Disco revivalist, turntable tyrants A-Trak and Armand Van Helden, have released their new LP; a glorious 54 minute homage to disco, with classic hip-hop elements laced throughout. The two mighty crate-diggers, otherwise known together as Duck Sauce, have made a big splash as their highly anticipated, full-length studio album Quack has finally reached the wire.

The release marks a notable trend as artists are beginning to move away from shorter EPs and are beginning to offer more full-length projects instead. The long awaited debut LP may be the most appropriately named collection of music in history, as the album’s title reflects exactly what the album is meant to represent; simply quack.

The album is quintessential Duck Sauce– its goofy, groovy, and delivers the insatiable desire to dance like a complete fool. Quack, in this case, is much more than merely the average mallard’s battle cry, but rather quack means unparalleled, good natured folly. It means embracing the crazy, where nothing is out of bounds.

It means busting some fly moves on the dance floor at your niece’s quinceañera, or the street corner, or even the kitchen counter. The album represents a dangerously fresh, frivolous, ultra cool disregard for the rules. It means quite simply not giving one single fuck and having a good time while doing so.

Quack stands as the lighter, whimsical, not-so-serious side of dance music, much in line with Trak and Armand’s philosophy on producing music overall. And furthermore, in the face of this industry’s astronomical expansion into the global limelight, a little lightening up would do us all some good, according to the vinyl veterans.

The LP also offers a sort of historical perspective on the two perennial pranksters. The album rounds together canonic Duck Sauce tunes of old, and pairs them with brand new, in-your-face nu-disco selections.

The dynamic duo’s lead off single from 2009, “aNYway” finds itself rubbing shoulders with newborn inspirations of funk and hip-hop such as “Radio Stereo” and “Charlie Chazz & Rappin’ Ralph.” Similarly, the duo’s club-favored, inescapable sing along jam “Barbra Streisand” matches a Duck Sauce vintage classic with new, sexy styling on tracks like “NRG.”

Duck Sauce’s official debut also characterizes more than just the duo’s production philosophy. Quack paints a cultural mural of a side of dance music that may otherwise be overshadowed by kandi-clan teens at massive festivals where neon tutus reign supreme and the drop is all that really matters.

Quack takes the listener down the hip-hop hardwired alleyways of Brooklyn, into dusty record stores, through buzzing barber shops, and back to the dance floor. The 12-track LP offers a much needed departure from “EDM,” but with a light hearted intention, free of any pompous judgement against the greater dance music spectrum.

Duck Sauce – Chariots of the Gods

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“Chariots of the Gods” opens up the album with a throbbing baseline that grips the listener with wacky scratches and spastic sample work, before spiraling into a stomping disco frenzy.

Duck Sauce – Everyone

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“Everyone” incorporates a little brotherly love as the duo enlist A-Trak’s older brother, Dave1 of Chromeo to lend his silky vocal gift to the tunes snappy pop vibe. Crooning under the guise of Teddy Toothpick, the best dressed man in music lends his production ability and gushing sex appeal to this love-soaked selection.

Duck Sauce – Radio Stereo

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“Radio Stereo,” cropped straight out of the pair’s super successful Essential Mix last year, brings an exhaustive repetition however the track’s appeal does not suffer whatsoever, as the groovy cut keeps your feet moving from start to finish.

A-Trak and Armand van Helden offer Quack as a creative intersection of retro 80’s hip-hop breaks and shuffle inducing disco mayhem. Moreover though, an expectation-free listen to the album in its entirety will prove that Quack is not Random Access Memories, nor is it meant to emulate the artful composition of Daft Punk‘s comeback release a year ago. In fact, Quack may be the opposite.

The 12-track LP begs the question to the global dance music community that if we can’t at least laugh at ourselves, then what do we really have? Duck Sauce doesn’t need Beatport Chart conquering bangers, Duck Sauce is looking for a good time. Because really, that is what this is all about.

Stream the album below, or reach down into your pockets, grab a couple of bucks, and grab your own copy of Quack on iTunes. It may be the best cash you spend all year, because the fun doesn’t stop, and each track on the album is worth more than just one listen. Available now via Fool’s Gold Records, quack is back folks, and the good times are only just getting started.

Duck Sauce – Quack

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Couldn’t make it to Coachella this year? Just tune in to the Coachella Music & Arts Festival 2014 Live Stream to check out all the artists being broadcasted live. If you happened to miss the live broadcast of Coachella, no problem. Down below are the Coachella Music & Arts Festival 2014 live sets of artists who played on the third day; including the track list and free downloads for each set in alphabetical order.

