EDM Event for Sandy Relief in NYC TONIGHT!

Tonight in New York City at the Gramercy Theatre there will be a benefit Hurricane Sandy relief concert with a bunch of our favorite EDM artists.

This is being put on by Tommy Sunshine's record label Brooklyn Fire, in association with the Red Cross and SOL Republic. 100% of the proceeds from the $20 tickets will be going towards relief efforts for the victims of Sandy.

DJs include The Crystal Method (dj set), Tommie Sunshine, Drop The Lime, Run DMT, The Disco Fries, Dances With White Girls, Alexander Technique, Gosteffects, FIGO (dj set), Blaqwell, Prince Terrance, Carl Louis & Martin Danielle, Alex English & Star Eyes, Metaphysical & Aramix Vega, Valentine, Soundkeepers, Monikkr, DJ Dali, and Lee Kalt.

$20, tonight at 7PM at the Gramercy Theatre in New York!

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David Guetta Wins American Music Award in EDM Category

David Guetta, the French-export electro pop DJ, continues down his path of overtaking the mainstream American EDM scene by winning Favorite Electronic Artist at the American Music Awards last night.

The AMAs only introduced a category for Electronic Dance Music this year, and Guetta was the first artist to sweep one up.

While these awards mean little to nothing more than what tween girls are ripping from YouTube, it is still significant that Electronic has for the first time now gotten its own category in these awards.

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Above and Beyond Group Therapy Radio 002

Last week, trance masters Above and Beyond ended their legendary Trance Around the World podcast and replaced it with Group Therapy Radio. It was a huge success as it aired live from their show in India.

This week, A&B bring us their second podcast from ABGT 002. It features Armin Van Buuren as a special guest with his own mini mix to finish off the week's podcast.

Check it out below with a full tracklist after the jump.

Above & Beyond - #ABGT #002 by Above & Beyond on Mixcloud

Tracklisting after the jump:

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Afrojack covers "Gangnam Style"

For all who saw our Mic'd Up live stream with Quintino, you would know that he loves to make fun of Gangnam Style and it trying to be played in a club. However, his good buddy Afrojack has now made it possible. With this preview from Chicago, those catchy "I-have-no-idea-what-this-means" lyrics are dubbed over what sounds like a mostly-finished beat in that hard Dutch house style. With work on everyone mainstream from Pitbull to Paris Hilton, if anyone was going to do this and do it right, it's Afrojack.

Thoughts? Give us a comment and let us know how you feel!

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