HARD SUMMER Announces First Stage

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[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Los Angeles’ biggest summertime music event, the sixth annual HARD SUMMER has announced today (March 28) the first stage for this year’s edition taking place Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4 at Los Angeles State Historic Park.  The two-day festival will serve as the only U.S. stop of the Ed Banger 10-Year Anniversary Tour with the Ed Banger 10th Anniversary Stage. “We are celebrating 10 years of Ed Banger Records this year,” states Pedro Winter aka Busy.P of Ed Banger Records. “10 years means 10 shows all around the world, with one great stop at HARD SUMMER in L.A.  JUSTICE (DJ set),…

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W&W ROCKING MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

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[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Hot off a smashing MWW/WMC which saw their single “The Code”become one of the week’s/Ultra Music Festival’s most played tracks, W&W take to New York City for two incredible events. On Saturday, March 30, W&W will join Armin van Buuren and others for the much-anticipated ASOT600 show at Madison Square Garden. Afterwards, W&W will headline a sold out ASOT600 after party at the Best Buy Theater; their biggest ever NYC show. As premiered at ADE and featured in Hardwell’s Essential Mix, “The Code” sets aside the genre boundaries with intense force, fusing infectious…

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BASSROCK: I’m FRENCH – Deal With It!

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Seattle’s Electro house prodigy BASSROCK gains more and more dedicated following by the day. His weekly sets for The DJ Sessions on ITV LIVE have a global following as legendary DJ Donald Glaude just picked up his new track for Eden Records. [wp_ad_camp_1] “I’m French, Deal With It” Is as playful and important as the name might suggest. Named for the French side of his blood, the track, boasts inventive synth design and arrangement, as well as a healthy dose of genre mixing. Funky French House chord stabs and…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: KALM KAOZ

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Hollywood’s talk-of-the-town Electro duo KALM KAOZ captured the blog-o-sphere’s attention with their unique electro house sound. We snatched the two of them for an exclusive interview!! [wp_ad_camp_1] You’re receiving major success as you are participating in Insomniac’s Discovery Music Project. What is at stake? Filby: If we win, we will be playing at Beyond Wonderland, and our electro remix of James Egbert’s dubstep “Back to new” will be released and pushed through Beatport. It’s a wonderful opportunity to work with Insomniac Events. SlingR: The guys at Insomniac, particularly Pasquale,…

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The Magical EDM Moment Of Hollywood’s KALM KAOZ

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Hollywood’s talk-of-the-town Electro duo KALM KAOZ recently took on a major challenge when they decided to compete in INSOMNIAC’S DISCOVERY PROJECT – This initiative vows to discover new DJ talent to feature at Insomniac’s major festivals. Impressively, Kalm Kaoz only had 7 days to remix James Egbert’s dubstep driven “BACK TO NEW” and lay down an attention-grabbing 30 minute set. In its first few days of release, their remix received over 30,000 YouTube views and ranked #1 since its release date on Soundcloud. Insomniac Events will make its decision…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: SPACE DJZ

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[wp_ad_camp_2] There are few Djz and producers in the modern techno world who can truly claim to have pioneered a style and sound, and call it their own. Such statements are often declared, but rarely justified. In the case of Ben Long and Jamie Bissmire, the names behind the revered SPACE DJZ this claim would be unarguable.Ever since the pair’s formation in the early 1900’s their unerring ability to fuse technowith their life long love of Hip Hop, has set them aside from there peers. [wp_ad_camp_1] For people not familiar…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: ALEX M.O.R.P.H.

