Spotify hits new all-time high on the New York Stock Exchange

Spotify stock has hit a new all-time high on the New York Stock Exchange this week. On Friday (January 8), the streaming giant’s stock reached $354.60, and closed at $353.48, up 7% from the closing price the day before and up 12.2% for the week. At Friday’s high, Spotify’s value rose to roughly $66.1 billion. …

deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner Release Sequel To 2012 Collab, “Channel 43”

It’s been nine (!?) years since deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner last got in the studio and released a track, resulting in 2012’s “Channel 42” on deadmau5’s fifth studio album, > album title goes here <. Now, the duo is back with the sequel, “Channel 43.” Thematically, the two songs are very different, though they share similar …

100 Gecs lead Linkin Park’s ‘Reanimation’ series with ‘One Step Closer’ remake – Dancing Astronaut

by: Sami Weisband Jan 9, 2021 With the release of the 20th anniversary album of Linkin Park‘s sensational Hybrid Theory debut record approaching fast, 100 Gecs have sought out to deliver their portion of the reanimated series, taking the first bat with a song that took the world by storm—”One Step Closer.” From the get-go, …

Taylor Swift becomes first artist ever to have top-selling US album of the year five times

Taylor Swift has become the first artist ever to have the top-selling album of the year five times in the US since data tracking first began in 1992. The news comes as the singer’s ‘Folklore’ LP has finished as the top-selling album of 2020 in the US. Released in July, it sold 1.276 million copies through …

Jai Wolf Drops His First Remix In 4 Years For “blue” by keshi

Preoccupied with his own original work, it’s been four years since Jai Wolf has released a remix of his own, the last being “Something Just Like This” by The Chainsmokers in 2017. Now, he’s back with a stellar remix of “blue” by keshi. Starting off with heartfelt, raw guitar chords, keshi’s voice comes in modulated …

deadmau5 and Wolfgang Gartner Release Electrifying Collaboration, “Channel 43”

It’s been over seven years since deadmau5 and electro king Wolfgang Gartner collaborated on a track. 2010 saw their first work together, “Animal Rights,” released on deadmau5’s 4×4=12 LP, followed by the popular “Channel 42” on >album title goes here<.  Now, the dance music vets have paired up once again in 2021 for the release of the natural follow-up, …

Jai Wolf erases four-year remix pause with nostalgic reimagining of keshi’s ‘blue’ – Dancing Astronaut

by: Ross Goldenberg Jan 9, 2021 Not even a month removed from commemorating a five full years since Jai Wolf‘s entrance into electronic music with an “Indian Summer” anniversary re-release, the Foreign Family associate is now stepping up to a successive milestone. It’s been a similarly outstretched lapse in time since Jai Wolf’s last non-original—nearly four …

Ariel Pink dropped by record label following attendance at Washington Trump rally

Ariel Pink has been dropped by his record label, Mexican Summer, following the musician’s involvement at the Trump rally in Washington D.C. on Wednesday January 6. On January 7, a photo of Pink – real name Ariel Rosenberg – at the rally was shared in a private Instagram post. The picture also included singer John …

Apashe Offers Up Five Stunning “Distance” Remixes With KOAN Sound, Buunshin, & More

Apashe’s Renaissance was named our #2 album of 2020 and for good reason — it’s that fucking good. Among the tracks therein lies “Distance,” the second single on the album, featuring Geoffroy, and once of the first tracks that truly dives into the theme of the project. Following the album’s release, “Distance” is the first to …

Stranger Things Composer Michael Stein Launches Music Production Tool Service

Music producers and fans of the dreamy, atmospheric synth work of the popular series Stranger Things will be delighted to learn that the mind behind its award-winning music, Michael Stein, has compiled his sounds into a new production service for the Ableton and Logic Pro digital workstations.  The Protovault is a collaborative effort between Stein and producer Protovolt that …