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Beyond the Beats: EDM News and Culture — 174 episodes
⌛ Season 4 Finale: Reflecting on a Crazy Year | Ep 158
E🌕 Steve Aoki x SpaceX Moon Mission, Artists on the Rise and Fall in 2022, New BLR, and more | Ep. 157
E🦎 New Skrillex Collab, Live Nation's Vibee, RL Grime x NERO, Community Question, and more | Ep. 156
E🇲🇽 EDC Mexico Lineup, New Chris Lake, Playing the Perfect DJ Set, and more | Ep. 155
E♻️ Are Popular DJs Recycling Old Tracks? Kaskade Goes Techno, Rappers x DnB, and more | Ep. 154
E🟦 Fred again.. Album Review, Deathpact are EVERYWHERE, Harm Reduction At US Festivals, and more | Ep. 153
E🪙 Promising Music Tech Startups, Samir & Alec's Big Life Updates, New Kx5, and more | Ep. 152
E🙀 Inflation Threatens Touring Artists, Alison Wonderland Alias, New Meduza, Rave Story, and more | Ep. 151
E🐇 Special Guest: The Founder of StageHoppers, Arad Javaheri | Ep. 150
E💏 Making Love to Hudson Mohawke's Cbat, EDM Reality Show, Techno Slander, and more | Ep. 149
E🚨 Bass Canyon Scare, Calvin Harris Album Review, EDM Movie Idea, New Malaa, and more | Ep. 148
E📉 Pollen.co is in Big Trouble, Alec's First Rave in the South, Eric Prydz Remixes a Big Hit, and more | Ep. 147
E☀️ CRSSD DAY MVS 2022 Review, YeeDM on Apple Music, New John Summit, and more | Ep. 146
E🎵 TikTok Music App, New Calvin Harris, Fred Again x Swedish House Mafia x Future, and more | Ep. 145
E🤔 EDM Heardle?! Special New Music Section, Samir's Dream EDM Job, and more | Ep. 144
E🍸 The Ideal EDM Night Out, Insomniac x Sony Music, New Armin Van Buuren, and more | Ep. 143
E🥲 Dillon Francis x Illenium, Dance Music Date Night at the MET, New EDM Hubs in the US, and more | Ep 142
E🐝 Beyonce - the Queen of House? The Future of Nightclub concepts, 2 Mainstream Artists Poised to go EDM, Laserbeam Arrives, and more | Ep. 141
E🦉 Drake Made a House Album? The First Techno DJ to Close Tomorrowland, David Guetta x Shakira x Black Eyed Peas, and more | Ep. 140
E📈 Inflation Hits EDM, New DJ Snake, Samir's Ideal Festival, and Did We Just Get the Song of the Summer? | Ep. 139
E📜 Excision's Scholarship, New Calvin Harris x Dua Lipa x Young Thug, Samir Hates on Water Bottles, and more | Ep. 138
E🫶 BONUS: EDC Vegas 2022 Recap
E👻 Chris Lake x Cloonee Collab, a Nightmare or Hit? Ultra and Miami Finally Make Up, New Hardwell, EDC Vegas Hype, and more | Ep. 137
E🎡 EDC Las Vegas 2022 Special | Ep. 136
E❤️🔥 Dance Floor Romance Tips, Tech House is Number 1, New MK and more | Ep. 135
E🥊 TikTok Owners Compete with Spotify, Samir buys a Music Platform, New Flume, and more | Ep. 134
E💿 Swedish House Mafia's New Album, Banning "Woo Woo"ing at Raves, Alec's dream b2b, and more | Ep. 133
E💤 Annie Mac rescues Sleepy Ravers, A Cheeky Do It To It DnB Remix, Insomniac's new Club, and more | Ep. 132
E💰 Swedish House Mafia Sells Music Rights, Dubstep Artists Playing Techno, New Disclosure, and more | Ep. 131
E🙌 Hardwell Returns with Techno, New ODESZA, 5 DJs to Unite the World, and more | Ep. 130
E🤝 Kaskade x deadmau5 Project, TikTok Music Distribution Service, New John Summit, and more | Ep. 129
E👹 Samir Goes to Hell, Idris Elba Chooses EDM Over Acting, New G Jones & Eprom, and more | Ep. 128
E🏁 Season 4 Premiere: CRSSD 2022 Review, Subtronic's Album, New Show Format, Life Updates, and more | Ep. 127
E📚 Season 3 Finale with Special Guest Emma Kapotes | Ep. 126
E🤖 Will Artificial Intelligence be the Future of EDM Production? With the CEO of Boomy | Ep. 125
E🌎 Will Brazil Be The Next Dance Music Hot Spot? New John Summit, Catch Up with Gurf, and more | Ep. 124
