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Skrillex & Tiesto Crack Forbes Power List, Nicolas Jaar Drops Essential Mix, New Jacques Greene Song & More
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Skrillex & Tiesto Crack Forbes Power List, Nicolas Jaar Drops Essential Mix, New Jacques Greene Song & More

  • Posted on May 25th 2012 2:00PM by Theo Bark
AP Photo, Matt Sayles Further evidence of EDM's commercial strength, Tiesto and Skrillex have broken into Forbes power list. Tiesto found himself one spot behind Meryl Streep at No. 84, with declared earnings of $23 million, while Skrillex placed ahead of Tina Fey (ouch) at 92, with $15 Mil. EDM = Earn Dat Money. [Forbes] Nicolas Jaar ...

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Squarepusher 'Ufabulum' Q&A: Electronic Pioneer Doesn't Know What 'EDM' Is

  • Posted on May 18th 2012 4:00PM by Theo Bark
Warp Records Just two years after the release of his band project Shobaleader One: d'Demonstrator, Tom Jenkinson, aka Squarepusher, returned on May 15 with Ufabulum, a jagged, darkly beautiful instrumental album powered by the drill 'n' bass pioneer's signature pummeling drums, gurgling gleeps and soaring synths, and an absolutely mind ...

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Gold Panda Drops New 7", Foals to Release New 'Tapes' Mix, New Simian Mobile Disco Video & More

  • Posted on May 18th 2012 2:00PM by Theo Bark
Ghostly International Gold Panda has a new 7" on the way, "Mountain" b/w "Financial District," which is his melancholic take on "modern hip-hop," with a nod to Drake collaborators Noah "40" Shebib and Boi-1da. [SoundCloud] British rockers Foals are the latest band to contribute to !K7's Tapes series, following The Rapture and The Big Pink ...

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Maya Jane Coles DJ-Kicks Mini-Mix: London House Producer Offers Exclusive Mix

  • Posted on May 17th 2012 6:40PM by Theo Bark
Mads Perch London house producer Maya Jane Coles began DJing at the age of 17, before she was old enough to enter a night club. The 24-year-old's rise to prominence has been impressive to watch, from providing remixes for everyone from Little Dragon and house legend MK, to being hailed as "breakthrough DJ of 2011" by Pete Tong, and ...

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Chuck Brown Dead: Go-Go Pioneer Dies After Being Hospitalized for Pneumonia

  • Posted on May 16th 2012 6:25PM by Theo Bark
Getty Images Chuck Brown, pioneer of Washington D.C.'s go-go funk scene, died earlier today at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. He was 75. Brown, who is best known for his hit "Bustin' Loose" (interpolated on Nelly's 2002 single "Hot in Herre"), had apparently been ill for some time, and was hospitalized with pneumonia on ...

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Bjork Cancels More Tour Dates, Four Tet Sells Out in 10 Minutes, The Worst Tour of the Summer & More

  • Posted on May 10th 2012 3:00PM by Theo Bark
Courtesy of Bjork After canceling a string of headlining performances in South America last month, Bjork has been forced to pull her appearances at Spain's Primavera Sound and Portugal's Optimus Primavera Sound, due to further issues with her vocal chords. No word as to her replacement -- we're hoping for Kraftwerk. [ConsequenceOfSound] ...

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Futurecop!, 'The Only Way' (Feat. Keenhouse) Video Premiere: Retro Mannequin Love

The Sleepover Party Manchester, U.K. synth-pop duo Futurecop!'s "The Only Way" video begins fittingly, with a reference to now-defunct production company Orion pictures (RoboCop, Terminator), then takes us to Norwalk, C.A.'s Golf N' Stuff, where '80's classic The Karate Kid was filmed. Our hero, Eric Isenhower ("Parks and Recreation"), is ...

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