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If a set or download isn’t available, leave a comment below and we will fix it as soon as possible.

Latest Updates:

1. Updated Big Gigantic, Duck Sauce, and Flosstradamus tracklists.
2. Updated Calvin Harris’s tracklist.
3. Updated Alesso’s and Adventure Club’s tracklists.
4. Added multiple sets paired with free downloads.

Day 1 SETS

Day 2 SETS

Live Stream + Details

Adventure Club | Free Download

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Tracklist:

1. DallasK – Alienz w/ Adventure Club – Crash (Acappella)
2. ID – ID
3. ID – ID
4. Adventure Club – Thunderclap
5. Hardwell & W&W – Jumper w/ Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX – I Love It (Acappella) w/ Showtek & Justin Prime – Cannonball (Acappella)
6. Martin Garrix – Animals (Botnek Edit) w/ ID – ID w/ David Guetta & GlowintheDark feat. Harrison – Ain’t A Party w/ GTA & Digital Lab & Henrix – Hit It! (Acappella) w/ Knife Party – LRAD (Everybody In The Club Acappella)
7. Flux Pavilion – I Can’t Stop
8. RL Grime & What So Not – Tell Me
9. Beyonce feat. Jay-Z – Drunk In Love
10. The Chainsmokers feat. Tove Lo – Habits
11. Adrian Lux – Damaged (Bottai Remix)
12. Vee Brondi & Marcelo Sa – Best Of You
13. Thomas Newson & Josh Dish – Kalavela
14. Metric – Collect Call (Adventure Club Remix) w/ Tim Berg feat. Amanda Wilson – Seek Bromance (Acappella)
15. London Grammar – Wasting My Young Years (Sound Remedy Remix)
16. Adventure Club feat. Krewella – Rise And Fall
17. Adventure Club feat. The Kite String Tangle – Wonder
18. Armin van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie – This Is What It Feels Like (W&W Remix / Instrumental Edit) w/ Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing (Acappella)
19. Haddaway – What Is Love (Brazzabelle Festival Remix)
20. Bassjackers – Crackin (Martin Garrix Edit) w/ ID – ID
21. Skrillex feat. Kill The Noise & Fatman Scoop – Recess
22. Excision & Datsik – Swagga 
23. ID – ID w/ ID – ID
24. Foxes – Youth (Adventure Club Club Dubstep Remix)
25. Birdy – Skinny Love (ID Remix) 
26. Flight Facilities feat. Giselle – Crave You (Adventure Club Club Dubstep Remix)

Alesso | Free Download

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Tracklist:

1. [00:01] Alesso – Tear The Roof Up (Working Title)
2. [06:40] Alesso – Nillionaire (Alesso Rework) w/ [07:10] Matt Caseli & Danny Freakazoid – Raise Your Hands (Acappella) w/ [08:42] Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso – We Come We Rave We Love
3. [11:04] Kid Massive & WeSmile feat. Databoy – Daylight (David Puentez & Dario Rodriguez Remix) w/ [11:15] Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay – In My Mind (Axwell Remix) w/ [11:35] Anevo – Walter White (Kryder Heisenberg Mix) w/ [11:49] Swedish House Mafia & Knife Party – Antidote (Acappella) w/ [12:28] Nicky Romero & Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano feat. Fast Eddie – S.O.T.U. (Sound Of The Underground)
4. [13:49] Hard Rock Sofa & Skidka vs. Martin Garrix – Moloko vs. Animals (Alesso Mashup)
5. [17:24] Arno Cost & Norman Doray – Apocalypse 2014 (Kryder & Tom Staar Remix) w/ [17:24] Alesso – Raise Your Head (Acappella)
6. [20:10] Major Lazer vs. Dada Life vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike – Watch Out For Bubble Butt (Alesso Mashup)
7. [21:53] R3hab & Lucky Date – Rip It Up (Nicky Romero Edit) w/ [22:25] Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (Acapella)
8. [24:51] Congorock & Nom De Strip – Minerals w/ [25:06] Alesso feat. Matthew Koma – Years (Acappella) w/ [25:51] Alesso feat. Matthew Koma – Years (Vocal Mix)
9. [27:21] Zedd feat. Hayley Williams – Stay The Night (Nicky Romero Remix) w/ [28:21] MAKJ & M35 – Revolution
10. [30:51] C-Mos – 2 Million Ways (Axwell Remix) w/ [30:58] Alesso & Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Ryan Tedder – Calling (Lose My Mind) (Acappella) w/ [31:55] Alesso & Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Ryan Tedder – Calling (Lose My Mind)
11. [35:35] Alesso & Dirty South feat. Ruben Haze – City Of Dreams w/ [36:47] Alesso & Dirty South feat. Ruben Haze – City Of Dreams (Showtek Remix)
12. [40:02] Alesso feat. Ryan Tedder – Scars (Working Title)
13. [43:30] Axwell & Sick Individuals vs. Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash feat. John Martin – I Am vs. Reload (Alesso Mashup)
14. [47:50] Marcus Schossow – Reverie w/ [48:04] Avicii & Nicky Romero – I Could Be The One (Nicktim) (Acappella) w/ Zedd & Lucky Date feat. Ellie Goulding – Fall Into The Sky (Extended Mix)
15. [52:19] Steve Angello & Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman vs. Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl – Payback vs. In My Mind (Steve Angello Edit)
16. [56:27] Alesso vs. OneRepublic – If I Lose Myself (Alesso Remix)
17. [61:30] Alesso & Calvin Harris feat. Theo Hutchcraft – Under Control

