Marilyn Manson has been dropped by his record label following allegations of grooming, abuse and manipulation made by Evan Rachel Wood and other women.
Writing on Instagram today (February 1), Westworld actor Wood claimed that Manson had “horrifically abused” her for years. The former couple got engaged in January 2010 after beginning a relationship in 2007, but they called off their engagement in August 2010.
She wrote: “I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent.”
At least four other women have since posted their own allegations against Manson on social media.
Manson’s record label Loma Vista has now posted an official statement online to announce that they will no longer be working with the artist with immediate effect.
“In light of today’s disturbing allegations by Evan Rachel Wood and other women naming Marilyn Manson as their abuser, Loma Vista will cease to further promote his current album [‘We Are Chaos’], effective immediately,” the statement reads.
“Due to these concerning developments, we have also decided not to work with Marilyn Manson on any future projects.”
Evan Rachel Wood has previously given testimony about an abusive relationship she had been in for several years with a man she met in her late teens. While she did not specify who the man was, Wood gave a similar testimony about an abusive relationship to a House Judiciary Subcommittee in February 2018.
The artist and his team have previously strenuously denied allegations of abuse levelled against him. Last year, Manson’s team issued a statement on the artist’s behalf in response to questions about his past relationship with the actress Evan Rachel Wood.
Armin van Buuren just unleashed A State of Trance 1000 – Celebration Mix, available now to stream on Spotify.
The brand new mix album follows up last week’s 1000th episode of the iconic radio show, a live broadcast audio-visual experience featuring imagery from ASOT events. For trance fans around the world, this is a trip down memory lane and an all-out celebration playlist featuring 1,000+ tracks over 65 hours, with the top 100 tracks fully mixed over 2 hours.
Chock-full of highlights and precious memories, the A State of Trance 1000 – Celebration Mix contains only the best in trance and progressive as voted for by the A State Of Trance community. Featuring music from Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Tiësto, Chicane, FerryCorsten, GarethEmery, JohnO’Callaghan, PaulvanDyk, Push, i_o, W&W, and so many more.
In addition, #ASOT1000 Celebration Weekend is completely sold out, primed to bring trance music to the main stage once again. The IRL festival is scheduled for September 3 & 4, at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht.
Steve Aoki just released one of his biggest collaborations to date.
Released today, the latest from the Dim Mak founder sees him join forces with Willy William, SeanPaul, ElAlfa, Sfera Ebbasta, and Play-N-Skillz for a new Latin single, “MAMBO.” This marks the first release from Aoki himself on his new Dim Mak En Fuego label. In addition to the single, an energetic Helen Ratner-directed music video was released, showcasing each collaborator in a vivid, trippy setting.
Representing five countries, each of the artists included on “MAMBO” bring their own flavor to the dish, creating a delicious, danceable treat. The steady beat combined with the earworm-inducing vocals delivers all the makings of a club hit… once they safely return.
“MAMBO” by Steve Aoki, Willy William, Sean Paul, El Alfa, Sfera Ebbasta & Play-N-Skillz is out now. You can download or stream the super-collaboration here.
As the GameStop saga continues, the O.G. chad, Boys Noize has released a moon shot anthem for the gamma squeeze heard round the world. A silly, tongue in cheek rolling trap production, “Game Stop (Wen Moon)” is just as absurd as the drama playing out across the stock market right now. If you’re already living lambo dreams like /u/DeepFuckingValue or still trolling for the next pump & dump diamond hands 100 bagger, this is your new theme song.
And, if there’s one thing to learn from this whole debacle, it’s this — fuck the suits and buy $BTC. And $ETH. And $AUDIO.
Ravenscoon’s newest independent EP Rapid Eye Movements is bound to keep you awake at night with its sound, movements and themes centered around dreams, defining reality, and endless love. Spanning four tracks all written in the same key and BPM, Rapid Eye Movements creates a sense of unity in its uniformity, making it one long never-ending and repeating body of work, as if you are stuck in the endless loop of waking up and falling asleep.
“Nystagmus” kicks off the EP featuring vocal samples from the movie “Walking Life,” introducing the theme of being awake in your dreams, but asleep in walking life.
