BBC Radio 1 veteran selector Tim Westwood has reportedly been accused of a number of sexual assault expenses, stated to have occurred all the best way from 1992 to 2017. Revealed in a joint investigation by The Guardian and the BBC, a number of girls open up about opportunistic and predatory sexual conduct made by Westwood. Westwood has denied all accusations and his spokesperson has retracted all claims to the media as nicely. The ladies who’ve come ahead declare that Westwood used his business energy to make the most of them, many of those accusers of their 20’s on the time of the assault.
Westwood, 64, began the UK’s first common hip-hop radio present in 1994 and was seen as an inspiration to the style’s followers throughout the globe. Westwood was additionally revered all through the business; an esteem and affect he wielded to govern girls, in accordance with his accusers.
“He may make or break your profession,” says one of many alleged victims. “In the event you wished to get any type of publicity, you’ll attempt to get your demo to him and pray that he would play it. He had absolute energy.”
Westwood was beforehand acknowledged because the Greatest UK Radio DJ thrice between 2000 and 2005, and left BBC in 2013, after almost 20 years.
After shaking the pure basis of Pink Rocks Amphitheatre to the core, Subtronics left followers with a really particular parting reward at this yr’s “Cyclops Rocks” occasion.
With assist from Rusko, Yheti and extra, one of many bass music scene’s most beloved producers delivered a devastating blow to the scarlet-colored rocks of Morrison, Colorado over the weekend. Whereas followers had been handled to outstanding performances all night time lengthy, one specific second has been talked about nonstop: when Subtronics dropped an unreleased collaboration with Zeds Useless.
Wobbly from the second it begins, the observe, tentatively titled “Zedstronics,” options superhero-inspired vocals that decision out, “It is a hen, it is a aircraft, it is Zedstronics.” It is not lengthy earlier than mechanical dubstep growls and a relentless bassline are unleashed on the Colorado crowd.
Attentive followers may need caught the observe late final month when it was briefly performed through the trio’s collaborative DJ set at their “Deadbeats vs. Cyclops Recordings” occasion at Miami Music Week. Whereas its preliminary debut might have slipped between the cracks for some, dropping the huge tune at one of many nation’s most iconic live performance venues is bound to lift some eyebrows.
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“Zedstronics” will mark the fourth collaboration between Subtronics and Zeds Useless. Again in January, they teamed up with Flowdan for the discharge of”Gassed Up.” Previous to that, they joined forces on “Bumpy Tooth” and a joint remix of Ambiance’s “GodLovesUgly.”
Neither Subtronics nor Zeds Useless have confirmed a launch date on the time of writing.
In 2022, Exterior Lands will return to California’s Golden Gate Park with one among its most various lineups to this point. To be held from August 5 – 7, Exterior Lands will function performances from Disclosure, Publish Malone, SZA, Jack Harlow, and a particular hometown efficiency from ILLENIUM. The digital style is well-represented on the 2022 lineup, with Claude Vonstroke, Dixon, Tokimonsta, ANNA, and extra to take over the decks.
For the second yr in a row, Exterior Lands has introduced a lineup for its SOMA tent, which is akin to Coachella‘s Yuma tent. Though COVID-19 well being issues prompted the postponement of the competition’s 2021 version to the tip of October, this yr, Exterior Lands will formally return to its August weekender schedule. Three-day tickets are on-sale here with choices for each normal admission and VIP.
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Tags: Anna, Claude VonStroke, coachella, Disclosure, Dixon, EDM, hip-hop, home, illenium, Jack Harlow, outdoors lands, Publish Malone, rock, SZA, TOKiMONSTA
Dutch party-starter Kav Verhouzer is again with yet one more launch following the success of his earlier observe ‘Hooked’ in collaboration with Madism & imallryt.
As at all times, Kav stays true to his infectious drum selection & traditional home rhythms supported by his ever-catchy selection of vocals & melodies with “Good Stuff”. Not each artist has a straightforward time portraying the sound of a track mirrored in its title right down to a dot, however Kav Verhouzer definitely didn’t get the identify of this single improper!
Within the years since her breakout as a viral web sensation, owed to the in a single day success of her 2011 single “Friday,” Rebecca Black has transcended her “unintended” rise to fame, sharing self-aware TikToks mocking her debut whereas redeveloping her inventive imaginative and prescient. In 2021, Black imparted a six-track, hyper-pop-infused EP, Rebecca Black Was Here; the challenge triumphantly mirrored her sonic rebirth and newfound inventive autonomy.
Minutes after gracing the Do LaB stage throughout Coachella‘s opening weekend, a mature and articulate Rebecca Black sat down with Dancing Astronaut for an unique interview on her new music, upcoming tour, and hard-fought journey to authenticity. Learn the on-site Q&A, watch Rebecca Black’s lyric video for her newest single, “New Moon,” and browse her upcoming European tour dates under.
