an entire live experience outside of just DJing to this show and to the tour that I just announced even outside of LA for my set. That kind of resembles what I did in 2019 with Unleashed but on a larger scale in a different format, and also, you know, there’s going to be support bands and different live elements to the show that kind of bring it full circle, make it feel not less like a rave, but it brings the the storytelling and the backstory of where I come from musically, what I enjoy outside of dance music to the table.
I think they see this as a good opportunity for artists to take bigger risks. And try different things out that are not just the normal, standard, big LA show. So I think The Forum gives us a platform to take bigger risks. And I think they’re excited about showcasing that with the newer generation and the newer styles of music like electronic music and not just being so band-centric and you know, “We only do bands, we do live music,” they’re now kind of shifting and diverting towards also having more electronic music in there. So it’s kind of just coming with the times. Just like any other major city venue, festival. We’ve been seeing it for the last 10+ years, the representation of dance music artists or stages at major crossover festivals are pretty much standard at this point. So I think you’re starting to see that bleed over into the hard ticket touring aspect of things with artists, you know, electronic music doesn’t have to just necessarily be in a club or a venue that houses just electronic music. Now you can take it to The Forum or, you know, you see acts play at SoFi Stadium or Allegiant in Vegas like with Illenium. If there’s a story to be told, and there’s an audience for it, I think these venues are way more welcoming to it now.
Absolutely yeah. You sort of already touched on my next two questions a little bit, but I’ll just keep it moving. Previously, you mentioned the RL Grime show at the Forum, and I remember seeing you there the night before Escape. And I kind of mentioned to you like, “Oh, you’ve got a big announcement at Escape, huh?” I obviously had no idea it was going to be about the Forum at the time. I don’t know if you remember this.
Yeah we were at the bar talking about it.
Were you trying to, like, hide a smirk the whole time, like you knew?
Yeah. I mean, it was just kind of like I was trying to keep it under wraps just only because like, not that I was afraid of anyone saying anything. I just was excited; we had already filmed this really, really, really cool promo video that I premiered at Escape to soft announce the show to everyone in LA that was at my Escape set. So I just wanted like that to be like, outside of the promoters that booked the show and my managers, I wanted even like friends and people that I keep in touch with in the industry to be completely surprised and also blown up, like, let that be a huge moment, so I was trying really hard to just keep it under wraps until that moment happened at Escape. You know what I mean? But I was definitely excited to be there for that show and kind of just get a good insight of like, what’s to come and what the capabilities are from a production and showmanship standpoint at a venue like that, and it was really, really exciting to see what can be done in that venue.
We were also talking about your Unleashed tour. I was looking up before this, you know, for the for your last album, you announced that tour. I think it was like January or February, 2020. And that was like just a couple of months before the pandemic, and now you’re doing the Unleashed XL, even bigger than before. So, I mean, like you’ve come out of the pandemic, you know, absolutely leveled up. How does it feel to, for lack of a better phrase, overcome that adversity and come out the other side on a much bigger stage?

Yeah, that was kind of a bummer back then. I remember announcing the Unleashed tour that we were supposed to do. We announced at the beginning of 2020 and then, like, literally, like two months later, like a month after announcing or whatever it was, had to pull it all down. I just had such big aspirations for that tour because I had just got done doing the Unleashed, big one-off only shows in San Francisco and Chicago and New York, Houston, where we were testing the idea because we were playing Coachella in 2019. So we wanted to bring a live aspect to Coachella, and that’s what kind of sparked the idea of Unleashed to begin with, with some of the shows. So, we announced that big tour. We were so excited coming off Coachella and those shows and then the pandemic happens. And, you know, I never knew if I was going to get another opportunity to do the Unleashed show or something like it. You know what I mean? Didn’t know what came out was what was going to come out the other side during the whole experience with COVID.
And then coming out of it and then getting the opportunities to continue to grind and work hard on my craft, and continue to push this sound and this narrative that I am doing with my music with rock and electronic, getting the chance to, bring back Unleashed and do Unleashed XL because you know bigger, better production and kind of a different story. I’m just like super, super fortunate and grateful for it. Because that original tour idea was such an important piece to my storytelling and I didn’t know if I was ever going to tell it. And now I get to bring it back to life in a different, innovative way for 2023. It’s like full circle, and it comes with a lot of other growth, personal growth, creative growth, growth in my relationships and you know my girlfriend, family, and everything from the pandemic. I wish I would have been able to do the tour back then. But I’m almost happier that I’ve been able to kind of go through a lot more personal and creative growth and I think I’ve been able to kind of put myself in a much better and different headspace that I think will only benefit the tour and the show and all my fans that come to these shows. I’m excited that we finally get to tell it and we get to bring it all around the US and Canada and then end it off in LA at the Forum.
The lineup for the tour just got announced as well. It’s really amazing to see who’s gonna be supporting and playing with you on this run. The Forum support is still TBA. But you know, you already kind of touched on this, with a lot of your LA shows we can expect something really special. I know you can’t really get into too many specifics, but is there anything you can maybe, like, tease?
For sure. We have one date still to announce in the tour that’s like kind of spray painted out right now, and then we have those TBA supports, not because we don’t know what we’re doing, but because we are kind of just like waiting to announce those at a later date, because, yeah, they’re they’re going to be bigger than a normal show. Obviously, venues like The Forum are huge, right? So we want to really come out the gate swinging and bring something special. And also like I alluded to earlier, shows like the Forum and some of these bigger shows like we’re bringing a live aspect to them. So like we have bands, and bands as in plural, on these shows, So, I don’t want to give away too much of like, who and what, like the specifics because we’ve got some time until then, but like I will say there’s going to be a huge live aspect to that show specifically that will separate it from anything that I’ve done in LA and also anything that I’ve done in the past so far with any other Unleashed show. Stay tuned for that one. It’s going to have some things that people have been asking for outside of the band. I get hit up on social media all the time, and some of those requests are finally going to come to fruition at the Forum so I think people will be pleasantly surprised and excited for what we have planned.
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Kayzo talks about his Unleashed XL tour and what it means to headline The Forum in Los Angeles [Interview]
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Kaskade & deadmau5′ Kx5 release latest single “Avalanche” ft James French

