Dance
808 State’s Andrew Barker Dies After ‘Short Period of Illness’
The statements were shared with a black-and-white portrait of Barker. The acid house act released their debut album, Newbuild, in 1988. Andy Barker (alongside Darren Partington, together known as the Spinmasters) joined when Gerald Simpson departed in 1989, and his first work with 808 State was the 1989 EP Quadrastate, which featured the track “Pacific State” that became a top 10 chart single in the United Kingdom. 808 State’s most recent release was 2019’s Transmission Suite, their first new album in 17 years. “I started DJing when I was fourteen in a local youth club, playing early hip hop and electro,” Barker was quoted as saying in an interview in 2019. “By the time I was old enough to go out clubbing, house music had arrived. The similarity between ...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Tiesto, Dusky, Pennywild & More
Dusky, “Soundcheck” Feat. Rainy Milo Close your eyes and imagine a romantic time, before smartphones and social media, before sync buttons and thumbdrives, when a warehouse full of smoke and lasers was all someone needed to find bliss in a rowdy crowd. Dusky’s new album Joy taps into the classic rave mindset for a spectacular journey into the scene’s not-so-distant past. Taking inspiration from Chicago house and Detroit techno, Belgian bops and electro breakbeats, the UK duo drops a feel-good heater. It’s not jump-in-your-face music, but it will keep you grooving from start to finish. Previous singles “Hildegard” and “E-Dawn” got the party started, but we’re highlighting opening track “Soundcheck” with Rainy Milo to encourage you to dive into this project from page one. — KAT BEIN HA...
20 Questions With Solomun: On Returning To Touring & ‘Chasing’ Jamie Foxx For A Feature
Solomun concedes that this past spring was perhaps not the ideal time to release the album, given that the global dance scene was not yet fully reopened and that tracks had a hard time gaining traction. (Solomun declined to comment on a set he allegedly played in Tulum last January, which some categorized within the so-called “plague rave” phenomenon wherein DJs played shows around the world despite pandemic health risks.) But with the dance world finally getting back on its feet as club shows and festivals continue to reopen, Solomun is resuming his position on the forefront of the global circuit. In July, he was amongst the many DJs who reopened the European festival scene by playing a set at at Serbia’s EXIT, the first major European festival to return since the pandem...
Air’s Nicolas Godin & Xavier Veilhan on Finding the ‘Great Gift’ of Inspiration
Veilhan’s infatuation with music is obvious, even via a video call. An extensive vinyl collection, which runs the gamut from electronica to funk, peppers his bright, spacious studio to the east of Paris, where he’s finishing up work on Autofocus, a new exhibition that runs from Nov. 3-Dec. 23 at Perrotin‘s Lower East Side gallery in New York City. The enigmatic pieces he’s created for Autofocus play with ideas of perception and transference. “When you see something blur, it’s not that the object is blurred, it’s that your focus is bad,” he explains. “[In Autofocus], I want to include this blurriness in the object you’re looking at.” Coincidentally, Veilhan notes, Godin had also considered “Autofocus” as the title...
Tim Sweeney’s ‘Beats In Space’ Radio Show Moves to Apple Music
Both Sweeney and the guest’s DJ mixes will then be available on the Beats In Space show page, along with on-demand guest interviews. Sweeney’s debut guest is English electronic artist Planningtorock, with their mix featuring music from their 2021 EP Gay Dreams Do Come True, along with edits they’ve done for Romy and Lady Gaga and favorite tracks by Jimmy Somerville, Arca and more. Influenced by the UK’s pirate radio culture, Sweeney began Beats in Space in 1999 while a student at NYU, with his program giving a platform to the then almost entirely underground world of techno, house, ambient and more. He’s done more than 1,000 episodes of Beats In Space since the show’s launch, with guests throughout the years including stars like Gerd Janson, Carl Cra...
Whitney Houston x Clean Bandit’s ‘How Will I Know’ Gets a Joyous, High-Stepping Dance Video
RCA Records is celebrating the 36th anniversary of the release of Whitney Houston‘s 1986 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “How Will I Know” with the release of a joyful, choreo-filled video for the Whitney x Clean Bandit dance remix of the song. Directed by Ezra Hurwitz (N.Y. City Ballet) and choreographed by James Alsop (Beyoncé), the colorful clip stars Glee actress Heather Morris and dancer Marlon Pelayo as two office drones at W.E. Houston & Associates. Glum Pelayo is excited to match with Morris on a dating app, even though she seems to have put him in the friend zone. As their cubicle mates burst into dance all around them, Morris slips on her headphones and goes out for a coffee while Pelayo frantically searches for her all around the office. When they finally ...
