EVENTS
“Friendsgiving In Verdansk” is a Stacked Call of Duty Tournament Featuring Excision, Nicky Romero, More
An epic Call of Duty battle royale tournament starring numerous dance music producers is set to take place this week as part of the debut “Friendsgiving In Verdansk” celebration. Nerd Street Gamers has put together a star-studded Thanksgiving day event, pitting a stacked roster of artists against each other in a combined 40-team tournament. The event’s team captains, Cheat Codes, Excision, Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Ookay, Snails, Bonnie x Clyde, Funtcase, Vicetone, and Wax Motif, were among the electronic music producers who answered the call to assemble their best players for battle. Joining the captains’ ranks are fellow producers, professional gamers, and even a few fans who were called up to the big leagues. You never know who might make an ap...
Tomorrowland Shows Off First Look At Jaw-Dropping NYE Virtual Festival Stages
Tomorrowland has developed four lavish stage setups for its second virtual festival. There’s arguably no holiday more extravagant than New Year’s Eve, and with Tomorrowland hosting their debut holiday event to celebrate the occasion, they needed no further excuses to go all out. Tomorrowland has always captured the eyes of millions around the world, but with the onset of the pandemic, digital viewership has been the only way fans could attend in 2020. The virtual Tomorrowland Around The World event drew in over 1 million ticketed viewers in June, marking the company’s first-ever virtual festival endeavor. Tomorrowland has now begun to offer sneak previews of its follow-up event on NYE. Tomorrowland’s latest reveal includes their lavish stage setups, which are ...
deadmau5 Announces 2020 New Year’s Drive-In Shows
You can now kiss 2020 goodbye with an electrifying deadmau5 set. You can now kiss 2020 goodbye with a live set from deadmau5, who has announced upcoming drive-in concerts on New Year’s Day and Eve to tie a bow on a tumultuous year for live music. Considering the dumpster fire that was 2020—thanks to the wrath of COVID-19—a deadmau5 set is an incredible way to bid au revoir to a year to forget. The electronic music superstar is primed to touch down in San Bernardino, California for shows on December 31st, January 1st, and January 2nd, performing the first two as deadmau5 and the final one as his dark techno alias TESTPILOT. He’ll then head to San Diego for two shows on January 7th and 8th, respectively. Check out deadmau5’s announcement below and head here to gra...
Insomniac Reveals Dates for EDC Orlando 2021
Pasquale Rotella announced plans for the 2021 event one week after the EDC Orlando Virtual Rave-A-Thon. Following the news of three vaccines in the works to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the live music industry has begun planning its grand return. Just one week after a virtual event was held in its honor, Pasquale Rotella has announced that the in-person EDC Orlando will be returning to Florida next November. Insomniac‘s founder and CEO took to social media to announce the news. “Let’s light it up!” he wrote. “I’ll continue to plan things super far in advance for all of you and make sure we ready live our best lives in 2021!” In Rotella’s posts, he shared a short teaser video and revealed that his company hopes to plan eve...
Take a Trip Through This Drive-Thru “Techno Tunnel” Light Show
The Santa’s Rock N Lights show includes more than 700 feet of tunnels modeled after different themed worlds. There’s no better way to spread holiday cheer than with a good ole light show, a staple Christmas adventure in the age of modern technology. Adding some edge to the tradition this year is Santa’s Rock N Lights, a drive-thru experience that features more than 700 feet of tunnels set to the tune of techno music. With enterprises in Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa, the drive-thru experience is accessible from most of the midwest, featuring various fun themes—including a dinosaur world à la Lost Lands—across its four locations. Unfortunately you can’t bring your trusty extended limo, but just about any other vehicle equipped with an FM radio wil...
This Newly Reopened House of Mirrors is a Hub For Psychedelic Eye and Ear Candy
Based in San Francisco, the Mirror Maze blasts EDM throughout the experience, which has been reimagined to align with COVID-19 safety guidelines. Missing the glowing lasers and trippy graphics of EDM shows? For all of our Bay Area ravers, the San Francisco-based Magowan’s Infinite Mirror Maze has got you covered, complete with pulsing electronic music and psychedelic visuals fit for all of your festival withdrawal needs. While it’s been around for a while, the exhibit recently re-opened with new rules to adhere to COVID-19 safety guidelines. Marketed as “your favorite sober trip,” the mirror maze is full of black lights and neon colors, with reflective surfaces used to create an optical illusion of never-ending hallways. It covers a massive 2,000 square feet a...
