Let's get right into it. Digital Society resident Paul Pearson is releasing a two track EP in the following week, and it has quite a prominent support group. In fact, his debut has seen the light of day from the likes of Above&Beyond as well as Cycles Radio. Of no importance, what matters is that this release is quite simply a brilliant start to Paul Pearson's career. Eternally features a structured approach to traditional trance bass lines and a melodic composition which seems to speak to the soul. However, this moment of bliss is short lived, as we plunge into the intensity of the following song, entitled Always With Me. Although contrasting in style, we never seem to lose the connection established at the very beginning of the first song, giving this EP a certain fluidity. Briefly said, this is worth a listen.

Additionally, another well known artist has released his long awaited album. Zedd's Clarity features an array of electro/progressive house with collaborations from the likes of Ellie Goulding, Ryan Tedder, Mathew Coma and others. This album is a clear demonstration of Zedd's classical background, as well as his prowess in the industry. There are not many artists in the electronic scene that come to release full length albums in which the songs flow into each other. However, Anton Zaslavski has created a rather unified piece of work.


For the old-school house lovers out there, NY Stomp, more publicly known as Gerd-Jan Bijl, has exactly what you need. The dutch producer released an EP at the beginning of this year, entitled Can You Feel It, and it is amazing, with good reason of course. Gerd has been producing radical electronic music for the past two decades, and has quite a diverse musical foliage. Associated to labels ranging from Clone all the way to Virgin and EMI, the dutchman is well travelled. Consequently, it is of no surprise to discover that he has worked under myriads of aliases in many musical genres (liquid ambient, abstract techno, deep house, etc.).



Lastly, I would like to steer your ears to an artist that a friend of mine discovered many weeks ago by the name of Leon Vynehall. A native UK producer with a passion for all things eclectic, he released an EP in May entitled Mauve. Whereas Mauve and Homage bounce along the stereotypical synth stabs and bass lines of underground house music, Picture Frame slows everything down, and is completely stripped of the dark atmosphere which was omnipresent in the two previous tunes.
 

While we're at it, it would be important to note that his most recent EP released a few months ago, and although the mood is relatively more industrial, it still maintains a certain signature element of Leon Vynehall's music. This being said, Gold Language is definitely worth a listen.
 

Until next week!

If you listen to Trance music, being picky about which Montreal clubs you like is a given. Circus Afterhours and Stereo are at the top of the pyramid since they welcome nothing but the best on a regular basis. The next tier consists of Red Lite, La Mouche, 1234 (despite all the children) and Muzique (despite the Avicii incident) who also sometimes host big DJs. The final group is awful. These clubs are the places where you’ll most likely be hearing David Guetta and Pitbull collaborations for the next 10 years. La Folie, the club I went to last Friday, February 18th, is beneath all of these. Apart from the absolutely gorgeous coat-check girl, this place is Montreal’s douchebag central. Allow me to explain: for starters, it’s in St-Leonard. This establishment is one of a kind; it houses Montreal’s Jersey Shore community, lots of 40 year-olds in the middle of their mid-life crises and probably the worst interior layout I’ve ever seen. There is a VIP section right in front of the DJ booth with an enormous bodyguard preventing anyone from entering and incidentally, from being able to see what the DJ is doing. Instead, you’re looking straight at a large group of aunts and uncles who are trying to relive the glory days by trading their Centrum Silver and Rogaine for Ed Hardy clothes. The venue neighbors what looks to be an abandoned mattress store and a Zellers, which is probably a better place to have a party. You must be asking yourself, what was I doing in such a sickening place on a Friday night?

Dash Berlin, author of hits such as “Waiting” and “Till The Sky Falls Down,” played a 3-hour set. The reason I had to put down La Folie so much is to show how good Dash Berlin is live. Even with all these nauseating factors in play, I had a terrific night. He started the evening with a sure fire way to get the crowd going, playing his newest hit, “Disarm Yourself".” He played track after track of lyrical Trance, making sure to include his 2 other 2011 releases; his remix of First State’s “Reverie” and of Filo & Peri’s “This Night".” He continued to mix in dance floor hits like Diplo and Tiesto’s “Cmon”, Alexander Popov’s remix of Cosmic Gate’s “Raging” and Gareth Emery’s “Sanctuary.” Needles to say, the man is a master of vocal Trance. One of the highlights of the night was when he displayed his musical versatility by playing an Electro/Dubstep mix of “We are Your Friends".” He ended the night with his classic “Waiting” and the crowd erupted with screams of bliss. Here are his 3 newest tracks along with a video I shot of his remix of “This Night.” Apologies for not being smart enough to turn my iPhone sideways. Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Rick Nash?

