Events | Electric Zoo Adds 11 More Names to Its Stacked Lineup
Posted by Middy on July 3, 2013
In its 5th year, Made Event’s Electric Zoo is already shaping up to be one of the best North American festivals, with a lineup that suits all tastes. Ranging from the more undergroung styles in the Sunday School Groove tent, to the more eclectic sounds in the Riverside Tent and the more commercial on the MainStage, the festival has something for everyone. The lineup has almost entirely been announced, but in a pretty genius PR move, they have announced a few more artists like Audien, Dzeko & Torres and The M Machine to get the attention back on the festival that is less than 60 days away. The names are listed below and where they have been assigned. More names to come for the Sunday School Groove Tent. Tickets are going fast, so grab them before they are gone.
Alvaro: Saturday – MainStage West
Audien: Friday – MainStage West
Brazzabelle: Friday – MainStage East
Cyril Hahn: Friday – Sunday School
Dannic: Friday – MainStage West
Digital Lab: Sunday – Hilltop Arena
Dzeko & Torres: Saturday – MainStage East
heRobust: Friday – Hilltop Arena
Kyau & Albert: Saturday – MainStage West
SCNTST: Friday – Riverside
The M Machine: Friday – MainStage West
Videos | Watch Porter Robinson’s Language Tour Mini-Documentary
Posted by Middy on June 5, 2013
Last year, following the release of our number one track of 2012, and his career breaking song, “Language”, Porter Robinson went on a 30 date bus tour across North America with Mat Zo and The M Machine. The 23 minute mini-doc shows how everything came together on the tour, from the artists, to the light guy, to the tour manager and the merch guy. We also see the beginnings of “Easy”, Mat Zo & Porter Robinson’s late-2012 smash single. It is worth watching all the way through and lets you get to know Porter better as a person, showing his story from a family side and managerial side or things, while also getting to know Mat Zo & The M Machine as well, who are prominently featured in this mini-doc.
Events | Markus Schulz Kicks Off the North American SCREAM Tour with Support from KhoMha and The M Machine
Posted by Spice on April 10, 2013
Hot off of his monster New World Punx set at Madison Square Garden at the end of March, Markus Schulz takes to the road this evening to kick off his massive (and first ever) U.S. bus tour. With coast-to-coast stops in a number of major cities, there’s plenty of opportunity to catch Markus, KhoMha, and The M Machine over the next month. What can you expect? Markus’s distinctive brand of dark, relentless trance, some hard and techy goodness from Coldharbour protege KhoMha, and the fascinating and high-energy cocktail of house, electro and dubstep that The M Machine are rapidly becoming known for. All told, this is a diverse lineup comprised of artists notorious for pushing the envelope musically. Well, and in other ways, too; to quote Markus, “Am I going to be getting behind the wheel of the Markus Schulz tour bus at some point? Damn straight.” Hope you’ve got a CDL tucked away somewhere, Unicorn Slayer.
For tickets and a full list of dates, go to www.markusschulz.com.
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.
Progressive House | Arty – Together We Are (Remixes)
Posted by Middy on March 18, 2013
With the original mix finally getting its release last month, Arty tabs some some hot in demand up and comers to remix his colossal single. Audien switches up the reverbed piano for a more synth laden approach, not straying too much from the melodic structure of the original and adding his own spin on the track. Norwegians, Carl Louis & Martin Danielle continue to display their strong progressive talents with this remix, adding their own synth line to the track, making it their own. Coming off of their epic 6 track “Metropolis Pt. II” EP, The M Machine provide a very different style of remix that you can only expect from them with a jarring low end, while still remaining true to the melody of the original.
For you purists out there, the instrumental mix is also included in this batch of remixes. Coming up next for Arty is the release of “Grand Final” on Ministry of Sound this April or May and also hopefully sometime soon the original mix of “When I See You” because Alesso butchered that track.
Progressive House | Passion Pit – Take A Walk (dBerrie + BURNS Remixes)
Posted by Middy on July 10, 2012
New York native dBerrie gives us another quality progressive take on Passion Pit’s single “Take A Walk”. He utilizes Passion Pit’s vocals to his advantage while adding churning synths, a hard clap, moving progressive synths and chopped distorted synths. This may be the remix that changes the most of the original track and is very good, though The M Machine remix still takes the cake for me.
BURNS puts together a great remix with a trapeqsue bass line that is sure to have your head bobbing. It flows so well with the smooth melodies provided by the Passion Pit. Many of you may already have it after signing up for Passion Pit newsletter to get the stunning M Machine remix, but if not the link is provided again below.