Swedish House Mafia snubs the EDM Snob - and rightfully so.

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​The EDM Snob released an article today claiming that he holds detailed information about the Swedish House Mafia's final tour which is rumoured to have stops in L.A, India, South Africa, and Russia thus far. But the EDM Snob claims to have even more information on the tour and decided to write to SHM's management with the threat of releasing what he knows before the official announcement unless he is given exclusive information. Here's an example:

"2) I am willing to postpone this leak if you agree to provide me (exclusively) with the complete information so that I can leak it at least one full day ahead of the official announcement." ​

Who would agree to such terms? Not SHM. Here's an excerpt of their response:

"No.... we wont give you the exclusive on our tour routing....Go threaten someone else...Idiot. SHM HQ"​

You can find the full letter to SHM and their response via EDM Snob's article. ​

(Sources: EDM Snob, EDM Hub​)

Pretty Lights video from Shambhala 2012

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I'm so thankful for the type of sets that Pretty Lights can deliver as I'm sure everyone could use a tiny break from the constant big drop ADHD fueled sets that are all too common in major festivals these days. If you are ever get the chance to see Pretty Lights live, you can just hang back and let yourself groove to the beat:

Extensive interview of Steve Angello by Huff Po

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The Huffington Post ​recently conducted an extensive interview of Steve Angello covering all sorts of subjects like the breakup of SHM, answering the critics of his DJ'ing skills (kinda), and big business invading EDM.

I have the weirdest calls every single day from big Fortune 500 companies who want to come and get involved. And I'm like "how?" They will tell me they just want to "get into the EDM space." But they'll be, like, selling trimmers. "But you have a beard!" Yeah but, what do you want me to do? Shave on camera so you can tell people all the dance acts use Phillips?
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Everyone just wants in. I've been given offers by every major label to come and buy [SIZE]. But I can't sell that -- it's my baby. If I give up creative control, then what do I do? This is what I worked for my whole life. We can be partners, but I'm not just going to give you the keys to my car and say, "Drive it."

Gotta admire Steve Angello for sticking to his guns and insisting on keeping his independence. I'm sure some of the offers were pretty substantial. ​

(Source: Huffington Post)