Events | Austin City Limits – Artists to See vol. 1
Posted by mimada on September 25, 2014
Photo courtesy of Jack Edinger via ACL Festival Flickr Photostream
Next Friday marks the beginning of one of the best, still most underrated music festivals in the business: Austin City Limits. Held outdoors in the state capital’s glorious Zilker Park, ACL marks the end of festival season, offering a lineup that pulls artists both big and small from every corner of the planet. On that note, ACL also does a great job at showcasing the underdogs who traditionally end up scoring top slots in big-name festivals the following year. Now a contender in the two-week festival category, you can expect to hear more great music than you’ll know what to do with over the course of the festival, not to mention you’ll be overwhelmed with tough decisions of overlapping artists. Well, lucky for you we picked out a few of the artists you reaaally shouldn’t miss if you end up making the pilgrimage down south. And for those stuck at home watching the live stream, you can use this to your advantage, too. See which artists made the first cut after the break.
Electro, Jersey Club, Trap | Lido – Money
Posted by mimada on May 21, 2014
Death be to any sort of standard song structure or formula these days, am I right? The more I reject the cookie-cutter records coming out of the pop and progressive house genres, the more I find and fall in love with stand out tracks like this – Lido’s latest, “Money.” This jersey-club//trap//future-electronic love child is quite literally money. Unpredictable, original, bold, exciting, and absolutely addicting, to sum it up. Easily my favorite so far out of Lido’s growing repertoire, which is soon to grow even more with the release of his debut EP “I Love You” out on Pelican Fly June 9th (which I’ve obviously already pre-ordered, and you should too!)
Now, make it rain.
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Electronic | Disclosure – Latch (Lido Remix)
Posted by mimada on April 16, 2014
Less than a week ago I posted a Disclosure remix by up and comer cln. and in doing so, highlighted the importance of originality in these ubiquitous Disclosure remixes in order for them to break the surface, hit the big time, soar to the top of the Hype Machine charts, whatever. After hearing just a mere preview of Lido’s remix, it all became clear to me why this was one of the most anticipated Disclosure remixes in a minute. The Norwegian producer (not pointing any fingers this time) has made a name for himself after planting a seed in the scene long ago with his Cashmere Cat, “Kiss Kiss” remix (for you OG fans out there) and most recently, his rework of Yung Lean’s “Gatorade.” This “Latch” remix is one of the more light-hearted, warm and fuzzy ones out there, perfect for any setting or time of day. Because, you know, for a second there I almost thought I never wanted to hear “Latch” again for the rest of the forseeable future but Lido really brought back the magic from the first time I heard this track back to life. Keep your eyes peeled for Lido’s EP release via Pelican Fly and your fingers crossed for it to be sooner rather than later.
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UPDATE: Apparently Soundcloud was just not having it with this remix, so instead you’ll have to listen to it hear via this slightly sketchy Rinse FM rip, but hey at least it’s something.