This Beekeeper Is Also a DJ and Music Producer Who Creates EDM Songs with His Hives

Bioni Samp is out to prove that beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder.

Bioni Samp is out to prove that beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder. Beekeping and DJing aren't two hobbies that typically go hand-in-hand, unless you're Samp, who is harnessing the transcendent nature of electronic music to educate people about the urgency of bee pollination.

In a recent feature published in Modern Farmer, Samp waxed poetic about the plight of bees in today's ecosystem. "Bees can be relaxed and meditative, but they can also be very angry," he said. "Obviously at the moment, they’re very angry with humans."

On a mission to combat the precarious state of the world's insect population, Samp has devoted his life to the preservation of bees. As a kid, he vividly remembers driving through the English countryside with his father, who would scrape dollops of splattered insects off the car's windshield. Samp became increasingly dismayed, however, at the dwindling number of bugs on the windshield over the years.

It wasn't long before Samp decided to coalesce his love of electronic music with his commitment to bee preservation. According to Modern Farmer, the beekeeping DJ developed a custom frame with microphones and a digital recorder, which he inserts into beehives for hours to record the warbling and buzzing of his beloved bugs. He then returns to collect the device and download the recordings before using frequency filtering software to isolate the sounds of multiple species, including queens, workers, a drones, which are male honey bees.

You can see what all the buzz is about in the video below, which displays how Samp captures sounds from his beehives and uses music production software to isolate them into his own custom synthesizers.

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Carl Cox on Socially Distanced Nightlife: "It Defies the Ethos of What Brings Us Together"

The house music legend is yearning for the clubbing nights of yesteryear.

Before COVID-19 funneled the nightlife industry into a metaphorical wood chipper, fabled DJ and producer Carl Cox was on his typical mission of delivering heart-pumping rave music to the masses. The house music legend has been doing so since the 80s, when he helped to usher in a new era of electronic music in the states. Having witnessed the unwavering ebb and flow in the EDM industry over the years, there is perhaps no one more qualified to assess the current musical zeitgeist than Cox, who recently aired a special performance that moonlighted as an ode to 90s rave music.

Cox recently spoke to London-based outlet Evening Standard about the current nightlife landscape in the wake of COVID-19, and his outlook was markedly bleak. Socially distanced club nights are "really sad," according to Cox, who was dismayed at videos of awkward shows in the Netherlands. "It’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen," said Cox, 57.

"There’s no atmosphere, you can’t go get a drink," he continued. "It defies the ethos of what brings us together. It’s not the way forward. We have to find a vaccination. That also goes for football, racing events, everything. Right now if someone sneezes you run a mile. We have to get to a point where people feel more positive about being alongside each other."

However, Cox points to the imminent virtual music and arts festival Lost Horizon as a fortuitous light at the end of the tunnel. Pete Tong, Peggy Gou, and Skream will perform at the digital event, which is being organized by the team behind Glastonbury's "Shangri-La" after-hours area, along with Cox and many others. "It’s fantastic that this is happening,” Cox told the Evening Standard, also saying that he has "dipped into [his] record boxes" to play music from fellow luminaries The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim as well as "all those euphoria records that get you stomping on the dancefloor, celebrating what brings us together."

You can catch Cox this weekend at Lost Horizon, which will run from July 3rd to 4th.

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Asch Pintura on Her Livestream Series, Debuting on Anjunabeats, and SummerEyes Festival [Interview]

Pintura was recently featured on Anjuna's Fan Club stream and performs at SummerEyes on Friday, July 3rd.

The conversation on American social injustice has caused ripples throughout America in recent weeks, but it’s also become a central topic across the globe. One person to witness this phenomenon firsthand is Asch Pintura, a New York-born DJ and producer currently studying at the University of West London.

"For quite some time, the death of George Floyd kept my brain in a complete fog,” Pintura told EDM.com. "[But] I've been very moved by the outrage that I've seen over here in the UK.”

Like she did during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pintura has experienced these issues entirely as an American living abroad. The sensation and call to action of protests related to Black Lives Matter in Europe, however, has helped her understand and cope with what is going on at home.

"It would be so easy for people over 2,000 miles away to just go about their business and let it be an American problem, but to see peaceful protests happening and loads of my London friends posting about it and standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matter means a lot.”

In addition to all these issues being at the forefront of her mind, Pinutra has been steadily cultivating her career and talent as a DJ. While she’s still in school for live sound production, Pintura has achieved acclaim with her own livestream and mix series, Pintura Radio. Her success and maturity as a mixer earned her enough notoriety in the UK trance and house scene that she eventually received a call from none other than the Anjuna label, who asked her to perform on their #AnjunaUnlocked Fan Club series.

"If I'm being completely honest, I had a lot of anxiety about playing on such a big platform," said Pintura of her biggest appearance to date. "Going from posting mixes for fun and having a student radio show, then suddenly being thrusted up to a platform that has 60K followers on their Twitch was jarring to say the least."