As excitement builds towards their December 10 headlining Los Angeles Coliseum show, Kx5 (Kaskade & deadmau5) have released their latest single “Avalanche” today.
The two electronic music icons released their first single under the new collaborative project in March earlier this year and have an album out next year. They’ve already released three singles, with “Avalanche” being the fourth.
Listen below.

 
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This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Kaskade & deadmau5′ Kx5 release latest single “Avalanche” ft James French
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ROSSY starts down the road to her debut EP with epic single, “KARMA” with Jazz Cartier

It’s been pretty amazing to see ROSSY’s come up. When we were first clued into her talent in 2020, she earned herself a spot on our Artists To Watch 2021 list, and she hasn’t disappointed. Prime festival slots, support for GRiZ at Another World a couple weeks ago, and some fire releases have proven she’s in it for the win, and with her first headline show in LA next month, it’s the perfect time to drop the first single from her debut EP, Heaven’s Door.
With the recent resurgence in creative trap, there couldn’t be a better time for ROSSY to go absolutely ham on her new single, “KARMA” with Jazz Cartier. The soaring synths and energetic drums are paired with a truly anthemic melody that you definitely need to listen to as loud as possible.
“I got connected with Jazz to work together on the track, which has been such a blessing,” says ROSSY. “I got the vocals back from him, and the phrase ‘come and tell me how you really feel’ really stuck out to me, especially as a woman in the industry who is constantly used to having to prove myself more than my male counterparts and have people doubt me behind my back. You know, ‘come say it to my face.’ From there, the name ‘Karma’ came to me—what goes around will always come back around. Overall, I love this track because it screams Rossy: Equal parts trap banger and melodic with a hint of fearlessness to it.”
Stay tuned for more singles from Heaven’s Door coming soon, but go listen to “KARMA” out now!

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: ROSSY starts down the road to her debut EP with epic single, “KARMA” with Jazz Cartier
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GRiZ just dropped the seventh volume of his “Bangers” EP series with three new heaters

After taking two years off from Bangers, GRiZ is back with the seventh installment in his EP series with three fresh bangers. Since the first Bangers EP in 2019, he has dropped 17 creative tunes that deviate from his usual, highly-instrumental work and focus more on the heavy side of his live shows. With [7], that total climbs to twenty.
The 3-track EP features new tracks “Laser Fire” and “MEGAZORD,” the latter of which features collaborator ProbCause who has become a full time touring member of the GRiZ live show. ProbCause also features on the previously-released single “Skydive,” along with Chrishira Perrier.

 
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This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: GRiZ just dropped the seventh volume of his “Bangers” EP series with three new heaters
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Kygo drops new album, ‘Thrill Of The Chase,’ completely out of the blue [Listen]

It’s been a couple of years since Kygo last released an album, 2020’s Golden Hour. Today, without more warning than him tweeting yesterday he had a “surprise coming at midnight,” he dropped his new 14-track album, Thrill Of The Chase.
“Thrill Of The Chase is a collection of songs I worked on over the last two years that started during COVID and ended with sessions in Los Angeles,” says Kygo of the release. “I’ve had the chance to play or tease the unreleased music throughout the year at shows and the feedback was unbelievable. A few of the songs on Thrill Of The Chase are different from anything I’ve ever made in the past and I’m really excited for everyone to finally hear the album in its entirety.”
Thankfully, there are some new songs on the album so it isn’t just a full compilation of previously released songs. Six out of the fourteen are new, including collaborations with Lukas Graham and Emily Warren. Other previously released songs include collaborations with X Ambassadors, James Gillespie, Dean Lewis, and others.
Listen to Thrill Of The Chase out now below!

