Ferry Tayle - The Wizard

Ferry Tayle - The Wizard. Through his music and DJ performances, he has left an indelible mark on the world’s most enlightened, uplifted and energetically minded club & festival floors. Having rocked the legendary Trance Energy in 2010 he was christened ‘the French Wizard’ by ID&T bosses and it’s a label that’s endured. Now Ferry Tayle returns to again do justice to the tag with the follow up to his ‘Carnet De Vol’ debut.

Through the sonic-stage of ‘The Wizard’, Ludovic Meyer brings another astounding collection of tracks to the fore. Featuring frisson-thrill collaborations with studio likeminds Daniel Kandi, Driftmoon, Suncatcher and Karybde & Scylla, it also includes vocal performances from accomplished songstresses like Hannah Ray, Poppy, Sarah Shields, Erica Curran and others. Together, Always Alive, Enhanced Music and Ferry Tayle are delighted to bring you the album that is primed & match-set to soundtrack your summer end to end…

John Digweed Confirmed For Burn Residency 2014

John Digweed Confirmed For Burn Residency 2014. With just days to go until the start of this year’s burn Residency bootcamp, dance music icon John Digweed has been revealed as the program’s special headline mentor.

Having established himself as one of the most revered artists of the electronic music scene through his long-standing work as a DJ, producer and founder of Bedrock (his record label, promotions company and production partnership with Nick Muir), John Digweed will be flying into Ibiza with his wealth of knowledge and years of expertise, to help nurture and guide the up-and-coming DJ talent. Together with headline mentors Pete Tong, Carl Cox and Philip Straub, John will be casting a watchful eye over this year’s aspiring DJs in order to determine which five should be awarded coveted residencies at Ibiza hotspots Café Mambo, Sankeys and Privilege and ultimately who will become the next DJ Superstar and win a 100,000 EUR prize to be invested in their career.

Not only will he be on hand throughout the bootcamp program, he will also play a crucial part in supporting the five winning DJs throughout their residencies on the island, right up to the announcement of the overall winner of burn Residency 2014 in September.Kicking off this Saturday 21^st June, the bootcamp boasts an impressive line-up of DJ mentors, with the likes of Carl Cox, Pete Tong, Philipp Straub, Marco Bailey, Uner,Osuna, Miss Soulfly, Tom Novy and many more already enlisted to pass on their knowledge in specially crafted lectures and masterclasses. Dedicated to equipping contestants with the skills they need to succeed, the 18 young hopefuls will also receive production masterclasess from industry partners such as Akai, Numark, M-Audio and Native Instruments.

I Am Hardwell World Tour – North American Dates

The internationally influential electronic music producer and DJ Hardwell took over Times Square in New York City today via multiple massive video screens to announce the North American dates for his I Am Hardwell World Tour.  Named the world's #1 DJ by the respected DJ Mag earlier this year, Hardwell will bring his electric live show to several cities across the U.S. and Canada including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Miami and Chicago. A full list of tour dates is below. The I Am Hardwell World Tour is produced by ALDA Events and promoted exclusively by Live Nation in North America.  Tickets go on sale Friday, June 27 in the U.S. and on Friday, July 4 in Canada. Rising star from the Netherlands, Dannic, will be joining the tour as a special guest. Tickets can be purchased through the Live Nation mobile app and at www.livenation.com.

Hardwell fans who sign up at www.djhardwell.com/hwts will have first access to pre-sale tickets starting on Thursday, June 19 at 10:00 a.m. local time.  Check www.djhardwell.com/hwts for further details.  Citi® card members in the U.S. only will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, June 23 at 10:00 a.m. local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete pre-sale details, visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

Hardwell - Revealed Vol. 5

The World’s #1 DJ, Hardwell, returns with the eagerly anticipated fifth instalment of his renowned Revealed compilation series.

The follow-up to 2013’s unstoppable Revealed Vol 4, is chock-full of the label head’s big-room, electro and progressive house sounds. Clocking-in at over 70 minutes with 18 tracks of the biggest dance releases from the past year - including Paris Blohm & Taylr Renee’s anthemic ‘Left Behinds’, not to mention Marcus Schossow & Arston’s collaborative banger, ‘The Universe’- Revealed Vol 5 also showcases ten unreleased edits, exclusive to the compilation.

Honing in on not only Hardwell’s unmistakable sound, but also he’s seamlessly skilled mixing, the handpicked gems sourced from the Revealed roster for this compilation release are also given the platform and individual power to shine. Championing familiar members of the family including Dyro, Dannic, Deorro, Thomas Newson, Jordy Dazz, Ralvero, Ftampa, Kenneth G, Fafaq, Marnik and Bassjackers, this release in the edition, which has already hit the Top 10 iTunes chart in more than 14 countries, including four #1 positions in past years, delivers a cohesive, palpable energy felt in the presence of the offerings that transpire throughout the entire mix album.

Giuseppe Ottaviani - Magenta Live #Magentalive

Giuseppe Ottaviani - Magenta Live #Magentalive. He was the first artist in the world to conceive, then deliver trance as a live performance medium. Pioneering the technology and skills, then mastering its techniques and stagecraft, he introduced the world to Giuseppe Ottaviani LIVE! Signalling a major development in the scene, it’s a form that’s subsequently been adopted by many a leading light. This, together with the release of his sophomore studio album ‘Magenta’ (which has now spawned a impressive litany of club smash singles), jointly elevated him to the scene’s upper ranks. His next step on was one as intrinsic as it was anticipatable...

(Out through Black Hole Recordings, June 23rd 2014 – pre-order here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/magenta-live/id881862098)

Back in the early spring, in Italy, Giuseppe packed up his studio kit. When it was next assembled, it was halfway around the world in Argentina, on stage at Mandarine, Buenos Aires’. There, on April 12th, in front of thousands of clubbers and music lovers at the arena, Ottaviani turned Live into a science.

Review: Cosmic Gate Start To Feel

Pitch: Their sixth studio album; the next transitional step from the mega-selling ‘Wake Your Mind’ L.P.

History: Germany’s most enduringly successful electronic music duo

Cast: Cosmic Gate (Nic Chagall & Bossi), Emma Hewitt, Orjan Nilsen, Jerome Isma-Ae, Eric Lumiere, KhoMha, Jonathan Mendelsohn, Alexander Popov & Jannika, Cary Brothers + many more

Mission: The artist album… perfected

Critics: “When they invent the amplifier that goes up to 11, you can score ‘Start To Feel’ 11. Until then it still has to be ‘just’ 10!” ?– Album of the Month (MIXMAG)

Runtime: 1hr, 26mins

Released: June 27, 2014 on WYM Records / Armada Music

Tagline: First they woke your Mind… now Start to Feel!