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CoolJunkie recently got the chance to chat with Steve Lawler prior to taking off on his North American tour, and caught up about VIVA Music, the impact of electronic music in America, and what there’s to look forward to in the near future.

To stake your claim as a legendary artist in the electronic dance music world is no easy feat. First of all, you have to endure the test of time. With time come changes, and as we all know there’s an immense difference between the EDM of the past and what we have today, not to mention dozens of s...

CoolJunkie recently caught up with Pete Tong and chatted about his upcoming U.S. Tour, the creation of his new contest “The Tong Factor,” and how there’s a small chance that “Wonderland” may become a touring party.

When it comes to electronic dance music, one of the biggest names in the genre is Pete Tong. Not only is he the voice behind BBC Radio 1’s legendary Essential Mix program, but he also has quite the list of mixes and releases, making him sought after talent for nightclubs all around the world. Onc...

Recently CoolJunkie caught up with The Shapeshifters own Simon Marlin and chatted about the development of EDM in America, what it takes to be a good DJ, and if they’ll work on more pop remixes.

Electronic music isn’t about having loads of equipment and giving yourself a DJ name. It’s more than that. It’s about having soul, rhythm and taste in sounds, whether they’re wind instruments or discordant bleeps and squeaks. That how we feel about the genre, and we happen to share the same senti...

CoolJunkie recently caught up with Way Out West’s Nick Warren and Jody Wisternoff to chat about their new album, their first collaboration with a male vocalist, and what they have in store for the remainder of the year.

If you happened to go to Shine’s re-opening in South Beach on Saturday, September 19th, then you definitely had a memorable night. Sure it was their re-opening party, but more importantly, they brought in a very special musical treat in the form of Way Out West. The UK based DJ/Producers have bee...

CoolJunkie recently had the chance to chat with Brand Nubian’s Sadat X about their recent work, how hip-hop is still a music genre with an evolving identity, and their big show this Tuesday night at Mansion.

When it comes to hip-hop, the talent pool is thick, but when it comes to longevity, many of the artists lack the characteristic. Yes, names like Jay-Z, Diddy and Kanye West rule the airwaves and radio play, but there’s no telling how long they’ll be around. One group that’s been in the game since...

CoolJunkie recently got the chance to chat with Casxio frontman Lucas Guerin about the release of their new EP, what it takes to come up with a good band name, and how you may be a corpse if you don’t dance to their music.

The music scene across the nation today is completely different to what we had before. Now, the average American seems to think they could be a musician, regardless if they know how to play any instrument, or even hold a note for longer than five seconds. Thousands of MySpace profiles that consid...

CoolJunkie recently had the chance to chat with Infected Mushroom’s Duvdev about the release of their new album, how food was an influence on the album, and working with Perry Farrell and Jonathan Davis.

One characteristic of music that we’re fond of is when genres collide. We’re already familiar with tags like alt-country, pop-rock, and even rap-metal (no thanks to guys like Limp Bizkit). However, there haven’t been many bands that have attempted to try their hand at fusing together electronic m...

CoolJunkie was recently caught up with Above & Beyond’s Paavo Siljamäki about their video diaries, a special hot-air balloon performance, and an upcoming U.S. tour.

You never really understand how immense an electronic dance music act or artist can be until you realize how much they travel and just how far their sound reaches distinct areas of the world. When it comes to Above & Beyond, you’ll get a much better sense of their success and magnitude if you sim...

CoolJunkie recently got the chance to chat with David Guetta about his highly anticipated album, working with some of the biggest artists in pop music, and the spread of dance music in America.

If there’s one DJ/Producer in the world right now who’s busy, and we’re talking abnormally busy, it has to be David Guetta. Right now he’s got three of his tracks in many Top 10 charts all over the world, a rarity amongst DJs, let alone any pop artist. With a grueling touring schedule this past y...

CoolJunkie recently had the pleasure of catching up with Underworld’s Karl Hyde and talked about their West Coast tour, new music in the works, and how 2010 may bring the states the biggest Underworld tour ever.

If there’s one aspect of being a music artist that you have to acknowledge and appreciate, it’s the second word in that combo, artist. Now, while many of these individuals consider themselves artists, truth is they really haven’t experimented with the various forms of it. One thing for sure is, w...

