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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.