Derrick Weston is an EDM Journalist for Night Streak.
Derrick’s been an EDM enthusiast since 2007.
Not the Obvious Trance Pick — Which Is Exactly the Point Gareth Emery is not, strictly speaking, a trance DJ. He came from trance, spent years making it, and his Electric For Life radio show built a devoted following across more than a decade. But his catalogue has always moved between trance’s emotional architecture and…
The Desert Carries Sound Differently Nevada desert acoustics are strange. Bass carries differently when there’s nothing for miles to absorb it — it doesn’t bounce off anything, it just lands. The Chainsmokers seemed to know this. Their EDC Las Vegas 2026 set felt mixed for the geography, not just the stage. EDC is one of…
There is no obvious reason a Kaskade set in 2026 should feel urgent. He has been building progressive house for over two decades. The arc of his music — slow builds, melodic arrivals, the patience he asks of a room before giving it what it came for — is not a mystery to anyone who’s…
HUGEL walked out at 4:50 on a Friday afternoon into one of the most thankless slots in festival programming and proceeded to make it look earned. Not effortless — you could feel the work in it — but with the particular confidence of someone who’s spent a decade figuring out what music actually does to…
A Sound Born Between Two Worlds YOUNA at Coachella 2026 was not a breakthrough. It was a confirmation. On April 17, the Korean-born, Dubai-based DJ and producer stepped onto one of the most watched stages in global electronic music and delivered a set that felt less like a performance and more like a transmission. Some…
There is a specific feeling that lives at the edge of every great festival night. It surfaces the moment the music stops — that hollow space between the peak and the ordinary world waiting outside the gates. The EDM fam knows it well. Klaas has now given it a track. “You Went Ghost” arrives as…
When House Music Finds Its Altar The Sahara Stage at Coachella does something to people. It pulls them in. The tent holds thousands, yet it always feels intimate — a shared heartbeat between the crowd and whoever stands behind the decks. At Coachella 2026, Duke Dumont stepped into that charged space and made it entirely…
Why the EDM World Plans Its Month Around This Show Hardwell On Air 531 is not background noise. It is a monthly fixture — the kind of event fans of progressive house, big room, and techno clear their schedule to hear properly. Since its debut, the show has served as a monthly compass for the…
The sun dropped behind the San Jacinto Mountains and the Do Lab came alive. John Summit stepped up to the decks at Coachella 2026, and within the first four bars it was clear — this was not going to be an ordinary night. Bass pounding through the open desert air. Lights slicing neon geometry across…
Alan Walker has always known how to make a moment feel bigger than itself. His music does not just fill a room — it changes the temperature of one. Now, with “Love,” this collaboration with vocalist AVA, has delivered something that earns repeated listening in a way few EDM releases manage. The official music video…