Dancing Astronaut Minimix; Dave Winnel drops a gauntlet of 210 tracks in 18 minutes
In a frenetic display of launchpad mastery, Dave Winnel has delivered to Dancing Astronaut a 210 track assault on the senses. Much like Madeon, Winnel curates an expansive library of sound clips, building a narrative with little more than an APC-40 and his imaginative ear. Clocking in at 18 minutes, this exclusive minimix is an ADHD-sufferers soundtrack, no track gets more than a few seconds of play time before Winnel blends and chops it to smithereens creating a cocktail of dubstep blasts, progressive builds and electro grit.
UPDATE: Early bird tickets for Spring Awakening Music Festival now sold out
The Chicago-based Spring Awakening Music Festival is back for its second year, and early bird tickets are on sale now. The festival is expanding from two to three days and is set to take place Friday, June 14th through Sunday, June 16th at Soldier Field (rave in a football stadium!). The early bird ticket for this three day festival is now set at a very reasonable $65 price. Between this, the newly announced EDC Chicago, and Lollapalooza, Chicago is shaping up to be a veritable festival city this season.
Luciano’s NYD set stuns Brooklyn crowd, sets bar high for rest of 2013
The underground world in New York was chock full of choices for New Year's Eve -- Lee Burridge and Moby, Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap, and PillowTalk, Francois K, Pat Mahoney, or Steve Lawler and Carlo Lio (to name a few) were all in town for the big night. None of these however, garnered more of a flurry of interest and excitement than the announcement that Luciano and a trusty crew of beatmakers would be throwing a Vagabundos party on New Year's Day.
Dancing Astronaut’s Top 25 Underground Artists of 2012: 25-16
The underground had a big year in the US in 2012 and we only felt it appropriate to highlight some of these amazing artists independently from potentially bigger or more commercial artists in the dance music world today. We considered the year these artists have had in terms of production, live sets, and overall influence. We also generally picked artists we love and admire; artists we feel are extremely important to pushing electronic music forward. This list of 25 names includes legends and young guns alike, but we can assure you that every single one of these artists is incredibly talented and is well worth a listen or a trip to a club for a live set.
Good Morning Mix – Fatboy Slim’s Xmas Mixtape 2011
Some of you may be using your holidays to light the menorah, trim the tree, or eat an obscene amount of peppermint bark but Fatboy Slim makes us mixes. Last year, Norm released a free mix to celebrate Christmas cheer and we're taking another listen this year as a lead-up to this year's holidays. This is a DJ mix in the traditional sense; Norm throws in the old and new, telling a story along the way. We've got Queen, Riva Starr, Beardyman, Azealia Banks, Afrojack, Bart B More & Harvard Bass, Grandmaster Flash, and Moby all woven together into a neat little Fatboy Slim tapestry of sound. It's high energy and never misses a beat -- take a listen for yourself below.