CoolJunkie recently caught up with Modernage vocalist Mario Garibaldi and chatted about the Sirhan Sirhan EP, being a band from Miami, and releasing a full-length album.

In Miami the live music scene still has a lot more room to grow. But it’s tough to do so in a town where the DJ gets most of the attention. If you think back to around 2004 when bands like Bloc Party, The Stills, The Walkmen and Interpol were making a lot of noise, the scene in Miami was beginnin...

CoolJunkie recently caught up with Home Video’s Collin Ruffino about their recent work, how their sound has changed, and what irks him about music today.

While the majority of bands like to go about their music in the traditional way, there are definitely others out there that prefer having a custom way of going about producing. This is where bands like Brooklyn’s Home Video come in. Brought up on the dark sounds of the Smashing Pumpkins, Portishe...

CoolJunkie recently got the chance to chat with Paul van Dyk about his new album, Volume: The Best of Paul van Dyk a 17-day 17-city tour, and how he prefers to hear Kings of Leon after his gigs.

There are music artists that constantly need an introduction, and there are guys like Paul van Dyk that are…well, global phenomenons. He is known throughout the world as one of the best electronic dance music artists, constantly topping the ranks in DJ lists in a variety of publications. This yea...

CoolJunkie recently got the chance to chat with Noah about his debut album, his musical influences, and the impact that electronic ideas have on music today.

When you boil it down, there are typically two types of music artists when it comes to their upbringing. You have the ones that picked up an instrument at a young age and slowly began to find themselves, forming a band, finding success…yada, yada, yada. Then you have the unique types that combine...

CoolJunkie recently got the chance to catch up with Panic Bomber to chat about his upbringing in music, the infamous Panic Suit, and what he thinks is wrong with music today.

In Miami, the local musicians don’t get enough credit than they should. There are the traditional live music groups, then there’s the DJ, two letters than that signify the person who gets the most credit at the party if it’s either going well, or going straight to shit. Although we’re fans of the...

CoolJunkie recently got a chance to touch base with New York City's own Martinez Brothers, chatting about soulfulness, the EDM scene in NYC, sibling rivalry, and the city they call home.

It’s no secret that, as of late, focus on dance music has shifted across the pond. But the fact still remains that New York City is the birthplace of modern dance music. It’s in the sweaty underground clubs of America’s most populous city that Larry Levan and David Mancuso wowed dance floors ni...

CoolJunkie was lucky enough to interview Chris Cornell and chat about his new record, working with Timbaland, and the way people listen to music.

Chris Cornell, best known for being the front man of the iconic 90's rock band Sound Garden, has been venturing into unknown territory lately. After a 10-minute conversation with the king of quirky collaboration Timbaland, Cornell unabashedly dove head first into the land of EDM in an attempt to ...

CoolJunkie interviewed Manchester Orchestra keyboardist, Chris Freeman, and chat about the band’s recent release, Atlanta’s unique live music scene, and how Americans should take notes on how the Irish treat the band during shows.

There’s nothing better than having a young rock act come out of nowhere and break onto the scene with a fury. With scene it before with the Arctic Monkeys’ meteoric success, but now it seems that the U.S. has their own act to compete, Atlanta’s own Manchester Orchestra. Coming together during the...

CoolJunkie recently caught up with Kaskade, just before Winter Music Conference, to talk about his new mix CD, electronic dance music in America, and attempting to define what 'soulful' is.

Around the nation, electronic dance music is slowly spreading like wildfire. We're starting to get little pockets in America that are beginning to be influenced by the overwhelming talent coming out of the music scene. But both the East Coast and the West Coast are influenced in different ways. M...

CoolJunkie recently caught up with Blond-ish, to chat about which producers they admire, Winter Music Conference, and how they plan to pull some pranks on the DJ elite during that week.

A lot of times you typically have the same mental picture of a DJ, of course, depending on the genre. Trance guys typically get the Tïesto treatment, collared shirts, God complex, ect. Minimal guys? Well, you get the whole German industrial look, lots of solid dark colors. Then you have Blond:ish...