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Watch Baauer’s Epic DJ Set Live From a Secret Warehouse Location In Atlanta
“Tonight is not about me. It’s about you,” a deep voice said at the start of Baauer‘s recent DJ set in Atlanta. “Strap on your dancing slippers, sweet cheeks. It’s going down.” The Grammy-nominated DJ and producer recently threw down at a secret warehouse rave hosted by DEF, a woman-owned media collective and event organizer. DEF’s goal is to provide safe spaces for fans to create “unforgettable memories,” hosting unique warehouse parties and recording DJ sets in striking 4K. DEF TV was named EDM.com‘s best YouTube channel of the year in our “Best of 2022: Industry Leaders” list. Baauer moved between genres with ease, effortlessly flowing between high-energy bangers and sultry club records. He took the crowd on a journey that had ...
Cascada to Tour U.S. for First Time In 10 Years
Evacuate the dancefloor, folks. Cascada have announced a new tour with their first U.S. dates in a decade. Cascada, the shape-shifting dance music group behind hits like “Everytime We Touch” and “Evacuate The Dancefloor,” are set to tour stateside in early 2023. They will make stops in Houston, San Diego, New York and Chicago before a number of shows across Europe. “I can finally announce we’re COMING BACK,” the group’s lead singer, Natalie Horler, wrote in an Instagram post to reveal the tour. When reached for comment, Horler’s manager, Frank Ehrlich, said Cascada has been busy in Europe and Australia, but they’re excited to be back in the United States. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “Yes, I can confirm that [Casc...
Here Are the Set Times for Decadence NYE 2022
Thanks to Decadence, the annual NYE ball-drop is a little different in Colorado. That’s because this electronic music festival rings in the new year properly: by dancing. As far too many people inexplicably squeeze into Times Square like sardines, a tight-knit community of ravers are dancing the night away in Downtown Denver at Decadence. This year’s festival features a typically massive lineup from Friday, December 30th to Saturday, the 31st. Fans will be able to catch Flume, Porter Robinson, Tiësto, CloZee, GRiZ, Chris Lake, Kaskade, Zeds Dead and more more. Check out the set times for Decadence NYE 2022 below. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Set times and schedule for the 2022 Decadence NYE festival in Downtown Denver. Decadence FOLLOW DECADENCE AZ: Facebook: fa...
Here Are the Set Times for Lights All Night 2022
Lights All Night is back—and potentially bigger than ever. It might be tough to top last year’s dazzling event, but if there’s any festival organizer to one-up themselves, it’s Lights All Night. The fest, which has long been a staple of Dallas’ NYE celebrations, is gearing up for a huge year. This year’s festival features a massive lineup from Thursday, December 29th to Friday, the 30th. Fans will be able to catch performances from Excision, Porter Robinson, John Summit, G Jones, Tchami, GRiZ, Kasablanca and more more. Check out the set times for Lights All Night 2022 below. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Set times and schedule for the 2022 Lights All Night festival in Dallas, Texas. Lights All Night FOLLOW LIGHTS ALL NIGHT: Facebook: facebo...
We Went to an Electronic Music Festival On a Remote Island In Fiji—Here’s What It Looked Like
As humans, our need for connection is primal. But sometimes we have to travel to the edges of the Earth to find it. We recently crossed the Pacific for Your Paradise, an idyllic destination music festival on the remote Fijian island of Malolo Lailai, or “The Island of the Resting Sun.” 6,000 miles away from the influencer-infested covens of Los Angeles, we discovered a community as vibrant as the island’s crystalline waters. Roughly 500 people converged on Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands for the 2022 edition of Your Paradise, the first since the return of live music in the wake of the pandemic. Nestled in a halcyon shoreline, the festival is what happens when daydreams shed their idealistic layers and become reality. “If you come to Your Paradise once, you’ll com...
Photos: Look Inside deadmau5 and Kaskade’s Historic Kx5 Headlining Performance In L.A.
After headlining one of the most significant concerts in electronic music history, it seems Kx5 are determined to take the genre to places it’s never been. Not even a mid-show generator fire could stop Kaskade and deadmau5 from engrossing fans at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, where they performed for a DJ set for the ages. The show was ultimately record-breaking in scale, taking the distinction for the largest single-day concert by an electronic artist ever in North America after drawing an audience of 50,000 and netting $3.7 million. But the numbers were only part of the story. Kx5’s show was a particularly special moment for EDM. Kaksade and deadmau5 performing as Kx5 at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on December 10th, 2022. Brian Rapaport/EDM.com Their set began in cinem...