Rebecca Black Was Right here Tour Dates:
Monday, Could 2, 2022 – Brussels, Belgium @ TBA Tuesday, Could 3, 2022 – Paris, France @ Leis Etoiles* Thursday, Could 5, 2022 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord* Saturday, Could 7, 2022 – London, UK @ Colors* Monday, Could 9, 2022 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute* Wednesday, Could 11, 2022 – Glasgow, UK @ G2* Could 12-14, 2022, TBC – Brighton, UK @ The Nice Escape Pageant Sunday, Could 15, 2022 – Heidelberg, Germany @ Queer Fest* Tuesday, Could 17, 2022 – Cologne, Germany @ Yuca* Wednesday, Could 18, 2022 – Berlin, Germany @ Kantine Am Berghain*
You lately issued your first work of 2022, “New Moon.” What was the writing course of like and the way was collaborating with MØ?
Rebecca Black: “I used to be fucking shook when she reached out and requested us to be aside of the remix; MØ was truly one of many first artists I attempted to go see at Coachella like seven years in the past! It was truthfully a very simple course of; the tune lends itself to such nice pop melodies, and I like every little thing that MØ does.”
How would you say your sound has developed over time?
Rebecca Black: “I really feel prefer it’s simply developed for the primary time. Once I received began, I had no management over what I gave the impression of or what my debut was going to be; ‘Friday’ was a fucking accident. I’ve simply tried to search out these beginnings of what felt proper to me. Proper now, I believe my sound lives in an area that some would take into account very pop and a few would take into account very not pop, and I sort of love that about it.”
At one level in your profession did you start to really feel your most genuine self?
Rebecca Black: “That reply adjustments on daily basis. I’m 24, so I nonetheless don’t know who I’m. On the similar time, I’ve been discovering and coming to phrases with my sexuality and the way I really feel concerning the world. I’m getting a greater understanding of how I really feel about every little thing round me every day. Each day I really feel like I’m lastly getting it, after which I begin over the following day.”
What most excites you about taking part in Coachella?
Rebecca Black: “It’s Coachella! I’ve been going to this pageant ever since I used to be like 15, and I by no means fucking thought I’d have the ability to do it. It was so enjoyable to [perform] as a DJ whereas bringing out my mates. It was so cool to make it a second not only for myself however for my world.”
When did you be taught to DJ?
Rebecca Black: “My buddy had a controller again in 2018 whereas I used to be courting somebody that she lived with. We had a celebration one night time and he or she was like ‘You’re going to DJ,’ and I didn’t understand you may simply learn to do that! I simply thought you had been born with expertise to DJ; I don’t know, I by no means considered it. However I did it and it was so enjoyable, so I needed to determine it out and be that one that may curate a vibe. It’s been a sequence of studying over the previous few years.”
The place did you first discover your appreciation for dance music?
Rebecca Black: “I hearken to a variety of totally different sorts of music. I really feel like the primary artists I actually received into had been like Duck Sauce…I’ve to provide credit score to my little brother who first launched me to Skrillex again in like 2008. That’s after I received into dubstep, which opened up my world to accommodate, deep home, trance…I really feel like the present streaming algorithms additionally actually received me into it ‘trigger I’d dive deeper and deeper into these holes of artists I like.”
What do your 2022 tour and launch schedules appear like in the meanwhile?
Rebecca Black: “I simply completed an album, so in some unspecified time in the future that may come. I’m going to Europe in Could for the primary time [on] my tour. And there’s some enjoyable stuff to return [in the United States] this summer season, however we haven’t introduced any dates but.”
Who’s your dream collaboration?
Rebecca Black: “There are such a lot of, however truthfully, I’d fucking like to do a tune with Pitbull. I’m making an attempt to be Mrs. Worldwide.”
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Tags: coachella, Coachella Weekend 1, do lab, friday, mø, New Moon, Rebecca Black
NYC collectives NeverNormal Soundsystem and ANTI-MASS collaborate for a 16-track challenge Gukuba, which implies “it slaps / it beats,” just like a pulse or a heartbeat, in Luganda, a language spoken in Uganda.
Suzi Analogue, Founding father of By no means Regular, says “The journey to create that is years within the making since I met Authentically Plastic in Uganda in 2019. We’ve all put our actual life inspirations right into a sonic perspective that unites beats that connects tradition from the continent of Africa to the African diaspora. For the way forward for techno, home and digital to enterprise into the rhythms that preserved over centuries is a monumental second our collectives share. That is about motion and transferring ahead in so some ways.”
Authentically Plastic of ANTI-MASS provides, “I really feel prefer it’s actually been nice coming collectively and dealing with folks from such a special context, however with a shared love for Black Music and Black Liberation. The method, even when mediated by the web, was extremely heat & therapeutic.”
