New Skrillex+Diplo = Amplifire

If you haven't heard the Moombhaton collaboration between Diplo and Mr. Skrillex, check it out.

Diplo & Skrillex - Amplifire by EKIM1406

Nero & Avicii Don't Stop

Nero has an album dropping pretty soon, August 1st to be exact.  And as typical with an approaching album drop, songs are leaking left and right.  The Skrillex remix of Promises is dope, and this new one, "My Eyes" sounds quite nice as well.  Not really "heavy hitting" or anything of the sort, but a really catchy song

EDIT: "My Eyes" and "Book of Harmony" aren't available right now, due to some UMG copyright issues. We'll try to get 'em back up as soon as possible.



Avicii is on here a lot, and thats for two reasons: 1. he makes good music, and 2. he makes a lot of it. Check out Muja, and Sound of Now from him:

Avicii - Muja by Riceisnice
Avicii - Sound Of Now by Riceisnice

Quick Look: Dubba Jonny

            

So here's another mini, artist-specific update, on a duo whose EP I probably listened to for 3 weeks straight. Best thing about it? It's fuckin free (so cop it at the bottom). The duo is compromised of Dubba The Slut on drums (...?), and Producer Jonny Gash (also interesting...?). Dubba drums their sets live, and Johnny does the djing and mixing, which is badass. With names like that, you'd expect it to attract prostitutes and meth-heads a like, but their music (though obviously heavy-handed on the low frequencies) is pretty creative. Dubba Jonny's most "radio-friendly" song (so to speak) is probably, All In, but its definitely not my favorite. Any artists who can take pure bass noises and make something gripping, with a catch and play, almost trance-like progression, has my respect and ears. For songs like those, I'd suggest Epic Tune, and Orchy, and Expired. And for rote "filth", definitely Liyaan! So damn versatile.

Dubba Jonny - All In by MistaDubstep

Dubba Jonny - Epic Tune (Rough Remix) by Robby DiDomenico

Sorry, I had to youtube most of these songs, no legit Soundcloud links. Guess they're not big enough for that?







again, for a free copy of this EP, grab it HERE

Father's Day

 Robortom ft. Au Revoir Simone get together to rework Paganini's "24th Caprice" into their outstanding indie trance mix "Paganini Rocks". Wouldn't be surprised to hear any dubstep remixes of this one in the near future. enjoy!
Robortom - Paganini Rocks (feat. Au Revoir Simone) by acid stag

And speaking of Skrillex, and fathers...though adopted, he apparently felt inspired to throw his dad into one of his earlier songs, before he eased into his more recent niche.  Kind of metal, rock-ish, with some rough dub and Sonny's tenor (or whatever a step above that is...alto?) voice.

Skrillex - Father Said by DubstepSanctuary

And finally, check out this clip of a soon to be released (July 24th, officially, probably check back here sooner) track Skrillex did with Nero, called Promises.  Sounds pretty sick, and the video's not bad, shows Sonny having fun and jamming out.


Heres a link to a radio show including the original mix of Promises: HERE

UPDATE:  Here it is...
Nero -Promises (Skrillex Remix) by Lipstoniix

And while we're at it, Skrillex's video for "Rock N Roll" just came out.  A few observations/facts about Skrillex and the video:
1. He is 3 feet tall
2. He has never worn any color other than black
3. Naked chick at 3:17
4. Seems to have the demeanor of a 6 year old
5. He is a total baller and gets drunk a lot

Keep it Sane

Apparently Electric Daisy Carnival Dallas was getting pretty out of hand this past weekend. 1 concert-goer is dead, at the age of 19, and dozens other hospitalized.  This comes after another teenager, a 15 year-old girl died of an Ecstacy overdose at EDC Los Angeles just last year.  If rave-goers don't get their act together and start acting responsibly, the future of the EDC festival series may be at stake.  The CEO of promoter Insomniac, Pasquale Rotella released this statement:

"Our condolences and deepest sympathy go out to the family and friends of the man who passed away tonight. To go from a moment of happiness and enjoyment, to the loss of life, is very heartbreaking. We would like to ask everyone to keep the concertgoer and his family in their thoughts and prayers. Along with the independent local promoters in Dallas, we will work with the authorities to understand how this tragedy occurred."

-Pasquale Rotella

Artists are taking notice too.  Skrillex posted a few tweets about the happenings at EDC Dallas.  His set was cut short after a fire-alarm was pulled and he was threatened by local police to stop his set or face arrest.

"I don't know what happened last night at EDC Dallas. There are a lot of rumors floating around but regardless of what really went down, I see kids passing out and being taken away in ambulances quite a lot at these raves and It's very upsetting to me."

