If I Created Disco made Calvin Harris a hipster icon, and Ready For The Weekend made him a dance floor legend, 18 Months molded the Scottish producer and DJ into the FM radio mainstay the world knows and loves today. The album was Harris’ first to hit the Billboard 200 albums chart with a debut at No. 19, as well as his first No. 1 Top Dance/Electronic […]
Afros and bell bottoms, swirling hips and dim-lit discos. Is this New York City in the ’70s? No, it’s Johannesburg in 2017, although, Major Lazer‘s “Particula” music video does fancy itself a flash back into a more perfect historical time. Directed by South African filmmaker Adriaan Luow, “Particula” offers an alternative view on a culture Americans don’t often […]
On an October day in Paris, it should be at best chilly, and at worst teeming with rain. But the evening Danish producer Rune Reilly Kölsch — better known as Kölsch — is due to play his most remarkable open-air gig yet, the sun is shining and the skies are clear. It feels more like […]
“I miss sincere music, you know? So I’ve just been trying to make something unique and fresh — I’m tired of hearing the same formula over and over again.” Sometimes, to break new ground, you’ve got to totally deconstruct your process. And for an electronic music producer, that can mean letting go of your gear and just picking up […]
Starley shone bright with her 2016 breakthrough “Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix),” which pumped in clubs across Europe last summer and hit the top 10 hit in the U.K. and her homeland Australia. She’s lighting it up all over again with “Been Meaning To Tell You” (Tinted Records), which Billboardpremieres today. The up-tempo tropical-flecked tune had […]
Alan Walker has your weekend soundtrack covered. The British-Norwegian upstart brings on Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals for his latest, the feel-good track “All Falls Down,” which the trio dropped today along with a futuristic music video. The track kicks off with glimmering acoustic strums and finger-snaps, all leading up to a bouncy, anthemic drop. Meanwhile, Cyrus belts out lyrics about gathering […]
Shaun Frank also enlists the help of The Chainsmoker’s Drew Taggart to co-write the track. Shaun Frank is no stranger to teamwork, having collaborated with everyone from Steve Aoki to KSHMR and Oliver Heldens. And for his latest, the Canadian artist enlisted the help of his friend Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers — with whom he helped write and compose the monster hit “Closer” […]
Mexican-American DJ and producer Deorro brings his roots to the forefront of his new single “Andele,” out today (Oct. 27) on Ultra Music. The hyper Melbourne bounce beat is designed to boom in any mega-club and imbibes some Latin flavors including Spanish lyrics and a merengue-inspired breakdown. “I decided to mess around with some live instruments and kept the tempo […]
Just in time for Halloween, Kayzo and SLANDER drop some righteous bass, a real devious drop for the unholiest among us. “Holy” sounds like it would be a right pretty thing, but this is godly in the unforgiving sense. Bright, punchy horns herald the coming of a hook that mashes hardstyle and drumstep into a searing union […]
Liam Payne prances to his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated Nov. 4) with “Strip That Down,” featuring Quavo, who also scores his first leader (4-1). Previously, Payne had charted as high as No. 14 on his co-lead track with Zedd, “Get Low.” Payne is also the first One Directionmember to top the radio-based chart, something the band […]
