Major Lazer recently had an album release party at a roller skating rink and they smartly dubbed the recap video with Dillon Francis & Jauz remix of "Lean On" - check it out:
Don't sleep on Jaux in 2015, he's going to be a name that you'll keep on hearing more of as time goes on.
Source: Diplo's FB
Found this Diplo quote that had him talking about Zedd and his latest album True Colors from a recent post on Your EDM:
“I’m actually not enemies with Zedd by any means. I just think that he came from such a cool place, and now he’s been pegged as a money-maker for a major label to do EDM, which to me isn’t even a genre. But they’ve pegged him for that, they’ve marketed him, even the fake relationship with Selena Gomez, all the things to sell records took away from the music. He’s an amazing producer and good songwriter. I just feel like… I was hoping he’d come out of the scene and do something. He had some pop records and I think he was learning how to make great songs through that. So to just kind of like not care and make an album that’s just stereotype… there’s nothing really there for anybody. He’s got a really loud space right now in this culture, there are a lot of people paying attention to him, he can do this awesome music, and to just come out with something so flat and expected and easy for people… When Skrillex and I came out with the Jack Ü album, we came out with the weirdest s–t we could think of. We’re not about to put out the same songs we did over and over again. You only live once, you know what I’m saying?”
I don't necessarily agree or disagree with Diplo's thoughts on Zedd's new album, but found this quote thought provoking enough to post. Some of our biggest artists have a huge stage to work from where their music has the possibility to influence millions of fans. Are our biggest stars helping to move dance music forward to a new level?
Are mainstream fans that are discovering electronic dance music for the first time through artists like Zedd, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, and even Diplo are intrigued enough to dive deeper into the scene? I would hope that the answers to all of these questions are yes, and I am hopeful those are issues that EDM's biggest artists are thinking about as well.
Whether you're at Vegas attending EDC live or at home - prepare to not sleep for 3 days as all 8 stages will be streamed live on Yahoo. The fun starts June 19th - click here (and bookmark) to start the stream in about 2 weeks time. Check out the EDC live stream trailer below to get extra hyped:
As reported by Mixmag, Soundcloud struck a deal with Merlin, a group that reps 20,000 independent labels including Armin Van Buuren's Armada. This will allow them to start putting ads on tracks and collect revenues.
In a way this is great news even though fans might have to slog through ads from time to time. But when you take the view of rooting for Soundcloud to succeed long term, this is one step to help them accomplish that goal. I'm all for that as this electronic dance music movement wouldn't be nearly as strong if Soundcloud wasn't around.
"Lean On" is set to be one of the summer's most played track and California based trap artist Ookay has delivered a new version of the track to keep up its appeal. The drop at the one minute mark is heavy and is poised to be a popular bootleg addition to playlists everywhere, check it out:
To get this track as a free download, click here.
Ookay will be appearing at ILESONIQ this summer in Montreal - click here for more information.
