ANGRY MUFFIN’S THOUGHT EVOKING ELECTRONICA

[wp_ad_camp_2] A popular electronic music artist has decided to step behind the curtain and release his first full length album under the alias ANGRY MUFFIN. [wp_ad_camp_1] Angry Muffin, who as his former personality released music with some of the top electronic labels on the planet, says shielding himself from the public and media will force audiences to listen rather than look. The anonymous artist plans on captivating his followers through music without a public image, hearkening back to a time when glitz and a pretty face were not as important…

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Hammarica.com COMPETITION – Win Enhanced Sessions Vol 3!

Dance Music News

[wp_ad_camp_2] Pre-Order Ltd Edition Signed CD + Free Wristband : http://enhan.co/ES3CD) Enhanced are pleased to announce the return of the Enhanced Sessions series. Continuing with the tradition of showcasing the leading talent from the Enhanced family, Volume Three is compiled and mixed by Daniel Kandi & Estiva, not only stars of Enhanced but firmly established as leading lights of the trance genre, dominating the charts with their productions and touring the globe at the world’s finest events. A long time favourite artist for the likes of Armin van Buuren and…

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Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: PROXY

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[wp_ad_camp_2] From the ashes of the Soviet empire, from the flames of history, rises PROXY. Post 9/11 rave vibes cloaked in Muscovite angst. A line drawn in smoking rubble along the border dividing East and West, Stüssy and Spetsnaz. 1997. The Year of Tar and Horses. The Prodigy plays Red Square in Moscow. Hundreds of thousands of people attend the show, but only one is truly changed. By the crushing sound. By people absolutely losing their shit to synths and sustained aggression. The experience causes PROXY to question the quality and purpose…

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Richard Durand VS The World Album Release

Richard Durand VS The World Hammarica PR Electronic Dance Music News

[wp_ad_camp_2] Preparing to orbit the Earth at the speed of sound, ‘Versus The World’ embarks on its journey with a salvo of Durand’s solo material. Personifying Richard’s characteristic tech-ish appeal, ‘Chopstick’ and ‘Sequence’ deliver adrenaline shot beats and hard-fired percussion loops, packing them against those tense, stormy Durand riffs. On ‘Stand Again’ Leah’s vocal cadence generates the uplift, while Richard’s production travels the track into distorted atomic big-room-boom territory. Packing a peak-time punch, ‘Trancefusion’ (which served as the anthem for the Prague-based event of the same name) unleashes a euphoric…

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Katie’s Corner: Deadmau5 Album Review

Dance Music Reviews

[wp_ad_camp_2] DeadMau5 “Album title goes here” I felt like I had been waiting forever for the new DeadMau5 to come out. Finally this Tuesday it was in stores and available on iTunes. I downloaded it immediately, got out my notepad, started listening and taking notes. [wp_ad_camp_1] As a whole the new ATGH (“Album Title Goes Here”) is classic DeadMau5 at its best. Hypnotic melodies and addictive dance beats that make it impossible to not move in your seat. The tracks I thought best displayed this classic DeadMau5 house-style that made…

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Calvin Harris Announces Release Date Of New Album 18 Months

Calvin Harris Hammarica PR Electronic Dance Music News

[wp_ad_camp_2] Many things can happen in 18 months. For Scottish-born, international DJ/producer CALVIN HARRIS, he garnered two MTV Video Music Awards, earned a platinum-selling single for “Feel So Close” and performed at many major music festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Ultra Music Festival and iTunes Festival, just to name a few. However, the greatest accomplishment for him during this time period was the completion of his new album 18 MONTHS, out October 30 (Roc Nation/Ultra Music/Columbia Records). [wp_ad_camp_1] 18 MONTHS features a star studded line-up, with guest vocals from the likes…

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Junkie XL Takes Breath From Scoring With New Album ‘Synthesized’

Junkie XL Hammarica PR Electronic Dance Music News

[wp_ad_camp_2] Dutch-born musician, remixer and producer JUNKIE XL returns with a strikingly eclectic electronic dance music album, SYNTHESIZED, November 27 via Nettwerk Records.  Leading up to his first album in four years and the sixth full-length LP in his 15-year career, he’ll release “Gloria,” a pulsating club track with tough, bass-heavy stylings featuring Fredrik of Datarock (Available October 23). [wp_ad_camp_1] SYNTHESIZED sees JUNKIE XL chilling out with beautiful, lysergic lullabies such as “The Art of Luxurious Intergalactic Time Travel” and “Take Off On Molly’s E.”  The album also features performances…

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Tritonians Unite! Tritonal’s ‘Piercing The Quiet Remixed’ Set For Release

