Progressive House | A-Trak & Zinc – Like The Dancefloor (Miles Mason Remix)
Posted by Mach on November 11, 2012
Why is the dance floor empty? Maybe your DJ should have been playing this instead of “Call Me Maybe” and Flo-rida. You don’t really see to many people remixing tracks of A-Trak’s just for the hell of remixing, no offence to those who get dragged into official remixes. Miles Mason is just another random, or is he? I was completely surprised by this remix for multiple reasons. The biggest being, why haven’t I noticed this guy before? I love the build up on this track, once you finally hit the drop you think, ok we made it now what, then those vocals jump in and make the remix complete. This is a sweet remix.
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Dubstep, Electro | Kanye West & Jay Z – Ni**az in Paris’ (Cazzette Bootleg)
Posted by Sev on October 28, 2012
The wait is over! Finally we get to get our hands on the long awaited bootleg from Cazzette of Kanye West & Jay Z’s, Ni**az in Paris’. This track was one of the big highlights to this years UMF, being played by almost all the producers and DJ’s attending. These guys were probably one of the main catalyst to the remixes that started flooding through of the track back a few months ago. Either way they take this hip-hop track and mash together some heavy Dubstep and Electro sounds to create a massive drop for this track. Grab the FREE DOWNLOAD HERE.
Cover, Electro | Hardwell & Collin McLoughlin – Call Me a Spaceman (Unplugged Version)
Posted by GMONEY on October 25, 2012
A month ago, Hardwell asked his fans to submit an acoustic version of his hit single, Spaceman, for the chance to have it featured in his Electric Zoo aftermovie. Today, Hardwell, who was recently named the #6 DJ in the world by DJ Mag Top 100, announced that the winner of his Spaceman competition is our very own Collin McLoughlin. In addition to being featured on his EZoo recap video, Hardwell released the song yesterday on iTunes as the official unplugged version of Spaceman.
Check out the video and get the unplugged version on iTunes here
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 | TC – Do You Rock (Philly Blunt Refix)
Posted by Mach on September 18, 2012
Damn, now this is a true ravers party jam. Those of you that DJ, you have to save this for the coming weekend. Philly Blunt did some cool work to this, making this exactly what you want out of a heavy electro track. Tuesday or not, time to bust out to this one.
Contests | Introducing Invenio Music
Posted by BIGLIFE on September 5, 2012
Two of my close friends have started a new music venture called Invenio Music. It’s a discovery platform that also allows artists to gain exposure and win prizes. Read below for more details.
Most recently, Invenio Music named Los Angeles-based artist Shanica Knowles its inaugural original song competition winner alongside indie-rock band Echo and Drake from Connecticut. Their songs, Mean It With Me and Sundrenched Elsewhere, respectively, beat out the rest of the competition to win the grand prize of cash, feature stories, and free Invenio Music t-shirts (see pictures after the jump).
Invenio Music is a community-driven online music platform combining elements of YouTube and American Idol. They host competitions and use their large community of music enthusiasts to help determine which artists and songs will be the next big hits. They award winners of their competitions with a number of different prizes ranging from cash to video interviews to studio and label exposure.
You can read Shanica Knowles’ feature story and listen to her winning song Mean It With Me here
You can read Echo and Drake’s feature story and listen to their winning song Sundrenched Elsewhere here
DJ COMPETITION
Invenio Music is hosting a nationwide DJ Competition that kicked off on Monday, August 27th. The winning artist will be invited to DJ at Invenio Music’s launch party in New York City in October. DJ’s – sign up and submit your track today!
Bootleg | Calvin Harris feat. Kelis, Ellie Goulding – Bounce/Lights (Brian Kramer Bootleg)
Posted by Juicebox on July 20, 2012
In today’s electronic world it’s hard to find young up and comers who are making music & DJing the right way & for the right reason. With today’s software and accessibility, everyone from Frodo to Paris Hilton have become a DJ. Download a free trial of a variety of softwares and you’ll be good to go…just hit play, then sync. It’s people like Brian Kramer who are doing it right. Give the kid a pair of Sennheiser headphones, a pair of CDJ’s, and he’s good to go for the next three hours. Brian Kramer sent some bootlegs my way last week and I couldn’t have been happier after previewing them. Currently everyone is trying to take fast paced tracks, mash them with top 40 music, and call it a day. Brian Kramer slowed things down and created something a little deeper and more intricate. Maybe it’s cause I’m a huge sucker for house tracks with female vocals, but all I can say is do yourself a favor and download both of these.