Last Friday Porter Robinson released a fully remixed version of his highly rated Worlds album on iTunes that features many notable producers. Odesza, Mat Zo, San Holo, Point Point, and many others contributed their talents to this album and the results are spectacular. If you're into chill music, then this album is a must-listen.
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It has been reported by Billboard that Deadmau5 has left his major label to go indie with a new partnership with Kobalt, an "upstart independent music publishing and music-rights platform".
Here are a few key quotes from the article:
“The label does what’s good for the label. Always,” says Deadmau5, aka Joel Zimmerman, who has sold 1.2 million albums and 4.2 million tracks in the United States, according to Nielsen Music. “It’s instilled in the industry that that’s the only way to do it. Well, not anymore.”
“I've got $130 million in the bank and a whiteboard full of cool ideas for emerging markets and technologies where we're gonna test the waters and see what happens,” he says. “And that's how you become the first — not by using the old traditional broken-ass model."
Read the full article over at Billboard.
Last Friday Avicii released his second studio album Stories, an LP filled with 14 brand new originals. It's hard to follow up on the smash success of True but at the very least the Swedish artist attempts to give us several new vocal driven tracks that are easy to digest.
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If you want to keep track with what's going on electronic dance music wise in your city for this Thanksgiving long weekend, then check out this weekend guide. Just click below and start planning!
Felix Cartal is a bright talent that hails from Vancouver who has been churning melodic upbeat tracks for the better part of 2 years. His latest release titled "Something To Live For" featuring the vocals of Nikki Yanofsky encapsulates his style perfectly:
Felix Cartal is coming to Montreal on Friday, October 23rd at Le Cin5 and EDM Canada is giving away 2 free tickets to this show to a lucky winner. All you have to do is log in above (counts as an entry), and choose the various other ways to gain more entries. The contest is open now and will end on Thursday, October 15th at 1 pm EST. You must be 18+ to enter, get in on this contest ASAP and good luck!
