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When it comes to analog synths, theres no name quite as iconic as Moog. Over the decades they have developed an iconic brand around their synthesizers that are quite unlike any other. Earlier this year, they announced Moog Sound Studio, designed for synthesis newcomers and professional artists. It introduced a uniquely comprehensive approach to exploring modular synthesis that had creators buzzing with excitement.

Now, the all-in-one synthesis exploration package includes a three-tier option to bring creatives the full suite of Moog’s 60HP-format semi-modular instruments in one thoughtfully curated package. The value is incredible and a no-brainer for artists who are looking to expand their creativity and explore the world of analog synthesis for the first time or to continue to explore sound in an immersive new way.

Along with the powerful trio of analog synthesizers (Mother-32 , DFAM, and Subharmonicon), each user receives a custom dust cover, dedicated audio mixer and power distribution hub, rack kit, audio cables, patch cables, cable organizer, synth exploration card game, creative learning tools, artwork, and more—all for $1,999 USD, which is a which is less than the price of these three instruments if purchased separately. This is unbelievable value for any creator.

In addition to this exciting announcement, Moog also released an exclusive compilation album, Explorations in Analog Synthesis, Volume II, featuring an array of talented artists like Boy Harsher, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Galcher Lustwerk (and more!). All artists involved created original compositions that demonstrate the powerful analog sound and sonic possibilities Moog Sound Studio offers. It’s fascinating to listen to and will have you itching to join the Moog Sound Studio and start creating with these incredible synthesizers.

Listen to Explorations in Analog Synthesis, Volume II and learn more about the Moog Sound Studio below!

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This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Moog Adds Exciting New Addition to the Moog Sound Studio Experience + Exclusive Compilation

So Griz and Zeds Dead went back-to-back this weekend at Goldrush Music Festival in Arizona. And as fans of either or both artists know, they really like to throw down and provide something special to fans whenever the opportunity arises.

This set was no different, as they blasted their way through tons of amazing tracks, but one moment in particular is going to be shared for a while — namely, their intro song. As Griz shared on Instagram, they made a new song just for this intro and we hope that it’s going to get an official release as well.

Check out the clip below. The video quality isn’t the best, but the audio is bliss.

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Griz & Zeds Dead Drop New Song For Their B2B Set Last Night [WATCH]

Ophelia Records, the record label from Seven Lions, is gearing up to release an official mega collab with seven total artists in the mix!

“PANTHEON” will feature Blastoyz, Dimibo, Jason Ross, Kill the Noise, Seven Lions, Trivecta and Wooli. Though the mega collab has yet to be heard, it has potential to bring together the worlds of psytrance, melodic dubstep and beyond like never before.

The producers and label have been dropping hints of their mega collab for days, first unleashing an image that revealed each artists’ distinct logo (see here). Now, the single artwork has surfaced, confirming what fans were already able to put together.

See below and pre-save “PANTHEON” before it drops this Friday!

Ophelia Records Presents “PANTHEON” Mega Collab

Pre-save: https://ophelia.ffm.to/pantheon

 

Photo via Rukes.com

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Ophelia Records Mega Collab with Seven Lions, Trivecta, Kill the Noise, Wooli & More Drops Friday

Today, Rezz announced North American headline dates for her “Spiral Tour” which kicks off on February 5, 2022 in Vancouver, BC. Tickets go on sale this week starting with Spotify pre-sale on Wednesday, September 29 at 10am local time (Password is Spiral) and tickets for the general public go on sale starting Friday, October 1 at 10am local time. Check out the tour dates below and tickets can be purchased HERE.

Rezz will be releasing her new single “Let Me In” with fknsyd along with the music video this Friday, October 1. You can pre-save it HERE.

Rezz says, “I’m so excited to announce the Spiral tour as it will feature the biggest production I’ve ever had by far. “Let me in” with fknsyd is one of my favourite songs I’ve ever worked on , her voice & song writing is so incredible I can’t wait for you to hear .”

“Let Me In” with fknsyd follows “Chemical Bond” with DEATHPACT. Both tracks will be featured on Rezz’s fourth album spiral which is set to be released this fall via Rezz Music/RCA Records.

 

Photo via Tessa Paisan

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: REZZ Announces N. American Headline Dates For “Spiral Tour” – New Single w/ fknsyd Out Friday

From the teams behind MDLBEAST and SOUNDSTORM – the Middle East’s “biggest and loudest music festival” – and in partnership with the Saudi Music Commission, comes XP, a three-day music event with a conference & nightlife aspect, created to amplify music futures across the Middle East. XP will take place in Riyadh from December 13-15 and is set to become the most forward-thinking gathering of music leaders in the region.

