Electronic Music

Armin Van Buuren Talks About Finding New Intensity in Trance

If you consider trance music a religion, then Armin Van Buuren is God. The DJ, producer, remixer, composer, musician, pianist and songwriter has taken trance to world renowned heights through his A State of Trance radio show, Armada Music record label and vast discography which spans over the course ... More >>

Three EDM Artist to Watch This Summer

EDM is a tough genre to stay on top of, even for the most devout kandi kid. The explosion of festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival, the abundance of DJ residencies and tours around the world and the mammoth popularity of sites like Beatport, its not always easy to decipher between the next big sta ... More >>

Basscon

The Yost Theater

Gary Richards Was an EDM Hustler Long Before He Started HARD

With the advent of the HARD Summer line-up and its hilarious trailer circling the Internet, we couldn't help but notice how much they have outdone themselves in terms of bringing the most in the now, up and coming and sought after talent today with a diverse line-up featuring everyone from Dog Blood ... More >>

The Top Five EDM Artists at Coachella

Don't be fooled by the slew of hipsters and bros traipsing around the polo fields of Coachella - the festival itself has long been a pioneer of bringing electronic dance music to the states even dedicating it's own stage for EDM lovers for years. The Sahara tent has seen the likes of everyone from S ... More >>

Top Five Best EDM Shows to See in March

Festival season is less than a month away for the electronic dance music community, and with it comes the time-honored tradition of skimpy outfits, three-day ragers, pool parties, and plenty of dancing until the sun comes up. Starting in March, a slew of your favorite DJs will be on tour in the spri ... More >>

Plastician at DUBtroit - Detroit Bar - February 20, 2013

Plastician at DUBtroit February 20th, 2013 Detroit Bar Last night DUBtroit returned Detroit Bar for the second time this year after migrating to the Observatory in 2011 followed by a brief stint in the LA club scene. DJ teaLong, 12th Planet, Drew Best and Danny Johnson of the SMOG Records crew team ... More >>

Why Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano Are the Dutch Version of Swedish House Mafia

See Also: Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano @ Sutra Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano have carried on the Dutch legacy as house music's elite producers and DJs with gigs all over the world after practically being discovered by Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello in 2011. The duo stormed through Orange Co ... More >>

Excision "Execution Tour" - Club Nokia - February 9th, 2013

Excision Club Nokia February 9th, 2013 This weekend, Canadian bass king Excision brought his Execution Tour to Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Excision, born Jeff Abel, kicked off 2013 with a 50-stop North American tour unveiling his new live show and the future of bass music featuring the "Exe ... More >>

Five EDM Artists We'd Like to See at Coachella This Year

As the new year commences EDM fans have one thing to look forward to and that's the start of festival season which kicks-off with WMC and Ultra Music Festival in Miami this spring. Though most people think EDM is in it's revival stage, the truth is the plethora of dance music at festivals has always ... More >>

Battle-Tested DJ Shogun Finally Returns to OC

[Locals Only] The first Asian American DJ on Armin van Buuren's trance label traveled the world to prove himself

Eats Everything is Pudgy, But Gets a Better Onstage Workout Than the Average DJ

Sure, talk shit on his weight if you want. But in an EDM landscape filled with stoic, overly-polished, stereotypical Euro types, Bristol-born DJ Eats Everything is a big man who knows to move. Should you be one of the fortunate revelers to watch him spin his pulsing, percussive mish-mash of house, h ... More >>

Rusko's Love for Dubstep Started With a Ska Groove

The English EDM wunderkind prefers irie vibes over industrial aggression

Com Truise's Sound Combines Lo-fi and Sci-fi

The beatsmith's latest album 'Galactic Melt' gives a Blade Runner edge to EDM

Top 10 EDM Halloween Parties in OC

Halloween is less than a week away, but as you know the EDM scene can stretch out a holiday like nobody's business. And with the potential for slutty costumes and thematic whimsey being at an all time high in October, it's obvious that this is one of the biggest party weekends of the year.  No ... More >>

Zedd Tells Us Why He Dislikes the Phrase "EDM"

Anton Zaslavski, better known by his DJ alias Zedd, is no stranger to the music world growing up in Germany with two musician parents. By age four, he'd began playing the piano and drums and receiving training in classical music. "I played classical music until I was 12 years old and realized it was ... More >>

Slander: Two Former OC Frat Boys Help Take TrapStyle Worldwide

Derek Andersen and Scott Land meet as fraternity brothers at University of California Irvine. Their DJ careers started as half a joke and half destiny. Originally DJing parties for their fraternity because at the time everyone only played hip-hop, Andersen was passionate about bringing house music t ... More >>

Orbital Tell Us How to Make it in the EDM Scene

See Also: *Nocturnal Wonderland: Our Recap From A to Z *Nocturnal Wonderland Day Two @ NOS Events Center *Boys Noize Talks New Album, Working With Snoop Dogg and Skrillex Phil and Paul Hartnoll, also known as the electronic band and DJ duo Orbital, have been pioneers in the dance music scene since ... More >>

