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If you paid attention to VEVO’s recap videos of last October’s Dutch madness at Amsterdam Dance Festival, then you might have caught a peek of former elektro cover star Afrojack and his new gear. The Dutch producer seized the moment to use his new laptop from Razer, a software and hardware company with experience in gaming related gear...

You know how you’ve always thought something was missing from your ice cream, but you couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was? Turns out it was the lack of florescent coloring in your scoops – that is if you’re a die-hard electronic music lover...

This week leading DJ equipment company Pioneer launched a third CDJ to their DDJ-S series with the compact and entry-level DDJ-SB. The newest addition features nearly all the same features found on the series’ more comprehensive DDJ-SX and DDJ-SR models but with a more compressed and portable version...

We were all left a little confused last weekend when Avicii’s highly anticipated YouTube Music Awards spot took a turn for the weird but it seems YouTube caught wind of dance music fans’ collective “huh?” The digital video giant shared “a holographic reimaging of #YTMA performer Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” on their Google+ channel...

London-based producer Tom Staar is a big room house producer on the rise and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. With unbelievably catchy cuts like his edit of Dirty South’s “Until The End of Time” still on constant replay at the elektro office, the London-born star unveiled the preview to his latest track, “Faces...

After previewing the track live at Amsterdam Dance Festival last October, Hardwell has enlisted the help of Shazam to premiere his latest number, “Dare You." Featuring American artist Matthew Koma, the track will be available for purchase on November 13th via Beatport and November 15th via iTunes...

What do you get when you mix some of Australia’s most happening electronic music stars, dancing maniacs and a great cause? You get your hands on a remix that’s really worth dancing to. Empire of the Sun and Tommy Trash teamed up to create an uplifting tune called “Celebrate," and Mr...

There must be something in the largely secluded waters of Australia. Some of our favorite headliners hail from dance music-hungry nation always surprise us with some of the freshest talent around. In comes rising DJ-recently-turned-producer Airwolf...

Interested in unfiltered funk and making babies? Look no further than Kaytranada’s edit of “I Want You” by Common. Quite possibly one of the best things to come out of Canada in recent memory, Kaytranada has proved release after release that there’s no stopping the innovative producer and DJ from making some of the freshest beats around...

As if we needed another reason to love everything Duck Sauce related, Fool’s Gold has released one of the neatest bundles around. With the release of “Duck Tape” last week, A-Trak and Armin van Helden are taking their always-in-demand duo act to another level with this release...