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Richie Hawtin has taken Ibiza by storm with his recent debut solo residency in Ibiza: Richie Hawtin Presents ENTER, blowing up the island with his own amazing sets as well as appearances from some of EDM’s biggest acts including Grimes, Nina Kraviz, Luciano, Sven Väth, Josh Wink, Magda, Ambivalent, Maya Jane Coles, Dubfire, Francois K, Marc Houle, Josh Wink, Marcell Dettmann, Damian Lazarus, among

With festival season is sadly coming to a close in the United States, overseas things are just getting started. The world’s biggest club festival, Amsterdam Dance Event, has been pumped up with steroids this year, making it the biggest force in the EDM festival scene by far...

As more and more eyes are gaining notice of the blossoming electronic scene, it is important to also pay attention to the pioneers who were also a part of the huge surge of the rave scene in the nineties. Rolling Stone has compiled a list of the electronic artists who not only were massive staples during the nineties EDM peak, but they are still setting fire to the dance floor and bringing the he

“How Does It Sound if We Spend Three Nights Out?” The Electric Daisy Carnival Experience: Accounts from a First Timer As an avid electronic dance music fan who has attended festivals from Ultra to Identity, and even Electric Daisy Carnival’s Orlando iteration, I thought I knew what to expect from Electric Daisy Carnival’s hallmark Las Vegas weekend...

EDM is no passing fad... it is a global ecosystem, which has reached bewildering proportions. The proof is in the numbers: The first Electric Daisy Carnival took place in 1997 at the Shrine Auditorium in LA – 4,000 people attended. Fast-forward 16 years, and EDC is one of the largest electronic music dance festivals in North America...

Published by BackBeat Books in 2011, Keyboard Presents the Evolution of Electronic Dance Music, highlights the explosion of the EDM space, from DJs, fans,the genre’s history and evolution, music and programming, as well as interviews from musicians from Daft Punk, deadmau5, BT to Crystal Method, who helped define the genre...

Part of MixMag’s new section where a DJ/producer interviews another, Ritchie Hawtin interviewd Skrillex Being dubbed as the new poster boy for a new generation of EDM and crossover to the mainstream, Skrillex notes how organic “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” development was...

Kicking off the summer right with an electronic music festival, the 2012 Electric Forest returns to Rothbury, Michigan for three days of music from June 28 to July 1st with top-tier international DJ’s and producers. The ambient three-day music festival will be transformed into an illuminated forest by nightfall...

Boiler Room Fives '11 Summary from ISYS on Vimeo. I'll play right wing as long as Richie Hawtin is on defense, mates! xo Sarah P, managing editor, elektro