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Around The World with WEISS: Los Angeles, Ibiza, and Barbados

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June 18, 2020

Around The World with WEISS: Los Angeles, Ibiza, and Barbados

After emerging onto the scene in 2013, WEISS has ascended through the dance music ranks at an impressive rate, receiving support from a host of legends ranging from Armand van Helden, Eats Everything and Carl Cox to Elton John along the way. His 2018 hit single ‘Feel My Needs’ took the world by storm, reaching #1 in both the BBC Radio 1 Dance Chart and ARIA Club Chart (also being voted the #1 track for the year), and winning ‘Best Track’ at the DJ Mag ‘Best of British’ awards.

WEISS has circled the globe countless times to complete tours worldwide, in the latter part of 2019 he embarked on his biggest ever tours of North America and Oceania covering 30 dates across 7 weeks. It is this connection that brings WEISS and his experiences to CULTR. We present, WEISS’ Around The World.

Los Angeles

California

The mad thing is I wasn’t originally the biggest fan of LA but I’ve fallen in love with it more and more over the years. The restaurants are incredible and if you’re lucky & get an offer to party at someone’s house in the hills, then take it!!

Ibiza

Spain

It’s always a No.1 go to place for me to party with my friends during the summer. Not only is the nightlife amazing but Old Town is a real mix of old & new with a chilled atmosphere and beautiful restaurants.

Barbados

Carribbean

Barbados has a special place in my heart: I went there as a kid and love the beaches & crystal clear water. Waking up in the morning and finding yourself surrounded by red crabs and swiminning with the turtles is a memory I’ll never forget.

Exclusive: OTR Breaks Down Debut Album “Lost At Midnight” Track by Track

Omar Serrano

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May 1, 2020

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Exclusive: OTR Breaks Down Debut Album “Lost At Midnight” Track by Track

OTR has just embarked on his most fulfilling venture in his young career thus far. With the release of his debut album “Lost At Midnight” via Astralwerks, it is exciting to see the artist’s vision finally coming to fruition. Featuring artists like Panama, Shallou, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Au/Ra, and more, the 12-track LP serves as a digital embodiment of the talent rooted in the 26-year old aerospace engineer-turned-producer.

The captivating project will throw you into a whirlwind of emotions as you are captured by the records alluring atmosphere. Offering enchanting soundscapes, melancholic chord progressions, and catchy toplines along the way, “Lost At Midnight” evidently reaches the peak of electro-pop. Pulling you by the heartstrings, OTR effortlessly transports the listener into a pit of vulnerability which is the very essence as to why the album is incredibly addictive to listen to in the first place. Finally showcasing his genius to the world, we can safely declare that this is OTR’s moment.

“Writing the album over the last two years was an incredible experience. Now that it’s out, I’m happy to see people empathize with the raw emotion I put into each track, signifying different points in my life.” – OTR

With all that being said, what better way to pinpoint the significance of this album than to hear it from the artist himself. Hear the story of how he put this all together in the track-by-track breakdown below.

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Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Senorita” Breaks Record On Spotify

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Oliver Tryon

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June 27, 2019

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Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Senorita” Breaks Record On Spotify

Shawn Mendes and Cuban born Camila Cabello released their joint single, “Señorita,” last week via Island Records. The song achieved instantaneous success worldwide rocketing to #1 on Spotify’s Global chart as the biggest single-day debut of a male/female duet ever. The video garnered 50 million YouTube streams in the first 48 hours of release while trending #1 around the globe. Other notable chart #1s include Spotify US Chart, iTunes, Apple Music Pop and Apple Music’s Top Videos.

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GRAMMY nominated Toronto born multi-platinum singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes released his highly anticipated self-titled third album in May 2018. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart as well as multiple additional worldwide markets, including Australia, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Holland & more and shot to #1 on iTunes in more than 80 countries immediately upon release. The album became one of the top best-selling album debuts of 2018 and made Shawn the third youngest solo artist to ever have three consecutive #1 albums.

Multi Grammy nominated Cuban born singer/songwriter Camila Cabello (Epic Records / SYCO) released her debut solo album, CAMILA in January 2018 to rave reviews. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart at the same time as her single “Havana” Reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making Camila the first solo artist in nearly 15 years to reach the #1 spot on the Hot 100, Billboard 200 and Artist 100 charts in the same week. The RIAA platinum-certified album, CAMILA, launched its debut at #1 on 110 iTunes charts around the world, breaking the record for most #1 positions for a debut album in iTunes history. Camila also became the #1 artist on global Spotify.

