Category Archive : Features

The hills of Red Rocks may not have eyes, but on this night, they had ears. Of The Trees recently took over the iconic Colorado venue for a career-defining performance on November 16th, when we experienced the uncompromising energy of a generational artist coming into his own. “I never imagined taking this project as far as I […]

Four years ago today, the world lost i_o, the enigmatic techno visionary whose music felt like whispers from the future. The last song he released before his tragic death was “Castles In The Sky,” a radiant reimagination of Ian Van Dahl’s trance classic of the same name. With its propulsive kick drums, cascading synths and […]

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. For HAYLA, the window to strike revealed itself at a peculiar moment. The building blocks of HAYLA’s breakout came at a time of great difficulty for most. The UK was ebbing in and out of lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. During one government-sanctioned ease-up in June 2020, HAYLA reunited […]

Once an underground movement known for its deep, soulful grooves, it’s no secret that Afro House is surging into dance music’s mainstream. And the 2024 Amsterdam Dance Event left no doubt about its broadening global reach.  This year’s edition of the world’s leading electronic music summit drew in roughly 500,000 fans to the Dutch capital, […]

When Rebecca Black first entered the spotlight as a teenager, her explosive rise to viral fame came with an overwhelming wave of attention—both positive and negative. Over a decade later, she has transformed that early experience into a platform for reinvention, proving she’s much more than a fleeting online sensation. Now, she stands as an […]

What if you could dance all night, connect deeply with others and wake up feeling better than ever? A new wave of wellness-focused dance parties is proving you can.  As the electronic dance music scene continues to be stereotyped by wild raves and an inextricable link to substance use, more artists now shifting their focus […]

How can today’s generation of electronic music producers stay authentic in a highly saturated market? In the age of social media, when viral content strategies and hollow traffic-drivers often take precedence, borne urges artists to remember the importance of the music itself. “I notice that people crank out a few songs and then immediately go […]

Half a decade later, we’re still trying to untangle how a send-up of vapid EDM somehow became genuinely, unironically beloved. The world has changed a lot in five years, but one thing remains constant: the cultural footprint left by “A Little Bit Alexis,” Alexis Rose’s gloriously kitschy anthem from Schitt’s Creek. It’s a gift that […]

Delta Heavy have waved the drum & bass flag for 15 years. Their ongoing global tour features the largest North American stretch of their career, and it seems the world is picking up on the same contagious rhythm that’s captivated them since youth. “Nightlife, going out, clubbing, raving, going to a festival. It’s the perfect […]

In celebration of EDM.com‘s 10-year anniversary, we’re presenting a brand-new, first-of-its-kind initiative, the “Artist Choice” list. While some annual lists and awards are dictated by fan voting and others are data-driven, the “Artist Choice” list was exclusively sourced from the scene’s actual musicians. Over 300 of the world’s biggest dance music artists, across a plethora of […]