This Week's Top Releases

Legendary Trance DJ Announces His Retirement After 20-Year Career

Twenty years is a long time for any DJ’s career — some have stood the test of time and continue to sell out arenas and venues. Others have taken a more sedentary approach and slowed their touring to focus more on production and/or time with family. For Menno de Jong, who’s been touring as an artist for the past 20 years, it’s time to hang up the headphones. Menno made the announcement earlier this week that he will be playing the final set of his DJ career next year, September 12th. “The past 20 years have brought countless memorable...

REPORT: Governor’s Ball Seeking New Venue for 2020

NYC’s Governors Ball celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2020 and there may be a huge change in scenery. According to multiple reports, organizers of the music festival are scoping out a new location for next year’s installment. As of now, the official website offers a vague location — “New York City.” Gov Ball seeks to move from Randall’s Island Bronx’s Van Cortlandt Park. Founders Entertainment’s Tom Russell has confirmed: “We are indeed exploring the idea of moving the festival to Van Cortlandt Park. A ton of people are very interested and excited about the idea.” This isn’t the first time Governors Ball...

Movement Festival Detroit Teases Partial Lineup for 2020

Movement Festival in Detroit has long been known as the pinnacle festival for techno and house music here in the US. Getting its start back in 2000, when it was originally called DEMF, Movement has continued to make the city of Detroit the mecca for music fans across the world. With the 2020 event just a little over five months away now Paxahu knew it was time to give us a little tease of what’s to come in the festival’s forthcoming 3-day programing. The teaser features some of dance music’s most in demand artists, underground mainstays and notable first-time...

Tomorrowland Extends Contract To 2034

Tomorrowland will continue on for the foreseeable future, as the iconic music festival has officially announced its renewal through 2034. Tomorrowland shared the great news on Friday, that a long-term agreement has officially been made with the town of Boom. This means Tomorrowland will stick around for quite a while longer at it’s rightful home, De Schorre estate. Weekend One will take place Friday, July 17th through Sunday, July 19th 2020. Weekend Two goes down the following weekend, Friday, July 24th through Sunday, July 26th 2020. It’s great to know that Tomorrowland will be happening the next decade and beyond! Get...

Ultra Miami's Bayfront Park Gets Major Environmentally Friendly Upgrade

Ultra Miami‘s home of Bayfront Park is getting a major upgrade with its brand new, environmentally friendly strategy. According to a report, Florida Power & Light (FPL) is integrating over 500 solar panels to power events, such as Ultra Music Festival. It’s expected that the new installments will generate more power than necessary for the average concert, with 250 kilowatts of clean energy. To help accomplish the environmental goals, a canopy structure and solar trees will be planted across the park. This coincides with Ultra’s environmental plan. The initiative is being organized by FPL and Bayfront Trust Management. Ultra Miami...

Zedd Teases Collab with Martin Garrix & The Hype Is Real

Many producers and personalities, celebrities, and athletes like to shitpost on social media from time to time. It keeps things fresh and lets followers know that it’s a real person behind the account, not just a marketing platform for their new single. That being said, there’s a definite strategy to the bigger accounts, even when it comes to shitposting, and nothing is really ever done without a purpose. I include this preface because Zedd just shared a new post across all of his social media channels: “ANYONE DOWN FOR A ZEDD X @MARTINGARRIX COLLAB?!” Um… say what??! The post really...

Your EDM Premiere: Perttu – Damage Control

It’s the end of another year and Perttu is finishing it off in style with a new single and new record label. Having just launched Perttu Music Oy, he drops ‘Damage Control,’ an awesome production that features co-writing from vocalist Dom McAllister. With plenty of musicality scattered throughout, the tune has had a strong point of inspiration. He shares: “We originally decided to write about climate change, though the lyrics seem metaphorically about that. It also relates to the need for time in order to heal and take responsibility. I performed all the instruments on the day we wrote...

New Netflix Movie Is About This Rising EDM Star’s Family Story

The duo of Ishaan Chaudhary and Will Curry, more popularly known as MEMBA, has made waves over the past couple years, especially as members of the Foreign Family Collective. Their SAGA-II EP out earlier this year is a perfect example of their talent in the studio. But Chaudhary in particular has a more interesting family history. So interesting, in fact, that it became a Netflix film, The Sky is Pink. The film is based on the love story of a couple spanning 25 years, told through the lens of their teenage daughter – Aisha Chaudhary, who was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. The role of Ishaan,...

Live Nation Settles with Justice Department Outside Court & That’s Not Good for Music

At the end of last week, the US Department of Justice was preparing legal action against Live Nation for violating its consent decree established when the company bought Ticketmaster in 2010. Now, the DOJ and Live Nation have come to a settlement that does little to address the concert promoter’s alleged violations of the decree, aside from a monetary slap on the wrist and some slightly more strict guidelines. Under what’s known as the consent decree, Live Nation was forbidden from retaliating against or intimidating venues who that chose to use ticket platforms other than Ticketmaster. The DOJ had...

EDM Absolutely Dominated The Facebook Live Video Charts for 2019

Every year, it seems that new media mediums are popping up. And if they’re there, why not track them? Billboard developed its own Top Facebook Live Videos chart, a monthly look at the widest-reaching and most-reacted-to videos posted by musicians on Facebook Live, as tracked by media analytics company Shareablee. The stats are tracked on a month-to-month basis, and now that the year is ending, it’s time to look back on the top 10 Facebook Live Videos of 2019. Three different sets from Tomorrowland 2019 made the top 10, as well as one from Ultra Japan, and another from Ultra...