Welcome to our Season 4 finale! We reflect on our favorite sets and artists of the year, our personal journies through this crazy year, and of course plenty of new music. This time, we're dedicating the new music section to some of the Artists We're Watching: MSFT, Use Caution, Ghost Dance, and Eloquin. Plus, we put two last artists to watch for this season on your radar: Monki and Joseph Ray. Tune in to hear all of this and more on Episode 158 of Beyond the Beats, a podcast about dance music news and culture.

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This week we delve into new music from Martin Garrix, BLR, Brohug, and Deathpact. We explore the crazy announcement that Steve Aoki is a part of the Dear Moon mission - a six-day excursion around the moon. Plus, we discuss the producers who gained and lost momentum this year. Tune in to hear all of this and more on Episode 157 of Beyond the Beats, a podcast about EDM news and culture.

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This week we delve into the scary incident at Bass Canyon: A man was seen holstering two pistols outside the event but was stopped by security when informed by attendees. We discuss more details surrounding it. We also finally review Calvin Harris' new album: Funk Wav Vol 2 and dig into new releases from the likes of Malaa, Jos & Eli x Eli & Fur, and Zedd.

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Welcome to Episode 64! This week's topics include Shaq and Gronk teaming up to throw a livestream for charity, Seven Lions featured in an Insomniac Drive-In rave, and Coachella postponement date for October 2020 is canceled. We also discuss fresh releases from the likes of Excision x Downlink, Party Favor x Bijou, Dimension, Tyler Lawrence, Newtone, Kaskade x Chemical Surf, Ookay, and more.  

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: fab. (dubstep), DEADLINE (future house, Brasil Bass).  

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-64

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Welcome to Episode 63! This week's topics include a virtual event startup called Wave raising $30 million in their Series B, horrific accounts against Graves, and a new study reveals that 90% of independent U.S. venues are at risk of closing. We also discuss new releases from the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Abraxis (Seven Lions & Dimibio), Matroda, Skrybe x JOOL, Koos, CITYWLKR, and more.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: KARIYAN (trip-hop, electronic) and AMAGNUS (future, electronic).

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-63

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Welcome to Episode 62. We have dedicated this episode to uncovering how shuffling and most modern EDM genres - Trap, Dubstep, and House music - were started by, or have roots in, the black community. 

It's important that every raver and EDM champion out there knows the fascinating and inspiring stories of the black lives that created and shaped EDM as we know it today. 

Get ready to learn the true roots of EDM. We promise it will be eye-opening.

Find the show notes: www.beyondthebeats.co/black-lives-made-edm   

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Welcome to Episode 61! This week's topics include Goldman Sachs's prediction for the music industry, our favorite virtual EDC sets, the world's first social distance club night, and much more. We also discuss fresh new releases from the likes of Disclosure, Oliver Heldens, Deadmau5, UMEK, Tenebrax, IMANU, Duke & Jones, and more.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Stoutty and Charli Brix.

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-61

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Welcome to Episode 60! This week is a very special episode. We had the absolute honor of having EDMTrain Co-Owner, Anthony Attia, join us for a full episode.

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A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Mlotik (experimental bass), GT-Ofice (big room), We Rose (future trap).

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-60

Welcome to Episode 59! Topics include Porter Robinson's Secret Sky virtual festival, Quality Good Exports Festival, Live Nation Q1 Earnings and much more. We also discuss new music from the likes of Baauer, Joel Corry, Boogie.Trio, GRiZ, Skrybe, Social Kid, tyler Lawrence and many more.  

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Mimzyboy (trap infused electronic), MYTHM (bass, experimental bass).

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-59

Welcome to Episode 58! Topics include Huwaei's entrance into music streaming as being a potential indicator of a future big tech battle, Boys Noize releasing a surprise analog produced album, the world's first drive-in rave happened in Germany, why we hate DJs that slam transitions and more. We also discuss new releases from the likes of ODESZA & Golden Features (presenting BRONSON), Chris Lorenzo, Malaa, Blanke, Weiss, Duke & Jones, Kaivon, Xaatu, and others.

** NOTE: Alec said that Huawei music had 30 million songs. That's incorrect. It's actually 50 million **

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: CITYWLKR (bass house, experimental house) and OKSami.

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-58

Welcome to Episode 57! Topics include Spotify introducing the Artist Fundraising Pick, Trap Nation x Chill Nation's Room Service Festival, Soundcloud teams up with Pharrel and I Am Other for a new compilation project, why we dislike people who ask for the next DJ in livestream comments, and much more. We also discuss new releases from the likes of Valentino Khan x Ship Wrek, Maya Jane Cole, NYWR, Skrybe, golden child, Duck Sauce, Above & Beyond, and more!

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Animadrop (melodic dubstep) and Modus (cyberfunk, future, electronic).

