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Kavinsky performs live on stage during the Festiv4L Signé Renault Festival at Chalet des Iles on June 20, 2025 in Paris, France.
ELECTRO LEGEND

Paris Olympics DJ, 50, Found Dead in His Home

The musician had been complaining of headaches for several days.

Lauren Hartley

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‘MORE OF THE SAME’

New Lawsuit Accuses Diplo of Sending Revenge Porn

This is the second lawsuit accusing the DJ of sending revenge porn.

Owen Lavine

Angelo Bruschini of Massive Attack performs on Day 3 of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm on June 29, 2014, in Glastonbury, England.
R.I.P.

Massive Attack Guitarist Dies After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

A statement from the band called him a “singularly brilliant & eccentric talent.”

Dan Ladden-Hall

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‘CHAOS REIGNS’

Electric Zoo Festival Turns Wild After Angry Fans Rush Gates

The madness capped off a weekend of nonstop issues for the New York electronic festival, with organizers forced to cancel the first day and delay the start of the second.

AJ McDougall

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‘CHANGED OUR LIVES’

Faithless Lead Singer Maxi Jazz Dead at 65

Jazz, a founding member of the British electronic band, died “peacefully” Friday.

Alec Karam

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FEEL THE BEAT

Inaudible Sounds at Music Shows Makes Us Dance More

Music you can’t hear might be making you want to shake your thing.

Tony Ho Tran

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PARTING THOUGHTS

Avicii’s Journals Reveal a Superstar DJ Haunted by Demons

A new biography sheds light on how the Swedish DJ was plagued by anxiety and an opioid addiction before he took his life in 2018.

Cheyenne Roundtree

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ENOUGH

DJ Bassnectar’s Sex Trafficking and Child Porn Allegations

The popular EDM star was sued this week by Rachel Ramsbottom and Alexis Bowling, who claim the musician was well aware that they were underage when he slept with them.

Cheyenne Roundtree

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SICK

DJ Bassnectar Accused of Underage Sex Trafficking: Lawsuit

Two women say the famous EDM DJ began grooming them when they were minors.

Danika Fears

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HUMAN AFTER ALL

Daft Punk Breaks Up After 28 Years

The electronic duo has not released an album since 2013—and now they’ve announced their split with an eight-minute video.

Laura Bradley

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‘LOUDEST, BRIGHTEST THING’

SOPHIE’s Beautiful Music Hoped for a World Freed From Gender

The commanding electronic musician, who died Saturday, sketched out a world unconstrained by any bodies at all.

Blake Montgomery

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