Last year, before Swedish House Mafia had released their album Paradise Again, they had already announced their first run of US shows since 2012. The album came out this past April, and it was good. The hype was there for a tour. But now shows are getting cancelled, in some cases, just weeks before the date. It’s no secret that the US is facing some hard economic times right now, and ticket sales are down across the map with fewer shows hitting sell out. Especially for festivals when travel is often involved, many promoters are struggling. It should be somewhat easier for local shows, especially with previously stadium-filling acts like Swedish House Mafia, but many shows are now being taken off the schedule. NME reports, “[…] the trio have announced the cancellation of shows at the Amway Center in Orlando on July 31, Madison Square Garden on August 2, TD Garden in Boston on August 9, Washington, D.C.’s Verizon Arena on August 11, and Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on August 17.” Since that article was published on Monday, MetLife in New Jersey, Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, and Footprint Center in Phoenix have also been cancelled. No mention of the cancellations has been made on the group’s social media, but there are plenty of fans on Twitter who have something to say about it.
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To buy a floor ticket for their Los Angeles Banc of California show, one of the bigger shows in the run, you would have to put down $170 — a price for a single artist show that not many EDM fans are used to or receptive to. Floor tickets for their new Madison Square Garden show, which is now the same date as the previous MetLife show, start at $340. It remains to be seen how many more dates end up cancelled before the tour’s conclusion. The tour begins tomorrow at FTX Arena in Miami, which still has plenty of seats available.
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Swedish House Mafia Continue To Cancel More Shows on ‘Paradise Again’ Tour Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/28/swedish-house-mafia-continue-to-cancel-more-shows-on-paradise-again-tour/
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When we advised that the world should keep an eye out for Biicla on our 2020 Artists to Watch list, no one could have predicted where his sound was going to take us. Since then, however, the producer and DJ has remained a steady name that draws attention with each new release. Whether it’s remixing guys like Louis the Child, What So Not and Whethan to appearing on labels like Deadbeats, Confession and bitbird, Biicla is a hot commodity. To cement this sentiment, he shared his latest album Yes Place last week. Yes Place follows-up Biicla’s debut album No Place. Even the album’s first track “Intro (Keeping It Easy)” samples the title track from album one. But where his debut record had more variety between songs, this sophomore LP has tracks that have honed his style of electronica. Case and point: “I’m Not”. The track opens with a gentle beat and this low-sounding, layered vocal provided by collaborator Rome In Silver. The lyrics hint at heartbreak and mental exhaustion while the instrumental carries on a moody, subtle bassline. The chorus’ simple coo and higher register make this an instant attention grabber. The album is a mix of deeper house cuts like “Cigarettes” and “Mini Skrt” and offbeat jams like “Let Yourself Go (VIP)” and “Never Be Mine”. Thematically, however, the album explores the trials and tribulations of love and lust even when certain songs are in utter emotional contrast to another. For example, “For You” featuring KROY has a romantic sentiment attached to it and an upbeat, bedroom pop vibe. Meanwhile, “Never Be Mine” laments over a relationship the singer is wishing for but is ultimately doomed. But the soundscape of melancholic synths and lo-fi high-hats bind Yes Place in harmony. Released by the label Good Luck Have Fun, Yes Place by Biicla is available now and definitely worth the listen. This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Biicla Shares Sad Groovy Bops on Second Album ‘Yes Place’ Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/27/biicla-shares-sad-groovy-bops-on-second-album-yes-place/ [GIVEAWAY] Meow Wolf Heads To Denver With Toro y Moi Duke Dumont Bob Moses & More Next Weekend7/27/2022 Meow Wolf is excited to take a new audience of music lovers on a journey through the multiverse of music with their first Denver-based Vortex festival this August. Offerings at Vortex 2022 include a variety of culinary options, crafts and art installations from local artists, and talented performance artists to create an all-around elevated experience. Vortex will take place August 5-7 at The Junk Yard, Denver’s newest outdoor venue in Sun Valley, that has been primed over the course of months to