31 Jan, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Knock2, ISOxo and More to Headline Breakaway Festival Tampa In 2025
A familiar transmission: Breakaway Music Festival, presented by CELSIUS, is back with another massive lineup. This time around, the nation’s top traveling music festival is heading to Tampa, Florida. Scheduled for April 25-26 in the Bay of Spiritu Santo, the can’t-miss festival will feature 20 national touring acts and five local DJs. Louis The Child’s […]
31 Jan, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Will Smith to Headline Spanish EDM Festival Featuring Subtronics, Steve Angello and More
Cue the Men in Black neuralyzers, because if you told us Will Smith would be headlining an EDM festival in 2025, we’d swear we were imagining things. The Academy Award-winning actor is set to headline Spain’s Dreambeach Festival, which is scheduled for August 7-10 at the scenic Villaricos Beach. While he’s no stranger to performing—his […]
The organizers of Sol Fest, an electronic music and arts festival in North Florida, have announced an indefinite hiatus. They announced the decision today in an emotional statement, reflecting on the challenges, triumphs and the spirit of the independent festival, which launched three years ago. “The road hasn’t been easy, but your support has been the driving […]
30 Jan, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Dirtybird Campout Returning for Collaborative Music Festival With Northern Nights
Tech house lovers can rejoice now that their beloved Dirtybird Campout is back. The summer camp-inspired festival is returning after a two-year hiatus, teaming up with Northern Nights Music Festival for an unforgettable collaborative party in California this July. Each independent festival brings its own unique spirit to the table, with Dirtybird’s quirky essence blending seamlessly with Northern Nights’ immersive […]
Consider the paradox of David Guetta, a DJ who has spent four decades helping people forget time exists while simultaneously mastering its passage. As he launches another totemic Vegas DJ residency, he’s thinking about the same thing: how to make something timeless in an illustrious career that has defied time itself. “It still feels like a miracle,” Guetta […]
The popularity of sub-genres rises and falls in the electronic music world, but few could have predicted the demise of big room house music in the mid-twenty-tens. But the genre is now staging a furious comeback, sparking new creativity and connection amongst producers worldwide. That’s according to a recent study by MIDiA and Splice, whose […]
28 Jan, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Deezer Is Flagging 10,000 AI-Generated Tracks Daily as Artificial Music Surges
In the dim glow of the studio, a musician strums a chord progression that took months to perfect. Across the internet, an AI churns out a melody in seconds. Such is the reality of making music in 2025. But Deezer, the Paris-based streaming service, is taking action to ensure human artists aren’t having to elbow […]
23 Jan, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Dancing In the Dark: How DJ Managers Are Shifting Social Strategies Amid Looming TikTok Ban
The bass may still drop, but where it lands is increasingly uncertain as TikTok hangs in the balance, leaving electronic music creators to navigate a social media landscape in flux. ByteDance’s TikTok app became accessible to US users again on Sunday afternoon after a brief outage, which occurred as a federal law came into effect […]
22 Jan, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
MusiCares Has Raised Over $3 Million for LA Wildfire Relief Efforts
MusiCares, the Recording Academy’s philanthropic arm, has raised over $3 million in wildfire relief funds for the Los Angeles music community, Variety reports. $2.2 million has reportedly been distributed to those affected thus far. However, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said the organization is “going to need a lot more” as the catastrophic fires […]
20 Jan, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Storytelling From Above: David Carreno Shares What It Takes to Pilot Drones at EDM Shows
In the heart-pounding world of electronic dance music, there’s an unsung hero navigating the skies: the drone pilot. This high-stakes art form is not just about flying—it’s storytelling from above. They are tasked with the difficult job of not only blocking out the sensory overload below, but also enhancing it to transform each show into […]