The Best Things We Saw on the Dance Music Internet This Week

Every week, we round up a list of our favorite videos, stories, mixes and other dance music-related news from our own site and other places across the internet. Here’s our list. We think you’ll enjoy it.

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1. Octo Octa

What a great year to be an Octo Octa fan! The producer and DJ is back with an exclusive THUMP stream. New house track “Hidden Truth” is ten minutes of power and beauty.

2. The vocoder

Aside from their use in music, vocoders are still extensively used in highly sensitive encryption systems, telephone networks and other applications requiring large amounts of signal compression.

The vocoder is more than just a musical instrument. Here, Electronics 360 examines the vocoder’s route from the US Army to electronic music.

3. Hans Zimmer

Why is the legendary composer performing at Coachella? We spoke with Zimmer about his festival debut, “The Lion King,” and the trappings of Hollywood.

4. Prince and Detroit

Minneapolis’ The Current looks at how the late musician’s career connected with Detroit house and techno.

5. Crate Expectations

In the latest of our Crate Expectations series, Will Holland (who performs as Quantic) tells us about the roots of Columbian Accordion Music.

6. Mika Vainio

Through decades of experimentation he always found ways to push electronic music to noisier, sometimes physically uncomfortable extremes.

Finland is not known for its electronic music, but Vainio was an exception. Resident Advisor breaks down some of Vainio’s important moments in his large career.

7. Weed

It’s Week Week at Vice, so we ask: is weed a good club drug?

8. Takaya Nagase

Step into the glory of longer days and warmer nights with this groove-heavy mix from Nagase, the ambassador of New York’s JOY parties.

9. Record Store Day

There is one thing I am utterly convinced no one actually, really, truly cares about: Record Store Day.

On Record Store Day, we ask why people care so much about Record Store Day.

10. Venus X

What does it take to be a DJ of Venus X’s caliber and acclaim? Resident Advisor talks to Venus about being a DJ.