Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” EP Came Out 9 Years Ago Today ?

Another year around the sun, and Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites from Skrillex still remains one dance music’s most cherished releases. We celebrate it again, as we did last year, but this year is a bit different — at least for Skrillex. SMANS was really the first album that truly signaled a …

Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” EP Came Out 9 Years Ago Today ?

Another year around the sun, and Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites from Skrillex still remains one dance music’s most cherished releases. We celebrate it again, as we did last year, but this year is a bit different — at least for Skrillex. SMANS was really the first album that truly signaled a …

Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” EP Came Out 9 Years Ago Today ?

Another year around the sun, and Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites from Skrillex still remains one dance music’s most cherished releases. We celebrate it again, as we did last year, but this year is a bit different — at least for Skrillex. SMANS was really the first album that truly signaled a …

Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” EP Came Out 9 Years Ago Today ?

Another year around the sun, and Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites from Skrillex still remains one dance music’s most cherished releases. We celebrate it again, as we did last year, but this year is a bit different — at least for Skrillex. SMANS was really the first album that truly signaled a …

Martin Garrix Smashes 10 Billion Stream Mark In Just Three Years with Sony

Tiësto just recently received a massive plaque from Universal Music Group for his achievement 4.5 billion streams, but Martin Garrix just handily eclipsed that with his own plaque and major streaming record. While the plaque is considerably smaller, Garrix was awarded it for 10 billion streams, and that’s in just the …

Area 51 Festival Founder Sues Alienstock for Branding Rip-off & Pornhub Sponsorship

Even though the Area 51 festival in Rachel, NV happened a month ago, we’re still learning more about the unintentional fallout from this real-life meme event. According to an exclusive report from 13 Investigates, Connie West, owner the Little A’Le’Inn in Rachel, filed a lawsuit with Alienstock owner Matty Roberts and …

MUST LISTEN: Krewella Sample Their Dad for Single Off New Album

Krewella are back to follow up August’s “Mana” with the powerful new single, “Ghost.” The sisters’ strengths have always lied in songwriting and, as always, this single deals with a complex assortment topics, an exploration the fine line between loneliness and empowered independence, seamlessly wavering between cold, anguished and powerful …

SVDDEN DEATH Puts Mersiv On Blast for Condemning DJs Who Use Evil/Satanic Visuals and Branding

Nothing like some quality Twitter beef for your Sunday… Svdden Death and more are shutting down Mersiv for comments about DJs who use “satanic symbolism” and “dark evil shit” in their branding. Of course with Svdden Death, the name and the project has a tendency to be dark leaned. However, as long …

Martin Garrix Reveals His Biggest Project Yet For One of the World’s Biggest Sports Competitions

Coming hot out Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), Martin Garrix is gearing up for his biggest project to date. He’s teaming up with UEFA EURO 2020 to soundtrack the league’s final draw and produce the ficial song. Over the weekend, the 23-year-old superstar DJ/producer announced his new role while performing a hometown …

Sony Reveals Game Changing 360 Degree Spatially Specific Audio That Promises To Change Everyone’s Music Listening

The future music is here — as Sony has announced its groundbreaking 360 Reality Audio. It’s made for music lovers by music lovers and is about to change the game as we know it. In late Fall, Sony plans to unleash its cutting-edge audio upgrade — which relies on object-based …

Armin van Buuren Goes Deep House With Ne-Yo On New Song Off Forthcoming Album

A little over a month ago, legend Armin van Buuren announced his seventh studio album, Balance, one his most expansive and ambitious projects to date with 28 tracks and collaborations with the likes Conrad Sewell, Cimo Fränke, and more. But without a doubt, one the collaborations that most caught our attention …

The Black Madonna Outraged Over Amazon Festival Booking & Demanded To Be Removed from Lineup

The Black Madonna has been removed from Amazon’s newly announced Intersect Music Festival after expressing extreme outrage over the booking. The event sponsored by Amazon Web Services aka AWS has a strong lineup, featuring Foo Fighters, Kacey Musgraves, Beck, Anderson.Paak and more — but The Black Madonna wants absolutely no part …