First State ft. Sarah Howells – Reverie (Dash Berlin Remix)

Filo & Peri ft. Audrey Gallagher – This Night (Dash Berlin Remix)

Dash Berlin ft. Emma Hewitt – Disarm Yourself (Club Mix)

Ok, so I know everyone trashed Deamau5’s new album, but the guy still used to be a very good producer. As Ellis was telling me a couple of days ago, it's hard to forget about track like "Strobe." Play Records has come out with a new compilation called Dirt Hott Vol.2, which features 2 of his older tracks. I knew about “Dr. Funkenstein”, but I had never heard “Vanishing Point” until just today. The track was originally released 3 years ago and includes a lot of the old Deadmau5 style we all knew and loved. Past tense is a bitch.

Deadmau5 – Vanishing Point (Original Mix)

This next track is an original kind of Dubstep. Since all the genre’s music has sounded the same for the past little while, I’ve tried to find others that are attempting to take it in a another direction. Gemini is an artist who is doing just that, leaning away from the generic filth that we keep hearing. It’s not chill Dubstep, I call this clean.

Hadouken! – Oxygen (Gemini Remix)

Porter Robinson temporarily fell off my radar after his smash-hit “Say My Name.” His amazing remix of “Seek Bromance” went by unnoticed and I hadn’t heard his name in months before his newest piece of work. He seems to have such an intricate grasp of Electro and the patented Dubstep wobble which he melds together beautifully with every release. Here is the aforementioned remix and “The Wildcat.”

Porter Robinson – The Wildcat (Original Mix)

Tim Berg – Seek Bromance (Porter Robinson Remix)

This next track is featured on Gareth Emery’s most recent podcast. I was never a big Fedde Le Grand fan, but this tune has made me take notice of the Dutchman. This guy is good. I’m not so sure about his buddy though. In my opinion, Patric La Funk is a ridiculous DJ name.

Fedde Le Grand & Patric La Funk – Autosave (Original Mix)

I already have a regret in 2011. I did not go see Sied van Riel when he was in Montreal. I was listening to some of his older stuff today and I could only come to a single conclusion: this guy is amazing. Right now, he is one of my favorite producers. His first release of 2011 hit #1 on Beatport’s Trance chart and his most recent track, a collaboration with Nicole McKenna, is an absolute masterpiece. He warmed up for Cosmic Gate at my first ever Trance show and I clearly remember thinking, during the first half of the German duo’s set, that he was far better than them. It’s unpractical that I write for this blog, because words cannot describe how much I adore these songs, ESPECIALLY “Stealing Time.” There is only one item on my 2011 to-do list: see Sied van Riel live.

Sied van Riel – Mentalism (Original Mix)

Sied van Riel ft. Nicole McKenna – Stealing Time (Original Mix) (very fawking hawt)

Finally, Anjunadeep 03 came out on Monday and the compilation is a formidable one. Although it is much more progressive than regular Anjunabeats releases (hence the “deep”), the tracks are to die for. Check it out here and buy it if you please.

During the past few weeks, The Hawt has become a forum for previewing, reviewing and critiquing electronic music events in Montreal. In the spirit of consistency, this post begins with more proof towards the thrilling aspects of the city’s nightlife.

Sunday, October 17th was a special night for both Ellis and myself. Having to choose between Rusko and Laidback Luke is never an easy task. There is a reason why the Superbowl and Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals are not on the same night. We decided to go our separate ways and focus and two different genres. For the purpose of this post, Ellis was kind enough to provide me with his take on the night:

“Put’Em Up Put’Em Up Put’Em Up Put’Em Up

Aight so on the same night Justin went to Laidback Luke, some friends and I went to the Just For Laughs Studio to see Rusko and, needless to say, it was insane! People fighting, hitting, pushing, swearing; everything a good dubstep concert should have. For those who haven’t seen him live, what really makes him special is that every now and then, he grabs the mic and starts either singing, shouting or whatever he feels like doing. So anyways, back to the event, Vilify (think that’s how you write it, my bad if it aint) opened for him and on top of being hot and pretty good, she’s supposedly the one that takes care of almost everything dubstep in Montreal. Rusko came on at around 1ish and by that time, my friends had already ditched me and I was all alone, but that did not make it any less awesome! He played a lot of his older tracks mixed in with a few from his new album and obviously, some crazy reworks that you’re never able to find anywhere, which just pisses you off.