Despite the pressure, she says it was an overwhelmingly positive experience, with many fans taking to the live chat to compliment her style. "It really made me so happy to bring so many people together and just have a good time in the middle of all this madness going on in the world," she exulted. With an Anjuna co-sign under her belt, it would seem things are certainly on the come-up for the young artist. 

This weekend, she’ll performing alongside acts such as Julian Gray, Justin Jay, and C.H.A.Y. at SummerEyes Digital Festival, a digital partnership between MP3DU Magazine and Unitea Music hosted by EDM.com. The event is raising money for Black Lives Matter, Campaign Zero, and Until Freedom with the hope to give fans a top notch bass, house, and trance music experience leading into the Fourth of July holiday.

On July 12th, Pintura will be doing a special two-hour livestream to celebrate the relaunch of her radio show under a new, yet-to-be-announced name. This Friday, however, you can catch her performance at SummerEyes Digital Festival at 1 PM EST (10AM PDT). You can RSVP here.

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EDM.com: First off, let’s get to know you a bit. Where are you from? How’d you end up living in London?

Asch Pintura: I'm from New York state. Grew up like 40 minutes north of the city. I moved [to the UK] in September 2018 and attend the University of West London where I study Live Sound Production.

EDM.com: When did the Asch Pintura project start for you? Did you have a background in music beforehand?

Asch Pintura: I really started when I moved to London. I had the necessary gear when I lived in the states, but I tended to get frustrated and give up on trying to learn. I then joined the Radio Society at my university, where I was basically learning how to DJ as I went along. Needless to say my first mixes were god awful, but I loved it. I did a weekly show and it changed everything for me.

EDM.com: What got you started on this melodic, moving style of dance music?

Asch Pintura: I think everybody that raves sort of graduates through genres. Especially if your parents don't rave or you don't have someone experienced kind of showing you the ropes. So I was super into trance and then met some friends who introduced me to progressive and deep house. I found labels like Anjunadeep and the rest was history. I still love a wide range of genres but as far as what I like to play, deep, melodic house and techno move me the most. For me, I need melody and I need progression. The track needs to be emotional. Not necessarily melancholic, but go somewhere. The track itself needs to be a journey.

EDM.com: You’ve recently been featured on an Anjunabeats livestream. How did you start working with them? What kind of support have you received from that amazing community?

Asch Pintura: Yeah! Such an amazing experience. I mean I didn't really have any input in the matter, I just received an email one morning in regards to their new Fan Club segment where they select someone from their community to play. If I'm being completely honest, I had a lot of anxiety about playing on such a big platform. Going from posting mixes for fun and having a student radio show, then suddenly being thrusted up to a platform that has 60K followers on their Twitch was jarring to say the least. 

My biggest worry was about someone possibly saying something not so nice in the chat, but every chance I got to check the Twitch chat there was nothing but love. It really made me so happy to bring so many people together and just have a good time in the middle of all this madness going on in the world.

EDM.com: I’ve seen your recent posts describing the different styles of electronic music you like to play. With original material still forthcoming, how would you describe the sound of the Asch Pintura project?

Asch Pintura: That's a funny question cause I seem to be figuring that out myself. I'm still in the very early stages of production with hopes of making some serious strides this summer now that my semester is done and I'm off for a couple months. I've had a couple of production modules and they've been so challenging, but the great thing about them is we can't use samples. The criteria is centered around creating your own samples and synth patches a lot of the time. So it's aided a lot in helping me have intention with developing my sound. I'm aiming for a melodic house [sound]. Think Einmusik, Volen Sentir, DSF. That would ideally be what I'd like my music to sound like.

EDM.com: Do you feel pressured receiving this much attention prior to an official release or is it motivating already having that support going in?

Asch Pintura: I don't feel any pressure at all. I'm in it for the long run. In everything I do my intention is to perfect my craft and produce quality so I'll get there when I get there. It is extremely motivating though having that support, but it's for exactly that reason that I want to make sure I take my time with the first track I choose to come out and promote as 'my first track.' Those listeners deserve it.

EDM.com: What are your thoughts on the livestream trend and what they've done for the electronic community?

Asch Pintura: The livestreams have been such a god send for me. I go out multiple times a month, so to have not been to a show since March and not have the live streams? I don't even want to think about that. I think they're great. Besides producing, this lockdown has given DJ's that tour regularly a great option to still connect with fans. It's given up and coming DJ's and grassroots promoters a great way to keep their name out there and reach even more people.

EDM.com: Lastly, what can fans expect from your SummerEyes set? Who else are you excited to see on the lineup?

Asch Pintura: I always try to make it a journey. So even though it's only 30 minutes, it was actually a fun little challenge to try and curate a set that starts in one place and goes somewhere far from that. I'm super excited about Julian Gray and Justin Jay! That’s awesome! I'm also really interested to just check out someone new as well. I'm excited for and about everyone!

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This Chicago Rooftop Bar is Hosting Laser Shows from the Minds Behind Illenium, Porter Robinson Concerts

Drumming up business is difficult during a global pandemic, but the promoters at Whiskey Business are doing everything they can.

