Photosynthesis: My Writer’s Journey, Part Deux
[wp_ad_camp_2] By Damen Smith-Draeko –Photosynthesis is an annual EDM music festival based here in Washington State. It’s a spiritual/psychedelic gathering of artists, vendors, mystics, laymen, fire dancers, and mavens that all come together in the spirit of putting forth the will-to-good-power. It’s not just the party or the music that so many people look forward […]
Featured Souncloud Artist: Computer Controlled – Acid From The Northwest
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Computer Controlled has the honor of being one of this week’s featured Soundcloud artists. So who is this guy responsible for countless of wreckin acid tracks? Computer Controlled is the main project of Seattle, WA (via the midwest) artist Larry Kleinke. He has been involved with the Rave Scene since 1991 in WI […]
Interviewing Darin Epsilon: Progressive and Tech House Maven
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] By Damen Smith-Draeko — Writing for Hammarica.com has its benefits. One of them is the opportunity to communicate with astoundingly talented and inspired people who have demonstrated a consistent drive to follow through on their passion to achieve their dreams, no matter what the odds. One such talented and inspired (inspiring) person, is […]
Photosynthesis 5.0 – My Writer’s Journey
[wp_ad_camp_2] By Damen Smith-Draeko — This was the fifth in the series. I’d made the third and now this one, Photosynthesis 5.0 in Neah Bay Washington. Through opening day anxieties, incredible performances, really engaging people, and inspirational interviews with some of the most compelling and thankfully very accommodating artists I’d ever met, it all turned […]
Markus Schulz Makes Us Scream In Anticipation
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Back in June 2010 one the world’s most celebrated DJ/producers asked EDM addicts everywhere the album-question, ‘Do You Dream?’ Fan praise, cross-genre DJ support and dance press acclaim greeted one chart-scaling, master-blasting single after another. From that album’s day of release though, Markus Schulz had already begun imagining and conceiving the sound designs […]
You wanna know glitch-hop? Sit down – have some “Toast.”
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] By Kate O’Connell — If you were looking for a flawless representation of “glitch-hop” this track – even more so this artist, would be a good start. Ananda Goldsmith (20) aka (DJ) Golden Toast is an up and coming producer/ DJ from Ashland, Oregon who is putting his name on the map with […]
Scope out this dope new track by Andrew Stet$!
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] The next release on Neuroscience Deep comes from another young promising producer, making their Neuroscience Deep debut. Andrew is definitely off to a great start, with DJ support from Ferry Corsten, Richard Durand and Pedro Del Mar. We think you’ll agree, he has a great sound, and a bright future ahead of him. Andrew StetS has done a […]
Bath Salts Make It To The EDM Dance Floors
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] After all the face-eating weirdness of the past months, bath salts got the blame for it. Do bath salts really make you eat faces? We don’t know and frankly, we don’t want to try it out either. Yet, we have seen several videos of people on bath salts and their stories after the […]
The Trance Grandmaster Speaks: Andy Moor Exclusive Interview
[wp_ad_camp_2] You have been an influential DJ in the international scene for years now. Starting in 2000 and still going strong in 2012 with the release of your new album. What made you decide one day to want to make it in the electronic music scene and has it been a rather smooth ride or […]
Exclusive Interview With Jochen Miller
[wp_ad_camp_2] Hi Jochen, first off: thanks for joining Hammarica.com with this interview! Jochen, you have been DJing for quite a while and enjoying success with massive productions like ‘Lost Connection’, ‘Humanoid’, the Energy2011 anthem ‘Classified’ and recently the Rank-1 and Sarah Bettens collab Wild and Perfect Day. If you had to pick one of your […]
Brown Elf Podcast: On a Mere Technicality mix (tech house)
[wp_ad_camp_2] Hammarica.com DJ podcast This week Ep. 5, On a Mere Technicality (tech house set) mixed and programmed by DJ Brown Elf. Episode 5 (iTunes) Or Brownelf.net (Tracklisting) Next week Ep. 6: Hammarica.com will spotlight more from the Dim Mak Label Atari Teenage Riot GTRONIC Alvin Risk […]
Andy Moor Releases Much Anticipated Debut Album
[wp_ad_camp_2] Already declared “a progressive trance masterpiece” by Elektro Daily, Andy Moor’s much-anticipated debut album Zero Point One is out now on Armada Music and is packed with 18 thought-provoking, original tracks from one of the most innovative electronic music producers today. [wp_ad_camp_1] 15 years in the making, each track on Zero Point One offers […]
J Nitti Representing The New School On Hotfingers
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] According to some of the biggest names in the House music industry, J Nitti has been recognized as an inventor of the new school house, a crossover of House, Tech and tribal elements, that he incorporated into his recent release “Deep Down” via the Italian imprint Hotfingers. Now the internationally respected DJ & […]
Dubstep Bro Kills It With Just One Mic In Hand?
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Today we were quite amazed at the Hammarica.com Newsroom when we saw this kid killing it with just a mic in hand. Watch as he walks through every genre of bass music and performs better and more interesting than most with a full studio set-up! Dubstep Bro, you are a legend in the making! […]