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Only a compilation larger than life could possibly live up to the Ultra Music Festival of 2013. Thankfully, Ultra Music has taken their time to carefully compile a set of the 15 greatest hits EDM has seen in the past year. From Wolfgang Gartner’s new smash “Anaconda,” down to Calvin Harris’ collaboration with Florence Welch on “Sweet Nothing,” Ultra Music’s roster of hits sufficiently encompasse

LA based producer Sholomo is shaping up to be the next producer who will single handedly change the face of EDM. His unique sound is light years ahead in terms of technicality and overall sound. His use of the 808 is unlike anyone else who has tampered with the instrument it it’s vast history...

Fresh after appearing on the cover of Elektro’s second issue, the electronic scene suffered a bittersweet moment when Swedish House Mafia announced that they would be embarking on one last farewell tour back in June. Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and Axwell decided that they had reached the highest star in the stratosphere and it is now time to go on solo journeys...

React Presents and The Mid, brought Sander Van Doorn to the stage on February 16th for what was a memorable set to say the least. Sander hit the stage around 2 am, which from past Mid shows I feel like was a little late for him to be going on (usually the headliner goes on around 1:30)...

Indie rock group Two Door Cinema Club seems to have the perfect composition of beats and vocals to be remixed into an EDM classic. Beat matcher mastermind RAC has now taken on Two Door’s “Bounce” off their new album “Beacon.” RAC is a collaboration of releases from three separate producers from Oregon...

Amsterdam’s Alvaro has a style that jet-sets between sticky popular electro rhythms and progressive house beats. His new original track “Rock Music” has wide-range appeal, drawing from a bedrock of rapture transitions and keeping an ongoing sheerness to it...

The track that has set fire deep within the electrosphere continues to explode with new renditions, this time from Montreal’s Botnek. Premiering first on Pete Tong’s BBC Radio 1 broadcast (where all the crème de la crème hits appear), Botnek’s shifty EDM serenade comes full of sizzling synth bits that speed up as the tune progresses, eventually ending with a stinging breakdown of jumpy basslines

The wise sage of EDM Tommie Sunshine has stayed true to his own musical design throughout his career. Rising from the birthplace of EDM in the states, Chicago, Sunshine has never yielded to the conventions of what house music “should” sound like...

Let the electro shredding take over. Tristan Garner's forceful sound is notoriously full of aggressive and complex slice cuts and his first release since his firecracker 'Digital Rocker EP' invades with a train of electro-punk melodies. "MachineGun" is a double dose of bass and electronica, rupturing a new noise that has already gained support from varying EDM curators like R3hab, Porter

Avicii's collaboration with the world, that invited aspiring producers to join Avicii in making his next track, has finally been released. The project saw over 13,000 submissions from 4199 artists from 140 countries, and resulted in a track you can expect Avicii to move crowds with at the biggest EDM events...