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160 items archivedOn Nocturnalist 592 curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new tracks of the week (October 26, 2026). Follow the weekly Nocturnalist playlist on Spotify, HERE. Do you have a track you’d like featured on The Nocturnal Times weekly Nocturnalist chart? Share your up…
EDC Orlando is gearing up for another unforgettable weekend as Insomniac unveils more than 100 artists set to take over Tinker Field from November 6–8, 2026. Celebrating its 15th edition, the Florida festival will once again bring together electronic music fans for three days of…
After lighting up the Tomorrowland MainStage this summer, R3HAB and Korolova release “Hi Hello”. The track pairs a sweet, innocent-sounding female vocal with a hard-hitting synth-driven drop, and fans have been waiting for it for months. “Working with R3HAB on this track was all…
Brazilian electronic music star Alok joins forces with underground house veteran DJ Glen and producer ICARUZ for their new single “Weekend Warriors,” out today via John Summit’s Experts Only. Built around a driving, bass-heavy house sound, the collaboration brings together three…
Immersed, the collaborative project from Brazilian producers Öwnboss and Scorsi, today release their debut EP PROTOCOLOR via Sony Music. The six-track project brings together previously released singles “Now You See Me,” “Tantra,” “The Last Time,” “In Rotation,” and “Contagious”…
Debuting May 2027 in Las Vegas, the three-day summit will bring together aspiring creators, independent promoters, artists, innovators, and established industry leaders to connect, collaborate, and help shape the future of rave culture. Insomniac have announced Map Point Summit,…
Global dance music experience curator Insomniac announced Mau P’s show at the Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium on January 30, 2027, presenting Generation Rebrand open-to-close show, marking the inaugural live feature of his forthcoming album. Born in the Netherlands, Mau P has been chang…
FVTURE brings Klangkuenstler’s OUTWORLD to Southeast Asia for the first time, continuing its mission to connect global electronic music with Asia through internationally influential artists, touring concepts and world-class large-scale live experiences where music, sound, lightin…
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) today confirms Pasquale Rotella, founder of Insomniac Events and creator of Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Las Vegas, as the final headline speaker of ADE Pro program 2026. Rotella will sit down with acclaimed music journalist Katie Bain, Director of Bi…
Berlin-based electronic music collective, label and party promoter SESH is bringing its high-energy take on techno, trance and rave to ADE with a daytime-into-evening show on Thursday 22nd October running from 1pm to 10pm. Taking place at Warehouse Elementenstraat, co-founder Cla…
UK hard techno hero Charlie Sparks is taking his own label and clothing brand ELEKTRA to Amsterdam Dance Event this October. His all-night-long takeover of Warehouse Elementenstraat on 21st October sees Sparks go back-to-back across the night with A.N.I., Bassjackers, Dyen, Billy…
Ministry of Sound has reunited with Alpha Industries and artist Chemical X for a limited-edition bomber jacket that brings together three names connected by the club’s history. Launching at Dover Street Market during Frieze Week, the special edition comprises just 35 hand-numbere…
The global dance music experience curator Insomniac today announced that Armin van Buuren’s A State of Trance (ASOT) will make its U.S. festival debut in Los Angeles on Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12, 2027. Taking over Ace*Mission, it will be the first multi-day ASOT festi…
Global dance music experience curator Insomniac, in partnership with Vibee and Sixthman, today announces the full artist lineup for the fourth edition of EDSea, its premier electronic dance music cruise festival. Sailing January 26 – 31, 2027 on the Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norweg…
Palm Tree Crew returned to the California coast for the second year of Palm Tree Music Festival Montecito, now expanded to two days at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. The festival brought together world-renowned artists, celebrities, athletes, and tastemakers for a weekend…
This October, Ministry of Sound is turning up the fear with two huge nights of clubbing with heavyweight line-ups across the weekend. Taking place on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October, the legendary London club is serving up a double dose of Halloween, with two distinct parti…
On Nocturnalist 591 curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new tracks of the week (October 19, 2026). Follow the weekly Nocturnalist playlist on Spotify, HERE. TITLE ARTIST 17 Miss Monique, Henri Bergmann, Mario Eighta Accelerate Massano, Ekko ADRENALINE AFROJACK…
Brazilian producer Mochakk and Compton-born Channel Tres connect on “Neckwear”, out today via MOTRAXX and Bose Records across all streaming platforms. The track marks a meeting point between two distinct voices of modern house music as Mochakk heads into the closing run of his 20…
As the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) prepares to celebrate three decades as the world’s leading gathering for electronic music and its business, its ADE Pro conference is cementing music tech as a strategic future pillar. ADE Pro’s evolution towards industry alignment between music…
Payday Music Publishing, the leading independent publishers of Hip-Hop, Pop, Electronic Dance Music, Jazz and Reggae is excited to extend their relationship in representing GRAMMY-nominated, Gold-certified songwriter and powerhouse vocalist HAYLA. The re-signing was announced tod…
