All of us at PRO MOTION love discovering new music and we’re particularly impressed with and interested in “Next“, a new swipe-oriented music discovery app developed by Christopher Gulczynski’s (the co-founder of popular dating app, Tinder). “Next” is a new platform for discovering under-the-radar music and artists. Akin to Vine, users upload video’s of their work allowing others with the [...]
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A few weeks ago, Saturday, we had the pleasure of going to Brooklyn’s premier House and Techno music venue, Bushwick’s Bossa Nova Civic Club. Located in a former Columbian gambling hall on Myrtle Avenue in the shadow of the rusting elevated M train, the Civic Club seems like an unlikely spot for new and old [...]
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It’s safe to say that anything goes in Lady Gaga’s world, where slabs of meat become dresses and giant eggs are modes of transportation. Always one to keep her Little Monsters guessing, the eccentric singer is trading in her provocative pop melodies for the Great American Songbook, teaming with close friend Tony Bennett for a still-untitled album of jazz standards, expected [...]
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Well known bass music DJ MiMOSA decided to get rowdy over the weekend at Houston’s Mystic Music Festival and pour an entire bottle of Grey Goose vodka onto veteran Dubstep DJ Downlink. The dispute began when Downlink took the stage to prepare for his set and MiMOSA refused to stop playing, going well over his alloted [...]
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On Saturday night at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, PRO MOTION and 6,000 other punters were privileged to witness what was nothing short of a stunning performance by one of the great legends of alternative music. The icon in question was Australian singer/songwriter/poet/screenwriter Nick Cave and his band of un-merry men, the Bad Seeds. Nick [...]
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This Sunday’s ProMotionMusicNews human interest blog post explores, Jeff Koons, the most succe$$ful living, contemporary artist of our time who’s controversial work, including his Michael Jackson with Bubbles (MJ’s pet monkey), is currently on exhibition at New York’s Whitney Museum. Among curators and art collectors and others in the art world, Koons’s work is [...]
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All of us at PRO MOTION are proud to present the newest collection of remixes for Coldplay’s “A Sky Full of Stars” produced by Avicii. The single that secured #1* Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart status at the end of June, our marketing company is honored to represent the Atlantic/Parlophone Records release. And we [...]
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With over ten million hits on youtube – yes, we said 10,000,000! – Lindsey Stirling, the dub-step violinist, recently premiered her new song “Shatter Me” featuring Lzzy Hale on Good Morning America. With a truly heart wrenching performance, this über-talanted, your string player reminds us that electronic music does, indeed, hold roots in classical music [...]
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One of the most interesting and decadent UK pop stars of the past decade, British singer/songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor has lent her sinuous, sensuous voice to all different genres of music. While she’s best known for her popular Electro/Nu-Disco influenced work, she has furnished her voice, talents, and statuesque beauty to songs ranging from full on [...]
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PRO MOTION is humbled by the current Billboard DJ support of our summer singles! With 3 titles is this week’s Hot Dance Music Club Play Top 5 – including Sia (#2*) Beyoncé (#4*) Kylie Minogue (#5) – and another BIG week for Basement Jaxx (#13*) and David Guetta feat Sam Martin (#28* Power Pick) we’re [...]
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