📗 EDC Orlando Stories and Shenanigans, New Chris Lake & Grimes, and more | Ep. 123
E🧳 Festival Prep Essentials, Astroworld Reactions, Urine Tests at Clubs, New Afrojack, and more | Ep. 122
E🎡 EDC Orlando 2021 Special | Ep. 121
🪃 Is Hardwell Returning? The First Electronic Music Business Degree, New Tiesto, and more | Ep. 120
E💭 Chris Lorenzo is California Dreamin, Should Ticketmaster Be Scared of DICE? Vibing With Ade, and more | Ep. 119
E🤪 We Had a Crazy Weekend, Hot Take on DJ Snake x Malaa, Wongo Stops By to Chat, and more | Ep. 118
E🔳 Roblox Takes on Music Releases, FUXWITHIT Records, Boys Noize Album Review, and more | Ep. 117
🎀 Barbie the EDM Producer, Swedish House Mafia x Ikea, New LSDREAM & Liquid Stranger, and more | Ep. 116
E🧑🏫 What Can EDM Learn from Hip-Hop? A Huge South Asian Dance Music Showcase, Rezz x Deathpact, and more | Ep. 115
E❇️ Arc Music Festival Review, New Anti-Up, BtB Sessions Announcement, and more | Ep. 114
E👥 What’s the Best Way to Meet Other Ravers? Special Guest Radiate Joins | Ep. 113
E💉 Should raves require vaccines? House music is taking over the US, New Tiesto, and more | Ep. 112
E😳 Top Sex Acts at Festivals, CRSSD Day MVS Review, New Kaskade, and more | Ep. 111
EFisher's Workout Video, Putting Diversity into Artist Contracts, New DJ Snake, and more | Ep. 110
EThe State of EDM Today, GRiZ Rainbow Brain, New DJ Snake and Malaa, and more | Ep. 109
What to Expect from Swedish House Mafia's Return, Ibiza Illegal Raves, Kaskade at SoFi Stadium, and more | Ep. 108
EMARTEN HØRGER: Artist Spotlight & Session | Ep. 107
EApologies to Illenium Fans, Nightmare at Dutch Club, Gorgon City Olympia, Eric Prydz Metaverse, and more | Ep. 106
ECallie Reiff: Artist Spotlight & Session | Ep. 105
ETomorrowland Feuds with Boom Belgium, The Roots of House Music, new NERVO, and more | Ep. 104
ESpotify Acting Shady, New Skrillex, Rockstar Games Record Label, and more | Ep. 103
EMat Zo beefs with Spotify, Shocking and Positive Club Stories, New Alesso, and more | Ep. 102
ESpecial Guest Rachel Narozniak, Managing Editor of Dancing Astronaut | Ep. 101
ESpecial Guest Blake Coppelson, Founder of Proximity | Ep. 100
Special Guest Henry Lu, Co-Founder of Space Yacht | Ep. 99
EZhu DREAMLAND 2021 Review, Eric Prydz to Bring HOLOSPHERE to the U.S, U.K Raves are Back, and more | Ep. 98
EThe End of Diplo & Friends, Porter Robinson Nurture, Rezz x deadmau5, A.I DJs, and more | Ep. 97
ESyrian Underground House Parties, Secret Sky 2, New San Holo, and more | Ep. 96
EThe New Roaring 20s, Overrated Aspects of EDM, EDC Vegas 2021, New Martin Garrix, and more | Ep. 95
ELost Frequencies: Artist Spotlight + Session | Ep. 94
EDiversity in Dance Music with Special Guest, Almass Badat | Ep. 93
EJustice vs Justin Bieber, Dance Music Grammys Sweep, KSHMR's New Album, EDC LV and more | Ep. 92
EFrom Jersey to Asia: The Growth of Club Music with Special Guest R3LL | Ep. 91
EUbbi Dubbi Festival Partners with Clear, Creamfields Sells Out, DJ Snake x Selena Gomez, and more | Ep. 90
ETikTok's Impact on Songwriting with Special Guest, Bella Renee | Ep. 89
EDaft Punk Breakup, SG Lewis Debut Album, Camelphat Record Label, New Marshmello Sound, and more | Ep. 88
EWhat's Next For Bass Music with Special Guest - Dubstep FBI | Ep. 87
ENightclubs in Video Games, New Malaa, $15 Billion for U.S. Venues, Festival Size Debate, and more | Ep. 86
ERIP Sophie, Coachella 2021, New Porter Robinson, Insomniac Electric Mile, and more | Ep. 85
ESeason 3 Premiere: 2021 Predictions, New Nicky Romero, Joseph Capriati Update, Flux Pavilion Shock, and more | Ep. 84
EWhat is Beyond the Beats?
