Photos by Alfredo Zuniga, courtesy of Magma Fest.
Every week, we round up a list of our favorite videos, stories, mixes and other dance music-related news from our own site and other places across the internet. Here's our list. We think you'll enjoy it. And don't forget to check out our Seven Most Played tracks, which features Shanti Celeste, Happa, Novelist, and more.
It's only January and some of our most anticipated albums of the year, like Austra's Future Politics, have already been released. Peep the rest of our top 12 list.Resident Advisor takes a trip into the simultaneously thrilling and terrifying New York thrift shop known as the Thing. Did they get some good finds?Our Canadian friends went inside Magma Fest, Nicaragua's largest (and probably coolest) EDM festival. How many EDM fests have YOU gone to that take place on an island formed by two volcanoes?The Guardian breaks down how the Chicago house classic revolutionized electronic music in the 1980s, creating a generation of fans and imitators.Why do some songs (like pre-pubescent Alfonso Ribeiro's "Dance Baby") sound like you're on coke? Our pals in the UK investigate.The Wire has unlocked interviews (with artists such as Underground Resistance and Burial) conducted for their publication by the late cultural theorist and music critic Mark Fisher.After six years away, Gorillaz return with a dark, ominous new song and video, "Hallelujah Money." The track, featuring vocalist Benjamin Clementine, is just the right thing to welcome you to our post-Obama world.The epic, anti-Trump compilation features contributions from artists such as James K, Bookworms, Fatherhood, rRoxymore, Octa Octa, and Umfang. Stream a preview of a track from the compilation above and purchase a copy (the proceeds go to The American Civil Liberties Union, Callen-Lorde, The National Immigration Law Center, and Planned Parenthood) here.We take a look into the ways in which the utilization of field recordings changes our understanding and enjoyment of electronic music.Resident Advisor compiled a proto-techno playlist and it's great.
1. THUMP's 12 most anticipated albums of 2017
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2. Record digging at the Thing
3. Magma Fest
4. The history of "Jack Your Body"
5. Coke songs
6. Mark Fisher interviews
7. Gorillaz return
8. Discwoman and Allergy Season's Physically Sick
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