Martin Garrix Debuts New Live Show At ADE, Closes Set With B2B From David Guetta & Tiësto

Last night in Amsterdam, Martin Garrix debuted his new live show “ETHER” at RAI Amsterdam. He’ll do the same tonight, but the first night was especially epic as the first-ever reveal the show, and especially because how it ended. Toward the very end his set, Garrix brought up Tiësto and …

Music Publishers Call Upon US Government To Investigate TikTok’s Alleged Copyright Theft

TikTok may soon be investigated for copyright infringement… According to Billboard, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is calling on United States Congress to investigate the Chinese company’s potential copyright theft, stated as such in a letter dated October 16. The letter, sent to Senator Marco Rubio from NMPA president …

Tomorrowland Celebrates 15 Years with Stacked ADE Takeover Live Stream Tonight

Tomorrowland is celebrating 15 years in the best possible way — with a live stream featuring some the most iconic names to ever grace the signature music festival’s lineup. The Our Story takeover coincides with Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). The roster includes an insane amount talented headliners — Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, …

Amazon Is Launching Its Own Music Festival & The Lineup Is Honestly Stacked

While Amazon’s corporate events usually include a big star or two, they’re hardly considered “music events.” Now, the online retailer is getting into the music festival world as it launches Intersect in Las Vegas this December. It’s quite the abrupt announcement for a full, 2-day festival, but the lineup is …

Conan Mac Releases Highly Anticipated Music Video To "All Again"

If there’s someone who was born to be an artist, it’s Conan Mac. At only age 16, Conan Mac’s debut singles, “Remember” & “Dinosaur”, reached the top 15 on the UK iTunes Singer-Songwriter charts. Since, he’s added to this impressive resume by performing hundreds live performances, including the likes worldwide University …

And Now For Something Completely Different: Thys from Noisia Showcases His Experimental Chops in 'Music from Sleeping Beauty Dreams' [Division]

While we’re all still trying to adapt to this new post-Noisia world, one thing everyone’s been certain about is that it wouldn’t be long before Thys came out with some weird stuff. Enter: Music From Sleeping Beauty Dreams, a new cutting edge “album” sorts, composed to accompany an equally cutting-edge audiovisual dance …

ADE’s Attendance Numbers for 2019 Are Truly Unbelievable

Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is absolutely massive this year, as 400,000 people are expected to attend the music festival and conference. Furthermore, it’s quite obvious the city’s dance music scene is absolutely thriving in 2019 — and here’s the pro. This news comes as Dutch DJs are expected to generate €150 million in exports …

Skrillex Goes B2B for One of Dance Music’s Most Epic Pairings Ever

Skrillex surprised everyone when he showed up at Printworks London to go b2b with Bonobo during the highly anticipated Hydra presents Outlier event. As a special and unexpected addition to the lineup, Bonobo b2b Skrillex made for one the night’s most spectacular moments. The unannounced set was described as a “titanic meeting” …

Madeon Just Dropped An Addictive New Single That I Can’t Take Off Repeat [STREAM + LYRICS]

The Good Faith roll out continues today with Madeon’s new single, “Be Fine.” Further distancing himself from early singles like “The City” and “Finale” and embracing his new style first featured on Adventure, Madeon presents a ster, sultry side to his music. “Be Fine” is impossibly easy to listen to over and …

Avicii’s Very Own Greatest Hits Video Game Is Finally Here

Avicii began working with Hello There Games in 2015 to give the world a new way to explore his musical creations. Now, that vision is finally coming to life with Avicii Invector. The Avicii Invector game is described as a fast-paced rhythm experience. Gameplay fuses the superstar DJ’s trademark brand uplifting dance music …

Okeechobee Music Festival Releases 2020 Edition Lineup

Today, Insomniac Events announced the ficial lineup for this upcoming Okeechobee Music Festival. The lineup features a } }, // Articles – recommendations in emotes and comments widget recommendationsWides: false, recommendationsProtocol: “”, globalRecommendations: false, // Colors darkMode: false, color: “108ee9″, // By Widget comments: { vuukleAuth: true, hideRecommendedArticles: false, hideCommentInputBox: …

