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Fans can jam out to DJ Snake while playing the forthcoming street soccer game.
The upcoming video game Street Power Soccer is set to feature a major player in the EDM world on its soundtrack. In a recent press release, developers announced that DJ Snake would be joining TheBlack Eyed Peas, Snap, and Daniel Got Hits, among other artists. At the time of writing, it has not yet been announced which of his tracks will be included in the game.
Street Power Soccer is an arcade-style sports game in the same vein as NBA Jam. Players will be able to compete in an extreme rendition of the world's most popular sport with trick shots, power-ups, and more. The developers have also told fans that there will be both local and online multiplayer for up to four players.
Street Power Soccer is set to release on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4, and PC sometime this summer with no specific date announced at this time.
Fans have begun speculating about a cryptic countdown on Tomorrowland's website.
While we won't be able to experience the magic of Tomorrowland this year due to the ongoing health crisis, organizers appear to have something else in store for fans. On their official website, they've uploaded a timer with no explanation on what it's counting down to. In addition to the countdown, they posted a cryptic message on Instagram with a video of Earth and the word "SOON."
With no sort of explanation or further teaser provided, there are no details on what this could mean. The image of the planet has led some to believe that they are teasing an online festival, although that notion is purely speculation at this time.
Stay tuned for more coverage on Tomorrowland's mysterious reveal later this week. The next Tomorrowland is scheduled for July 16th to 18th and 23rd to 25th, 2021. For more information and to view the countdown page, head over to the festival's website here.
In a recent interview, Skrillex explained how natural his Lady Gaga collaboration felt.
Last weekend, Lady Gagareleased hersixth studio album, Chromatica. Across the sixteen songs, the pop icon touched on many different dance music subgenres and further cemented her EDM cred. Included on the album's production were Skrillex, Axwell, Madeon, and Tchami, among others, to lend their electronic flair.
When speaking with Rolling Stone, Skrillex explained how easily the track was produced due to his previous collaborations with the album's executive producer and A&R, BloodPop®,and his love for Lady Gaga's chorus. The product of the three minds' merging came to life on the uplifting and infectious song "Plastic Doll."
"The track came together effortlessly as BloodPop and I have worked together many times before. I especially fell in love with the chorus. Her delivery is so full-on. She’s just going for it! There’s something very cool about the way it all came out."
Interestingly enough, they also reported that Skrillex has never actually met Lady Gaga in person, but has been to a performance of hers in the past. He saw her perform for 50 people at a "Dim Mak Tuesdays" party in 2007.
Chromatica is out now. You can download or stream the eleven-time Grammy Award-winning artist's sixth studio album here.
Sennheiser is inviting audiophiles everywhere to celebrate its illustrious 75th anniversary with a limited edition release.
Renowned electronics brand Sennheiser is celebrating its 75th anniversary in style with a limited edition headphone release.
With their bright yellow earpads, which were inspired by another iconic Sennheiser product—the HD 41—the headphones are a vibrant, sun-kissed addition to the brand's illustrious catalog right before summer. They combine modern performance with a touch of nostalgia, offering up a great product for audiophiles everywhere.
To commemorate the milestone, Sennheiser is offering its limited edition version of the HD 25 headphones at $99.95 instead of the usual retail price of $149.95. However, Sennheiser is not selling them separately, so if you want to get your paws on them, you’ll have to order a pair of classic HD 25s from Sennheiser’s store and wait to see if the limited editions show up at your doorstep. In something akin to a golden ticket from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Sennheiser is producing 25,000 pairs of the aureate limited edition HD 25s to be sold, so you just have to open your package and pray you see gold. You can order here.
To further drive home the unmatched quality of their products, Sennheiser tapped award-winning filmmaker Geert Verdickt to test the durability of the HD 25 in a series of watermelon tests that would make Gallagher proud. You can watch that video below.
Ten years later, "Dancing On My Own" has stood the test of time.
Since its release on May 28th, 2010, Robyn's iconic single "Dancing On My Own" has stood the test of time as one of the singer's most influential songs.
To celebrate the monumental ten-year anniversary of her seminal single, Robyn sat down with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat to look back on "Dancing On My Own" and reflect on the person she was when she released it. "'Dancing On My Own' sometimes felt like a teenage version of me that I was happy to let go of," she said. "I went through a lot of therapy, worked on myself and healed myself. Now I'm back loving it. I don't feel conflicted and I love performing it and playing it live."
The Grammy-nominated dance music treasure has been quite candid as of late, recently appearing on Annie Mac's "Changes With Annie Mac" podcast to discuss her six years in therapy and how she works to find a sense of "calm."
