I had the pleasure of checking out a Designer Drugs show last night at U Hall. I’ve been a fan of theirs for awhile, but haven’t really stayed up on their music recently, so much of what I was hearing was fresh to my ears. The tone was largely “grindhouse”. Much of Designer Drugs’ music is inspired by punk/hardcore and plays out so hard. It was awesome to be in an ‘edgier’ edm crowd that was completely willing to cut loose and thrash. Some girl next to me saw a dude standing still on his iPhone in the middle of the crowd, immediately accosted him for his flagrant faux pas, and forced him to perform some heinous raving before she disappeared into the throng. Anyways, Designer Drugs smashed the place apart (there was even a moombah-cameo by Alvin Risk) and I left in proper shambles. Today’s track is a remix by the duo of the Klaxons’ Echoes. It’s less ‘hardcore’ than other tracks by them such as Riot or Drop Down, but it represents another side of their sound that I really like. Grab it and their other remixes below!
Posting Benassi’s remix of Florence and the Machine got me wanting to dig up the past…. Wow. This is one of the first electronic songs I started listening to ever. Blast from the past.
Unexpected… or is it? Either way, raw as shit.
Panic City and Supersede’s remix of No Beef is phenomenal. Although I am a fan of the dirty dutch original, this track is much more playable to all crowds and focuses the attention much more effectively on Miss Palmer’s vocals, which I thought were more or less an afterthought of the Vocal Mix put out by ‘Afroki’.
Afrojack & Steve Aoki ft. Miss Palmer - No Beef (Panic City & Supersede Remix)
A classic. By a classic.
Weetabix cereal… recognize.
Servin up some fresh Justice to the masses! Helix just leaked off the new album coming out. The sound Gaspard and Xavier seemed to have landed on for the LP is sounding really awesome and I can’t wait for the entire thing to drop in a month!
You know the deal…
Their name says it all. Fuck Our Ordinary Lives.
(Free download of the entire EP HERE)
IT’S THE WOLF. GANG. WOLF. GANG. WOLF. GANG. GOLF. WANG. Actually, it’s not them, it’s Wolfgang Gartner. The American electro-house producer has just released a highly anticipated full LP entitled Weekend In America. This is a wildly robust album. There are a few tracks that you’ll be familiar with (Forever, Illmerica, Space Junk, and the recent Ménage a Trois), but for the most part everything’s brand new. I was shocked to see the amount of hip-hop figures gracing different tracks throughout the album. From Eve, to Jim Jones and Cam’ron, to Omarion, Gartner has almost half of Weekend In America radio-ready. To be certain, these tracks hit hard in the electro genre, but not so hard that they couldn’t easily played in the peak of a Top 40 DJs set, which is exactly what I intend to do. My favorites on the album so far are The Way It Was, and one of the two bonus tracks, Welcome Back, which has an awesome french house vibe that I totally would not expect from Wolfgang Garnter. There’s a lot to this record, so go pick it up.
I’ve been listening to this track on repeat nonstop. Ah, it’s just so good. Listen now!!!
No download available for the original, but here are two insane remixes.
The wait is finally over. Porter Robinson, the 19-year old producer from North Carolina, has finally released his long awaited SPITFIRE EP. I recently caught part of his phenomenal set at Electric Zoo, and Porter is pretty much unmatched in terms of the energy and creativity he brings to the decks. He is certainly one of the most talented new producers out there.
This 6-track EP is one of the best I’ve heard, winding through the EDM genre circuit of Electro House, Dubstep, Moombahton and even Trance. The remixes from Knife Party, Downlink, SkisM, Kill The Noise and Mikkas are all incredible.
The second track Unison and its Knife Party remix are by far my favorites. SPITFIRE has certainly set a new bar for producers everywhere. Wow, it’s just incredible.
New Blood! Fake Blood has always been known for putting out some amazing records. His forthcoming Deep Red EP looks like it will keep the trend alive. All three tracks have got something cool to offer, though Voices is definitely my favorite of the bunch. The beginning of the record has this amazing backdoor jazz feel. As the gurgling ‘voices’ start to build up, Theo drops in some very Jack Beats-esque sounds. At the 1:30 mark… fuck. May not sound like too much coming out of your laptop speakers, but put that beast on a good system and you’re insides are gonna start doing a dance you never thought they could. Get ready to clean the pipes, haha!
The fellas at Vacay have got the dl for Voices and Medieval off the EP along with some other incredible Vitamins from their EZoo experience, so go get your fix…
I’m sure many of you have heard the absolutely tragic news that DJ Mehdi has passed away. My thoughts go out to his friends and family and the entire Ed Banger team. I had only recently begun to discover Mehdi’s amazing music and it’s a real tragedy that it his time has been cut short. Go listen to his music and celebrate his memory. RIP Mehdi.
DJ Mehdi Live @ Mad Decent Block Party 7-30-2011 by maddecent
