Cameron Sunkel

3 days ago | edm.com | Cameron Sunkel

Reinvention is ritual in Ibiza, and its newest nightlife destination, [UNVRS], arrives not merely as another venue but as a game-changer poised to reshape what club culture looks, sounds and feels like on the legendary party island. Set to open its doors at the end of this month, the hi-tech [UNVRS], the latest venture from Yann Pissenem's The Night League, is readying a launch of epic proportions.

5 days ago | edm.com | Cameron Sunkel

Atlantic Records has lifted the hood on F1: The Album, the forthcoming soundtrack to Apple Original Films' Formula 1 movie, and it’s a turbo-charged celebration of EDM's tightening grip on the motorsport world. The genre has long flirted with Formula 1's flair for spectacle, but the relationship goes full-throttle with this soundtrack.

1 week ago | edm.com | Cameron Sunkel

A new heavyweight alliance has formed at the heart of the electronic label ecosystem after Create Music Group acquired Canadian independent dance music powerhouse Monstercat. The deal marks one of the most high-impact mergers the genre has seen in recent memory. The acquisition brings Monstercat’s iconic brand, massive digital reach and artist-first ethos into Create’s expanding platform for rights management, content monetization and label services.

1 week ago | edm.com | Cameron Sunkel

Billy McFarland knows the power of a brand that breaks the internet. But that same notoriety has become both his greatest asset and most stubborn obstacle. "Fyre certainly is the most talked-about festival in the US for the past seven or eight years," he tells EDM.com in a candid interview. McFarland, the founder of the ill-fated Fyre Festival, tried to rewrite the ending this spring.

1 week ago | edm.com | Cameron Sunkel

George Smaragdis, the influential electronic music producer known to fans around the world as Starcadian, passed away last week following a fatal biking accident in Manhattan. According to the New York Police Department, Smaragdis, 44, was riding his e-bike on Broome Street around 10am when he slammed into the door of a parked Mercedes van that the driver had opened. The impact sent Smaragdis careening toward the street and into the path of a delivery truck, which ran over and crushed him.