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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Top EDM News :: June 23 to June 29

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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.



Upcoming Daft Punk Documentary

We're up all night to get a documentary.

What is being described as the potentially most soon-to-be-watched documentary according to YourEDM, fans can expect an hour-long documentary Daft Punk's career in 2015.

The duo has teamed up with BBC Worldwide after being commissioned by the French pay TV channel Canal Plus.

The writer and director for the documentary is Hervé Martin Delpierre. On IMDB, he's credited for directing the films, That's poker... Dans la peau d'un joueur (2007), Sport, mafia et corruption (2012) and Secrets du manga - Seoul District (2010)

The co-writer is Marina Rozenman.

Other production partners include Jean-Louis Blot, head of BBC Worldwide Productions France.



Tomorrowland Hints at New Main Stage Design

What will tomorrow bring?

On Friday, Tomorrowland released a cinematic trailer to introduce the key motifs and design inspirations for this year's festival.

Alongside the trailer is a message that reads:

In a time when darkness roamed and creativity and joy were forbidden, there was a man with only one dream: Releasing the world from all it’s misery.
He built an instrument, assembled in an enormous work of art.
To protect his creation, he fabricated a mythical key…
That would only be found by the purest of hearts…
A new chapter will be written,
The Key to Happiness


Be sure to watch the trailer below:





Richie Hawtin and Deadmau5 to Possibly Collaborate

First SXSW, then a collaboration, then the WORLD!

In a recent Reddit AMA, Canadian DJ and producer Richie Hawtin answered questions on club performances, tattoos, and most notably a possible upcoming collaboration with Deadmau5.

When asked, "Any chance we see you guys together again?" Hawtin replied with:

We're talking about doing something else together in the future!

The two DJ's collaborated before at SXSW in 2013 with a back-to-back set. Earlier this year, Hawtin released Deadmau5's track, "Sunspot (White Space Conflict)," under his label, Plus 8.

To see all of Richie Hawtin's answers to fan questions, see the Reddit AMA here.

Be sure to read about previous AMA's this year by Porter Robinson, Infected Mushroom, and Pasquale Rotella on The Wub Wub.



Ariana Grande to Collaborate with Zedd

Ariana Grande is famous for the Nickelodeon show, Victorious.

While Ariana Grande announced two months ago that she and Zedd were collaborating on a track, it wasn't until recently when the title finally was released: "Break Free."

Grande is already describing the track as “fantastic and super-experimental for me.”

Zedd commented on why he became interested in working with Grande, saying, "[Grande's voice] is super-recognizable, it has a unique texture, and really, that's all I'm looking for in a singer, is to have a voice that is really special and different from other voices you hear everyday."

There is a crazy amount of excitement for this upcoming track due to Zedd's previous tracks, including, "Clarity," "Stay the Night," and "Find You."

Expect the track on Wednesday, July 2.



EDM Documentary Sheds New Perspective

If you want it, you better give a donation to it.

The popularity and culture of the EDM scene has grown exponentially over the years. An Indiegogo-funded documentary, titled, "Waiting for the Drop," will showcase this growth, but it has yet to fulfill the $50,000 goal to complete it.

The documentary will feature Tiësto, Hardwell, Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox, Sebastian Ingrosso, Nervo, Claude VonStroke and more. The different countries filmed within the documentary include U.K., Netherlands, Sweden, and Spain, as well as in Las Vegas, Miami, New York and Los Angeles.

Former New York Times journalist Alexei Barrionuevo will direct the project.

Click here to donate to the project and receive a Drop T-shirt, a Drop DVD, an Associate Producer credit, rickets to the documentary premiere, and two three-day passes to Ultra Music Festival or Electric Daisy Carnival.

Watch the video below for the trailer for the documentary:




36 Hospitalized at Avicii Concert

Things are getting crazy lately.


On Wednesday, 36 people were transported to the hospital and 50 more were treated at Avicii's concert at TD Garden in Boston. There were no fatalities reported.

An EMS worker claimed that the patients were ill from consuming a “dangerous substance,” reported by Boston Globe.

Tim Caputo, a reporter for Boston station WHDH, tweeted that "at least 15 ambulances [were] lined up in staging areas outside TD Garden."

DJ Tommie Sunshine claimed on Twitter that there was a one-beer limit at TD Garden. Regardless, he said, "Never been to an #EDM event where that happened, ever," and stated that a worker at TD Garden said there was "vomit everywhere."

Tricia McCorkle, director of communications for TD Garden, told Rolling Stone, "We take this incident very seriously, and our thoughts are with the affected guest and their families. We implemented increased precautions, such as restricted alcohol sales, additional security and provided two cooling off areas for guests, in addition to the building maintained at normal temperature. We continued our proactive policy to identify impaired guests, bring them to first aid for medical evaluation and transport when necessary. By following our policy, half of the affected guests were identified prior to entering the arena and were immediately treated."

The total number of hospitalizations for this year's Avicii concerts has risen to over 60 people.



Death at Glastonbury Music Festival

Be careful when you're partying, guys.

On Thursday at Glastonbury Music Festival, a 26-year-old man died due to ketamine overdose and a 67-year-old woman died of natural causes.

For the man, Avon and Somerset police reported that they do not believe the batch he took was contaminated.

Glastonbury Music Festival tweeted the next day that, "His family are aware and being supported.”





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