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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.