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Ultra Worldwide Hitting Asia Like A Sonic Storm
ULTRA Korea 2019 is setting the stage to deliver a superstar packed lineup June 7th-9th for its 8th edition as it moves from Seoul Olympic Stadium, its base for the last seven years, to the equally impressive Everland Speedway in Yongin. In addition to an already stellar list of DJs, ULTRA Korea has now added …
Richard Branson Making Ship Happen with Virgin Voyages
Sir Richard Branson is set to make his sonic identity and disrupt the travel industry by turning up the volume on the high seas with his latest venture, Virgin Voyages. Through the lifestyle brand that is synonymous with amazing music and hip travel for those who don’t mind the music turned up a bit, Virgin …
LOOPTOPIA Music Festival Returns to Taiwan with Axwell Λ Ingrosso, DJ Snake, Yellow Claw, Ferry Corsten, Markus Schultz + More!
LOOPTOPIA Music Festival returns for its sophomore edition for two days on April 6th and 7th in Taipei, Taiwan. The annual festival on the island will take place on the Taoyuan Pushin Ranch with a lineup featuring artists playing the entire spectrum of electronic music including EDM, tropical house, trance, progressive house, psytrance, trap, dubstep, hardstyle, …
Coachella lineup drops with almost no EDM… sign of the times?
Having gone from headliners such as the Swedish House Mafia to Calvin Harris and Kaskade, the 2018 Coachella lineup is mostly devoid of commercial EDM. Good thing or bad thing it seems to be a sign of the times that the EDM phase has settled into a more stable position in the festival. The only …
Family Guy goes EDM!
Fox’s Family Guy animated TV took the ease of becoming a dj in their most recent episode with main character Peter and friend starting a podcast broadcasting from their local pub. When he accidentley mixes two songs together, people start dancing and the guys get booked for a dj gig. Some of the best lines …
Trailer drops for new EDM movie ‘XOXO’ on Netflix
After last year’s critical and box office failure of the Zac Efron movie “We Are Your Friends,” the initial trailer for Netflix’s ‘XOXO’ looks promsing as a much more realistic take on going to a rave/music festival and harkens back to ‘Go’ many years back. With Pete Tong brought on as music supervisor the soundtrack …
Viceland goes to Las Vegas
Viceland’s (Vice) Noisey video doc series traveled to Las Vegas the summer of 2015 to spend time with some of EDM’s biggest djs (as well as Wayne Newton and Mally Mall). Get a behind the scenes look at what its like to be one of the world’s top djs performing in Vegas!
Spotify now to to stream Dj Mixes!
Last week at the International Music Summit in Ibiza, it was announced that Spotify and Dubset have reached an agreement that would allow Spotify to stream music mixes and dj sets for the dance music community. Stephen White, Dubset CEO, said: “This is a major milestone for DJs and music fans all over the world. Our …
Hollywood and Steve Angello Teaming Up for Scripted EDM TV show
Per Variety Magazine: ….Steve Angello, the frontman of Swedish House Mafia, will serve as an exec producer on the project in development, along with his producing partner and wife Isabel Adrian of LaLa Studios, music video director Gregory Alosio, Cult Collective’s Pia Lindstrom, Martin Management’s Sharlene Martin-Ludwig and Primary Wave Entertainment senior manager Ben Press. The …
Tiesto: “I wish we could have just stuck with EDM”
Recently while in India for an show, Tiesto spoke with a local newpaper, the Deccan Herald, on various topics. One of his comments on the definition of EDM hit a chord with us as this was the original idea when we established EDM Life many years ago. “EDM used to be a term for all …