If you’re a frequent festival-goer, Elephante is a name that you may be all too familiar with. A Harvard graduate and one-time businessman at a global consultant firm, Elephante (Tim Wu) left it all behind ...
The Internet is a wondrous place. Especially in times like these when the world is on fire, the virtual world seems to be the only space where it feels like nothing has changed–memes are rampant, ...
When Los Angeles-based producer Shawn Wasabi first dropped “Marble Soda” back in 2015, there was no question that it was going to be bound for Internet virality. Played live on a custom MIDI controller that ...
Back in 2019, we reviewed Los Angeles-based alt-Jpop duo Bakénéko (Mai Ikushima and Brandon Liew)’s debut single “Remember,” a soaring hook-filled banger that could easily shake up neon arenas. Now, they’re back again with “Stay,” ...
“I just want to keep on feeling.” If there’s one lyric that stands out the most on the Canadian DJ Robotaki (Preston Chin)’s latest ethereal double release, “Los Angeles”/”Quasar,” it’s this. Feeling, which defines the ...
For many netizens, it’s easy to find evidence of the globalization of Japanese culture within digital media and arts. Whole subgenres of music have sprung to life thanks to the inspiration of certain “aesthetic” movements, ...
To San Francisco-based EDM musician AIR APPARENT (Neil Sethi), the concept of dreaming is fascinating. On his SoundCloud page, he admits, “i watched inception too many times so now i write and produce songs about dreams ...
Singaporean electronic producer MMXJ (MJ Kuok) has come a long way from when he first started as a singer-songwriter. Back in 2009, Kuok became involved in the industry the way that many budding musicians are–by ...
It’s been well established that the EDM scene in America, at least, is a huge business. Every year, thousands of people flock to otherwise deserted locations in order to party it up under frenetically flashing ...
On Nov. 8, I had the pleasure of witnessing the materialization of the “Ghostboy” himself. Robotaki (Preston Chin) has spent the better part of this season touring across the US and Canada performing “The Experiment–Live” ...