Events | Ultra Music Festival 2013 — Weekend 2 Recap (Or, If I Never Hear “Clarity” Again, It Will Be Too Soon)
Posted by Spice on April 9, 2013
“You know, the mainstage doesn’t look that awesome this year. In fact, it kind of looks smaller than it did last year.”
I was sitting on a friend’s couch drinking a lukewarm Bud Light and watching Nicky Romero’s Weekend 1 set on a Macbook. We didn’t have the good speakers plugged in because someone was napping upstairs, so the sound was tinny and easy to talk over. The TV mounted to the wall was tuned to NCAA basketball with the volume off. It was early on Friday evening and I was in the process of getting over bronchitis. A bag of Doritos was making the rounds.
“Shit guys. This stage is bullshit.” I grabbed a fistful of Doritos and gestured at the computer. “Look at it. It’s just sitting there, being purple. God, the mainstage is going to effing suck this year.” My friends nodded sagely. I leaned back, satisfied that my point had hit home, and turned my attention to the basketball game.
Of all the things I’ve been wrong about in my life, this has got to be top three.
Bootleg, Mashups | DJ Trademark – Good And Gone (Youngblood Hawke x Nicky Romero & Avicii x More)
Posted by Juicebox on April 3, 2013
So you know how after a couple releases from ze Swedish House Mafia, whenever you saw a new song from them, you knew it was going to be absolute fire? We’ll, I think it’s safe to say DJ Trademark has achieved that status when it comes to bootlegs. As usual it’s the perfect party starter, windows down kind of track…download it.
DJ-Set | Steve Angello Essential Mix 3/30/13
Posted by Middy on April 1, 2013
Steve Angello is currently sitting on the sunny beaches of Bora Bora sans computer, phone or any electronic devices, totally disconnected from the world as he decompresses from the 6 year whirlwind run he had with Swedish House Mafia that came to a close two Sundays ago at Ultra Music Festival. Before his vacation he took the time to drop off an essential mix into the offices of BBC’s Radio One. The mix puts in the rearview the SHM era and puts on full display the outrageous riches in the Size HQ hard drive that are just begging to be released.
Progressive House | Deniz Koyu – Rage
Posted by Middy on March 25, 2013
Deniz Koyu rarely misses when he releases a single with tracks like “Bong”, Tung”, “Follow You” and “Hertz” all under his belt and “Rage” is no different. With its premier coming from the now split up Swedish House Mafia, “Rage” displays some of the sounds we know from the Turkish / German producer, but with a new, tougher twist. With gruff riffs, slowed down builds and peaktime energy destined for the festival stage, “Rage” has all of the ingredients to be Deniz Koyu’s next big hit.
Beatport: Deniz Koyu – Rage
Electro-House | Kindergarten Yearbook Vol 1
Posted by Middy on March 25, 2013
The dance music world is paying homage to Swedish House Mafia for their epic farewell at Ultra tonight, but that does not mean the rest of the music has stopped. Wolfgang Gartner’s revived Kindergarten Records has decided to give away 4 tracks from some of its brightest talents on the label. You might expect some subpar throwaways to be mixed in with these freebees, but that is absolutely not the case. Taking tracks from the labels brightest up and coming talents, DallasK, Popeska, Charlie Darker & Conro, these four tracks bring together the unique electro house sound that you would expect from them with tough, melodic properties. With 4 free downloads from these names and each standing out on their own, you won’t want to pass up on this.
Free Download: Kindergarten Yearbook Vol 1
DJ-Set | Ultra Music Festival 2013 Weekend 1 Live Sets
Posted by Middy on March 19, 2013
Ultra always brings some of the best sets from the biggest Djs with a whole host premiers on every stage. Here are the best sets from weekend one that will get you through the week to the second weekend. If you have any requests for more sets, put them in the comments. There were a lot of incomplete sets like Above & Beyond and Tiesto that I did not include, so if you want them just say so, but they are only about 20-30 minutes. Below is Hardwell’s outstanding mainstage set that includes 10 brand new tracks from himself & his label. The rest are after the jump.
DJ-Set, House | Weekend Mixes 3/15/13
Posted by Middy on March 15, 2013
It is St. Patty’s Day weekend, so go out, wear green and wake up someplace you regret. We start off with the much talked about triple J mix from Madeon that features 39 songs in 30 minutes including the live mix of “The City” this week’s episode of the drop that features a guest mix from Felguk. Next up is this week’s episode of The Drop that features a guest mix from Felguk. Norin & Rad get you ready for Miami with their hour long mix with a mix of tracks from Anjunabeats Volume 10 and other favorites of theirs. Adrien Mezsi provides us with his Mezsed Up podcast that starts out with the brand new DubVision remix of “I Could Be The One” from Nicky Romero & Avicii and has a guest mix from Digital Lab, who is hot on the heals of the release of “Hit It“. After the jump we have mixes from N3AKO, Michael Woods, The Disco Fries, Arty and Gabriel & Dresden.