Tritonal Piercing The Quiet Remixed Hammarica PR

[wp_ad_camp_2] Mark it on your calendars: September 3rd, 2012. That’s when Tritonal’s ‘Piercing The Quiet: Remixed’ album will finally see the light of day, a date ‘Tritonians’ around the globe have eagerly been awaiting since ‘Piercing The Quiet’ was released in May 2011 and the remixes startedcreeping into the duo’s sets. A double-disc delight packed with 14 remixes by some of the biggest names in trance and progressive and 10 club mixes by Tritonal themselves, ‘Piercing The Quiet: Remixed’ is sure to give fans of the beloved originals an album…

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Darin Epsilon’s Perspectives Digital Vol 4 Out Now

Darin Epsilon Perspectives Digital Vol 4 Hammarica PR

[wp_ad_camp_2] After the massive success of the first three editions of Perspectives Digital, the 4th edition in the series is out now. Once again, expect only the best that progressive house has to offer. [wp_ad_camp_1] Tracklisting: 01. Alessandro Diga – End of This Road (Original Mix) 02. Ian O’Donovan – Forever Untold (Estroe Remix) 03. Darin Epsilon & Tom Sela – Metamorph (Deepfunk’s 5AM Mix) 04. DAVI – Labyrinth (Beat Factory Remix) 05. Ian O’Donovan – Forever Untold (Original Mix) 06. Kastis Torrau & Arnas D – Atlantic (Original Mix)…

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Graz Offers Free Album

Graz Hammarica PR

[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Anthony Graziano or better known as Graz is a Seattle local and bracket to the Northwest rave community. He has been producing for 11 years, performing around the country for the past 7 years and has shared the stage and releases with the likes of: Shitmat, Mochipet, Bong-Ra and many more. Introvert is his first completely self produced and distributed album. The album reflects more of a serious sound opposed to earlier his previous sample laden releases and explores: dubstep, electro, and other current dance music genres.    …

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Stephen J. Kroos – My MusiQ – Part One & Two – Review

Dance Music News

[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Stephen J. Kroos brings us “My MusiQ: Part One” and “My MusiQ : Part Two” showing the world that classic progressive house isn’t dead, and not only that but its still growing and ever changing just like the rest of the EDM genres. Both these albums have an old school house and trancey feel fused with with a spacey – galatic sounding melodic dub/glitch influence and a touch of 80’s disco-pop to finish off the “MusiQ” recipe. Stephen makes what I like to call “pretty beats;” a very…

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Deadmau5 Drops New Album

Dance Music News

[wp_ad_camp_2] The world of deadmau5—the world-renowned electronic artist—is always fast and furious. He recently overhauled his studio in hisTorontohometown and following his full-scaleEuropean tour this past spring, he locked himself in and went on a creative spree to finish > album title goes here <, his new album due out September 25 (Ultra Music). [wp_ad_camp_1] Following his performance with the Foo Fighters at the Grammy Awards earlier this year showcasing his stellar remix of the group’s “Rope,” deadmau5 continues his collaborations in the rock world by enlisting the vocal talents…

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Out Now – Hybrid: Classics

[wp_ad_camp_2] Since bursting onto the scene in 1999 with the now classic album ‘Wide Angle,’ Hybrid has gained recognition as one of the most cutting edge and technically skilled acts in electronic dance music. After four extremely well received albums and over twenty singles, plus countless remixes and a raft of movie & game soundtrack work, it is time to reflect on some of the bands numerous highpoints. This exclusive new collection celebrates and relives these moments and includes cuts from their breakthrough album ‘Wide Angle’ the rare cover of…

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Interviewing Darin Epsilon: Progressive and Tech House Maven

[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] By Damen Smith-Draeko — Writing for Hammarica.com has its benefits. One of them is the opportunity to communicate with astoundingly talented and inspired people who have demonstrated a consistent drive to follow through on their passion to achieve their dreams, no matter what the odds.  One such talented and inspired (inspiring) person, is the progressive and tech house maven, Darin Epsilon. Hello, Darin. To say that you are an impressive figure would be an understatement. I am not going to reinvent the wheel and write another outstanding bio…

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Markus Schulz Makes Us Scream In Anticipation

[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Back in June 2010 one the world’s most celebrated DJ/producers asked EDM addicts everywhere the album-question, ‘Do You Dream?’ Fan praise, cross-genre DJ support and dance press acclaim greeted one chart-scaling, master-blasting single after another. 

From that album’s day of release though, Markus Schulz had already begun imagining and conceiving the sound designs that would make up his next long-playing excursion. Now – comprising a 19-track packed collection of ear catching, floor quenching, super-seismic audio – that ‘Dream’ is about to turn into a ‘Scream’! “When you’re in…

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