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-57

Welcome to Episode 56! This week we had the pleasure of having Lauren from SIDEWALK TALK EDM join us for an episode. We discussed a range of interesting topics: Ghostproducing, how we feel about Ticketmaster's refund policy, the beginnings of Lauren's hit YouTube show, CRAY's hosting of an all LGBTQ virtual festival lineup, and much more. We also discussed brand new tracks from the likes of Bauuer, Jamie XX, GRX, Kaskade, and Duke Dumont.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching. Samir picked Tokay (Future Bass), Lauren picked Sippy (Sydney bass, Dubstep), Alec picked IMANU (Neuro combined w/tech and half-time).

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-56.

Welcome to Episode 55! Topics include Coachella's 20 years in the desert, Electric Forest in danger of cancelation, Jauz prepping multiple EPs in different genres and much more. We also discuss releases from Diplo, Rezz, Lane 8, Subtronics, Dirty Fun, Rohaan, Kitone, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching - Buunshin (Dnb); Charles D (techno).

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-55

Adam Beyer has announced that Drumcode Malta is cancelled due to issues with the once blossoming event planning startup Pollen. We investigate what's going on. Alec describes his road trip to Nashville, Kentucky, and Atlanta and recounts his first Atlanta rave. We also dive into new music from the likes of Eric Prydz (he remixed Anyma x Chris Avantegarde's Consciousness), Excision x Wooli, Odd Mobb, and Griz x TVBOO. Plus, we put two up and coming artists on your radars: BROKN and VARI. Tune in to hear all of this and more on Episode 147 of Beyond the Beats, a podcast about EDM news and culture.

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Welcome to Episode 54! Topics include Digital Mirage raising 100s of thousands for charity, a new app called Endless which lets you make music with your friends, EDC Vegas postponed to October and much more. We also discuss fresh tracks from the likes of JOYRYDE, Duke Dumont, Adiidas, Malaa, Voltra and many more.

Plus, we introduce the Insider Picks section with Mounika - a trip hop producer from France. We have a lot of EDM industry insiders giving us artist recommendations so we decided to do this occasionally when we really like a suggestion!

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching - In:Most (Liquid Dnb, Dnb); HELLBOUND (house).

If you want to see the full show notes - complete with links and playlists - head on over to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-54

Drew Dapps brings the groove that'll make you want to move with his exclusive mix for Beyond the Beats Sessions. Then we're fortunate enough to dig into things such as his creative process, his fondness for stoicism, tips for keeping yourself in the right vibe and how he accomplished a dream. Tune in to hear all of this and more - welcome to our tenth Artist Spotlight.

Follow him on Twitter: @drewdapps; Instagram: @drewdapps. Check out his bio, links and profile on our website: www.beyondthebeats.co/drew-dapps

Welcome to Episode 53! Topics include an Italian Night Club trying to break the record for the longest livestream set, Digital Mirage Online Festival brings trap and electro superstars, MrSuicidesheep's 10 year anniversary. We also discuss fresh releases from the likes of Kygo, Camelphat, Major Lazer, Seven Lions, Nora en Pure, Muvy, Madskies, and Golden Child.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Elaksi (Future Trap), SNEEK (electro).

To see the full show notes, go to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-53

Welcome to Episode 52! Topics include Bandcamp waiving revenue share to help artists out, JOYRYDE's album release date, CRRSD coronavirus cases, and so many awesome DJ live streams. We also discuss fresh releases from the likes of Fisher, Cosmic Gate, Laidback Luke, Nitti Gritti, STUCA, eugene, and Slooze.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: HODA (Bassline), Made Up Language (future bass, trap, 90s rock influence).

To see the full show notes, go to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-52

Tyler Lawrence - Bio

Tyler Lawrence is a producer out of San Francisco, California. He is a multi-instrumentalist who first picked up a guitar in the 5th grade and dreamt of rocking out on stage like classic rock legends Angus Young and Jimmy Page.

Although he's been creating music for years, he broke onto the music scene in 2019 after realizing the daily corporate life wasn't fulfilling his itch to create.In pursuit of his true passion, he began studying music once again and has since produced four tracks that have gained the attention of the indie music press and podcasts.

Tyler Lawrence is a banker by day and a DJ by night... just an everyday kid with some not so every day dreams. Tyler is an artist who loves to love and lets his passion push him forward, using his drive for creation as an escape from daily life.

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Welcome to Episode 51! Topics include COVID-19 continuing to affect the EDM scene, Live Nation Stocks Plummet, Deezer gets more exclusive mix deals with artists. We also discuss fresh releases from the likes of TroyBoi, Porter Robinson, Flume, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: D'Lion and Fre4nkc (pronounced "Frequency"; genre: DnB).