 
Photo via Johannes Lovund
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Kygo drops new album, ‘Thrill Of The Chase,’ completely out of the blue [Listen]
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The BreakBomb Project & Maxine Release Melodic Bass Single, “Gasoline”

From the imagination of musical sensation Brandon Greenstein, The BreakBomb Project (or Breakbomb) is a rising outfit that is revolutionizing the EDM scene. After dropping his debut single “World” in 2018, BreakBomb has gone on to create an extensive library of melodic hits. Showcasing his artistic vision, BreakBomb’s first album, The Project, was a booming success. Carrying on the momentum garnered by his first two years as an artist, BreakBomb’s 2020 anthem “Deep End” received a massive amount of support from TikTok and other social media platforms. Exponentially growing his fanbase, BreakBomb followed this up with “WHY”, which climbed up the radio charts and even earned placements in Spotify’s featured playlists.
Now, BreakBomb aims to continue his hot streak with his brand new single “Gasoline”. Searching for the perfect vocalist to fit his distinct sound, Breakbomb decided to join forces with singer-songwriter Maxine on the track. Maxine couldn’t be a better fit, delivering heavenly vocals that blend seamlessly with the mesmerizing, melodic bass instrumental in “Gasoline.”
Listen below!

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: The BreakBomb Project & Maxine Release Melodic Bass Single, “Gasoline”
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Famba Drops Sizzling Club Single, “No Sleep” ft. Glasgow Ki$$

Famba is a multi-facted artist who cannot be contained to just one genre of dance music. The young artist hailing from Canada has proven himself in the commercial dance space with billboard charting singles like “Storm“, and also has the ability to create deep and infectious tech house tracks, like his collaboration with Cloverdale with “Rush On Me“, that are club weapons.
Now, he’s back, this time teaming up with vocalist Glasgow Ki$$ for their sizzling new single, “No Sleep”, signed to SONY Canada. From its opening salvo, the beat drives ahead relentlessly as it backs the chant-like incantation of the vocals. Everything comes together seamlessly for a thundering drop, filled with adrenaline inducing percussion fills, synth stabs, and dynamic sound effects
Making a conscious decision to steer his music in a different direction than his earlier material, Famba says “I got into making this music because of my love for clubs and festivals. During lockdown, I realized that I wouldn’t be fulfilled until I started releasing music that would be played in those places.”
Listen below!

 
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Famba Drops Sizzling Club Single, “No Sleep” ft. Glasgow Ki$$
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Xavi Releases Electrifying Single “Justwanna” via Lost In Dreams ‘Gateway Vol 3.’ Compilation

Known for his dreamy sounds that bring life into listeners’ ears, Xavi creates music that channels positive emotions and wishful thoughts. Xavi’s reach is expanding and has united various communities together while he emerges as a leader in the emotional subgenre of electronic dance music. Xavi’s live performances include HYPERNIGHT at DNA Lounge in San Francisco, Asteria Arts & Music Festival 2019, Nocturnal Wonderland 2021 following up with the 2021 Seven Lions Tour.
Now, he’s back with another electrifying single, “Justwanna”, released via the Lost In Dreams ‘Gateway Vol 3.’ compilation album. “Justwanna” is Xavi at his best yet, evoking powerful feelings love euphoria through crystalline melodies and powerful, melodic bass hooks. Heavily influenced by hyperpop artists like Jedwill and Brakence to name a few, Xavi thinks that Justwanna excellently depicts where his music is and where it’s going, and thinks Lost In Dreams was the perfect fit to debut this newer direction.
Listen below!

 
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Xavi Releases Electrifying Single “Justwanna” via Lost In Dreams ‘Gateway Vol 3.’ Compilation
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Will Laroca Unveils Exhilarating Sophomore Single, “Northern Lights” [Virgin Music Sweden]

After almost 13 successful years in the Swedish music industry, producer & artist William Fredriksson felt he was losing the passion for music. He had left his solo artist career behind him several years earlier, despite selling gold, and was starting to feel less and less motivated in his production – he needed a change. He recently returned under the moniker, Will Laroca, who’s recent debut single “Holy Ones,” was a stunning pop-driven EDM track with an inspirational and spiritual message, received high praise from critics & media outlets, fellow DJs, and music lovers alike.
Now, he’s back with an exhilarating new single, “Northern Lights“, signed to Virgin Music Sweden, drawing inspiration from his Swedish heritage and the natural light phenomenon. It’s a addicting slap house tune powered by bright violin melodies, inspired by old Swedish folk music, hailing back to the 14 & 15th centuries, as well as the ancient Old Norse musical style from medieval times. “Northern Lights” sends the message that even when you’re in the coldest and darkest of places – the northern light serves as a metaphor for hope.
Listen below!

