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Nicole Moudaber @ Norad Dance Bar :: Denver, CO :: 5.18.13 More legendary techno talent passing through Norad Dance Bar?  Just another weekend in Denver, I suppose.  Riding on the heels of the very spectacular full-length debut release Echoes, Carl Cox's partner-in-crime Nicole Moudaber shook a full house out of its shell and threw down a fantastically sleazy techno set. Anyone at the Maya Jane Coles show last month would have noticed ...

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Travi$ Scott :: "Owl Pharaoh" [Mixtape] Travi$ Scott is, without question, one of the names you have to be on the look out for in 2013. This past year was big for the Houston based rapper and producer. The G.O.O.D. music producer was a clear standout on the Cruel Summer project and also made appearances working with artists like T.I. and Meek Mill. Owl Pharaoh is the first dose we get of Travi$ Scott the solo artist, and it does not all ...

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SAVOY :: Secret Playhouse Show NYC :: 5.15.13 It might have been a surprise, but it seemed like Rebel NYC (which is now being renamed The Wall) was prepared for a full house of Savoy fans.  The Boulder-founded trio -- who now call Brooklyn, NY their home -- set up their "Savoy Playhouse" via Twitter and fan email blasts, sending their Big Apple followers into a frenzy.  The evening kicked off at 10 pm, with everything set in pl ...

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Electric Forest Round 3 Lineup Additions & GOOD LIFE VIP More Electric Forest lineup additions have just been announced, piling on even more talent to the stacked lineup.  No surprise that EDM heavy-hitters Krewella and Flosstradamus are joining the fun.  There's plenty of rowdy electro and dubstep all over the lineup, so Krewella is joining an already packed party.  But especially since we're getting a Clockwork set instea ...

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Camp Bisco Music Festival :: Albany, NY :: 7.11-7.13.13 In what has turned out to be one of the more impressive electronic/jam built line-ups this summer, all eyes are looking towards Camp Bisco Music Festival this coming July.  In a fairly new -- almost reinvented --mainstream world of summer music festivals, Camp Bisco looks to continue its longstanding tradition while keeping up with the latest trends and antics of the electronic world.  S ...

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gLAdiator :: "Vol. 02 | Episode 004" The L.A. duo gLAdiator hits us with their latest mix "Vol. 02 | Episode 004."  This mix features artists such as Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Ryan Hemsworth, Future, Craig David, Ryan Leslie, and Florence & The Machine.  For all the listeners out there expecting a heavy head-banging trap mix, this mix is not for you.  We all know gLAdiator can snap necks, but the ...

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Nicole Moudaber @ Norad Dance Bar Tech heads rejoice!  We're getting a big one this weekend at Norad Dance Bar with the legendary Nicole Moudaber on the decks.  A protegé of Carl Cox and a product of Space Ibiza, Nicole has been making giant waves lately and pushes a powerful influence through the underground.  Her BBC1 Essential Mix is a must, a head-first journey into the kind o ...

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SAVOY :: Three Against Nature [EP] Savoy has become a unique obsession of mine since the first time I caught them in Boulder throwing down the goods.  Today they have grown into a widely recognized, laser-obsessed, electronic trio with a taste for a good time.  From the mountains of Colorado to their new home in New York, this crew continues to impress and put on a show that is a must see for any EDM fan.   ...

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K Theory :: "Walk With Me" Our West Coast boys are back with a banger!  San Francisco duo K Theory's newest track  "Walk With Me,"  is an all around bouncing bass track with a build-up that will simply leave you cheesin'.  I was scanning through SoundCloud earlier, and this track began automatically playing in my feed immediately, catching my attention.  The sound of this build-up reminds of me an O ...

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Electric Candy Land :: EDC After-Party w/ Hard Rock Sofa :: Stage 48 :: 5.17.13 With Electric Daisy Carnival's New York stop only days away, it is only fitting that our favorite candy kids at Electric Candy Land present NYC with a rowdy house-themed after-party to keep the beat going late into the night with house duo Hard Rock Sofa.  This Russian duo will be invading your ears, blowing your mind and hopefully dropping major hits like "Rasputin," "Starlight" and "Qu ...

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RL Grime @ Larimer Lounge :: Denver, CO :: 5.10.13 The Larimer Lounge might as well be a basement.  When the dance floor is 100% packed, and the smell of sweat and perfume is as thick as melted crayon, and big drops cause all pairs of hands to shoot toward the pipes of the unfinished ceiling, you'd swear you were in a basement.  Trap shows are best in this kind of environment -- the movement has been to arenas and festivals and back agai ...

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Armin van Buuren @ The Fillmore Auditorium :: Denver, CO :: 5.8.13 I admittedly am not the biggest fan of house or trance music, especially here at UFO.  So being assigned to cover Armin van Buuren at The Fillmore Auditorium was a unique challenge.  I wasn't familiar with any of Armin's music, in fact my only knowledge of him was his title as the number one DJ of 2012 from DJ Mag.  I didn't know wha ...

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Summet Set Music Festival :: Line-up Announced Summer Set Music Festival's 2013 official line-up has been announced!  Set to take place August 9th through the 11th,  fans of Summer Set online expressed some initial concerns yesterday, hoping that their lineup would be a bit different than the average EDM-inspired music festival.  And while there are several "out-there" or "different" acts, and a hand full of the featured ar ...

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Konshens :: "Gal a Bubble" (Major Lazer x Bro Safari x ETC!ETC! Remix) Three is certainly a crowd, but in terms of booty shaking Jamaican dance music, bring it on.  Major Lazer teamed up with trap specialists Bro Safari and ETC!ETC! to remix Konshens' "Gal a Bubble" and the result was damn good mon!  This track is perfect for the weekend, giving you more than enough reasons to drop what you are doing and shake it.  Diplo has been on a tear la ...

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GRAMATIK w/ Cherub & Herobust :: Webster Hall NYC :: 5.3.13 Friday night's party at Webster Hall gave New Yorkers that electronic music variety that we had been craving all week.  Following some weird weather and a long work week, the proposed funk, soul, dance, hip-hop bass oriented electronic meltdown that is Gramatik, Cherub and heRobust was just what the doctor had ordered.  New York was Gramatik's ...