Big Gigantic | Free Download

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Tracklist:

1. Big Gigantic – Let’s Go! 2.0 w/ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us (Big Gigantic Remix)
2. Big Gigantic – Clvdbvrst
3. World Class Art Thieves & Dan Farber – Drop It w/ What So Not – Jaguar w/ Savage – Let Me See Your Hips Swing (Acapella)
4. Big Gigantic – Nocturnal
5. Knife Party – Bonfire
6. Big Gigantic – Uprising
7. Jay-Z – Can I get A… (Big Gigantic Remix)
8. Big Gigantic – Blue Dream
9. Kanye West feat. Talib Kweli & Common – Get ‘Em High (Big Gigantic Remix) 
10. Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar (Big Gigantic Remix)
11. Big Gigantic – The Night Is Young
12. DJ Snake vs. Junior Senior – Move Your Feet (Parisian Vision)
13. Big Gigantic – Touch The Sky
14. World Class Art Thieves & Dan Farber – Drop It w/ Savage – Let Me See Your Hips Swing (Acapella)
15. Big Gigantic – It’s Goin Down
16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us (Big Gigantic Remix)

Calvin Harris | Free Download

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Tracklist:

1. Calvin Harris – Feel So Close [Intro Edit]
2. Marrs TV – GO [STARTER]
3. Showtek feat. We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson – Booyah
4. Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX – I Love It (Sick Individuals Remix)
5. Kenneth G – Rage-Aholics w/ Capital Cities – Safe And Sound (Acappella)
6. Calvin Harris feat. Kelis – Bounce
7. Tommy Trash – Monkey See Monkey Do (Tommy Trash Re-Edit) w/ Calvin Harris – Awooga w/ Justice vs. Simian – We Are Your Friends (Acappella)
8. Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash – Reload w/ Calvin Harris – Flashback
9. DVBBS & VINAI – Raveology
10. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – We Found Love w/ Sander van Doorn – Right Here, Right Now (Neon) (Ummet Ozcan Remix)
11. Major Lazer feat. Busy Signal & The Flexican & FS Green – Watch Out For This (Bumaye) (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Tomorrowland Remix)
12. Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love w/ Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (Nicky Romero Remix) w/ David Guetta feat. Taped Rai – Just One Last Time (Hard Rock Sofa Big Room Mix)
13. Calvin Harris – Summer
14. Calvin Harris feat. Ayah Marar – Thinking About You (Firebeatz Remix) w/ Hardwell & MAKJ – Countdown
15. Alesso & Calvin Harris feat. Theo Hutchcraft – Under Control
16. The Killers – When You Were Young (Calvin Harris Remix)
17. Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing w/ Pyero – Bura

Disclosure | Free Download

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Tracklist:

Duck Sauce | Free Download

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Tracklist:

1. Duck Sauce – You’re Nasty
2. Duck Sauce – Radio Stereo (Bingo Players Remix)
3. Duck Sauce – NRG  w/ Duck Sauce – NRG (Skrillex & Kill The Noise & Milo & Otis Remix)
4. Armand Van Helden – I Want Your Soul
5. Duck Sauce – It’s You w/ DJ Snake & 2 Live Crew – We Want Some Pussy vs Ducksauce It’s You (MunichBassline Edit)
   
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
7. Duck Sauce – ANYway
8. Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Harden – You Don’t Know Me (Michael Woods Edit)
9. Duck Sauce – Goody Two Shoes
10. Duck Sauce – Charlie Chazz & Rappin Ralph
11. The Bucketheads – The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) (Armand Van Helden Re-edit)
12. Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden – Bonkers w/ Tommy Trash & A-Trak – Tuna Melt
13. Duck Sauce – Big Bad Wolf w/ Armand Van Helden – Witch Doktor (Acappella) w/ Duck Sauce – Big Bad Wolf (Dada Life Remix)
14. Duck Sauce – Spandex
15. Duck Sauce – Time Waits For No-One
16. Duck Sauce – Ring Me
17. Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand w/ Martin Solveig – The Night Out (Acappella)