 
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Will Laroca Unveils Exhilarating Sophomore Single, “Northern Lights” [Virgin Music Sweden]
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NYC’s DOMENICO Continues To Make Positive Impact In Industry, Launches Super Group ‘Prince Street Bodega’

Hailing from New York, multi-faceted, Billboard-charting artist and multi-instrumentalist, DOMENICO, is a force within the music scene, producing and performing on records for legendary artists such as John Legend, My Chemical Romance, Bingo Players, and Tiësto. As a talented vocalist, songwriter, musician, and artist, DOMENICO continues to break barriers with his work. He founded the non-profit, Real World Academy, which serves as a mentorship vessel to encourage young people to follow their dreams. In 2017, he was nominated as one of the youngest speakers ever to give a TEDx Talk on the subject. Since its formation, Real World Academy has mentored hundreds of students across the United States in designing their future.
Now, he’s launched a new and exciting project, Prince Street Bodega. A four-member group, consisting of DOMENICO, Black Caviar, and Rion S, Prince Street Bodega, recently made their debut with their infectious single, “Contagious”. It’s disco house at its finest, seemingly taking you back in time to the Soul Train era where funky grooves of Disco were at its apex. These three masterfully weave a 2022 spin on this classic sound, creating a timeless single that only leaves you wanting more.
Listen below!

 
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: NYC’s DOMENICO Continues To Make Positive Impact In Industry, Launches Super Group ‘Prince Street Bodega’
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Flight Facilities release two-track EP, Lost Forever

Today, iconic Sydney duo Flight Facilities return to share a two-track EP, Lost Forever available now via Future Classic.
As a pseudo-epilogue to their sophomore album FOREVER, both tracks represent the duo’s journey 12 months since its release. Having eclipsed the nation with their headline tour, alongside executing their own mammoth festival juggernaut, Airfields, that saw some of the brightest local and international acts perform to an open-air crowd, Hugo Gruzman and Jimmy Lyell now reveal and celebrate some of their favourite unreleased moments from the FOREVER era.
First debuted during the duo’s pre-album NEVER FOREVER livestream, “Feel It” is a historic house heater starring a ceremonious arrangement of Flight Facilities synths that are warm, airy and arresting in unity. The coolly transposed beat and sampled vocals direct a clubbier mood before Owl Eyes delivers a melody of haunting beauty. The accompanying visualiser from Babekuhl pastiches a transfixing array of grainy 70s film footage of a child and his family.
Flight Facilities fans will recognise that second track, “Planet Claire” has become a mainstay in the duo’s dynamic live shows. A dedication to an electronic great in their eyes, Booka Shade, the journeyed song is punctuated by evolving jabs of modular synths and analog rhythms. Layered with delicate and infectious complexity, the track receives a fitting visualiser from Babekuhl. Laced with neon green FF logos, a fast-moving rotation of shapes in kaleidoscopic form becomes hypnotic.
Flight Facilities say on Lost Forever: “It’s already been 12 months since we released our last album. Several tracks were left on the cutting room floor of FOREVER, but it felt wrong to leave them unreleased. ‘Planet Claire’ has formed an integral part of our live show in the past 6-12 months, and it’s our little homage to a favourite artist, Booka Shade. ‘Feel It’ was one of the first demo’s we wrote after Down To Earth. We’ve sat on it for years, constantly updating and picking at it, eventually adding vocals from Owl Eyes. There’s a certain magic in this tune that captures the nostalgia of us messing around in the studio together.”
Flight Facilities’ second studio album, FOREVER is the culminating result of many years of experimentation between the Sydney pair. Starring a string of 2021 releases, including “Lights Up” feat. Channel Tres, “Move” feat. DRAMA, club-ready cut “The Ghost”, and “Forever” feat. Broods, the record received praise and recognition from GQ, Rolling Stone, 10 Magazine, before being named Spotlight Album by triple j. The pair soon after hit the road for their FOREVER national tour, showcasing the record in the Australian live arena before travelling to America for an epic run of dates. Never to slow down, the pair next made their way to Europe for a series of dates and appearances across the summer season.
Having come a long way from their 2010 singles “Crave You” feat. Giselle Rosselli and “Foreign Language”, Flight Facilities have sold more than 150,000 tickets and accumulated over a billion streams globally, and scored three ARIA nominations and gold certification for their debut album Down To Earth in 2014. The pair have seen eight Hottest 100 placings, an ARIA-Award for their 2015 live album Live With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and enduring appreciation for consistently defying sonic trends in their feel-good, dance floor beckoning tunes that have seen them collaborate with superstars and blazing up-and-comers alike, including Aloe Blacc, Kylie Minogue and Reggie Watts. Consistently smashing goals, the pair featured in Apple’s iPhone 13 announcement advertisement with “Lights Up”. On the live stage, Flight Facilities have gained notoriety for bringing together the crowds of Coachella, Japan’s Fuji Rock, the UK’s Bestival, Sydney’s Field Day, and 2019’s Australian Open among many more.
As Flight Facilities reflect on an incredible past 12 months, dive into the finale of their sophomore album with the duo’s Lost Forever EP, out now via Future Classic.
LOST FOREVER EP TRACKLIST
1. Feel It
2. Planet Claire FLIGHT FACILITIES TOUR DATES
26 November – Wine Machine – Perth, WA
17 December  – Wine Machine – Adelaide, SA
30 December – Beyond the Valley – VIC
31 December – NYE in the Park – Sydney, NSW
14 January – Wine Machine – Hobart, TAS (DJ set)
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AI Videos are Here: Chris Ianuzzi Drops His Second AI-created Music Video for His Single ‘Lonesome Highway Superstar’ [Video]

