"We are in the crest of a wave, and whenever it's rising we will be there." -- Fatboy Slim
For some, EDM means the newest, most intense electronic music available. It's what you listen to in the...
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After a week of trying and failing to get in touch with Zedd, the electro house mad scientist, I was starting to imagine him as an insane night owl, a club rat with night vision who definitely...
When DJ Mag came out with its annual list of Top 100 DJs in October 2011, it was not much different from any other year. And by that we mean having a Y chromosome seems to have been one of the...
You've probably heard Afrojack's chart-topping power single "Take Over Control" many times, if not from your personal collection, then from every gym sound system for the last two years. And, if you're...
Dutch electronic trio Noisia has had a prominent decade-long career, spanning countless singles, three albums, every dance genre under the sun, and of course, some humbling experiences along the way. We spoke with two members of Noisia about the origin...
UK's Erol Alkan is pretty much a legend in glitchy house, London parties and frequent collabs with Boys Noize. But when the aggro club stuff has gone to bed, Erol digs in his crates. After one particularly intense, sweat-soaked session, he begat Bugged...
With the advent of EDM upon us, it's hard to place Boys Noize, and it's pointless to try. The enterprising Berlin DJ/producer/label manager Alex Ridha has been dabbling in hard, unrelenting glitchy house...
"I remember in the 90s there were literally hanging bedsheets and video projections on it. There were almost no moving lights and a bedsheet and some beat-up ass looking speakers, now we're looking at...
"DJ MAG! Your Top 100 DJ boy club list can eat a dick! Where the ladies at???" -- Peaches, on her Facebook page, in response to the lack of any women on DJ Mag's top 100 list of 2011.
There's no denying that female producers in commercial...
Come for the EDM videos, stay for the party. These electro gods may have their differences, but whether you prefer the Ed Banger bass of a Justice track or the hard-hitting dub of Noisia, this playlist will hold you over until your next music fest.
One year ago, the world came upon a YouTube video like it had never seen before. In it, a bass-heavy trailer narrator voice summoned you into a magical book, which lead you to an aerial view of a grassy sunlit complex where colorful mushrooms and...
Vince Lawrence was there. He may have only been 17-years-old at the time, but he was most certainly there. There to witness the birth of house music in the gay Chicago underground, there when thousands...
It's good to be Afrojack. While he's been a charting force in Dutch house since 2006 in his home country, he's now enjoying the ample fruits of the new American and global obsession with electronic...
Hailing from different genres and walks of life, three crazy producer/DJs converged at Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium to discuss Dutch house, dance parties, and toilet stories --and of course, to...
DJ/Producer Laidback Luke is a forerunner in Dutch house. The all-star collaborator and top-ranking artist has watched the industry explode all around him over the years, so he had a few things to tell us about the evolution of dance music. We...
Canada's Datsik and the UK's Flux Pavilion swap stories about perfecting the art of winning over the crowd. Switching from house to dubstep to Enya samples (yes, you read that right) are just a couple of...
Boys Noize, or Alexander Ridha, is a unique electronic producer from Germany. He's collaborated with everyone from Snoop to K-pop act Big Bang, he runs his own label Boys Noize Records, and while he's...
It's hard to believe that Germany's Paul van Dyk -- one of the biggest trance DJs on the planet -- had humble beginnings in East Germany. But it was there that he cultivated an interest in music and connected to rock 'n roll. We spoke to him at the...
Electronic dance music has taken over the planet. After enjoying decades of fame in Europe, house and dubstep DJs are finally exploding in the rest of the world. We talked to some of the biggest names in electronic music while they relish in this upward...
Don't ask Netherlands native Afrojack if EDM is just a passing phase, because he's all about the everlasting love of dance. The Grammy-winning DJ/producer sat down to share his thoughts on pop mashups, music festivals, and new DJs in the EDM family....
Pop culture and youth have always gone together like ice cream and sprinkles. We’re not surprised by now to see 17-year-olds topping the charts in the realms of pop or hip-hop, but the electronic music...
Most of the famous house acts these days are from Europe and the states, which is why Rio de Janeiro duo Felguk offer a totally new perspective on the commercial dance movement around the world. See what they had to say about EDM insanity in this...
Alesso may be young, but he's already got quite the resume in the EDM world. The Swedish DJ and producer specializing in progressive house music was first noticed for his remixes of other EDM legends such as Swedish House Mafia, Kaskade, and Tiesto. But...
London's electronic duo Nero consists of childhood friends turned co-producers Daniel Stephens and Joseph Ray. Producing dubstep and house tracks with help from vocalist Alana Watson, Nero released their first single, "Innocence" in 2010. The single...
