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[bebehowell]

NMF PICKS - August 28th, 2020

hello fam! here are my picks for this week’s NMF. 

you can probably already guess my highlight... (🔦)

1. utah - svdden death

2. nightlight - illenium

3. over now - the weeknd, calvin harris

4. everywhere i go - alpha 9

5. show you - kasbo

6. paradise (feat. saro) - tinlicker, helsloot

7. so good - da tweekaz, refuzion

super excited about these releases 🙏

my complete august playlist video will be up on tuesday! much love to you all during this time.

-bebe

[bebehowell]

NMF PICKS - August 21st, 2020

up early for this week’s releases... here are my favorites ⬇

1. evolution (the remixes) - excision & wooli

2. blood on me - svdden death & slander

3. passion (hotel garuda remix) - RAC & louis the child

4. all night - slowed n reverb - the vamps & matoma

5. better off lonely - nurko & RØRY

6. love like us (feat. RUNN) - last heroes

7. habits (stay high) - jonasu & felix samuel

the evolution remixes and the new SVDDEN DEATH/SLANDER are winners for me. 

happy friday! ⚡️

-bebe

[bebehowell]

NMF PICKS - August 14th, 2020

TGIF fam! 🙏

here are my picks from this week’s new releases:

1. speechless (feat. azteck) - afrojack, chico rose

2. all night alone - chris lake, josement

3. say it - kayzo

4. follow (feat. jeremih) - zhu, kito

5. cruel - gattüso, love harder

6. heat waves (diplo remix) - glass animals

7. wild youth (acoustic) - dabin

8. reality (feat. krysta youngs) - ayon

enjoy! ⚡️

-bebe

[bebehowell]

NMF PICKS - August 7th, 2020

hey all-

here are my picks for this week’s NMF:

1. you can be my light (feat. monika santucci) - trivecta & nurko

2. left & right - king arthur & 22 bullets

3. hold up (feat. j. plaza) - riot ten

4. love is killing me - bonnie x clyde

5. one by one (remix) - nikki vianna

6. in search of sunrise (mixed) - markus schulz & adina butar

7. BRONSON - bronson 

happy listening! 🎶

-bebe

[bebehowell]

EDC 2020 CANCELLED 💔

it had to be done... 

how are you all feeling about this news? 

while i was still holding on to hope, i knew that a festival of this caliber and capacity was not going to be feasible for the foreseeable future.

i’m glad that pasquale and the insomniac team came to this decision. it is in the best interest of all of us festival-goers in order to ensure a safe and healthy return to live music events when the time does come.

edc las vegas 2021 was always in the calendar for me. my friends and i have been planning it for a long time now as a graduation present to ourselves. with that being said, i know that getting tickets for 2021 will be borderline impossible. 2020 was already sold out, and the waitlist for 2021 will be extra lengthy due to everyone’s rave bug from this year! i’m remaining optimistic, however, and will for sure be hopping on the waitlist. fingers crossed 🤞

as always, i hope that you and your loved ones are well during this time. look out for one another, and i pray we will all be under the electric sky once again in may. 

-bebe

[bebehowell]

NMF PICKS - July 31st, 2020

hey fam! ⚡️

here’s our last NMF picks post for july. these were my standouts:

1. lost tapes - armin van buuren

2. hey child - ryos

3. open water (feat. heather sommer) - jason ross

4. hands up - martin ikin, noizu, fast eddie

5. drown (feat. aura) - ekali, telykast remix

6. new dawn - dash berlin, haliene

happy almost august! 🌞

[bebehowell]

NMF PICKS - July 17th, 2020

happy NMF, fam! here are my picks for the week ⚡️:

1. broken (remixes) - slander & kompany

2. never enough - two lanes

3. desire (single edit) - zhu & bob moses

4. answers - au5

5. if you wanna - matroda

🎧 happy listening! 🎧

[bebehowell]

HOW I NAVIGATE NEW MUSIC FRIDAYS (EDM)

hey fam!

one question i hear often from friends & followers is, simply put: “how the hell do you manage to find and keep up with every release on NMFs?” 🤔

i do actually have a process when the day arrives each week, and the people i’ve shared it with began to use a similar method when the clock strikes midnight here. 

with that being said... here it is:

1. before midnight comes, i head over to dancing astronaut’s twitter. they post a master list tweet each thursday (sometimes friday) with, quite literally, every EDM release that’s set to happen that week from major artists. this is a great resource to make sure you don’t miss any of the big ones.

2. once midnight arrives, i start with my spotify release radar. if you’re as much of an EDM head like me and listen to the genre almost exclusively on the platform, the algorithm will work to your advantage on fridays. i listen to the playlist in order from start to finish. it usually has most of the titles that dancing astro listed, plus some gems from smaller/underground artists.

3. the next playlist i hit up is friday cratediggers on spotify. this one is fantastic because it’s HUGE. they have every new release you can think of, from smaller and larger artists alike. however; be warned that the playlist is much more house heavy than bass. if you’re solely into bass music, you’ll have to skip through a significant number of house tracks.