You can read the interview in full here, and celebrate along with Robyn by re-listening to "Dancing On My Own" below," which is still as glorious as it was a decade ago.
Get a recap of last month's new releases and music news with our monthly top picks playlist.
Getting in gear for the summer, DJs and producers across electronic music's subgenres pumped out both fun, radio-friendly dance pop singles and chill, laid-back collaborations last month. Most notably, deadmau5 teamed up with The Neptunes for his first release of 2020, "Pomegranate," exploring a nu-disco sound.
Marshmello and Halsey also dropped a summery, 80s-inspired collaboration of their own called "Be Kind." Although it touches on the struggles of being in a serious relationship, Halsey described it as "cute," "optimistic," and "heartfelt" in a tweet. She went on to say they thought everyone "could use the vibes right now."
This same sentiment can be found in Martin Garrix's latest progressive house collaboration with John Martin. "Higher Ground" is all about not giving up and pushing forward so that someday we’ll get to where we want to be, to that "higher ground."
At the end of the month, Kygo dropped his third studio album, Golden Hour. The 17-track LP includes the two singles he released earlier in the month, "Lose Somebody" with OneRepublic and "The Truth" with Valerie Broussard, as well as his radio hit, "Higher Love," with Whitney Houston and a previous release, "Freedom," with Zak Abel.
In May, Matoma also released his own tropical house EP, RYTME. With tracks like "The Bender," his twist on Earth, Wind & Fire's hit "September," and the feel-good Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku collaboration, "Beside You," the 6-track EP is a pre-summer staple. "Above all my inspiration will always be incredible voices that can move you and fill you with different emotions," Matoma said in a press release. "This EP allowed me to work with a really exciting and diverse range of vocalists and capture a different range of vibes."
Keeping up with the pre-summer vibrations, Galantis and Ship Wrek teamed up on a fun anthem featuring R&B singer Pink Sweat$. Filled with a bunch of catchy pianos, "Only A Fool" combines the right amount of house with its dance pop sound. Two Friends also brought some tropical flair with their high-energy song "Looking At You." Referencing the movie classic Casablanca and its iconic line, "Here's looking at you, kid," the duo showcases their mastery of combining pop and future bass.
For more awesome future house, house, progressive house, trap and electronic songs, be sure to check out the rest of our playlist below.
Following its debut at Burning Man 2019, The Fluffy Cloud is poised to shake up the live music industry with its subversive design and eye-popping visual components.
No, The Fluffy Cloud isn't the name of a fancy new weather app or a pillow you saw on Shark Tank. It is a futuristic art installation that doubles as a formidable concert stage, towering 30-feet high and flaunting a 60,000-watt circular sound system and a dazzling centrifuge of 33,000 polychromatic LEDs. The Fluffy Cloud is a structure like no other, and that's the point—its goal, Perdomo says, is to disrupt the live entertainment industry by creating something that blurs the lines of art and music to offer a truly immersive experience.
At its core, The Fluffy Cloud represents subversion through immersion.
Inspired by his own experiences at concerts and EDM festivals, where he found dancing with his friends in open-air spaces more conducive to a comfortable partying experience, Perdomo knew he could create something "fundamentally circular, with no discernible 'front' that would lead to a musical experience that encourages more of these face-to-face dancing environments." He wanted to foster an experience that was devoid of a congested crowd, who are typically packed in like sardines and whose only goal is to stampede their way to the front. "I'm not sure how it came to me, but I almost immediately knew that, to do this, it had to be a cloud because a cloud is one of the few objects which can be generally thought of as never having any natural 'front' to it," he said.
The Fluffy Cloud's distinctive UFO-like shape lends to its status as one of the world's only 360° live performance spaces. It is also engineered to subliminally encourage interpersonal connections during shows, which is a phenomenon revelers are yearning for as they trudge out of the murky shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The Fluffy Cloud was designed to be able to tour from day one," Perdomo told EDM.com. "As special as an art project might be conceptually, at the end of the day, the truth is that if you want to keep sharing your art with people, you need to make that art self-sustaining, which for better or for worse means it needs to be financially viable. Art costs money—that's the simple truth. We had a busy schedule of 2020 bookings in place with both music festivals and what I like to call 'city residencies' where we come in as a pop-up venue, but just like everyone else in the live production industry, the coronavirus tossed us quite the curveball."