Stream the music video for “Make It Shake” by Suzi Analogue, Turkana, and Queens D. Gentle beneath, and stream Gukuba beneath, acknowledged as considered one of Billboard’s most anticipated digital LP’s, is now right here!
Style defying producer/DJ and entrepreneur alice.km is again at it together with her latest single titled, “Beltane.”“Beltane” follows up on her 2 observe EP titled, “Photo voltaic Waves” and is her second launch of 2022 out now by way of IAMHER imprint.
“Beltane” is an ethereal, entrancing tune that carries the listener on a sonic journey by ambient and melodic beats. The echoing vocals acts because the cherry on prime to the already awe-inspiring observe and can have you taking part in this tune on repeat. Launched on the IAMHER imprint based by the famend act Underher, “Beltane” is 1 of three tracks on their Operating Wild VA compilation.
“I used to be immediately impressed by the fashion of “Ankara (Zone+ & Usif Remix) by Birds of Thoughts when starting this observe. That has been certainly one of my favourite tracks for a couple of years, and I needed to create my very own manufacturing that will elicit an analogous emotional response,” alice.km mentions.
About alice.km:
alice.km is a genre-bending producer and DJ, with releases on Saturo Sounds, Heist Mode, and LTHM Data. Her fashion ranges from bouncy, groovy home to minimal, melodic techno. She has opened for Sacha Robotti and Gina Turner, performed Serenity Gathering Music Competition, and has carried out at venues throughout the nation together with Avalon Hollywood, Elsewhere, Knitting Manufacturing unit, and Bossa Nova Civic Membership. As well as, she is a resident on the Femme Home Friday livestreams on Twitch. alice.km has aired visitor units on KXLU and KCSB, and was a resident on WAXX.FM for 3 years. Moreover, she is the co-founder of the immersive occasion promoter group Final Evening’s Make-up.
Becoming a member of forces for a observe of gigantic proportions, KULI, LeVant and Kollberg have simply unveiled their collaboration “Day & Evening,” which marks a very monumental second of their careers. With heaps of expertise and big potential, all three artists are gearing up for an explosive 2022, and “Day & Evening” marks simply the beginning for them.
KULI has been energetic releasing music since 2018, together with his genre-bending fashion having allowed him to amass thousands and thousands of streams on digital platforms ever since. Constant and devoted, he brings collectively a number of sonic aesthetics, specializing in the 4-on-the-floor sounds of home, whereas showcasing his manufacturing abilities masterfully. LeVant and Kollberg alternatively are constructing their catalog piece by piece, with certainly a lot of thrilling collaborations and initiatives within the works for the instantly future.
“Day & Evening” brings forth the most effective qualities of every artist into cohesive combine that’s certain to captivate listeners internationally, in addition to begin lighting up pageant phases very quickly. Pushed by radio-ready vocals, which can be juxtaposed by explosive future home manufacturing, “Day & Evening” is out by way of KULI’s very personal label, Futurized Recordings, and it’s a observe that the producer says may be his finest so far.
“After I acquired the drop from LeVant and Kollberg, I knew instantly I needed to do one thing funky with this observe. The result’s higher than anticipated, once I despatched the observe to my producer associates, all people was so impressed by the breaks following up the pageant drops. That is one in all my finest tracks so far!”
Bringing an infectious vitality to the desk that’s as anthemic as it’s hard-hitting, “Day & Evening” begins off with with funky home manufacturing and heat low finish, that completely praise its infectious feminine vocal. Then, after the buildup retains listeners on their toes in anticipation of what’s about to come back, a masterfully-produced future home drop lastly explodes, pushed by thumping kicks and distorted leads.
KULI, actual identify Peter Jan Rijpkema, has been specializing in his abilities in music manufacturing and graphic design for a while now, on high of being a devoted entrepreneur. Regardless of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, reminiscent of his battle with deafness, he’s thought-about a visionary inside the music business. After listening to “Mirage” by Armin Van Buuren, he was impressed to start out making music, and has achieved appreciable milestones ever since, signing his music to labels reminiscent of Common Music Group and Revealed Recordings.
deadmau5’s famed We Are Mates compilation collection has been reworked into a brand new dwell expertise.
For years, deadmau5 has used his We Are Mates releases to showcase the unbelievable music producers that launch music on his flagdhip mau5trap label. Now, he is utilizing his platform in a fair larger method.
Coming this summer season to 14 cities throughout the USA is the inaugural “We Are Mates Tour,” which is devoted to the following technology of mau5trap stars. Bensley, BlackGummy, EDDIE, HNTR, Kasablanca, Lamorn, Lupa, Morgin Madison and No Mana will all take the stage on varied dates all through the tour.
However deadmau5 will not be the one veteran hitting the highway. Featured on each cease will probably be longtime collaborators and legendary bass music outfit NERO.