Rebounding bass drops come in, shaking the listener awake and capturing attention spans for the rest of the EP. The second track on the EP, “Showin Out” is an assault on the senses. Full of spiraling crescendos, resounding bass lines, and otherworldly vocals, “Showin Out” will wake the mind and body up and serves as a high energy segway between “Nystagmus” and “Rapid Eye Movements.” Next, the namesake track of the EP “Rapid Eye Movements” perfectly flows from previous track “Showin Out,” introducing a breath of fresh air after the commotion of the previous two tracks. Vocal samples of “rinse that sound” repeat alongside echoing sine plucks, bringing an infectious energy to the track.
Lastly, Ravenscoon rounds out the EP with a collaboration with CASHFORGOLD, creating an immersive listening experience with “Awake.” Buttery vocals paired with Ravenscoon’s signature low-tempo percussion, “Awake” takes the listener through oscillating bass and euphoric melodies that collide divinely. Clocking in at almost six minutes with a deep breakdown at the four-minute mark, CASHFORGOLD and Ravenscoon have produced a jubilant track that rounds out the tone of his fantastical EP.
Check out Ravenscoon’s Rapid Eye Movements EP below on Spotify.
Steven Wilson has made use of deepfake technology in the disturbing new video for his latest single ‘Self’.
The song appears on the London singer-songwriter’s sixth album ‘The Future Bites’, which was released last Friday (January 29) on Caroline International.
Following the track’s themes of “new age of narcissism and self-obsession”, the black-and-white ‘Self’ visuals see Wilson transform into various celebrities including Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, David Bowie, Paul McCartney and Mark Zuckerberg.
The clip, which was directed by Miles Skarin, premiered today (February 1) on a digital billboard in New York City’s Times Square. You can watch it below.
“‘Self’ is about our new age of narcissism and self-obsession, one in which a human race that used to look out with curiosity at the world and the stars now spends much of its time gazing at a little screen to see themselves reflected back in the mirror of social media,” explained Wilson. “In that sense, everyone now can take part in the notion of celebrity, and has the potential to share their life with an invisible mass of people they will never meet.”
He continued: “The video takes things further by exploring the idea that anyone can now project a version or ‘self’ that has no bearing on reality, and by using only well-known faces the deception is made transparent.”
Skarin added: “In our early discussions about the ‘Self’ video, we were talking about the concept of identity in the digital age, how your face is not only your key to a lot of the media you consume, it represents who you are – or who you pretend to be in your online personas.
“One of the most intriguing new developments in recent years have been the ability to create deepfakes, where a computer runs a machine-learning algorithm to predict what one face would look like in another’s pose. Anyone with the right tools and ability can now turn themselves into anyone else, so what does that mean for identity?”
Elsewhere in the video we see Wilson warping into the faces of Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth and Scarlett Johansson.
Last October saw Donald Trump get the deepfake treatment from South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, who launched a weekly satire series called Sassy Justice.
The last we heard from Illenium was his collaboration with Dabin and Lights, “Hearts on Fire.” Now, Nurko has revealed what could be the next release in a collaboration called “Sideways.”
Nurko played an Insomniac Park N’ Rave event this past Saturday with Mitis, William Black, and Covex during which he revealed this unreleased gem. Filled with fluttering synths and intense emotion, we can’t wait to hear this in full quality whenever it’s out!
More than 40 years ago in Chicago’s underground club scene, the foundational wave of modern dance music was just starting to hit its stride. It was the 1980s, and house music was booming.
Following the decline of disco fever, pioneering Black DJs like Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy were quickly thrust into the city’s spotlight as they experimented with drum machines and synths in music for the first time, especially the iconic Roland TR-808. Predominantly Black, Latinx and queer audiences flocked to their venues, the Warehouse and the Muzic Box, respectively, drawn in by the inclusive, sanctuary-like scene. It wasn’t long until fabled record labels like Gramaphone and Trax were founded, devoted to spreading the sound of house music across the country and the globe. Needless to say, the rest is history.
Frankie Knuckles, widely known as “the godfather of house music.”
Modern electronic music would not exist without the talent of Black creators from Chicago. To pay homage their indelible contributions, we’re honoring Black History Month by celebrating 10 storied Black Chicago natives still making music today. Each of them has been instrumental in shaping the sound and culture of dance music as we know it, and the continuity of their work ensures EDM’s roots remain intact.