Turbulence Brings Bass Music Into an Indie-Rock Bastion

OC's latest EDM experience moves into the Observatory, stages a takeover

Adventure Club

The Observatory

Mark Farina & Colette - Focus' 9 Year Anniversary - 6/26/12

See Also: Afrojack - Monday Social's 16 Year Anniversary at Playhouse - 6/26/12 Over the Weekend: Norman Doray - Yost Theater - 6/24/12 Kaskade Talks EDC, Freaks of Nature Tour and Partying at Focus Tuesdays in OC Mark Farina & Colette 6/26/12 Focus OC Last night, we headed to Focus-- the ... More >>

Top Five Parties During EDC Week

See also: * EDC 2012: High Winds Knock Speakers Around During Markus Schulz' Set * What's So Important About the EDMbiz Conference?* Kaskade Talks EDC, Freaks of Nature Tour and Partying at Focus Tuesdays in OC Now that the dust has settled in Sin City, it's time to take a look at all that went o ... More >>

EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set

In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve Angello, one-third of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia. Sneak called SHM's music "fake shit" and said they "do not play house music" -- as in, real house music. On Friday, in front of a huge crow ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Lineup Revealed!

Insomniac Events announced their highly anticipated line up for the 16th Annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. CEO Pasquale Rotella announced today that more than 100 artists and 500 theatrical groups will be joining the 300,000 expected attendees, including a special performance by the Blue ... More >>

Paul Oakenfold to Perform in Costa Mesa

​ What the hell is DJ superstar Paul Oakenfold doing at Sutra? We have no idea either. But it's probably to be fucking insane. Plan on going? Get there early--seriously.Oakenfold is probably the DJ to credit with pushing the dance genre and culture to mainstream consciousness, kicking off his sign ... More >>

Dance Pick Of The Week: Doc Martin At Focus

It's a little strange to sense all the buzz surrounding Europe's new dark wave of dance floor sounds, which combine tribal drums with deep, chugging bass and a simmering sense of bacchanalia. The likes of Loco Dice, Sven Vath, Dubfire and Radio Slave have been churning out this latest club-land flav ... More >>

Mash-up Master Dirty South Leads Geekdom's Charge Into Clubland

Dance Pick Of The Week: DJ T at Focus

Some would credit Europe with this thing we call electronic dance music by pointing back to the pioneering work of Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and Can. They would be half right: Contemporary electronic dance music, like blues, rock and jazz, is a progeny of the interplay between black and white music ... More >>

Dance Music Pick of the Week: James Zabiela

​As the '00s dawned a fresh crop of DJs and artists descended on club-land. Where the last generation had mastered the long mixes and hip-hop-style tricks of turntables, the new kids were getting under the hood of technology to produce multimedia experiences on the dance floor. James Zabiela is c ... More >>

Dance Music Pick of the Week: Joris Voorn at Code

Krijin van Noordwijk​Once every few years a game-changing album will accelerate the evolution of electronic dance music. The Prodigy added punk rock aggression to the scene in 1992 (Experience), the Chemical Brothers became the Beatles of club-land in 1995 (Exit Planet Dust) and Moby introduced th ... More >>

Newport-bound DJ Mark Knight Makes Even a Record Label Look Modern

Dance Music Pick of the Week: Mark Farina at Code

​In the often futuristic realm of electronic dance music it's easy to forget there is also a strong strain of reverence for the highest forms of pop musicianship. DJ Louie Vega often recalls his salsa heritage, Dennis Ferrer elevates his grooves with gospel, and jazz accentuates the palette of one ... More >>

Dance Music Pick of the Week: Marques Wyatt at Focus

BY DENNIS ROMEROQuietly, with little of the nihilistic self-promotion seen in a new generation of spinners, Marques Wyatt has been one of the most-influential West Coast DJs of the super-club era. In 1988 - 1988! - he co-promoted a night that celebrated house music, a year before the sound would hel ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

[CD Review] Syclops, 'I've Got My Eye on You' (DFA)

Coachella's Robot Rock: Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin and Justice's Automation for (Moving) the People

[CD Review] Carl Craig, Sessions (!K7)

[CD Review] Autechre, Quaristice (Warp)

Coachella lineup announced

Via Coachella.com: FRIDAY, APRIL 25: Jack Johnson, The Verve, Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does it Offend yo ... More >>

Autechre, Why You Gotta Mess with Our Minds So?

Quaristice is the name; fucking up minds is the game. All I wanted to do was to see where in North America Autechre would be touring in support of their forthcoming album, Quaristice (out March 3 on Warp Records). So I went to the British duo's MySpace page. That seemed like a logical move. As y ... More >>

Spinnin' & Singin' Pretty

DJ Colette Vox the House

Detroit Bass Baller

Ghetto-Tech Guru DJ Starski’s Hard-Cop Life

Polymorpous and Polyrhythmic

Three techno DJ mixes to dislocate your hips

The Year the Superstar DJ Died

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Dinosaurs rule the dancefloors no more

Hits!

Dr, Freecloud's

Pretty Awesome Christ Pose

The Hacienda Tour 2006

In the Beginning

Genesis P-Orridge invented your nose ring

Fatboy Slim

Gathering of the Tribe$

Mobys Area: One fest is an orgy of musicand advertising

The Return of Q

The techno artist has a new label, a new album and the same old subatomic attention to detail in every measure