Electronic Music

The Five Best EDM Shows in May

April has come and gone and spring time is officially here. For most of us in Orange County this means great summer weather, beach days, bikinis and world renowned electronic dance music artists making their way through our city week after week. Since most of us are gearing up for the 17th annual El ... More >>

EDC Las Vegas 2013 Lineup is Here!

After leaving fans on the edge of their seats in anticipation for the sold out 17th Annual Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway -- Insomniac finally revealed the diverse lineup of musical "conductors" as founder and CEO Pasquale Rotella likes to call them. This year's list include ... More >>

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 >>

Fly Guy Eric Prydz

The Swedish DJ conquered his aerophobia to get to America and never looked back

Dirtyphonics Bring "Vomit Level" Partying to Nokia and Coachella

Charly, Thomas, Pho and Pitchin--four french dudes who have been making heavy bass music for well over a decade now--are currently on tour in support of their full-length album IRREVERENCE out on Dim Mak Records. They celebrated their album release on Tuesday at Dim Mak Studios in typical LA fashion ... More >>

Top Five Coachella EDM Highlights

Amidst the crazy sea of hipsters, hippies, old folks, pre-teens and babies(!), the first weekend of Coachella was also packed with EDM revelers ready to get their fist-pumping music fix over the course of the three day bacchanal. In fact it seems that dance music lovers are growing in numbers so muc ... More >>

Raging With My Mom at Ultra Music Festival

Ultra Music Festival celebrated its 15th annual edition by expanding over two three-day weekends (a la Coachella) making it the largest electronic music festival in the US and the only one in the world to take place over two weekends. Acts included some of the worlds biggest EDM names such as Tiëst ... More >>

The Five Best EDM Shows in OC This Month

Just when you thought festival season was over and the surge of electronic dance music events had come to a halt, 2013 has kicked off into high gear with sick shows every week. We already know holidays are big for EDM DJs to ensure a gig, but what about during off months like in January? Well let's ... More >>

9th Annual Holiday Groove - Playhouse Hollywood - December 5, 2012

9th Annual Holiday Groove Playhouse Hollywood December 5, 2012 On Wednesday night, we headed to Hollywood for the 9th Annual Holiday Groove Toy Drive at Playhouse hosted by Groove Radio, Chemistry LA and We Simply Rule. Swedish Egil, the European DJ who made a name for himself as a radio personal ... More >>

DJ Duo Slander Put an OC-bred Spin on an International EDM Craze

Former UC Irvine frat boys Derek Andersen and Scott Land help to take TrapStyle worldwide

Lindsey Stirling

The Observatory

Audrey Napoleon, EDM's Electro Queen, Went From Performing in Malls to Producing Her Own Clothing Line

See Also:*Eric Prydz & Audrey Napoleon - Yost Theater - 8/16/2012 *Being Underrepresented, Female DJs Say There's No Crying in EDM *Slideshow: Identity Festival 2011 - The Crystal Method, Jason Bentley, Pretty Lights, Steve Aoki & More The LA-based DJ/producer Audrey Napoleon is one of the ... More >>

Krewella Wants to Play Hard With OC Fans This Weekend

See Also: Identity Management Group and Insomniac Events Create an EDM Power Merger in OC Rebecca & Fiona - Dim Mak Studios - 7/12/12 Club Snaps: Zeds Dead @ Ten Nightclub Starting as a side project in high school the new electro trio that is Krewella was formed by sisters Jahan and Yasmin ... More >>

Turbulence - the Observatory - 7/20/12

See also: *Turbulence: OC's Latest EDM Experience Moves into the Observatory, Stages a TakeoverTurbulence, a wall-rumbling evolution of the Detroit Bar's extinguished monthly Dubtroit,  crossed over into the main room of the Observatory on Friday night. Orange County / LA premier dubstep label ... More >>

Turbulence: OC's Latest EDM Experience Moves Into the Observatory, Stages a Takeover

Inside a dimly lit Constellation Room in Santa Ana, strobe lights flash, chest piercing bass drops and dubstep moshing create a scene that you rarely find in a venue that typically caters to national buzz bands. Smog, a founding brand of the U.S. dubstep movement, is hoping to change that one ni ... More >>