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Ferry Corsten Releases The Latest UNITY Collaboration with BT on ‘1997’

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Oliver Tryon

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June 16, 2019

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Ferry Corsten Releases The Latest UNITY Collaboration with BT on ‘1997’

Ferry Corsten is back with his latest ‘Unity’ collaboration, after releasing the last one with Ilan Bluestone back in December – Ferry has teamed up with BT for a special collaboration in ‘1997‘.

Ferry Corsten has been busy with solo music in the first half of 2019, releasing ‘Freefall‘ – which feels like a more commercially viable release. He also returned to his Gouryella alias with ‘Surga‘.

Ferry Corsten has brought in another big name into the Unity project, with the legend that is BT. After remixing BT’s track ‘Suddenly’ in 2010, the pair are familiar with each other’s prowess in the studio, and that united vision is showcased in abundance. The team-up sees both artists strengths utilised to their best potential to create a track that is greater than the sum of its parts. As it should, the production leans heavily on the killer uplifting melody – which is a prominent throughout the entire track. The mix of each artist’s styles is present and concludes in an epic collaboration.

Ferry launched the UNITY project in 2018 with his collaboration alongside Paul Oakenfold titled ‘A Slice Of Heaven’, and continued working with artists within the Trance community throughout the year, such as DIM3NSION, Jordan Suckley, Saad Ayub and Ilan Bluestone, and after the success of 2018 has more releases in store after making his first donation to project partner, VH1’s Save The Music Foundation, an organisation launched to reinstate music programs in public schools, which to date has raised over $53 million and helped over 2,100 public schools.

You can learn more about the Unity project with our Ferry Corsten Interview.

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Ultra Australia Unveils Set Times

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Oliver Tryon

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February 15, 2019

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Ultra Australia is just about to commence in just under two weeks with lineups and stages confirmed for the event. But all ravers are keen to see what the set times will look like.

With headliners such as Martin Garrix, The Chainsmokers and Marshmellow all sharing the MainStage, its always hard to pick the closing act. But for both Melbourne and Sydney shows The Chainsmokers are set to close both shows out and Adam Beyer to do so also on the Resistance stage. Both shows are also bringing out a lot of local acts for the UMF Radio stage and even throwing some of Australias bigger names out on to the MainStage such as Will Sparks and Tigerlily.

10 Famous DJ’s Real Names

Editorial

Ben Beamish

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November 27, 2018

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Every day you listen to music by world famous artists who go by stage names or secret aliases to perform and carry out their work, but have you ever wondered what they are actually called?! If so, or even if you’ve just stumbled across this article by accident, you have come to the right place.

1. Martin Garrix – Martijn Garritsen

2. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike – Dimitri Thivaios & Michael Thivaios

3. Hardwell – Robbert van de Corput

4. David Guetta – Pierre David Guetta

5. Tiesto – Tijs Michiel Verwest

6. Don Diablo – Don Pepijn Schipper

7. Afrojack – Nick van de Wall

8. Marshmello – Christopher Comstock

9. R3hab – Fadil El Ghoul

10. Skrillex – Sonny Moore

David Guetta Releases New Album Titled ‘7’

Oliver Tryon

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September 17, 2018

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David Guetta Releases New Album Titled ‘7’

David Guetta has officially released his latest studio album, ‘7’. In announcing the album he was quoted saying “its very special to me because it feels like I have entered a new phase in my career.” Now that we’ve had time to digest it over the past week ‘7’ undoubtedly see’s him take a step out of his comfort zone. The first disc features a selection of pop friendly dance tracks and wide variety of electronic styles from house, future bass, trap and even adding in some Spanish beats. Disc 2 however see’s Guetta takes a dive for the underground under his not so hidden alias Jack Back exploring a variety of house and tech-house soundscapes.

Among the collaborators on ‘7’ we have cross-over names such Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Sia, Steve Aoki, Lil Uzi Vert, G-Eazy and an unlikely collaboration with Black Coffee. The album includes previously released tracks such as 2U with Justin Bieber, ‘Flames‘ with Sia and ‘Like I Do‘ with Martin Garrix and Brooks which are familiar to almost anyone who’s set foot in a club over the past year. Highlights on the album include ‘Say My Name’ with Bebe Rexha & J Balvin, ‘Blame It On Love’ with songstress Madison Beer, ‘She Knows How To Love Me’ with Jess Glynne and Stefflon Don and ‘Drive’ with Black Coffee featuring Delilah Montagu.

