Watch Haywyre Celebrate His First Grammy Nomination With Live Mashup Performance

One of the most sought-after goals in a musician’s career is receiving an illustrious Grammy Award nomination. Haywyre can now cross that off of his bucket list after receiving his first nod in the category Best Remixed Recording for “Young & Alive (Bazzi vs. Haywyre Remix).” To celebrate, he has released a mashup video in which he performs a …

LadBaby score third consecutive Christmas Number One

LadBaby have scored their third consecutive Christmas Number One single with ‘Don’t Stop Me Eatin’’. YouTuber Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne first reached the top of the festive charts in 2018 with ‘We Built This City’, following up with more success with ‘I Love Sausage Rolls’ in 2019. Their latest single beat the likes …

Shambhala Music Festival Announces 2021 Dates

A glimpse of hope for music festival fans surfaced over the weekend when the famed Canadian dance music fest, Shambhala Music Festival, announced plans to return to the Salmo River Ranch in 2021.  Originally, the festival was set to run in late July 2020, but to err on the side of caution, Shambhala will now take …

Good Morning Mix: Begin the day in Belgium with Armin van Buuren’s Tomorrowland 2013 set

by: Rachel Narozniak Dec 25, 2020 Though each set that’s led Armin van Buuren to step on a Tomorrowland stage has been special, his July 27, 2013 slot at the Boom, Belgium-based festival’s main stage was slightly more so. “I just want to make a very special announcement,” the trance figurehead told the crowd as …

Kanye West releases Sunday Service Choir’s ‘Emmanuel’ EP

Kanye West has surprise-released a new Sunday Service Choir EP called ‘Emmanuel’, which was inspired by “ancient and Latin music”. The rapper previously shared a surprise release last Christmas in the Sunday Service Choir album ‘Jesus Is Born’. The five-track ‘Emmanuel’ EP is a “celebration of the miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ” and …

Here are 10 of the Most Outrageous EDM Christmas Light Shows

It takes a special type of person to spend countless hours and possibly thousands of dollars on a grand light show for their home, and to those who do it, we commend you. The Christmas light display game over the years has turned into an Olympic sport at this point, with families battling it out …

Dombresky adds upbeat groove to Anabel Englund’s ‘Underwater’ – Dancing Astronaut

by: Sami Weisband Dec 25, 2020 The September release of Anabel Englund and MK‘s “Underwater” proved a formidable follow-up to the latter’s remix of Englund’s “So Hot,” issued alongside Nightlapse in mid-July. The dance music community reacted accordingly when Englund and MK formally convened for the single, from the former’s debut album, Messing With Magic. …

UK Music boss welcomes Brexit deal but says it leaves “many questions”

UK Music Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has responded to the post-Brexit trade deal announced yesterday (December 24). The UK and the EU came to the agreement just one week before the nations are set to fully leave the union following 2016’s referendum. The deal includes points on travel for UK citizens within the EU – …

EDM Tracks for Your 2020 Christmas Playlists

Christmas is today, and what better way to get in the spirit than by blasting holiday music? EDM and Christmas traditionally don’t go hand in hand, but you may be surprised how many dance music artists have created their own versions of classic carols and even some originals. While this year’s holiday festivities look a lot …

Paul Woolford, Maceo Plex, and Bernard Sumners submit respective remixes of New Order’s ‘Be a Rebel’ – Dancing Astronaut

by: Austria Masim Dec 25, 2020 New Order have shared part one of their “Be a Rebel” remixes, directing re-imaginative duties to Paul Woolford, Maceo Plex, and Bernard Sumners. All three reinterpretations highlight the late ’80s electronic sound; Sumner’s “Outlaw Mix” fully immerses fans with a vintage showcase of vocoders, keys, drums, synths, and bass. …