To see the full show notes, go to www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-51

Wow, no need to have the full show notes here anymore! We're onto bigger and better things... Check out the full show notes on our website.

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You can find our exclusive mixes and Artist We're Watching playlists on Soundcloud and the music mentioned in every episode on our Spotify user account.

Thanks for tuning in!

Welcome to Episode 49! Before we summarize this episode, we have a very special announcement to make... our website has finally launched! You can find the full show notes, music playlists, and more at www.beyondthebeats.co.

A big shout out to this week's Artists We're Watching: FATE (dark future, bass) and Rohaan (DnB).

To check out the full show notes please visit: www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-49

Welcome to Episode 48! This week's topics include Afrojack's techno alias, EDC Vegas's 2020 lineup, Supreme entering the turntable market, and we debate whether the return of vinyls are a good thing for the music industry. We also talk about new music from the likes of Nostalgix, Qlank,Jax Jones, Dombresky, Charlotte de Witte, Seven Lions, and Rezz x Zeds Dead.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Capshun (trap, trap blend /future) and SAYVRE (trap). Thanks to Colin from FUXWITHIT for putting them on our radar and now subsequently on your radar too.

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-48

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Welcome to Episode 47! We hope you're ready for a bass-heavy show because we are joined this week by Electric Hawk Founder, Dariel Leiva.

It was an absolute pleasure to talk about all things electronic music with him. The topics we covered include Electric Hawk's mission, how to network properly in the music industry, Pasquale Rotella's roadmap for EDC and much more. We also discussed new releases from the likes of MEDUZA, Boys Noize, Blanke, Getter, Black Tiger Sex Machine x ATLiens, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: SuperAve, Tre Justice, and BOM.

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-47

This week we discuss new music from Slander x Dylan Matthew (is Dylan now the third person in the group??), John Summit x Guz x Stevie Appleton, MORTEN, and Delta Heavy x Jem Cooke. We also dig into the new YeeDM country music x EDM radio station and Samir gives his review on CRSSD DAY MVS XL. Plus, we put two up-and-coming artists on your radars: Maxinne and Twolate. Tune in to hear all of this and so much more on Episode 146 of Beyond the Beats, a podcast about EDM news and culture.

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Welcome to Episode 46! This week's topics include Green Day making fun of Trap Beats, a new Made Events and TD&T partnership, What So Not taking a break, GriZ produces house track and much more. We also talk about new music from Tyler Lawrence, Allen Mock, NGHTMRE, i_o, GriZ, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Swaylo (deep house, tribal trap); galva (dnb, trap, chill-trap; lots of moods).

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-46

Welcome to Episode 45! This week's topics include Elon Musk's first EDM song, Soundcloud is now a $200m + company and DJs share their tips on staying sober at raves. We also discuss new music from Yellow Claw, Arty, Don Diablo, Louis the Child, Porter Robinson, Eliminate and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Oakk (bass, trap, old school dubstep); Esofact (future, future bass).

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-45

Welcome to Episode 44! This week's topics include Tomorrowland's lineup, Ultra finally signing a contract, how music streaming has exponentially grown and more. We also have the honor of giving an exclusive preview of JAVAX's new song - Turn. We discuss new music from people like Skrybe, Uknew & TYPE3, Jauz, Zeds Dead, Ekali, Calvin Harris's new sound Love Regenerator, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching - Ghost Dance (techno with electro elements) and Drew Daps (a concoction of deep, minimal, and tech).

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-44

EDM Champions, we're officially back from our season break! Welcome to Episode 43 - there's a lot to catch you up on.

We discuss some big things that happened while we away: Coachella's lineup drop, what electronic music artists have done to support Australia during the bushfires, and Ultra Miami's continued drama at Bayfront Park. We also discuss new music from the likes of Coldwall, DWAM, Adiidas, Duke Dumont, ATLiens, Nicky Romero, Steve Aoki, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: DirtyFun (house) and KRUDE (house).

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-43

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About Uknew

A figure in the Las Vegas Electronic community for over 10 years, Uknew currently works as a house Producer / DJ in Las Vegas, Nevada. Perhaps most known for hitting gold in 2018 with his original track "Oh Baby," he is a veteran with a wide variety of experience, having support from big name producers / DJs such as Jauz, Botnek, Alison Wonderland and many more. Uknew has also landed tracks on legendary labels such as WorldFamousHQ, House Views & Brooklynfire.

Welcome to Episode 42 - the last episode of Season 1!!

We want to thank all of our listeners- whether OG or new - for continuing to support this podcast. It means the absolute world to us. We will be back in January 2020 after the holidays with Season 2. We promise you - there's so much coming in 2020.

