Chances are, you’ve heard many of these sounds countless times. Whether it’s the garbled chatter snipped from Masters at Work’s ‘The Ha Dance’ or the distorted TR-808 kick of Musical Mob’s ‘Pulse X’, these samples and synthesizer bleeps make up the architecture of modern dance music and are littered throughout SoundCloud and YouTube, often well …
From established titles such as Tomorrowland and Creamfields to newer entrants such as Untold and Airbeat One, there is absolutely no festival across the continent for EDM fans, big-room house, trance and any other dance music style. After much deliberation, we have selected ten favorites (not in some order). Tomorrowland Festival Line: The Chainsmokers, Armin …
Let’s be real: in the recent past, rock music — specifically hard rock, punk, metal, and their many offshoots — has been relatively underground. Sure, huge bands like Guns N’ Roses and Foo Fighters have remained in the public eye their whole career, but even they have felt a level more entrenched than the average rap star or pop singer over the past …