A YEDM favorite by now or his endlessly interesting experimental arrangements and chaotic diversity both in his musical compositions and his multimedia videos, Chris Ianuzzi is now diving head-first into an area many artists are just starting to poke around: AI art and videos. Since his acclaimed Maze LP was dropped single by single ending in April of this year, Ianizzu hinted he would be doing a similar progression with videos, and he’s officially into that project with the release on November 4th with “Lonesome Highway Superstar,” the second video from the Maze mega-album.
The single “March of Madness,” released as a special video that was the culmination of Maze, was actually the first video on which Ianuzzi and his team utilized AI technology, both in the animation and the morphing of the faces. “Lonesome Highway Superstar” is the first, however, that is almost entirely A.I.-created. Made in collaboration with the same graphic artists who worked on “March of Madness,” İlke Köse and  Ethem Serkan Sökmen, this video utilized both Disco Diffusion and Stable Diffusion AI image generation. Between the two methods, the team created a video that feels both surreal and hyperreal, with trippy, abstrac forms morphing into photorealistic characters and vice versa.
The inspiration for this, according to Ianuzzi, was a sort of space-themed version of The Road Warrior. 
The video seems to capture the sense of lonliness paired with wonder Ianuzzi was trying to connote in the track as well, with the more formless visuals being beautiful and awe-inspiring but ultimately cold and sterile, especially once the POV shifts to the human forms. Dressed in space suits and still created by AI as they are, the humanness of their motions and play on the “desert highway in space” is a stark contrast to all the viewer has seen thus far. Despite these images not being nearly as impressive as the highly styled “space” images, there’s more of a connection to them than anything else in the video, and it seems far too short a clip.
The video ends with a question, as a warped photorealistic spaceship tries to build and rebuild istelf over and over within this hyperreal but clearly not real space: will we ever be able to fully coexist with AI, or, for that matter, any other forms of intelligence, whether terrestrial or extra? It remains to be seen at this point, but the answer may not be too far off as the technolog continues to grow. In the meantime Ianuzzi sees it all as the same question: when we constantly reach out for more, whether it be AI, space, or even just looking for companionship on a desert higway, are we just serving to more fully isolate ourselves? That’s a more eternal question, and it seems the “Lonesome Highway Superstar” doesn’t have the answer quite yet.
Visit Chris Ianuzzi’s YouTube channel to see “March of Madness” and other videos. Maze and the rest of his discography are streamable on Spotify.

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: AI Videos are Here: Chris Ianuzzi Drops His Second AI-created Music Video for His Single ‘Lonesome Highway Superstar’ [Video]
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ATB returns to North America this Fall

German DJ/producer ATB returns to the USA for the continuation of his acclaimed tour in support of the recent smash single ‘Your Love (9pm)’ with Topic & A7S. Fans can catch him in Orlando (EDC), Costa Mesa, Seattle, and San Bernardino (Dreamstate), where they will experience a set that encompasses music from ATB’s 25 year career.
Coinciding with the first part of the USA tour, in late 2021, ATB launched “The DJ EP Vol. 01.” The EP is the follow-up to the singles “Your Love (9pm)” and “Like That”. His collaboration with fellow German DJ Topic and Swedish singer A7S “Your Love (9pm)” reached more than 450 million Spotify streams worldwide, charted #1 on the German airplay charts, and #4 on the worldwide Shazam charts.
ATB had his big breakthrough moment with his hit single “9pm (Till I Come)” in ’98, which took the German producer and DJ to the top of the UK singles charts becoming the first dance song to reach number 1 in the UK.
With a total of 10 studio albums and over 55 gold and platinum awards in numerous countries underline the German’s status. In addition, ATB has now been non-stop in the renowned DJ Mag Top 100 ranking for almost two decades.
Catch the tour dates, and get your tickets here
ATB USA Tour Dates
11/11 – Orlando, FL – EDC
11/12 – Costa Mesa, CA – Time
11/18 – Seattle, WA – ORA
11/19 – San Bernardino, CA – Dreamstate
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: ATB returns to North America this Fall
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New Artist Spotlight: Mike Masch’s Going to Make Us Love Lofi Again

