KSHMR drops new single ‘The World We Left Behind’ featuring KARRA, announces debut LP ‘Harmonica Andromeda’ – Dancing Astronaut


by: Austria Masim


Jan 15, 2021

KSHMR launches the new year with his latest single titled, “The World We Left Behind” featuring KARRA, forthcoming from his debut album, Harmonica Andromeda, slated for March. The new track is the first release from his upcoming album and marks KSHMR’s first project since his 2017 EP, Materia. In a press release, the multi-genre producer and DJ states,

“The best song I’ve ever made, I tear up listening to KARRA’s chorus. The song embodies so much of what I love in music, youthful purity instead of adult bravado. It’s a bit Lion King, a bit Porter Robinson. I’m really excited for people to hear this and the rest of the album.”

“The World We Left Behind” personifies KSHMR’s latest sonic direction as the single stays keen to the producer’s signature sound while channeling a new set of grooves, characterized by an ensemble of euphoric synths, enchanting melodies, cinematic atmospheres, and alluring choruses.

The single previews the worldly production of his upcoming debut LP, enlisting the talents of Reid Stefan and frequent vocal collaborator KARRA, the latter of which has worked with the Dharma Worldwide label head on tracks such as “Devil Inside Me,” “Scare Me,” and “Anywhere You Wanna Go,” released by way of his recent Dreamz side project.

Listen to “The World We Left Behind” featuring KARRA below.

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Marianne Faithfull says she almost died after battling COVID-19


Marianne Faithfull has revealed that she almost died after contracting COVID-19 last year.

The 73-year-old artist was hospitalised back in March after developing coronavirus symptoms. She was discharged from hospital after 22 days of treatment, and returned to her London home in April.

She later wrote in a Facebook post: “I would like to say to all the people who cared for me and thought of me, who sent me love, people I know, people I have never met, thank you for helping me to get better.

“I want to thank the doctors and nurses who were so good and basically saved my life!”

Faithfull has now elaborated further on that worrying period, revealing that she she almost died during her hospitalisation and that she continues to suffer from the long-term effects of COVID.

“All I know is that I was in a very dark place – presumably, it was death,” she told The Guardian, adding that once she recovered she read her medical notes and found the phrase “palliative care only”.

“She wasn’t actually meant to make it through,” her recent musical collaborator Warren Ellis (of The Bad Seeds) added. “That she survived it – it’s insane.”

Marianne Faithfull (Picture: Getty)

Faithfull continued: “Three things: the memory, fatigue and my lungs are still not OK – I have to have oxygen and all that stuff. The side-effects are so strange.

“Some people come back from it but they can’t walk or speak. Awful.”

Faithfull and Ellis, meanwhile, have joined forces for her new album ‘She Walks In Beauty’.

The new collection of poetry and music is set for release on April 30 via BMG, and was recorded shortly before and during the first coronavirus lockdown in the UK.

Featuring contributions from the likes of Nick Cave, Brian Eno and cellist Vincent Segal, the record draws on Faithfull’s love of the English Romantic poets, which she initially developed during her A-Level studies in the 1960s.

Describing the record, she hailed the efforts of manager Francois Ravard in making it a reality.

“It was Francois who put it together and made it happen,” she said. “And it was him who persuaded Warren to commit, which was really difficult because Warren’s doing so many things.”

The record itself sees Faithfull delivering her take on classic poems including Lord Byron’s titular poem, as well as John Keats’ Ode To A Nightingale and Lord Alfred Tennyson’s The Lady of Shallot.





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Listen to a Preview of The Bloody Beetroots and JACKNIFE’s Massive Unreleased Collab, “Jericho”

New music from dance-punk legend The Bloody Beetroots has been rare as of late, but longtime fans can breathe a sigh of relief after Australian producer JACKNIFE debuted their forthcoming collaboration.





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YouTube launches grant program for Black creators – Dancing Astronaut


by: Austria Masim


Jan 15, 2021

Last summer, YouTube announced the launch of a $100 million initiative to amplify the voices of Black creators on its platform by developing YouTube Originals programming, focusing on racial justice, and investing in product and policy changes.

To strengthen the narratives and content of those voices, the video-streaming platform created the #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund where creators will get dedicated partner support from YouTube as well as seed funding for channel development, workshops, training, and a networking program to support creators. The company plans to fulfill this commitment by investing directly in more than 500 creators globally through 2023. Global Head of YouTube Music Lyor Cohen added,

“This is not a flash-in-the pan Instagram moment. This is about keeping the drum beat of change alive, and in the DNA of our organization. Our expectation is that these artists are going to be significant and important voices, and make music even more enjoyable. There’s no question how significant of an impact Black music has had, not just in America, but globally.”

To introduce the campaign YouTube unveiled it’s #YouTubeBlack Voices Class of 2021. A group of 132 musicians, beauty entrepreneurs, comedians, activists, poets, personal trainers, teachers, parents, photographers, and more hailing from the U.S., UK, Kenya, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, and Nigeria. Read more about the #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund here.

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Octo Octa announces new EP ‘She’s Calling’


Octo Octa has announced her new EP ‘She’s Calling’ – check out the track ‘Find Your Way Home’ below.

The EP follows on from the US producer and DJ’s acclaimed 2019 album ‘Resonant Body’, and is set to be released on February 5 by T4T LUV NRG – the label co-founded by Octo Octa (Maya Bouldry-Morrison).

Comprised of three tracks, ‘She’s Calling’ is described as being the “third piece in Octo Octa’s two-year exploration of the connection between music and ritual, closing the loop on themes explored on her ‘For Lovers’ EP (released on Technicolour in 2019) and full-length album ‘Resonant Body’”.

You can hear ‘Find Your Way Home’ below.

