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Posts Tagged ‘EDM news’
Live Nation mogul to invest $1 billion in EDM
Robert F.X. Sillerman, 64, has officially announced his intentions to invest one billion dollars in EDM parties and festivals in the coming year. Sillerman is most noted for founding Live Nation and selling it to Clear Channel and Ticketmaster for a fortune. (Basically.) The New York Times reports that Sillerman prefers Bob Dylan and Paul [...]
New SoundCloud: 5/13/2012 – 5/19/2012
Mariah Carey – I’ll Be Lovin U (DESIGNER DRUGS REMIX) radio edit Neneh Cherry + The Thing – Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet remix) Don’t Believe The Hype VSN012 Imperial EP Sugarpill & One4ALL – Pass Out (feat. Tinie Tempah (acapella)) You Can’t Run From My Love (Classixx Remix) – Munk & Peaches An-ten-nae feat [...]
Peaches talking smack about sexist DJs
Peaches did a video interview with Spinner at Lollapalooza Brazil in which she discusses gender inequality among DJs and the actors she dislikes. BTW this is the same solo female DJ who wrote the songs Fuck the Pain Away, I Feel Cream and Lovertits in recent years. Peaches is known for her performances that stretch [...]
Tom Morello still raging against machine
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman) lead a protest through Manhattan yesterday to commemorate the passing of International Workers Day. Das Racist was there to help, along with Immortal Technique and Dan Deacon. You can watch the Ustream video below. Video streaming by Ustream Morello’s “guitarmy” marched from Madison Square Park to [...]
Dj Khaled’s tour bus explodes
DJ Khaled was in Florida on his way to the 2012 Grand Bash last night when his bus caught fire and proceeded to explode. Khaled was forced to cancel his performance in Orlando. We have pictures and a video! Allhiphop.com reports that the rapper/DJ owned the bus, which he bought to keep down high rental [...]
Newsstep editorial
Dear Readers, The Black Betty Blog is a digital magazine dedicated to dubstep and dirty electro. Unfortunately there has not been a lot of dubstep news this week. Interviews are still plentiful but I could care less about Borgore’s tour bus at this point. The only really big thing that did happen is that Reuters [...]
New YouTube 4/22/2012 – 4/28/2012
Music videos are like radio but with the additional element of sight incorporated, a.k.a. moving pictures. Check back at the end of the week. deadmau5 – The Veldt BCee – Keep The Faith (Ft. Robert Owens) (Official Video) Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo – Let’s Go (Cover Art) Make The Girl Dance – Tchiki Tchiki Tchiki [...]
New SoundCloud 4/22/2012 – 4/28/2012
Check back at the end of the week for the full list by clicking soundcloud in the fresh music section. This one page of radio has more music in it than an entire day of so called music television! USHER – Climax (flosstradamus and diplo remix) Hype Jones – Set World On Fire (Titanoz [...]
DJ back on tour after freak accident
DJ Jonathan Toubin is back on tour after a grueling year long recovery. The New York DJ suffered a broken back, fractured skull, and internal bleeding while on tour in Portland, Oregon after a taxi crashed into the hotel room he was sleeping in. The good news is you can watch this short documentary all [...]
Heineken unveils the nightclub of the future
Heineken beer unveiled the “nightclub of the future” at Milan Design Week 2012 today. The concept club was designed by 19 emerging designers selected from around the world. One hundred clubbers from 20 cities also contributed to the project’s creation. It took a year long process to complete the prototype of a futuristic nightclub. The [...]
U.S. files anti-trust suit against Apple
Last week the U.S. government filed a anti-trust lawsuit against Apple Computers, Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon and Shulster, charging that the conglomerate had a monopoly on the burgeoning eBook industry. The case will convene in a New York district court. It seems your beloved MacBooks, iPhones, iPods and of course iPads are [...]
Small Florida town bans dancing
Welcome to Weston, Florida where a recent city ordinance has banned nightclubs and dancehalls of any kind. The ban is intended to prevent the hazards associated with the large crowds at such establishments, as well as the loud noises and street crime associated with dance music and dubstep. According to the mayor Eric Welsh, “There [...]
Diamond graffiti in Jewel City
A California street artist who goes by the name “ABOVE” has managed to spray paint an anti-blood diamond message in Johannesburg, South Africa. The message located outside one of the world’s biggest diamond distributors known as Jewel City reads “Diamonds are a woman’s best friend… and a man’s worst enemy.” ABOVE offered to paint the [...]
Singapore superstar makes radio history
The self proclaimed “Remix Master” DJ JT from Singapore is the first remixer ever to have three number one songs in the Top 40. Now he is the first one from the island to have a radio show broadcast simultaneously on U.S. and U.K. radio. It will be on American run Swurv Radio and London [...]
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