4. finally, i utilize my social networks. i recommend following people in the EDM space on socials if you really want to be constantly in tune with everything; even if it’s just friends you met from festivals. my group chats with fellow music friends are always flooded after 12am, and i make sure to listen through to what everyone’s liking. i find that fridays are a big instagram story day in this field as well because everyone is posting the new releases they’re listening to. this is usually my last stop-- i scroll through everyone’s stories to see if there’s anything important that i missed, or a track that they claim is worth checking out. twitter is also a huge platform for the EDM community, so i scroll through my timeline to see what everyone’s got on repeat.

hope this helps you all in finding all the new bangers each week! i’m constantly looking for new artists to listen to, so if you ever find a real gem in this process, be sure to send them my way! i read all my messages.

stay well & stay safe out there 🙏

:) -bebe

[bebehowell]

ARTIST TO WATCH: NURKO

artist: nurko (jack leech)

hometown: new jersey

genre(s): future bass, heaven trap

label: various

top track (spotify): breathe without (feat. luma)

my top track: need your love (feat. noah khan) [nurko remix] - seven lions & gryffin

fun fact: nurko will be playing electric blockaloo festival; the world’s largest minecraft music festival on june 25 - 28. he will be part of the “elevate” stage as presented by fellow melodic/future bass artist, gryffin.

[bebehowell]

UBBI DUBBI GETS FREAKY DEAKY

alright.... what do we think? 

personally, i think this is pretty stacked. 12th planet b2b riot ten? say less.

i’ll definitely be making my way out to houston this october if this goes on!

if you and/or a friend is looking to purchase tickets, i’m very happy to sell them to you as i am promoting this event! DM me on any of my socials, or shoot me a message through the blog and i can set you up with tickets that are 100% legit (i am officially partnered with this event) and $5 off face value! 

i’m really excited to be seeing lineup releases again that are for in-person events; let’s hope all goes well so this one can happen. 🤞

:) -bebe

[bebehowell]

BE BACK SOON...

hey all-

for some time now this blog has been experiencing technical difficulties on the backend. i’ve been trying my best to get things sorted out but it looks like it’s going to take a little while.

in the mean time, please be sure to follow my twitter and subscribe to my youtube if you want to keep up with all things EDM-related.

stay well!

:) -bebe

[bebehowell]

NMF Picks - May 1st, 2020

hey all! sorry for the delay on this one-- tumblr was down on my end this past weekend. but we’re back in business now! 

here are my NMF picks for the week (click each one to listen!):

1. need your love (nurko remix) - seven lions & gryffin

2. in your arms (stripped) - illenium & x ambassadors

3. the fire - kayzo & crankdat

happy listening!

:) -bebe

[bebehowell]

ICYMI: 

i recently uploaded a new video on a topic outside of the edm world, but one i am frequently asked about on here + my social media.

i talk all things attending NYU- stereotypes, parties, living in nyc, affording nyc, and more. as a current senior, i hope i can offer the best possible insight.

most of the questions are geared towards NYU specifically, but many of them are applicable to going to school in the city in general. so, if you are looking into attending nyu or another new york city school-- this is the video for you! hope you find it helpful. my inbox is also always open to more questions that were not addressed.

:) -bebe

[bebehowell]

NMF PICKS - April 24th, 2020

another week, another round of new music releases!

here are my favorites from yesterday’s bundle (click to listen):

1. back to u - SLANDER & william black

2. everyday EP - trivecta

3. save you (feat. megan stokes) - riot ten

4. all on me - armin van buuren

5. happy together - dimitri vegas & like mike

6. for a feeling (feat. RHODES) - camelphat, ARTBAT

7. best - OTR, emerson leif

happy listening!

:) -bebe

[bebehowell]

NMF PICKS - April 17th, 2020

hey all-

with everything going on i thought it would be useful to you for me to start doing new music posts weekly in addition to my monthly playlist segment. i thought it might give you the chance to discover some new music during this quarantine as well compare your picks of the week with mine! 

in case you are new here, i keep a seasonal spotify playlist updated with all of the music i’m currently listening to; old and new. listen here!

without further ado, and in no particular order... (click the title to listen)

1. potions (remix) - SLANDER & bossfight

2. spin it back - kayzo & calcium 

3. freedom - kygo

4. duality - duke dumont (new album) 

happy listening (& tune in next friday for more!)

:) -bebe

p.s. happy couch lands 

[bebehowell]

hey y’all!

in case you missed my posts yesterday, i’m doing a livestream on my youtube channel TONIGHT at 8pm EST :)

come hang out, ask questions, make kandi, all that fun stuff <3

see you tonight x

:) -bebe

[bebehowell]

content, content, content... ▶️

hey all! hope everyone is staying well and healthy during this time. 

ICYMI, i have a bunch of new videos up on my youtube channel now:

MARCH PLAYLIST 🎶

LUNCHBOX HYDRATION PACK UNBOXING/REVIEW 🎒

HOW I (ATTEMPT TO) DO MY FESTIVAL MAKEUP 💄

LEARNING HOW TO SHUFFLE IN 10 DAYS 👟

hope they bring some entertainment to your quarantine days! 

if you have any particular video request, or content you want to see more of, drop me a message here (you can do so anonymously as well): https://bebehowell.com/ask 💭

:) -bebe