Ultra Achieves World Record for Biggest Festival Brand with Addition of New Location

Ultra Music Festival is now ficially the world’s largest festival brand with the addition its newest destination, Abu Dhabi, and return to India. Before returning to Miami next year, Ultra will circle the Indian Ocean, with stops in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Abu Dhabi, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Melbourne and Sydney. In …

Lucas & Steve Rework 80's Classic Into Touching New Dance Anthem

With several worldwide hit singles under their belt, Dutch duo Lucas & Steve now return with perhaps its most anticipated single the year. ‘Perfect’ sees the guys revive an all-time classic as inspiration for a powerful piece dance music, featuring the vocal work fellow Dutch singer-songwriter Haris. Things are perfect …

Martin Garrix Gets Real About DJ Mag Top 100 Rankings Ahead Of This Year's Ceremonies

This year’s DJ Mag Top 100 ceremony is quickly approaching as next week’s Amsterdam Music Festival draws closer. But does the current #1 DJ in the world care about it? Martin Garrix gets real in a new interview with Dutch publication Het Parool ahead the ceremonies. The “interview” was more along …

WATCH: New Doc 'INSTA DJ' Explores Social Media's Impact on Dance Music

What kind impact is social media having on DJs and the dance music scene? The documentary INSTA DJ: Social Media and the New Age Dancefloor explores just that in a brand new, 40-minute presentation from Pioneer DJ. The doc fers much insight about the effects social media on artists, music, fandoms, clubs …

Coachella Receives Massive Grant To Support New Cannabis Businesses

A new $500,000 grant from California’s Bureau Cannabis Control will have Coachella swimming in green next year… and we don’t mean money. According to London Free Press, the grant will be used “for commercial cannabis equity programs that focus on inclusion and support persons and communities that were negatively or disproportionately …

Dillon Francis Remixes Saweetie's "My Type" Into Booty Poppin' Magic

Saweetie‘s “My Type” gets the dance music treatment thanks to Dillon Francis‘ brand new, booty poppin’ remix! “My Type” is danceable enough in its original form, but Dillon completely transforms the track from a hard hip hop cut into a moombahton anthem. The producer keeps the OG track intact for about …

Dash Berlin Releases First Track Since Jeffrey Sutorius Took Over Solo Duties

It’s been about three and a half months since Jeffrey Sutorius announced his solo return as Dash Berlin as the project’s original producers, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg, respectfully bowed out. Now, the project’s first release since then is finally here and it’s absolutely beautiful. Remixing “Cold Summer” by Myon feat. …

Halloween Comes Early With 10th Installment Of Figure's Epic "Monsters" Series [MUST LISTEN]

Plenty artists try to take advantage the Halloween hype with mixes, music, tours, festivals, costumes, and myriad other things. One the most well known in EDM is RL Grime’s annual Halloween mixes, in rotation since 2012. But another t looked over artist who’s been doing the Halloween thing even longer, …

Porter Robinson’s Visual Artist Just Launched An Amazing New Website Full of Easter Eggs

Porter Robinson‘s visual artist, Ghostdad, just launched a brand new, interactive website full Easter eggs and killer content. Upon first glance, the website looks random, but this is very much organized chaos. A click here and a click there, and soon things start falling into place. All the while, you’re getting …

BREAKING: Ultra Makes Major Change In Its Layout for Return To Bayfront

While last year’s Ultra Music Festival went through its share growing pains, even for the first (and only) year at the venue, one the most spectacular and commonly lauded aspects was the instantly popular Resistance Island. Now, as Ultra returns to its longtime home Bayfront Park, it’s bringing Resistance Island …

LondonBridge Drops The Hottest Nursery Rhyme House Song You've Ever Heard [NEW SINGLE]

Nursery rhyme meets jacking house with this new single from LondonBridge — and we’re all about it! “What Goes Up Must Come Down” features the producer’s own vocal and production stylings, projecting a soulful, dance-ready vibe. LondonBridge drops in the hook and an addictive bassline, and it’s all over. Suddenly, we’re caught …

