Killing It: The Crowd Surfing Edition

There's enough gossip going around the world of electronic music that it probably deserves its own TMZ, Gawker, and Perez Hilton. We keep track of the drama, the beef, the LOLs, the dramatic build-ups, and the tragic drops so you don't have to. Now, let's see who killed it this week.

MOBY MOVES TO LA, THINKS HE'S SPECIAL
Here's another snooze worthy article from someone that thinks we care why they left NYC. After showing up at parties full of 20 year olds and becoming very successful, Moby is now complaining about his prosperity, and has moved to sunny LA. We thought he would have moved to the Southside.

KILL YOUR IDOLS

This week we lost one of the greatest actors of our time, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, to a heroin overdose. To add insult to injury, a New York DJ was taken into custody for allegedly dealing tar, and he has received more attention from the scandal than he ever got on the merit of his music.

DUKE DUMONT SIGNS TO ASTRALWERKS
After putting out some huge tunes and getting nominated for a Grammy, UK house producer Duke Dumont has signed a multi-album deal with Astralwerks. His debut album should be out by the summer, and we are very happy about this.

RAVE WITH DAVE
Here is a video of Dave Chappelle crowd surfing at a Skrillex show in San Francisco. No words can describe how happy this makes us, and that's all we can really say. So enjoy.

NEW DJ RULES
Last week, a new Las Vegas nightclub called AFTER posted their new DJ Rules that actually look like a dream come true . But come on guys! We knew something was up and that there was no way this would ever last in Vegas. After seeing it all over Facebook, a tasteful weigh-in from A-Trak (as always), and a million Twitter comments, it turns out that the club plotted to make this thing go viral—and it worked. Why do all the good viral things have to be made up these days? This is why we can't have nice things.

DJ Rashad is Back With Teklife (Unless He's Already Broken Up With Them Again) 
Yesterday DJ Rashad announced that he was leaving the Teklife crew. Before the shock and devastation had time to settle in, he re-joined the label.

MONKEY BUSINESS

Just when we thought things couldn't get more ridiculous in Dubai ,a photo from a party called Blackout popped up featuring a monkey in clothes with a vodka bottle held up to its mouth. Wait, what? We are confused. You can basically get arrested for chewing gum in Dubai, but you can bring your monkey to the club, as long as he's wearing a suit.