All posts tagged in 2022
This is it, folks. Next year is just around the corner, and we still haven’t gotten used to 2022. This edition of the Roundup will be the final one for this year as holidays are inching closer, and continue again as usual from the next month. A massive Thank You to everyone who reads and
Having been postponed since 2019, it is safe to say that Tomorrowland is expected to begin with quite the show this month. The amount of excitement seems to be at an all-time high already with various snaps of the stage design (“Reflection of Love”) leaking out even before it started. While it will last over
Midway to June and we have ample releases to talk about on this roundup, with a special focus on uprising talents and their experimental efforts. The thirty-sixth edition of Weekly Roundup has Afrojack, deadmau5, ELYX, and more interesting aliases on today’s list! deadmau5 – XYZ 85/100 After his much-appreciated team-up “Escape” with the dance music
Instead of penning a detailed account of the awaited “Paradise Again”, I would rather like focus on the overall state of EDM albums as of late. Usually, there aren’t as many worth mentioning as most producers have shifted towards singles or EPs, yet the combination of an extended pandemic, hiatuses and comebacks, and coincidences bring
In the back of my mind, I have always regarded that the US-based duo received far more harsh critic for “Closer”, by being called out derogative terms such as sellouts and commercial by many in the EDM community a few years back. It makes me genuinely happy to see that they have reappeared with new
• Filled with variations • Borderline chaotic, but all in fun • Not a standout entirely yet promising Without setting in stone any huge expectations, House District Records are slowly impressing me with sequence of quality festival releases, marking a clear improvement on their selection as compared to many of their competitors! We’ve already praised
• Usual, forgettable chill structure • WATTS sings, alone and unsupported • Personality in the pluck, great percussions There isn’t much to begin with this Friday, so I caught myself lazily skimming through the releases, searching for familiar names. Don Diablo popped up, and “Face To Face” (featuring WATTS), is a reluctant choice of mine
Years of radio-silence later, the dance music veterans Swedish House Mafia made their hyped musical return this year. Lifting the curtains from three already well-received singles from their upcoming album “Paradise Again”, the Nordic icons have shown no signs of slacking, further announcing a global transatlantic tour that will follow in the wake of next
September 11th witnessed hundreds and thousands of Dutch citizens amassing together for the second time, as they protested with an uproar about the various measures taken by their government, abating the already crumbling events sector. “Unmute Us” showed the frustrations harbouring at the Electronic music’s epicenter, held once on 21st August and then last Saturday.