Mike Masch, rapper name Moment, is an artist we at YEDM really feel stupid for missing all these years. Hardly a new artist, Mash has been releaing huge, boldly-produced chill vibe albums since 2015 (possibly longer; we’re just going by his Bandcamp), but his music career goes back even farther than that. A child prodigy of sorts, Masch was performing piano recitals at the age of five and has a solid base in classics, jazz and blues. After loads of jobs in the music industry from DJ to label owner, it seems when Masch found electronic production, it seems he also found his home.
Masch’s sixth album Return to the Boulevard is his jazziest and most chill yet, it represents a culmination of sorts of his musical journey. A sort of recall of his seminal album, 2017’s jazz fusion-heavy Sanguine on Amplified Boulevard, Return to the Boulevard has a similar ultra-jazzy feel, but it’s clear there’s been lots of growth from Masch in the last five years. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
Masch’s work started out much more ravey and intense than the smoothed out trip hop we now see in Return… His first album in 2015, The New Instrumentals featured, unsurprisingly, mostly instrumental/non-vocal tracks. The hip hop flavor was there already, however, as this was clearly Masch’s “playing with electronic production” album. There’s already a high level of skill there, however, with strong halftime, hip hop, trap or future bass beats and theatrical sound design in all the tracks. If he were  to make these beats now as the musical climate has shifted to pop and hip hop/EDM fusion, he could have sold these tracks at a mint.
Coming to Masch’s next album, 2016’s Genesis Dawn, he plays more with slightly faster beats like breakbeat and lofi house but we also see his other influences coming through as many tracks are laced with classical piano and background instrumentals. This is where the fusion likely began for Masch, and then he took the leap with incorporating all his influences on Sanguine… From there it seemed there was no turning back, as his subsequent albums all had a heavy funk and jazz center. There’s still a heavy desire to venture out into rave, not-so-jazzy trip hop and even rock in his 2021 albums Peace and War, however, so it would be reasonable for fans of the ever-experimenting Masch to not have known what to expect on Return…
Returning to Return…, it seems clear that Masch wanted to hearken back to his fusion days of Sanguine. The opening track, after all, is called “Sanguine Return” (in case the album title wasn’t a big enough clue). It seems to be a culmination for Masch of all his sound play thus far with the strongest trip hop or, to use his term, jazz hop, vibe thus far. The fusion is now fully fused as well, with the jazz, funk, trip hop and rave elements all blending perfectly into a silky smooth lofi sound bath. It is, indeed, immersive as the loungy track “Immersive Funk” claims. One can almost picture a Bryan Ferry, a Skye Edwards or, for the Zoomers, a Phoebe Bridgers singing over these tracks. Jazzhop achievement truly unlocked.
It’s clearly past time that those of us who love chill rave, trip hop and lofi to pay attention to Mike Masch, but we also shouldn’t expect him to stay on the same vibe as Return to the Boulevard forever. Much more than a lofi or trip hop one-noter, Mike Masch is actually a very, very chill version of an experimental artist and composer. With that experimental nature, fans shouldn’t expect the same as the last for anything Masch releases, but that’s the excitement of someone like him. It’s a very calm excitement due to the nature of his beats, but excitement nonetheless. In the meantime, we more than recommend taking this album out for a nice, long ride on any boulevard for maximum chill.
Return to the Boulevard is out now and can be streamed on Spotify or purchased on Bandcamp. For those looking for a more definitively hip hop vibe, check out Masch’s alter ego Moment.

 
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: New Artist Spotlight: Mike Masch’s Going to Make Us Love Lofi Again
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Is EDC Orlando’s Expansion Rivaling Miami Music Week?

EDC Orlando is only a few days away and promises a very solid lineup of DJs and artists. The once two-day Central Florida affair expanded to three days a few years ago and has only benefited since. From Above & Beyond, Rezz, Green Velvet and more, the versatility of the lineup is seemingly endless. But as I was preparing to see what’s going on in town during the weekend, I noticed how Orlando is about to be overwhelmed with EDM (one of the reasons we included it in this list of festivals to attend before the end of the year).
Aside from EDC Orlando being the biggest concerting event for the area, there are tons of after parties with some of the festival’s headliners starting as early as tomorrow. This starts with a pre-party with Kaskade at the Vanguard on Thursday and ends with Charlotte De Witte at Celine on Sunday. Meanwhile, there’s a smaller hotel-music festival called Home Bass with more EDM artists that are playing that same weekend.
This had me comparing this level of elaborate EDM-ness to another Florida weekend of dance music bliss: Miami Music Week. Down in Miami, Ultra Music Festival reigns as the premiere event to attend. But a myriad of after parties and hotel parties pop-up with insane lineups. Even rivaling, smaller festivals pop-up around the same time like No Sugar Added events in Miami Beach. This begs the question, is Insomniac’s presence going to solidify an Orlando Music Week annually?
Now, I’m not saying that Orlando is giving Miami a run for its money. Miami Music Week rules South Florida and possibly the country as one of the biggest weeks in music festival weeks. Some events in MMW start as early as Tuesday before the big shows of the weekend.
Orlando isn’t at that level. But they could be growing into that direction.
The last time I attended EDC Orlando was in 2017. In our review, I mentioned how the presence of local, home-grown talent across the state heavily contributed to its stellar success. But what I thought would be a great opportunity for local artists is growing with bigger opportunities. As fan demand explodes in the Orlando scene, the region could become a new hotspot for house heads, bass heads, and everyone in between to gather and catch the latest and greatest the industry has to offer.
EDC Orlando may never rise to the same level as its flagship edition over in Las Vegas, but it is becoming a close number two.
 
