by: Rachel Narozniak Jul 25, 2023 The Beatport Group‘s annual Diversity + Parity Fund, designed to support organizations that focus on underrepresented groups and promote diversity within the music industry, is now accepting applications for its 2023 grant cycle. This year, Beatport has increased the fund to $150,000 and will award two types of grants: …
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Throttle Returns With Sensational Drum & Bass Single “I Walk This Earth All By Myself” [Monstercat]
From the innovative mind of Melbourne-native Robbie Bergin, Throttle exploded onto the electronic music circuit at just 14-years-old, when he signed his first song. Fast-forward to today, he has racked over 300 million streams on Spotify alone and has dazzled crowds across the world’s biggest stages, from Tomorrowland to EDC Las Vegas. He recently took …
Insomniac and Emo Nite Partner to Launch New Event Series, "Grave Rave"
Dust off your chain-wallets and chokers because Insomniac and Emo Nite have just reached a wide-ranging agreement to usher in a new collaborative era for pop-punk and electronic music. The two events powerhouses are joining forces to launch “Grave Rave,” a new series landing in Los Angeles. Featuring surprise appearances by DJs who cut their teeth on …
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The 1975 to face class action lawsuit over Good Vibes Festival
A class action lawsuit is being readied against The 1975 over the cancellation of Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur by Malaysian artists and festival vendors. The British band’s frontman Matty Healy criticised the Malaysian government and its anti-LGBTQ laws onstage and then kissed bassist Ross MacDonald during their headlining set at Good Vibes last …
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New Artist Spotlight: Ambient Artist Gianfranco Pescetti Releases First New Tracks in Nearly a Decade [Video]
The term “ambient” gets batted around quite a bit in electronic music, whether it’s to describe background sound design, a certain style of synth or melody or even the mood of a piece. There is, however, still a pretty strong self-defining ambient genre within electronica, though artists’ adherence to that format seems to be in …
Giveaway: Win Two Platinum Tickets to Chicago's Dazzling North Coast Music Festival
Boasting a lineup that’s as jaw-dropping as its production, North Coast Music Festival is gearing up for its anticipated return to Chicago over Labor Day Weekend. One of the Windy City’s leading electronic dance music festivals, North Coast relocated to the recently-renovated SeatGeek Stadium Campus back in 2021 and has since welcomed roughly 90,000 ravers …
My Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero claims LEGO is demanding LS Dunes remove music video
Frank Iero has released a statement claiming Lego called for the removal of an L.S. Dunes music video that features the toy bricks. According to Iero, the toy company’s lawyers have called the band’s label, Fantasy Records, to ask them to “take down” the band’s video for the track ‘Grey Veins’ which features Lego figures …
The Orbit of Greatness: 30 Generational Songs and Albums Defining 30 Years of Astralwerks
As the cosmos of electronic music continues to expand and evolve, Astralwerks has carved a luminous trajectory, leaving a trail of ageless hits in its wake over three decades. From Fatboy Slim’s “Praise You” to Swedish House Mafia’s “Save the World,” Astralwerks’ catalog is a time capsule of totemic dance music. Shaping the genre’s very …
Denzel Curry Says He Wants to Experiment More With Electronic Music
One of the brightest minds in hip-hop may soon swerve into the electronic music lane. Denzel Curry sent ripples over the weekend, taking to Twitter to reveal his interest in a musical pivot. After a fan asked him if there are any genres of music with which he wants to experiment “in the near future,” …
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LP Giobbi Drops Eclectic Remix Package for Debut Album, "Light Place"
Two months after the release of her hotly anticipated debut album Light Places, LP Giobbi has delivered an eclectic remix package. Light Places Remixes offers nine imaginative, house-centric reworks. Giobbi has hand-picked a sundry of talented artists including DESIREE, Le Chev, Krystal Klear, Chloé Caillet, DJ Tennis, Joseph Ashworth, Joe Goddard, Anden and VENGA for the …
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