After COVID-19 stomped on the sandcastles of the entire live music industry, the nation's clubs, bars, arenas, and concert halls saw their businesses decimated and left vulnerable in its wake. Many of those venues are finding themselves rudderless, desperately picking up the pieces as their local governments navigate the painful process of reopening.

In order to drum up business during these unprecedented and uncertain times, Chicago venue Whiskey Business is thinking outside the box.

In collaboration with renowned laser artist Will Kent and his company Coherent Designs, the Wicker Park bar has installed a rig on its rooftop to host dazzling laser light shows as Illinois powers through its fourth phase of reopening. Kent, who has designed mind-bending light shows for Porter Robinson, Illenium, and Aerosmith, was initially kicking the tires on erecting his gear in parking lots throughout Chicago and hosting pop-up laser light shows, but pivoted after a serendipitous introduction to the owners of Whiskey Business.

According to a report in Time Out Chicago, Coherent Designs mounted eight laser projectors, which is the equivalent of 27,600 conventional laser pointers, to the front of Whiskey Business's rooftop. Chicago's EDM fans will be thrilled to hear that Kent has synced the light show to music by Kaskade and Zeds Dead, and he also plans on programming the lasers live to a curated soundtrack of tropical house music. 

Whiskey Business is flaunting the laser light show as the de facto main event of its new "Neon Reef Nights" party, which will take place on its rooftop on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. You can check out a preview of the show below and reserve a table at Whiskey Business here.

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Watch Kill The Noise Create a Waveform in Ableton That Looks Like REZZ

Kill The Noise is in a league of his own.

Bass music vet Kill The Noise has long been championed as one of the most gifted sound designers in the electronic music genre. Whether he's crafting house music, mind-bending dubstep, or soaring future bass, his ability to pump out pristine mixes across any genre is matched by few in the game.

Prompted by an innocuous tweet from REZZ that simply said, "Hey," Kill The Noise took to his Twitter account yesterday to share a short clip in which he plays around with a waveform in Ableton that looks just like Space Mom's patented LED goggles. The sound produced by the waveform is a simple bass patch, but its visual representation is uncanny, as he says, "That almost looks like REZZ."

Responding to a fan, Kill The Noise said the program wasn't a plugin or synth, but an oscilloscope, a digital instrument that draws a graph of an electrical signal. You can check out the video below.

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BLVK JVCK Uploads Riveting "IF MALCOLM X WAS A DJ" Livestream Performance

All donations made during the livestream were directed to the Los Angeles Urban League.

With his rip-roaring take on trap and dubstep, DJ and producer BLVK JVCK has been making serious noise in the netherworlds of bass music for quite some time now.

As a prominent Black artist in the electronic music world, he has also emerged as a staunch and outspoken advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement, recently releasing a powerful and timely music video for his single "WHVT." Keeping the conversation around racial and social injustice alive, BLVK JVCK recently livestreamed a special performance for Insomniac's "One Beat" series in which all donations made were directed to the Los Angeles Urban League, an organization that "serves, educates and empowers African Americans and other minorities to secure economic self-reliance and civil rights by providing targeted social programs and advocating for issues that benefit our communities."

Spinning from a vacant home in Miami, BLVCK JVCK delivered a dynamic DJ set chock full of thunderous dubstep tracks. Dropping an array of heavy-hitting tunes from his bass music counterparts, like Bandlez and Barely Alive ("Meme Graveyard"), Cyclops ("Vice Grip"), and Sludge ("The Feast"), he delivered quite a memorable performance.

You can watch the set in full below.

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Noizu Embraces the 90's with Nostalgic "Summer 91" [Premiere]

The house track embodies the feel-good sound of the decade

The melodic piano stabs that accompany the rhythmic four-on-the-floor beats are a staple of 1990s house music. As the genre evolved from its early 80s samples and synthesizers, it found new life as it married itself with keystrokes and pop vocals. The undeniable piano keys, in particular, elevated house music into the mainstream, making it a quintessential 90s sound.

Aiming to return to those classic tunes, and banking on fond memories of bygone dance floors, is Noizu with his latest release "Summer 91." As the name implies, "Summer 91" is a trip down memory lane, joining those previously mentioned components hand-in-hand with subtle acid warps and an infectious chant.

The track opens with a vocal note, immediately triggering fond memories of sounds lost to the decades. As the song builds, the piano takes center stage, evoking a sense of nostalgia. Eventually, the familiar snare drums appear, creating a 90s trifecta. Tying it all together is the record's vocal chant, "I just can't stop looking back." The lyrics embrace sentimentality, allowing one to yearn for lost times.

"Summer 91" is being released on Noizu's Techne Records and follows a string of successful singles from the label boss. Tracks like "DANCE," "Elevate," "Inside My Head," and "Rave Alarm" have garnered the Los Angeles-based producer a huge following. Noizu's unique take on the genre has allowed him to quickly become a house music mainstay.

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