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New Year, New Beginnings With DJ-Producer Malóne

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Malóne, Cuban-born DJ/Producer from Miami is coming off his biggest year yet in 2022. Releasing music on labels such as Saved, Insomniac, Abracadabra, and Hurry Up Slowly. The artist also had two #1 AfroHouse tracks on Beatport last year, as well as a couple of collaborations with BLOND:ISH and many other artists. His own label, Hurry Up Slowly, has rapidly grown since its conception in 2020. HUS was the #2 AfroHouse Label in the world in 2022. The event series has also presented massive activations during Art Basel and F1 with Malóne supporting Martinez Brothers, Diplo, Marco Carola, Camelphat and many more.

Recently named by 1001 tracklists as one of the “The Future Of Dance Artists”, and a featured artist for DJ Mag Spain, Malóne will be showcasing a new and much bigger sound — collaborations with artists like BLOND:ISH, Carlita and many more. The artist has already confirmed multiple festivals, a spring tour, and numerous dates in Ibiza, Mykonos, Barcelona, and other European cities for this upcoming summer. Being ranked the #4 AfroHouse Artist in the world by Beatport in 2022, along with reaching over 3 million listeners, Malóne is poised to have a massive 2023.

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How To Deal With Friends & Family Who Don’t Support Your Artist Journey

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As an artist, you are likely very excited and hopeful about your newfound passion and direction regarding the plan to reach your outlined goals. However, the fact is that not everyone is going to support your journey. Additionally, some may even doubt or discourage your journey.

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UMEK’s 30 Year Anniversary Tribute With New Remix

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Quadrophonia is a Dutch/Belgian duo of rave artists who in the early 90s dominated dance floors across the world. In 1991, the duo released the self-titled track “Quadrophonia” which became one of their seminal pieces of music that played a role in inspiring the next generation of electronic music makers.

One such artist inspired by that track was UMEK, who today, is an iconic DJ and producer at the forefront of the world’s techno scene; however, back then he was a youngster getting his first taste of electronic sounds. Fast forward three decades later, UMEK is about to celebrate his 30th-anniversary releasing music. He has also decided to remix the track that first inspired him, which is Quadrophonia’s track “Quadrophonia”.

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The 5.0 Return of Seismic 2022

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It was only a week ago that Seismic introduced their world-class artist lineup — a lineup with the most celebrated names in the house, techno, and electronic music scene. From November 11th to the 13th, Seismic’s three indoor and outdoor stages: Volcano, Tsunami, and Frequency encapsulated the Texas region with distinctively curated production and sound elements.

Of course, Texas is all about “go big, or go home”, and Seismic truly represented their brand with the festival taking place at The Concourse Project — a seven-acre venue run by the RealMusic Events team. Go big indeed, because the venue was recently nominated by DJ Mag as part of their Best of North America 2022 awards, and was categorically recognized as being one of the “Best Large Clubs” by DJ Mag.

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Haunting the Dance Floor With Scanner Darkly

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New York-based DJ, producer, and remixer Scanner Darkly is an artist who’s sound is defined by dark pulsating beats, hard hitting percussion, and uplifting melodies. Much like his alias, he found inspiration through his early musical influences of industrial/heavy metal, techno mixtapes, and from attending underground/illegal raves in the 90s on the east coast. His alias also found inspiration amongst his fellow “dark” artists, metaphysics, paganism, as well as esoteric philosophy.

Scanner Darkly’s uncompromising approach of creating “dark” electronic music has earned him the creative recgonition of releasing on indie imprints such as Techniche, Deep Tech, The Seed, and Toxic Recordings. As such, he is an arist that sets his sights on always pursuing progress, and giving his audience explosive and memorable experiences that will forever haunt their ears and mind on the dancefloor.

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​Fyre Festival Co-founder Apologizes and Launches New Event and Documentary

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Co-founder of 2017’s failed Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland, is set to launch a brand new treasure hunt event in the Bahamas, Deadline reports. Heading back to Great Exuma, the same island where Fyre Festival was originally set to go ahead in 2017 — PYRT will see participants take part in a treasure hunt where they track down bottles containing messages.

