While trance’s street cred has often been reduced to the memory of its euphoric heyday, Armin Van Buuren has remained relevant to his corner of dance music by always sticking to his guns. The Netherlands-born globetrotter has served the industry...

In 2011, the Russian electro/progressive-house trio Swanky Tunes unleashed one of the most powerful and most played dancefloor tracks of the year, “Sending My Love,” which catapulted them onto center stage of the dance-music world. Soon they were collaborating with...

Long before “Harlem Shake” and the run of half-measure trap offerings that have taken root in dance music, producer Carnage successfully emerged as an unsuspecting powerhouse from the quieter realms of small-town Maryland. A self-professed hip-hop junkie and mixtape beatsmith,...

From setting up specialty hotels to orchestrating brief country-music makeovers to shepherding a Madonna cameo at UMF, dance-music svengali Ash Pournouri always has a forthright answer for his daredevil marketing tactics. But when your lead client is the bright-eyed face...

Wow. Daft Punk fever sure has set in these last few weeks, and one of the biggest reveals yet came this weekend as the French duo unveiled an even longer clip of first single “Get Lucky” at Coachella, featuring Pharrell Williams on...