Through workshops, panel discussions and roundtables, networking opportunities, and music activations, XP will expand opportunities for music industry professionals of all backgrounds including artists, entrepreneurs, creatives, and policymakers as they come together in building the future for the region’s music industry.

Ramadan Alharatani, CEO of MDLBEAST, says: “XP is a first for the region and will serve as the foundation for a thriving music industry across the Middle East. Providing a platform to authenticate and further build the music industry in the region, local and international guests will be embraced by the wealth of possibility offered by this exciting new market over the three days. Through XP, we aim to join the global conversation, and by hosting such an event we will continue to build & accelerate the music infrastructure across the region.”

The foundations of XP are built on four key building pillars.

The first pillar focuses on talent development and aims to establish careers in music for local and regional talent while providing new audiences for established artists.
The second pillar looks at furthering research, advocacy & policy development with the aim of building a strong and sustainable music ecosystem.
Pillar three is built around developing the scene and mapping out opportunities to nourish the region’s emerging music industry.
The fourth pillar focuses on impact & social purpose, initiating dialogue around music, mental health, wellbeing, and diversity in the industry.

These four pillars combined will offer an integrated approach on amplifying the region’s music industry.

Nada Alhelabi, XP Program Director, added: “Through these conversations, we want it to inspire future generations to consider a career in the industry and promote music as a vehicle for job creation and innovation, making it a sustainable industry from which they can profit. A big focus for us is promoting diversity, wellbeing, and fair working conditions to empower females and give a voice to minority groups within the industry.”

Leading international and regional music industry executives and artists are being invited to participate as speakers and delegates in what will be a truly ground-breaking opportunity to contribute to building a new music and creative ecosystem that will offer benefits and opportunities for all.

XP programming will differ from daytime to night-time with various events taking place throughout. The conference will expand pathways for music industry professionals and policymakers with carefully curated workshops and panel discussion during daytime. By evening, music activations around Riyadh city will showcase the region’s budding nightlife scene and allow visitors to explore new sounds, network, and discover fresh talent. Full programming will be released in due course.

For more information and live updates on XP 2021, make sure to follow @XPMusicFutures on Instagram.

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: MDLBEAST Launches Region’s First Music Conference in Riyadh: XP

Now this is a true New Artist Spotlight: multi-city pop-hop collective No Past No Future only has one single out thus far: the inimitably catchy and smooth “The Plug.” The promise of this track, however, is big enough to warrant both press and fans following them now.

Comprised of songwriter/artist Yung Hemmingway and producers Ty-Kee and Earl, No Past No Future is really a signpost for the label they’ve already set up, of the same name as their project. N.P.N.F, as its smartly been shortened to, was inspired by Eckhart Tolle’s spirituality-for-beginners book The Power of Now. Yung Hemmingway says the concept of being present in the present is key to the project’s success, as is mutual support.

When one of us is getting in our heads, we motivate one another to stay present in the moment. This really helps me as the lone artist. There is a lot of doubt, anxiety and pressure you deal with being a new artist. I found myself having difficulty just being able to start the process until I met these guys.”

That “power of now” has certainly clicked with the young trio, as well as the concept of no time, no space. The group currently straddle three time zones, with Hemmingway in Chicago, Ty-Kee based in Atlanta and Earl living in Los Angeles. With current technology making it easier than ever for artists to work remotely, it seems the most important thing for this group is the vibe. If “The Plug” is any indication, they’ve got it in spades.

The teaser to the collective’s upcoming EP is surprisingly chill and funky for all that spiritual posturing. There’s definitely a celestial tint to both Hemmingway’s vocals and the synth design that accompanies them in “The Plug,” but the prevailing vibe here is pop and funk. It’s a great medium for the group to insert their higher purpose into the track while making it palatable to a large audience.

Chill, fun and with bite-sized, Tolle-inspired self-care messages seems to be the way forward for this pop collective. As their whole philosophy and label are designed around these concepts, it’s clear audiences can expect more of this uplifting vibe from No Past No Future. Windy, whimsical reminders to stay present is something we can all get down with right now, and it certainly helps that this trio can bring it in perfectly pitched pop form. N.P.N.F are definitely a collective, label and artist group to watch.

“The Plug” is out now and available to stream on Spotify. Stay tuned for news about N.P.N.F’s upcoming EP.

