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Fiokee – Dance ft D-Black, Sefa & Vector
Nigerian recording guitarist Fiokee dishes out a new single titled “Dance”. Fiokee as he is popularly known is a guitarist who infuses his trebly guitar solos into his sounds to give it a cool rhythm. His new single “Dance” is off the Man album that comprises 14 banging tracks. “Dance” record has featuring like D-Black, Sefa, and Vector. Listen, enjoy and share – Fiokee – Dance ft D-Black, Sefa & Vector below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Fiokee_-_Dance_ft_D-Black_Sefa_Vector__NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
The Chainsmokers Announce Their Return In Hilarious Satire Video: Watch
After a two-year hiatus, The Chainsmokers are gearing up for their fourth album, and they want you to know that they’re sorry about it. In a satirical video released Thursday (Jan. 13), The Chainsmokers’ label head hires a pair of actors to replace the duo because they’re taking too long to make a new album, a scheme that is believed will work “because who really knows what they look like.” This video then documents these fake Chainsmokers’ process of trying to make new music, which includes smoking $100 bills, ingesting psychedelic mushrooms, and rollerskating around their mansion while ripping a giant bong before succumbing to the pressures of fame and quitting the project. At the end of the video, the fake Chainsmokers are then replaced with the real thing, with the duo’s Drew Taggart a...
The BPM Festival Costa Rica Postpones 2022 Event
Two days before it was scheduled to begin, organizers of The BPM Festival Costa Rica have postponed the event. The festival had been scheduled to take place in the beach town of Tamarindo, Costa Rica from Jan. 12-18, 2022. Organizers have not yet published new dates. “After more than a year of planning and looking forward to welcoming you to our 15th anniversary edition, we sympathize with your sense of disappointment and frustration and are beyond heartbroken to share this news with you,” BPM organizers wrote in a statement. This postponement is due to new country-wide restrictions announced today (Jan. 10) that ban mass gatherings, among other regulations. These regulations will extend from Jan. 11-23. The Costa Rican government announcement notes that “In just the first 7 days of 2022, ...
Departure Festival Cancels Playa Del Carmen Event
Departure Festival has canceled its inaugural show in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. The electronic event was scheduled to begin Friday (Jan. 7) in the resort destination and extend through Jan. 11 with a stacked lineup featuring more than 70 artists, including Black Coffee, Adam Beyer, Amelie Lens, Vintage Culture, Lee Foss and many more. “We have been liaising with local authorities from Playa Del Carmen and with the recent severe rise in the cases of Omicron in the past few days, the Governor announced last night that Playa Del Carmen is returning to yellow tier COVID restrictions and therefore we cannot continue with a show of this size as planned,” organizers wrote in a statement posted to social media on Friday. The statement continues that attendees, some of whom have already arrived in ...
Daft Punk Returns to No. 1 on Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart With ‘Tron: Legacy’
Daft Punk re-enters Billboard‘s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart (dated Dec. 25) at No. 1 with its Tron: Legacy soundtrack, following the release of its Target exclusive blue/clear vinyl edition. The set registered 10,000 equivalent album units in the Dec. 10-16 tracking week, up 1,364%, with nearly all (94%) from physical sales, according to MRC Data. It’s the 11th total week at No. 1 for Tron, and its first since April 30, 2011. In its first chart run, the soundtrack to the hit 2010 sci-fi film debuted atop the chart dated exactly 11 years ago this week (Dec. 25, 2010). Among 10 career entries on the chart, the now-defunct French duo owns six No. 1s, the most of any duo or group, and trails only Louie DeVito and Lady Gaga, each with seven toppers, dating to the chart’s 2001 inception. [...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Gordo, Marcel Dettmann & More
This week in dance music, we took a tour of the Brazilian scene with one of the country’s hottest exports, Vintage Culture; Porter Robinson, Alison Wonderland and REZZ topped the lineup for New Orleans’ Buku Music + Art Project 2022; Above & Beyond topped themselves by playing from the apex of a granite monolith in Colombia; we got the rundown from the new SoCal festival Desert Air; Madonna entered Hot/Dance Electronic Songs via the Sickick edit of her 90s hit “Frozen”; we got a behind-the-scenes tour of EDC Las Vegas 2022; and we selected our 20 favorite dance albums of 2021. (Watch for our best songs of the year list coming next week.) Explore Explore Carnage See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Beyond that, there was some quality music to check out a...
