Dirty EDM laundry, aired out.
Trance producer Mat Zo's feeling pretty vocal this week. He's spent the last few days airing his thoughts on everything from the state of EDM to what he really thinks about Kurt Cobain (?) over on his Twitter account. Some of the juciest tweets though, have been exposing what some may consider to be the biggest secrets of EDM, including badmouthing Armin Van Buuuren and Markus Schulz for "trapping" artists with bogus record deals:
And that Tiesto is a giant sell-out:
And that some DJs pay around $100,000 to secure headlining slots at festivals:
And that Skrillex, Above & Beyond, Eric Prydz, and Deadmau5 "are some of the only real people who headline festivals":
And that Diplo uses ghost producers:
It all goes on and on and on and on—just head over to Zo's Twitter to check it all out. (Oh, and he says he'll be deleting his account after reaching 65,000 followers—which he has—so you may want to read up while you can.)