Legendary Bootshaus Nightclub Replicated In VR, Will Host Events Beginning Next Week
Paco Osuna will be the VR club’s debut headliner. Germany’s Bootshaus nightclub is preparing for a virtual re-opening. Though the legendary establishment has been operating for nearly three decades, its next slate of shows will take place in a full-scale virtual replication of the venue. Popular club series elrow and longtime partner Desperados teamed up and found a path forward for the event at the virtual venue. Next week, Paco Osuna, Andres Campo and Fer BR will be ringing in the series’ next chapter with grand opening performances. Clubgoers of legal drinking age are invited to attend for free via the livestream or VR headset. View the original article to see embedded media. Though the club’s main room and outdoor area have been designed to ...
The EDC Orlando Virtual Rave-A-Thon is Now Live
Catch DJ sets from Kaskade, Eptic, Autograf, and more. Insomniac‘s latest “Rave-A-Thon” is here. The famed dance music event brand is now live with the virtual edition of EDC Orlando to kick off your weekend with DJ sets from some of the most exciting artists in house and bass music. Set to appear on today’s livestream event are Anabel Englund, Autograf, Cat Dealers, Morgan Page, Kaskade, Elephante, PEEKABOO, and Eptic, in that order. You can check out the full schedule and tune into the livestream below. EDC ORLANDO VIRTUAL RAVE-A-THON SCHEDULE
Kraftwerk Announced as Headliner of Playground Festival 2021
Underworld and Nile Rodgers & Chic are also headlining. Kraftwerk has been announced as one of the headliners of the 2021 edition of Playground Festival, a popular Glasgow music fest. Joining the legendary German music group as co-headliners will be two fellow fabled electronic music acts, Underworld and Nile Rodgers & Chic. Kraftwerk’s set is branded as “Kraftwerk 3D” and the group shared a teaser with a man wearing 3D glasses, so fans lucky enough to attend the Scottish festival are in for quite a visual spectacle. Kraftwerk has been incorporating mind-bending 3D visuals in their live performances for many years and they are revered for their pioneering developments in lighting and stage production. Check out Kraftwerk’s teaser below. ...
BBC Radiophonic Workshop Pioneers Will Use Internet Latency to Create Music
“We had the bright idea of using latency to make a loop of music.” BBC‘s Radiophonic Workshop is the team behind the iconic themes from Doctor Who and The Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy as well as the storied Beatles song “Carnival of Light,” which was never released and remains in the possession of Paul McCartney. Now, the Radiophonic Workshop seeks to make history once again. They’ll hold a special livestreamed performance of “Latency,” a virtual performance inspired by Zoom meetings that uses latency to create musical loops and improvised performances. The brains behind the “Latency” concept, Bob Earland and Paddy Kingsland, were inspired by the struggle of playing in synchronicity during ...
Zipline, Medical Drone Delivery Pioneer to Headline HISA2020
Technology is transforming industries on a global scale, with the COVID-19 pandemic presenting an interesting opportunity for medical practitioners and policy-makers to test new ways in which technology — like Telemedicine, AI, Big Data, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Mobility — can facilitate sustainable healthcare systems of the future. An example of this is Zipline, an on-demand drone-delivery company that uses aviation technology to distribute medical supplies to healthcare workers in Africa and all over the world. The US-based company is currently valued at $1.2 Billion and is slated by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies of 2020. Zipline says that it is on a mission to provide every human on Earth with instant access to vital medical supplies — and it will do this by...
Carl Cox, Sasha More to Perform “Set For Love” Livestream Fundraiser for World Children’s Day
“This is what music is all about, bringing people together for the greater good.” The charity Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (LNADJ) has announced they will be hosting another Set for Love event this Friday, November 20th for World Children’s Day. The livestream will raise funds to support children in developing countries with an all-star lineup featuring some of the best acts in electronic music. The ten-hour mixing marathon will go live on Beatport’s Twitch channel from 3PM to 1 AM GMT (10AM to 9PM ET). Taking the virtual stage this Friday will be house and techno superstars Carl Cox, Sasha, and Kevin Saunderson. Joining them will be a variety of artists from around the world, including Josh Butler, Maxinne Garman, wAFF, Anna Tur, Fernanda M...
