Electro-House, Progressive House | Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman ft. Jonny Rose – Pieces of Light (Remixes)
Posted by Middy on December 22, 2012
Pushing back the release of this remix package a few days due to the release of their remix of Miike Snow “Bavarian #1 (Say You Will)“, Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman present the remixes of their 3rd single this year “Pieces Of Light” featuring LA native Jonny Rose on the vocals. Dutch duo, Sick Individuals start things off with most heavily supported remix of bunch, pitching up the build, allowing Jonny Rose’s vocals to shine and flipping the drop into heavy electro house. Denzal Park slowly build you into a thunderous drop, layering a decisive low-end and progressive synth chords. Henrix goes back to what has been his calling card since the name change, high energy, frenetic bass lines and variety of percussions that dominate the drop.
Beatport: Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman ft. Jonny Rose – Pieces of Light (Remixes)
Interviews | Music Talks Presents: Schoolboy Q – Sex, Drugs, and Hip-Hop
Posted by Grubeats on November 28, 2012
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Music Talks is back with their newest interview, mining into the mind of West Coast rapper and TDE affiliate, Schoolboy Q. Touching on everything from the birth of Q, to his favorite munchies, to his career goals. The Black Hippy is hopeful that his fans will stay as passionate about his music as he will for Mary Jane. Judging by the peanut butter response from Q, it’s fair to say some of is die hard fans are hungry for more than just his music. His response to “The person I look up to most is ____,” caught me off guard. I expected the LA native to respond with a West Coast legend, but you can’t knock Diddy’s success as an artist and a businessman.
With Mac Miller, Avicii, and now Schoolboy Q in the books, prepare yourself for Baauer and Macklemore x Ryan Lewis coming in the next few weeks.
DOWNLOAD: Schoolboy Q – Setbacks [Mixtape]
RnB | Inc. – 5 Days
Posted by W8 on November 14, 2012
An illusive mystique surrounds the LA-based brothers known as Inc. Andrew and Daniel Aged both carry an ample wealth of experience having spent several years playing, recording and touring with names such as 50 Cent, Elton John, and Pharrell Williams among others. Gaining only what I can imagine to be a superb vault of internal perspective, they started recording and mixing their forthcoming album No World in the winter of 2011, and is set to debut February 19th 2013 on 4AD. After first hearing 5 Days I immediately thought back to this. Fine wine measured in time.
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
Freestyle, Hip-Hop | Tayyib Ali Drops 3 New Tracks
Posted by Grubeats on September 13, 2012
Young Tayyib Ali has been spending the last several weeks out in LA recording his EP with the tiki man, Cisco Adler. Evidently all the time in the studio had Tay feeling froggy to release some new music to his fans. Sharing with us two originals, “Anything” and “Like Dat”, as well as a remix over Wale’s “Tats On My Arm” flipped to suit any frequents of AA, titled “Straight Out The Bottle”. Although none of these will land on either Tay’s One Way EP or his next mixtape, Keystone State of Mind 2 (tentative name), new music is nothing to be frowning about.
Electro-House | Skorby – Area 51
Posted by Mach on April 4, 2012
WOAH! This track was completely unexpected. Who is Skorby? Great question, I was asking the same thing. Skorby is a 17 year old DJ from LA, California and damn does he bring the heat. This heavy electro-house original is a game changer. The track starts with a progressive house attitude, and send a shock to your system once that dirty dance floor electro breaks in your eardrums. I hope we get more tracks like this from the up and comer.
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Mashups | DOSVEC – Just A Poppa
Posted by Mach on March 9, 2012
15 years ago today, the legendary Biggy Smalls was shot down in LA. Although long gone, his spirit has lived on and inspired many in the music industry. These days hes just the friend most of us wish we had. This is one of my favorite mashups from DOSVEC, it is nothing too crazy yet still sends the right message and vibes about Big Poppa. 15 years is a long time, and it was only a year ago that the FBI released their file on the cold case that is Biggy’s murder. Whether your east or west side, a fan of Tupac or B.I.G., the sun still rises and sets just the same.
Check Out DOSVEC