On Nocturnalist 590 curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new tracks of the week (October 12, 2026). Follow the weekly Nocturnalist playlist on Spotify, HERE. TITLE ARTIST 4Get The Girl – GUDFELLA & Jackie Hollander Remix Route 94, GUDFELLA, Jackie Hollander ACC…
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has finalized the full program and speaker roster for ADE Lab On Track, its dedicated three-day academy program nurturing the next generation of music producers and performing artists. Returning to Lab Village at Westergas, this year’s edition plac…
Georgie Porgie, a true House music icon from Chicago, Illinois, has joined the Welcome To The Club 30th Anniversary ADE Party. Renowned for his uplifting anthems of love, life, and strength, as well as his numerous Billboard Chart number-one hits spanning several decades, he roun…
Jean-Michel Jarre has announced a special 50th anniversary edition of his landmark album OXYGENE, to be released on November 20, 2026 via BMG. Originally released in France in 1976 before its international release in 1977, OXYGENE helped bring electronic music to a global audienc…
Réveillon Carneiros will celebrate its 10th anniversary with an eight-day edition on Brazil’s northeast coast when it returns to Praia dos Carneiros in Pernambuco from 26 December 2026 to 2 January 2027. The anniversary edition plays out under the theme of The Eternal Now, reflec…
Techno powerhouse Eli Brown once again obliterates genre conventions as he joins forces with one of dance music’s biggest success stories, Dimension, to unveil “Frequency,” the fourth single of his highly anticipated debut album Panic Attack, slated for release via Insomniac Reco…
Los Angeles-based producer duo ARMNHMR has teamed up with Swedish singer-songwriter Oaks for “Falling,” out now on Lost In Dreams Records. The single introduces a new direction for the duo, with a bold, more mature sound. Based in Stockholm, Oaks is the pseudonym of Swedish singe…
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s largest Festival and business gathering for electronic music, completes the program for its landmark 30 YEARS ADE edition from October 21 – 25. With the program now coming together across more than 300 venues throughout Amsterdam, the anni…
Audien’s First Love era is getting a Playboy chapter. The GRAMMY-nominated artist and producer has joined forces with Playboy on a new capsule collection that brings together the metallic heart iconography surrounding his 2025 sophomore album First Love with one of pop culture’s…
Dance music icon Dillon Francis unleashes “Fall,” an uplifting, melodic journey via Monstercat and Broke Records. “Fall” trades in the emotional weight of surrender for something much more liberating. Built around an expressive vocal topline, soaring melodies, and the kind of pro…
With the Halloween season now firmly upon us, world-renowned electronic music artist deadmau5 has announced further details regarding his upcoming DEADMAU5 HALLOWEEN shows coming to Red Rocks October 30 and 31. Joining the dark celebration is VOWWS featuring Josh Freese and Danny…
For more than twenty cycles, ‘In Search of Sunrise’ has thrived on craft, flow and feel – perma-tuned to that point where memory meets velocity. For his franchise span, Markus Schulz has vividly reimagined it as a yearly warm-weather trilogy, with each part functioning as a volum…
On Nocturnalist 589 curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new tracks of the week (October 5, 2026). Follow the weekly Nocturnalist playlist on Spotify, HERE. TITLE ARTIST 3D NIIKO X SWAE, LUKE ALEXANDER Ai Caralho Hardwell, Maddix All I’ll Ever Need Kodaline Awa…
GORDO brought his six-week TARAKA residency at Pacha Ibiza to a close on Tuesday 29th September when he packed out the club for a buzzing final night. The GRAMMY-nominated star was joined by house royalty Roger Sanchez, plus Gala and Abril Love who all helped close the season the…
Cloudrider and Delayz join forces for “Damage Control”, a driving club cut. “I make raves and disrupt the dancefloor” spits the dripping-with-attitude vocal, immediately setting the tone for Cloudrider and Delayz’s infectious methods of production, exciting in its initial thrill.…
Solomun builds momentum heading into the final weekend of his +1 Pacha Ibiza residency with the release of “DANGER DANGER,” a new collaboration with Dom Dolla and Skepta. With Skepta on vocal duty, the single lives up to its title with a harder approach towards unrestrained rave…
Brazilian electronic music star Alok joins forces with NAYEON, member of global K-pop powerhouse TWICE, for their new single “Bye Bye Inhibitions,” out today via Insomniac Music Group and Liquid State. Bringing together two artists from distinct corners of the global music landsc…
On Nocturnalist 588 curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new tracks of the week (September 28, 2026). Follow the weekly Nocturnalist playlist on Spotify, HERE. TITLE ARTIST 1+1+1 Boys Noize, ZEP 7 Miles High Audien, LUKE ALEXANDER 9MM Don Diablo Ain’t In LA – C…
Solomun +1 welcomed KETTAMA to Pacha Ibiza on Sunday, September 20, for a first-ever B2B that put their contrasting musical instincts to work in the same booth. The residency has long defined itself through unexpected collaborations behind the decks, always giving the artists the…
Wednesday 30 September 2026 marks the final night of OUR HOUSE, the MEDUZA and James Hype residency at Hï Ibiza. After 19 consecutive Wednesdays in the Theatre at the world’s number one club, the fourth season of OUR HOUSE comes to a close. What started in 2023 as a bold pairing…
