Escape Psycho Circus 2018 Lineup Announced And It Is Stacked

Lineup For Escape Psycho Circus Released It is that time the year where Halloween festivals start releasing their lineups and Insomniac’s Escape Psycho Circus is the first to do so. Released Hard Summer Festival, the lineup for this year’s edition is beyond stacked. Insomniac has always done a great job …

Deadmau5 Made A Promise To Produce This Artist's Debut Album & Has Ignored Him Since

In what ended up being a year-long tale, the story Bo Mason and deadmau5 should have been one inspiration and hope. Beginning January 2017, deadmau5 and fell in love with it, eventually issuing a promise that if he reached one million total plays across all his songs, he would fly …

The Google Searches Made Leading Up To Las Vegas Festival Shooting Are Bone-Chilling

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has ficially closed its case on the worst mass shooting in modern US history. On October 1st, 2017, Stephen Paddock sprayed bullets into the crowd at , murdering 58 people and injuring hundreds others. On August 3, 2018 — after months investigating — police are concluding the shooter …

Popular Music Platform Rebrands and Merges With Parent Company

The social media platform Musical.ly is being shut down by its owner Beijing Bytedance Technology Co and has merged the app’s community with its other app, TikTok. After their ficial announcement yesterday (August 2nd), its users were asked to update the app. After purchasing Musical.ly for more than $800 million …

Amsterdam Music Festival Reveals Highly Anticipated First Headliner

AMF takes place on October 20th at the Johan Cruijff Arena, formerly known as the Amsterdam Arena. The one-day event is known for showcasing huge must-see performances from the world’s biggest DJs and is combined with the Top 100 DJs Award Ceremony. KSHMR is known for his massive tracks on …

Songstress Poppy Teases Forthcoming Collab with Diplo & Grimes

Moriah Rose Pereira, known pressionally as Poppy, has been slowly rising to fame since 2017 when her impressive Mad Decent debut studio album Poppy.Computer dropped. Fellow artists were captivated by her unique sound, including Slushii who remixed her track ‘Lowlife‘. Fast forward a year and the YouTube star is gearing …

Music Piracy Has Slowed Down Significantly Thanks To Easy Music Streaming

It’s 2018, and music streaming is in and piracy is out. According to a new , music piracy is experiencing a fallout as streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify become the new norm. It’s encouraging news for the music industry, which took a huge hit due to the influx …

OWSLA Label Mate, Josh Pan, Says Skrillex Is "About To Release Some Crazy Music"

Skrillex has been on a major touring hiatus since mid 2017, with only a handful performances ever since. Ever since last year, we have been teased by Skrillex, as he released a number singles in 2017, while also producing for acts such as The Weeknd, Camila Cabello and Jennifer Lopez. Also, while Skrillex hasn’t said …

Internet Oddity Poppy Teases New Collab with Diplo

Songstress and internet sensation Poppy has already captured our attention with her 2017 Mad Decent debut Poppy.Computer, and before that her single “Low Life” was remixed by Slushii. Now, she’s onto even bigger things, as the pop star has announced another album and forthcoming collaborations with Grimes and Diplo. It sounds …

Calvin Harris Is One Of The Only Artists Ever To Chart Top 30 for 8+ Consecutive Years

A recent post on the /r/EDM subreddit asked, “” The question was if Calvin Harris was the only musical artist to chart in the Billboard Top 30 more than 8 years running. It was certainly an interesting question, and one that  had taken some time to research, but we wanted to …

Trippy Street Art Pops Up for One of Dance Music's Foremost Legends, Spurs Rumors of New Album

Aphex Twin is definitely up to something and we’re just dying to know what. There are no cryptic social media posts or cheesy promo videos here. In true Aphex Twin fashion, his new teaser comes in the form these artistic prints photographed below, specially designed to mimic their surroundings in …

EDM's Top 10 Isn't Making As Much As Last Year On Forbes' Annual Highest-Paid DJs List

It’s that time year again for Forbes to release their list “World’s Highest-Paid DJs.” And while it may not benefit or even affect the everyday EDM consumer, it’s an interesting barometer where dance music is at and how it’s being consumed by casual and hardcore fans. To no one’s surprise, …

Lollapalooza Increases Security This Year in Light of the 2017 Las Vegas Shooting

Music festivals have a responsibility to keep their attendees safe. That responsibility includes security, such as security checks, item restrictions and security guards. In light the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, and other comparable security threats, Lollapalooza will increase its security this year. For 2018, Lollapalooza will push back its security …

URBANO – Standing Ovation

URBANO- Standing Ovation Miami Music Week has been known to inspire loads new music. The Winter Music Conference has also been known to help cultivate a collaboration or two. This is exactly what happened in 2017 between the brother and sister duo URBANO and talented producer AJ DeMarco. URBANO, is comprised John …

REPORT: Drug Use Among Young People Reaches Decade High

People in the UK are doing more Class A drugs than they’ve done in over a decade — which is being credited specifically to “increase in powder cocaine and ecstasy use.” According to the  report, 8.4 percent young people ages 16 – 24 did Class As in 2017 through 2018. The last time numbers …

Kaskade's Sunsoaked Review: Believe The Hype Around This Year's Festival

Kaskade came to play in Long Beach last weekend for the second coming his Sunsoaked Beach Party. The festival brought 8 DJs, and over 30,000 ravers to the coast for 7 hours continuous beats. So how did it stack up to the prior year? The best change: Atmosphere. Get it? …

Your EDM DOUBLE Premiere: Vorso and QZB Play Remix Swapsies on 'Needle' and 'Heptine' [Flexout]

