Have you ever found yourself struggling to get through a never-ending list of household chores? Whether it’s washing the dishes, doing laundry, or sweeping the floors, these tasks can often feel mundane and uninspiring. However, what if we told you that there’s a simple and enjoyable way to make your chores more bearable? Enter house music. Read more
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the early 1980s in Chicago, Illinois. It is characterized by its repetitive 4/4 beat, synthesized melodies, and use of samples and loops. While many people associate house music with dancing and partying, it can also be an excellent genre of music to meditate to. Read more
On March 11th, deadmau5 and Kaskade officially joined forces to form a unique collaborative union Kx5, marking their debut with the single āEscapeā featuring rising British singer-songwriter Hayla. āEscapeāāan aspirational love songāis released jointly under deadmau5 and Kaskadeās respective labels, mau5trap and Arkade.
Beatport, the worldwide leader of electronic music for DJs, producers, and fans, announced the release of Music Connects Us, a ground-breaking Electronic Music and Mental Health report. The report was developed in collaboration with Arigami, Silentmode and the Association For Electronic Music (AFEM).
Music touches the mind, body and soul. Its effects are powerful, and it’s been shown it can improve your health. Listening to the right song at the right time is like peanut butter and jelly. Artists may not be curing cancer, but they’re certainly making life more enjoyable through their art. Here are some classic rave tracks you’ll take to the grave because music, ladies and gentlemen, is timeless.
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Unfortunately, it sometimesĀ seems the world only continues to grow worse.
Luckily for us, however, there are many individualsĀ that aimĀ to make this earth a better place for those around them.
We chose to highlight ten different DJs and producersĀ in the dance music industry that are determined to leave this world in a better state thanĀ they found it. The below artists have been known to use their platforms and outreach potential to raise awareness and funds for charitable organizations and projects they feel are important to support. Our respect goes out to them for their efforts with the added encouragement that they continue to do good in their communities and for the philanthropic programs they hold dear.
Photograph by Mark Owens
This past Saturday, May 7th 2016, Kaskade played what he described as the “best show of (his) life” at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The sold-out night was the biggest EDM event in the Convention Center’s history, and reportedly the artist’s biggest solo show of his career with roughly 20,000 fansĀ turning up at the Downtown Los Angeles venue.
It now appears, however, that the entire set may have been completely pre-planned. A sheet of paperĀ began to make the rounds on Facebook early Monday morning, allegedly containing the show’s entire set list with each track timed to the exact second and video/lighting instructions to match each of the songs on it.
Admittedly, there is no concrete proof that the sheet formed an actual map used on the night of his show. However, a review of a video posted on YouTube by user “God Hands” seems to confirm the possibility that the set was at best completely pre-planned. The 2 hour and 17 minute video shows the entirety of Kaskade’s performance for the night (minus a couple of short blackouts where the user changed battery and memory card), and after a thorough review it seems to match the set list on the sheet circulatedĀ on Facebook. It seems safe to conclude that either someone photographed the sheet backstage or theyĀ went through the trouble of creating it to give the impression that Kaskade’s set was completely pre-planned.
If the sheet is what it appears to be, a mapped out sequence of tracks that Kaskade played that night detailed to the exact second, it is entirely possible that the set was not only pre-planned but also pre-recorded. It would otherwise make little sense for the meticulous details of the exact second each track was set to start and finish.
The subject has been debated almost ad nauseam in the past. While the consensus is that pre-recorded sets are notĀ acceptable under any circumstance, is it ok to pre-plan an entire set in order to provide an exact and mapped out sequence of visual production? Artists such as Armin van Buuren and Eric Prydz have in the past explained that despite running massive stage productions, it is not necessary to pre-plan a set. They have specified thatĀ the need for extensive visual production shouldn’t take the human element away from theĀ art of DJing. Below is a video of Armin explaining his live DJ set-up and how he is able to maintain his DJ integrity without needing to pre-plan a set.
Is it correct forĀ a DJ to sacrifice actual deejaying, live mixing and Ā track selection based on the reading of his crowd in order to deliver complicate visuals?Ā IĀ will leave it up to you to compare the track list and video posted above, and to come to your own conclusion. People’s opinions on the matter differ and there is obviously no question that those who attended the show had a a blast and went in it knowing that they were getting a full package of an elaborate audio/visual show of Kaskade’s own work.
It is obvious that an element of set-up and pre-planning is needed with regards to video content syncing and elaborate large stage set-ups. This article simply attempts to raise the question of whether a completely pre-planned set, if that is what it was, is ok or not. Or whether it is only acceptable under certain circumstances.Ā Is it possible that weĀ have also become so used to seeing this in today’s main stage electronic music world that our mind is completely desensitized to it?
Let us know what you think.
Insomniac Events have just announced the first ever dance music event taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
On May 7th, Kaskade will take over the downtown venueĀ with an eighteen-and-over show that marks another milestone in Insomniac’s turbulent relationship with the city of LA.
The Convention CenterĀ hosts annual events such as the Los Angeles Auto Show and Anime Expo, and is best known to video gamefans as host to the Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as E3. Overall, the venue providesĀ 720,000Ā sqĀ ft of space and parking for over 5,600 cars. It is conveniently located near the Staples Center in the southwest portion of the city’s downtown area and easily accessible via the Pico Metro station.
If you wish to attend, be sure to sign up for the presale on Kaskade’s website.Ā Presale tickets go on sale Wednesday, Feb 24 at 10am PST. Regular tickets on sale Friday, Feb. 26 at 10am PST. For more information on the Los Angeles Convention Center visit the venue’s official website.