A Ukrainian DJ who kept creating after being forced to leave her homeland. A celebrated photographer who had to lose his passion before he could truly find it again. A bartender in Bangkok who rebuilt her entire life from nothing. A Romanian survivor for whom a single radio conte…
It‘s been twenty cycles since John O’Callaghan and Bryan Kearney first stoked dancefloor fires together. Indeed, you’d have to rewind right the way to the fabled Discover Records label’s 14th to find Restricted Motion” their year-one together. In 2015 the pair formed their shared…
New York City! He did it again. Last year we said we’d be waiting for round two. John Summit made sure it was worth the wait. Courtesy: Experts Only Festival This past weekend, Summit returned to Randall’s Island for the second annual Experts Only Festival, curated by Summit hims…
On Nocturnalist 587 curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new tracks of the week (September 21, 2026). Follow the weekly Nocturnalist playlist on Spotify, HERE. TITLE ARTIST Acid Nation Marie Vaunt, Bassjackers Aftermath Miley Cyrus All Mine SAVI All My Life – C…
The night before Experts Only Festival returned to Randall’s Island, John Summit’s Experts Only label went public. At least in spirit. It started with a text. Recipients were directed to an Experts Only newsstand at 89 South St., the Seaport’s Pier 17 address, with one line of in…
On Nocturnalist 585 curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new tracks of the week (September 14, 2026). This extended Nocturnalist marks our end-of-summer ’26 playlist. Follow the weekly Nocturnalist playlist on Spotify, HERE. TITLE ARTIST 1234 Galantis 1,2,3 Jam…
First there was techno. Then came trance. Then – as an almost immediate phasedown of the latter … progressive house. So, what in the world’s Progressive Trance then!? Well, for the main, it’s trance in its purest, dawn-of-the-genre form. Effectively a handy tag that anchored the…
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has distanced itself from the organizations Komplott and Overgave. They had planned to host a hard techno party during ADE featuring DJ Shlømo, who has been accused of abuse. “ADE has concluded that the organizers’ stance runs directly counter to A…
Continuing his solo helm of the ‘In Search of Sunrise’ series, Markus Schulz delivers another summer-long odyssey, traversing the full spectrum of emotionally-charged trance and progressively-oriented electronic music. As brilliantly, exactingly and seamlessly mixed as ever, in i…
As if the heavens themselves had chosen to take part in musical history, HALIENE found her most extraordinary stage yet, performing her second album, ‘Eclipsed’, beneath an exceptionally rare celestial event: Ibiza’s first total solar eclipse in more than 120 years, and what is b…
Immersed, the collaborative project from Brazilian producers Öwnboss and Scorsi, continue the rollout of their forthcoming six-track debut EP with the release of “Contagious,” the project’s fifth single following recent releases “Now You See Me,” “Tantra,” “The Last Time,” and “I…
After a celebrated digital debut that sparked enthusiasm among EDM fans and classical music lovers alike, Symphony of Unity now releases Orchestral Selection I on vinyl and CD, bringing their landmark debut album home in physical form. Symphony of Unity, the groundbreaking orches…
The next round of the Monstercat & NCS showdown features “Hit The Feels,” bringing together Monstercat’s melodic bass legends ARMNHRM & Whales who teams up with Adalaide Adams to go against NCS heavyweights Lost Sky & Chris Linton to deliver two emotional tracks arriving Wednesda…
Tomorrowland together with its global presenting partner Budweiser, and China partners Hero Esports and INS LAND, is proud to unveil the full artist lineup and ticket details for the return of The Magic of Tomorrowland in Shanghai, China. Following the excitement surrounding the…
New York City’s Brooklyn Army Terminal was transformed into a euphoric epicenter of electronic dance music as history was made with a spectacular, never seen before B2B set. For the first time ever, Gryffin and Alesso performed their multitude of hits together on stage, as one of…
The global dance music experience curator Insomniac today announces the full artist lineup for 2026 edition of Boo Arizona. Taking place on Friday, October 30 – Saturday, October 31, 2026 at WestWorld of Scottsdale, the Halloween-themed festival will make its return to Arizona fo…
Cocoricò’s weekly hard techno residency ends its debut San Antonio run on Tuesday 15th September. GALACTICA closes its first Ibiza season at Eden on Tuesday 15th September. Fantasm, KARAH, SANTØS b2b Gianni Di Bernardo and Parsa Jafari take the Main Room for the final night of th…
On Nocturnalist 584, curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new tracks of the week (August 24, 2026). Follow the weekly Nocturnalist playlist on Spotify, HERE. TITLE ARTIST Ah Yeah (2.0) Will Sparks Ain’t No Game Duke Dumont All In Focus Trivecta, Capochino, Bian…
Pegassi unveils “Ascension”, the title track of his forthcoming debut EP of the same name on Sweet Nothing, ahead of the full EP release on September 4th. Built on hard dance energy and driving bass, with UK garage-inspired percussion and hi-hats underneath a robotic vocal, the t…
Joy and sorrow often live closer together than one imagines. There is, after all, no ‘becoming’ in life … without first waving a white flag at events beyond our control. Across her career, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter HALIENE has created a language around the contrast betwe…
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