Two the definite breakout bass music stories this year have been centered around Vorso and QZB. While the two Flexout mainstays have each been releasing before 2017, it was their respective “Needle” and “Heptine” tracks that captured the respective imaginations the dubstep and drum and bass communities. It should also …

The Founder of Fyre Festival Owes $27.4 Million To Its Victims

It’s been a long road since April 2017’s Fyre Festival, but it seems the saga is finally nearing an end. The Securities and Exchange Commission has ficially settled with Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland and two his co-conspirators to the tune $27.4 million. Earlier this year, McFarland was $26 million as …

Chance The Rapper Drops 4 Surprise Songs, 3 Produced By This Electronic Phenom

Chance the Rapper and Lido produced one our favorite collaborations all time in Towkio’s “Heaven Only Knows” in 2015, and the two continued to work together on Chance’s 2015 album Coloring Book. Now three years later, the two team up again on three new singles released by Chance yesterday, and …

Valentino Khan goes huge on Alison Wonderland remix

It’s hard to believe that Deep Down Low came out three years ago, forever cementing Valentino Khan as a top contributor for OWSLA and Mad Decent releases. Now he’s gone massive on Alison Wonderland’s Good Enough. What has Khan doing so well is his ability to tastefully remix ster songs like in his Rihanna remix and …

Premiere: Theo Kottis ‘Ciro’

Edinburgh producer Theo Kottis is the latest artist to step up for Global Underground’s ‘Nubreed’ album series. The 11th edition of the mix series finds the fast-rising DJ/producer exploring what he describes as the “deeper, expansive” side of his record collection, featuring cuts from new age legend Gigi Masin, live …

Premiere: Remake ‘Blade Runner (Maceo Plex Renaissance Remix)’

Ellum Audio don and techno luminary Maceo Plex is the latest artist enlisted to take part in longstanding UK label Renaissance Recordings’ ‘The Remix Collection’ series. The melodic techno DJ/producer has, as part of the series in which classic dance tracks get contemporary reworks, delivered a sprawling, epic and suitably …

Premiere: Yeongrak 'definitfinitfinitely xoxe’

We know next to nothing about Yeongrak. The Christchurch, New Zealand-based producer has quite a prolific and scattershot Soundcloud catalog of experimental, harrowing and hallucinogenic electronic music, and that’s all we got. Having had an official release with emamouse earlier this year on Quantum Natives, Yeongrak is stepping up now …

Premiere: Solomun ‘Dre’

Solomun and Adriano Trolio’s Diynamic Music has been releasing its distinct brand of melodic, deep tech house for 12 years. Now, for its 100th release, Solomun himself steps up with a typically ensnaring EP, ‘Customer Is King’. With the likes of Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Adriatque, Magdalena and Stimming being just some …

Premiere: Yuksek & JD Samson ‘Don’t Even Try (Eli Escobar Remix)’

Recently, revered French producer Yuksek and the ever-incredible JD Samson teamed up for a new project, leading with an incendiary slice of nu-disco, ‘Don’t Even Try’. The collaboration found the prolific french artist and the accomplished Brooklyn-based musician, activist and former member of the mighty Le Tigre delivering an assertive, …

Miss Blanks returns with raunchy new track ‘Good Good D’

After stamping dominance in the Aussie hip-hop scene with a combination hard-hitting lyricism and eclectic, dance-heavy production, Miss Blanks has more than proved herself to be a much needed musical force. Back with a new one today Trench Records, the Brisbane based artist continues with her no-holes-barred attitude towards music …

There Is Now A Calvin Harris Wax Figure In Madam Tussauds NYC

Take a good look at the picture above. If we told you that was actually a wax figure Calvin Harris, would you have believed it? Look again. Because Calvin Harris is now permanently part the set! Your highest paid DJ/producer can be found at Madame Tussauds in New York. As part  Madame Tussauds’ Silent Summer …

Swick teams up with Nina Las Vegas for new joint ‘Hydration’

Melbourne based producer has returned with a fresh new joint ‘’, featuring the one and only  and it’s sure to quench your thirst. Having released hit singles ‘’ featuring Spank Rock and ‘’ featuring Tkay Maidza and Capo Lee in 2017, Swick shifted to full time production by working with Sydney’s Kota Banks on her …

Clams Casino releases previously unheard Lil Peep collab

: Swan Gallet NYC producer Clams Casino has released a previously unheard collaboration with the late Lil Peep. Titled ‘4 GOLD CHAINS’, this 3-and a-half-minute slow-jam showcases a poignant blend Clams’ mellow production style with Peep’s renowned, goth-meets-hip-hop lyricism, and comes paired with an ficial music video that focuses on Peep. …

Aphex Twin’s biggest track used in new public safety ad: WATCH

Aphex Twin’s 1999 IDM classic, ‘Windowlicker’, has appeared in a brand new video campaign for THINK!, the UK government’s road safety department.  The clip, entitled ‘Pink Kittens’, uses a slow-mo edit of the track, the artist’s biggest-selling single to date, and footage of a busy South London street in a …

PNAU drop psychedelic ‘Changa’ video, 5 new remixes and announce Aus tour

PNAU have dropped a content bombshell on us today, with a brand new music video plus 5 new remixes all topped f with the announcement a nationwide tour. Wowza. The title-track from their 2017 album ‘Changa’ sees yet another masterful effort under the direction  Ben Kutsko  Miniac Films, depicting an eclectic visualisation …

Martin Garrix and Matisse & Sadko's collaboration will finally be released

Martin Garrix and Matisse & Sadko’s latest collaboration will finally be released, and fans only have to wait until this Friday, 20th October, to get their hands on the wares.  The track, ‘Forever’, has been a regular fixture in Garrix’s sets over the summer, hence the hype surrounding when it …