The Ultra Music Festival Phase 2 and Coachella lineups have been revealed

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Hot off the presses! This year's Ultra Music Festival lineup is so large that it seems like the entire electronic dance music industry will be in Miami:

That ASOT lineup is absolutely stacked! I'm looking forward to that live stream.

Coachella also released their EDM infused lineup tonight:

EDM names aside, the fact that the Postal Service and Wu-Tang Clan will be at Coachella is pretty freaking cool.

The (sad) reason of why Jeff Mills will retire 'The Wizard' moniker

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To read the reason of why Jeff Mills, one of the pioneers of Techno from Detroit, is retiring 'The Wizard' alias in a Beatport interview is a little heartbreaking:

"I thought it went well, but from what I heard afterwards many people were not satisfied with hearing an eclectic set [At Movement Detroit last year], or at least an eclectic set from me. This was unfortunate to hear because Detroit had always been a place where the mixing of music styles was common—and infamous for."

(Beatport Interview)

'The Wizard' alias was used by Jeff Mills in the 1980s era where more experimentation in Detroit was permitted. Since he believes that there weren't many in attendance that was from this generation and due to the "way things have progressed", he has made the decision to declare 'The Wizard' a "historical concept" that will never return.

I hope he changes his mind one day because some of my favourite DJs, like Diplo, are the ones that do not belong to any strict EDM genre and are free to experiment with so many more interesting influences and sounds.

Beatport has found 'The Wizard' set from Movement last year so you can come to your own conclusions:

(Beatport, VIA FACT)

The Tiesto post

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Two interesting videos involving Tiesto have come under my radar that are great to watch if you are a fan of Tiesto.

CNN International has done a great job at interviewing Tiesto while in Asia:

(VIA doandroidsdance)

How can you not like Tiesto? He seems like such a happy-go-lucky type of guy who understands the amazing position he's in. I don't think he takes himself too seriously which makes him a very likable guy.

Here's a video briefly showing the hard work involved in organizing a Tiesto show in Arizona during Tiesto's College Invasion Tour. This video is mandatory viewing for future promoters: