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It used to be that WMC was the only game in town for the ‘EDM’ industry to come together and pow wow. But just this year, Insomniac has announced EDM Biz in the run up to EDC in Las Vegas, and the International Music Summit debuted its first U.S. event earlier year with a pre-Coachella EDM symposium and dinner. …MORE
FLüD Presents: Beats Per Minute Series with Evidence from FLuD Watches on Vimeo.
Flud Watches presents the fourth “Beats Per Minute” video featuring Evidence in celebration of their “BPM” Watch as part of their new summer collection. The “Beats Per Minute” Video Series showcases some of hip hop’s most influential producers highlighting their craft, while discussing changes in the game, crate diggin’, equipment and their advise to the new generation.
In this fourth episode, Evidence discusses his beginnings meeting QDIII (Quincy Jones’ son) which in turn became a hub for folks like Alchemist, Will.I.Am, and others. He also discusses the similarities and connections between producers and graffiti artists and wanting to be ‘behind-the scenes.’ Evidence discusses various changes in …
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Electric Daisy Carnival founder and chief executive Pasquale Rotella has written an op-ed piece that was published in today’s LA Times. In the article, Rotella finally speaks out about the unfair targeting of EDC by the media that eventually pushed the festival out of Los Angeles after 15 consecutive years and millions of dollars in revenue for the city.
“A snowball of negative press and political fallout followed the tragic death of a teenager after the Electric Daisy Carnival in June 2010,” Rotella wrote. “Attention focused on such an alarming incident is understandable, but ever since then Insomniac has been unfairly placed under a microscope. The same scrutiny has not been applied to individuals engaging in illegal behavior or to other festivals and mass gatherings that endure similar issues.”
You can read the full op-ed at LATimes.com, and tell us in the comments section how you feel about EDC’s treatment more than a year after the events. …MORE
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Ahhhhh yes … the month of March in Miami is known for two things: cheesy spring breakers and out-of-town ravers. Some might say they go hand in hand but this past weekend, March 25-27 to be exact, Miami was overflowing with some international jetsetting, glowstick toting, furry-boots wearing, high-class raving little monsters that Lady Gaga would be deathly proud of. Ultra Music Festival 2011 was an epic 3-day EDM heaven, proof that God is indeed a raver. Over 100,000 people from all over the globe (Brazil and Holland, to be exact) descended onto what used to be Winter Music Conference week. Yet with this year’s weird date change which resulted in WMC arriving a little earlier, it didn’t deter anyone from not experiencing UMF13 in all …
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A slew of top names have been added to the line-up for the 2011 Ultra Music Festival in Miami, filling out the line-up for the event’s first three day run—March 25-27. The biggest edition is ’80s superstars Duran Duran, who are promoting their new Mark Ronson produced album, All You Need Is Now. Simon Le Bon and company will also be appearing at Cochella in April.
Also added to the bill are Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am, electronica mainstays Underworld, dutch trance master Armin Van Burren, rave icon Moby, house music superstars Kaskade and Erick Morillo and electronic-jam group Disco Biscuits. …MORE
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