interview
Nostalgix On Her Record Label Dreams, Blistering Shambhala Music Festival Debut and More
It’s been just over a year since Nostalgix moved to Los Angeles, but you wouldn’t know it if you flipped through her accolades. The fast-rising house music producer and rapper embarked on an expansive North American tour. She released a dizzying string of singles and remixes on House Call Records, Night Bass, Thrive and more venerated dance labels. And last month, Nostalgix returned to her home turf of B.C. to scratch another iconic music festival off her bucket list. EDM.com caught up with the Vancouver native following her explosive debut at one of Canada’s most beloved electronic music festivals, Shambhala. Nostalgix performs at Shambhlaha’s Pagoda Stage in 2022. Triangel Productions EDM.com: How does it feel playing your first Shambala coming from Vancouver, kno...
Celestia: Launching a blockchain to be as easy as deploying a smart contract
Developers and communities will be able to deploy their own sovereign, custom-made blockchains at the “click of a button” says Celestia co-founder Ismail Khoffi. Speaking with Cointelegraph at Korean Blockchain Week 2022 last week, Khoffi said that the project’s vision is to decouple the consensus and application execution layers to unlock new possibilities for decentralized app builders. Celesita is basically a stripped back minimalist layer one blockchain that offers users the infrastructure that makes it easy to deploy their own blockchain, or layer two rollup. in the future, we’ll all be able to have our own blockchains. and it represents one of the biggest social revolutions of our lifetimes. here’s 10 ways it could change technology, finance, work, and entire political systems ...
Hardwell Opens Up About His Soul-Stirring Road to Reinvention: “It Feels Way More Like Freedom”
If you peered through a window into Hardwell‘s soul in 2018, you may have seen nothing but emptiness. But after returning from a four-year hiatus, the Dutch electronic music icon has torn hell for leather into a new creative frontier. Hardwell is now the cynosure of all eyes as his long-awaited comeback album, REBELS NEVER DIE, approaches. “I’m really happy with the whole decision, and I’ve never been more productive and happy in the studio as I am right now,” Hardwell tells EDM.com in a video interview. “It feels way more like freedom right now than following the rules of the particular formula that went straight into big room.” Within a nanosecond of Hardwell’s resurgence, it was clear the euphoric big room house style that longtime fans were accu...
The travel that changed me: David Sklar
Renowned physician David Sklar tells us about the travel that changed him and why it’s taken him 40 years to write about what happened David Sklar has faced life-or-death situations dozens, if not hundreds, of times in his life and career. As an emergency physician, he has seen humanity at its weakest – and its most triumphant. His experience has led to over 200 published articles, a professorship and an appointment as editor-in-chief of prestigious journal Academic Medicine – a position he held for seven years. Dr David Sklar David has saved many lives, but there is one that stands out in his memory. As a young med student in the 70s, David joined a group of tourists on Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895m (19,340ft). During the climb, a fellow trekker fell gravely ...
Daddy Issues
James Morosini’s I Love My Dad, which won both the audience and Grand Jury Award at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, is a masterclass in cringe comedy. Morosini stars as Franklin, a troubled young man fresh off a suicide attempt. His father, Chuck, played with an incautious tenacity by Patton Oswalt, has been desperately trying to get a hold of him. We are first introduced to Chuck via a series of pathetic voice messages to his son. Chuck is a deadbeat. He might mean well, but the man seems to lack even the most basic skills of parenting. Rule numero uno: show up. Establishing his boundaries, Franklin blocks his father across the social media board. And that’s when the fun (a relative term) begins. Totally misunderstanding an anecdote told to him by a coworker (played by Lil Rel Howery), ...
SPIN DNA: James Greer
There was a time period, let’s call it 15th century Europe, where a select group of men made their bones in a variety of different occupations. Leonardo da Vinci, just to pull one name out of my hat, was not only a famous painter, but also a sculptor, scientist, philosopher, and mathematician. Apparently there’s some evidence that he was also a pretty good dancer. There were others, too. There are always others. Fast forward 400 years: Not content with just proving relativity, Albert Einstein was also a classically trained violinist. Sort of like how Axl Rose is some hayseed with chops like Chopin. We labeled these individuals Renaissance Men. Or, to use the parlance of our times, Idea Birthing Persons. I first met the writer, musician, and surprisingly nimble dancer himself, James Greer, ...
