RnB | R Kelly – Italian Hero Sandwich (ANGO Remix)
Posted by VMan on November 22, 2013
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Did my search for the day for new music, and fell on this remix by Ango of R Kelly’s “Italian Sandwich.” Ango is a producer from Canada who is currently signed to LuckyMe Records. You might not have ever heard of R Kelly’ smash hit “Italian Sandwich” and there’s a reason for that. Last week the Pied Piper made up 4 songs on the spot at the Rolling Stones office about randomly chosen topics. The Canadian producer took it upon himself to remix all 4 of the records which you can check out on his SoundCloud, and honestly it’s not bad at all. I love what he did to this one in particular, the synths make the joke record sound epic, and credible, on some progressive R&B. Peep the track out, you’ll hear what I’m talking about.
Pop, Progressive House | The Wanted – We Own The Night (The Chainsmokers Remix)
Posted by Mel on September 23, 2013
After getting big by brilliantly remixing tracks and giving them away for free, The Chainsmokers have sold out worse than Calvin Harris and made TWO tracks in a row that are only available on Beatport. These guys are some real jerks. I forgive them though because they are nice to me. This track really needs no explaining if you’ve heard any of their other stuff. An indie-pop instrumental with a touch of progressive house, this time accompanied by the vocals to The Wanted’s “We Own The Night”. More reminiscent of their “Julian” remix than their more progressive stuff. If you feel like throwing a nickel their way then head over to Beatport to grab it. If not or if you live in Canada where it is for some reason restricted in, then you know where to go.
Beatport: The Wanted – We Own The Night (The Chainsmokers Remix)
House, Progressive House | Danzfolk – The Other Side EP
Posted by Middy on September 8, 2013
Canadian house duo, Danzfolk are fresh faces to the scene, but they have the makeup to become the progressive stars from Canada. The duo just released a 4-track EP “The Other Side” for free that shows the wide range of styles they can put together in one body of work. The EP combines big progressive melodies, blaring horns, and even a funky, disco track “Bring It Back“, to finish out the EP on a nostalgic note.
Free Download: Danzfolk – The Other Side EP
Progressive House | Project 46 vs Linkin Park (Shadow of the Day Mix)
Posted by Mel on July 17, 2013
In terms of progressive house producers, Project 46 is among Canada’s finest. Not only are their productions consistently amazing, but they are also adamant on giving their tracks away for free. Something extremely commendable for artists in their position. They are back with a new track and it is absolute magic. They’ve amalgamated an incredibly cheery original with Linkin Park’s “Shadow of the Day”. Another quality track from the duo.
Free Download: Project 46 vs Linkin Park (Shadow of the Day Mix)
Progressive House | Chris Reece – Complicated
Posted by Mel on July 1, 2013
Living in the Texas of Canada, I naturally have a tendency to enjoy country music. I’m not really sure if country is big in texas but with all the cowboy hats and horses there I have to assume it is. You may also notice horses and a gentleman with a cowboy hat in the song art above so you should probably know what I’m alluding to. Part of the Helvetic Nerds, Chris Reece is a long established producer. It’s sort of his thing to fuse different genres, such as jazz and rock into the standard progressive house formula. In “Complicated”, his latest release, the style he has chosen to infuse is country. This song is likely not for everybody, especially if you hate cute little puppies and freedom, but this was the first song I have bought in a long time (though on a pre-paid visa my aunt got me for christmas, no way I’m using my own money) so I thought I should share. If you give it a try you might like it. If not, well then I only have one thing to say. If you think it’s a good idea for the storyline to involve a lengthy massage, it’s not.
Beatport: Chris Reece – Complicated
Exclusive, Featured, Interviews | Dzeko & Torres Talk Food, Beginnings, Dance Music in Canada & more in an Interview with FNT
Posted by Middy on December 29, 2012
Canadian duo, Julian Dzeko & Luis Torres, better known as Dzeko & Torres have come a very long way since their single “Confronted” was released on Chuckie’s Dirty Dutch Digital Vol. 4 just a year and a half ago. The long time friends quickly found that working with each other would be the ideal working situation and from there it was only a matter of time before it took off. They were able to grow their profile with free remixes of Monsters and Men “King and Lionheart” and Animal Kingdom “Strange Attractor” that promptly spread like wildfire. They had a track signed to Michael Woods’ Diffused Records, a remix of Trey Songz “Heart Attack” on Atlantic Records, their collab with ANSOL, “Yeah” on Mixmash, and their most recent release, their “Hey EP” on Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak imprint.
However, their biggest success was with their remix of Chuckie’s “Who Is Ready To Jump” that even as they said half jokingly “literally I think Afrojack’s mom dropped it”. They were able to get gigs on both sides of the Atlantic, expanding their growing influence outside of the confines of Toronto into London, Miami and elsewhere. Having just signed to AM Only and with consistent support from some of the biggest names in the game like Tiesto, Steve Aoki, Chuckie and others, the sky is the limit for these guys. Start the interview below and check out the rest after the jump as we discuss advise they were given from another DJ, future plans and their love for food. I was talking to both of them at the same time, but it is mainly Luis Torres who was communicating during the interview.
FNT: When did you guys decide that you wanted to work together and make this official?
D&T: It actually started pretty soon after we met. We used to promote and frequent all ages club events in Toronto and we both had a love for house music (i guess people call it EDM now) and then i remember Julian went to a Tiesto show and pretty much as soon as he got home, he was convincing his parents to help him buy some CDJs. I had already been fooling around in FL Studio for a year or 2 and so we decided to start working with eachother and learn off eachother. Took about 2 years of goofing around for us to finally take it seriously though.
FNT: When, if at all did it hit you that doing this could really work?
D&T: I think originally we were just having fun, just doing it because we truly enjoyed it. I never really felt like my goofing around in FL would ever take me anywhere and im sure that Julian didnt think that buying CDJs would get him anywhere either. It took a while, but i think the breakthough point for us was when we started talking to Chuckie and he gave us a release on Dirty Dutch, which at the time was one of our favourite labels and we felt like it was massive for us.
Hip-Hop, Videos | Nardwuar vs. Asher Roth
Posted by A on June 26, 2012
Internet meme and arguably the greatest interview of all time, Nardwuar, interviews Asher Roth outside Beat Street Records in Vancouver, BC, Canada and asks him about everything from keeping P. Diddy’s house slippers to cheech and chong rolling papers. Doot-doola-doo-doo-doot-doot! Hits Nardwuar pose… for 15 minutes.