7 Tracklist:
1. David Guetta – ‘Don’t Leave Me Alone (feat. Anne-Marie)
2. David Guetta – ‘Battle’ (feat. Faouzia)
3. David Guetta & Sia – ‘Flames’
4. David Guetta – ‘Blame It On Love’ (feat. Madison Beer)
5. David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J. Balvin – ‘Say My Name’
6. Jason Derulo & David Guetta – ‘Goodbye’ (feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William)
7. David Guetta – ‘I’m That Bitch’ (feat. Saweetie)
8. David Guetta, Martin Garrix & Brooks – ‘Like I Do’
9. David Guetta – ‘2U’ (feat. Justin Bieber)
10. David Guetta – ‘She Knows How To Love Me’ (feat. Jess Glynne & Stefflon Don)
11. David Guetta & Steve Aoki – ‘Motto’ (feat. Lil Uzi Vert, G-Eazy & Mally Mall)
12. Black Coffee & David Guetta – ‘Drive’ (feat. Delilah Montagu)
13. David Guetta – ‘Para que te quedes’ (feat. J. Balvin)
14. David Guetta – ‘Let It Be Me’ (feat. Ava Max)
15. David Guetta & Sia – ‘Light Headed’

Producer Scott Storch Opens Up On Spending $100 Million And Making His Comeback

Tobias

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July 21, 2018

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Scott Storch is a game changer in the music industry with his infectious melodies that have seen him release with Beyonce, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Mario, Dr. Dre, Lil Kim among many others. Despite some setbacks he’s ready to roll, the Vevo original docu-series gives you insight into one of the most groundbreaking producers of hip hop. He got his start as a founding member of the Roots, and remained a producer on the project for some time as he preferred the studio over touring.

Scott’s rise to fame infamously saw him drop his entire fortune (estimated near 100 Million) on a fleet of yachts, cars, cocaine, a jet and high ticket items such as perfume worth $750K (USD). However now he’s a changed man now and ready for the next chapter with a trainload of new projects including with fresh talents Trippe Redd, Russ, Swae Lee, French Montana and many more on the way out. It’s clear he’s surrounded himself with a group of positive people and has developed an unstoppable mindset from his darkest experiences.

Resistance Is Coming to Australia in 2019 with Ultra Australia

Oliver Tryon

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July 17, 2018

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After the success of the first Ultra event in Australia, a full fetched event is happening in both Melbourne and Sydney in 2019. Ultra holds ‘Road to Ultra’ events in new territories in order to test the viability of that new location for a full festival. Obviously, Melbourne’s ‘Road to Ultra’ event in February was a major success. Ultra Australia takes place the 23rd of February in Melbourne and the 24th of February Sydney next year. In 2019, the festival will be significantly larger, with multiple stages as well as something that fans have been asking for: Resistance! Resistance is coming to Melbourne and Sydney in 2019, along with all your favourite underground dance music acts.

There has been a lot of speculation over the lineup of Ultra Australia in 2019. This years event welcomed acts such as Axwell, KSHMR, Afrojack, Carnage, Will Sparks, Andrew Rayel as well as others. With the addition of Resistance, be sure to expect many more underground acts to fill the lineup. Pictured below is the Resistance lineup from Ultra Miami earlier this March. Take a look at that to gain a better understanding of potential acts for next years Resistance stage at Ultra Australia. A likely fixture to line up could be Carl Cox, a familiar face to the Resistance stage and he also lives part time in Melbourne.

Tickets registrations for Ultra are open now. Register HERE.

Tomorrowland 2018 Set Times

Events

Oliver Tryon

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July 3, 2018

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The most anticipated annual festival Tomorrowland is set to kick off it’s the first weekend on July 20th, marking its 13th year in Boom, Belgium. Among many of the biggest electronic acts, the line up interestingly also includes Dua Lipa, French Montana and Lil Pump. Headline sets coming from Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Axwell / Ingrosso, Tiesto, Don Diablo, Alesso, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Angello and stages from Musical Freedom, Monstercat, Anjuna Beats, Jacked, Pryda, Heldeep, STMPD, Nervo Nation, Q Dance, Smash The House, My House, Spinnin Sessions and many More.

Watch some of the best after movies from previous years below and check out the full Set Times here: https://www.tomorrowland.com/en/festival/line-up/

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