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[wp_ad_camp_2] As one of the leading DJs/producers in the global dance music scene, Alex M.O.R.P.H.’s popularity is on the rise like never before! With outstanding releases like “An Angel’s Love”, “Life Less Ordinary” or “Sunset Boulevard” and remixes/co-ops with and for artists like Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Within Temptation, Faithless, Gareth Emery, Dash Berlin, Protoculture, Within Temptation and many more, he’s always one step ahead in quality and energetic like noone else! [wp_ad_camp_1] What has proven more successful for your career: albums, singles or remixes? My latest album…

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VOCAL SMASH ‘WE ARE’ ROCKS ARMADA MUSIC

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Three international top artists came together to record the vocal masterpiece WE ARE out on TRICE RECORDINGS / ARMADA MUSIC February 25th. WE ARE is the brainchild of JAKE SHANAHAN (NYC), CARL NUNES (Guatamala) and SHAUN FRANK (Toronto) and comes with a wonderful MUSIC VIDEO which was shot in New York City. [wp_ad_camp_1] As Shanahan and Nunes were working on the track together, they thought it would be a great idea to add some killer vocals. Not much later, Shaun Frank (lead vocalist of The Envy) was added to the team…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: MASON

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[wp_ad_camp_2] MASON is a two piece eclectic dance music live act and the strong force behind the record label Animal Language. Hammarica had the chance to catch up with them about their shows and music. [wp_ad_camp_1] Your artist name sounds like a one person artist, but you are a two piece dance music band. Do people get confused when they see two people on stage? How did the name take shape? Iason: Yeah a lot of people think it’s some kind of reverse split personality thing. I started out DJ-ing…

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Gear Review: Vintage Machinez Volume One and Volume Two

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[wp_ad_camp_2] MODERNBEATS is the to-go-to sample and loop store for producers around the world. If you are a producer in need of fresh sounds, you should check them out. [wp_ad_camp_1] Hammarica.com got the chance to test the Vintage Machinez Volume One and Volume Two sample libraries. These sample libraries were specifically made for EDM, Trap and techno production. The Vintage Machinez  soundsets contains 36 different kits carrying a total of 1,056 samples. Each kit is separately arranged into presets for easy loading into all major software samplers. Native formats include…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: DIRTYLOUD

[wp_ad_camp_2] These two Electro House Grandmasters are tearing it up with their energetic sound all over the world. Please welcome DIRTYLOUD! [wp_ad_camp_1] You guys are from Brazil. Could you describe how the scene is there? We heard it’s pretty crazy! The Electronic Music Scene here is huge, we have loads of rave and club parties all over Brazil, big names coming everyday, it’s a little bit different in terms of music genres and party formats, but all we can say is that it’s pretty nice. Have you been to Seattle…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: MOONBEAM

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[wp_ad_camp_2] MOONBEAM just released their new album ‘THE RANDOM’– For Hammarica.com a perfect time to catch up with the duo from Russia! [wp_ad_camp_1] Your new album has some of a different concept to it. Could you explain your thoughts behind it and what people can expect from the album tracks? For the first time, we release 2CDs edition. CD#1 includes soundtracks for our “The Random” movie. As always, we were trying to experiment and find something new in electronic music. We worked with many artists from around the world, including Andrea Roma, Jacob A,…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: DUBSTEP SENSATION VASKI

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Dubstep sensation VASKI is currently on tour with EXCISION. We found a moment with him to share his experiences! [wp_ad_camp_1] You just rocked Seattle a few weeks ago. Did you enjoy a good cup of Starbucks ahead of your performance? Haha nah, I get enough energy just knowing I’m about to perform. Being a good performer is all about knowing how to take the nervous energy you have and turn it into good stage presence. What would you like to say to the Seattle crowd? Thanks for rockin it…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: DJ KUTSKI

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[wp_ad_camp_2] It’s very rare in this day and age to find new pioneers who work hard day in day out to constantly push the boundaries of harder music. Hard Dance & Hardcore’s newest superstar Kutski aptly fits this title and is without doubt the most exciting cross over talent to emerge from the UK in the past decade! With his infamous technical ability, incorporating DMC-style scratching and mixing into every perfectly constructed set, its not difficult to see why he has earned the tag ‘the people’s favourite’, voted the UK’s No.1…

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