ESeason Finale, Special Guest Jason Euler, New Dillon Francis and TV Noise, and more | Ep. 83
EDance Music Grammys, COVID Test for Live Events, New Kaskade, and more | Ep. 82
ERIP i_o, Shaq is back, Insomniac East, New Chris Lake, and much more | Ep. 81
ENew Deadmau5, Raves Back in 2021?! AFEM Takes on Discrimination in Music, and more | Ep. 80
EEDM Twitter Beef, Top 101 Producers of 2020, New Zhu and Tchami, and more | Ep. 79
ELP Giobbi | Artist Spotlight and Session
ENew Skrillex and Major Lazer, The Abyss Experience, UK Chancellor Shocks Artists, and more | Ep. 78
EPlastik Funk | Artist Spotlight
EBad R3HAB Remix of Nirvana, EDC Portugal, We Pick One EDM Genre For Life, and more | Ep. 77
EVin Diesel is a House DJ?? Beatport Partners with Twitch, Tiesto Live Concert at Red Rocks, and more | Ep. 76
EPendulum is Back! We Reflect on EDM Industry, Facebook Restricts Livestreaming, and more | Ep. 75
ETaiwan Just Had a Festival, No More Sharing at Raves? High School DJ Course, and more | Ep. 74
EErick Morillo’s Sex Crimes and Death, Cassette Sales Boom, Nicky Romero Alias, and more | Ep. 73
EHow Segregated is EDM? NYU Studies Party Favors and Livestreams, New Calvin Harris, and more | Ep. 72
EWuhan, China Pool Party Rave?! Apple Music Hones in on EDM, Hot Take on a new Rezz Edit, and more | Ep. 71
ESpotify Wows EDM Listeners, Novel Socially Distanced Rave, New Glass Animals, and more | Ep. 70
EChainsmokers Concert Breaks COVID Rules, BRONSON Album, DJ Income Could Fall 61%, and more | Ep. 69
ECOVID's Devastating Impact on Clubs & Festivals, DJ Not Porter Robinson, Social Sanctuary, New BRONSON, and more | Ep. 68
EDrive-In Rave Poses as Religious Service, Tiesto Alias, State of EDM Industry, TIGER DROOL, and more | Ep. 67
EFare | Artist Spotlight
EShocking Bassnectar Allegations, Sony Invests in Epic Games, EZOO is Canceled, New Eli Brown, and much more | Ep. 66
EVoliik | Artist Spotlight + Session
EEkali Is Getting into House, Switzerland Relaxes Nightclub Restrictions, New GRiZ, Lost Lands Canceled, and much more | Ep. 65
EShaq x Gronk, Coachella 2020 Canceled, Seven Lions Drive-In Rave, New Excision, and much more | Ep. 64
ELady Gaga Chromatica, Graves Accusations, Wave Raises $30 mil, 90% of U.S Independent Venues Could Close, and more | Ep. 63
EBlack Lives Made EDM | Ep. 62
EGoldman Sachs Paints Bright Future for Music Industry, deadmau5 Pivots Genres, World's First Socially Distanced Club Night, and more | Ep. 61
ESpecial Guest Anthony Attia (Co-Owner of EDMTrain), America's First Drive-In Rave, New Spotify Feature, Creamfields Canceled, and more | Ep. 60
EMouna from Quality Good Records, Secret Sky Festival, Live Nation Earnings, and much more | Ep. 59
EIs Music the Next Battleground for Big Tech? A Coronavirus Proof Rave Suit, New ODESZA, Drive-In Rave, and much more | Ep. 58
ERoom Service Festival, Soundcloud & Pharrell, Spotify Artist Fundraising, and much more | Ep. 57
ESpecial Guest - Lauren from SIDEWALK TALK EDM, Ghost Producers, New Baauer, CRAY, Ticketmaster Refunds, and much more | Ep. 56