enable visitors to enjoy in a unique and transformative space. The release of these vendors follows the announcement of the Vortex 2022 lineup (below), full of notable artists like Toro y Moi, 100 gecs, and Bob Moses. ENTER TO WIN TWO (2) WEEKEND VIP PASSES Food vendors for Vortex include food trucks serving a variety of food ranging from Indian to pizza to original Greek recipes. Vendors include WeChef Kitchen serving Asian Fusion, Rocky Mountain Slices for pizza lovers, Original by Greeks serving original Greek recipes, Bombay Station serving Indian food and Italian Ice Denver to provide a sweet treat with Italian ice and gelato. Also joining the festival are crafts vendors from around Denver, providing a selection of jewelry, clothing, visual art, health and beauty and more to festival goers. For beautiful jewelry, browse Culture Cross Jewelry. Clothing will be available from Embracement and Vision Bored Clothing. The Vendor Collective will provide a grand mix of both, with other fun offerings including accessories, health and beauty products, and visual art. And for a particularly Meow Wolf experience, attendees can browse Astral Hoops for mind bendingly colorful accessories to carry with them into the night. “Part of our mission at Meow Wolf is to prioritize social impact and empower sustainability, something each of these vendors also holds dear. We’re excited to share their craft with the crowd and enjoy an incredible experience together,” said Marsi Gray, senior creative producer at Meow Wolf. “There will be three days of endless entertainment, talented performers and mind-opening experiences fit for every attendee.” Check out the full lineup below! This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: [GIVEAWAY] Meow Wolf Heads To Denver With Toro y Moi, Duke Dumont, Bob Moses & More Next Weekend Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/27/giveaway-meow-wolf-denver/ The first time NGHTMRE shared that he had a debut album coming was last November, when he announced his Into The DRMVRSE Red Rocks show that went down this past April. At the time, he called it a “new chapter” of NGHTMRE and that’s sure to be true, especially when the release date for DRMVRSE has finally been revealed. It’s been eight months since then, and we now know DRMVRSE will be unleashed on the world on September 9, just six weeks from now. “I almost shed a tear on stage trying to give this announcement haha,” NGHTMRE wrote in the comments on the Instagram announcement. “Thank you to everyone who has supported me in this madness! Insanely excited to share this music with you guys.” You can still catch NGHTMRE on his current tour throughout October of this year — check dates here. Photo via @scottyknowss This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: NGHTMRE Announces Release Date For Debut Album, “DRMVRSE” Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/27/nghtmre-announces-release-date-for-debut-album-drmvrse/ The Russian invasion of Ukraine officially began in February this year, and it has since caused political strife across the world. And yet, at least presented outwardly, the Ukrainian people have seemed incredibly resilient. Lately, the citizens have been organizing clean-up raves to clear out sections of rubble in the cities caused by bombings.
Euronews reports: “We came here and wanted to support people who survived after the Russian occupation, explained Tatyana Byrianova, a volunteer with Ukraine’s Repair Together organisation. “In Kyiv it was a normal situation, but here it was really awful. People left their homes, and their houses were broken, a lot of houses were ruined,” she said. “We wanted to help them rebuild, fix their houses and clean the territory.” While most of the volunteers are local, many have traveled from other countries including Portugal, the United States, and Germany.
via Euronews | Photo via AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Volunteers in Ukraine organise ‘rave’ clean-up parties Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/27/volunteers-in-ukraine-organise-rave-clean-up-parties/ Last year, house music icons Dombresky and Noizu debuted their special b2b set at Insomniac’s Day Trip Festival and at their own sold-out show at the Hollywood Palladium. Almost a year later, the duo is back this October with an even bigger headline show in Los Angeles, “Save our Souls,” this time at the Shrine Expo Hall. Having experienced their show last year, I would highly recommend checking out this event to any house heads out there. The vibes and energy were off the charts last year, and I would expect nothing less at the Shrine, where there is so much more room to dance than the Palladium. Based on the name of the tour, we should probably expect to hear more of that bright, uplifting 90s style house music that Dombresky and Noizu bring to the floor. Click here for ticket info.
