News | Playy App Provides Platform For Music Fans & Artists To Deeply Connect

Posted by on February 18, 2016

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When I first laid my hands on Playy. I was skeptical. Apps aimed at the dance market and/or the loyalist/hyper-social music fan demo are a dime a dozen.Yet, Playy app is the opposite of such criticisms. Playy offers a series of tools that create a win-win scenario for all players involved, while providing higher than average content on socials. Here’s the logistics, the app allows you to use music from Playy’s ever-growing catalog to capture real time moments, essentially making a montage of sorts while using artists music legally. Yet, Playy goes much further than this. Their well-designed and fully-functional software allows you to capture various parts of the song, utilize editing tools, rotate the order of created clips in real-time, while adding finishing touches and effects. Once finished, your video is posted to your profile and feed. Where friends – and the artist of the song you used – are notified and can view, enjoy, and share. Imagine it like a Snapchat and Facebook combined with awesome theme song inserts that both artists and friends can be notified to see.

Download the app here.

News | FestiCrates.com Starts First Ever Subscription Box For Dance Music

Posted by on February 4, 2016

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Festicrates.com is a dance music subscription box that is curated to the interests of multiple fan groups within the scene. Essentially, you input your gender and select a box suited to your interest, and FestiCrates will send you a variety box of items to your door monthly, curated to you.

The boxes can be purchased month-to-month, or more long term. The longer you invest the larger discount you get.

At the same time, Festicrates has opened up a store where a large amount of accessories and clothing can be per-ordered.

Looks like orders on both fronts won’t be shipping until April, but the premise looks promising. Learn more about FestiCrates from their socials and video above.

News | Oliver Heldens Announces North American Bus Tour with Throttle and Zonderling

Posted by on January 21, 2016

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North America – get ready, because Oliver Heldens is on his way. The twenty-year-old, Dutch phenom just announced a 12-stop bus tour with stops across United States and Canada that will kick off on February 24th in Denver, before making his way across the states with stops in Washington DC, Montreal, Dallas, Miami and more. Heldens has become a festival mainstay in the last few years, playing around the world at EDC Las Vegas, Tomorrowland, Ultra, and more, but he’s showing everyone that he is just as comfortable in an intimate club setting as he was on massive festival mainstage. Heldens will be joined by the progressive house maestro, Throttle, and his fellow countrymen, Zonderling, on the tour, in addition to support from SNBRN in Washington DC and Boston. Tickets to Oliver’s bus tour stops are available for purchase here.

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News | EDX Announces 15-Date No Xcuses vs. Enormous Tunes Bus Tour

Posted by on December 21, 2015

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After a year consisting of a world tour, chart-topping productions, most recently his remix of The Avener’s “We Go Home,” and a handful No Xcuses parties, house mainstay, EDX, is hitting the road in 2016 for a 15-stop North American bus tour. His famed radio show and event brand, No Xcuses, is partnering with the influential label, Enormous Tunes for the month-long journey. The merry crew of performers on this tour includes EDX, Nora En Pure, Croatia Squad and Antonio Giacca, along with some special guests from the No Xcuses and Enormous Tunes squad. They’ll kick off the tour at A.I. in Washington DC, and hit some major US and Canadian cities along the way before closing out on the west coast. See the full list of dates after the jump and buy tickets here.

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News | G4G Initiative Is Emazing Lights’ Best Move Yet

Posted by on December 20, 2015

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There are few times where a story goes beyond the music / product / festival, and it is those times I am happy to share most about.

Emazing Lights, known around the word for their foundation of the gloving movement, their Shark Tank appearance, and sister clothing company iHeartRaves, has got the internet buzzing about one fan’s life that’s been changed forever from gloving. His name is Matthew.

Matthew deals with cerebral palsy and a paraplegic disability. He is only 17. Like any American with a disability at school, students and life in general isn’t always kind to people in Matthew position; but it was one action from a single individual that changed his life.

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After seeing Matthew casually practicing arm and finger whips and dance motions, his brother suggested that he get into gloving.

One glove set and a handful of practice sessions later, Matthew was deep into a new hobby that not only brought a new form joy and happiness into his life, but also improved cognitive abilities once hindered by his disorders.

Shocked, Matthew’s parents contacted Emazing Lights to tell them how there son’s finger dexterity and arm mobility improved. This connection between EL and Matthews family inspired a series of actions which will now have an impact that reaches far beyond the two groups.

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After meeting the CEO and learning about the new, but unanticipated medical benefits of Gloving, Emazing Lights has started a charity initiative entitled “Glove 4 Glove” which boast a massive, but noble undertaking: for every glove set sold, Emazing Lights will donate one glove set to someone in need.

If that’s not an inspiring story, I don’t know what is. Emazing Lights has set a standard that other EDM accessory companies should strive for.

The Glove 4 Glove initiative is well underway. To learn about G4G or how Matthew’s life has changed, follow the links below.

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http://www.emazinglights.com/pages/glove4glove

News | Hardwell’s “World’s Biggest Guest List” Charity Concert Was A Massive Success

Posted by on December 17, 2015

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Even with an extensive resume filled with chart-topping tracks, renowned awards, international touring schedules, a successful record label, and collaborative work with a laundry list of dance music’s finest, Dutch dance icon, Hardwell, continues to surprise us. On December 13, he threw a massive party for the books – the record books, that is. With 70,000 fans on his personal guest list, the Mumbai event went down in history as “World’s Biggest Guest List,” proving that music has the innate ability to unite people. In addition to the tens of thousands of fans who attended the event, an additional 10 million people tuned in for the livestream from nearly 80 countries. For fans who were stuck across the Pacific Ocean for the event, Hardwell is bringing his famed Revealed bus tour back to North America for a 2016 tour, kicking off at the end of February. With labelmates, Kill the Buzz and Thomas Newson, he’ll take on 11 US and Canadian cities for the biggest edition of the brand’s bus tour to date. See the full list of tour dates below and get tickets here.

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News | Hardwell Announces United We Are Remixed featuring W&W, Bingo Players, Armin van Buuren, and More

Posted by on November 25, 2015


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As 2015 comes to a close, Hardwell is showing no signs of slowing down. In December, he is striving to break the record for world’s largest personal guest list with a special charity show in Mumbai, by offering up 100,000 spots on his list, free of charge. But first, he’s teaming up with a slew of his dance music friends on United We Are Remixed, which is due out on December 4th. The album features re-imagined versions of his original tracks from some dance music heavyweights and rising Revealed stars to bring the album to another level. Bingo Players infuses his energetic sound to “Follow Me,” while Chocolate Puma works “Eclipse” into a percussive house anthem. Featuring remixes from Armin van Buuren, W&W, Vicetone, DallasK, Frontliner, KURA, and many more, the record makes us fall in love with each memorable track all over again.

Pre-order United We Are Remixed here.