Watch Above & Beyond Play From the Top of a Granite Monolith in Colombia
Attendees of the most recent Above & Beyond show had to put in work to get there, with the trance trio performing Monday from the top of a looming granite monolith in the Colombian Andes. The show, hosted by electronic livestream series producer Cercle in partnership with ProColumbia and Medellin Travel, required audience members to take 740 stairs to the top of Piedra del Peñol, a 787-foot granite dome located in Guatapé, Colombia, about two hours from Medellín. Explore See latest videos, charts and news At the summit of this National Monument, the beloved UK act played an hourlong set that oscillated between the shimmering highs and darker outer edges of trance. Watch the complete performance below. Above & Beyond’s Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki then sat down for a brief in...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Alison Wonderland, Lane 8, Illenium & More
This week in dance music: we dove deep on the new genre of electronic music forming as part of the psychedelic renaissance, got the rundown of the live return of IMS Ibiza this April, saw Ducky ducking out of the music industry, got a new single from deadmau5 and Portugal. The Man that’s only available as an NFT and saw Lady Gaga’s Dawn Of Chromatica rise back to the top of Dance/Electronic albums. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Plus, this week sees a load of new music from a cluster of subgenre stars. Let’s dig in. Alison Wonderland, “Fuck U Love U” [embedded content] Alison Wonderland has never been one to mince words, and her latest single turns the pain of an anxious artist into a bit of head-banging brilliance. We really want Wonderland t...
Tory Lanez Is an ’80s Hero in New ”87 Stingray’ Music Video: Watch
Tory Lanez is saving the day and paying homage to the ’80s in his all-new music video for “‘87 Stingray.“ The catchy, uptempo track comes as the second single from the chart-topper’s upcoming thematic album Alone at Prom — out via One Umbrella Records on Dec. 10. Lanez has dubbed the experimental project his “1980s album.” He stars as fictional character Ashton Rain in the all-new music video, which premiered Thursday and is a continuation of his recently released visual for “Lady of Namek.” The storyline picks up where the former left off, as the hitmaker is seen hospitalized and suffering from a stab wound after fighting to save his love interest from a group of men and escaping the medical facility at which he was receiving care. Explore Explore Tory Lanez See latest videos, charts...
Ban The Snowman?: Jeezy Look-A-Like Tight Eyez Has Black Twitter Bugging Out Over Henny-Fueled Dance Moves
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Screenshot / Youtube All Black people don’t look the same but Black Twitter, always looking for the next big trending topic moment for laughs, is going to do their thing regardless, this time putting Jeezy in the mix. Ceasare Willis, better known as Krump originator Tight Eyez, is getting talked up on social media for his intense dance moves after showing off some illustrious bottles of Hennessy. Apparently, Tight Eyez recently did an unboxing of Hennessy’s collaboration bottle with Les Twins some time ago, which we’ve covered back in August over at our brother site CASSIUS in the SPIRIT.ED column. Peep the video in question that we found on YouTube below. [embedded content] As you can see, the entire bottle design is built around the high-energy da...
Disco Donnie Commits $1M in Ticket Donations to Veterans Groups
“Our first responders and veterans are the ones who keep us safe and they’ve had a rough year. We wanted to show them some love, honor their work, and spark a little joy, by welcoming our heroes to our best festivals and club shows. We invite other promoters from all types of music to join us in this effort,” said Estopinal in a statement. Disco Donnie Presents previously paid tribute to first responders, military service members and their families by donating $150,000 worth of tickets to its 2021 Freaky Deaky Texas festival, which took place this past Halloween. The company has also made donations to local groups, including $10,000 to the Houston Food Bank and $10,000 to the Texas Association of First Responders, as well as $25,000 to Americares for Hurricane Ida relief. In tota...
Aluna Is Launching a New Orleans Dance Festival With an All-Black Lineup
“I’ve talked a lot about the future of dance music I want to see, and here it is,” Aluna tells Billboard. “This unique experience of honoring dance music’s heritage and getting a taste of what’s to come will reignite a much needed connection back to what dance music is all about – creating a place where people from all different communities can come together and dance their hearts out feeling free to be themselves.” Produced in partnership with Pollen Presents, the festival will celebrate the Black and LGTBQ+ origins of dance music in a city famous for Black and brown musical excellence. In addition to performances — which will include late night warehouse parties — Noir Fever will also host a speaker series with keynote talks, workshops and a marke...
