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Diplo, Charlotte de Witte, More to Perform at Day Zero Masada: Dwellers of the Dead Sea
The floodgates have been opened, and festivals are beginning to make their grand comebacks. Damian Lazarus‘ Day Zero festival has announced that it will be returning to the Dead Sea at the beautiful and historical ancient mountain of Masada. The event is expanding to two nights on September 9th and 10th, 2021 and the lineup is out of this world. Diplo, Charlotte de Witte, Luciano, Lee Burridge, DJ Tennis, DJ Holographic, Sasha, Nick Warren, and more were announced as performers for the unique music fest. Day Zero events are unlike any other, celebrating new beginnings through mind-blowing live performances and jaw-dropping locales. For Day Zero Masada: Dwellers of the Dead Sea, they will bring the intimacy of their beloved Tulum staple, the Club Stage, to the des...
Kaytranada Dominates 2021 Dance/Electronic Grammy Awards: See the Full List of Winners
Kaytranada has won his first Grammy Awards, sweeping the 63rd annual ceremony’s Dance/Electronic categories. The renowned Haitian-born beatsmith nabbed wins in the Best Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronic Album categories, taking home the hardware for “10%” with Kali Uchis and Bubba, respectively. It’s been a long time coming for one of the most gifted and versatile producers not only in the electronic community, but the contemporary music scene at large. Check out his acceptance speeches below. Kaytranada beat out a number of formidable artists for his first-ever Grammy nods, such as Disclosure, Flume, Madeon, and Baauer, among others. You can check out the full list of winners below. Record of the Year “Everything I Wanted” — Bill...
Wuki’s Debut Album is “Part Rave, Part Circus, Part Amusement Park, and Part Art Installation”
Just one year ago, Wuki was prepping for the 2020 Grammy Awards, for which his flip of Miley Cyrus‘ “Mother’s Daughter” earned a nomination for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. The most pressing matter on his mind was picking out a suit. “I’m living it up right now,” he told EDM.com last January. That reality now feels miles away, but the pandemic hasn’t kept Wuki from staying sharp in the studio. March 12th saw the official release of his debut album, WukiWorld, via HARD Recs. In fact, the pre-pandemic vision for the release was built around an IRL WukiWorld, which Wuki described as “part rave, part circus, part amusement park, and part art installation,” to EDM.com. “Upon entering, you would be ...
Diplo Apologizes for Playing Song Featuring Morgan Wallen During Super Bowl Afterparty
After facing scrutiny last weekend for playing a track featuring Morgan Wallen during a Super Bowl afterparty, Diplo has apologized. Following the conclusion of Super Bowl LV, Diplo caused a stir by dropping his 2020 collaboration with Morgan Wallen, “Heartless,” during his performance. The song appeared on Diplo’s debut country album effort, Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil. However, the producer has since addressed it, stating he did not intend to make a political statement and that the song had been a part of his set prior to the country star’s controversy. Morgan Wallen was infamously cut from his record label earlier this month after video surfaced from TMZ of the country singer using racial slurs. Following the revelations, Jason Isbell,...
Diplo and Mark Ronson Drop New Silk City Mix, “Especially 4 U, Vol. 3”
Silk City, the mammoth collaborative alias of Diplo and Mark Ronson, have followed up their recent collaboration with Ellie Goulding, “New Love,” with a brand new mix. The third installment of their Especially 4 U mix series is out now. Jam-packed with a wide array of bangers, Especially 4 U, Vol. 3 is a journey through some of house music’s most soulful selections of the moment. The mix opens with “New Love,” of course, and moves through music from Chris Lake, Armand Van Helden, Mark Knight, Aluna, A-Trak, The Martinez Brothers, and many more instantly recognizable names in house music. Also included are remixes of true classics, like Lincoln Baio‘s reworking of Soul II Soul‘s timeless “Back To Life.” The Doobie Bro...
Watch Diplo Make a Beat Using His Tesla
From self-driving to generating wet fart noises in “fart mode,” Teslas really can do it all. They can even be used to produce music. Diplo shared a video today in which he makes a beat from scratch—with his Tesla. Using nothing but his car’s dashboard, he recreated the beat of “New Love,” his new Silk City single with Mark Ronson and Ellie Goulding. What is this sorcery, you ask? It looks like Diplo used a program called TRAX, a digital audio workstation (DAW) offered by Tesla in one of the company’s recent vehicular software updates. The in-car music studio had been available to owners in late 2019, but it has now been enhanced with expanded capabilities. While TRAX is much more limited than industry-standard DAWs like Ableton a...
