Tomorrowland has launched RISE, a new compilation series spotlighting “under-the-radar and emerging artists.” Arriving today on the festival giant’s Tomorrowland Music label, the series’ first installment, RISE VA (Vol. 1), features six tracks from a multi-genre collection of burgeoning dance music talents, including Vidojean x Oliver Loenn, Layla Benitez & MotherEarth, Tigerblind, KILL SCRIPT, Olympe, and Spada. Online friends-turned-real-life afro house collaborators Vidojean and Oliver Loenn have delivered the compilation album’s lead track with “Alameyo,” followed by “Usion” from Club ..read more

A new documentary film about Avicii is set to premiere at New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival this summer. Avicii – I’m Tim will be screened at Tribeca in the festival’s Spotlight Documentary category, and features never-before-seen interviews with former Avicii collaborators Aloe Blacc and Coldplay’s Chris Martin, according to Billboard. Additional interviews with legendary guitarist Nile Rodgers and Avicii’s former manager Ash Pournouri are also in the film, according to Tribeca’s website. “Before there was Avicii, there was just Tim,” reads the film’s synopsis. “For the first time through ..read more

Marshmello has just teased six new incoming tracks on social media. The tracks featured in Marshmello’s Instagram teaser today harken back to his early days, running the gambit from emotive, mainstage-ready EDM to trap and even liquid drum & bass—in stark contrast to his recent dubstep exploits with SVDDEN DEATH. Alongside short audio clips for each new song, Marshmello also dropped off their official titles, including “Minute” featuring an unnamed vocalist, “Kissin my friends,” “Don’t Speak” featuring Sabrina Claudio, “Forever” with pluko, “Just Can’t Stop” and “Dreams” featuring Leon Tho ..read more

From linking with drum & bass “dons” Chase & Status to dropping his unreleased Skrillex collaboration, Hamdi’s Coachella debut last weekend was full of defining moments. However, tracklist treasure hunters will be interested in one moment: a teaser of his new collaboration with Marshmello. “Yo does anyone want to hear some new Hamdi and Marshmello right now?” the producer can be heard shouting from the Do LaB decks in video footage from the set. “This is the first time this track has ever been played.” The new track, featuring a vocal hook encouraging listeners to get “fired up,” did j ..read more

Shambhala Music Festival has been nominated for Major Festival of the Year at this year’s Canadian Live Music Industry Awards (CLMIAs). The transformational festival, which takes place annually at Salmo River Ranch in Salmo, British Columbia, announced the news in an Instagram post Tuesday. “Your unwavering love and support means the world to us,” Shambhala organizers wrote. “We couldn’t have achieved this honour without you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you Farmily!” The annual honors, put on by the Canadian Live Music Association as part of Toronto’s Canadian Music Week celebration ..read more

With EDC Las Vegas and EDC Week less than one month away, most of Insomniac’s city-wide gigs are set, but that doesn’t mean the festival giant hasn’t thrown in a few last-minute surprises. Factory 93 has just announced a second EDC Week show with Adam Beyer and Nicole Moudaber. Kicking off at 10:30PM on Thursday, May 16—the night before EDC kicks off at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway—Insomniac’s house and techno brand, Factory 93, will host the two techno giants at The Cosmopolitan’s Marquee Nightclub. Beyer and Moudaber will then follow their EDC Week performances with day one appearances at ED ..read more

Tomorrowland Brazil has just revealed the lineup for its return to São Paulo. The world-renowned festival will return to Itu, São Paulo’s Parque Maeda, from October 11-13, 2024. More than 100 artists are featured on Tomorrowland Brazil’s 2024 lineup, set to perform for over 180,000 attendees across six stages. Tomorrowland favorites in big room and progressive house are expected to offer leading performances on the festival’s castle-inspired “Adscendo” mainstage, including Axwell, Alesso, Amber Broos, Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas and Timmy Trumpet. Techno acts will also pack a punch at Tomorrowland ..read more

Spotify is developing a new “remix” feature that would allow users to speed up, slow down, and mash up songs within the app, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The new feature would also allow users to save edited tracks for repeat listening and share them with other Spotify users. However, these user-generated remixes will not be sharable on third-party social media platforms. The Wall Street Journal reports that the move “is a bet on the future of music consumption” in an effort to “appeal to young users while generating new revenue for artists.”  Rights holders, labels ..read more

EAZYBAKED have just announced their first-ever two-day curated event, The Bake Out. The experimental bass duo will bring their booming left-field beats and a roster of the genre’s rising selectors to Bellvue, Colorado’s famous Mishawaka Amphitheatre on August 23 and 24, 2024. EAZYBAKED will deliver a headline performance on both nights, including a special “EAZYBAKED and Friends” set on night two. “SO WHO TF KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN?!?” the group wrote on Instagram in regard to the collaborative set. Support performances on Saturday, August 23, will come from Massachusetts-born backflipper G-Spac ..read more

A Manchester, UK-based music collective has built a device that gives a living plant the power to “play” musical instruments. The group, known as Bionic and the Wires, creates electronic music compositions with plants, combining “botanical rhythms with atmospheric textures and soundscapes created by synthesizers,” according to their website. The group’s “bionic robot arm” device is capable of harnessing the naturally occurring electrical bio-signals found in all plants. These signals occur due to processes like photosynthesis.  Sensors are attached to plant leaves to capture these signals ..read more