JESSE SAUNDERS
An essential member of house music’s inaugural class, Saunders is perhaps best known for his 1984 single with Vince Lawrence, “On & On.” It was the first record featuring a house DJ to ever be pressed and sold to the public. Later came “Funk U Up,” the first house track to land on the Billboard charts, and “Love Can’t Turn Around,” which exported house music across the Atlantic and kicked off a longstanding obsession in the UK.
Today, Saunders plays a major role in documenting the history of the genre and representing its founders. He also spearheads his own label, Broken Records, and helps host Chicago’s Chosen Few DJs Picnic & Music Festival.
PHUTURE
Originally comprised of Early “Spanky” Smith Jr., Herbert “Herb J” Jackson, and Nathaniel Pierre Jones—aka DJ Pierre—Phuture are hailed as the creators of acid house, stemming from the 1987 release of “Acid Tracks” via Trax Records. Unique to the song was the trio’s use of the Roland TB-303, which was featured throughout the its 12 minutes.
While DJ Pierre is the only founding member still in the group, following Smith Jr.’s passing in 2016, Phuture keeps on keeping on, consistently releasing new music with its current members.
MR. FINGERS
A man of many monikers, Larry Heard, most widely known as Mr. Fingers, started out in electronic music in 1984 after purchasing a synthesizer and a drum machine. He soon graduated to the big leagues, releasing 1988’s Another Side with his group, Fingers Inc., alongside solo hit singles “Can You Feel It”—one of the earliest examples of deep house—”Mystery of Love” and “Washing Machine.”
Most recently, Heard released Cerebral Hemispheres, a spellbinding collection of 18 tracks that culminates in 100 minutes new of music, and was featured on Dua Lipa‘s Club Future Nostalgia (DJ Mix) album with a rework of “Hallucinate.”
STEVE “SILK” HURLEY
Appearing in the scene in the early 1980s, Hurley garnered his fanbase as a DJ on Saturday Night Live Ain’t No Jive Dance Party, a long-running radio broadcast on WBMX 104.3FM founded in 1981. He soon became known for integrating hip-hop techniques into his sets, including scratching, needle dropping and back spinning.
In 1987, his single “Jack Your Body” became the first house track to top the charts in the UK. Hurley now has countless hits and four Grammy Award nods under his belt, garnering nominations in the categories of Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical in 1998 and 1999, and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, in 2002 and 2003.
FARLEY “JACKMASTER” FUNK
A Trax Records staple, Funk got his start at Chicago house clubs the Warehouse and The Playground in the early 1980s. Soon after, his 1985 record “Jack the Bass” helped to ignite a new dance style in the city, known collectively as “jacking.”
More hit singles followed, including “House Nation,” “Love Can’t Turn Around” with Jesse Saunders,” and “The Acid Life,” reworked by Technotronic in 1989 to the inescapable “Pump Up the Jam.” Funk’s recent highlights include 2014’s Funkin’ With the Drums Again and 2018’s “House 4 Life” with Stacey Kidd and Billy Monroe.
CHIP E.
Irwin Larry Ebrhart II, better known by his stage name Chip E., was in heavy rotation in the city’s booming house scene, becoming the first and only Chicago artist to spin regularly on all three of its major radio stations in 1987. Alongside Farley “Jackmaster” Funk, he helped launch the “jacking” craze with his EP, Jack Trax, but soon stopped releasing records following a contract dispute with Chicago label DJ International.
Luckily, Chip E. returned to the fold in 2015 with a number of highlights, including a “Time to Jack” instrumental remix with Carl Cox and a 2018 appearance at Ultra Music Festival‘s 20th anniversary edition.
DJ LADY D
While DJ Lady D wasn’t around during the genre’s seminal years, she began her reign as Chicago’s “House Music Queen” in the 1990s spinning for local clubs and radio stations. Still performing across the globe, DJ Lady D is also the founder and proprietor of D’lectable Music, a hub for house music releases and marketing.
