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Listen: Chase & Status’ Sixth Studio Album Is the Perfect Reintroduction to the Storied U.K. Duo
Chase & Status‘ sixth album, What Came Before, became the duo’s opportunity to reset the clock. The famed U.K. duo have been mainstays in the electronic music arena for over 15 years, and despite being experts in their craft, the duo approached their latest album cycle by looking back on well over a decade worth of accumulated knowledge amid the lows of the pandemic. Now on the other side of lockdowns, the duo have shown no hesitation towards embracing a shakeup of their creative process. Coming in the form of the hard-hitting single “When It Rains” featuring Congolese rapper BackRoad Gee, they showed the bite fans have come to know and expect while incorporating the stylistic embrace of hip-hop. Artwork of Chase & Status’ sixth studio album...
“Brighter Future 2”: Listen to Big Gigantic’s Colossal, Genre-Bending Eighth Album
According to Big Gigantic, the fastest way towards a brighter future is through optimism, love and understanding. With this vision in mind since the release of 2016’s Brighter Future album, the Boulder-based tandem have now unveiled their 13-track follow-up, Brighter Future 2. Released independently, Big Gigantic’s eighth studio album is a collection of uplifting songs with affirming names like “Love Unlimited,” “Open Your Mind” and “Keep on Rising.” Featuring collaborations with Aloe Blacc, GRiZ, Vic Mensa, Elohim and others, the dynamic and diverse album contains songs for every occasion, like the pumped-up moombahton track “Energy” (with MZG) and the chilled-out sax-trap beat “Love Unlimited.” Each finds Big Gigan...
Carl Cox Announces First Album In Over 10 Years, “Electronic Generations”
Carl Cox has revealed Electronic Generations, his first album in over a decade. Scheduled for release on September 16th, the LP will be the first from Cox after signing a momentous record deal with BMG in May 2021. The legendary techno producer says the album, his first since 2011’s All Roads Lead To The Dancefloor, was inspired by the many crowds he’s galvanized into dancing over the years. “I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to share this album,” Cox said in a press release shared with EDM.com. “As a live artist and a DJ I get to play all over the world and to see people enjoying the shared experience of being together and dancing. I’ve pulled together all the elements that I’ve learned from watching those crowds, added my sound and tried to...
Seven Lions Unveils 10-Year Anniversary Album With His Most Memorable Music
In celebration of what’s been a phenomenal career thus far, Seven Lions has released a 10-year anniversary album. Released via Seven Lions’ venerated Ophelia Records imprint, 10 Years of Seven Lions revisits a number of the melodic dubstep pioneer’s biggest tracks and features new music. “In 2012, I released my first full length EP, Polarize. 10 years, 8 EPs, dozens of singles and remixes, countless festivals and tours, and one label later, we’re here,” Seven Lions wrote in an Instagram post. “I can’t express how grateful I am to have been able to release music for a decade.” The album includes recent favorites like “Island” (with Wooli, Trivecta and Nevve) as well as “First Time” (with Dylan Matthew, SLANDER and Dabin) as w...
The Midnight Reveal New 13-Track Album, “Heroes”
Surging synthwave outfit The Midnight have announced a brand new album. Set for release September 9th via Counter Records, Heroes is the final album of a trilogy that spawned in 2018 with Kids, which was followed by the scintillating Monsters. “For me, Kids is self-knowledge, Monsters is self-love, and then Heroes is empathy,” said The Midnight’s Tyler Lyle. “I got into depth psychology and this idea of etiology, the way a human forms. The world doesn’t get better but we do. We grow into ourselves. We grow into our voice.” The Midnight’s new single “Heartbeat” is the latest glimpse into the album following last month’s release of “Change Your Heart Or Die,” a kinetic blend of synthwave and indie rock. The upli...
Swardy Explores the Complex Intricacies That Make Us Human In Audiovisual Album, “Compact Objects”
Using new technology to explore the world during a time of forced isolation, Swardy delves into the complexities of what makes us unique on his new album, Compact Objects. A passionate traveler finding himself sidelined due to the ongoing pandemic, Swardy dove headfirst into 3D animation to cultivate new opportunities for adventure. With no experience under his belt, he downloaded the popular animation toolset Blender and began a two-year journey that would eventually culminate in Compact Objects. We caught up with Swardy to explore what went into the development of his visceral audiovisual album. Beginning work in March 2020, Swardy set out to create a dreamlike journey for his endearing mascot, Morne Diablotins. Sharing a name with the tallest mountain in Dominica, he found ins...
