#electronic-music

#electronic-music

The Brazilian cultural platform announces its most ambitious Carnival program to date, returning to Rio de Janeiro with six nights of curated experiences at the Museu do Amanhã - the most visited museum in Latin America and one of the most iconic architectural landmarks in the world. Designed by Santiago Calatrava and set against Guanabara Bay, the museum once again becomes more than a venue.

Third Thursdays on Ellis, or just "On Ellis," launched first as a pre-Portola block party in September, and the events in October and November, featuring electro DJs Wax Motif and Joel Corry have been pretty lit, as the kids say, with thousands in attendance. The event happens outside the historic John's Grill, and it seems to have caught on with a younger party crowd in a much bigger way than the similar Fridays on Front Street, likely because of the music acts who have been booked and the more rave-y atmosphere.

Cuddly UK DJ, music-maker, and often-fascinating collaborator Fred Again dropped into the Cow Palace on Friday night for the ninth stop of his "10 Shows in 10 Cities in 10 Weeks" sprint, promoting new release . San Francisco (well, technically Daly City) only got four days' notice, but that didn't stop the main arena from selling out in minutes. The ticket was officially $87, but you know how it goes:

A disciple of John Cage, Moran uses prepared-piano techniques - inserting objects on and between the strings, sometimes playing the strings with her fingers or an EBow - along with electronic-music treatments (she's collaborated with Daniel Lopatin and performed in Oneohtrix Point Never's band on the Age Of tour, and it shows). Time and again on Don't Trust Mirrors, Moran tricks the listener into thinking the main instrument here is harp, which, if you're a fan of Mary Lattimore or Brandee Younger, is a plus. This legerdemain reflects the title's admonition that all is not what it seems.

At night in New York, builds worlds out of voltage and digital wavelengths. His story begins in northwest Arkansas, where Nicholas Long grew up among his father's guitars and the hum of Passing Note Studio. A Depeche Mode concert in 1991 flipped the switch, sending him home with a Roland Juno 106 that became his permanent obsession. From then on, he spoke in oscillators and filters, carrying the studio's name forward after his father's death as a gesture of memory and continuity.

For decades, musical performances and other non-religious public gatherings were strictly controlled by the Saudi government. This practically confined most forms of public cultural expression, especially music, to the privacy of homes and gated communities. By 2016, the country witnessed wholesale social, cultural, and economic transformations to wean off religious extremism, improve the quality of life, and attract foreign investment.

Since it was founded, just a little over a decade ago, Wisdom Teeth has traversed a gamut of styles, moving as steadily as the progress bar crawling across the waveform of a DJ mix. Early experiments in dubstep gave way to unorthodox bass music and leftfield techno; successive compilations have been dedicated to narrowly bounded experiments in the wiggly terrain around 100 BPM or the quick-stepping possibilities of the 150-170 zone.

The album was produced by the band's Daniel Hunt with sessions in Liverpool, São Paulo, Montrose, Dalston, and London, with mixing duties handled by longtime collaborator Jim Abbiss. While always an electronic band, Ladytron have made their most dancefloor-forward album with Paradises. "There's an itch we never scratched," Hunt says, "which is that despite our origins in the DJ world, we never actually made a 'disco' record. Albeit, 'disco' in our context has a somewhat different meaning."

Art With Me has unveiled the full lineup for its 2025 Miami edition, which returns December 5 - 6 with an expanded experience at a new venue, the RC Cola Plant + Green Space at Mana Wynwood. The festival partners with Zamna and Disco Presents to deliver two days of music, art and immersive culture during Art Basel Miami Beach and Miami Art Week.

Experience Best of Odinani, a one-night immersive performance with multidisciplinary artist Ashley Alizor. The show fuses original electronic music, sultry burlesque, and interactive art installations to create a playful, empowering, and unforgettable evening. Celebrate creativity, community, and live performance in a unique, sensory-rich event designed to captivate audiences of all kinds.

get your share of dubs, wubs, and drops at the sprawling Factory Halloween Warehouse Party. Food cart pod WonderLove, local event producers BEATROX, electronic music collective USBCHECK, and woman-owned EDM production company Fourth World join forces to create this immersive bash with two stages of DJs. Bass booms from the mainstage while techno takes over the periphery, but you can always take a break from dancing to grab a bite to eat, snap a pic in the photobooth, or shop from macabre vendors.