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: New Artist Spotlight: Get in on the Ground Floor With No Past No Future

It’s a fun time for pop and indie crossover artists right now in terms of how EDM can be used to mesh with those other genres. As more and more pop artists have merged styles with big name EDM producers, the pop and indie worlds have really opened up to the idea that soulful music can be made this way.

With artists like M83, Phantogram and Yeah Yeah Yeahs paving the way, the indietronica movement is alive and kicking now, giving artists like Brooklyn’s Paul Feder some really nice wiggle room to create interesting, introspective work. Feder’s debut EP Nightwalk is proof of that, as it combines lashings of pop, dream pop, indie rock, jazz and EDM. Each track is a mélange of analog and digital sounds with ambient sound design and melodic synths being the common denominator.

The combination of ambient guitar work, a house beat and pop vocals such as appears on Nightwalk‘s first single “Lose My Mind” is the best indication of what Feder’s already quite mature style is shaping up to be. The single teased the August drop of Nightwalk with an equally innovative video directed by Feder himself and fellow Brooklynite video artist Permian Strata.

That said, if one were to only hear “Lose My Mind” and Feder’s earlier remixes of indie vocalist Holly Abraham’s 2018 hit “Shore” and Jane In Space‘s “Mental Abrasions,” one might entirely miss Feder’s more experimental side, which is all over the rest of NIghtwalk. Still containing lots of pop vocal cachet, the EP’s title track has more of an industrial vibe to the intro, but after the first verse, it takes quite a different turn, with analog drums and celestial electronic flourishes. Emotive, complex and jazz-tinged, this track offers a contrast to “Lose My Mind,” this track is a tell to listeners that the rest of Nightwalk may not be what they expect.

“Desert Run” is similarly introed with an industrial beat and laced with rock/jazz drums but it’s also where Feder lays into the dream pop quality of his vox. “Tooth and Heart” follows with its 80s synth pop vibes while the vocals become more of a story than an accompaniment. Feder seems intent on having some analog flourish to every track on the EP, and in this case it’s back to his guitar, which indeed adds a punchy live music flourish. Feder plays all the instruments that feature on Nightwalk, so if he’s that diverse in his skills it stands to reason his music would be thus as well.

Nightwalk ends with another jaunty, 80-inspired track called “Floodlights,” its house beat sort of bookending the genre-straddling EP with EDM vibes. It seems Feder is in no hurry to pick a side, per se, but Nightwalk serves as a declaration that he can and will take his style wherever he wants. He certainly has the musical chops to do so.

Nightwalk is out not and can be purchased on Paul Feder’s Bandcamp page or streamed on Spotify.

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: New Artist Spotlight: Paul Feder’s Dreamy First EP Conjures Thoughts of the ‘Nightwalk’ that Is its Title [Video]

Lost Lands and its live stream counterpart Couch Lands have returned full force — and the final day is upon us!

Performances from Excision, GRiZ, Liquid Stranger, Slander and so many more have been highlighted via the Couch Lands stream this weekend. Still to come,  Lost Lands has another massive night in store with top notch production and talent.

Today’s lineup includes 12th Planet, Subtronics, Peekaboo, Spag Heddy, NGHTMRE, PhaseOne, Dj Diesel, Lucii, Level Up, Champagne Drip, Ray Volpe, Jessica Audiffred, Hairitage and Aweminus. Plus, two sets from the festival’s curator, Excision, with both a throwback and a detox set.

Excision’s Lost Lands Music Festival takes place in Legend Valley, Ohio this weekend, over 24th – 26th, 2021.

Watch here!

Couch Lands 2021 (Day 3)



Day 3 Schedule

AWEMINUS – 2PM ET / 11AM PT
HAIRITAGE – 2:30PM ET / 11:30PM PT
JESSICA AUDIFFRED – 3PM ET / 12PM PT
RAY VOLPE – 3:30PM ET / 12:30PM PT
CHAMPAGNE DRIP – 4PM ET / 1PM PT
LEVEL UP – 4:30PM ET / 1:30PM PT
LUCII – 5PM ET / 2PM PT
DIESEL – 5:30PM ET / 2:30PM PT
EXCISION (DETOX SET) – 6PM ET / 3PM PT
PHASEONE – 6:55PM ET / 3:55PM ET
NGHTMRE – 7:20PM ET / 4:20PM PT
SPAG HEDDY – 7:45PM ET / 4:45PM PT
PEEKABOO – 8:15PM ET / 5:15PM PT
SUBTRONICS – 8:45PM ET / 5:45PM PT
EXCISION (THROWBACK SET) 9:45PM ET / 6:45PM PT
12TH PLANET – 11:00PM ET / 8PM PT

 

Photo via Jake West Photo

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Lost Lands’ Couch Lands Day 3 Live Now [WATCH]

Lost Lands Music Festival and the Couch Lands live stream have returned full force!

