• Skrillex & Four Tet Announce Joint London Show at The Underworld Camden April 5

    In one of the more surprising joint-shows announced so far this year, bass music don Skrillex and eclectic electronic producer Four Tet have teamed up for a new show next week in London. The show will take place at the 500-capacity Underground in Camden, London on April 5. Tickets will only be made available through a ballot system, which you can sign up for here. Lucky fans will be told via email if they were chosen and, if so, they will have 24 hours to redeem their secure ticket link from 10 a.m. on April 1. Sign up for your chance to get tickets here.

  • Ultra Music Festival 2015: Martin Garrix, Usher 'Don't Look Down' Performance Breaks Ultra Live Stream Record [WATCH]

    Martin Garrix came to Miami on a mission to make sure people would remember what he did at Ultra Music Festival 2015. With all of the big world premieres and guest appearances it appears that he did just that, unveiling his long-awaited track "Rewind, Repeat It" with Ed Sheeran and the fan titled "Waiting For Love" alongside Avicii and rumored to be John Legend. The 18-year-old Dutchman did not stop there, also bringing out pop, R&B superstar Usher to sing their new collaboration ""Don't Look Down" to tens of thousands live in the crowd and many raving at home. According to Revolt, the performance broke the live stream record for UMF's Ultra Live streaming record.

  • Beyond Wonderland 2015 Attendee, 22, Dies From Possible Seizure: Exact Cause Of Death Still Unknown

    Tragedy has truck the dance music festival circuit again. 22-year-old year old San Diego native, John Hoagn Dihn Vo, died after collapsing and suffering from a possible seizure at Insomniac Events run Beyond Wonderland at the San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore, California. Vo was pronounced dead after 11 p.m. on March 20 according to the supervising deputy coroner, Randy Emon via the LA Times. The cause of death has not been determined, though a toxicology test is being run to detect if any drugs were in his system.

  • LaBelle's 'Lady Marmalade': 40 Years of Covers, from All Saints to Leona Lewis to Christina Aguilera, Pink and Lil Kim

    LaBelle and its one smash hit, "Lady Marmalade," went to no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 40 years ago, the last time that the group would reach that peak, and indeed, de facto frontwoman Patti LaBelle would only hit the spot once more, with "On My Own." The single gathered acclaim and notoriety (and continues to do so to this day), because of its racy French catcall: "Voulez-vous coucher aver moi (ce soir)?" or "Do you want to sleep with me (tonight)?" The track would only hold the no. 1 position for one week, but left enough of a lasting impact to land at no. 479 on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest songs of all time, and a score of covers, in its wake.

  • Ultra Music Festival 2015: Armin van Buuren Premieres Mr. Probz Collaboration 'Another You' [WATCH]

    Ultra Music Festival is 2/3s of the way finished and we seeing many of the expected premiered and world exclusives that normally occur from the hundreds of DJs who take to stage the stage at the Miami electronic music festival. Armin van Buuren performed on the main stage last night and took the opportunity to premiere his new festival-sized collaboration with Mr. Probz titled, "Another You."

  • Ultra Music Festival 2015: Martin Garrix Premieres Ed Sheeran 'Rewind, Repeat It', Avicii Collabs [WATCH]

    The premieres and exclusives from Miami continue to roll in from the weekend. In a recent interview with Beatport, Martin Garrix stated that he his main stage set on Saturday night would comprise of 100% Martin Garrix music, bootleg or mashups, with at least 60% of it being new and original material he would debut. He used that platform to premier his long-awaited collaboration with Ed Sheeran titled "Rewind, Repeat It" and his new track alongside Avicii rumored to feature John Legend, which has been given the fan name "Waiting For Love."

  • Martin Garrix, Tiësto Premiere 'The Only Way Is Up' In New 7UP Commercial Ahead Of Ultra Music Festival 2015 [WATCH]

    As the dance music calendar gets under way with Miami Music Week and Ultra Music Festival this weekend 7UP has unveiled its new commercial pitched towards generation x starring Martin Garrix and Tiësto. The duo uses the opportunity to premiere their new single "The Only Way It Up" (could the name be an ode to the brand). The commercial starts with Garrix and Tiësto sitting side-by-side in a trailer, talking about how each one of them has been an influence on the other and presumably listening to the track through Tiësto's headphones on a laptop. They are ejected out into a desert outside of Las Vegas with absolutely nothing around, but that is soon going to change.

  • Diplo, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant Announce Collaboration On Instagram: How Will Fans React?

    Whoa... we did not see this one coming at all. This collaboration came deep out of the Wrigley Field ivy in left field, According to an Instagram post by Diplo with a selfie of him and the Led Zeppelin legend, Robert Plant, the pair are collaborating on something. The caption simply says "collab coming soon" so it isn't clear what they are working on or who it is for - it could be basic production work for a new Plant song, or Robert could be laying down some vocals for a new Diplo track.

  • 'High Minded' and Low Bass: Tim Storms, Saint-Saëns and Enya Get Lower Than Hip-Hop and Dubstep Ever Could

    Bass gets a bad rap in music, usually seen as a destroyer of stereos or a noise complaint to the police waiting to happen. Two clever engineering students at George Mason University used the power of sub-bass to their advantage however, channeling its waves into an experimental rendition of fire extinguisher, using the low audio waves to put out fires. They weren't the first to incorporate sub-bass in a "high-minded" way. Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saens and Enya are among our examples.
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