Blending the elegance of Mykonos, the free spirit of the Mediterranean, and the vibrant pulse of modern city life, Ayavefe offers his audience more than just songs he offers a lifestyle through his latest series of singles. Merging his visionary business mindset with artistic expression, Yasam Ayavefe has transformed his philosophy of "sustainable luxury" into sound. His music collection, inspired by the serene atmosphere of Mileo Luxury Boutique Hotel, radiates sophistication and positive energy much like golden sunlight dancing across the Mykonos horizon.

Drew Daniel is getting ready to release his first Soft Pink Truth album since 2022. The new album, Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?, is out January 30 via Thrill Jockey. The record's lead single, " Time Inside the Violet," comes with a music video made by animator Matthew Murray Sullivan in collaboration with visual artist Vicki Bennett. Watch the visual below.

Born to a single mother in Chester, he was adopted, given the name David James Ball, and grew up predominately in the English beachside town Blackpool. The vibrancy of his hometown - often a tourist hub and featuring numerous amusement parks and attractions - helped steer Ball towards music. His father's engineering background prompted in interest in electronic music and synthesizers: he cited hearing Kraftwerk's seminal 1975 album Autobahn as a major "turning point" in his musical development.

It's a record shaped by commercial audio construction kits from a bygone eraan index of cliches turned inside out, Lopatin said of Tranquilizer in a press release. It is a return to a process-oriented form of music making for me that I felt best evoked a certain kind of madness and ennui in the heart of culture today.

What started as a hardcore punk band has become one of the most exciting acts in electronic music. Adventure Club, the electronic duo comprised of Leighton James and Christian Srigley, has made serious inroads into popular music since starting in 2011 in Montreal. One of the pioneering dubstep acts, Adventure Club has performed at the world's top music festivals, written top 40 hits like "Crash," and earned tens of millions of streams in the process.

The closing weekend of Neo Kaos Garden at Ibiza's colossal new venue, [UNVRS], was less a party and more a vibrant, collective odyssey into a world where art, music, and technology violently and joyously collided. The event, a partnership between the legendary party organisers elrow and the visionary artist Okuda San Miguel, was described by Okuda as a "digital circus," a 2.0 version of his psychedelic universe brought to life with geometric creatures, moving stages, and a 360-degree immersive spectacle.

Before Polo & Pan existed, the duo, Paul Armand-Delille and Alexandre Grynszpan, knew each other from their separate performances at Parisian bar Le Baron. Sensing synergy, the two musicians joined forces in 2012. At first, they mixed existing songs before producing their own music. This proved the correct move as in the following years, the duo became one of the leading electronic acts in France, echoing the careers of their musical ancestors, Justice and Daft Punk.

cementing its legacy as one of the world's most well-known electronic duos. On YouTube, the grainy black-and-white video for "Galvanize" has 118 million views, while 1999's "Hey Boy Hey Girl" - which features a glorious ensemble of dancing CGI skeletons - has surpassed 90 million. The visuals for "Let Forever Be," directed by Michel Gondry, is a kaleidoscopic masterpiece using practical effects rarely seen today and remains a personal favorite.

Magdalena Bay turns up the rock Miami-by-way-of-LA duo Magdalena Bay became an SFGATE staff favorite over the past year for their candy-coated synth pop. At Portola, they expanded into an explosive four-piece live band, bringing an energetic rock edge worthy of its place on the main festival stage. Bonus points for four costume changes from singer Mica Tenenbaum. - SFGATE senior culture editor Dan Gentile

Keith McIvor, better known as JD Twitch, of the influential Scottish electronic duo Optimo, died on Friday, September 19. The news was shared on the group's Instagram page with a note written by McIvor's bandmate, Jonnie "JG" Wilkes. Optimo did not specify McIvor's cause of death, but the musician had disclosed, in July, that he was diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumor. He was 57 years old.

He died on Friday in Glasgow's Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, his DJ partner Jonnie Wilkes (AKA JG Wilkes) announced. In a 28 year partnership he changed my life immeasurably and together we took our work in directions and to places few people are lucky enough to explore, Wilkes said. I am forever grateful for everything he bestowed on me, both as a partner in music and as a friend.