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David Geil Is Always Learning Through Techno

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Stage-named artist David Geil (aka Davide Ubaldi) is an Italian DJ and record producer. At just 11 years old, David began cultivating his passion for creating music, and in 2018  he began attending a DJ course at the music establishment Goody Music for DJs — this also led him to begin performing at private parties and late-night gigs. Continuing his music education journey, in 2019 he attended the Rain of Sound DJ Academy, and it was here where his musical technique was perfected. The same year he attended Rain of Sound DJ Academy, in April he participated and won 3rd place at DJ Battle which was also hosted by Pioneer. From participating in the European music contest Tour Music Fest, studying piano, and continuing his artistic career at the AFTEREGO studios to learn more about production and management, it’s clear that David’s passion for music transcends beyond creating it but learning it authentically and educationally.

From performing at the 2021 Beachland Festival in Kenya, Ibiza’s Gardene Festival in Bora Bora (2022), and producing new tracks on labels such as Klap Music, Pure Enjoyment, Monkey Stereo, and Discord’s Music, it’s apparent that the young artist’s talent is not being unrecognized.

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Music is the Medicine with Doctors On Decks

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Doctors On Decks have released their first studio-album and prominent names from different genres are involved: Chris #2 from Anti-Flag, Anna Heimrath, Nhoah and Tube & Berger.

Two EPs have already been released, the singles “Now” and “The Fog” have been heard in charts, clubs, events, and radio stations worldwide. THE MINUS is a concept album in the tradition of Pink Floyd‘s “The Wall”. Not only musical parallels suggest themselves, also in terms of content it is a critique of the world we live in today.

The album is based on a sci-fi story about a mysterious black hole in the middle of a megacity – and its effects on society. It is an epic tale of being human on the crossroads of change. It takes a look at what constitutes being human, the fight for it and what developments may look like. Great philosophical and timeless themes packed into a microcosm of four ruling companies. Currently relevant topics of our time now thought a little further into the future. There are allegories, symbols and metaphors about the pandemic, refugees, increasing social injustice, powerful corporations, and the glorification of CEOs like Elon Musk or Steve Jobs.

The track “NOW”, for example, is a statement about capitalism and the epidemic spread of pharmaceutical drug abuse. But of course, hope and salvation can’t be missing. “The Fog” and “Rules & Rebels” (with singer Anna Heimrath) tell love stories, “The Rats” is a co-production with singer Chris #2 from the punk band Anti-Flag in which the revolution that our world so desperately needs is instigated. The mesmerizing falsetto vocals of Severin Su run like a thread through the album, and it becomes a driving, melodic techno opera with influences of art-rock, punk, pop, and classical music.

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State of Flow: Markantonio

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“Flow” is a scientifically recognized state of mind where a person is completely focused and immersed in what they’re doing- All time seems to stop, the whole world seems to disappear, and the person is performing and creating at their peak levels. Top performance athletes, engineers, and especially your favorite music artists all try to do whatever they can to achieve the State of Flow. Although everyone has their own method to achieve “flow”, factors such as creative workspaces, learning beyond their craft, physical/mental well-being, feedback/self-evaluation on work, and resting time- help all artists create their best work.

With a career that spans over two decades, Markantonio is considered one of Italy’s most accomplished electronic music artists. He shares with 6AM how he achieves key factors to get to a State of Flow for his projects including AnalyticTrail Records, MKT Records, and Casamia Music (aka C.\SAMIA) as the owner and director, and especially for his recent Neapel EP that was released on September 30th, 2022 (Friday) and is now available to purchase.

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State of Flow: Mark Knight

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“Flow” is a scientifically recognized state of mind where a person is completely focused and immersed in what they’re doing- All time seems to stop, the whole world seems to disappear, and the person is performing and creating at their peak levels. Top performance athletes, engineers, and especially your favorite music artists all try to do whatever they can to achieve the State of Flow. Although everyone has their own method to achieve “flow”, factors such as creative workspaces, learning beyond their craft, physical/mental well-being, feedback/self-evaluation on work, and resting time- help all artists create their best work.

In this installment U.K house producer star, Mark Knight shares with 6AM how he achieves key factors to get to a State of Flow when it comes to projects like his recent release Daddy Shhh that released on September 23, 2022 on Toolroom alongside Crusy, and his next upcoming single The Music Began to Play alongside Armand Van Helden that will also debut on Toolroom Records on October 7th, 2022. Both singles are available to purchase through Beatport.

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