Capital Cities

Detroit Bar

I Love This City Festival - Cricket Wireless Amphitheater - 5/27/2012

I Love This City Festival Cricket Wireless Amphitheater 5/27/2012 This Memorial Day Weekend, the new electronic music festival produced by Live Nation Entertainment and LED Presents made its debut. The San Diego edition of I Love This City drew a sea of EDM fans at the Cricket Wireless Amphith ... More >>

12th Planet, Flinch at Dubtroit's 3 Year Anniversary at the Constellation Room, Feb. 28, 2012

​Dubtroit's 3rd AnniversaryConstellation Room, Santa AnaFeb. 28, 2012Dubtroit celebrated its third birthday last night at the Constellation Room with The End is Near Tour, featuring local favorite 12th Planet plus guests. Filled with (mostly) a bro-type demographic, the event was predictably high ... More >>

Kaskade Masters Time, Space and Big-Room Electronica

The DJ from San Clemente headlines the biggest New Year's parties in the Southwest

Ghost Town Jenny

Steve Aoki Hijacks the System

The prolific electronic music performer/producer talks U.S. dance culture and his upcoming album

DJ-Producer Duo Nadastrom On Their Punk-Rap Beginnings, The Evolution Of Dance Music, Touring With Skrillex and Working With Scion A/V

Nadastrom: Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom​ While Redbull and Converse have worked tirelessly over the last couple years to support new independent music, Scion has proved committed to supporting ultra-niche artists from subgenres like grindcore, dubstep and moombahton by taking on a label-like role ... More >>

Paul Oakenfold: A Special Pre-July 4 Event

Sutra OC

[UPDATE] Three Things You Didn't Know About the 'Tron: Legacy' Soundtrack

​The whole interview is up on KCRW.com. Listen to it here. "Solar Sailer," an instrumental track, will be offered today only as a free download.Last Saturday in Santa Monica, California, Disney unveiled parts of the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Five of the 22 tracks were previewed, and director Jose ... More >>

Listen to Snippets of the 'Tron: Legacy' Soundtrack by Daft Punk

​If, like us, you can't wait to hear Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack, AND have Attention Deficit Disorder anyway, you can head on over to Amazon to listen to 30 second snippets of each track on the album.First impression? Well, it's a score. So they're not the usual dance tracks that you'd hea ... More >>

The Crystal Method Reboot Their Sound

www.thecrystalmethod.com​Vegas-born, LA-based the Crystal Method always got pegged as a Stateside answer to the Chemical Brothers.  If that's the case, it took the duo more than a decade to duplicate the formula: booming 4/4 dance-worthy drug epiphanies with loads of Very Special Guests. ... More >>

Booka Shade's Groove Is In the Art

Arno Kammermeier and Walter Merziger want to move your body by making dance music for your soul

Ghostland Observatory

House of Blues

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 >>

Onetime Smooth-House DJ Andy Caldwell Toughens Up His Sound

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

Dance Music Pick of the Week: Sultan at Code

​In the early '00s, after the hype of club culture peaked and many Johnny-come-latelys went home, a new generation of DJs and producers ascended. These younger men and women entered club-land for the right reasons--the music--and came armed with digital-production and social-networking skills that ... More >>

Chicago DJ Bad Boy Bill Goes Old-School, Releases an Album

DJ Kaskade's Latest Takes His Music to a Lighter Place, But Don't Call It 'Trance'

Club DJ D. Ramirez Says Business Is Flourishing

Shake & Pop

Green Velvet

Chew on This: The Bubblegum Sequencer

Sweet new way to create electronic music.

Last Night: Autechre, Rob Hall, Massionix at Echoplex

Hits!

Dr. Freecloud's Record Shoppe

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 >>

Wobble, Wobble

Moving Units

Crystal Method in Newport Beach Dec. 27

The Sound of Godzilla Urinating

Skinny Puppy & Otto Von Schirach speaker-fist America

Hits!

Dr. Freeclouds Record Shoppe

European Imports of Import

The mighty Forced Exposure distribution company is America's lifeline to the fertile global electronic-music underground—as well as many other arcane sonic delicacies. Whenever a package from FE arrives, I can be assured a bounty of excellent sounds from the planet's most forward-thinking so ... More >>

Pretty Awesome Christ Pose

The Hacienda Tour 2006

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Dr. Freecloud's

Westminster Rock City

DJ Jasper brings Detroit techno home

Raving In Wonderland

Electronic music goes mainstream