Festivals are slowly crawling back into everyday talk among music fans. This welcomes the all too familiar conversations of planning who you’ll see, and at times, having to be “strategic” about splitting set times so you can catch your favorite artists who’ve been scheduled at the same time. So, who are the must-see acts at CRSSD this year? Here are five must-see artists playing at CRSSD 2021.
One of the main ways to reach audiences on the green streaming service is by pitching Spotify playlist curators. Although many people know about pitching, not everyone understands what it is.
This piece will talk about tips and tricks for promoting on Spotify, as well as the technical basis of this process.
The contribution of Black voices in house and techno are many. In fact, the bedrock of electronic music owes much of its legacy to Black artists. From Chicago and Detroit, the cities that started it all, its local pioneers wove dance music culture’s fabric that now stretches globally. Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard, Jesse Saunders and Marshall Jefferson are names that but only scratch the surface. In honor of Black History Month, check out our Black Voices House + Techno Spotify playlist. Read more
The foundations of House Music are strictly American, its roots traceable to the late 1970s in Chicago.
The 6AM Guest Mix series is now available on Spotify, featuring tracks from artists who have released a mix on the series.
6AM Guest Mix is a SoundCloud mix series that began two years ago and at the time of writing counts over 130 mixes.
Spotify has become one of the best places to go to for a new artist to showcase their music. For many new artists, nothing can be more fulfilling than having at least one of their tracks be featured on a popular Spotify playlist. After all, millions around the world explore Spotify and its diverse playlists and having an your track included in a playlist is enough to boost your profile, gaining more fans and exposure in the process.
Because of this, many artists tend to focus on having their music available on the popular music streaming platform, and with good reason. For these artists, seeing their music on a playlist is a milestone in itself, a milestone that pushes them to put in a lot of effort to showcase their music in any way they can until they achieve that goal.
As we all know the 1980s were a landmark era in the history electronic music. It was at the end of the decade that techno began to take form, soon becoming the popular genre that we know today.
All of this would not be possible if not for the pioneering efforts of artists that founded and produced techno in Detroit during those formative years. Detroit artists the likes of Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter, Santonio Echols, and Will Thomas shaped the sound of techno as we know it, pretty much writing the manual for techno music.
On the eve of this year’s Movement Electronic Music Festival, and as a way of saluting the icons of Detroit techno, we are proud to present our latest Spotify Playlist featuring music produced by the Pioneers of Detroit Techno. Check out our selection and discover their music below:
On May 6th Yoshitoshi founder and label-head Sharam is heading to Los Angeles’ Avalon Nightclub, where he is scheduled to play with special guest Oliver Dollar.
Today, the veteran producer and DJ shared with us ten tracks inspired by the city of Los Angeles, which you can listen to in the playlist below. When introducing the selection, Sharam stated: “This playlist showcases some of the highlights from Yoshitoshiâs recent catalogue as well some other huge tunes that have been featured in my recent sets. Please enjoy and I hope to see all my LA fans at the Avalon May 6th for my show with Oliver Dollar!”
Tickets are available via Seetickets and don’t forget that we are also running a ticket giveaway for the upcoming show, which you can enter here.
Movement Electronic Music Festival, or Movement for short, is no doubt the biggest North American underground dance music focused festival. Celebrating 11 years under the current name and direction of Paxahau, Movement returns to Detroitâs Hart Plaza this coming Memorial Day Weekend with a packed lineup of house, tech house, techno and more. Don’t forget to hit up our Detroit Travel Guide and to check out the list of artists who are slated to perform in this big event, as well as the full list of parties happening throughout the weekend.
If you can’t wait to get into the party mood at the festival, we’ve got something to help you get prepped up. Check out our curated Spotify playlist for Movement Detroit 2017, showcasing over a hundred tracks from artists who will be performing at the festival.
Don’t forget to follow us on Spotify and to subscribe to our playlist to start getting into the Movement atmosphere. Share it as well to your friends or through social and let them enjoy the audio experience as well of Movement Detroit!
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