Ariana Grande collaborating with Zedd on upcoming track
Pop star Ariana Grande is taking her sophomore album into the EDM realm with the help of Zedd. Following up her debut album Yours Truly, Grande is working with Zedd on a tune she described as "fantastic and super-experimental for me." She went on to discuss the experience claiming that, "I never thought I’d do an EDM song, but that was an eye-opening experience, and now all I want to do is dance.” After his numerous commercial successes alongside female focuses, Anton and Ariana's collaboration may be the young producer's next big hit.
Zedd returns to his complextro roots on new single ‘Addicted to Memory’
Say what you will about Zeddlena and Anton's current dance-pop incarnation, but the guy lead a wave of electro house (along with a young Porter Robinson) that practically defined the early days of the EDM explosion. A far cry from his work with Ariana Grande or Lady Gaga, Zedd burst onto the scene with a gritty and heavy-handed approach to electro that was so spastic and raw that fans dubbed it "complextro." A seemingly haphazard array of samples, apreggios, and ham-fisted synths, Zedd's early work (think "Dovregrubben" or even Clarity's "Shave It Up") ignited dancefloors instead of radio stations back in 2011. Four years later and the softspoken, classically-trained talent has significantly increased his profile and, at times, even his sound. The latest track from his forthcoming True Colors album finds Anton combining the old with the new for the single "Addicted to Memory." Merging his complextro roots with his newfound talent for crafting radio-ready pop, Zedd re-emerges as an artist who's as focused on the raves as he is on the radio waves.
Calvin Harris, Avicii and Disclosure nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Artist in Billboard Music Awards
Billboard's annual Music Awards have just announced the nominees for its 2015 ceremony. This year's list includes many of the usual suspects. Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Disclosure, Avicii, and Lindsey Stirling receive nominations for Top Dance/Electronic Album -- despite Settle's 2013 release date. This year's top electronic songs include Clean Bandit's "Rather Be," Disclosure's "Latch," DJ Snake and Lil Jon's "Turn Down for What,' Zedd's Ariana Grande collaboration "Break Free" and Calvin Harris's anthemic hit "Summer." The most prestigious of the awards, the Top Dance/Electronic Artist category, includes Avicii, Clean Bandit, Disclosure, Calvin Harris and electronic violinist sensation, Lindsey Stirling, in the list of potential winners.
Dancing Astronaut’s Top 10 Tracks of March 2015
March's Top 10 spans a handful of genres and includes exciting returns and twists. Efforts include deadmau5 working up a 9-minute long edit, the return of NERO, Tiësto and KSHMR going big, Major Lazer and DJ Snake's latest gem, Cashmere Cat's tag-team with Ariana Grande and more.
Selena Gomez and Zedd finally release ‘I Want You To Know’ collaboration
Zedd and Selena Gomez's hotly-anticipated collaboration "I Want You to Know" is slated for a worldwide release at midnight this evening, until then this preview should hold obsessed Zeddlena fans over. Ahead of its full length release, a 15-second teaser clip of the song has emerged that is easily identifiable as Gomez's vocals with a very obvious Zedd-produced backing track. Destined to be another dance pop smash from the hit maker, "I Want You to Know" follows Zedd's chart-topping success alongside other female vocalists including Ariana Grande on "Break Free" and Foxes on his Platinum crossover "Clarity."