This week's topics include whether openers should go hard in their sets, #bansunburn, and legal action from the Justice apartment against Live Nation. We also discuss new music the likes of Voltra, Saint Punk, and Coldwall, Oliver Heldens, Four Tet, SIDEPIECE, and others.

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-42

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And make sure to check out our playlists which contain all the music we mention! You can find the music by episode on our Spotify user profile and all the Artists We're Watching on our Soundcloud

Samir: Alesso - In the Middle

Voliik - Dissever

Inzo - Angst

Social Kid, LYRA - Trust Me

• Lyra's Spotify

Jason Ross, Seven Lions - Known before You

Rezz, Yultron - Hell on Earth

ANNA - Galactic Highways

Steve Aoki, Sting, Shaed - 2 In A Million

E-Forest Lineup controversy - people have mixed feelings about it?

• EForest is completely sold out

Community question/topic - thanks to @bedfo017 for sending this in: What’s going on with the fake ticket resellers? We discuss this!

How will music be produced in the future? Especially with the rise of AI?

• Amazon announces launch of AWS Deepcomposer
• "AWS DeepComposer is the world’s first musical keyboard powered by machine learning to enable developers of all skill levels to learn Generative AI while creating original music outputs. DeepComposer consists of a USB keyboard that connects to the developer’s computer, and the DeepComposer service, accessed through the AWS Management Console. DeepComposer includes tutorials, sample code, and training data that can be used to start building generative models."

Articles with misleading titles/headers designed to get you to click on them...

Apashe ft. Geoffroy - Distance

The Chainsmokers, Kygo - Family

Alec: KarameL // Soundcloud // Instagram // Akira - Hope That Its You (KarameL Remix) (track)

Samir : MSFT // Soundcloud // Instagram // not my birthday (track)

Alec: Skazi - Brothers (psy-trance!)

Trip Trop - Jungle War

Koos - Mo Fo

deadmau5 - Coasted

RL Grime, Juelz - Formula

Gorgon City - Roped In

Mat Zo - Games

Glass Animals - Tokyo Drift (feat. Denzel Curry)

• Been gone for two years

Ultra Music Festival drops phase one of their lineup

Grammy nominees announced

Sky high Dj fees ruining nightlife?

People who argue with you about identifying genres. Discussion is fine, but arguing is just lame.

Illenium, Ekali - Hard to Say Goodbye (feat. Chloe Angelides)

i_o - Rave 444

Alec: Keiden // Soundcloud // Instagram // GHOSTS (track)

Samir : Inadze // Soundcloud // Instagram // Miles (track)

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Welcome to Episode 39! This week's topics include whether the EDM bubble has burst, the Top 100 Clubs in the World, who the visual artists are behind the biggest names in EDM, and much more. We also had the honor of speaking to Kevin Bhatia - Business Affairs Lawyer at United Talent Agency (UTA).

Topics include tips to Artists who are trying to make it, describes how contracts between venues and artists are done, and all the details about what goes on behind the scenes in EDM from a business perspective.

We also chat about new music from the likes of Wenzday, Coastal, Chris Lake x Solardo, Deadmau5, MK x Sonny Fodera, and Dillon Nathaniel, Madeon, GriZ, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Gaba (house) and Muvy (big room trance).

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-39

This week we give our thoughts on new music from Wade, Swedish House Mafia x Future x Fred Again, Mefjus x Camo & Krooked, and a stacked Calvin Harris collab. We also dive into the news that TikTok is looking to create a music streaming app in the U.S. and Australia and ask ourselves whether this is their path to global music domination. And of course, we put two Artists We're Watching on your radars: Sinner & James and Kreech. Tune in to hear all of this and more on Episode 145 of Beyond the Beats, a podcast about EDM news and culture.

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Welcome to Episode 38! This week's topics include Alec's experience seeing Chris Lorenzo in San Francisco, our thoughts on Datsik's apology, and how the fall of the Berlin Wall created Berlin's famed techno scene. We also had the honor of speaking with Deanna - the Founder and CEO of Beyond Dope. She delves into the amazing work that Beyond Dope is doing for raising awareness around addiction problems, harm reduction strategies, and moderation training.

We discuss new music from the likes of Talkre, Koos, Vily Vinilo, Camelphat, Louis the Child, Bonnie x Clyde, Nora En Pure Remix Jacknife x Elvis Brown, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Newtone (Bass house, house), and Ascent (bass).

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-38

Welcome to Episode 37! This week we had the absolute honor of having the one and only Colin Vlasak on the show. Colin is the founder of FUXWITHIT - a pioneer in cultivating and spreading the sounds of the underground trap scene.

Topics include Colin's background, how the underground is thriving, RL Grime's Halloween 8 mix, police allowing an illegal rave in the UK, and more. New music from Herobust, Louis the Child, Rezz x Malaa, Getter, Boombox Cartel, Quix, Noizu, YVNG Jalapeno, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: anti (trap - mentioned by Colin); DWAM (trap - mentioned by Samir); Algo (Dubstep - mentioned by Alec).