Rusko – Hammertime

Doctor P – Sweet Shop (Friction vs Camo & Krooked Drumstep Remix)

The second track was a total crowd killer, literally. When you expect the Sweet Shop drop, but get this d&b style craziness instead, there is no choice but to jump around and hit people. Oh, and just as a complementary track to one I’m sure Justin will post, here’s a Wolfgang Gartner and Justice mashup.

Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Is Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup) ”

The tone of his guest post communicates the intensity and superb entertainment of the night, two things that have become synonymous with a live Rusko concert. Coincidentally, I would use the same attributes to qualify the show I attended. Although Laidback Luke performed at Electric Zoo, we were only able to watch him from the line for the Above & Beyond signing. Owning a t-shirt signed by two of the members of one of the greatest DJ trios is a privilege, but as I would soon learn, it cannot be compared to watching a true master of house music.

The event was held at club Muzique, a relatively new addition to the Montreal scenery. Even though it was meant to be 21+, I was able to enter with my name on the guest list (more on this later). The crowd erupted when Luke made his entrance and the cheering did not stop until 3 a.m. As I am sure that most of you have noticed, electronic music has undergone a slight metamorphosis lately. The lines between genres are being blurred and it is becoming much more difficult to classify tracks. Laidback is an exception to this rule. Every mix he played was pure house, something that became very evident when considering his song choices. Two of my favorite moments of the night were when he played the Congorock remix of “One” and when he mixed Till’ Tonight with Miami to Ibiza. Another fantastic moment occured near the end of the night, when he payed his respects to his music’s ancestor, disco. He gave Axel F the moans from Pon de Floor and quickly transitioned to MC Hammer’s “Can’t Touch This”. As far as his own tracks are concerned, Laidback Luke also played his popular remix of Robbie Rivera’s “Rock the Disco”. Here are two tunes from the soiree, as well as his newest bootleg.

Jay-Z ft. Swizz Beats - On To The Next One (Laidback Luke Bootleg)

Swedish House Mafia - One (Congorock Remix)

Robbie Rivera - Rock The Disco (Laidback Luke Edit)

Lets fast forward to this past Tuesday, October the 26th. The stage was set for another evening at Muzique, this one to celebrate the club’s one-year anniversary. The owners invited all of their resident DJs to open for Avicii, the night’s main act. Just like Laidback Luke, the event was meant to be 21+, so I called Muzique and asked to add Ellis, as well as myself to the guest list. Please explain to me how the following makes any sense: I was allowed to enter for Laidback Luke, but we were denied access for Avicii. As far as I know, the rules for both nights are identical; 21+, but 19+ with guest list. Even Ellis’ skills in the art of persuasion could not convince the bouncer to let us is, although he did not try long enough to get any results. The look he gave us let us know it was time to go. I can only hope the young Swede comes back to Montreal some time in the near future. Here is a remix of his from Tiësto’s “Kaleidoscope Remixed”.

Tiësto ft. CC Sheffield - Escape Me (Avicii Remix)

Enough with the events, here are a few new tracks that I have been dying to share with you for a while.

As Ellis correctly predicted in his guest post, the mashup he posted is an excellent complement to this next song. Ever since this artist was first discussed on The Hawt, he has been in constant rise, touring around the world while collaborating with huge producers and putting his own spin on the popular Electro House subgenre. We were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of him at the Electric Zoo festival, where he put on an absolute beast of a performance. This tune has garnered lots of attention, earning the support of Laidback Luke and Gareth Emery. Here is the newest release from Wolfgang Gartner, a song that will certainly be featured on his upcoming artist album, due sometime early in 2011.

Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica (Extended Mix)

As Fred pointed out in his previous post, we’ve been slacking when it comes to dubstep. Although pickings have been slim, I do have a brand new one that will surely make you crave more deep synths and the overall dirty sound most of you have come to love. This is latest Borgore track. I’ve got to give a shout out to Gotta Dance Dirty; they have an amazing blog, go check it out if you haven’t already.