Will the Bitcoin mining industry collapse? Analysts explain why crisis is really opportunity
Bitcoin mining involves a delicate balance between multiple moving parts. Miners already have to face capital and operational costs, unexpected repairs, product shipping delays and unexpected regulation that can vary from country to country — and in the case of the United States, from state to state. On top of that, they also had to contend with Bitcoin’s precipitous drop from $69,000 to $17,600. Despite BTC price being 65% down from its all-time high, the general consensus among miners is to keep calm and carry on by just stacking sats, but that doesn’t mean the market has reached a bottom just yet. In an exclusive Bitcoin miners panel hosted by Cointelegraph, Luxor CEO Nick Hansen said, “There’s going to definitely be a capital crunch in publicly listed companies or at least ...
Kevin Hart Isn’t With Channing Crowder Hitting Nudist Colonies With His Wife
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Kevin Hart is a man who doesn’t hold his tongue during times when he wants to give his opinion. The comedian was bold enough to use that same stance against ex-NFL player turned media figure Channing Crowder and was shocked to find that the host enjoys visiting nudist colonies. Kevin Hart sat down with The Pivot Podcast with Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and the aforementioned Crowder for the show’s typical brand of grown man chat. However, things went left when Crowder shared with Hart that he and his wife like to visit a nudist colony once per year. Related Stories Hart was visibly flabbergasted by Crowder’s admission and asked if the couple get it on with other guests. Crowder shut it down by saying that while activities of that sort have occur...
“I Want to Follow My Heart”: Armin van Buuren On Sound Experimentation and the Future of Trance
We caught up with the trance music icon for an intimate interview in Miami ahead of his epic Ultra Music Festival 2022 performance. When you’ve bulldozed as many musical borders as Armin van Buuren has, it’s only a matter of time before the innate need to explore new sonic frontiers bubbles to the surface. But for an aesthete like van Buuren, it comes easy. We recently sat down with van Buuren in Miami, where the pioneering electronic music artist and “A State of Trance” creator opened up in an intimate interview before his dazzling Ultra Music Festival 2022 headlining set. And after all was said and done, it’s clear at this juncture in his storied career that he’s laser-focused on artistic experimentation. He’s particularly e...
“I Want to Follow My Heart”: Armin van Buuren On Sound Experimentation and the Future of Trance
We caught up with the trance music icon for an intimate interview in Miami ahead of his epic Ultra Music Festival 2022 performance. When you’ve bulldozed as many musical borders as Armin van Buuren has, it’s only a matter of time before the innate need to explore new sonic frontiers bubbles to the surface. But for an aesthete like van Buuren, it comes easy. We recently sat down with van Buuren in Miami, where the pioneering electronic music artist and “A State of Trance” creator opened up in an intimate interview before his dazzling Ultra Music Festival 2022 headlining set. And after all was said and done, it’s clear at this juncture in his storied career that he’s laser-focused on artistic experimentation. He’s particularly e...
“I Want to Follow My Heart”: Armin van Buuren On Sound Experimentation and the Future of Trance
We caught up with the trance music icon for an intimate interview in Miami ahead of his epic Ultra Music Festival 2022 performance. When you’ve bulldozed as many musical borders as Armin van Buuren has, it’s only a matter of time before the innate need to explore new sonic frontiers bubbles to the surface. But for an aesthete like van Buuren, it comes easy. We recently sat down with van Buuren in Miami, where the pioneering electronic music artist and “A State of Trance” creator opened up in an intimate interview before his dazzling Ultra Music Festival 2022 headlining set. And after all was said and done, it’s clear at this juncture in his storied career that he’s laser-focused on artistic experimentation. He’s particularly e...
Bitcoin’s bottom might not be in, but miners say it ‘has always made gains over any 4-year period’
Your favorite trader is saying Bitcoin (BTC) bottomed. At the same time, the top on-chain indicators and analysts are citing the current price range as a “generational buy” opportunity. Meanwhile, various crypto and finance media recently reported that Bitcoin miners sending a mass of coins to exchanges are a sign that $17,600 was the capitulation move that pins the market bottom. There’s so much assurity from various anon and doxed analysts on Crypto Twitter, yet Bitcoin price is still in a clear downtrend, and the metrics don’t fully reflect that traders are buying every dip. A critical component of BTC price that many investors often overlook is the condition and sentiment of Bitcoin miners, which is exactly why Cointelegraph had a chat with Rich Ferolo of Blockware Solutions and ...
