New Year’s Eve events have always been synonymous with opulence. NYE EDM shows in particular often come with egregious price tags, most notably seen last year with Miami superclub LIV’s expensive Tiesto show. To help bring in the new year, mammoth Vegas club Hakkasan unveiled their “Dynastie Package” for their upcoming event with Calvin Harris. Guests who spend $500,000 will receive the following:

• The guest’s name flashing on the main screen during a confetti drop.
• A 30-liter Midas by Armand de Brignac served by a model cocktail waitress.
• An exclusive championship belt.
• A gold disc signed by Calvin Harris.
• Diamond cuff links and a diamond necklace.

Eva Shaw and Burns will open for Harris, and Ruckus will play in the club’s Ling Ling Room. While the bottle service comes with an extraordinary price tag, general admission tickets run $175 for females and $325 for males before fees. With Harris being paid $1 million to perform recently, it should come as no surprise that his NYE event would come with a steep tag. It will be interesting to see how competiting clubs respond in an attempt to one-up the competition with even more egregious services.

The Dynastie Package bottle service is also available on December 30 with Hardwell and January 1 with Tiesto.

Posted by David Miller (via EDM.com)

Vestax, the Japanese manufacturer of DJ equipment including turntables and digital mixers, has reportedly filed for bankruptcy after more than 37 years. According to Teikoku Databank, a credit research company, Vestax began proceedings in Tokyo District Court on Dec. 5 after falling 90 million yen in debt among sluggish sales.

The company is said to have ceased all business at the end of August. It has not issued an official comment on the move, though several of its websites have been taken offline or left untouched. It was reported in October that the Japanese manufacturer had lost its distributor in the U.S., while a lack of new products at trade shows fueled speculation that it had fallen on hard times.

Founded in 1977 as a maker of electronic guitars, Vestax later shifted its focus to DJ equipment, such as professional turntables, signal processors, drum machines, mixers and MIDI controllers.

The world’s third-largest economy, Japan recently fell into another recession. According to Teikoku there were 671 bankruptcies in the month of November, which was actually an 18 percent decrease year-on-year.

Posted by David Miller (via Billboard)

Electronic dance music performer Avicii may be the artist who most frequently inspires people to say, “OMG I love this song, who is it?!” according to new data released Wednesday by Shazam.

The popular music app, available on smartphones and computers, lets people identify music based on what it sounds like — if you’re in a bar and something you like comes on the speaker, you can activate the app, and it’ll tell you what’s playing.

According to the new Shazam Hall of Fame, Avicii’s song “Wake Me Up” has been looked up on the Shazam service more than 19 million times. Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” came in second with more than 18 million Shazams, while Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” came in third with more than 16 million.

Beyonce, Apple’s artist of the year and reigning Queen of America, was nowhere to be found on the list Shazam provided, which covers 82 songs that have each been Shazamed at least 5 million times. Taylor Swift was far down the list at number 71. It’s unclear what their relatively low positions might mean — perhaps it’s that their music is more likely to be recognized, and thus not Shazamed, than the likes of Avicii and Robin Thicke.

25 most Shazamed tracks of all time:
1. Avicii – Wake Me Up (19 million +)
2. Robin Thicke Feat. T.I. & Pharrell – Blurred Lines (18 million +)
3. Gotye Feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (16 million +)
4. Passenger – Let Her Go (15 million +)
5. Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne – Rather Be (14 million +)
6. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop (14 million +)
7. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us (12 million +)
8. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (11 million +)
9. P!nk Feat. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me A Reason (11 million +)
10. Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky (11 million +)
11. Lorde – Royals (10 million +)
12. Katy Perry Feat. Juicy J – Dark Horse (10 million +)
13. Capital Cities – Safe And Sound (10 million +)
14. Lilly Wood & The Prick & Robin Schulz – Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix) (10 million +)
15. Martin Garrix – Animals (10 million +)
16. Pharrell Williams – Happy (Gru’s Theme From Despicable Me 2) (10 million +)
17. will.i.am Feat. Britney Spears – Scream & Shout (10 million +)
18. The Lumineers – Ho Hey (10 million +)
19. Mr. Probz – Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) (9 million +)
20. Milky Chance – Stolen Dance (9 million +)
21. Fun. Feat. Janelle Monáe – We Are Young (9 million +)
22. John Legend – All Of Me (9 million +)
23. Swedish House Mafia Feat. John Martin – Don’t You Worry Child (9 million +)
24. Klingande – Jubel (8 million +)
25. Rihanna Feat. Mikky Ekko – Stay (8 million +)

Top 10 Most Shazamed Songs of 2014 in the US:
1. John Legend – All of Me
2. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – Latch
3. Magic! – Rude
4. Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong
5. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – Rather Be
6. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
7. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – Dark Horse
8. Sam Smith – Stay With Me
9. Jeremih ft. YG – Don’t Tell ‘Em
10. Pharrell Williams – Happy

Top 10 Most Shazamed Songs of 2014 Worldwide:
1. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – Rather Be
2. John Legend – All of Me
3. Lilly Wood & The Prick & Robin Schulz – Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
4. Mr. Probz – Waves
5. Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong
6. Magic! – Rude
7. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – Dark Horse
8. Pharrell Williams – Happy
9. Milky Chance – Stolen Dance
10. Kiesza – Hideaway

Shazam also announced an app overhaul that will give users “personalized music news,” along with updates about what’s trending among friends that use the app. Users will also be able to make playlists if they also subscribe to compatible streaming apps like Rdio and Spotify.

Posted by David Miller
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