This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Dombresky and Noizu bring their b2b back to Los Angeles Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/22/dombresky-and-noizu-bring-their-b2b-back-to-los-angeles/ Combinator is certainly out to combine a lot of stuff in his latest EP re//combinator, released in June. An actual tornado of whip-fast D&B/industrial snares, analog metal blast beat drums, virtuosic vocals and a surprising dose of slap bass, this rock polisher of a ninth release from the Seattle-based solo project of Sean Fairchild has produced some unlikely gems. We just have to make sense of them. It’s clear from previous releases by Fairchild as Combinator that, despite being a multi-instrumentalist, his base is bass. That would explain the Seinfeld-meets-Les Claypool-style funk bass work, and it’s as good a string to pull as any to start unraveling the tech of re//combinator. Combining elements of analog instrumentalism such as said slap-and-pop bass, metal drumlines and thrash guitars with digital elements like mod-produced drum & bass snares, ambient melodics, vocoder manipulation et all in this format seems to be fairly new to Combinator, but he’s been gearing up to it (pardon the pun). Combinator actually started out as a more traditional funk/rock fusion band. 2013’s Vice & Passion EP is a straight up and down studio release and subsequent releases were thus until the 2020 single, “Juggernaut.” A Primus-eque love letter to his beloved bass mixed with Zappa-style chaotic jam band vibes, “Juggernaut” seems to be the turning point at which Fairchild released his inner experimental composer/performer. There was clearly no going back from there. “Juggernaut” was also the first track from Combinator to have programmed drums – mostly semi-ameny snares – along with the analog, but it becomes really obvious and EDM-mergy with the track following, “Can’t Pretend to Know.” The first sniff of indie-style vox hits here as well, along with melodic six-string bass work and some ambient harmony programming. Combinator’s style is forming with this track, and seriously ramps up with “Eargoggle Fodder,” which released November that same year with, for the first time, an electronic base melody which winds around the funk bass, more indie (although minimal) Maynard-like vocals and even the hints of Zappa again, but this time much more composed. Looking at these lead-in tracks, fans can now see that the ear hurricane that is re//combinator didn’t just come from a jam session between a skilled bassist and electronic producer on ketamine, though one might wonder, especially in the case of the “Respira” mixes. In fact, re//combinator is a progression, or a re-combining of all the musical elements Fairchild has loved in his musical career. The first two tracks, “Guest In Your Own Skin” and the lyrically COVID-inspired “Things that Should Be” pick up where “Juggernaut” and “Eargoggle Fodder” left off, with shades of industrial drums weaving in with the D&B snares and more Tool-like verses complimenting the shockingly complex bass work. After the relative (though now followable, composition-wise) chaos of the first two tracks, the third is possibly an even bigger surprise than said chaotic tracks: a remix/cover of Imogen Heap‘s wildly popular and, through no fault of her own, TikTok famous song, “Hide and Seek.” We only mention TikTok becuase that famous version is also a remix, and Combinator’s treatment of the track is a bit closer to the original. Fans might not even recognize it as such. Stuffed with even more distorted vocoder than the original, it almost sounds like Fairchild decompressed and then played it backwards while adding some bass flourishes. His actual process wasn’t far off:
The result is a surprisingly delicate comedown off the first two tracks and an entrée into the next part of Fairchild’s experiments in sound. “Cartoon Character Child” is as ambient as we’ve seen Combinator get, as it feels like a dream sequence from Adventure Time. Weird and experimental as the other tracks, this ambient segue into the full-on EDM of the rest of the EP (save bonus track “Through the Fog”). Collaboration has always been an important part of Combinator, and Fairchild worked with other musicians on the final tracks of re//combinator as well as on “Things that Should Be” (the trap beat was supplied by Philip “Godcloud” Coleman). Well-known video game and cinematic sound designer Jesse Holt created the production the “Respira” club mix and chill mixes. Both mixes are technically chill, especially in relation to the beginning of the EP, with house beats at different tempos and sort of sunrise set ambient vibes. For EP closer “Through the Fog,” Fairchild teamed up with former bandmate drummer Isaac Chirino, and it sort of takes listeners full circle, back to Combinator’s funky and jazzy roots. With this closing, despite the progression witnessed in re//combinator, the audience is left wondering: will Combinator continue in the more ambient arena? Or is there to be more chaos? Is he going back to funk? It’s up to him to decide, and if re//combinator has taught us anything, artists have the right to re-style, re-work and re-combine their music as they see fit. re//combinator is out now and can be streamed on Spotify or purchased on Bandcamp along with the rest of Combinator’s wild discography. Check out his YouTube channel for more videos. This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: New Artist Spotlight: Prepare for the Sonic Storm that is Combinator [Video] Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/26/new-artist-spotlight-prepare-for-the-sonic-storm-that-is-combinator-video/ Kill The Noise just released his second album, his first in six years, EMBRACE, earlier this year. Now, it’s time for the remixes. Coming August 12 on Seven Lions’ Ophelia Records, the remix pack features scene-paving tastemakers like Moore Kismet and Ray Volpe to bass head favorites Champagne Drip and Hairitage all the way to melodic dance acts Far Out and Xavi and to niche sound design experts Teddy Killerz and Automhate. These trance, drum & bass, trap, dubstep, and house versions of the originals ensure the album tunes hit all festival stages and corners of the dance scene. The EMBRACE REANIMATED announcement comes with the release of Moore Kismet’s genre morphing remix of “Don’t Look Back,” which itself comes soon after the release of their own debut album, UNIVERSE. They debuted the bouncy trap-infused track at their first EDC Vegas performance closing out Circuit Grounds this May to much fanfare. Kill The Noise is currently promoting the remixes and originals on his 27-city album tour with large shows at the Brooklyn Mirage and Exchange LA and at various high-profile festivals like Escapade and Lost Lands. Check out Moore Kismet’s remix of “Don’t Look Back” below!
Photo via @exchangeLA This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Kill The Noise announces ‘EMBRACE REANIMATED’ remix album + Moore Kismet remix out now Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/26/kill-the-noise-announces-embrace-reanimated-remix-album-moore-kismet-remix-out-now/ The Monster Energy Up & Up concept is like the Final Four of College Music Festivals. Up & Up ambassador teams rally their student bodies in an intense 48-hour campaign to generate the most ticket pre-sales to a festival that they will co-produce — but only if their school wins. (The festival only processes credit cards from the winning schools.) This year, Up & Up has announced Australian artist Dom Dolla as their Fall 2022 headliner. Student ambassador teams representing more than 50 U.S. colleges will lead over-the-top marketing and influencer campaigns to rally their school to buy pre-sale tickets with no date or location to earn the opportunity to produce a festival with Dom Dolla. Only the top four schools will win. “I regularly get requests to play amazing college parties, I’ve come to learn there are a lot of colleges and only so much time” said Dom. “So, I’ve teamed up with the Monster Energy Up & Up Festival, they will be giving 4 colleges the opportunity to promote their own festival with yours truly as the headliner…this is going to be mental.” Once the competition is over, the winning colleges work with Up & Up producers to bring Dom Dolla to a nearby venue location. The national competition kicks off on September 13th at 4 p.m. EST. The four winning festivals will take place in October and November. “Joining up and up has been extremely vital in expanding my knowledge of the music industry and building practical skills that I can apply in my work,” says Asia Kurtalic, senior, and 2x winner from University of Virginia. “Living in a smaller town like Charlottesville makes it difficult to expand networks and keep pace with other individuals pursuing similar career paths. Up and Up has granted me tangible experiences that have made me stand out as a candidate for both my tour management positions as well as my current internship at Warner Music Group.” To learn more about the Monster Energy Up & Up Festival opportunities and its collegiate network, visit https://upandupfestival.com/. College students seeking the music industry experience and internship credit can apply at www.upandupfestival.com/. This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Monster Energy Up & Up College Festival Series Announces Dom Dolla as Fall 2022 Headliner Via https://www.youredm.com/2022/07/26/monster-energy-up-up-college-festival-series-announces-dom-dolla-as-fall-2022-headliner/ It’s been four years since What So Not’s debut album, Not All The Beautiful Things, but fans won’t have to wait much longer for album #2. With today’s release of “As One” with Herizen, What So Not has revealed his next album, Anomaly, is officially out September 16. WSN enlightens, “For some time, this song was just an iPhone recording of the two of us riffing in the house one day. Me on an OP1 synth & Herizen humming melodies. I later showed the recording to DUSKUS and we quickly fleshed out a tune pretty close to what you hear today. The wonky saw synths on the drop really encapsulate the emotion of this record for me. So euphoric but most of all fun.” Sharing the album tracklist today, What So Not reveals the 11 tracks that will make up Anomaly and delivers (in spades) on the anticipated ton of top shelf collabs. Listen to “As One” below! Pre-order/save the album here. What So Not – Anomaly – tracklist (out 9.16 on Counter / Sweat It Out):
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