Welcome to the 2017 edition of the Canadian EDM summer festival guide - a comprehensive source for all upcoming summer festivals that's relevant to the electronic dance music fan. This year's guide features 24 festivals from coast to coast, big and small, and offers a variety of lineups to fit almost any taste. From camping festivals to big city ones in Toronto, the Canadian EDM summer festival season has it all.
If you want to keep track with what's going on electronic dance music wise in your city, then check out this weekend guide. Just click below and start planning!
This list is for the fan on the go who wants to listen to the hottest tracks from the past 7 days, all in one place. All of these tracks were selected by top DJs, radio shows. and EDM Canada.
The biggest DJ in the world and 21 year old star Martin Garrix released a brand new track today called "There For You" featuring the vocals of Troye Sivan. This track follows the success of "Scared To Be Lonely" which has a similar future bass theme that has garnered over 500 million streams. Check out the full track and official video below:
Martin Garrix will be making his return to Canada this Sunday in Montreal for Bal en Blanc in the park at Parc Jean-Drapeau. The rest of the lineup is also excellent and if you want more information on tickets, click here.
Previously known for his big room tracks, Thomas Gold has shaken things up in 2017 with a new artistic direction by embracing the chiller side of the EDM spectrum. The German artist left his big room roots in 2016 to release his latest album "Revelations: Part 1", a 5 track LP that includes the hit "Magic" which has generated over 30 million plays on Spotify so far.
Following the success of "Magic", Thomas Gold has remixed Borgore's chill ballad called "Best". Thomas sped it up and brought future bass with some trap elements to it to create a beautiful re-imagining of the original ready for the summer festival season. Check it out:
When an artist switches up their sound, it has to be done right with an end product that resonates widely, and that's what Thomas Gold has done with his latest remix.