Tomorrowland Is Returning to Brazil In 2023 After 7 Years
Tomorrowland is making a triumphant return to São Paulo, Brazil in 2023. After seven years, the iconic dance music festival brand will reappear in Brazil from October 12-14, 2023. It will take place on the grounds of Parque Maeda in Itu, a municipality of São Paulo. The first two successful 2015 and 2016 Tomorrowland Brazil festivals took place at the same venue and welcomed more than 150,000 people, who joined together to dance under the barrage of lights at the “Book of Wisdom” and “The Key To Happiness” main stages. Guilherme Gazzola, the mayor of Itu, said that Tomorrowland Brazil goes above and beyond the music and inspires change and significant improvements to the region. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “In addition to it...
Everyone Is a Captain On “Holy Ship! Wrecked”— And No One Walks the Plank Alone
Holy shit, Holy Ship! Holy Ship! Wrecked, the beloved floating electronic music fest, started sailing the seas in 2011, inviting raver pirates from all walks of life to board a cruise ship for an intimate festival experience. In 2020, the Beats at Sea captains of The Bowery Presents, HARD, Insomniac and Cloud 9 Adventures decided to “wreck” the festival to a permanent location, the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Mayan Riviera on the shores of Mexico. The third voyage of Holy Ship! Wrecked ran December 13-17, 2022. EDM.com was onboard and rediscovered why the festival is a national treasure—and what was in its chest this year. Holy Ship! Wrecked Inclusivity There are no social boundaries distancing the festival’s headlining DJs from its attendees. On the ship, everyone swab...
Ultra Worldwide Now Has Music Festivals On All 6 Inhabited Continents
The team behind Ultra Music Festival have secured their spot as the most international music festival brand. After expanding to Peru and Abu Dhabi, Ultra Worldwide now has festivals on all six inhabited continents. The inaugural Ultra Abu Dhabi was postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, but it’s now been confirmed to take place March 4-5, 2023. Ultra’s booming beats and coruscating laser beams will debut at the largest open-air venue in the Middle East, Etihad Park. Ultra South Africa. Ultra Worldwide After the Abu Dhabi fest wraps up, the Ultra tour will make its way to South Africa for its eighth edition, hosting back-to-back events in Cape Town and Johannesburg on Friday, March 10th and Saturday, March 11th. Africa’s largest electronic music festiva...
ILLENIUM Announces Holiday Food Drive, Special Club Performance
If your version of a winter wonderland is on a dancefloor, you’re in luck thanks to ILLENIUM. The Grammy-nominated producer and guitarist has announced “Saint Nick’s Holiday Food Drive,” a special club night where electronic music and charity collide. It’s going down at Denver’s Mirus Gallery and Temple Nightclub on Friday, December 23rd. The holiday-themed festivities kick off at 3pm, when ILLENIUM will host a two-hour photo-op for fans of all ages. Clubbers 21 and up can then head into Temple for the show, which will feature a number of “special guest DJs” before wrapping up with a big performance by the Fallen Embers artist, who recently revealed he’s recording his fifth studio album. ILLENIUM. Christian Wade/EDM.com Sc...
10 Photos That Capture the Jaw-Dropping Production of Time Warp
The fifth U.S. edition of Time Warp was an extraordinary celebration of hard-hitting techno. Following events in Mannheim and São Paulo, the renowned techno brand touched down in New York for a two day festival on November 11th and 12th. Combining global esteem with local acumen, the event was put together in partnership with one of the city’s top dance music organizers, Teksupport. The two-day festival took place at a sprawling warehouse in Brooklyn’s secluded Navy Yard, a regular spot for Teksupport shows and the perfect hideaway for deep, dark dance music. As always, Time Warp brought forth some of the best names in underground dance music. The event starred Drumcode boss Adam Beyer, Afterlife’s Mind Against, “Queen of Techno” Nicole Moudaber, melodic Ukrainian supe...
Fans of Gorillaz Descend On NYC and London for Innovative Augmented Reality Performances: Watch
A virtual band put on a virtual show last weekend—and it was invisible to the naked eye. Using the power of augmented reality, Gorillaz recently premiered a new song for their fans in New York City and London. With help from Google’s ARCore Geospatial API, the iconic animated band harnessed the technology to host unique shows in Times Square and Piccadilly Circus, respectively. As part of the innovative concert experience, which combined real-world and computer-generated imagery, fans saw gigantic avatars of Gorillaz interacting with monuments while they performed the new track, “Skinny Ape.” Since the show had to be experienced with a mobile device via a bespoke app, fans were encouraged to move around different vantage points to get the most out of it. The AR-powered pe...