Armin van Buuren Announces Album Trilogy, “Feel Again”
Fans of Armin van Buuren have a lot to look forward to this year and beyond. The trance music icon has announced a three-part album series. Aptly titled Feel Again, the trilogy, van Buuren said, was created to reestablish the connection between his friends, family and fans that the pandemic had eroded. He also dropped the series’ titular single “Feel Again,” a stunning house track featuring Wrabel that will appear on Part 1, which will arrive this Friday, June 10th and will comprise 10 songs. The trilogy’s remaining two chapters are expected to be released in the fall of 2022 and the opening months of 2023 respectively, according to a press release issued by Armada. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “I’m really excited to announce my upcoming F...
Andrew Bayer Announces New Anjunabeats Double Album, “Duality”
Trance music vet Andrew Bayer has announced Duality, an ambitious double album set for release via his longtime home of Anjunabeats. Bayer says the upcoming record will run the gamut of the wide spectrum of electronic styles that have shaped his unique sound through the years. “Since day one, I have always struggled with how to present myself. I love making these experimental home listening albums of electronica and indie sounds, but I also love DJing and making trance bangers,” Bayer said in a press statement. “On my last album, I had to remix the album in full after it was released to make the worlds fit. This time around I wanted to capture all the breadth, depth, and tension within that duality under one single project.” Cover art of Andrew Bayer’...
Listen to Flume’s Brilliantly Eclectic Third Album “Palaces”
After months of singles and teasers, Flume has finally delivered his hotly-anticipated third studio album, Palaces, via Future Classic. Palaces is a groundbreaking album that expands Flume’s influences to even deeper reaches of electronic music. He’s taken his signature experimental sound and perfected it, leading to some of the best music he’s written to date. It’s an LP that speaks to his vision and project as a whole, giving listeners a taste of exactly who Flume is even if they’ve never listened to anything else in his discography. Opening with high energy on “Highest Building” featuring Oklou, the track sets the pace for the rest of the album. Emotions run high throughout, as the vocals and varied collection of sounds help steer the ...
Watch Alison Wonderland’s Secret Album Release Rave Live From a Vacant Laundromat
Lights, camera, laundry. Alison Wonderland rinsed out a slew of filthy new tracks live from a vacant L.A. laundromat as her long-awaited album dropped this week. Giving audiences one of the first live previews of her brand new Loner LP, the Australian songstress performed in partnership with Brownies & Lemonade at a pop-up rave to remember. The private event went down in the Alvardo Laundromat in Los Angeles. But if a sonic cleanser is what you were after, this DJ set was anything but. Wonderland unleashed an onslaught of bass as the laundromat beamed to life in a flurry of lasers. The LED strips lining the venue’s equipment snaked along every corner of the aged interior, igniting the scene with sequences of polychromatic hues for a distinctly haunting feel. The washing machines ...
Madonna to Release “Finally Enough Love” Compilation With Remixes By Avicii, Above & Beyond, More
The Queen of Pop’s first project from her career-spanning global partnership with Warner Music is officially on the way: a retrospective album called Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones. Madonna remains the only recording artist to net 50 #1 hits on the Billboard charts. In celebration of the milestone, she will release the collection, which boasts 50 alternate versions and remixes of her music by some of electronic music’s most esteemed artists. Among the tracks is Avicii‘s beloved remix of “Girl Gone Wild,” a gem of the late dance music icon’s early era of mainstream success. Avicii and Madonna famously appeared together on the Ultra Music Festival Mainstage in 2012, a performance that marked the start of a working relationship which saw the two j...
“Loner”: Alison Wonderland’s Third Album Is the Rallying Call of Our Times
In 2020, Alison Wonderland hit a turning point. “My life was going a certain way before something pulled everything out from under me…I felt like I had hit my rock bottom,” she reflected in a press release. It was a reckoning both personal and professional, as working on new music transformed from an emotional outlet into a rallying call. “I realized that I have always seen myself as the victim of my story,” she recalled. “This time, something shifted in me, and I decided that I didn’t want to be the victim anymore.” Wonderland’s third album, Loner, is out now and it’s the sweeping result of this new awakening. And despite the title of her 2018 sophomore effort, Awake, it’s actually this new 12-track project that...