Photo credit: RUKES.com
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Is EDC Orlando’s Expansion Rivaling Miami Music Week?
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Flume shares previously unreleased demo from 2014, “Slugger” [LISTEN]

Flume recently uncovered a thought-to-be-lost laptop he was using during the Flume era, when he was producing his debut album. After putting in some TLC and getting it back in working order, the first demo from the lost files has found its way onto streaming services in the form of “Slugger 1.4.”
One of the crazy things about Flume is that, even as this track is now 8 years old and fits brilliantly into that era, it sounds like it could have been produced in the past year and would fit in just as well now.
We might still get more unreleased demos later on, but for now check out “Slugger” below.

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Flume shares previously unreleased demo from 2014, “Slugger” [LISTEN]
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KJ Sawka teams up with All Fires again for new drum & bass heater, “Running in Circles”

A lot of people would probably sympathize with the idea that we’ve spent the last two years somewhat running in circles. In a macro sense, it might seem like we’re right back where we started, but if you look at all the experiences you’ve gone through, you’ve probably grown more than you think.
That’s the concept behind the new drum & bass heater “Running in Circles” from KJ Sawka, of Pendulum and Destroid, and All Fires, on their second collaboration. Bright synths and KJ’s iconic drumming paired with a catchy bassline make this one an instant add to our pump up playlists.
“Running in circles is a simple contemplation about a universal constant of the human condition: we either learn and grow from our experiences, or we repeat them until we do.” – KJ Sawka
Listen below, out now on KJ Sawka’s Impossible Records —

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: KJ Sawka teams up with All Fires again for new drum & bass heater, “Running in Circles”
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Spotify’s novel generative playlist is going to be your new daily obsession

As of 2022, Spotify boasts around 82 million songs from over 11 million artists and creators. For around 433 million active monthly listeners, that’s a lot of music to have to sift through to find something you aren’t listening to. Plenty of Spotify playlists exist to help users find more music, as it can be broken down by genre or activity. Then there’s Discover Weekly, New Music Friday, etc., that promote new music on a more consistent basis.
A friend, @christyhayekart, recently turned me onto a new playlist that has revolutionized how I engage with the streaming platform. The playlist doesn’t have a name, at least not a consistent one, so you can’t really search for it. As such, it’s difficult to even Google for let alone confirm this is a new discovery. Searching “spotify generative playlist” doesn’t bring up anything super concrete.
This playlist digs into your listening history by time of day and day of the week and generates a whole new playlist four times a day for morning, afternoon, evening, and night based on what you typically listen to on those days at those times.
It’s not always perfect… and not always kind… but more often than not you’ll find some new Spotify-specific genre like “obsessed” that you truly identify with.

Check your own playlist here!
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Spotify’s novel generative playlist is going to be your new daily obsession
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Paul Oakenfold talks about the journey to creating his first performance in the metaverse [Interview]

There’s only just over six weeks until Paul Oakenfold reveals Perfectoverse, his first foray into the augmented reality of the metaverse with his own original production, visuals, and original set. After performing at Stonehenge (the first ever to perform there), the base camp at Mount Everest, and the Great Wall of China, the legend is looking forward to entering a whole new universe.
Below, you can watch as he speaks about his history as a legend in electronic music as well as what performing in the metaverse means for the future of his career, and possibly the future of live performance as a whole.
Tickets are on sale now for the performance on December 22. Get your tickets here.
 
 
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Paul Oakenfold talks about the journey to creating his first performance in the metaverse [Interview]
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Flume’s “Tennis Court” remix is finally coming to streaming platforms

The 10th anniversary of Flume, the debut album from the Australian artist, is in two days. By coincidence, or perhaps not, Flume dug up an old laptop from around that time and promised to go on TikTok live and browse through many of the old project files. Unfortunately, the stream was due in Australian Eastern Daylight Time, meaning it began at 5am ET and 2am PT on Sunday, when many in the US would be asleep.
Thankfully, Flume faithfuls Brownies & Lemonade summarized some of the big points of the stream, including that his “Tennis Court” remix would soon be available on streaming platforms, like Apple Music and Spotify. Since the remix released in 2014, it has only been available on YouTube and SoundCloud.
Additionally, an unreleased track “Slugger” is coming soon, along with an appearance on triplej’s Like A Version. He’s also apparently interested in doing another mixtape, as Hi This is Flume was so successful.

Check out his classic “Tennis Court” remix below, and get ready to update your playlists!
 
Photo via Bianca Holderness for Splendour in the Grass
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Flume’s “Tennis Court” remix is finally coming to streaming platforms
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Nero return as a full trio for first time in 5 years at Red Rocks [FULL SET]

It’s been a long time since Nero performed as a full trio, with Joe Ray, Dan Stephens, and Alana Watson taking the stage together. Since around 2018, Joe Ray has been taking full reign of the solo Nero DJ sets as Dan and Alana got married and had their first child in 2018, the same year they also debuted their own side project, The Night. Joseph Ray also began releasing solo material on Anjunadeep that same year.
This past weekend, the trio reunited at Red Rocks supporting deadmau5 on the latest We Are Friend5 tour. Even better, they brought back their classic stage production, featuring the large diamond in the back with two LED walls bordering the DJ duo as Alana takes center stage with her vocal performance.
During the set, they played out their new, unreleased ID with RL Grime from his recent Halloween XI set and Second Sky performances, as well as a few more of their own IDs spaced throughout. With a new album on the horizon, expected sometime next year, we can hope to see the full trio touring more in 2023.
Watch the full set below!
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Nero return as a full trio for first time in 5 years at Red Rocks [FULL SET]
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Fresh Trap Hop and R&B From J’Moris Sees a Step Up in Tech

