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Ambassador Award 2023 - KUJU Studio from Kosovo for the "Best Art Production of the Year"

ADE Announces Second Wave of Artists

Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) , the world's largest festival and business conference for electronic music, announces the second wave of artists for 2019.  Among them are Avalon Emerson (US), Apparat (DE), Carista (NL), Carl Craig (US), Colin Benders (NL), Floorplan (US), Jayda G (CA), Jeremy Underground (FR), Maya Jane Coles (GB), Peggy Gou (KR), rRoxymore (FR), San Holo (NL), Sam Feldt (NL), upsammy (NL) and Vladimir Ivkovic (RS). The organisers expect to welcome 400,000 visitors from more than 100 countries for the 24th edition.  The five day and night gathering runs from October 16th-20th, 2019 and is the world’s most extensive festival and conference program for electronic music, offering a broad range of art, film, photography, alongside music and the latest trends in technology and social good.  Alongside the popularity of the night and day program from national and international visitors, the organisers see growing interest in the ADE Sound Lab conference, the d

Amelie Lens leads the bill of the EXIT’s No Sleep Festival!

After recently being given the honor to close EXIT Festival along with several other biggest electronic events in the world this summer, Belgian superstar Amelie Lens will headline the EXIT-presented No Sleep Festival in Belgrade on November 8. Just within this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event , Lens will have her own festival promoted by the Awakenings, while also having events like Sonar, Time Warp, Movement Detroit and dozens of others rightfully featuring her at the top of their offer.  The spectacular production by EXIT team at the gargantuan Hangar in the Port of Belgrade will also welcome Berghain’s most talked about resident, Max Kobosil, one of the leading techno acts of the new generation.  With him and Amelie behind the decks, the night is already set to be written in the books, but to set the bar even higher, they will be backed by the hot Belgium duo Joyhauser and Farrago , the vicious producer and rising star of Lenske , Amelie’s own popular imprint.  Local su

Axling - Verge EP on Abstraction

Very talented Swedish artist Axling making his debut at the Abstraction label with a package of exceptional productions, showing his characteristic raw and analog sound in each of them. Starting with '[1010]' a cut loaded with movement where he makes very good use of the classic bleep by dividing it into two parts, a low and a much more treble one, thus creating a complex and contagious rhythmic pattern.  On the second track, we have ' Screen ' with an imposing kick and an envelope sub-bass as predominant elements that accompany the very well programmed synth arpeggio and 909 hi-hats sequence. We continue with '10 sec to panic' a track of a more progressive character and influenced by that sound that was so popular in the raves of the late 90s , where the artist boldly leaves the comfort zone without losing his distinctive touch. 'End Signal ' is another organic cut, that many would describe as Loop or Hypnotic Techno , which uses

Gigi de Martino - Revelation EP on Mechanikal

Marching onto Mechanikal with confident stride is the two-track floor-filler on an EP by Italian Techno talent Gigi de Martino entitled 'Revelation'. Strong and full of purpose, ' Revelation ' makes its statement from the very beginning. Big, hard kicks drive the vibes as the full techno soundscape opens up to wonderfully lush and vibrant synth-lines.  Put this in your set if you want to fill the floor!  Equally driving and slightly more percussive is the excellent ' Universalis '. A full, festival-ready cut, full of flavor and character.

Skov Bowden - Turbine Ep including remix by Marco Raineri on Mechanikal Hard

Skov Bowden  comes for his Mechanikal debut with an absolutely incredible EP entitled ' Turbine '!  Heavy, warm and twisting - All the best characteristics that make up the perfect Hard Techno cut and ' Turbine ' possesses them all. Skov's unique and inspiring brand of Techno is immediately injected into rolling bass patterns and intricate phrasing build into a full-on, hypnotic swell that will take you to the front of any dance floor.  ' I Can't Breathe ' will leave you in that exact state. Darker and deeper in tone, 'I Can't Breathe' is well thought out and perfectly weighted - A true Techno classic that's hypnotizing to the very end.  Complete with an incredible remix of 'Turbine' from  Marco Raineri. The ' Turbine' E.P. is a sure-fire must for any Techno lover out there.

Diffused Signal - Hors EP on Indistinct Approach

Moe Reza Shaygan , best known as ' Diffused Signal ' is a very promising artist from Perth, Australia He shares deep tastes for powerful , atmospheric and hypnotic techno.  His productions are soacked in repetitive basslines and dusty textures. After releasing a great remix on Simplecoding Recordings , Diffused Signal is coming with his debut work on Indistinct Approach with 3 big leagues originals.

Filterheadz Infinite EP on Mavic Music

Belgium duo The Filterheadz realised debut on Mavic Music with two powerhouse tracks extensively road-tested and guaranteed for the dance floor. The lead track " Infinite " starts with a powerful rolling baseline, kick and sneaky distorted stabs and a timeless vocal before breaking down into a sensuous pad that sits underneath hoover'esqe like leads, screaming rides and effects that carry the music to the finish line. " Locomotive " on the flip side starts off with drips of acid and stabs creating maximum intensity from the first few bars. The track infectiously weaves in and out between masterfully tuned effects and complex percussive grooves resulting in any acid lovers dream track.

Rotterdam Rave Festival 2019 Important Information

We share with you important info for raving at Rottrerdam!  Hell yeah !  See ya at the dancefloor! :) 

Pop star Miley Cyrus and Dj Calvin Harris at the “Sunny Hill” festival in Pristina

In the heart of Gemia Park, known as the “lungs of Pristina” , will be held the second edition of Sunny HIll Festival from 2 to 4 August 2019 , featuring American pop artist Miley Cyrus , Scottish Dj Calvin Harris , American-Albanian rapper Gashi as well as local artists from Kosovo.  Miley Cyrus   will perform at the opening of the festival on August 2 , and  DJ Calvin Harris   will close this festival on August 4. The founder of this festival is Dukadjin Lipe , the father of pop artist Dua Lipe from Kosovo, who performed at this event last year with Dutch DJ Martin Garrix (my favorite one, but I failed to sneak at his performance at first edition of Sunny hill fest :)) and US-Albanian artist Action Bronson . " Kosovo is always presented and linked to a problematic topic, such as war, corruption and other negativities. Our goal is to bring to the youth of Kosovo the world music trends and artists with this festival and to show the world that Kosovo has a very young