Progressive House | Rune RK, Andreas Moe – Power Of You And Me (Teacup) (Michael Brun Remix)

Posted by on February 26, 2013

Fast rising star, Michael Brun gives us his first production of the year ahead of his incoming EP, a remix of Rune RK’s new original with Swedish vocalist Andreas Moe, “Power Of You And Me”. Michael Brun takes full advantage of Andreas Moe’s soaring vocals and adds his own flavor with fluttering strings, a churning low end and matching synth chords. While this remix may not enjoy the same success that “Burn Forever” has, it is still getting support from some big names and is yet another very good production from the Haitian born producer.

Beatport: Rune RK, Andreas Moe – Power Of You And Me (Teacup) (Michael Brun Remix)

Dubstep, Electro, House | The Two Friends – You (Me) EP & Remixes

Posted by on February 26, 2013

The Two Friends - You (Me) EP & RemixesThe Two Friends’ EP, “You (Me) EP” has been out for a little less than a month now. Since its release, the EP has charted in Beatport’s Progressive House section at #4. Today they have dropped their hefty remix EP containing remixes from a long list of great up and coming producers, providing a large array of styles tried out on the originals. Seeing how their are so many remixes to pick from, I have to narrow down my top 5 not including the originals. Moiez created a beautiful House remix, I love how the vocal were used and the melody is mesmerizing. The Slap The Bag & Mapp remix uses a lot of classic House synths, once the drop comes in the track is a journey of wonderful sounds.

PrototypeRaptor’s remix might be my favorite of all the remixes. I love the funky Electro vibes that he has going throughout this track, it was something I was just not prepared to hear. Of course Gazzo had to create an equally incredible remix. He always places the vocals perfectly over the instrumentals he creates, it’s like Gazzo has a sixth or maybe even a seventh sense. His remix is perfect raging material. Picking a fifth track is not easy, every remix on this EP is good. It came down to the roll of a die, literally, I had to take it out of my Monopoly game. The winner is Clark Kent’s crazy Dubstep remix. Ever since his remix of “Skyfall,” I have been sold on his skills as a producer. My top 5 in no way reflects how great this remix EP actually is. I highly recommend giving each remix a listen, they will not disappoint.

The Two Friends

Moiez | Slap The Bag | Mapp | Alex Sin | PrototypeRaptor | Gazzo

Stars Above | Eos | Clark Kent

Beatport: You (Me) EP [Remixes]

Dubstep, Electronic, Glitch | Reso – The Rugged

Posted by on February 26, 2013

Reso has been on the grind as of late creating some of the most intricate and unique tracks out there. His latest creation is a one of a kind Neuro-hop track that is crazy on the basses. After being signed to Inspected and on the verge of releasing his Tangram Remix EP, he decided to give away this track for free to showcase what is to come. This one is some next level KOAN Sound styled funk that is just too hard to describe. It is almost like if you took a 90’s hip hop vibe and mashed it with some of the most grueling, tearing mid-range basses in the business; that would be equivalent to the outcome of this track. Grab the free download and follow Reso for more updates on his upcoming releases.

Free Download: Reso – The Rugged

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Electro | The M Machine – Metropolis Pt. II

Posted by on February 21, 2013

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The M Machine put the world on notice at the beginning of 2011 with their mysterious album teaser for “Metropolis” and it was not for a while until we heard the stunning works that would make up their first Metropolis EP that solidified them as one of the most unique and dynamic producer trios around. They make their return to OWSLA with the second part of that original work “Metropolis” and the EP is anthemic, epic, cinematic — a roller coaster journey of emotions and sonic harmonization. There is no stone left unturned in this EP as The M Machine flex their production and creative muscles putting together 6 tracks that span a multitude of genres and styles, blending them and mixing them, taking a bit from here and there and giving each track a unique sound that works at that moment.

“Metropolis Pt. II” starts with one of the 5 vocal tracks off of the EP, “The Palace”, which infuses brooding synths with a powerful guitar melody over a 2 step bass line with quick alternating snares. “Ghosts and The Machine” and “Tiny Anthem” show the uniqueness and individuality that come with The M Machine’s productions and an indie-dance style that is found with few to none. They bring out fidgety 80’s synths and fast paced bass lines under superb vocals in these productions that show the diversity on this EP. “The Moon Song” comes at you without remorse with a hard powerful, penetrating bass line and a long anticipatory build of drawn out synth chords. “Schadenfreude” adds female vocals to the mix of a hard hitting minimal drop of a driving, pitched synth chords over a matching bass line. The EP ends with the dance ballad “Luma” that is much more downtempo then the rest of the EP, transitioning through several different sections almost like the suites of a piece of classical music. This is not an EP one can listen through once and feel like they have digested it completely — this needs several listens.

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Trap | Stromae – Humain à l’eau (Dj Snake Remix) / DJ Snake & Alesia – Bird Machine [Preview]

Posted by on February 20, 2013

And here we have some straight bombs from French producers DJ Snake and Aleisa. The above preview for “Bird Machine” notably made its way into Knife Party’s recent set in the RISE digital music festival on turntable.fm after Mixify’s servers couldn’t handle the heat, and is easily some of the best trap I’ve heard in a long time. If you’re into it and need it now, fear not; it’s set to drop tomorrow as part of a mini EP on Mad Decent’s Jeffree’s imprint. Below, we’ve got some legitimate swag for your ears that for whatever reason is made even swaggier by the fact that it’s all happening in French. Fact: the awesomeness of that drop negates the need to understand what he’s saying, anyway. Free DL; no brainer.

Dubstep, Preview | Koven – No Blocks

Posted by on February 12, 2013

Koven - More Than You EPPeople need to know Koven. His upcoming EP, “More Than You” is going to be a chart topper, I can just feel it. He incorporates the melodic vibes that everyone loves but also rocks bass to your core like no other. “No Blocks” is what Koven does. The melody takes you for a smooth ride until you meet the drop, and from there it sends chilling bass through you until the next lull. Koven’s EP “More Than You” releases on March 4th through Viper Recordings.

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Hip-Hop | J. Cole – Truly Yours EP

Posted by on February 12, 2013

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It’s been awhile since we’ve last heard any new material from J. Cole, so in light of that he just released this 5 track EP of unreleased material. This is what he had to say:

I appreciate you giving me the time I needed to grow, experiment, and find the direction for my 2nd album.. And I have.
Along the way I’ve recorded at least 4 albums worth of material, lots of it being unfinished demo versions waiting to be polished up, some of them are great songs and important stories that just won’t make the album (either they don’t fit Sonically, don’t fit Theme, or there’s just not enough space) .

Tonight, I want to give you a few of these songs because you deserve them. It’s hard as fuck for me to keep all this music from you for so long, so I know it’s been hard for you to wait. Thank you for your patience. Vibe out to these songs in their raw form, no polish.. just a lot of my soul..

The wait is over.
Truly Yours,
Born Sinner

He also announced that his album “Born Sinner” is ready, claiming it’s his best work yet. The first single is set to release this week. Until then, sit back and listen. You can download the full EP and preview the last 4/5 tracks below!

DOWNLOAD: J. Cole – Truly Yours EP