The live production and concert industries were hit especially hard by the pandemic, biting the metaphorical curb as countless festival brands, clubs, and venerated concert venues crumbled due to forced closures dragooned by public safety ordinances. However, the music community proved its resilience by cultivating a bevy of trailblazing experiences to uphold its vibrant spirit while complying with social distancing guidelines, like virtual music festivals, charity tournaments, and even drive-in raves. The sharpest swords are forged in the hottest fires, and The Fluffy Cloud is no exception.
"I believe creativity flourishes most not during times of clear skies and open paths, but when you are faced with constraints," Perdomo continued. "I have to admit that as the coronavirus crisis started cancelling or postponing all our bookings, I was pretty dismayed. But since then, I've become pretty hopeful and optimistic because in the face of these challenges, I've been forced to try to get creative and to think of ways where I could bring The Fluffy Cloud back into the world safely and responsibly. What has come from this brainstorming is a series of concepts wherein the Cloud's unique attributes can be leveraged to create safe entertainment spaces while still maintaining social distancing measures."
Before the pandemic popped the Cloud and shattered its rose-colored glasses, the installation was primed for touring domination. The Fluffy Cloud made its debut at the 2019 edition of Burning Man and turned heads with its stupefying production quality and jellyfish-like iridescence in the cavernous desert night. The occasion was one of great pride for Perdomo, whose inspiration for The Cloud was initially inspired by his experiences at the beloved Black Rock City festival in 2018. He says he "left the desert a changed person" and was imbued with a sense of gratitude and a newfound appreciation for the electronic music world, which ignited a fervid desire to return the favor.
What followed was a relentless barrage of requests from promoters and venue operators who clamored at the opportunity to feature the Cloud at their events, which led to its grandiose reintroduction at the prestigious Art Basel show in Miami Beach. The Fluffy Cloud's monumental appearances in Nevada and Florida, respectively, are a microcosm of Perdomo's overarching goal of establishing it not as a mere club, but as a "touring pop-up venue."
"Although my first love is still music, I believe there are many beautiful forms of art and experiences that can be hosted and uniquely amplified by the Cloud," said Perdomo. "As we showcased at Art Basel, the Cloud works great for all sorts of productions. We've hosted yoga classes, meditations, and even family-friendly sound and lightscapes. With the ideas we have in the works now, the Cloud might even become a temporary restaurant. Who knows?"
The beauty of The Fluffy Cloud lies in its versatility. Yes—it is perfect for an EDM festival—but that doesn't mean it should be pigeonholed. With its ability to appear at "a beach in Ibiza, a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles, or an abandoned factory in Beirut," Perdomo is confident in the Cloud's ubiquitous potential. "Our imagination is really the only limit here, which is why I think the most exciting way to think of the future of The Fluffy Cloud is as a really unique paintbrush," he said. "It is a tool that doesn't only have to be wielded by my hand, but that can be placed in the hands of other artists and producers so that anyone can combine their art with mine to create really captivating and magical new experiences that appeal to a wide variety of interests."
After the tragic cancellation of Burning Man's 2020 iteration, Perdomo found himself dejected, telling himself, "Man, there's like nothing to look forward to now." However, upon realizing his Cloud's capability to moonlight as a "lightning rod" for the community, he committed to organizing a non-commercial, post-quarantine celebration that would inspire resilience by rooting it in the "10 Principles of Burning Man." And just like that, Flaming Bird was born.
"A completely non-commercial participatory arts event, Flaming Bird will have no bars, no merchandising, no ticket sales, nothing," Perdomo exults. "Just like Burning Man, we have solicited the community to submit concepts for art installations and themed, camp-like experiences, and the responses have been fantastic. We have proposals for giant tesla coils, interactive murals, multiple art cars, pop-up bars, juice stands, grilled cheese stands, kid zones, no-kid zones, and so much more—just like Burning Man itself. The only place cash might come into play is if people choose to optionally donate to the Burners Without Borders program, which we are supporting as well."
It's important to note that Flaming Bird is in its early stages, and the logistics and details are not available at this time. However, when the event does take place, it will comply with public safety ordinances while working towards Perdomo's goal to "give our community something to look forward to that, hopefully, isn't so bleakly far away as Burning Man 2021."
Flaming Bird is also just the tip of the iceberg for The Fluffy Cloud, which represents a glimmer of hope not only for Perdomo and his precious art installation, but also for the music community at large. "There is still a lot in the works for 2020," he said." Our discussions continue with both local production partners as well as government officials as we try to chart a responsible path ahead, but we are committed to finding a way to get entertainment back in action in a safe and socially responsible way as soon as it is safe and practical to do so."