ECoachella's 20 Years, Jauz Has EPs in New Genres, Burning Man Cancelled, New Diplo and much more | Ep. 55
EJOYRYDE's New Album, Digital Mirage, Illenium x Excision, Endless App, Duke Dumont and much more | Ep. 54
EDrew Dapps | Artist Spotlight + Session
EMrSuicideSheep 10 year anniversary, A Club Livestreaming for 14 days, Digital Mirage Online Festival, New Seven Lions, and much more | Ep. 53
EBandcamp Helps Artists, JOYRYDE's Album Release Date, DJ Instagram Bots, New Fisher, and much more | Ep. 52
ETyler Lawrence | Artist Spotlight + Session
ECOVID-19 Continued Impact on EDM, Live Nation Market Cap Crash, New Flume, and much more | Ep. 51
ECoronavirus Affects EDM, History of House Music, Chat with Sikora, and more | Ep. 50
EDrink Chuckers, Creamfields Lineup, Disclosure EP, DJ Video Game, Chat with Ekonovah, and more | Ep. 49
ESupreme Turntables, EDC Vegas Lineup, Is the Vinyl Comeback Good? Rezz x Zeds Dead, and much more | Ep. 48
ESpecial Guest Dariel - Founder of Electric Hawk, App for Illegal Raves, Insomniac's Roadmap, Networking Tips and more | Ep. 47
EAnimal Cruelty at a Rave, GriZ Does House Music, Green Day Insults Trap, Made Events x ID&T Partnership, and more | Ep. 46
EElon Musk EDM Song, New Porter Robinson, Soundcloud Boosts Revenue, and more | Ep. 45
ECalvin Harris' New Sound, JAVAX Exclusive Preview, Ekali's New Album, Streaming Stats, and much more | Ep. 44
EA NEW SEASON BEGINS - Coachella Lineup, Australia Fires, Ultra Miami Update, and more | Ep. 43
EUknew | Artist Spotlight + Session
ESeason Finale - Should Openers Play Bangers, Justice Department vs Live Nation, Four Tet Remixing Skrillex, #bansunburn, and more | Ep. 42
EElectric Forest Lineup Controversy, AI Producing EDM, Fake Tickets Resellers, and more | Ep. 41
EThe Grammys, Are DJ Fees Killing Nightlife, Ultra Miami Phase One, and more | Ep. 40
ESkrybe | Artist Spotlight + Session
EDid the EDM Bubble Burst? Madeon's New Album, Top 100 Clubs in the World, Special Guest Kevin Bhatia from UTA, and much more | Ep. 39
EDatsik's Apology Reaction, The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Rise of Techno, A Chat with Deanna - Founder & CEO of Beyond Dope, and more | Ep. 38
ESpecial Guest Colin Vlasak - Cofounder of FUXWITHIT - RL Grime Halloween 8 Mix, New Quix EP, UK Police Allow a 12 Hour Rave, Rezz x Malaa, and more | Ep. 37
EBrexit's effect on EDM, Ganja White Night's New Album, London's First Accessible Rave, Voltra, Wenzday, and much more | Ep. 36
ETop 100 DJs, G-Code SF Interview, ITunes Hurting DJs, Mr Carmack, and more | Ep. 35
EZedd Gets Banned From China, Eco-friendly Raving, Chris Lorenzo's New Album, and more | Ep. 34
EJack U Return, H<3art Beats NYC Interview, Lost Lands, Pryda, It's Still Not Butter, and more | Ep. 33
EJAVAX | Artist Spotlight + Session
EJax Jones in SF, Illenium in NYC, San Frandisco, Noisia Splitting up, Creepers at Clubs, and more | Ep. 32
ESpecial Guest Rachel Narozniak from Dancing Astronaut; Black Coffee x Usher, Area 51 Rave Update, $10 Billion industry, and more | Ep. 31
EEZoo 2019 Review, Eric Prydz NYC, Backstreet Boys x Steve Aoki, Jax Jones, Excision x Wooli, and much more | Ep. 30
