David Guetta Says “Best Years for Dance Music In History” Are Coming After the Pandemic
Get ready for the best years in electronic music history, says David Guetta. “I think the next few years will be the best years for dance music in history,” declared the DJ and chart-topping producer in a recent interview with the Evening Standard. French DJ David Guetta believes that the coming years will be the “best years […]
Tomorrowland Confirms Three Festival Weekends In 2022
The iconic Belgian festival Tomorrowland is all set to exceptionally add one extra festival weekend before the traditional two last weekends of July this year, making its return by treating the People of Tomorrow to three magnificent weekends of magic. From February 2, fans can pre-register for ticket sales. All ticket options, info and […]
Who or What is a ghost producer?
The term “ghost producer” means a lot of different things, but what does it mean EXACTLY? Ghost producer. Just a whiff of those two words brings the trolls and haters out of the woodwork faster than Donald Trump can single-handedly destroy the GOP. So why do so many people get so upset about these “ghost […]
Is Chris Lake ghost producing for DJ Fisher?
A few days ago, I stumbled upon some news on social media about Chris Lake ghost producing for DJ Fisher and Valentino Khan. It immediately caught my attention and I had to do some digging about that. We are not new to ghost producer stories here at EKM, you might remember our articles “Maarten Vorwerk aka The man […]
BEATPORT BUYS LOOPMASTERS, ACQUIRING PLUGIN BOUTIQUE AND LOOPCLOUD
Beatport has pulled a power move this week with the acquisition of Loopmasters, a UK platform for samples. Loopmasters also houses two other companies under its umbrella: both Loopcloud and Plugin Boutique. This comes after an initial partnership between Beatport and Loopmasters that kicked off in mid-2019, which integrated the Loopmasters suite into Beatport. Robb McDaniels, CEO of Beatport, explained: […]
Q-DANCE TO DEBUT AUDIOVISUAL HARDSTYLE EXPERIENCE ON NETFLIX
Q-Dance, best known for their wildly popular hardstyle festival Defqon 1, has scored a landmark deal with Netflix. On December 22nd, their audiovisual experience Qlimax: The Source will be available to stream for the first time. Q-Dance has enlisted an impressive list of artists for Qlimax: The Source, including performances from Sub Zero Project, Phuture Noize, Headhunterz and JDX, B-Front, KELTEK, and Sefa. While we’ve only been […]
JONAS ADEN WENT UNDERCOVER AND HIRED GHOST PRODUCERS TO RECREATE HIS SOUND
Jonas Aden has curated some of the finest YouTube content in the dance music world as of late, uploading an abundance of tips and tricks for aspiring producers and fun musical experiments. One of his more recent videos raised eyebrows as it takes on a sensitive topic in the EDM world—ghost producers. For a video challenge, […]
Half of Music Fans Want Virtual Concerts To Stay
COVID-19 has made a huge impact on the entertainment industry. For the last seven months, concert venues and nightclubs have had their doors shut in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. In their place, livestreams have become the new set trend for music makers to showcase their work. According to the new Music 360 Report by MRC Data, it seems that 47% […]
STMPD RCRDS DEBUT FIRST-EVER PRODUCER PACK WITH JULIAN JORDAN
STMPD RCRDS is known for the diverse array of sounds they release and today they have partnered up with one of the label’s biggest stars Julian Jordan to give fans a look behind the scenes with their first ever producer pack. Keeping it close to home, everything in the pack is recorded at Martin Garrix’s […]
ADE ANNOUNCES NEW “COVID-PROOF SEATED CONCERTS” IN AMSTERDAM
After the cancellation of the 2020 iteration of Amsterdam Dance Event, a virtual event was announced, following suit with many other major 2020 events throttled by the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, after working in close collaboration with the Amsterdam City Council, ADE has curated new 2020 events under the ADE Specials banner. In an official statement, ADE […]