Borgore - Sex Instructions Dub

This next one has been sitting in Beatport’s Electro House top 10 for quite some time. When I posted about Hey Today!’s “Toasted” back in early June, I honestly believed they were a lower-tier, underground German duo. However, their latest remix of Tiga’s “You Gonna Want Me” has shot them into the spotlight and displayed the innovation they impose onto their music. I really enjoy listening to this track, especially from the 3:40 mark, where they divert from the tune’s core beat. Instead, they put an electro sound onto Tiga’s techno beat. Its different, but it sounds really good.

Tiga - You Gonna Want Me (Hey Today! Remix)

Last Thursday, the new Gareth Emery podcast finally appeared on iTunes, an arrival that had been overdue for a long time. The songs played were great, but two caught my ear as being better than the rest. The first is from MEM, who came along with a very impressive trance track. It is called Forza and as Gareth later explained, the tune had been killing it for him in his recent sets. The second is from fellow Canadian Adam K, a progressive DJ from Toronto. Remember how I wrote that the lines between genres were being blurred? This song is a perfect example. Its slow tempo and relaxing melody give it a few trance aspects, but do not be fooled; this is progressive house.

MEM - Forza

Adam K ft. Naan - Wake Up (Club Mix)

Do not think that I’m strictly posting songs from the podcast. With the exception of the Adam K track, I’ve had these tunes in my library for a while. Gareth and I must have the same taste in music.

To finish off this large post, lets take a look at DJ Mag’s rankings of the top 100 DJs.

To start off, congratulations to Armin van Buuren for his fourth consecutive year as the world’s #1 DJ. I really was not expecting this, I rather thought that Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz or Ferry Corsten would take the crown. To be frank, very little of the top ten made any sense to me. I respect David Guetta as a DJ and I think he produces great music, but there is no way that he should be ranked higher than any of the previously mentioned. Most of you already know about the true producers behind some of his biggest hits like “When Love Takes Over”. He acts as a cheap ad campaign, giving them credit in the fine print at the bottom of the screen. According to Fred and Ellis, who attended his set at last year’s Bal en Blanc, he is awful live and the radio-like music he emits makes him sound like an amateur.

Placing immediately after Guetta were Tiësto, Deadmau5 and Above & Beyond, who respectively grabbed the 3, 4 and 5 positions. Deadmau5’s jump up 2 spots was also a surprise. His album was great, be he somehow seemed to disappear during the rest of the year. His single with Chris Lake, “I Said”, was and still is awful. “Some Chords” and “Animal Rights” do not warrant a number 4 spot. The Canadian is due for a new album release in December of 2010, one he will call 4x4=12. Here is the tracklist.

1. "Some Chords"
2. "Sofi Needs a Ladder" (You Need A Ladder with vocals)
3. "City In Florida"
4. "Bad Selection"
5. "Animal Rights"
6. "I Said (Michael Woods Remix)"
7. "Cthulhu Sleeps"
8. "Right This Second"
9. "Raise Your Weapon"
10. "One Trick Pony"
11. "Everything Before"

One thing I am happy to see is that Axwell wraps up the top 10. In fact, all members of the Swedish House Mafia are in the top 20 and the trio itself places at #23. The DJ Mag vote is supposed to be an attempt to represent each DJ’s success during the course of the year. In this capacity, Swedish House Mafia should, without a doubt, be the #1 DJ. Their incredible summer took them to the Brixton Academy on more than one occasion and they also earned themselves a residency at Motel Masquerade in Ibiza, the party capital of the world. The film documenting their tumultuous 2010 will be coming out in the next month, so keep posted as it will surely be very entertaining. Check out the trailer here.

Unfortunately, DJ Mag’s voting method is highly flawed. Simply telling the magazine which DJs you like is not a valid measure of skill, hard work or innovation. Inside the method itself lies the biases of evaluation without numerical values. It is no longer a judgement on who is the best, but merely a popularity contest, a vote for class president, if you will. This year’s vote saw a large crowd of North Americans and therefore, whoever spent the most time on the radio waves or on their North American tour received an automatic bid. It is a shame to see the poll be reduced to such an infantile compilation of voices from uneducated, stubborn fans who want to see the one artist they know in the rankings. Notable additions were those of Afrojack, Avicii, Arty and Dada Life while unacceptable descents were those of Above & Beyond, Sander van Doorn, Cosmic Gate and Lange. Regardless of the results, go check out the bios from your favourite artists, some of which are quite funny. For example, Sebastian Ingrosso claims that he is best known for “fucking clubs in the pussy”.