Crimson Child Releases Soul-Lifting "Heaven Rises"

The Vancouver-based producer Crimson Child, known most recently for his projects “Ghost.exe” with HVDES and his solo original “God Rays”, has recently dropped his latest work titled “Heaven Rises”. The track is an incredible journey epic proportions filled with beautiful, piano-led down-tempo valleys and peaks. The perfectly timed pause in …

Your EDM Premiere: Is the 'Mystery Machine' at 'Tardis'? Glitch City's Remix Poses the Question in Heavy, Ravey Style [Metro/Viper]

Much as their original predecessor and in true Viper style, the remixes for Matrix & Futurebound’s Mystery Machine LP have been trickling in, teasing fans with new takes on each the 16 tracks. The second installment three remixes is due out this Friday. It leads with a  cheeky, neuro-inspired version “Got …

Flume Smashes 1 Billion Plays For The First Time On A Song

Flume just received a high honor for his 2016 production “Never Be Like You” featuring Kai, as the original song has racked up over a billion streams globally (across streaming services). The award comes from APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) AMCOS‘s (Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) The 1,000,000,000 List, held exclusively for …

Prodigy Frontman Keith Flint's Personal Items Are Up for Auction

The late Keith Flint‘s personal belongings are reportedly going up for auction next month. The Prodigy icon’s possessions, from his music recordings down to his nose jewelry, will be included in the sale. Studio reels, artwork from his side projects (Flint and Clever Brains Fryin’), personal clothing and other jewelry …

Take A Selfie with Avicii Once Again – The Legend Gets His Own Tribute At Madame Tussaud’s

Many dance music artists have received wax figures at Madame Tussauds just over the past two years, including Steve Aoki, Calvin Harris, and Martin Garrix. Now, perhaps the most important wax figure the year was just revealed at the New York location: Avicii. Generally, when creating a wax figure, over …

NGHTMRE & Grabbitz Unleash Their Genre-Bending Collaboration, "Bruises" [MUST LISTEN]

Over the past weekend, NGHTMRE & Grabbitz both started teasing their new collaboration, “Bruises.” Having been played out sparsely over the past couple months, the wild single is finally here now, exclusively premiered by Billboard Dance. The single is something new for both artists, with a greater emphasis on pop …

The Glitch Mob & Rising Producer LICK Team Up For Epic Bass Monster "System Bleed"

Not counting their League Of Legends collaborations with Mako and The Word Alive, we haven’t gotten new The Glitch Mob music since their latest album, See Without Eyes. Now, it seems the trio is up to something big and they’re starting with a new collaboration with rising producer LICK, “System Bleed.” …

YouTube Is Finally Launching Its Own Playlists To Compete with Spotify, Apple Music

YouTube is upping it’s music game. The world’s largest streaming platform is already the go-to for ficial music videos and other music-related content. Now, YouTube has announced it’s plan to launch Spotify-like playlists including “Discover Mix,” “New Release Mix” and “Your Mix.” This seems like a bold move on YouTube’s …

Multiple People Hospitalized In Critical Condition at Festival with Flume, Diplo & More

Four people were hospitalized on Friday night at Listen In festival in Auckland due to drug-related conditions. Three people were initially said to be in critical condition, and the fourth in serious condition. By Saturday morning, however, they had all recovered to a stable condition. A spokesperson said the four people …

ARTY Chats Exclusively About His New Uplifting Progressive Anthem, "Daydreams"

Always one to illustrate the struggles life with a silver lining, electronic music phenomenon ARTY is back with another masterpiece featuring singer-songwriter Cimo Fränkel, ‘Daydreams’. An escape from reality for dance music fans worldwide that erupts into a blaze progressive house, ‘Daydreams’ is like a ray sunlight driving the darkness …

Martin Garrix Teases Collab with the Legendary Timbaland

Martin Garrix is in the studio with Timbaland! There’s no mistaking this one, both artists have posted photos in the studio with each other and confirmed that they’re making some music together. For those unfamiliar with Timbaland, he’s been producing since 1993 for the likes  2Pac, Aaliyah, Missy Elliott, Snoop …