ESamir goes to EZoo 2019, Swedish House Mafia damages a stage, Groove Cruise Miami, Skrillex's x TY Dolla $ign, and much more | Ep. 29
EAlison Wonderland Takes Time Off, Space Yacht SF, Drezo, Blossom, Weather Reactive Playlist, and more | Ep. 28
EEpisode 27: Illenium's New Album, Area 51 Rave, Skrillex x Boys Noise Leak, EDC Orlando, and more
EElectric Zoo Festival 2019 Special! | Ep. 26
ETomorrowland Recap, Illenium's New Album, First DJ Set in Space, New Music, and much more | Ep. 25
Coldwall | Artist Spotlight + Session
EUltra Finally Finds Its Home, Rezz Drops a New EP, Skrillex Returns, Illenium x The Chainsmokers, Acid House Documentary, and much more | Ep. 24
ESwedish House Mafia Collab, Marshmello's New Album, Woodstock, Ultra Europe Livestream, and more | Ep. 23
EMartin Garrix is Back, Knife Party, Chase & Status Returns, IMS Ibiza Pt. 4, Bass Boosted Youtube Videos Suck, and more | Ep. 22
EMarshmello's Upcoming Album, Special Guest, Chris Lake's Controversial New House Banger, IMS Ibiza on Clubs and Festivals, and much more | Ep. 21
ESurprise Skrillex Set, Madeon's Tour, Second Sky Recap, Ultra Europe Mishaps, Fire Remixes, and much more! | Ep. 20
EGurf | Artist Spotlight
EAvicii's New Album, Swedish House Mafia No Show, Zedd & Matthew Koma Beef, Virtual Self playing before Porter Robinson, and much more | Ep. 19
EFake News about Madeon, Skrillex & Boyz Noise, Brownies and Lemonade, Traktor news, and more | Ep. 18
EEDC Review, Hot take on DJ Paris Hilton, Ultra Fiasco Continues, Avicii's dad talks mental health, and more | Ep. 17
ETrip Trop | Artist Spotlight
EExclusive Song Preview, Avicii's Life, Paris Hilton, Twitch, Moonrise, and much more | Ep. 16
EEDC Las Vegas 2019 Special! | Ep. 15
Akki | Artist Spotlight
Ultra's Bad Luck, Chris Brown x Marshmello Controversy, Martin Garrix, Lineup drops, and more | Ep. 14
EFyre Festival subpoenas Netflix, Electric Zoo, NGHTMRE x Zhu, Knife Party, Kygo, and more | Ep. 13
ECoachella, Paradiso, Avicii's New Song, Cube 3.0, Shambala, Festival Bathrooms, and more | Ep. 12
EAvicii, Coachella, Calvin Harris, Getter's Tour Cancellation, and more | Ep. 11
EUltra 2019 roundup, Dog Blood, Chainsmokers, EDC Las Vegas, Upcoming Artist Spotlights, and more | Ep. 10
EBeyond Wonderland, Spring Awakening, Zhu, Illenium, DJ Snake, Beatport and more | Ep. 9
ETomorrowland Winter, Odesza, Tiesto's New Song, DJ Diesel, Bonnaroo, and more | Ep. 8
EPorter Robinson, Marshmello's New Song, Keith Flint of Prodigy, CRSSD, Ultra Singapore, and more | Ep. 7
EEric Prydz, UMF Korea, Mysteryland, Armin Van Buuren, Dillon Francis, and more | Ep.6
EMarshmello, Shaquille O'Neal, Raving Solo, Ilesoniq Lineup, and more | Ep. 5
ESwedish House Mafia, Fyre Festival Pt. 2, The Chainsmokers, Grammy Winners, and more | Ep. 4
EBIRDIE | Artist Spotlight
EGrammy nominees, RL Grime, Ultra phase two lineup, and more | Ep. 3
ETomorrowland lineup updates, Skrillex, Marshmello, Calvin Harris, and more | Ep. 2
EUMF updates, Tomorrowland lineup, Electric Forest, EDC Vegas, and more | Ep. 1
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