Music fans got a surprise last night as Coachella, the biggest music festival in the country, shared its lineup months earlier than past precedent, with previous releases taking place in November 2024 and January 2023. This year's lineup features a bill of bands that leans heavily on pop superstars. Top billing goes to Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G, a trio of pop acts that run the gamut from latest and greatest (Carpenter), to established industry titan (Bieber) to international superstar (Colombia's Karol G).

Daphne Oram was one of the first British composers to produce electronic sound and an early practitioner of musique concrète in the UK. In 1957, she produced the BBC's first-ever fully electronic score for a play, and that led to more commissions. Just a year later, she helped set up the legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop, where she was central to the development of British electronic music.

When electronic-ambient-new age pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre was working on 1976's Oxygene, in his makeshift home studio, he often had to tape down two preset buttons of his Korg drum machine to achieve the effect he wanted. Thanks to the breakout success of that record and its winning blend of bright keyboard melodies and warped analog synths, Jarre didn't have to resort to such ad-hoc methods for long.

Serving as Kevin Parker's first Tame Impala album since 2020's The Slow Rush, Deadbeat sees Parker taking inspiration from the Western Australia rave scene and 'bush doof culture,' which refers to an Australian subculture centered around outdoor dance parties with electronic music in remote natural settings. Along with embracing a more electronic palette, the album also digs into Parker's frustrations with himself, likening self-sabotage to a negative feedback loop and examining the minutiae of his bad habits.

DHB Portugal is back and bigger than ever. From September 19th - 21st, 2025, the iconic beachside venue Irmão, Costa da Caparica, will once again host an unforgettable weekend celebration of music, community, and art. Now in its third edition, DHB Portugal has become a must-attend gathering for music lovers from around the world. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean, the festival offers more than just music; it's an immersive journey of sound, dance, and connection.

Karl­heinz Stock­hausen appears, among many oth­er cul­tur­al fig­ures, on the cov­er of Sgt. Pep­per's Lone­ly Hearts Club Band. His inclu­sion was more than a trendy ges­ture toward the Euro­pean avant-garde; any­one who knows that path­break­ing elec­tron­ic com­poser's work will notice its influ­ence on the album at first lis­ten.

They include techno innovator Dorian Craft, Spanish house star Enzo Leep, Carpets and Snares label and record store boss Jorge Caiado, inventive tech house titan Luca Saporito (Audiofly), Items & Things's dark minimal and disco queen Magda, Scorpios Mykonos and Bodrum resident Rita Soko and many more, with over 70 artists confirmed to perform at the festival. These latest names are in addition to the likes of the already revealed Apollonia, Bonobo, Cabanne, DJ Tennis, Folamour, Janeret, Patrick Mason, Saiorse and many more.

"MUTEK has always been at the forefront of digital art dissemination, with special installation projects having been presented in the past. For this second edition of Village Numérique, we have expanded our offering with a greater diversity of media, more in-depth content, and more ways for the public to discover digital arts," Mikaël Frascadore tells designboom.

The festival's approach emphasizes sustainability, where attendees are provided with vials for cigarette butts. This innovative idea highlights a cultural difference in waste management.

"I think the videos elevate the music and can create another layer of creativity and evoke more feelings."

Solaris is a mesmerizing journey driven by shimmering, trance-inspired chords and a razor-sharp bassline, all anchored by braev's haunting and powerful vocals.

DJ Basura reflects on the evolution of DJing, noting that in the early '90s, DJs had to rely solely on records or CDs without the aid of modern technology like Serato.

Imagine linking bear traps, pinball bumpers, rotating lawn sprinklers, and a host of other mechanical gizmos together through cogs and cables, creating a kinetic musical experience.

MOGA Festival promises five days of tasteful music, culture, and community connection in Essaouira, with programming from October 1 to 5, 2025.

"Barn Radio is a 'werk-in-progress multidisciplinary space and platform for electronic music.' It is Black-led, Community-led, and Artist-led."

From Manchester to Ibiza, Amsterdam to Tokyo, Hannah Laing has brought her sets of hard house, trance and techno to every big club scene in the world, but the festival had to be at home.

John Summit's Experts Only Festival will take place on Randall's Island in NYC this September, showcasing a diverse lineup of artists and creating an immersive experience for attendees.