This Week In Festival News: Forbidden Kingdom’s 2024 Lineup, Body Language Cancelled, Ultra Miami’s Final Lineup, & More
With the live entertainment industry continuing its exponential growth since COVID-19, the music festival scene is flourishing right alongside it. However, it can be difficult to keep track of all the lineup drops and shocking festival announcements happening each week. Welcome to our weekly series, where MP3 MAG rounds up all your essential updates in […]
From Istanbul to Stardom: The Rise of Bass Producer Tape B
Dive into the inspiring journey of Kemal Berk Alkanat, aka Tape B, from Istanbul to stardom. Discover how he transformed pressure to succeed into a thriving career as a fast-rising bass music producer. Learn about his unique approach to music, merging nostalgia with deep bass, and his collaborations with industry icons like Zeds Dead. Witness the birth of a new sound in bass music and follow Tape B’s unfolding story of fulfilling the American dream.
Who is Hello Yes? Eclectic Live Duo Open Up Ahead of New EP
The electronic outfit Hello Yes smashed their debut set at this year’s Lightning in a Bottle festival. The duo consists of Aaron Leibowitz on saxophone and Mitch Bell on guitar, who first crossed paths while touring with Grammy-nominated electronic artist ZHU. A few years, a debut EP titled Listen Clearly, and several tours later, the […]
STS9 Unveils Secrets Behind 25 Years of Success
Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) is one of the most successful and decorated touring acts in North America today. Yet, the band admits to its unofficial title of being “The Biggest Band You’ve Never Heard Of.” “Tribe,” as they are known by fans worldwide, has headlined stages of nearly every major music festival, making repeated, […]
Maddy O’Neal Reflects on Transformational Sophomore Album, Ricochet
Music is a powerful form of expression and self-exploration. In times of struggle, music is a luminous lighthouse that guides us through the turbulent waters — a beacon guiding us back to solid ground. There was a time when Maddy O’Neal, a future bass and dance producer with deep roots in Colorado’s electronic jam scene, […]
Inside the Hide & Seek Tour With PEEKABOO
In just a few short years, Matt Lucas, known by bass music fans and dubstep lovers around the world as PEEKABOO, went from an up and coming producer to a household name. Receiving recognition from influential labels and artists, Lucas reflected with MP3 MAG a half-decade of growth and evolution within the PEEKABOO project. Lucas […]
SunSquabi: The Healing Power of Music, Red Rocks
Whether you enjoy music in the background of mundane responsibilities or it exists at the forefront of your mind at all times, it serves a powerful purpose. This is a fact SunSquabi, a Colorado-based electronica jam band that defines their music as “hydro-funk,” acknowledges with powerful conviction. They didn’t pursue their musical aspirations because it […]
Nostalgix on Building a Universe in Music
Emerging house artist Nostalgix says her moniker chose her before she ever touched a DJ controller. From a young age, she knew she wanted to sing, rap, and pursue music. In fact, she bases her discography on the nostalgic music she listened to when growing up in Iran. At home, her parents played Persian artists, […]
TRUTH: Celebrating a Decade of Deep Dark & Dangerous
On May 24th, 2022, the legendary dubstep duo known as TRUTH celebrated an incredible milestone: the 10-year anniversary of announcing the creation of Deep Dark & Dangerous (DDD). What started as a party series to bring deeper and darker styles of dubstep and forward-thinking music to the United States grew into a full-fledged label and […]
From the gRLL to the cHLL, kLL sMTH Takes Collaboration to the Next Level
What do you get when you combine a seemingly neverending cast of eager DJs, an array of grills and barbequed foods, and top-tier vibes? The result is the newest endeavor from Kristoffer Edland, known by bass and glitch-hop music fans as kLL sMTH, with arguably his most collaborative one yet: gRLL sMTH, the backyard-barbeque, summertime-nostalgia-inducing […]