EDC Las Vegas and BeyondWonderland are moving forward with their scheduled dates.
As of now, EDC Las Vegas is set for May 21 – 23, 2021 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Meanwhile, SoCal festival Beyond Wonderland is planned for June 25 & 26, 2021 at the NOS Events Center. These dates are subject to change, but organizers are continuing to plan for the best-case scenario.
Insomniac leader Pasquale Rotella gives an update below:
There continues to be new developments & we’re in constant communication with local officials. If things change, however, we have backup dates in place & I’ll let you know soon.
EDC Las Vegas 2021 is sold out, but you can join the waitlist here.
Beyond Wonderland limited presale is also sold out, but you can join the waitlist here.
After kicking off 2021 with Monstercat in early January with a massive dubstep track, Eptic has returned to the electronic music tastemaker for round two. Following some creative marketing that placed Eptic’s patented Computron character in a lucid nightmare soundtracked by “Shadow People,” the track arrived in full today.
Just like “Stop Pretending,” Eptic’s latest is yet another masterclass in bass music sound design from the Belgian producer, who seems to push the boundaries of the genre with each new release. This time around, he somehow melds hypnotic arpeggios and crisp tom fills, which coalesce in the song’s verses before building into a screeching drop. He goes haywire from there, introducing nuanced production techniques throughout the song’s arrangement.
The release of “Shadow People” could signal an EP on the horizon, as a press release issued for the track tells readers to “stay tuned for more Eptic music on Monstercat this year.”
Listen to “Shadow People” below.
“‘Shadow People,’ like my previous release as well as many of my future releases, has a lot of that old-school vibe that I’m kind of playing around with, from my sound to branding and so forth,” Eptic said. “Keeping with the energy you can expect from an Eptic tune, but also paying homage to the styles that brought us here.”
You can find the track on streaming platforms here.
The November 2020 establishment of an “Insomniac East” Twitter account indicated that East Coast festival announcements were to come in some form and at some point in the future. Though the account has since been used to promote reduced-capacity events on the East Coast to date, on February 21, Insomniac used it to signal a new Florida-based festival, Abduction (2021). In an email to Insomniac subscribers, the events promotion entity encouraged recipients to follow @InsomniacEast to “be the first to find out” details about the festival and noted that the lineup is “incoming.”
Pasquale Rotella provided preliminary details about the Orlando event in an Instagram post that notably contained an unexpected update about the state of EDC Las Vegas and Beyond Wonderland‘s 2021 iterations. Insomniac is “continuing to plan” both events and intends to honor the original dates, according to Rotella, who alluded to “backup dates” should moving forward with EDC Las Vegas’ May 21 – 23 and Beyond Wonderland’s June 25 – 26 dates be deemed unfeasible.
Featured image: Stephen Bondio
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Billie Eilish has shared a live version of ‘ilomilo’, taken from her upcoming documentary The World’s A Little Blurry.
The film will arrive on Apple TV+ later this week (February 26) and will follow the teen pop star behind-the-scenes on her journey so far.
Eilish shared the live version of the ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ track on her social media accounts earlier today (February 22). It was recorded at her headline show at Houston’s Toyota Center on October 10, 2019 and part of the performance will appear in the documentary.
Listen to ‘ilomilo (live in Houston)’ below:
The star has also announced a special premiere event st to take place ahead of the film’s debut. Fans will be able to tune in for free on the Apple TV and Apple Music apps, or Eilish’s YouTube channel to watch her give an exclusive, stripped-down performance.
The event will also feature “special video packages from the film”, an interview with director R.J. Cutler, and “an intimate conversation” with Eilish. It will be hosted by Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and will begin at 9pm ET on February 25 (2:00am GMT, February 26).
Immediately after the event, The World’s A Little Blurry will be released for Apple TV+ subscribers.
Eilish spoke about her reaction to watching the documentary for the first time earlier this month. “We were in my living room,” she said. “I was like, ‘Nope, nobody’s allowed to see it – not my family – nobody’s allowed to see it until I’ve seen it, cos I knew there was some stuff in there that I was gonna be mortified by.”
“Shit happened. I had a stomachache the entire day, but I cried out of joy for a lot of it. I never would have thought that anyone would be able to capture exactly what was going on in such a beautiful, intimate way.”
As long as I can remember, no matter who was headlining what festival or whichever artist had the top hit on the Billboard Dance/Electronic charts, it was always, “Yeah, but Daft Punk.” Now, the duo, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, have officially broken up.
It’s been four years since their last public appearance together, when they accompanied The Weeknd on stage for a live performance of “I Feel It Coming.” In a new video on YouTube entitled “Epilogue,” the two walk in a desert as Thomas gradually walks slower, allowing Guy Manuel to gain some distance ahead. Eventually, Guy notices and walks back, as Thomas takes off his Daft Punk jacket, revealing a switch of some kind on his back — an off-switch.
A 59-second countdown begins. Thomas walks away, and then dramatically explodes. Multiple times. From different camera angles.
“Touch” from their 2013 album Random Access Memories plays as “1993-2021” appears on screen.
Their breakup has been confirmed by their longtime publicist.