..."I'm not one to force my ideals onto other people but I just wanted to say one thing: Please take care of yourselves and STOP getting completely fucked out of your mind on all of these drugs. Be responsible, have an amazing time but don't kill yourself in the process. I really do care about people and it makes me upset to see this sort of thing happening."

..."Like I said before, I don't want to tell people what to do or how to be but PLEASE PLAESE 
PLEASE take care of yourselves."

-Skrillex

Well put.  Behind all the pounding bass-lines, it seems Sonny Moore is a pretty sensible guy.  My guess is a few too many ravers got hopped up on who knows what, and couldn't handle the madness Skrillex threw at them. by either passing out themselves, or going to ape-shit others got hurt.  Diplo, producer, and half of Major Lazer described the situation:

"It was crazy, there were just too many kids on stage."

Diplo

RIP to the 19 year-old who died.  As Sonny said, keep it safe people, in the end, its about the music.

Last Day of Class

I have a friend who once said "Swedish House Mafia only puts out bangers."  And while I do like SHM, I much prefer another Swede; Avicii.  And I think the statement applies to him equally as much, if not more.

Blessed (Avicii Edit) by Fresh On Campus

I thought about posting up Marcuss Schossow's edit of "Alright", but when I thought about it, I remember this mashup I'd heard of it with "Cielo", which I kind of prefer:

Something Good vs. Red Carpet - Cielo Alright (SG Bootleg) by WeAreSg

Posted up "Strange Behavior" a while ago, here's a few other songs off that EP, "To The Stars".  This one's called "Pink Lady".  Super slow beat.

Feed Me - Pink Lady (FULL) by Armon Chojnacki

While I was music surfing, I came across some Wolfgang Gartner. He's been a favorite of mine for a while, but seems like he's been pretty dormant lately. Not the newest songs, but that doesn't stop me from listening to 'em it anyways:
Wolfgang Gartner - Space Junk by kevinthekid
Fire Power - Wolfgang Gartner by Geoffrey Plagnol

Trance Gone Wild

If you've been following us since our inception, you probably think we love nothing but house bangers and full-fledged dub. That's not exactly true. Somewhere along the line (probably when Above & Beyond somehow played a small local club) trance started to grow on me. It's undoubtedly the most relaxing, cerebral, and cohesive form of electronic. Put simply, its not divisive. It bring people together and doesn't attempt "to be cool". If you're a trance head you already know what I mean, if you think trance is just a bunch of female vocals, shimmery synths, beats that don't "drop hard-as-fuck", hmmm, well, give it a shot. I think you'll be surprised by the creativity and power of trance artist these days.

But alright, enough bullshit, here's the music.

"Rebound" Maybe you've heard it on the radio, or one of Armin's sets, or one of the thousand other places this song has been played. And with good effing reason, it's impossible to hate, and the most versatile trance song I've heard in a while. Hats off to Mat Zo and Arty

Mat Zo

Arty & Mat Zo - Rebound by Anjunabeats

The original was by Armin Van Buuren, but I gotta say, I'm far more addicted to Avicii's take.
Drowning (Avicii Mix) by Eigshow

Nic Chagall's remix of Aruna and Marc Etesons hit from last year, "Let Go", along with the original version.
Aruna, Marc Eteson - Let Go (Nic Chagall Remix) by Nic Chagall
Aruna with Mark Eteson - Let Go [Anjunabeats] by marketeson

Mat Zo continues to prove he's one of the best trance producers around
Mat Zo - Superman by Anjunabeats

This whole post is seeming to be about Arty & Mat Zo...
Arty feat. Tania Zygar - The Wall by moltres

Gareth Emery

It's been all over XM's dance channels, and I can't ever seem to turn it off. Gareth Emery ftw.
Gareth Emery - Sanctuary (Club Mix) [Feat. Lucy Saunders] by Tey

Heard this live over a year ago. Shout out to Kenneth Thomas, local progressive DJ to the Detroit area. Save the Robot's mix of his song Drive as well as "Ghost in the Machine" (google it, couldn't find a solid link) are both keepers

Kenneth Thomas

Twin Atlantic- Lightspeed (Michael Woods Remix) by RedBullRecords

Kenneth Thomas - Drive (Save The Robot Remix) by Kyle van Block

Dezza - Pick Me Up by Play Records
Aalto - Resolution (Daniel Kandi's Solution Mix) by Anjunabeats

Okay, well at avg. 6 minutes a song, that should suffice you for a while.  Probably won't be too many trance updates, seems like the good stuff comes in "troves" as opposed to a constant stream.