We’d been talking about it for weeks now and finally, last weekend, we went to New York for the Electric Zoo festival that took place on Saturday and Sunday. I know its a bit late, one week that is, but i got lazy. Just to put you guys in context, it was from 11am to 11pm on both days, with four stages and (usually) all of them jam packed and it was non-stop craziness. The weekend started on a great foot when Justin decided to bet with me that we could not get from Montreal to New York on one tank of gas. It took some insanely good driving on my part, some drafting behind trucks for extended periods of time and putting the car on neutral while going downhill but at the end, with the tank empty and Justin begging me to exit and put gas before we ran out, we made it safely to the hotel. But anyways, enough laughing at Justin for the time being and here’s a list of the Djs we saw and a couple of their tracks.

 Day 1

Glenn Morisson

First Dj of the weekend and he was pretty good. Got to give him credit, although the crowd was pretty at the start because it just opened, the guy was having fun nonetheless.

Contact (Deadmau5 Remix) – Glenn Morrison

Gareth Emery

It was only our second set of the day but it was without a doubt one of the best of the whole festival.

The Island Part 1 (Dawn) – Pendulum

On a Metropolis Day (Myon & Shane 54 Mashup) – Gareth Emery vs Oceanlab (REPOST)

He’s probably my favourite producer at the moment and it can only get better with his new album upcoming. Don’t forget to check out his single Sanctuary from Justin’s last post.

Markus Schulz

It was my second time seeing him although the first time was cut short by boring friends at Bal en Blanc and i must say there is a reason he is  in the Top Ten of Dj Mag. 

Rain – Markus Schulz (REPOST)

Perception (feat. Justine Suissa) – Markus Schulz (REPOST)

Mainstage – W&W (REPOST)

Yeah yeah, a lot of reposting but they’re sick tracks, trust me. Once I get the live set I promise to make the most of it.

Fake Blood

I was pussy last time he dropped by Montreal and to be honest it’s a shame I missed him

Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix) – Little Boots

Rusko

Anyone order a bass Panini?

Lick the Lizard – Reso & Rusko (sorry for guys talking, its the only version of the song that I know of).

Massive. Played a lot of reworks of his classics, so much fun. Actually got to fight until I got to the front and it was worth all the fighting.

Benny Benassi

What to say about Benny? Probably the only disappointing set on the weekend. In his defence, there were technical difficulties during his set but when he came to drop Spaceship (his track of the summer) he got on to the table and pumped up the crowd just to mix out of it. Disrespectful. Table mounting should not be used except for awesome drops.

Spaceship (feat. Kelis & Apl de Ap) – Benny Benassi

Don’t like his sound usually but this track is addictive.

Axwell

Ok so I never really listened to Axwell before and lord was I wrong. Here’s one of my favourite tracks of the moment.

Teenage Crime (Axwell & Henrick B Remode) – Adrian Lux

Alright so basically we have no choice but to repost this but this song song was played 7 times : Dirty South, Markus Schulz, Axwell (twice), Armin and I’ve forgotten all the rest because seriously everyone played it, EVERYONE.

One – Swedish House Mafia (REPOST)

Oh by the way, here’s Justin going crazy:

Day 2

D. Ramirez

The first Dj really worth mentioning and probably the only one who has a haircut that can rival with Rusko’s, which one is worst I really can’t decide.

System (Deadmau5 Remix) – D. Ramirez & Mark Knight

Cosmic Gate

Yeah we went to see them again, and like usual they were beasts.

Not Enough Time (feat. Emma Hewitt) – Cosmic Gate

Man On the Run (Nic Chagall Remix) – Dash Berlin

Avicii

Pleasantly surprised by his set, unfortunately I didn’t stay the whole time because there was a great vegan restaurant and I was hungry. 

New New (Avicii Remix) –Bob Sinclar

And obviously he played Bromance and the crowd went absolutely nuts.

Bromance (Avicii Remix) – Tim Berg (REPOST)

Above and Beyond

They probably had the bet set of the weekend. They just had so much fun and were incredible. At some point Paavo would write messages to the crowd on his Mac, energy was just insane.

This track is my favourite at the moment, its off of Super8 & Tab’s new album and there’s a couple of remixes but here’s my personal favourite.