GREEN VELVET
Also known as Cajmere, Geo Vogt, Haft Pint, Curan Stone and Gino Vittori, Green Velvet has been one of the most influential Chicago exports in recent years. With his earliest releases dating back to 1991, smash hits from that decade include “Brighter Days,” Percolator” and “Flash.” He also doubled as a record label head for not one, but two imprints: Cajual Records and Relief Records. Green Velvet also formed a side project with Claude VonStroke titled Get Real, and released a collaborative album, Unity, with techno figurehead Carl Craig.
GENE FARRIS
Part of house music’s second wave in Chicago in the 1990s, Farris’ debut EP, Farris Wheel, was released on Cajmere’s Relief Records in 1994. With a sound spanning classic house, disco and even techno, Farris soon went on to found his own imprint, Farris Wheel Recordings, in 1998. Since then he’s been consistently keeping up with a steady stream of new music, with 2020’s “Space Girl” on Dirtybird Records counting as a recent highlight.
FELIX DA HOUSECAT
Born in Detroit and raised in Chicago, Felix da Housecat’s music carries hints of both house and techno, contributing to its avant garde sonics and originality. A slew of 1990s singles including “By Dawn’s Early Light” and “Thee Industry Made Me Do It” pushed Felix to the forefront of the UK’s electronic scene, with his mainstream breakthrough coming in 2001 with the release of Kittenz and Thee Glitz.
In addition to new singles in recent years, Felix has pushed a Founders of Filth mixtape series, named after his imprint. Its ninth edition was released in 2019. Felix has also been nominated for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the Grammy Awards, both in 2003 and 2005.
Rivers Cuomo has reflected on the mixed response that greeted the release of Weezer‘s album ‘Pinkerton’ upon its release in 1996.
The record, which was the band’s second studio album, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in September.
Cuomo looked back on ‘Pinkerton’ during a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, with the frontman citing the album when asked by Lowe which of Weezer’s LPs he’d like to revisit with the orchestral approach that was applied to the band’s new album ‘OK Human’.
“Those are the most complex songs and they’re the most emotional songs,” Cuomo explained about the tracks on ‘Pinkerton’ (you can watch the discussion at the 7:38 mark in the video below). “And yet, the way we recorded is so raw, four-piece rock noise. I’d be really interested to hear that with an orchestra.”
Cuomo also said that ‘Pinkerton’ “was supposed to be our magnum opus and it just got destroyed – and it’s almost like the game over for our band”.
Despite the mixed reviews, Cuomo said that he still loves ‘Pinkerton’ – especially his vocals.
“Especially, I love the sound of my voice,” the musician said. “It’s very low in the mix. I’d love to hear a remix of the vocal louder, but there’s just so much pain and vulnerability in my voice.”
Cuomo continued: “I don’t know if this is disillusioning at all, but I think some of the pain you hear in my voice [on ‘Pinkerton’] is actually physical.
“At that time I was going through this procedure on my leg where I had all these pins and spikes and wires going through my muscle and bone, and for a year and a half, and this is constant pain. And right in the middle of that, I went and recorded the vocals for the album.
“So I just sound like I’ve been through a lot and I think some of that is physical. And maybe if you want to have a really great vocal performance, you could consider some kind of self-torture device…”
Last month, Cuomo said that the European dates on Weezer’s Hella Mega Tour with Green Day and Fall Out Boy are still scheduled to go ahead this summer.
Porter Robinson is the new face of Apple Music‘s danceXL playlist, ahead of his highly anticipated sophomore album Nurture due out April 23rd — and he’s using the platform to speak out on mental health.
For the producer, his newly released single “Look at the Sky” symbolizes hope. The production comes through as uplifting and inspiring, but he actually wrote it at his lowest point.
He opens up in a recent statement:
I wrote this song at my lowest point emotionally, when I thought I couldn’t make music anymore. I wasn’t sure if my existence would have any meaning if I couldn’t make music. In the lyrics, I’m sort of imagining what life would be like once I was on the other side of all that fear and anxiety and sadness. I’m so glad I had hope and persisted.
The danceXL update also includes music from MK, Alison Wonderland, Imanbek, Gorgon City, Tiësto, Diplo, Disclosure, SIDEPIECE, Ytram, Illenium, BRONSON, CamelPhat, Kaskade and so many more.
Listen to “Look at the Sky,” stream the radio show here, and check out the full playlist below.
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