Azealia Banks Hates Fans’ Beyonce ‘Break My Soul’ Mashups

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2022 is rapidly shaping up to be the Summer Of Black Dance thanks to new releases from Drake and Beyonce that tapped into the sounds of early and contemporary house music. While Drake shocked the […]

Orbital: ‘We can’t fall out with each other for ever. It would make Christmas awkward’ | Orbital

Orbital playing the Other Stage at Glastonbury in 2002

It’s Glastonbury this weekend. What do you remember of your legendary 1994 performance and why was it so important? Jamesis47 Paul Hartnoll: There we were, hammering it out on 909s and 303s [Roland’s TR-909 drum […]

Watch Swedish House Mafia’s Full Coachella 2022 Headlining Performance – EDM.com

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There is no performance that encapsulates Swedish House Mafia‘s comeback like the group’s Coachella 2022 set. They broke the internet with their historic performance at the iconic Indio festival, which counts Calvin Harris as its only other DJ headliner in […]

Boiler Room Announces Inaugural Broadcast From Pakistan – EDM.com

Poster for Boiler Room Pakistan

In a milestone for the nascent Pakistan dance music community, Boiler Room announced their first-ever show in Pakistan. Local dance music fans were swept off their feet when a striking poster popped up on Instagram […]

Beyoncé returns with liberating house jam ‘Break My Soul’

Beyoncé returns with liberating house jam 'Break My Soul'

“I’m on that new vibration,” Beyoncé sings in her new single “Break My Soul,” and indeed she is: The first taste from the pop superstar’s highly anticipated “Renaissance” album is a thumping 1990s-style house jam […]

First-Week Numbers Projections for Drake’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’

First-Week Numbers Projections for Drake’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’

Drake may have scored another No. 1 album. According to early projections shared by HitsDailyDouble, Drizzy’s Honestly, Nevermind will likely debut atop the Billboard 200. The project, which was announced just hours before its Friday release, is currently expected […]

Don Diablo Launches New Record Label to Bridge House Music and Contemporary Art – EDM.com

Don Diablo Launches New Record Label to Bridge House Music and Contemporary Art - EDM.com

One of the electronic music community’s most outspoken advocates for digital art is at it again. Don Diablo has announced a brand new front-line label called HΞXHIBITION. Developed under the umbrella of his flagship HEXAGON […]

‘It changed lives and opened minds’: a visual record of the birth of acid house | Art and design books

1) Future @ The Soundshaft, March 1988

Late one Thursday in March 1988, Dave Swindells walked into a tiny, sweat-drenched club in central London and found himself present at the birth of a new cultural revolution. The venue, behind Charing Cross station, […]

The Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2022 So Far

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What a year for hip-hop it has already been. After four years of radio silence from Kendrick Lamar, the Compton poet returned with one of the most vulnerable projects of his career. Another returning veteran […]

From the Blanket to the Booth: Tomorrowland Announces “DJ Bootcamps” for Kids – EDM.com

Lennert Wolfs' electronic music workshop for Tomorrowland.

When Dr. Seuss said, “Adults are just outdated children,” he probably didn’t think they were DJs. Kids can now ditch treasure hunts for turntables thanks to Tomorrowland, who will soon launch a series of bespoke “DJ […]

Andrew Bayer Announces New Anjunabeats Double Album, “Duality” – EDM.com

Cover art of Andrew Bayer's double album, "Duality."

Trance music vet Andrew Bayer has announced Duality, an ambitious double album set for release via his longtime home of Anjunabeats. Bayer says the upcoming record will run the gamut of the wide spectrum of electronic styles […]

Haai: Baby, We’re Ascending review – rich, entrancing ambience from a party-starter star | Electronic music

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Over the past few years, Sydney-born DJ, producer and songwriter Haai – real name Teneil Throssell – has become something of an underground star in her adopted hometown of London. A two-year resident at the […]

Vangelis wasn’t just a film composer – he blew apart the boundaries of pop | Music

Demis Roussos, Vangelis and Lucas Sideras of Aphrodite’s Child.

Greek pop music of the 1960s is not an area of musical history where anyone who doesn’t fondly remember it first-hand is advised to dwell. There are a few exceptions – garage rock collectors have […]