After a stacked Day 1 with Excision, GRiZ, Boogie T, ARMNHMR b2b MitiS, Black Tiger Sex Machine and many more, Lost Lands has another massive night in store with top notch production and talent.

Vampa just started off Day 2 with a gnarly, riddim heavy set and there’s plenty more still to come — Decadon, Calcium, Bandlez, HE$H b2b Bommer, G-Rex, Kompany, YOOKiE, Dion Timmer, ATLiens, Barely Alive, Sullivan King b2b Kai Wachi, Virtual Riot, Liquid Stranger, Slander and Ganja White Night.

Couch Lands 2021 (Day 2)



Day 2 Schedule

VAMPA – 2PM ET / 11AM PT
DECADON – 2:3PM ET / 11:30AM PT
CALCIUM – 3PM ET / 12PM PT
BANDLEZ 3:30PM ET / 12:30PM PT
HE$H B2B BOMMER – 4PM ET / 1PM PT
G-REX – 4:30PM ET / 1:30PM PT
KOMPANY – 5PM ET / 2PM PT
YOOKIE – 5:30PM ET / 2:30PM PT
DION TIMMER – 6PM ET / 3PM PT
ATLIENS – 6:55PM ET / 3:55PM PT
BARELY ALIVE – 7:25PM ET / 4:30PM PT
SULLIVAN KING B2B KAI WACHI – 7:50PM ET / 4:50PM PT
VIRTUAL RIOT – 8:45PM ET / 5;45PM PT
LIQUID STRANGER – 9:45PM ET / 6:45PM PT
SLANDER – 10:45PM ET / 7:45PM PT
GANJA WHITE NIGHT – 12AM ET / 9PM PT

 

Photo via Fadewood Live for Lost Lands

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Lost Lands’ Couch Lands Day 2 Live Now [WATCH]

Sometimes, people are just in the mood to come clean. And sometimes it turns out like this thread of quote tweets yesterday from the likes of CLB, Chris Lorenzo, Jauz, FuntCase, Gammer, and Habstrakt spilling the beans on “stealing” samples from some of their friends on some of their most famous works.

Of course, we use the term “stealing” very lightly and only in conjunction with the artists’ own admission, but it’s really just friends sharing until someone gets mad enough to say something about it. But from all of these replies, it seems everyone is in good spirits about it all.

Sometimes it’s a kick, sometimes it’s a snare, sometimes it’s a synth … whatever it is, some of these samples and elements made these songs what they are. Perhaps all at once most surprising and most obvious, the opening chords from Gammer’s “The Drop” came straight from the stems of Porter Robinson’s “Sad Machine.”

Check out some of the confessions below and go back and listen to the tracks and see if you can hear it!

i need to come clean…. i stole the @Lorenzosbeats “hallucinogen” kick and used it in every house track i made for like two years https://t.co/frnsGJXkDe

— ✪ CLB ✪ (@CLB_sounds) September 23, 2021

you fucking thief – although I did a remix for @justinmartin years ago and there was an 808 in the stems that is so tight I still use as my go to sub bass for most things I also stole a @GorgonCity kick from some remix stems! Thanks lads https://t.co/WIOs6kyKgr

— Chris Lorenzo (@Lorenzosbeats) September 23, 2021

I stole @enJOYRYDE kick on Hot drum and I think he stole mine from Chicken soup https://t.co/CzmjJhCr7N

— frenchie (@habstrakt) September 23, 2021

Habby came over one day to my old house with @Ghastly and all of us were working on a song (that never got finished) and during that Habby gave me a few of his Operator racks, and after a good bit of tweaking one of those ended up becoming the sound for Higher with Netsky https://t.co/1N9SmroI3L

— JAUZ $BTX (@Jauzofficial) September 24, 2021

All my tracks with an under layered low snare in from 2009-2011 was a @TCDNB snare I used to use in my dnb projects before FuntCase 🥸 https://t.co/KYoe5scV14

— FuntCase | DPMO (@FuntCaseUK) September 24, 2021

I took the initial sound on
‘The drop’ straight out of the @porterrobinson ‘sad machine’ stems https://t.co/OO3EwLJVlc

— GAMER (@DJGammer) September 24, 2021

 

Photos via Rukes.com

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Jauz, Habstrakt, Gammer, & More Reveal Where Some Of Their Most Famous Samples Come From