Daft Punk is largely, indirectly, responsible for today’s meteoric rise of popularity of electronic dance music, despite the duo’s disdain for the current trends. Their influence is seen everywhere, whether on the head of Deadmau5, the light show of Swedish House Mafia, or simply the in the chopped, disco funk of someone like DJ Dan. [cont.]

It’s no coincidence that Major Lazer’s Free The Universe and Snoop Dogg’s Lion’s Major Lazer produced reggae record, Reincarnated, are being released within a week of one another. At the helm of both of these projects is Diplo, the forward thinking, genre-defying producer who moonlights as one of the country’s top paid DJ’s, while making [cont.]

Trent Reznor has always been a forward thinking dude; even in Nine Inch Nails early incarnations, hits like “Head Like A Hole” and “Closer” were tinged with electronic elements, way before the music industry as a whole embraced this method of production. His latest project, How To Destroy Angels’ Welcome Oblivion LP is a collaborative [cont.]

Yugoslavian-born – but now residing in Melbourne, Austrailia – Dirty South, has been putting it down on the electronic music scene for years, and is definitely looked at as one of the pioneers of today’s new school “EDM” movement. While he’s captured fans’ ears with already classic tracks like “Walking Alone”, “Alive”, and “Phazing”, he [cont.]

With a few EP’s already under his belt, Kavinsky instantly caught the attention of the electronic music world through a little film called Drive, a 2011 L.A. crime drama starring Ryan Gosling, that quickly became a modern classic. The film began with Kavinsky’s “Nightcall”, a collaboration with Lovefoxxx and Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Cristo. We [cont.]

Dan The Automator has been quite nomadic in recent years. Just a decade ago, we found him at the helm of high profile projects like Deltron 3030, Handsome Boy Modelling School, and Gorillaz, before going off to produce rock acts like Head Automatica and Kasabian. So it’s been a while since we’ve heard the more [cont.]

Dim Mak releases a pair of EP’s from beloved Russian producer, Proxy, who experiments with a multitude of sounds, juggling genres that include dubstep, drum & bass, breakbeat, and more. With a palette that reveals a deep understanding of many years of electronic music and beyond, Music From The Eastblock Jungles truly knows no boundaries. [cont.]

DJ Muggs is most famous for his work as the backbone of Cypress Hill, responsible for two arguably classic LP’s from the crew, not to mention a more-or-less strong catalog, despite a few missteps along the way. His solo career has been largely defined by his Soul Assassins series of hip-hop compilations, which found him [cont.]

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, might be looked at as the great granddaddy of Dutch house, making his mark long before the new generation of artists stepped in. His career dates back to 1997, when “EDM” was called “Electronica”, which saw him releasing records alongside pioneering acts like The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers. Steadily [cont.]

Perhaps one of electronic music’s most interesting and enigmatic acts is Drop The Lime, a New Yorker by the name of Luca Venezia, whose music sounds more like the product of Nashville with a Euro twist. Those things don’t sound like they go hand-in-hand, but Drop The Lime’s fusion of rockabilly and modern dance styles [cont.]

In six years, Flying Lotus has released four albums, starting with 1983 leading to his newest, Until the Quiet Comes. Beginning with a foundation of electronic music and hip-hop, he’s quickly evolved, digesting unique sounds and genres, blending samples, live music, and vocals to create something that you can’t prepare for. For those who listened [cont.]

British rapper/singer Example has only had a short-yet-successful career, starting back in 2007, which found him pioneering the idea of using “EDM” producers to back his vocal tracks. While artists like David Guetta and Calvin Harris would flip this idea into massive successful dance/pop collaborations over the last few years, Example’s catalog shows him collaborating [cont.]

With 18 Months, we see popular Scot, Calvin Harris, make his leap into the mainstream, following two hugely successful LP’s, 2007′s I Created Disco and 2009′s Ready For The Weekend. Both albums were big overseas, but only gained cult status here in the U.S. Calvin’s brand of whimsical, quirky, 80′s-pop infused dance tunes made for [cont.]

The legendary DJ Dan has been putting it down for more than two decades now, starting out in underground Seattle clubs, and moving onto the L.A. rave scene as his career progressed. Sharing the stage regularly with greats like Donald Glaude, Carl Cox, and Moby, DJ Dan’s brand of “disko-funk” has lent a fun, pioneering [cont.]

The legacy of Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso will be remembered as the Swedish House Mafia – a trio of slick, jet-setting gentlemen, who came, saw, loved, and changed the world of electronic dance music forever. With Until Now – the follow-up to their debut project, Until One, the group compiles everything that led [cont.]

This DJ’s personal history with Dada Life goes back to 2009, with some of their early singles like “Let’s Get Bleeped Tonight” and their breakthrough remixes of Eric Prydz “Pjanoo” and Benny Benassi’s “Satisfaction”, acting as set staples, prior to ever opening for them in Las Vegas. Dada Life has always been about running with [cont.]

German producer, Alexander Ridha, professionally known as Boys Noize, returns with this third, self-released LP, Out Of The Black, on his own Boysnoize Records. Ridha is the definition of self-made man, as he has has over 50 releases on his BNR imprint, and has been bestowed the honors of the Independent Music Award and Best [cont.]

Over the past two years, young German producer, Anton Zaslavski, aka Zedd, has seen a quick rise to success, after winning two Beatport remix contests in 2009. He built a steady fanbase through tracks like “The Legend of Zelda” and “Dovregubben”, then watched his popularity skyrocket with the release of “Shave It”, via Skrillex’s OWSLA [cont.]

Deadmau5 has had quite an amazing year, becoming one of the highest paid electronic producers in the business, not to mention creating a religious following for himself since the release of his last official album, 4×4=12. His latest project, >Album Title Goes HereAlbum Title Goes Here

Max Vangeli captured the hearts of the dance world over the last few years with a handful of singles championed by the likes of Pete Tong, Chris Lake, and Swedish House Mafia frontman Steve Angello. Finding himself next to Angello’s younger brother AN21 (chatroom slang for “Antoine”) would be destiny, as the two have toured [cont.]