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KYGO AND SANDRO CAVAZZA PAY TRIBUTE TO AVICII WITH SINGLE ‘FOREVER YOURS (AVICII TRIBUTE)’  During a trip across the US in 2016, Sandro Cavazza shared the early stages of the track with his friend, the beloved and acclaimed DJ/producer/musician/songwriter and performer Tim “Avicii” Bergling. Tim immediately started working on the track, but never got the chance to finish it before he […]

Moodymann will be making his Defected Croatia debut this August in Tisno. He joins over 80 world-class house music artists for the fifth instalment of the independent festival, which include Jayda G, Armand Van Helden, Horse Meat Disco and Honey Dijon. A driving force of Detroit house music, Moodymann’s evergreen hybrid house and techno sound, along with his refusal to play by the rules of the industry, has […]

CARL COX ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES FOR 2020 WITH THREE MAJOR FESTIVAL STOPS AND HIS CARL COX INVITES” SERIES “CARL COX INVITES” TOUR INCLUDES: NICOLE MOUDABER, DANNY TENAGLIA, JOSH WINK, KOLSCH, NIC FANCIULLI, MATADOR, SAM PAGANINI, DUBFIRE, HANNAH WANTS, LUIGI MADONNA, CHIP E, ENRICO SANGIULIANO, AVISION, CHRISTIAN SMITH, COLIN BENDERS, CHRISTOPHER COE, DESNA, GAISER, […]

A NEW VENUE FOR A NEW DECADE IMS IBIZA – MAY 20 – 22 International Music Summit (IMS), the premier platform for business, culture and education in global electronic music returns to Ibiza in 2020 for its thirteenth edition, uniting the entire ecosystem of the genre from over fifty countries across three days of conversation, […]

Global house music institution Defected has announced a brand new Ibiza festival, marking 20 years of the label’s events on the island. The four-day Defected Ibiza Festival will run from Thursday 14th into the early hours of Monday 18th May 2020, with day and night parties at various Ibiza locations, featuring the biggest DJs from the Defected, […]

THIS MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CARL’S LAST HAWAIIAN APPEARANCE WHEN HE FLEW HALFWAY ROUND THE WORLD AFTER PERFORMING AT MIDNIGHT 1999 AND MANAGED TO RING IN THE YEAR 2000 FOR THE SECOND TIME IN ONE NIGHT AFTER BEATING THE DATELINE Tickets Here Mere mortals could never hope to see two millenniums in one lifetime, […]

TRIED AND TESTED WITH MAXIMUM REACTION AT THEIR INTERNATIONAL SHOWS, GORGON CITY RELEASE ‘ROPED IN’ ON THEIR OWN IMPRINT REALM On the back of their successful campaign for collaborative track ‘There For You’ with MK, legendary house duo Gorgon City return to release new anthem ‘Roped In’ on their own imprint REALM.Already tried and tested by Gorgon City at London’s Tobacco Dock, […]

When David Guetta dons his Jack Back alias there is no doubt he is still in touch with the authentic house sounds that first inspired him to make music. Following his Defected debut ‘(It Happens) Sometimes’ in 2018, and the headier ‘Survivor / Put Your Phone Down (Low)’ on DFTD earlier this year, Jack Back […]

German DJ and producer Purple Disco Machine has sought to capitalise on the massive success of club anthem ‘Body Funk’ with raucous new double-single ‘Emotion’ / ‘Up & Down’, out 19th July via Positiva/Virgin EMI Records. Tapping into his trademark disco-house sound, ‘Emotion’ samples 1970s R&B classic ‘I Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love’ by The Emotions – lending it a renewed dancefloor prowess while bringing the original’s infectious chorus […]

David Guetta and Martin Solveig , two of house music’s most prolific artists join forces for a brand new club jam, ‘Thing For You’ , out July 12 on FFRR Records . Embellished with a bouncy progression and sublime vocals, ‘Thing For You’ is an exciting collaboration between two – both great friends and masters of taking electronic music to stadiums. The combination ofMartin […]