Recording Academy Eliminates GRAMMY Nomination Review Committees

The Recording Academy is finally ridding its controversial GRAMMY nomination review committees. Instead of using anonymous review committees to determine nominations, thousands of the Academy’s voting members will decide nominees for major GRAMMY categories moving forward. In addition, 90% of said members will undergo a requalification process by end of 2021 “to ensure that the …

Album Review: ZHU Ignites Gothic, Introspective Themes on Spellbinding “DREAMLAND 2021”

Electronic artist ZHU has always looked towards the future, but 2020 gave him more of a reason than ever. While trapped inside for most of last year, the Grammy-nominated virtuoso forged his latest LP, DREAMLAND 2021, with the intention of taking body, mind, and soul to a more optimistic soundscape of his own design. “I …

Porter Robinson finds himself floating back to reality with ‘Nurture’ [Album Review]

by: Ariel King Apr 27, 2021 Nearly seven years have passed since Porter Robinson released his acclaimed debut, Worlds. The album peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s dance charts and cemented Robinson as one of the most prolific producers of his generation. Ever since, the 28-year-old North Carolina native has maintained his status as one …

Album Review: Take a Genre-Defying Sonic Journey Through CharlestheFirst’s “Solus”

A week since it hit streaming platforms, CharlestheFirst’s latest album, Solus, has led his fans on a reflective music journey. The new LP, which marks the virtuosic producer’s third album and first full-length release since 2019’s No Dimmer EP, unveils the next chapter of his saga through a 13-track sonic exploration of emotive sounds, beats and …

Dimension Goes Track-By-Track To Review His Debut Album, “Organ,” Out Today

Dimension has had one of the biggest blow ups of any drum & bass artist in recent years, especially thanks to the massive, unexpected success of “Desire” with Sub Focus, released back in 2018. Since then, he’s released other chart toppers like “Devotion” feat. Cameron Hayes and the huge club stomper, “If You Want To.” …

SG Lewis’ debut LP asserts his status as one of the sharpest talents of modern ‘times’ [Album Review] – Dancing Astronaut

by: Rachel Narozniak Feb 19, 2021 “I never saw myself being on a stage or performing,” a 24-year-old SG Lewis stated in a 2018 interview, reflecting on his enrollment in the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) for sound engineering. “I was a bit introverted back then, so the idea of being behind the scenes …

The CDJ-3000: Pioneer DJ’s next-generation player [Review] – Dancing Astronaut

by: Chris Stack Dec 30, 2020 Lucky me. One of the perks of my dance music intrigue is the opportunity to play with top-of-the-line industry products such as Pioneer DJ’s new CDJ-3000. I was giddy to spend two weekends pretending to be an Electric Forest headliner in the comfort of my own living room after …

Whethan delivers genre-blurring debut album three years in the making, ‘Fantasy’ [Review]

by: Sami Weisband Oct 18, 2020 Chicago’s Ethan Snoreck, better known as Whethan, has been rapidly ascending to dance music’s top echelon since he was a mere 17 years old. After three years of gearing up for its release, his debut album, Fantasy, is finally here. Fantasy refuses to be tied down to one single …