Empire (Kyau & Albert Remix) – Super8 & Tab

Sander Van Doorn

Just like Bal en Blanc he was totally awesome. At some points, these two guys were going to leave but i convinced them to stay because they should not miss out and they thanked me after, that’s right.

Hymn 2.0 – Sander van Doorn pres. Purple Haze

Major Lazer / Diplo

So Diplo tried to slip a fast one past everyone. As you probably know, he is part of Major Lazer. Well turns out, the guy we saw at Osheaga and Electric Zoo was only him and we saw him later again as Diplo the next day. Pretty baller.

Wolfgang Gartner

Probably one of the most entertaining Djs there, his set was just sick. Really. Three turntables, one mixboard and a lot of awesomeness.

Conscindo – Wolfgang Gartner & Mark Knight (REPOST)

Armin Van Buuren

What so say, what to say? Nothing much other than it was crazy. The crowd was completely insane and there’s a reason why he’s # 1 in the world. It definitely was not the best set of the weekend, but the ambiance was totally different from all the others (Oh and he knows how to do a succesfull table mount).

 

Mirage – Armin van Buuren

So that was basically our awesome weekend, if i had to get two lessons out of it they would probably to never trust Justin with directions and also never to lock him out of a hotel room when he’s only in his boxers and a towel, turns out he gets really pissed…

Hey guys. School just started, so might as well post while I have the free time. Lots of stuff happening in the music world right now: the DJMag.com top 100 DJs voting continues and if you haven't submitted your choices yet, we strongly suggest you do so immediately by clicking below.
Armin's new album Mirage is set for release on September 10th and previews for the 16 tracks are now available on iTunes. I'm not his biggest fan, but the music can't be that bad when you collaborate with Ferry Corsten and own the title of best DJ in the world. Click here to preview Mirage.

Gareth Emery's new album Northern Lights is also set for release in September. It comes out on the 23rd and it features loads of guest starring vocalists, something that is very uncharacteristic of his music. Among those contributing are Lucy Saunders and Roxanne Emery (hot), the latter being Gareth's sister. His tracks are also available for preview and you can access them by clicking here.


The album's first single, dubbed "Sanctuary" gained popularity very rapidly as it quickly reached the coveted #1 trance spot on beatport. I consider the club mix to be much more entertaining than the original, so here is a rip from TGEP 105.

Gareth Emery ft. Lucy Saunders - Sanctuary (Club Mix)

Emery is great and so is his label. Garuda is an original and awesome name and most of the tracks released on the label are awesome as well. For example, listen to this Stoneface & Terminal remix.

Tritonal - Suede (Stoneface & Terminal Remix)

Oh, and Electric Zoo starts in 4 days. I'm very proud and excited to say that I, along with fellow writer Ellis and 2 of our friends, will be attending this year's edition of the electronic music festival. 2 days, 24 hours of pure eargasms. Let the countdown begin.

Next up, a brand new track from the likes of Deadmau5 and Wolfgang Gartner. Whenever you see big names like these written one next to the other, don't even bother sampling, just download the track right away.

Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner - Animal Rights (Original Mix)

Ever heard of Eric Prydz? Its been a while and we've all missed him. The author of electronic classics (personal opinion) "Pjanoo" and "Call On Me" is back under a new alias: Pryda. "Niton" is a great house track that you're certain to be hearing in any club in the near future.

Pryda - Niton (Original Mix)

I won't even bother writing an introduction for this song. I've never heard of these artists and frankly, I don't even remember how I found this track. All I know is that it is awesome. Does anyone mind letting me know wtf Rex Mundi and Phynn are?

Rex Mundi - Opera of Northern Ocean (Phynn Remix)

I know Fred would've liked to post this, seeing as Diplo is his one of his favorite artists, but I can't resist. His new collaboration with Don Diablo is worth more than one listen. This is the first Diplo tune in which I can't find a Jamaican influence.

Diplo & Don Diablo - Make You Pop (Original Mix)

Good luck with your studies and don't forget to check hawtmusik.com periodically, assuming we don't slack off, for all your electronic music needs!

Well, just to make it official, cats are probably the most badasses of animals in the history of animals. I was at the vet today and my cat when crazy, instead of staying back and defending himself when people got close, he went out and attacked everyone, he made me so proud. But anyways, back to the subject.

So, as it seems to have become a habit of mine, a new post means that there are some sick shows coming up. Just when I think I’ve got my summer figured out and that I’ll stop spending money, I find five shows I need to go to. It’s so sad that its great…if that makes any sense.

