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High Ground Music & Arts Experience Lineup Complete As the Countdown Begins

Electronic scene stalwarts slenderbodies and Łaszewo fill out a blockbuster roster for the 2nd year of the award-winning festival. Running September 10th & 11th, they will line up alongside headliners Troyboi and Chromeo (with a DJ set) for what will be an action-packed weekend at the Denver Polo Club. With last year’s edition a sold-out… [continued]
Serenity Gathering Announces First Wave of Lineup For 2019

Now getting ready for their sixth event, the Serenity Gathering Art and Music Festival announced the first wave of lineup announcements for 2019. The festival will be located at the Woodward Reservoir in Oakdale, California from April 26th to 28th, and there is a broad range of musical artists set to perform. Headlining the event… [continued]
Rave Weapons: Volume #004

Very groove, many bounce, such icekream. Wow. Volume #004 1. “Sientelo” – icekream For more than four years, icekream has been one of those open-minded SoundCloud-musicians (and I do mean that as a very positive occupation) who could be banked on to deliver some solid groove consistently. Sientelo is an example of his most chilled-out work… [continued]
Win Tickets To Slumberjack’s Chicago Show With Troyboi On September 29th

Don’t miss your chance to see Slumberjack—the Australian duo is coming to Chicago with Troyboi and Daktyl, and they’re bringing their incredible live show with them. Slumberjack’s been slowly but steadily gaining traction in the dance music world, most recently releasing their Fracture EP on Mad Decent, and I believe they’re on track to be… [continued]
Essentials: “Hear Dat” – Sound Snobz

Are you in need of groove? icekream and Troyboi have you sorted! Both superb beat-wobblers have known each other for years, produced and put out music both individually and under their duo-moniker Sound Snobz. Both have built a very unique sound for themselves, but both of their repertoires share an attitude: groovy, sexy, ground shaking.… [continued]
Artist Spotlight: Stööki Sound

Stööki Sound‘s been in the trap game since day one, all the way back when we were still asking, “damn son, where’d you find this?” Londoners DJ Lukey and Jelacee first garnered mass attention in their 2012 collaboration with Hucci, “Ball So Hard”, and have been hustling ever since. Upon releasing their first EP in 2013,… [continued]
WeArePressPlay Picks: September 1st, 2016

Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last…. okay, okay, I’ll stop there. Our first round of September picks range from HEALTH‘s hazy psych-rock to sultry R&B-tinged pop from Anuka. One of our more uptempo picks was chosen in honour of its brand-new video release – Jax Jones‘s “House Work” gets a tongue-in-cheek parody of late-night… [continued]
Op-Ed: Why Rick Rubin Taking On Star Wars Will Be Electronic Music’s Biggest Win Since Daft Punk

The story got a good amount of buzz, but I’m not sure how many people noticed the gravity of the announcement that Rick Rubin had assembled a crack team of producers to remix Star Wars sounds into an album’s worth of varied electronic and dance tracks, called Star Wars: Headspace. On the surface, it sounds… [continued]