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-37

Welcome to Episode 36! Topics include Avicci's father's CBS special, Brexit's (already) impact on DJs, why Samir dislikes people who diss artists while they're performing, and more. We also discuss fresh releases from the likes of Duke & Jones, Brohug, Wilkinson, Ekali, Galantis, Ganja White Night, Zhu, and others.

A major shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: Voltra (Dubstep, hybrid trap) and Wenzday (bass house).

Check out the full show notes by visiting www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-36

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Nostalgix - OG Sins EP

ToMix - 150 Gold Digger

Brohug - Scorpion

UMEK - Vigilance EP

Turno, Kanine - Polarity

Yehme2, Wuki - Throw It

Mr. Carmack - Invisible Motions

Slushii, Dion Timmer - Test Me

Space Laces - D.A.W.

Big shoutout to Javax for his Printworks gig that just happened this past weekend.

DJ Mag Announces Top 100 DJs

Community Poll - Who do you think should be the number one DJ on this list? Tweet at us @podbtb, we will also be putting up an instagram poll so follow us at btb.pod

With ITunes gone, how does that affect DJs?

• Second article about it
• Instead of the iTunes application, Apple has decided to curate three separate apps - Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple TV.
• According to MixMag’s Devyn White: “Apple Music fails to incorporate XML file support, an organizational component, which originally made it simple for DJs to transfer data from iTunes to applications such as Rekordbox and Traktor.”
• Without this file support, tracks won't automatically stay organized in set playlists when imported into these applications.
• Serato and Traktor are already releasing beta versions of software to deal with this, no word yet from Rekordbox.

Alec went to see Bijou at Audio; caught up with one of the openers - SF local, DJ BAKR (pronounced “Baker”) and his G-Code squad.

People filming the entirety of a performance then getting annoyed when you get into their shot…

Madeon - Be Fine

Tchami - Rainforest (Valentino Khan Remix)

Alec: LP Giobbi // Soundcloud // Instagram // Dejala Pasar (track)

• Reccomended by Akki
• Tech House/House
• Has an educational platform called FEMMEHOUSE - addresses the under-representation in the electronic music industry
• Also has her own fashion line
• Helps run Sofi Tukker’s Animal Talk label
• ]Cookout Mix](https://soundcloud.com/lpgiobbi/the-cookout-mix)

Samir: Lionclad // Soundcloud // Instagram // Injection (track)

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Alec: Dom Dolla - San Frandisco

BLVD - Game Day

Tyler Lawrence - Circles

Adiidas, MeSo - Eerie

Armin Van Buuren, Cimo Frankel - All Comes Down

Jauz - Get to Me

Ghastly, Brohug - Get Down

Black Tiger Sex Machine, YOOKiE - Spiders

PEEKABOO, Calcium - HANDS UP!

Zedd is banned from China after liking South Park tweet

• South Park banned for their tweet
• Then Zedd is banned for liking South Park's tweet
• South Park responds to their ban

Decadence Arizona drops their lineup

Fifa 20 has multiple EDM artists in their soundtrack

• Don Diablo
• Flume
• Alison Wonderland
• Disclosure
• Kaskade
• Louis the Child
• San Holo
• Wolfgang Gartner
• Zeds Dead x Jauz (lights go down song)

Environmental responsibilities and music festivals

• Shambala also takes its carbon footprint seriously
  • They've partnered with a company called Energy Revolution. A not-for-profit organization that aims to tackle one of the largest portions of a festival’s carbon footprint – audience travel.
  • They have a travel calculator on its website that works out much you would need to donate to renewable energy schemes to balance out your journey to and from a festival.
• Lots of other non-profits looking to help festivals be more eco-friendly
  • A Greener Festival - helps festivals and events around the world reach their green goals through a combination of sustainability training, discussion, and its celebrated Greener Festival Awards scheme, are also working to make the industry more sustainable.
  • They also provide festivals with feedback

Alec: When a girl aggressively told me to get off my phone assuming that I was texting when I was actually making notes about the DJ’s set in order to talk to him...

Chris Lorenzo - Late Checkout

MEDUZA, Goodboys, Becky Hill - Lose Control

Alec: SHIZUO // Soundcloud // Instagram // Crywolf - Athetosis (SHIZUO Remix) (track)

• SHIZUO's name could be from a character of the same name in the anime show "Durarara!!!".

