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.

holy shit...holy ship!

I stumbled across this earlier today, and its pretty sick.  Basically, a cruise ship + a bunch of electronic artist + a pool bar + all the other amenities of a cruise ship = all out party.  With heavy hitters like Steve Aoki, Rusko, FBS, Skrillex, and LBL, stops in the Bahamas (as well as a private island), and a plethora of pre-and post- parties, its bound to be a killer time.  If only I were rich, and had no obligations in life...

http://holyship.com/

Dose of Dub

It's been a while since we've focused fully on good ole dubstep. So without further ado, here's what's been filling the headphones recently:

Mord Fustang

Mord Fustang's new song "New World" is pretty damn catchy. Here's a snippet. Now go download it.
Mord Fustang- A New World (Original Mix) by Mad Thrills

I'm not much of a Borgore fan, but I've been digging this Document One remix of one of his tunes:
07 Someone Elses ft. Adi Ulmansky (Document One Remix) by Geoff Bohannon

Cyberoptix or Cyberoptics?  Seen it spelled both ways, and I'm really not sure.  Either way, he's pimpin'. :-)
Cyberoptics-Pimpin Dub Step 2011 by PLaN E

And another (snippet of a) song from my man Schoolboy, with a remix of "Future Is Now" by Karetus
Karetus Feat. Ricco Vitali - Future Is Now (Schoolboy Remix) by SchoolBoyOfficial

And a few songs I hope you've all heard by now, but they're so good I'll post 'em up anyways...

12th Planet

12th Planet's Remix of "Hold On"
Hold-On-12th-Planet-Remix by bramlistens2
Evol Intent - 'Paradize City' by Evol Intent
Everyday (Netsky Remix) by Rusko
Flood of Emotions Feat Jenna G (Subscape Remix) by Dub Police

Bar9s sound is much more low-key than a lot of dub artist you're hearing these days, and I like it. Few of his tracks to ponder:
Goldhawks - Keep The Fire BAR9 Remix by BAR9

Kickstart's video features Anis Cheurfa as the protagonist. He's also the guy who plays Tron in all the action scenes of Tron:Legacy. He's got some badass moves...


And of course the catchiness of "Bass Cannon" (And Mr. Flux in general) is pretty undeniable


enjoy! ;-)

Quick Look at Schoolboy

I figured I'd do a quick update on a guy whose music I've really come to enjoy recently, but I never see getting much love from the public.  His name is Schoolboy, a.k.a Juan Infante, and he has some great music.

The first song to catch my attention was "Always Be There", which features Tasha, which I'm pretty sure is the same Tasha Baxter from a few of the Feed Me songs we posted a while back. It has this washy sounding dub noise that is unreal.
Schoolboy - Always Be There Feat. Tasha (Original Mix) by SchoolBoyOfficial

His remix of Porter Robinson's "Hello" ain't half bad either:
Hello (Schoolboy Remix) - Porter Robinson by SongsToScareOldPeople

And one of his newer songs, Checkmate:
Schoolboy - Checkmate (Original Mix) by SchoolBoyOfficial

More Monsters and Sprites

Skrillex fans rejoice, he just put out a new EP, More Monsters and Sprites.  Sadly, there isn't too much new material that hasn't been leaked already or isn't just a remix.  The tracklist is as follows:
    

Equinox (First of the Year)
Ruffneck (Flex)
Ruffneck (Full Flex)
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites - (Dirtyphonics Remix)
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites - (Kaskade Remix)
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites - (Phonat Remix)
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites - (The Juggernaut Remix)

I probably shouldn't post a download link for fear of Record Label revenge, but it's pretty easy to find, or it's available on Beatport today.

It's definitely nice to get the real version of Equinox, instead of all the spliced together versions floating around on the internet, but my favorite goes to the Ruffneck Flexs.  They're a bit more artsy and less spastic with the mechanic screeches, which Skrillex can get a little heavy handed with at times.  As far as the SM&NS remixes, some of them are pretty good, but it's tough to top such a killer original, especially when it's been through every dubstep DJs set multiple times already.
Skrillex - Ruffneck (FULL Flex) by salacioussound

I was really hoping the song he's been opening most of his sets with lately would be on it, since it sounds incredibly sick.  Heres a youtube video of it at Detroit Electronic Music Festival. The video's pretty shitty, but the audio's not bad:



And here's another unreleased track from Skrillex, called "Nothing Yet". Calvertron and Figure dropped it in their set at DEMF 2011:

Some Avicii, Some Zedd & Some Classic Inspiration

When I first heard this song, it was in Avicii's amazing essential mix, and it was vaguely titled "ID".  Now it's longer, spruced up and goes by the name Levels.  Tim Berg can do no wrong.
Avicii - Levels by nashdelag