The first gig i want to mention is this Friday night at Red-Lite. Markus Schulz (who was great Bal en Blanc) is here to promote his new album. Although I haven’t listen to it all, the tracks that I’ve heard are beast and Armin seems to love it also so you know its good.

Perception (feat. Justine Suissa) – Markus Schulz

Do You Dream (Uplifting Vocal Mix) – Markus Schulz

Rain – Markus Schulz (I seem to like every track that shares this name)

Even though most of you guys have plans for Friday already, the beauty of afterhours is that the concert starts around 2:00 am and the Dj arrives around 4ish.

Alright this second show really excites me and I really don’t want to miss it. It’s crazy duo Cosmic Gate and last time they were around, I decided to go see Calvin Harris and Laidback Luke instead and although fun, I was kind of out of it… But anyways these guys are really sick in my opinion.  They play, once again at Red-Lite, on July 30th.

Clockwork (Cosmic Gate Remix) – Deadmau5

Exploration of Space – Cosmic Gate

The Wave – Cosmic Gate

Everything (Cosmic Gate Remix) – Tiësto

Aight so I hope you all enjoy and be sure to let me know if you want to go, concerts alone really aren’t that fun.

If you want brand new music, go see Fred. He has everything. Seriously, that new Deadmau5 track, Some Chords, hes had that on his hard drive for a year now. I don't know how he does it, which obviously means my stuff won't be as recent. Doesn't mean is isn't great though.

So I've been watching a lot of late night television lately. Out of respect for Conan, im shunning Leno and tuning in to Letterman. His top tens have inspired me to make one of my own:

Top Ten Signs Your Summer is Going to Suck:

10. Your own original track that you were so proud of gets 4 downloads on beatport,
9. Your significant other turns you away from the latest Kaskade album to buy the new Michael Buble CD,
8. Your mom forbids you from going to a show because you accidentally told her it was a rave,
7. You like the Boston Red Sux,
6. You haven't already heard of THE house track of summer 2010, One - Swedish House Mafia,
5. You get arrested for illegally downloading music (we apologize),
4. You just got your driver's license a.k.a. the designated driver every night,
3. Your younger sibling gets more action than you do,
2. Your girlfriend orders you to go make her a sandwich (If you are a girl, click here),
1. You aren't reading hawtmusik.com, commenting on all the posts and downloading all the songs.

Bet you weren't expecting that last one huh? Anyways, as I was saying earlier in this post, I got some great songs for you that aren't new but they're pretty good and I think it puts you in a summer mood.

So theres an artist called Twocker which consists of producers Alex Calver or Calvertron and Will Bailey. They haven't released any new tracks in a while because they are both working on their own stuff. Twocker's style is a mixture of both individual artists' sound which gives way to some pretty cool tracks. Enjoy :)

Electric Boogaloo - Felipe Avelar ft. Olie (Twocker Remix)
Cash In Drop Out - Dada Life (Twocker's Danger Step Mix)
Stitch - Twocker (Bass Kleph Remix)

Long story short, my friend got sick and gave me his ticket to go to this year’s Bal en blanc at Palais des Congrès de Montréal. And I’ve got to say, thanks bud’, it was amazing.

There was two rooms, one for House and the other for Trance (they called that room Tech or something). Both rooms had massive line-ups and were both packed. I personally preferred the Trance room , but I still have to say David Guetta and LMFAO rocked the place in the house room. Trance just has this extra feel during a rave… it’s more like… “epic” (I hate that word, but whatever). And the bass was sick.

The lighting was fawking amazing in both room. The House room had this big screens that lit a BIG surface (not projectors), they were sick (check some youtube videos if you really want to see it). The Trance room had some insanely big projectors that projected sweet effects on the front wall that was made of some “cubicles” and a bigger place (about 2 cubicles) for the DJ. There was also some people dancing in separate cubicles and 2 big screens showing the DJ from the back, the people dancing or simply the crowd going nuts. ‘T WAS AMAZING. Sooooo on to the line-ups… and of course, comments AND A LITTLE SURPRISE!

House Room

21:00-23:30 Etienne Ozborne

I didn’t really listen a lot to this guy (maybe 30ish minutes), but from what I heard, he was doing great at warming up the crowd.

23:30-1:00 Cesar “Bass” