Sahara Tent fans, are pop crossovers ruining EDM?
Not that I had any doubt, but the fact that electronic dance music has gone mainstream really hit me this week when I heard local Top 40 station KRCK play Alex Clare’s “Too Close” (aka the “Is that...
View ArticleKaskade called ‘a telling test case’ for EDM in arenas
Kaskade, who closed down the Sahara Tent on Saturday night at Coachella 2012, will be on an even bigger stage tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Kaskade performs during the first Saturday of...
View ArticleCoachella: DJ Nicky Romero talks EDM, Ultra Music Festival
Even with a No. 1 dance single and main stage performance at the hottest electronic music festival under his belt, Nicky Romero didn’t know he was part of the EDM craze in the U.S. He didn’t even know...
View ArticleCoachella’s Sahara Tent a reflection of evolving ‘EDM’
Photo credit: Twitter.com/Coachella EDM is a term that has recently taken over North America. It’s a term generally used to describe music that doesn’t involve instruments, but to progressive house...
View ArticleCoachella: Hardwell explodes into life behind DJ booth at Sahara Tent
An hour before his set at one of the biggest music festivals in the country, Robbert van de Corput blended into the crowd. The 25-year-old lounged unassumingly on the couch in the Coachella press tent...
View ArticleElectric Daisy Carnival draws full house in Las Vegas
Electric Daisy Carnival festival-goers watch Steve Angello at Kinetic Field in the early hours of Monday in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens, Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)Insomniac Events struck Vegas gold...
View ArticleDaft Punk album launched by Luciano at Coachella
Danny Whittle, head of IBZ Entertainment, a new entertainment company servicing artists and talent buyers worldwide, says the Daft Punk album, “Random Access Memories” will become “the most remixed...
View ArticlePalm Springs Splash House event looks to reclaim lost scene
Splash House flyer (Courtesy of SplashHouse.com) Palm Springs is not the lively place for young and upcoming, sophisticated visitors it once used to be. Those people are all grown up, retired and...
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