And a bit more mainstream, but equally as addicting, is Avicii's adaption of Perpetuum Mobile, a late 80's orchestral piece by Penguin Cafe Orchestra.  It's aptly named Penguin, and the borrowed piano riff fits perfectly.
Avicii - Penguin by Hit'em Jack



Zedd. (not to be confused with Zed's Dead) has a knack for making any type of music sound good.  A prime example: his remix of Skrillex's Weekends.  It's bit more spontaneous and "fun" sounding, and always good for a change up.  He recently put out the song "Dovregubben", which translates to "Mountain King", which makes sense, as it draws much from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (not to be confused with Wolfgang Gartner, :p ), Symphony No. 5, In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Zedd - Dovregubben (Original Mix) by Zedd


Skrillex - Weekends!!! feat. Sirah (Zedd Remix) by Zedd

Genre-Benders

Mord Fustang, a guy with a style as strange as his name. It brings to mind both Wolfgang Gartner and a little but of Porter Robinson. A little dubby, a lotta glitchy, and just pretty awesome
Mord Fustang - Lick The Rainbow by Mord Fustang

Most of you have probably heard of Feed Me by now. He's blown up on the electro scene after ditching his old DnB moniker, Spor, and signing with Mau5trap. And you can't really blame him, his sound is catchy, creative and addicting. Here's one of his more dubby, a remix of Robyn's "Call Your Girlfriend". I only came across this one a few months ago, but it somehow slyly sneaked into my top 10 most played. Catch him at Electric Forest this summer.
Call Your Girlfriend (Feed Me Remix) by robyn

Robyn

And here's a recent song by Miles Dyson. I can't think of much to say about it, probably because I don't know shit about Miles Dyson, except he clearly has talent.
Miles Dyson - i-tune by Miles Dyson

Post-Memorial Day Tunes: Remixes Galore

Fresh from Feed Me's lair, here's another track of his featuring Tasha Baxter, entitled Strange Behavior. Not quite as good as Cloudburn, his other tune with Ms. Baxter, but good nonetheless. Enjoy.
Strange Behaviour feat. Tasha Baxter by youfeedme


And there's already a pretty quality remix out there, compliments of Xceed.
Feed Me - Strange Behaviour ft. Tasha Baxter (Xceed Remix) by xceednz

Jon Gooch

Before he was Feed Me, Jon Gooch he was Spor. He recently released an EP under his old moniker, which I'm a huge fan of. The original vocal mix traverses a sort of smooth-dub style, but the Kito remix ft. Reija Lee (check her out on Sweet Talk, also ft. Kito, and Run You Down,) is a totally different beast. It's not often that a remix outdoes an original here on the electronic scene, but Kito's mix is an exception; it's easily my favorite track of the month. Don't be expecting any chaotic synths or bassy dub, this one's slow and minimalist. Jon, more of this shit please.




Spor - Pacifica (Vocal Mix) by Lifted Music
Spor - Pacifica (Kito & Reija Lee Vocal Remix) by Kito.


Reija's voice vibes incredibly well on the slower tracks like Pacifica, but also incredibly well on harder dub tracks like this one from Phetsta:
Run You Down featuring Reija Lee by phetsta


Continuing on the heavier dubstep note, Deadmau5 released some remixes of Raise Your Weapon. If you're familiar with Noisia you can pretty much predict what's coming next with this track. Lots of punchy dub, but nothing too groundbreaking.
Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon (Noisia Remix) by NOISIA

And a funkier take on RYW by Madeon:
Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix) by zmarcthom


If it's not apparent by now, I'm a big fan of Feed Me/Spor. The Feed Me Remix of "Call Your Girlfriend" is hard to top, but it urns out Trance-Dance producer Kaskade (of whom I'm also a big fucking fan), as well as Sultan & Ned Shepard put out remixes of their own. Tough to top Feed Me's mix, but they're not half bad either:
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (Sultan & Ned Shepard Club Mix) by Ned Shepard
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (Kaskade Club Mix) by GlossBosss


Be checking back in for Skrillex's new EP.

a little dub for you

Hailing from Warsaw, Poland's Xilent is a veteran of the DnB scene.  His "Choose Me" series happens to be his first venture into other realms of electronic.  The dubstep mix also happens to be sick as fuck.
Choose Me II by Xilent

If you're a fan of Skrillex and his absurd mechanic sounds, you'll be happy with this new one ft. Foreign Beggars. He dropped it at this years Ultra, not neccesarily the smoothest, but when is that ever Skrillexs aim?

Skrillex - Still Gettin It (Ft. Foreign Beggars) by Thissongissick.com

...a somewhat similar sound in this one, real screechy. The latest remix from our favorite deranged blue puppet. Originally by British break-beat artists, Freestylers,(hopefully the name rings a bell, a certain Flux remix of theirs, maybe?) this remix is nice to say the least.

And lastly for the all Biggie fans, a wobbly remix of "Gimme the Loot"

Gimme The Loot (Superginger Dubstep Remix) by Redee