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The “We Are Mates Tour” poster additionally reveals that the eleventh quantity in mau5trap’s namesake compilation collection will probably be launched later this 12 months. Whereas particular particulars pertaining to the upcoming album will not be recognized at the moment, it is secure to imagine a handful of the artists becoming a member of deadmau5 on the tour will probably be featured.
For the brand new tour, the mau5trap boss will give the homeowners of his head5 NFT assortment a particular alternative. In keeping with a press launch, guestlist spots will probably be reserved for some homeowners of the head5 assortment and that “all attendees at every present will probably be gifted an NFT badge commemorating the tour.”
deadmau5’s “We Are Mates Tour” will kick off on Friday, July fifteenth at The Met in Philadelphia. Tickets to the tour go on sale Thursday, April twenty eighth at 10AM native time.
deadmau5 presets We Are Mates 2022 tour dates
Fri, Jul 15: Philadelphia, PA The Met^#+ Thu, Jul 21: Madison, WI The Sylvee^#~ Sat, Jul 30: Minneapolis, MN The Armory^#> Sat, Aug 20: Washington, DC Echostage^= Sat, Aug 27: Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre^#% Sat, Sep 10: George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre^+ Sat, Sep 17: Buffalo, NY Outer Harbor Buffalo^# Fri, Sep 23: Chicago, IL Huntington Financial institution Pavilion at Northerly Island^< Sat, Oct 01: Cincinnati, OH The Andrew J Brady Music Middle^# Sat, Oct 08: Indianapolis, IN TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park^# Sat, Oct 15: Phoenix, AZ Arizona Federal Theatre^#+ Fri, Oct 21: San Francisco, CA Invoice Graham Civic Auditorium^#- Fri, Nov 04: Denver, CO Crimson Rocks Amphitheatre*^+< Sat, Nov 05: Denver, CO Crimson Rocks Amphitheatre*^+< Fri, Dec 16: Boston, MA MGM Music Corridor at Fenway^#<
* AEG Co-Promotion
Assist Key ^ NERO # Kasablanca + Lamorn ~ Bensley > BlackGummy = No Mana B2B EDDIE % HNTR < Morgin Madison – Lupa
The Two Faux Blondes made up of husband and spouse duo, Hannah Mac and Petey Mac are again once more this time showcasing their newest remix of “Music For When Ur Sadddd.” TTFB’s enlist producer Deadman for the energizing rework.
Deadman’s remix of “Music For When Ur Sadddd” is infectious from the beginning. The Nashville-based producer recognized for his viral remixes of Disney songs on TikTok and bass music turns “Music For When Ur Sadddd” right into a bouncy home monitor with enjoyable static-y melodies that can get the listener up and movin.’ Whereas, the tune has unhappy and emotional parts, Deadman is ready to hold the vibe gentle with an uplifting drop and galvanizing beats.
“This remix is particular to me. I typically use music as a technique to course of life, and wrote this remix at a time once I was feeling very unhappy. So, I centered all of that emotion and tried to create the happiest sounding ‘smiley face vitality’ of a tune that I may. Making this remix helped me discover a smile once more, and I hope it does the identical for everybody that hears it 100 instances over. In spite of everything, it’s a tune for once you’re unhappy!,” Deadman famous.
About Two Faux Blondes:
Composed of Hannah Mac (previously Hannah Michelle Weeks) and Petey Mac, The Two Faux Blondes rapidly discovered success since their formation in 2019. Their first singles “If You Actually Love Me” and “Physique” allotted over 150,000 streams and located reward all over the place from Your EDM to The Nocturnal Instances for an “intoxicating, danceable” sound. The next launch “Lifeline” was a cathartic vocal home reduce in assist of Nationwide Suicide Prevention Month that premiered on Sirius XM’s Day Life.
Their subsequent single “Good 4 U” acquired rotation from Billboard dance charting station KNHC C89.5. Throughout their catalog, they’ve been supported by Don Diablo, Steve Aoki, and Extremely Music Competition, whereas releasing music all over the place from Hexagon/Carry The Kingdom to Black Gap Recordings/Gameroom Information. They’ve additionally begun to carve out an area inside the stay circuit as they made their Disco Donnie debut with Bear Grillz in Nashville in September of 2021.
About Deadman:
Deadman is an American bass music producer acknowledged for his heavy hitting sound and pirate aesthetic. Each monitor he releases is a licensed banger and every stay set is full of unbridled vitality that retains crowds vibing. With over 1 million views on his viral remixes of Disney songs on TikTok, he’s additionally releasing a few of his most inventive tracks to this point together with CA$H, VOYAGE, and WITH Ü. Deadman’s set is assured to be insanely enjoyable with back-to-back social gathering anthems and can be emanating with high-energy. Deadman is a can’t miss act!
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