Hip-Hop, Progressive House | Bad Boy Bill, Sephano & Torio – Roam The Night ft. Na Palm
Posted by Grubeats on January 30, 2013
Na Palm finds himself on a new Chicago-infused big room house collab with the legendary producer Bad Boy Bill. Also lending co-production are up-and-coming electronic prodigies, Sephano & Torio. With these ingredients all melted together, “Roam The Night” offers an intoxicating hook from the EDMc and builds up into a banger of a beat that is sure to be a gem in DJ sets across the country. As anticipated, this is only the beginning of Nay’s rise into the electronic lane.
Electro, Trap | Tommy Trash – Cascade (Tim Gunter Trap Remix)
Posted by dshaq on January 10, 2013
Versatile is Tim Gunter’s middle name. Beginning with hip hop beats, moving to electro, and now tackling the trap genre, Tim has proven that his production game is on point in all areas. Sampling Tommy Trash’s amazing track Cascade, Tim uses the great synths and throws in a bass line and some heavy hitting drums to get the great trap elements. Be on the lookout for more Tim Gunter drops, this is only the beginning for him.
Dubstep, Preview | KillSonik – Slaughterhouse
Posted by Mach on December 13, 2012
KillSonik’s upcoming EP, “Where The River Runs Black” was originally set for release in November, but the group decided to add a few things. Now releasing in January, this is the first official play of a track from the duo’s new EP. As expected, “Slaughterhouse” is nothing but dark filth. Lasers and heavy bass firing into your skull, I was completely surprised by the electric guitar that strips down your spin half way through. I have been impatiently waiting for the EP since I first heard of it in the beginning of October and this preview makes the wait so much more painful.
House | A-Trak – Tuna Melt EP
Posted by Middy on December 4, 2012
A-Trak is known as one of the best DJs in the world and will wow you with his incredible live sets that take on the same eclectic characteristics of his own productions. The man is very busy not only as head of Fools Gold, but also with a Duck Sauce album on the way at the beginning of next year, his solo work that are on display here in this 4 track EP, all on top of his incessant touring schedule. The EP covers all sorts of ground from the grungy, choppy title track with Tommy Trash, “Tuna Melt”, to the bouncy, trap infused “Landline” with GTA, the aptly named “Jumbo” with Galantis and the glitchy, nu-disco “Disco Nap” with Oliver.
iTunes: A-Trak – Tuna Melt EP
Dubstep | Pretty Lights – So Bright
Posted by Mach on October 2, 2012
This may be the first time ever that Pretty Lights is making us buy a new single of his. This is a huge step in the artist’s career seeing as he has prided himself on the ability to release all of his music for free despite their availability on iTunes and Beatport. “So Bright” actually has little bit of Dark Soul style to it, mainly having to do with Pretty Lights’ way of infusing Dubstep with Soul and Hip-Hop. Not including his usual vocal sampling, the unnamed guy that comes in to drop a few verses is a nice touch. Pretty Lights is still a pioneer in EDM, it has been some time since he has released a big project. I wonder if this is the beginning to one?
UPDATE!!!!!: So Pretty Lights has stated this was not supposed to release yet so he has released it for free on his site. He has stuck with his original idea of everything free, true class.
Electro-House | Popeska – Karmameter EP
Posted by Spice on September 18, 2012
You’ve really got to hand it to nineteen year-old Popeska. While there are plenty of remarkable DJ success stories out there, many of them can be traced back to one catalytic event, like winning a Beatport contest, winning multiple Beatport contests, or simply forging a direct line to Skrillex. Not so with the young Atlanta native, who gradually pulled himself up through the ranks of Soundcloud and amassed a legion of loyal followers by consistently churning out impressive original tracks with a fresh and distinctive flavor. Eventually he made it onto Wolfgang Gartner’s radar; suddenly we were seeing tweets and status updates about hanging out with Modestep in LA and traveling to Barcelona for inspiration. Now, maybe a year after this entire process was first set into motion, the kid has officially made it: a four track EP on Wolfgang Gartner’s imprint picked up exclusively by Beatport. Karmameter is in keeping with Popeska’s glitchy aesthetic; there’s a complex, almost orchestral opulence to these tracks, which all fall somewhere in the gray area between dubstep, electro house and nu-disco and are undergirded by formidable bass. And as we’ve seen in his past efforts, he makes judicious use of catchy vocals (on “Liar” and the moombah-tinged “Atlantis”) to supplement his instrumentals. If you’ve been following Popeska since the early days, you should absolutely continue to support him by purchasing his EP on Beatport. It’s clear that this is only the beginning for the young producer.
Beatport: Popeska – Karmameter EP
Electro-House | Wolfgang Gartner – Casual Encounters of the 3rd Kind EP
Posted by Spice on July 30, 2012
After a weekend of nonstop action at Identity Festival, Wolfgang Gartner got down to business this morning and dropped a two-track EP on Beatport. My initial reaction to Casual Encounters of the 3rd Kind is a resounding mehhhh; there are no big, infectious melodies a la “Redline,” “Flexx” or the inimitable “Illmerica” here, and while that’s not automatically a bad thing, the clean, simple and repetitive game has been played to more kinetic and spectacular effect elsewhere (ex: Afrojack’s “Pop On Acid;” Wolfgang’s own “Space Junk”). Maybe it’s just that I’m aggressively not feeling the whiny loop at the beginning of “Girl on Boy” (can’t help but think that Alvin Risk would have done something better there) but these tracks just don’t seem to go anywhere that interesting. But who knows, maybe they’ll wind up being awesome live. We shall see, I guess. Check out the EP and let us know what you think.
Beatport: Wolfgang Gartner – Casual Encounters of the 3rd Kind EP