There’s something that hits different with Texas trap, hip hop and R&B artist J’Moris’s latest two songs. Released recently in late October, it’s not just the fact that he’s flexed his singing muscle in the steamy R&B track “N.A.K.E.D.” Produced by Anywaywell, who’s worked with J’Moris on a number of other tracks, “Jelly (You Thing Pt. 2)” and “N.A.K.E.D” display even cleaner tech than usual, making them two of J’Moris’s best tracks to date.
As the parenthetical part of its title implies, “Jelly” is a continuation of J’Moris’s anthem to haters, “You Thing,” released on his February Moris Better: Loveless Confessions album. It’s one of his most popular tracks according to Spotify, but more success tends to attract more jealousy, so it’s not surprise that there’s a part two here. Snappy and one of the more energetically-spit lyrical sets in the J’Moris catalog, the beat is trap spliced with classic hip hop, the syncopation perfectly matching the verse. It seems J’Moris and Anywaywell were really in sync with this track, as the beat rolls through the track, adding to the story being told. With its super-clean sound design, it’s not surprising “Jelly” already has some of the highest stream numbers for J’Moris on Spotify.
As mentioned the silky bedroom track “N.A.K.E.D” shows J’Moris reprising his R&B singer role from “Nana,” another track from Moris Better. A slightly simpler track vocally, “N.A.K.E.D” is no less gratuitous than “Nana” but it’s a bit smoother and more soulful than its predecessor. The smoothness short of softens the sharp edges of the sexual lyrics, making a balance track despite the content. At first listen, it seems as if the trrack is also smooth, classic R&B, but the phrase transitions have some unexpected trap stylings which make “N.A.K.E.D” also a dance track. It’s incredibly versatile and again shows a step up in production for the duo of Anywaywell and J’Moris whil also staying true to their trap roots.
Inspired by UK grime and garage, a lot of rappers and hip hop artists have been including partially sung vocals in their work lately. Usually these are half-rapped half-sung and meant to harmonize with the music, but that’s not what J’Moris is doing on “N.A.K.E.D.” he’s got a powerhouse of an R&B voice and when he uses it, he goes for it full-on. With the stepped-up tech of these two tracks, J’Moris with Anywaywell could see themselves reaching an even wider audience organically, without compromising their style. Fans will no doubt look foward to what they have to offer next.
“Jelly (You Thing Pt. 2)” and “N.A.K.E.D” are out now and can be streamed on Spotify.

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Fresh Trap Hop and R&B From J’Moris Sees a Step Up in Tech
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New Artist Spotlight: Gem FM and his ‘Sonic Boom’ of Vintage Instrumentals

Electronic/instrumental artist James Freeman might be fairly new to releasing, but he’s already put out an impressive number of releases since he creatied the “flexicble musical entity” that is Gem FM. Since 2021, he’s released four full albums and a smattering of singles under the moniker. With a basis in blues guitar and a Ratatat-like composition style of merging analog and digital sounds, his new Sonic Boom album shows him stepping up the electonic aspect of his style, with some interesting results.
This updgare not only shows in the imrpoved electronic prpduction quality of the work on Sonic Boom but in the creativity of songwriting and incorporating more dance elements than Gem FM’s previous works. This album goes far beyond a beat paired with a guitar, and Freeman says what was originally meant to be an EP turned into a full concept album, inspired by vintage 808 style and EDM.
With track names like “SwagR,” “4banger” and “Slide on Down,” Freeman’s certainly got the EDM lingo down. Listeners expecting some sort of punishing dubstep beat will have to expand their ideas of a “banger” pretty quickly, as we’re still very much in fusion territory. The electronic composition on most of the tracks, while much mroe prevalent than in previous iterations of Gem FM’s sound, is still there largely to feature the instrumentals.
On “4banger,” for example, an 80s style synthpop beat and new wave haromines serve to be the gounding force for a floating panflute line which flitters about the staff, also accentuated by electronic manipulation. “Serrated,” meanwhile, has a sort of tropical beat with a digital synth of a sitar, played like a classical Beethoven piano and album closer “Slide on Down” has a sort of Zappa-like chaos which captures a great sense of musical play. Talk about fusion.
Sonic Boom is the first album whicn doesn’t feature Freeman’s signature blues guitar in any meaningful way, and this shows the artist pushing out of his comfort zone. With this album, it’s clear Freemand as Gem FM is ready to experiment even more with sounds, and considering how diverse his work already is, “flexible music entity” is indeed the right descriptor for this project.
Sonic Boom is out not and can be streamed along with the rest of Gem FM’s discography on Spotify and Soundcloud.

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: New Artist Spotlight: Gem FM and his ‘Sonic Boom’ of Vintage Instrumentals
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