Beyond the Beats: EDM News and Culture

EZoo 2019 Review, Eric Prydz NYC, Backstreet Boys x Steve Aoki, Jax Jones, Excision x Wooli, and much more | Ep. 30

Episode Summary

Thanks for tuning in to Episode 30! This week we cover new music from Artists We're Watching - Akki, Voliik, Coastal, and IDE-K. Also, we cover new releases from the likes of Alesso, Steve Aoki (and the Backstreet Boys!), Arty, Slushii and others. Delving into EDM news and culture, Samir gives his full review of Ezoo, we talk about Eric Prydz's Holo show that will happen in NYC, praise the Avicii Tribute Concert, and get hyped for Excision x Wooli's upcoming EP. This week we rate: Jax Jones - Snacks Supersize album; the entire Disciple record label collab - We Don't Play. A special shoutout to this week's Artists We're Watching: ToMix and Vily Vinilo. ToMix comes in heavy with the creative bass house vibes and Vily Vinilo showcases his techno talent. And lastly... THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. If you're hyped about our podcast, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Also, feel free to DM us on Instagram (@btb.pod) or Twitter (@pod.btb).

Episode Notes

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On Repeat

Alec: Chase & Status - Heater

New Music from Artists We’re Watching

Akki - She Doesn’t Know

Voliik - Reanimate

Coastal - Dawn

Relique & IDE-K - Mama’s Addiction

New Music

Alesso, SUMR CAMP - In the Middle

Arty - Find You

Audien - Buzzing

The Bloody Beetroots, ZHU - Zoning

Slushii - Watch Yo Back

Walker & Royce, VNSSA - Rave Grave

Steve Aoki, Backstreet Boys - Let It Be Me

• Some more context on the song

Klangkarussell - Comoros

News & Culture

Electric Zoo Recap

The Good

• Mainstage production was really stepped up, the stage looked amazing
• Really stepped up the fireworks
• Great after parties
• The vibes
• Dog Blood, Nora En Pure, Kyle Watson, Dombresky, Kill the Noise, Kaskade

The Bad

• Poor crowd planning for Seven Lions (he was on the smallest stage and drew a crowd that was much too big for it
• Sound bleed between stages
• Hot temperature in the AMF stage
• Crowd at Prydz after party

The Ugly

• Water lines were atrocious as discussed last week on Anti-Plur
• Accounts of security doing incredibly invasive searches

Eric Prydz bringing HOLO to NYC

Avicii Tribute Concert to raise money for mental health awareness

Excision and Wooli announce an EP

Anti - Plur Moment

People who try to use PLUR to get free stuff…

What Are We Listening To?

Jax Jones - Snacks

Disciple label... Infekt, Dodge & Fuski, 12th Planet, Virus Syndicate, Terravita, Dirtyphonics, Phaseone, Modestep, Virtual Riot, Eliminate, Barely Alive, Fox Stevenson, SampliFire, Myro, Oliverse, Bandlez, Chibs, MVRDA - We Don’t Play

Artists We’re Watching

Alec: ToMix // Soundcloud // Instagram // ToMix, Ekonovah - Coffee (track)

• A Noir Sur Blanc release
• 1700 followers on Soundcloud; 15k on Spotify (this has jumped up since I last saw his Spotify).
• 22 years old; From Tel Aviv, Israel; in 2013 he actually was producing psy-trance - a project called ToMix & Genish”. It was only in 2017 that he started producing house music.
• Has had a release on Confession (To the Rhythm) and other great house labels such as Gold Digger and House Views.

Samir: Vily Vinilo // Soundcloud // Instagram // Bloody Tears (track)

• From Liverpool.
• Has a lot of range.
• This track has some fantastic layers in it, some slight hints of Acid in here which keeps it interesting.