Welcome to Episode 156 of Beyond the Beats: a podcast about dance music news and culture.

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ON REPEAT

Samir: Dog Blood (Skrillex & Boys Noize) - BREAK LAW

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NEW MUSIC

Note: New to this year, we will be rating each of the songs in the new music section!

 

Vintage Culture - Fractions

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100 gecs, Skrillex - Torture Me

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RL Grime, NERO - Renegade

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Loud Luxury, Hook N Sling - Afterparty

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NEWS & CULTURE

 

Insomniac Event and Live Nation introduces Vibee, a destination experience company.

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Rotating Topic of the week: EDM Champion question for us

• Question from David on Instagram - Do you wear hearing protection at live shows? Why or why not? 

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Note: The rotating topic segment is new to this season of the show! Every week there will be a different topic. Topics rotate between a history lesson, live event or culture stories, a blind question for Alec or Samir, or Anti-Plur.

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ARTISTS WE'RE WATCHING 

Samir: Octo Octa // Soundcloud // Instagram // Twitter // Find Your Way Home (track)

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Alec: Mortiz Hofbauer // Soundcloud // Instagram // Facebook // Twitter // Planet F (track)

• Victoria is my other fave very big Boris Brejcha vibes

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SPECIAL THANKS

Shoutout to our main man Tyler Lawrence for creating our intro song! 

• ​Check out his Beyond the Beats Profile Page // Instagram // Spotify.

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And a very special thank you to all of YOU - the EDM Champion community.

 

Your support week-in-week-out means the absolute world to us. It inspires us to continue growing the global community and, most importantly, connect as many people as possible with the very essence of dance music.