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Flosstradamus | Free Download

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Tracklist:

1. DJ Funk – Three Fine Hoes (Sinjin Hawke Remix)
2. Alvaro & MERCER feat. Lil Jon – Welcome To The Jungle (ID Remix)
3. Flosstradamus feat. Travis Porter – Drop Top 
4. Bone Crusher – Never Scared w/ Junkie Kid – Claps Up (Breaux Hands To The Universe Edit) w/ Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz – Put Yo Hood Up (Acappella)
5. Ace Hood & Future vs. JWLS – Bugatti Is Bored VII (Crizzly Mashup)
6. Flosstradamus feat. Waka Flocka Flame – Can’t Turn Down
7. GTA – The Crowd
8. Missy Elliott – Work It (R4 Remix)
9. GTA & Diplo – Boy Oh Boy w/ 2 Chainz feat. Kanye West – Birthday Song (Acappella)
10. BlasterJaxx – Mystica (LOUDPVCK Remix) w/ French Montana feat. Rick Ross & Drake & Lil Wayne – Pop That (Acappella)
11. Flosstradamus – Lana’s Theme
12. NYMZ – Bingbong w/ Baauer – Harlem Shake (Acappella) w/ Baauer – Harlem Shake (Acappella)
13. Yellow Claw & Flosstradamus feat. Green Velvet – Pillz
14. RL Grime & What So Not – Tell Me w/ Beyonce feat. Jay-Z – Drunk In Love
15. Flosstradamus – Deaf w/ Flosstradamus – Roll Up (Acappella)
16. Daft Punk – Aerodynamic w/ Martin Garrix vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike – Tremor
17. Flosstradamus – Underground Anthem
18. D.O.D – More Cowbell w/ Young Dro – FDB w/ D.O.D – More Cowbell (Remedy Remix)
19. Young Thug – Stoner (Flosstradamus Remix)
20. Flosstradamus – Roll Up (Baauer Remix)
21. Aryay – The Lawnmower w/ YG feat. Rich Homie Quan & Young Jeezy – My Nigga (Acappella)
22. DJ Kool – Let Me Clear My Throat w/ DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon – Turn Down For What?!
23. Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz – Get Low
24. Dillon Francis & DJ Snake – Get Low
25. KillaGraham – Ice Cream Anthem (VIP)
26. Sage The Gemini feat. Iamsu – Gas Pedal (Caked Up Remix)
27. Flosstradamus & DJ Sliink – Crowd Ctrl
28. Flosstradamus feat. Casino – Mosh Pit
29. Major Lazer feat. The Partysquad – Original Don (Flosstradamus Remix) w/ Pitbull feat. Lil’ Jon & Will.I.Am & JD – Put Your Fuckin Hands Up (Acappella)
30. Kendrick Lamar – M.A.A.D City

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Although Duck Sauce has yet to release the track officially, we can definitely expect to see it on the upcoming, long-awaited album Quack

Duck Sauce – NRG (Skrillex, Kill The Noise, Milo & Otis Remix)

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I’m honestly not sure what exactly to call this track. It kind of falls under a big-room/festival track, but it has that classic funk that only Duck Sauce can produce. The remix has an incredible energy about it, suiting for its title.

The track was posted about an hour ago to Skrillex’s SoundCloud without any sort of formal announcement or anything. This song is going to be heard in literally every set you hear this summer. I guarantee it.

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The Quack is indeed back. The long awaited debut album from A-Trak and Armand Van Helden is finally slated for release via Fool’s Gold later this year, April 15th to be exact.

The DJ Supergroup released this video teaser in preparation of the release:

Here’s a transcript of the video for those who can’t watch immediately:

On October 25, 2009, Duck Sauce released their first single ever entitled, “Anyway.” Since then the following has happened: there have been over 16 million births, the end of the world has been forecast 11 times, Sony discontinued the Walkman after 31 years, over 5,000 words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary including “F.O.M.O (fear of missing out),” “Selfie,” “Sexting,” and “Twerking,”

174 billion hours have been spent on YouTube, 20 billion pizzas and 60 million gallons of beer have been consumed, A-Trak has had 147 haircuts and lost 17 hats, Armend Van Helden has sent 0 tweets, you could have traveled to the moon round trip 365 times… 1632 days later Duck Sauce presents Quack, an album that took a really long time to make.