A poem has also been shared by Octo Octa to mark the announcement of ‘She’s Calling’, which you can read below.

There’s a light in the centre of the woods
A bright fire seen through the trees
We’re around it gazing into the flames
She’s brought us here
A bell chimes
She’s asking you to come as well
We’ve heard her voice since the beginning
And You’ve been listening your entire life
She’s calling

You can pre-order ‘She’s Calling’ here.

50% of the profits from the EP will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), who are working “to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence”.





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DJs Release EDM Remix of Danish Cartoon About Man With Giant Magic Penis

We aren’t even two weeks into the new year, but it has already told 2020 to hold its beer. As we plunge headlong into the dystopian hellscape that is 2021, a new Danish animated children’s show called John Dillermand—about a man who uses his giant, elastic penis to save his community—has gone viral. Because what’s more appealing to children than a mustached man who glides through the sky with balloons attached to his giant schlong?





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Trivecta inaugurates 2021 with menacing dubstep cut, ‘Twilight Of The Gods’ – Dancing Astronaut


by: Jessica Mao


Jan 15, 2021

Concluding 2020 with an Ophelia end-of-year mix and commencing the new year with his first release shortly after, Trivecta pushes forward a continuous cycle of output as he serves up sonic monumentalism in his latest conception, “Twilight Of The Gods.” Enjoying a year of set play, the previously unreleased track marks the Tampa-based producer’s first solo original since his April 2020 EP, Everyday, and witnesses him switch gears as he goes all-in on bass demolition.

Summoning divine auras in his gargantuan coalition of stabbing synths and whipping sound design, Trivecta takes up arms in a sabotaging display of throbbing riddim drops, which run a devastating course in several variations. In company follow melodic circuits that give the cutthroat dubstep its surreal imposition, resonant of the production’s namesake.

Stream “Twilight Of The Gods” below.

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Marianne Faithfull and Warren Ellis announce new album ‘She Walks In Beauty’


Marianne Faithfull has confirmed that she will join forces with The Bad Seeds‘ Warren Ellis on her new album ‘She Walks In Beauty’, marking the singer’s first record since a near-fatal battle with COVID-19 last year.

The new collection of poetry and music is set for release on April 30 via BMG and was recorded shortly before and during the first coronavirus lockdown in the UK, when Faithfull herself contracted the virus.

Featuring contributions from the likes of Nick Cave, Brian Eno and cellist Vincent Segal, the record draws on Faithfull’s love of the English Romantic poets, which she initially developed during her A-Level studies in the 1960s.

Describing the record, Faithfull hailed the efforts of manager Francois Ravard in making it a reality.

“It was Francois who put it together and made it happen,” she said. “And it was him who persuaded Warren to commit, which was really difficult because Warren’s doing so many things.”

Marianne Faithfull and Warren Ellis (Picture: Press)

Ravard added: “Marianne had a wonderful idea for this poetry record, and she wanted to do it straight away.

“I loved the idea immediately, and I called Head and asked him to go to Marianne to record her readings.

“It took time for him to realise what he could do, but afterwards he said that he’d had one of the best times in his life working on it.”

The record itself sees Faithfull delivering her take on classic poems including Lord Byron’s titular poem, as well as John Keats’ Ode To A Nightingale and Lord Alfred Tennyson’s The Lady of Shallot.

“They’ve have been with Marianne her whole life,” said Ellis. “She believes in these texts. That world, she inhabits it, embodies it, and that really comes through. She really means it. It’s no blind reading. And what’s great about hearing them is that she totally takes you with her. It’s inclusive. She’s inviting you into this world with her.

“She does that with a song too. I’ve seen her do things in the studio, deliver a vocal where there’s not one dry eye in the room. And then she’d go, ‘Was that alright?’. She’s got one of those voices. There’s just something about the way she can deliver that is incredibly affecting.”

Check out the tracklis in full below.

1 She Walks in Beauty (Lord Byron)
2 The Bridge of Sighs (Thomas Hood)
3 La Belle Dame sans Merci (John Keats)
4 Ode to a Nightingale (John Keats)
5 To Autumn (John Keats)
6 Ozymandias (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
7 The Prelude: Book One Introduction (William Wordsworth)
8 Surprised by Joy (William Wordsworth)
9 To The Moon (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
10 So We’ll Go No More a Roving (Lord Byron)
11 The Lady of Shallot (Lord Alfred Tennyson)





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ASADI Teams Up With Break Science’s Adam Deitch for Sensational Single, “Divinity” [Premiere]

Globally renowned electronic star ASADI has unveiled his latest creation, forging fire through sound with none other than Colorado’s Adam Deitch. Running four-plus minutes in length, “Divinity” exudes the unmatched musicality of each artist and reinvigorates the excitement behind ASADI’s genre-bending sound.





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Flux Pavilion announces departure from dubstep – Dancing Astronaut


by: Sami Weisband


Jan 14, 2021

In the midst of ushering in his forthcoming album, .wav, Flux Pavilion has announced to fans via Twitter that he will no longer be producing dubstep.

The bass music visionary has been at the crux of the subgenre for an entire decade and simultaneously maintained his place on the leading edge of dance music. However, the producer wrote in a second tweet that he “doesn’t enjoy writing it anymore” and it “feels right to move on.”

While this news of this may come as a shock to many, after 10 years curating some of electronic music’s most iconic heaters, Flux Pavilion transitioning into something completely new may just be exactly the thing that pushes dance music into its next renaissance. Steadily releasing music across 2020 with triumphs like “You & I,” “Sink Your Teeth In,” and most recently, “I Believe,” he has been gearing his vast fan base up for upcoming LP .wav, set to hit the scene on January 21, 2021 via his own imprint, Circus Records.

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