Samir : anbuu // Soundcloud // Instagram // Frequencies (track)

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Samir: Pryda - Project Prayer

JOYRYDE - SELECTA 19

Big Gigantic- Where I Wanna Be

Steve Aoki, Will Sparks - Send It

Chirs Lorenzo, The Streets - Take Me As I Am

Lost Lands Just Happened

• Floss announced after his set that he is taking a touring break after his two Halloween shows
• Illenium and Excision dropped an unreleased collab during their set

Alison Wonderland is doing a 7 stop warehouse tour

Is Jack U coming back?

Our chat with Ashlyn, Damask, Joey from H<3art Beats NYC 

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Ridiculously long lines

Dillon Francis - Still Not Butter

Pryda - Pryda 15 Vol III

Alec: Adiidas // Soundcloud // Instagram // A Grey (track)

Proppa : // Soundcloud // Instagram // PBS (track)

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October 19th - JAVAX at Printworks, London

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Alec: Walker & Royce, VNNSA - The Bizness

Koos - Magma

Rachel’s AWW last week, Kaivon - Transformation EP

Coldwall - Implicata

Party Favor, Nonsens - Gasoline

Boombox Cartel - WIP (Chris Lorenzo remix)

Dillon Francis, TV Noise, Big Freedia - Bawdy

Dom Dolla - San Frandisco

Armin Van Buuren, Inner City - It Could Be

Ben Bohmer, Nils Hoffman, Malou - Breathing

Alec goes to Jax Jones in SF

Samir goes to Illenium at MSG and Odd Mob at Schimanski (hosted by Lunar Lounge \Aazure) Met Illenium’s agent Guy.

• Talked to Dabin
• Met Matt Medved (founder of Billboard Dance, Editor in Chief of Spin)
• Talked to Odd Mob about the end of his first North American Tour

EDC Vegas 2020 is completely sold out

Tomorrowland Winter phase one lineup announced

Noisia splitting at the end of 2020

Samir: People who dance up on you and won’t leave you alone….

Gorgon City, Gryffin, AlunaGeorge - Baggage

SIDEPIECE - Wanna See You

Alec: Qlank // Soundcloud // Instagram // Eliminate - Them ft. Virus Syndicate (Qlank Flip) (track)

Samir: FREYER // Soundcloud // Instagram // Consequence (track)

• Label signed: Gold Digger, Noir Sur Blanc, House Views, 2-Dutch, PLAYBOX
• From Rome, Italy

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Our special guest has the honor of choosing this week's On Repeat track.

Rachel: Petit Biscuit - We Were Young (DROELOE remix)

Based out of New Jersey, Rachel Narozniak is a Senior Editor & Writer for the electronic music news outlet, Dancing Astronaut.

You can find her latest interview/article about Ezoo here

Jauz, Zeds Dead - Shake

3LAU - Miss Me More

Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Bassjackers, D’Angello & Francis - The Flight

Sub Focus, Wilkinson - Illuminate

Headhunterz - Home

Eli Brown - 92 Thing

She discusses some noteworthy festival cancelations. Here's what she talked about:

1) Woodstock 50

Per Billboard: festival was cancelled due to concerns about the capacity of the festival, permit issues [festival reportedly did not obtain a mass gathering permit from the NY State Dept. of Health, per Rolling Stone, and site readiness.

You would imagine that for the most part, these 3 areas of concern could have been addressed before a lineup is announced. This was an example of operational issues that was smack in the center of the public eye given the stature of the Woodstock name.

2) Super Mega Ultra Giant MDBP Festival

• Kodak Black dropped from the lineup (on June 7th). The organizers didn’t cite the specific circumstances around why he did.

3) Ultra 2019’s try at Key Biscayne; now back to Bayfront Park

• Rachel: Media portrayal of this move: has this been great press for Ultra in that it’s really foregrounded the festival, or has this whole saga detracted from Ultra’s reputation for meticulousness?

4) Electric Zoo

• Her thoughts on it becoming NYC's biggest EDM festival.

Rachel, Samir and Alec discuss a broad array of topics.

Alec's Update on Alienstock... Is it canceled! Or is it not?! Very confusing series of events that led to miscommunication and false reports… here’s what happened

• Originally, Matty Roberts - the creator of the viral Area 51 group - teamed up with Connie West - the owner of the Little A'Le'Inn in Rachel - to put on the controversial Alienstock festival

• On Sept. 9th, Matty Roberts decided to break ties with Connie West and the Alienstock festival in order to move it to a “safe, clean, secure area in downtown Las Vegas”; he also said “We are not interested in, nor will we tolerate any involvement in a FYREFEST 2.0. We foresee a possible humanitarian disaster in the works, and we can’t participate in any capacity at this point.” Link to article

• Now with a new partner - Frank DiMaggio - Matty has renamed his festival “Area 51 Celebration” and has secured a new lineup + sponsorship from Bud Light.

• National outlets such as Vice and Buzzfeed took Matty’s statement and new festival to mean that Alienstock was canceled...