It’s been five years since the release of Duck Sauce’s 2009 smash it, “Anyway,” and have been dominating the charts ever since with tracks like “Barbara Streisand,” and “It’s You.”

The duo haven’t been lazy, if that’s what you’re thinking: together, the two have produced countless singles, toured across the country and have appeared at festivals around the globe.

Although Quack will most likely be a compilation of releases we’ve seen since 2009 with only a few new never-been-heard bangers, the album will still be one of the best collections of dance music in quite some time.

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The Quack is Back yet again! Duck Sauce has released their newest four-track EP entitled Duck Droppings to help tie over eager fans until the release of their highly anticipated album Quack.

Upon release, Fool’s Gold had this to say:

Flap your wings over to foolsgoldrecs.com/duckdroppings to grab four full-length, DJ-friendly, webbed-for-pleasure tracks from Duck Sauce’s Duck Tape for free download. Just some groovy treats to tide you over until the long awaited DS album Quack hatches this spring, get busy!

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Duck Droppings includes tracks “Party In Me,” “Louie The First,” “Calamari (Put The Sauce On It),” and “Mondo,” all which have been been previously heard in some live mixes and earlier EPs. As usual, the EP is full of funky fresh samples that only one of the biggest DJ Supergroups around could pull off.

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DJ collaborations on a single track is one thing, but when they begin to create albums and EP’s and start to tour under the same name, they give the idea of a supergroup an awesome, electronic revival. We’ve compiled a list of what we think are the five top DJ supergroups, in no particular order…

Top 5 DJ Supergroups:

1. Duck Sauce

Comprised of two of the biggest disco house artists in the world, Arman Van Helden and A-Trak, Duck Sauce is one of Fool’s Gold Records biggest artists. In 2009 the two released their Greatest Hits EP with tracks “aNYway” and “You’re Nasty.” The EP did alright, and it wasn’t until their 2010 release of “Barbra Streisand” that Duck Sauce was a household name. The track also got the group a nomination for Best Break-Through Artist and an award for Best Underground Dance Track at the International Dance Music Awards. The two have been touring around the world and can be seen headlining the first night of HARD Summer this year.

2. Major Lazer

In the summer of 2009, DJs Diplo and Switch released their first collaborative album, Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do with the smash single “Pon De Floor.” Major Lazer then began touring the country and became known for their incredible live performances which included hype man Skerrit Bwoy and a crew of intense break dancers and aerial acrobats who jump from ladders and hump each other upon landing. Major Lazer has worked with artists like No Doubt, La Roux, Beyonce and Snoop Dogg. In 2011, Switch left the group because of “creative differences” according to Diplo who continues Major Lazer as a side project that collaborates with other trending artists. So, yes, technically this is no longer a “supergroup” but instead just a SUPER group.

3. Dog Blood

What happens when you combine two of the biggest names in EDM? You get a big ol’ mess of Dog Blood. Skrillex, who took the Dubstep scene by complete storm (some have said he’s even killed the genre entirely), and Boys Noize, who has been the poster boy for German techno for the past decade, released their first two tracks “New Order” and “Middle Finger” in August of 2012 and had their first live performance at HARD’s New Year’s Eve that same year. Since then, the two have been dominating the live circuit at festivals like Ultra, Coachella, and (you guessed it) HARD Summer. The most interesting thing is how close the two artists have gotten and how well they work together. Given the genre’s they each come from, no one would have thought that Skrillex and Boys Noize would create such a monster of EDM.

4. Swedish House Mafia

By far the most popular and successful supergroup on this list, Swedish House Mafia has been one of the biggest reasons that electronic dance music has broken through into the main scene over the past 5 years. Made up of producers Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso, the group formed in 2008 and have continued to take the entire world by storm. With countless top 10 tracks in the UK and US, Swedish House Mafia has been breaking records everywhere they go, including being the first EDM artist to perform in and sell out Madison Square Garden. Their so-called final tour named “One Last Tour” started in November 2012 and ended with their “last” performance together at Ultra Music Festival on March 24th 2013.

5. Destroid

The newest of the supergroups on this list, Destroid, is a last-ditch effort to save Dubstep — and they’re actually doing a pretty good job. Producers Excision, Downlink, and former Pendulum drummer KJ Sawka formed Destroid in 2009 and have been working for the past 3 years to build up tracks and hype up their first live performance which took place on May 31, 2013 in San Francisco. Their sound is something like Nu-Metal meets Dubstep and is actually not that terrible. As the hardcore EDM genres appear to be coming to a close, it will be exciting to see where the group can go — and for how long.

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