Bassnectar sat down with a rock blog for an interesting interview that delves into various topics that includes his take on EDM and the concept of DJs as the new rock star:
It's really refreshing to hear someone like Bassnectar define EDM in the same way that I like to think about it. Electronic dance music is inclusive as much as it is wide and varied, and there is an almost infinite amount of genres that cater to any taste or style of music.
Canada Day in Toronto is shaping up to be an epic day for electronic dance music lovers as Electric Island has added serious heavyweight talent to their lineup for July 1st. Sasha, the legendary DJ who is in the midst of a US/Canada tour, will be the main headliner for Electric Island. He will attract many fans to this event thanks to his loyal fan base gained over the course of his career and bolstered by his latest 2-disc compilation Invol<3r released earlier this year.
Guy Gerber, who recently signed onto a DJ residency at Pacha Ibiza, will also be making an appearance at Electric Island. Being no stranger to playing day parties in Ibiza and all over Europe, Guy Gerber will be bringing that European underground sound to Toronto fresh from a straight month on tour in Europe.
Rounding out the lineup includes the duo Audiofly, Nightvision and local DJs Jeff Button, Rafwat & Chorniy.
Ticket prices for the Canada Day edition of Electric Island are very reasonable: $23.50 that includes a ferry ticket, or $17.50 without a ferry ticket. Don't hesitate to pick up your tickets now as I wouldn't be surprised to see a price increase down the road.
Tickets:
The protege of Markus Schulz continues to impress as KhoMha releases a free track to celebrate 30,000 followers on Facebook called "Treintta" :
Quality track. Let's get KhoMha to 60k followers so he can continue to give us more free stuff. Click here to download the track from Soundcloud.
If you want to catch KhoMha playing live, he will be playing in Ottawa on Thursday, June 20th at Era, in Toronto Friday, June 21st at Moskito, and in Montreal on Sunday, June 23rd at Circus Afterhours.
To celebrate the 2 year anniversary of Gregori Klosman's "Klosmania" radio show, Gregori has created a special 2 hour long radio show for the occasion. "Klosmania" has been one of my favourite big room radio shows so we're in for a good episode:
Playlist:
Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso - Roar
SUB Z3RO - Beatback
Sleepy Tom - Snap Back
Filip Jenven - Hey!
Sebastien Benett - Prometheus
D-Wayne - AMMO
Ummet Ozcan - Airport
Audien - Ciao
Martin Garrix & TV Noise - Just Some Loops
Daddy's Groove & Rob Adans - Unbelievable
Steve Smooth, Bad Boy Bill, Seann Bowe - Free feat. Seann Bowe (DJ Bam Bam Remix)
Calvin Bride - Both Sides Of The Story
Damian William - What Da Hell
Mark Knight, UnderWorld & Sander Van Doorn - Ten
Axwell - Center Of The Universe (Remode)
Empire Of The Sun - Alive (Mat Zo Remix)
Nervo - Hold On (Vicetone Remix)
Bloc Party - Truth (Digitalism Remix)
Hardwell & Dyro - Never Say Goodbye
Skitzofrenix & Jeff Doubleu - Zombie Alligator
Knife Party - LRAD
Chris Lake & Marco Lys - La Tromba (Chris Lake & Nom De Strip Remix)
Mercer x Blur - Song 2 (Late Night Edition)
Tony Romera & Burgundy's - Monster
Teo Moss & Greg Hoffman - Fight Club
Blasterjaxx & Billy The Kit - Loud & Proud
Pete Tong:
"...Pharrell Williams - who features on two of the worlds biggest hits this year - will make his first ever appearance in Ibiza at our opening party. It's going to be crazy!"
(Source: DJ Mag)