• NOW HERE’S THE TWIST...

• Connie West is STILL PUTTING on Alien Stock outside the town of Rachel, Nevada

• In fact, she already has signed agreements (verified by 13 Investigates) for over 100 portable toilets, security and first responders. She’s also announced 20 bands and 2 comedians to the lineup.

• The new website for Connie West’s Alienstock is, Alien Stock Parking. You buy tickets there.

• The original Alienstock website redirects you to Matty Robert’s new event, Area 51 celebration. It’s free with RSVP.

Swedish House Mafia rolls out an all access pass to all their shows, merch, and other special events

• Are they taking their comeback too far?

Music industry (in general) expected to break $10 billion for the first time since 2007

• Fueled by streaming platforms
• Vinyl sales will outsell CDs by year end
• Source info from RIAA

Flux Pavilion, What So Not, The Chain Gang of 1974 - 20:25

Black Coffee, Usher - LaLaLa

Rachel: Kaivon // Soundcloud // Instagram // First Breath (track)

• First EP coming out on Deadbeats on Sept. 20, “Transformation”

Alec: Tenebrax // Soundcloud // Instagram // Swarm - Breathe (Tenebrax remix) (track)

• From Moscow, Russia
• Midtempo, bass music

Samir: ALRT // Soundcloud // Instagram // Pushin’ On (track)

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Alec: Chase & Status - Heater

Akki - She Doesn’t Know

Voliik - Reanimate

Coastal - Dawn

Relique & IDE-K - Mama’s Addiction

Alesso, SUMR CAMP - In the Middle

Arty - Find You

Audien - Buzzing

The Bloody Beetroots, ZHU - Zoning

Slushii - Watch Yo Back

Walker & Royce, VNSSA - Rave Grave

Steve Aoki, Backstreet Boys - Let It Be Me

• Some more context on the song

Klangkarussell - Comoros

Electric Zoo Recap

The Good

• Mainstage production was really stepped up, the stage looked amazing
• Really stepped up the fireworks
• Great after parties
• The vibes
• Dog Blood, Nora En Pure, Kyle Watson, Dombresky, Kill the Noise, Kaskade

The Bad

• Poor crowd planning for Seven Lions (he was on the smallest stage and drew a crowd that was much too big for it
• Sound bleed between stages
• Hot temperature in the AMF stage
• Crowd at Prydz after party

The Ugly

• Water lines were atrocious as discussed last week on Anti-Plur
• Accounts of security doing incredibly invasive searches

Eric Prydz bringing HOLO to NYC

Avicii Tribute Concert to raise money for mental health awareness

Excision and Wooli announce an EP

People who try to use PLUR to get free stuff…

Jax Jones - Snacks

Disciple label... Infekt, Dodge & Fuski, 12th Planet, Virus Syndicate, Terravita, Dirtyphonics, Phaseone, Modestep, Virtual Riot, Eliminate, Barely Alive, Fox Stevenson, SampliFire, Myro, Oliverse, Bandlez, Chibs, MVRDA - We Don’t Play

Alec: ToMix // Soundcloud // Instagram // ToMix, Ekonovah - Coffee (track)

• A Noir Sur Blanc release
• 1700 followers on Soundcloud; 15k on Spotify (this has jumped up since I last saw his Spotify).
• 22 years old; From Tel Aviv, Israel; in 2013 he actually was producing psy-trance - a project called ToMix & Genish”. It was only in 2017 that he started producing house music.
• Has had a release on Confession (To the Rhythm) and other great house labels such as Gold Digger and House Views.

Samir: Vily Vinilo // Soundcloud // Instagram // Bloody Tears (track)

• From Liverpool.
• Has a lot of range.
• This track has some fantastic layers in it, some slight hints of Acid in here which keeps it interesting.

This week we discuss (and play our own version of) Spotify's "Heardle" - The Wordle of music as well as what Samir's ideal job in the dance music industry will be. Plus, we've got a very special new music section for you this week... We are ONLY covering recently released music from some of our Artists We're Watching (gyrofield, MATT BARRI, Benwah, Buunshin). And as always, we put two fantastic underground artists on your radars: Dimatis and NOYSE. Tune in to hear all of this and more on Episode 144 of Beyond the Beats - a podcast about EDM news and culture.

