Beatport finally revealed the results of the Beatport Awards. They’ve been holding this ceremony since 2007, but this was the year that they changed it up to include experts and the crowd sourced opinion. There was a lot of winners and some surprises. Here is what Beatport had to say: The Beatport Awards honors the […]
EDM increases by 190% on Last.fm
A last.fm scrobbling report has been released with data for the July 2012 – July 2013 tracking period. Last.fm’s results are pretty astonishing, and they ironically contrast with the typical views of the music landscape in modern day America. Be prepared for shock! Per Last.fm, the average number of Hip Hop listeners dropped from 7,000 […]
Kaskade tweets about festival pet peeves
This weekend Kaskade took to Twitter to express some of his concerns about DJ’s who play at big name festivals. Although his concerns were more along the lines of pet peeves than criticisms, he certainly has an interesting take. Kaskade explains how he’s not a big fan of when DJ’s play house remixes of songs […]
ZHU – Faded
In the mood for some new deep house? Check out this new track from Zhu, a rising deep house producer. The track is called ‘Faded’, and if this track comes on then it’s probably a precursor of the night you’re about to have. The track has smooth, mellow, and addictive vocals that are repetitive yet […]
Mr Grim – Can’t Stop This (Mr Grim’s Short – Throw Edit)
For those who don’t know, Mr. Grim is one of the hosts of Backstage with the EDM Assassins. He asked me if he could help with the submissions. As we were testing the system to get him involved, he submitted this. I thought his description was on point and think that I’ll let him describe […]