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It’s official. Bloc Party front man Kele Okereke has made a full transition to good old-fashioned house music. Not coming as much of a surprise due to his highly dance music inspired musical portfolio, Kele releases a pure house track rivaling many veteran producers...

Recently, elektro got the chance to chat with Bloc Party front man Kele Okereke to discuss his work on the newly released Bloc Party Tapes. The 15-track compilation, as a whole, is a window into the mind of a musician who has conquered numerous genres of music with ease...

Rustie gives the world a new connotation for the word “Ratchet” with his new bass heavy remix. Taking on indie rock legends Bloc Party’s newest track, “Ratchet,” Rustie completely reworks the track into something far from the original...

German duo Digitalism have taken Bloc Party’s single “Truth” and turned it into a summer anthem full of nectarous melodies that flow freely with the warm vocals of the original song. The fresh Toolroom Records release brings a comforting energy with slight riffs in typical Digitalism fashion...

Here are some sinister snippets of new remixes for Boys Noize tracks “XTC” and “ICH R U”, sliced by two of electronica's top shelf acts, The Chemical Brothers (who take on "XTC") and Justice (who mess with "ICH R U") – expect full throttle fusions of colossal synth delight on each...

Since launching in 2008, HARD SUMMER has become the largest ticketed music festival in the city of Los Angeles, expanding as a two-day event last year for the first time in the festival’s 6-year history. In 2012, the festival drew over 50,000 party goers to downtown Los Angeles for high-octane performances from the likes of Skrillex, Bloc Party, Miike Snow, Boys Noize, Bloody Beetroots, NERO, and

Relive the intensity of HARD Summer 2012 with the official recap video released by HARD Events today. Marking the pinnacle of the Los Angeles summer music festival this year, HARD Smmer welcomed over 50,000 fans (August 3-4, 2012) at the Los Angeles State Historic Park for the event’s fifth annual installment...

The fifth annual Outside Lands 2012 rocked, raved and turned the city of San Francisco into a bustling, music extravaganza, drawing in thousands of beautiful people from locals to out-of-towners for an unforgettable, indulgent experience in one of America’s greatest parks at the lush Golden Gate Park...

Ultimately, it was all about the dancing, and perhaps LA dub DJ favorite Gaslamp Killer put it best during his standout Saturday night set when he advised the crowd that, “If you aren’t moving right now, you’re f*cking dead.” They were moving...

The daily lineups and set times for the upcoming HARD Summer were released today. Festival headliners will include Skrillex, DJ Antention, James Murphy, Zedd, Boys Noize, A- Trak, Nero and Bootsy Collins. HARD Summer will go down at the LA State Historic park in downtown Los Angeles on August 3 and 4...