Nick Cave doesn’t think “we can separate the art from the artist

Nick Cave has spoken out on whether it is possible to “separate the art from the artist”. The musician addressed the topic as part of his latest post on his Red Hand Files website, where he answers questions sent in by his fans. Cave was asked “should we separate the artist from the art?” by …

Winter Music Conference Organizers Announce Artist Lineup for First-Ever Virtual Edition

Ahead of Winter Music Conference’s ballyhooed virtual edition—the first in the event’s history—organizers have announced the lineup for the summit’s live music programming. Presented in partnership with EDM.com and Mr. Afterparty, the digital extravaganza will go down on May 20th and 21st. The “WMC Live Music Program” boasts over 50 artists, who will perform live in VR …

Does Skrillex, Or Any Artist, Owe It To Fans To Let Them Know They’ve Changed? [Opinion]

Imagine you’ve been a fan of an artist for 10+ years. Their breakout songs were all new waves of electro house, dubstep, brostep, and catapulted the genre into mainstream limelight, and hell, they even got a Grammy nomination out of it. This artist was the pinnacle of their genre for years and years and years, …

New Artist Spotlight: Indianapolis Hip Hop Artist Wav Loyel Declares His Place in the Game With Two New Singles [Video]

Wav Loyel spent about three years experimenting with sound, production and rap style before releasing his first rash of trap-based hip hop tracks. With an obvious predilection to wordsmithing and linguistics, the Indianapolis-based artist says he’s always been writing lyrics, but the idea to put them to a beat came later. I always wrote lyrics …

Die Antwoord Dropped From ALT+LDN Festival After Artist Backlash

South African duo Die Antwoord will no longer be appearing at the ALT+LDN festival this summer after multiple artists on the lineup criticized their presence. Two artists also slated to play, ZAND and Bob Vylan, publicly spoke out last week about Die Antwoord’s appearance at the festival, citing past allegations of abuse against the duo, …

Eddie Johns, Artist Behind Daft Punk’s “One More Time” Sample, Seeks Royalties for Source Material

Despite providing the source material for one of Daft Punk’s biggest hits, artist Eddie Johns has reportedly spent decades uncompensated for his work.  That may soon change, however, as news of the legendary duo’s breakup has sparked a renewed drive to get Johns credited, which started with Johns’ case manager Alyssa Cash.  Johns, who previously …

New Artist Spotlight: Restless Mosaic Lives Up to Its Name With Debut Album [Video]

IDM is a fickle mistress, as is experimental EDM. Between figuring out how to make the sounds in one’s head, having almost no template to go by and usually needing some sort of concept to explain the weirdness audiences are hearing, it’s only the bravest souls who toil away on such concept albums. Luckily, Seattle-based …

EDMsauce.com Artist of the Week: Mila Nabours

What is up dance music fans? We’re excited to bring you another installment of our Artist of the Week Series. Today we are welcoming new up and coming artist, Mila Nabours. Mila Nabours is an American actress, singer and dancer born August 12th, 2005 in Santa Monica, California. She is the daughter of professional classical …

New Artist Spotlight: Captn K Brings Lofi House Back to the ‘Salad Days,’ Whatever that Means…

Captn K is hardly a new artist when it comes to chronological time. Nathan Nisbet, the artist behind this moniker, has been producing music in one form or another for over 12 years. From beachy surf rock to experimental breakbeats to house, Nisbet has explored it all with a lofi hipster vibe and a smooth, …

New Artist Spotlight: The Science of Sound With Electric Treatment Free

We may think of electronic music as more connected to science and math due to the equipment it’s made on and seeing the waveforms onscreen in ways our musical predecessors could only have dreamed, but the science and math of music has been heavily studied at the very least since the time of the ancient …