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BEMF Announces Panels Schedule and Weekend Two Programing
Coming into the second weekend here of Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival’s ninth-annual event, and despite the cool weather there are plenty of amazing artists to keep your nights heated. Aside from hosting legendary acts like Kerri Chandler and Robert Hood, this year’s event will include a series of BEMF TALKS, run in association with THUMP,... Read more »

Minimal Effort announces NYE Lineup
Fresh off their Halloween installment, Minimal Effort has just announced the first phase of it’s New Year’s Eve event. The festival will feature the same 3 stage, indoor and outdoor layout that they used at LA Center Studios for this past spooky weekend as they bring yet another round of deftly curated talents from across... Read more »

Metropolis Makes Its Return [OPENING NIGHT]
The clocks have just gone back, the days are still shortening and the time for partying in the nighttime is lengthening. It’s that time of year again, Metropolis Festival. In it’s inaugural year last year, the festival was warmly received. Back for a second year, Metropolis opens it’s doors at the RDS for a weekend of... Read more »

Upcoming: Live Collision International Festival 2016
With the Project Arts “Project 50 Season” well under way, WWD are getting really excited for this year’s Live Collision International Festival, set to take place at the end of this month in Dublin. The programme has yet to be announced but we have no doubt it will be full of surprises. The company, headed... Read more »

A Chat with Billy Kenny and Maximono at Dirtybird Campout
Claude VonStroke cried at the end of Billy Kenny’s set this year at the Dirtybird Campout. Ok. Maybe it was actually Billy who cried. Nonetheless, the Dirtybird label boss and Campout head counselor did proclaim Billy’s set was one of the top three standout performances of the weekend. A sentimental Billy Kenny was overwhelmed by... Read more »

Symbiosis Reigns Supreme in U.S. West Coast Festival Circuit
Photo by Get Tiny Photography What founders of Symbiosis Gathering, Kevin KoChen and Bosque Hrbek, have built in the last decade is nothing short of extraordinary. The reigning kings of the West Coast music and arts festival circuit produced yet another breathtaking experience in Northern California for its final run at the Woodward Reservoir. The... Read more »

Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival Drops Huge Phase 1 Lineup
Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (BEMF) just dropped Phase 1 of its 9th annual return to the NY borough. The festival will host events throughout Brooklyn from 11/4 – 11/13 with this year’s edition featuring an incredible lineup, twilight panel discussions, movie screenings and immersive art installations. BEMF is a showcase of the creative community that... Read more »

Studio On The Rock’s underrated duo takes control of Velvet [Preview]
Summer is over and cooler waves of parties are coming up for the Studio On The Rock crew! This Saturday October 1 join their promising duo Ahwé Benzine in the old port of Montreal as they will play a passionate set with infinite energy at Velvet. All. Night. Long. That’s right! Jade Oueini & Nadim started this project in the... Read more »

Festival Review: Summer Social festival in Maidstone
Social – an informal social gathering, especially one organized by the members of a particular club or group. This definition describes the festival perfectly… although it does miss out a few things. It doesn’t quite mention the mad light shows, and fails to describe the relentless thud of techy tunes floating about the festival, but... Read more »

Afterburn London : Oliver Huntemann [8th October]
As the dark evenings begin to cast shadows over London, the parties begin to extend through the the darkness once more. With some exposure during the long summer evenings, we were introduced to a number of educated and experienced party goers, none more so than those in the city of London. In a couple of weeks, WWD... Read more »