Beyond the Beats: EDM News and Culture

Welcome to our Season 4 finale! We reflect on our favorite sets and artists of the year, our personal journies through this crazy year, and of course plenty of new music. This time, we're dedicating the new music section to some of the Artists We're Watching: MSFT, Use Caution, Ghost Dance, and Eloquin. Plus, we put two last artists to watch for this season on your radar: Monki and Joseph Ray. Tune in to hear all of this and more on Episode 158 of Beyond the Beats, a podcast about dance music news and culture. Get the full show notes on our website.BtB Twitter: @podBTB | BtB Instagram: @btb.pod | Alec's Twitter: alec_btb | Samir's Twitter: samir_btb

This week we delve into new music from Martin Garrix, BLR, Brohug, and Deathpact. We explore the crazy announcement that Steve Aoki is a part of the Dear Moon mission - a six-day excursion around the moon. Plus, we discuss the producers who gained and lost momentum this year. Tune in to hear all of this and more on Episode 157 of Beyond the Beats, a podcast about EDM news and culture.Get the full show notes on our website.BtB Twitter: @podBTB | BtB Instagram: @btb.pod | Alec's Twitter: alec_btb | Samir's Twitter: samir_btb.

Live Nation has launched a new destination event venture called Vibee. Are they taking the place of the flopped Pollen? We also have new music for you from the likes of Skrillex x 100 gecs, Vintage Culture, RL Grime x NERO, and Loud Luxury x Hook N Sling. Plus, an EDM Champions asks us a great question about maintaining well-being at a rave. We get into this and so much more on Episode 156 of Beyond the Beats, the EDM podcast for champions of dance music. Get the full show notes on our website: htttps://www.beyondthebeats.co/episode-156BtB Twitter: @podBTB | BtB Instagram: @btb.pod | Alec's Twitter: alec_btb | Samir's Twitter: samir_btb.

This week we discuss the EDC Mexico lineup drop (it may push us to go), set our opinions loose on a question from the EDM champion question community about what makes a great DJ set, and delve into new music from the likes of Chris Lake, Troyboi, Flume, and Black Sun Empire. Tune in to Episode 155 to hear all of this and so much on Beyond the Beats - a podcast about dance music news and culture.Get the full show notes on our websiteFollow us on Instagram: @btb.pod; Facebook; Twitter: @podbtb; Soundcloud

This week we discuss the news that Tiesto is including tracks from over 2 years ago on his upcoming album, Drive. Is this recycling old music for purely business reasons or an artistic decision? We dig into this and see if it's something going on more broadly. Plus, we delve into new music from the likes of SG Lewis, Kaskade x Justus, David Guetta x MORTEN and Samir give his opinion on which rappers would sound great on a DnB track. Tune to hear all of this and so much more on Episode 154 of Beyond the Beats, a podcast about dance music news and culture.Get the full show notes with the links to everything discussed on our websiteBtB Twitter: @podBTB | BtB Instagram: @btb.pod | Alec's Twitter: alec_btb | Samir's Twitter: samir_btb.