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Elektro is proud to celebrate EMI’s Electrospective series, which pays homage to electronic music’s long, storied history. We’ll be giving you a guided tour through EMI’s extensive, 600-plus album catalog; our tailor-picked recommendations are geared toward Elektro’s readers and are sure to open your eyes to the legendary artists and key tracks that inspired today’s EDM heavy-hitters...

On November 21st, Eric Prydz is giving his New York fans something to be extra thankful for. During the Swede's long-awaited stint in the U.S. this summer, he headlined the traveling Identity Festival and performed a slew of solo dates...

“You’re being punked.” This was the near-universal response I received yesterday when I told my coworkers and friends what I had just been asked to do. I got a phone call a little after 3 PM, instructing me to report to the banana stand at the Trader Joe’s in Union Square at 5 PM sharp… dressed in a banana costume...

elektro’s Fall Issue includes a fashion spread featuring Eva Simons; she's the dymanic, energetic vocal force behind the classic “Take Over Control” and hard-hitting solo singles like “Renegade.” Despite her towering hair and commanding presence, Simons is down-to-earth and incredibly enthusiastic about any and all types of music; in our interview, she gushed about everything from Nero’s “Me &

When Beatport announced its remix contest for Zedd's "Spectrum," our first reaction was a skeptical one: it's hard to imagine any rework of the track, no matter how good, competing with the original version's nuanced blend of soul and synth...

The artists behind "Burning," out today on Ultra Records, are no strangers to having their work remixed. Both Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl's "In My Mind" and Adrian Lux's "Teenage Crime" were transformed from indie-inflected vocal house tracks to bona fide big-room anthems by Axwell, and his influence is obvious here...