While his name may not be on your radar just yet, RemK‘s will be after the release of his first single of 2021, “Turning Point.” The young rising trap artist has been hard at work perfecting his sound, and the countless hours have clearly paid off. The Long Beach native has delivered a track that hits on all cylinders, weaving the listener between dark and light sonic atmospheres.
RemK kicks off “Turning Point” with a haunting opening, filled with cinematic sound design and an ethereal croon. He then builds into a ferocious first drop that will send listeners into a sonic rabbit hole before delivering a second mammoth drop, which ripples with arpeggiated synths. The final segment of “Turning Point” leads into a stunning future bass-style culmination, bringing the track home with a euphoric twist.
RemK’s unique sound is exactly what trap music needs right now. The aptly titled track looks like a bona fide turning point in the young producer’s career and is sure to be a linchpin in the DJ sets of bass music’s elite. It follows RemK’s “Detour Mix,” which premiered on Hex Cougar‘s “Alter/Ego” livestream and featured a plethora of unreleased music. So far he’s already received support from Boombox Cartel, QUIX, Dirty Audio, Diplo, and Party Favor, among others.
You can stream “Turning Point” across all platforms here.
After nearly three decades, Daft Punk, inarguably the most formidable force electronic music has ever seen, are calling it quits.
The duo broke the news with an eight-minute video excerpt titled “Epilogue,” from their 2006 film Electroma. Furthermore, when asked if the split was in fact true, the group’s longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the news to Pitchfork. Frazier however did not offer a reason for the split, leaving fans well beyond the confines of dance music not only scratching their heads, but turning to a catalog teeming with hits to find solace in the wake of this abrupt news.
It has been 28 years since Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo first emerged as Daft Punk in Paris in 1993. After the group’s critically acclaimed debut LP, Homework landed in 1997, the pair would quickly adopt their now ubiquitous robot personas ahead of 2001’s seminal Discovery. These two albums would set Daft Punk on a historic course to global superstardom, and ultimately pave the way for the next 20 years in electronic music. By the time their third LP, Human After All came in 2005, Daft Punk had already cemented themselves as dance deities with a uniquely enigmatic mythology that surrounded the pair’s every waking move, or lack thereof. By the time the duo’s last album, 2013’s Random Access Memories netted Bangalter and Homem-Christo the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Daft Punk was already exalted the world over.
Now it appears Random Access Memories will be Daft Punk’s final album. But as the Robots disappear into the digital ether, we wish them both farewell, and a deeply heartfelt thank you for everything that happened between the first notes of “Daftendirekt” and the last on “Contact.”
Inspired by underground illegal parties in his teens, Persian DJ/producer AM1R makes his debut with “Disko,” out now via Nomade Records.
“If there’s one thing Persians like to do, it’s dance. I was born dancing, and born to dance. And, with a strong desire to make other people dance too.”
Powered by a bumping bass, “Disko” is not a drill, everybody move, the dancefloor will go crazy. DJs get your version, if they don’t move to this, check your sound system, this tech house gem is for all ages!
Daft Punk have confirmed their break-up, after a career spanning over 28 years.
The Parisian duo, who are considered to be one of the most influential electronic acts of all time, confirmed the news in an eight-minute video called ‘Epilogue’ – which features footage from their 2006 sci-fi film Electroma.
The video sees the duo — Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo — walking around the desert in their recognisable space-age helmets and leather jackets.
It reaches a dramatic conclusion when one of the members touches a button which results in his explosion, before the clip fades to black.
A choral version of the group’s 2013 song ‘Touch’ is subsequently heard as a graphic shows the robot hands of de Homem-Christo and Bangalter in their respective outfits, alongside the dates ‘1993-2021’.
As Pitchfork reports, their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier has since officially confirmed their split. Their reason for calling it a day is yet to be confirmed.
Their debut album, 1997’s ‘Homework’, spawned tracks such as ‘Around the World’ and ‘Da Funk’ and allowed the duo to develop the sound of French house on the international stage.
But when they returned four years later with 2001’s ‘Discovery’, the duo became known for their now-iconic displays of anonymity, appearing in public behind the robot masks that would become synonymous with their mysterious image.
The record, which featured tracks such as ‘One More Time’ and ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’, also confirmed their status as two of the world’s most in-demand producers.
A new story from Resident Advisor has revealed that the popular music platform Bandcampis now blocked in China.
RA reports that numerous Chinese artists and labels sent proof of the block and confirmed the story. They would go on to share a number of social media posts—including one from a popular Chinese censorship tracking account—that confirmed the ban occurred on February 16th, 2021 and has been ongoing with the exception of February 18th, 2021, when it appears to have been temporarily lifted.
Statements from numerous artists note that since website censorship is common, many residents have grown used to using VPNs to bypass the blocking system. A local artist named SVBKVLTspoke to RA about the new restrictions and emphasized the fact that many are already used to going around the system and that most artists were likely using a VPN to begin with.
“I’d go so far as to say that probably every Chinese label that has music on Bandcamp will have a VPN, and every artist on those labels will have a VPN and thus practically speaking, it won’t change anything,” SVBKVLT said.
At the time of this article’s publication, Bandcamp has not yet released an official statement addressing the recent ban.
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