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Samir: Meduza - Piece of Your Heart (Alok Remix)

Koos - Switch Up

Party Favor - Reach For Me(Duke & Jones Remix)

Dillon Francis - GO OFF (Nuthin 2 it)

Seven Lions, Excision, Wooli (with Dylan Matthews) - Another Me

Chris Lorenzo - Every Morning

ANNA, Miss Kittin - Forever Ravers

Habstrakt - The One

Samir Ezoo Recap

Swedish House Mafia’s pyrotechnics caused 4million pounds of damage at Creamfields

• Here's a video. You can see the pyros at around the 56 minute mark

• Apparently their set-up is so intense that they had to shut the stage down for a full day before to set up

Interesting article about how day time parties are ‘better’ than night-time ones

• Are they becoming more popular? The author thinks so

Meterama Gaming + Music Festival cancelled

• Had Marshmello, Alan Walker, Snoop Dog; the gamer “Ninja”
• Abruptly canceled due to low ticket sales apparently

Groove Cruise Miami announce headliners

• Website link

Insomniac now has ownership in Miami’s famous club Space

Samir: Water setup at EZoo

Skrillex, Boys Noize, TY Dolla Sign - Midnight Hour

Inzo - Multiverse EP

Alec: Talkre // Soundcloud // Instagram // Cold One (track)

• A style of dnb called Techstep

Samir : Who.am.i. // Soundcloud // No Insta! // Drop The Bass(track)

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Alec: Jax Jones - Harder (KC Lights 6am Remix)

AKIRA - I AM AKIRA, THIS IS MY WORLD.

Unlike Pluto - Stay and Decay

Aviici - Heaven (David Guetta & MORTEN remix)

JOYRYDE - MADDEN

UZ - Bang Bang

Oski - Fuccapop

Seven Lions & MitiS Feat. RBBTS - Break the Silence

3lau, DNMO - Falling

Space Yacht ft. Drezo at 1015 Folsom, SF.

• Space Yacht’s first time in SF - they are SoCal
• Drezo and Blossom’s first time in SF
• I got a chance to interview Blossom for a quick soundbite.

Tycho launches a new web app - Forecast - that creates a playlist for you based on your local weather

• A cool innovative way to promote his new album Weather
• It integrates with Apple Music and Spotify
• For a more technical explanation of how Lee Martin - the designer - and Tycho did this, click here.

Josh Pan is starting his own streaming service

• Link to the website to join the mailing list

Alison Wonderland cancels her European tour - cites mental health reasons

Skrillex opens up music production school in South Africa in association with Bridges for Music

Samir: EDM blogs posting articles that have nothing to do with EDM...

NGHTMRE x Zhu (feat.Kidd Keem) - Man’s First Inhibition

Deathpact had his/her world debut at Shambala

• His/her first show EVER!
• The whole set is now available on Soundcloud.
• This is Alec’s FIRST SPEECHLESS

Alec: Krooner // Soundcloud // Instagram // Coward (track)

Samir : BLVD // Soundcloud // Instagram // Crowd Control(track)

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Samir: Daft Punk - Doin’ It Right (K?D Remix)

Quix - Guiding Light (Javax Flip)

Autograf & WYNNE - Test the Waters

VOWED - Close Your Eyes (Pretence Remix)

Allen Mock x ELEX - Olympus

Martin Garrix feat. Bonn - Home

Gorgon City + MK - There For You

Oski & TYNAN - Titan

Hardwell - Retrograde

Jauz, DNMO - Thunder

A$AP Rocky found guilty of assault - given a 2 year suspended sentence by Stockholm police

Suspended sentence means that so long as he doesn’t commit a crime within the two-year period, he will avoid jail time.
Timeline of events link

New Skrillex, Boys Noise, Ty Dolla $ign song leaks early by Beatport

Rezz x Malaa collab is in the works

EDC Orlando drops a RIDICULOUS lineup

Shambhala just happened and it looked incredible
No alcohol allowed at all (not even sold)
Testers on site - people to help those who are going through a tough trip
You can take a dip in their creek that runs through the farm

Viral Storm Area 51 FB group now has a spin-off festival called “Alienstock” in the works, but could it be a disaster?

• Created by Matty Roberts - the person responsible for the viral “Storm Area 51” Facebook event which turned out to be a satirical event/page
• Rachel Nevada is where Alienstock is supposed to take place - website link
• Supposed to take place Sept 20-22.
• It’s a town of only 100 people! No gas within 50 miles.
• Locals say that people should NOT come and that residents will step up to protect their property if they do.
• Apparently the organizers have NOT requested a permit to hold the event on federal public land - something that they would need should the festival expand beyond private property.
• The organizers are purportedly putting together a lineup mostly of EDM artists. However, the town of Rachel warns that a ‘dubious group’ is taking control of the event.
• The rock-group Willy Savage is the only confirmed attending artist

Samir: Sexist remarks - Example: https://clips.twitch.tv/EphemeralCrispyCourgetteCoolStoryBob

Dillon Nathaniel - Obessions EP

Illenium - ASCENED

Alec: Apriskah // Soundcloud // Instagram // Spiral (track)

Samir : Wolf-e-Wolf // Soundcloud // Instagram // Sine Language (track)