Deadmau5 fires back at Arcade Fire's 'real instruments' comments
Today, it’s Canadian dance-music god Deadmau5 in a grudge match against Canadian indie-rock gods Arcade Fire. You may recall recently, when, during Arcade Fire’s Coachella set, frontman Win Butler took a couple cheap shots at dance music’s rise to prominence by, one, bringing some pretty rough Daft Punk imitators onto the stage with him to play a slowed-down version of “Get Lucky,” and two, shouting out “all the bands still playing instruments at this festival.” Well, Deadmau5, being the confrontational guy that he is, has fired back at the band on—you guessed it—Twitter, saying, “arcade fire needs to settle down. some dudes devote their lives to instruments, others to electronic composition by cpu, dafuqs yer problem?” among many other things.
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Steve Angello unveils the third annual Size in the Park in Stockholm on May 17
Steve Angello will be hosting his third annual Size in the Park on Saturday, May 17th from 7:00 pm to midnight. Following two memorable years in New York, the Swede has chosen to return home to Stockholm and present this year’s event in “King’s Garden,” a centrally located park in the Swedish capital.
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Jessy Lanza headlines North American tour this May
Hamilton, Ontario’s own Jessy Lanza is certainly enjoying a sensational year. Since releasing her critically acclaimed debut Pull My Hair Back last fall on tastemaker UK label Hyperdub, this one-woman, electro-R&B muse is heading out again on a new headlining North American tour. During the month of May, she’ll be performing in 19 cities including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, SF, and LA, as well as eight shows slated for her native Canada.
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Review: Novation's Impulse controller series should be on your short list
There’s no denying the fact that Novation is widely recognized as one of the top brands when it comes to creating high-quality control surfaces for modern musicians. Often credited for creating the very first midi controller, the MM10, the UK-based company has since released a slew of intuitive control surfaces for producers and rightfully gone on to become a household brand in studios across the world. Recently, they’ve unleashed their new Impulse series controllers which we were delighted to take for a spin. Read on for our in-depth recap.
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Stefny Winter wallops Beatport Live this Friday, April 25, direct from Denver
Ready for some minimal techno to kick-off the weekend? Join us this Friday, April 25 as Beatport Live welcomes techno maven Stefny Winter to our Denver-based decks.
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Your favorite DJs just might be coming to an airplane flight near you
With dance music slithering its way into every element of modern culture, it was only a matter of time before it took over the inflight entertainment systems of large-carrier airlines. Fortunately for you, dear dance-music fan, that means an altogether new listening experience for your next zip across the Atlantic as airlines like British Airways are tapping some of electronic music’s biggest names to craft special mixes for their flights.
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Kelis serves up "Jerk Ribs" on Letterman and Bob Sinclar and Gisele cover "Heart of Glass" (wink)
Welcome to our wild Wednesday edition of the Morning Roundup. Today, we’ve got Kelis performing on Letterman, Bob Sinclar and Gisele covering Blondie for H&M, and Jeff Mills in-the-mix. Right this way for our complete wrap-up.
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Adam Marshall drops a 36-track XLR8R podcast mix
One of Canada’s true gems of techno and house music, Adam Marshall played a huge role in the formation of Toronto’s scene, leaving it in a much richer state by the time he left it than when he started. Along with ushering in the always-amazing New Kanada imprint, which is on the cusp of celebrating its 50th release, he’s now a central figure in Berlin’s club scene, both as an impeccable DJ and a producer in the highly respected Graze project alongside Christian “XI” Andersen. Fittingly, XLR8R tapped him to assemble their latest podcast mix, and it’s a doozy: 36 tracks clocking in at around 80 minutes.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton mix it up in Australia
The phenomenon of celebrity DJing—that’s celebrities DJing, not DJs who’ve become celebrities—got officially out of hand long ago, when folks like Lindsay Lohan started getting behind the decks. But once a prince and duchess get involved, it becomes a whole different story. No, Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton aren’t exactly threatening to take up the fine art of mixing records, but they did receive a (very) quick lesson in scratching the other day while on a visit to Adelaide, Australia.
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Electric Zoo 2014 returns Labor Day weekend; presale tickets available April 29
The beat goes on for Electric Zoo. New York City’s premiere electronic music festival is scheduled to return to Randall Island Park over Labor Day weekend (August 29-31) for its sixth annual event while ensuring the safest experience possible. According to an earlier Magnetic report, there was some concern that the event would not be granted permits after two drug-related deaths caused the cancellation of day three in 2013.
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