Confidence Man Signs With I OH YOU, Books a ‘Holiday’
The new deal comes ahead of “Holiday,” the first track lifted from Confidence Man’s forthcoming sophomore album. Expect this “Holiday” to blow your hair back. “We’ve been wanting to try a ‘hands in the air’ banger forever. Everybody does. It’s quite difficult,” Bones explains. “But for some reason, this song has dropped out of the heavens.” Self-produced, and mixed by Ewan Pearson, “Holiday” was “pretty much perfect from the get-go,” he notes. Speaking over the phone from Sydney, singer Janet Planet describes the new cut as “Underworld meets M.I.A.” True, that’s an unusual vibe, she admits, “but for some reason it works.” “Holiday” is due out Nov. 11. Confidence Man “embody everything an I OH YOU artist should,” comments label founder Johann Ponniah, “they make...
Ultra Music Festival 2022 Drops Phase 1 Lineup: See Who’s Playing
Ultra Music Festival is returning to Bayfront Park in Miami this March 25-27, and the marquee dance festival has today (Oct. 26) announced the event’s predictably massive phase one lineup. Included on the bill are David Guetta, Alison Wonderland, Carl Cox, DJ Snake, Alesso, Nina Kraviz, Martin Garrix, Kygo, Amelie Lens, Oliver Heldens, Timmy Trumpet, Knife Party, live sets from Pendulum, Illenium and Madeon and more. See the complete phase one lineup below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back thei...
All Day I Dream Announces Inaugural Festival
A representative for the event notes that, “Lee loves this venue specifically, and of course California’s weather makes it an ideal place for outdoor events.” The lineup for All Day I Dream Festival is forthcoming. After a pandemic-forced hiatus, All Day I Dream parties returned this year with residencies in Mykonos and Ibiza and events in New York, London, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver and San Francisco. Burridge’s label of the same name also scored recent successes with 2021 releases from Sébastien Léger, Amonita, Fulltone, Lost Desert, Tim Green and Burridge himself. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat ...
Fans Choose Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd’s ‘Moth to a Flame’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
“Moth to a Flame” brings pop superstar The Weeknd into Swedish House Mafia’s dance revival; the trio is back together after several years apart and looking forward to an upcoming tour that includes a performance at Coachella. “When we came back together again, it was like we had to rediscover what this was,” the group’s Steve Angello said in an interview published by Billboard over the summer. “We all have our different likings, obviously. [But then] Seb shows me something, or Ax shows me something I have never seen or heard, and it becomes this magic again that we had when we were young.” See the final results of this week’s poll and listen to “Moth to a Flame” below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimag...
Red Bull Dance Your Style Miami Was A Fitting Precursor For U.S. Finals In Washington D.C.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Red Bull / Red Bull Content Pool Dance is often explained as movements set to rhythm and while that is indeed accurate, the description fails to capture the artform’s many complexities. This past weekend in Miami, the final Red Bull Dance Your Style qualifier event ahead of the U.S. Finals provided thrills, twists, and turns, not unlike the skills displayed by the syle masters who took to the dance floor. Hosted in the sunny backdrop of The Magic City, Red Bull Dance Your Style Miami was held at the world-famous LIV and hosted by Florida native and multifaceted entertainer, MyVerse. Unlike Red Bull BC One where there existed a panel of guest judges, this event featured no judges, no pre-chosen music, and an innovative fan vote feature that, at times, spar...
Mell Hall’s ‘Knock Knock’ Sets Australian Club Chart Record
The previous record belonged to fellow Australian Zoe Badwi’s “Release Me,” which dominated the ARIA club chart for seven-straight weeks in 2008. “Knock Knock” opened its chart account 11 weeks ago, before going on to claim the top position, with Hall becoming only the fifth Australian solo female artist to get there. “Knock Knock” also becomes the first ARIA club chart leader to feature two Australian female artists in collaboration, and it marks Thandi Phoenix’s first appearance on the tally. “So grateful to see my debut record getting so much love,” comments Hall. “Knock Knock” was a “joy to make, a joy to work with Thandi Phoenix and knowing that it brings audiences and my peers alike joy, what more could a girl want!? Big love to Team Sweat for the endless support. Feeling the moment ...
