Top EDM News :: June 16 to June 22

A week goes by fast, and that means you need to catch up. 

Here are the top news articles in the EDM world from Monday to Sunday.

Skrillex Collaborating with Usher, Diplo, & Ed Sheeran

Quadruple trouble

So far, no one knows what to expect from this collaboration, but everyone is excited.

Ed Sheeran shared a picture of the musicians in the studio on Instagram. 

The track is finished and  to be expected on Usher's next venture.

After finishing the track, he said, "We made this awesome song ... It was one of those songs that, as soon as we finished it, we were jamming out listening to the rough mix of it and I'm in my head, thinking 'I want this song.'"

Posted on instagram by Ed Sheeran.

Recently, Skrillex and Diplo (the duo known as Jack U) have been working together on different projects, including their set at this year's Ultra Live Music Festival.

Jack U is also currently collaborating with AlunaGeorge, which you can read about here.

Two years ago, Usher spoke with Billboard on his love interest with EDM, saying, “Electronic music has given me a new story, a new opportunity to build something I think a mass audience will understand.”

While you wait for more information on what to expect from this new collaboration, listen to Jack U's live set at Ultra Live below:

DJ and Radio 1 Host Annie Mac to Premiere Documentary,
"Superstar DJ's"

"DJs are the new rock stars," says Annie Mac.

"Ever wondered what it's like to be a superstar DJ?" BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac asks.

Now, you'll be able to find out.

Annie Mac recently premiered a trailer for the upcoming documentary, titled, "Superstar DJs" on Channel 4.

Tiësto, Diplo, Fatboy Slim, Seth Troxler, and Disclosure will be featured in the show that comes out June 23 at midnight.

With each DJ, the new documentary will allow fans behind-the-scenes access to see the lives of these famous DJs.

Check out the trailer below:

Wait, who is Annie Mac? You should know. 

She's an Irish born DJ who hosts a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1, but is most known for the show simply and succinctly titled, "Annie Mac." She won the Best Female DJ award at the Drum & Bass awards in 2009.

She's hosted several televised programmings, including Channel 4's House Party (New Year's Even live musical performances), RTE Two's Other Voices (live musical performances and interviews), BBC's Top of the Pops (music chart programme), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (comedy panel game show), and FM (sitcom).

Pasquale Rotella Tells Deadmau5 to Chill Out

Are you not entertained?

DJs and producers have been flocking to Reddit recently to answer fans' questions in the sub-section AMA, or Ask Me Anything. A previous post on The Wub Wub gave details on Porter Robinson's latest AMA.

Now, EDC promoter Pasquale Rotella has decided to open up on Reddit, while firing a few shots in Deadmau5's direction as well.

What riled him up to do so? In an interview with Evening Standard, Deadmau5 complained that "festivals are being branded bigger than the acts."

Rotella commented on this concern, saying:

I absolutely agree with him; it's not some fluke or mistake. I don’t know what Canada’s dance scene was like, but this is the way it’s been in the US since the beginning of the underground scene. There were always DJ-centric events, but those were never the big parties. Dance music is its own thing. It’s about having a good time, celebrating life, and listening to good music. From his comments, I’m assuming he’d rather people stand there and gawk at the artist for an hour-and-a-half, but that’s not where I come from, nor where I want things to go.

See more of Rotella's answers to questions on Reddit here.

Deadmau5's Purarri On Sale for $380,000

You can already hear the Nyan Cat purr.

Deadmau5 toured around the world in the 2013 Ferrari 458 Spider F1 Edition, otherwise known as the Purrari. Now, after winning the Spirit of Gumball Trophy at this year's Gumball 3000 motor rally, Deadmau5 has decided to sell his Nyan Cat vehicle for an asking price of $380,000 on Craigslist before being linked on Auto Trader, reports Rolling Stone.

The Purrari includes an iPod filled with Nyan Cat songs and a chance to fly to Toronto to join Deadmau5 for coffee.

On Twitter, Deadmau5 stated that any offers over the asking price would be donated to the Toronto Humane Society, a charity that operates animal shelters and animal rescue operations in Toronto, Canada.

In a Youtube video, Deadmau5 says that the Purrari can go up to 168 miles per hour.

Check out the video here.

Bid on the Purrari here.

Infected Mushroom May Collaborate with Deadmau5 and Shpongle, Reddit AMA

Double trouble.

