Dancing Astronaut celebrates National Album Day 2020: quarantine staff selects

by: Rachel Narozniak Oct 12, 2020 If there is anything that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made incontrovertibly clear, it is the enduring power of music. In even the most erratic and tumultuous of times, music assuages, and 2020 is living proof. In the United States and around the world, music soundtracked listeners’ respective quarantines, …

Diplo Partners with TikTok to Host Live Meditative Experience for Mental Health Awareness Day

With all the chaos going on this year, taking moments for yourself to focus on nurturing your mental health has become more important than ever. The Grammy Award winning jack-of-all-trades Diplo is here to help you do just that by teaming up with TikTok to host a special meditative music experience in honor of Mental Health Awareness …

Diplo brings Secular Sabbath to TikTok for Mental Health Awareness Day

by: Farrell Sweeney Oct 11, 2020 Mental Health Awareness Day was October 10, and to mark the observance, Diplo partnered with TikTok to raise awareness as part of the video platform’s #MentalHealthMatters initiative. The Mad Decent head honcho has been vocal in the past about how many creatives have struggled with their mental health, making …

Gammer Releases New “It’s Okay” EP For World Mental Health Day

It’s okay… that’s the message that Gammer wants to put out into the world on his new EP, released today for World Mental Health Day. Typically known for his harder bass in dubstep, hardcore, and the like, Gammer dives into a deeper emotional sonic field with It’s Okay. In what he calls a “very personal” EP, …

Berlin government funded 40 clubs for inaugural “Day of Club Culture”

by: Rugby Scruggs Oct 10, 2020 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on the live music industry. As shows continue to be prohibited, or granted permission to operate only within very strict guidelines, many legendary venues have been forced to close, most recently with Washington D.C.’s U Street Music Hall. Many aren’t willing …

Berlin Hosts ‘Day of Club Culture’ City-Wide Festival

Berlin has inaugurated its Day of Club Culture. On October 3rd, the 30th anniversary of the German reunification, a reported 40 clubs and collectives were granted €10,000 from the capital for their “years or decades of commitment to Berlin’s club culture.” The day saw a number of organized events as Berlin came alive with a city-wide …

Epic D&B Livestream Alert: Bring Awareness to World Mental Health Day With The Prototypes

For this charity livestream set, punters might need to “strap in,” literally. D&B superheroes The Prototypes have teamed up with none other than British Airways for their special Legacy set benefitting World Mental Health Day which is today, October 10. Inspired by the title of their forthcoming album Ten Thousand Feet & Rising, tonight at 8pm …

WAKAAN Mainstay Lucii Debuts ‘Till The Day I Die’

Following a string of popular collaborative singles, WAKAAN favorite Lucii welcomes the autumn with the release of ‘Till The Day I Die’. The midtempo bass cut doubles as the lead single of her forthcoming 4-track EP, Wicked, slated for release on October 23rd. Wicked will mark the Orlando native’s first official EP release since her debut Abduction EP in 2018. Out now on Liquid Stranger’s …