Watch the World Premiere of Silk City and Ellie Goulding’s “New Love” Music Video
Things are moving fast. This past week, we learned that Diplo and Mark Ronson are bringing back their Grammy Award-winning collaborative musical project, Silk City. Soon after, they revealed that the mystery collaborator—who they had teased at the time of the announcement—was none other than Ellie Goulding. The trio didn’t make fans wait long for their new collaborative track. Before it hits streaming platforms tomorrow, January 22nd, the official music video is arriving a day early. Watch the world premiere of Silk City and Ellie Goulding’s “New Love” below at 4PM PT (7PM ET). FOLLOW SILK CITY: Website: silk-city.comFacebook: facebook.com/SilkCityMusicSpotify: spoti.fi/3smziUK FOLLOW ELLIE GOULDING: Website: elliegoulding.comFacebook:...
Ellie Goulding and Silk City Confirm New Single, Announce Release Date
A trifecta of contemporary music superstars are set to collide to mark the return of Diplo and Mark Ronson’s Silk City. After toying with fans about the reemergence of Silk City and a mystery collaborator tied to the duo’s return, Diplo and Mark Ronson have confirmed their new single with Ellie Goudling. The trio’s upcoming collaborative track “New Love” is set to hit streaming platforms this Friday, January 22nd. The members of Silk City, who won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2018 for the Dua Lipa-assisted “Electricity,” had teased fans on social media with a short audio preview leading up to the announcement. Goulding then poured gasoline on the fire when she tweeted the same preview, which includes a link that ...
Ellie Goulding Teases Involvement in Return of Silk City
Earlier in the week, Diplo and Mark Ronson teased the return of their Grammy Award-winning side project, Silk City. Not much was revealed in the ten-second video aside from a short musical preview, but it did direct fans to a landing page for “The New Love Club.” Not long after the initial teaser was shared, Ellie Goulding joined in on the fun and shared a cryptic video with a link to the website. Like the original, the video is ten-seconds long and features the same audio snippet. The main difference, however, is that the visual component shows an eye inside a heart instead of the Silk City logo. Check out both posts below. It’s unclear precisely what “The New Love Club” is, but fans have begun to speculate. Some believe it’s a new album ...
Listen to the New Super-Collab from Diplo, Black Coffee and Elderbrook, “Never Gonna Forget”
Black Coffee has dropped a massive new super-collab with Diplo and Elderbrook, the dreamy track “Never Gonna Forget.” “Never Gonna Forget” is a pristine example of Black Coffee’s distinctive sound, a hypnotic blend of sultry, percussion-driven deep house. Elderbrook’s vocal contribution is not to be slept on, as the Grammy Award-nominated English musician infuses an aching touch to an otherwise poignant tune. “Never Gonna Forget” is the final single to be released from Subconsciously, Black Coffee’s sixth studio album and perhaps his most anticipated yet. Check out the new single below. The superstar South African DJ and electronic music producer is on the verge of releasing Subconsciously, which is scheduled for a Februa...
Diplo and Mark Ronson Announce Return of Silk City, Share Preview of Bubbly New Track
Diplo and Mark Ronson have announced the grand return of Silk City, their Grammy Award-winning collaborative musical project. Both artists took to Twitter to share the news and post a preview of a new upcoming single. The clip is short but fans are able to get a taste of what’s on the horizon, which sounds like a pop-house hybrid akin to their last original track release, 2018’s global smash hit “Electricity.” Check out the preview below. Silk City won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2018 for “Electricity,” which they released in collaboration with pop superstar Dua Lipa. After a deluge of tweets from fans guessing what vocalist is featured this time around, Ronson toyed with them, asking Diplo, “should we tell them who’s on ...
Anna Lunoe Kicks Off 2021 With Party-Starting Diplo & Friends Mix: Listen
Since her grand return to the dance music scene in late 2020, Anna Lunoe has sunk her teeth in and is not letting go. After closing the year with a banging single on Diplo‘s Mad Decent banner, “Ice Cream,” her first release in over a year, she has once again linked up with the famed producer for a must-listen mix on his radio show. The renowned Australian DJ and dance music producer recently dropped a party-starting mix to kick off the new year, hopping on guest mix duties for Diplo’s “Diplo & Friends” show on BBC Radio 1. The exclusive set is a masterclass in house mixing, spanning a carefully curated blend of her own originals and tracks from Disclosure, Channel Tres, Chris Lake and Armand Van Helden. If this set is any indicati...