Porter Robinson did it. Pasquale Rotella did it. Now, Infected Mushroom has done it.

Back to Reddit's AMA again.

In this latest AMA, the duo mentioned that they would like to collaborate with Shpongle and Deadmau5 for their upcoming EP, "Converting Vegetarians vol. 2."

Fans are hoping that this hope becomes more than just that. EDMSauce reported that Infected Mushroom wasn't hoping, but "hint[ing]." Hmm. Only time will tell.

Some questions asked to Infected Mushroom included why their tracks have been shorter lately.

Their answer?

Lazyness. getting Older.

And when asked what they would be doing if they weren't DJ's, the answer was ...

1. Porn
2. Having a godly falafel stand
3. Shawarma porn.

For now, check out "Friends on Mushrooms vol. 3," their EP release that came out June 13 here.

Also, a possible Infected Mushroom documentary? See more on Kickstarter here.

Find the full AMA on Reddit here.

TomorrowWorld Full Lineup Announced

I will give you my firstborn child if you buy me tickets.

Described as "the best festival ever," TomorrowWorld will be here sooner than you know it. With that, it's time to know what you should expect from Sept. 26 to 28 this year.

This year's annual event will include artists, such as Avicii, Bassnectar, David Guetta, Diplo, Kaskade, Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Zedd, Tiësto, Datsik, A-Trak, Sub Focus, W&W, and Zeds Dead.

Expect new stages, Dream Lodges, and DreamVille packages designed for groups.

TomorrowWorld reigns as America's largest 21-plus electronic music festival with over 120,000 visitors from 75 different countries. The 3-day music festival is located in Chattahoochee Hills in Georgia.

Get your tickets and learn more at TomorrowWorld's website here.

15 Year Old Dies in Croydon Rave

Rio Andrew was a shot put champion at Holland Park School.

Rio Andrew, 15, is described as being top in his Math class, a non-smoker, and "sensible." Before going to an illegal rave in Croydon, south London this past Sunday, Rio was in the process of training for the summer games season of the Olympics as a shot-putter, reported Mirror.

Metropolitan Police Commander Simon Letchford said the death was drug-related. 

It was reported that it was a beer laced with horse tranquilizer ketamine that caused Rio to become ill. 

A 19-year-old man was taken along with him after drinking from the same beer. He is currently in the hospital in a stable condition.

By the end of the night, six others were taken to a hospital with injuries, later to be discharged. 14 other individuals were arrested for a range of drug offences, violent disorder and money laundering. Two men were charged with violent disorder and drugs offences. Two other men were given cautions for possession of class A drugs. Five men are still in custody for handling stolen goods and criminal damage offences.

Officers surrounded the venue to contain the event from spreading to adjacent streets. The crowd was later described as violent, throwing missiles at the officers and smashing a policeman's vehicle. The police force allowed the event to continue.

Letchford commented, "I would have expected a bit more to have been done. I'll need to find out why that wasn't done at that time."

The event was hosted by promoter Rum and Bass. Approximately 2,000 people attended the rave.

Watch the video below:

16 Year Old Loses Finger in Croydon Rave, Continues Dancing

Party hard, brah.

Some people like to party. Some people love to party. And some people will let absolutely nothing in their way to party.

A raver going by the name of Josh, 16, left a rave at Croydon, south London on Saturday with most of his left pinky ripped off.

In an interview with Vice, Josh gave details on the scene.

Well, at about 1AM we were up in the house room, but I don’t really like house so I was waiting for the drum 'n' bass to kick in. As soon as I heard it, me and my mate went down there. Five minutes in, the fire alarm starting going off and everyone was like, "Rip it off! Rip it off!" So I thought I’d give it a go. I was completely sober at the time. I jumped up, grabbed it and my little finger got caught in the case because it was all broken, and as I came to rip it back down, my little finger got ripped off completely

With half his finger torn off, Josh decided to wrap the finger, tie it up, and dance for a half an hour.

My mentality was, 'I’ve only been here for an hour, I’ve paid £10 for this night, I’ve lost my little finger – am I seriously going to go? Nah, I’m going to skank until I can’t skank any more.

Is his finger okay? Uh, I guess. It's only a stump for now. Allegedly, after the top half of the finger became lost in the rave, some "stoners" found it and decided to play catch with it.

Josh is planning to go to another rave in July.

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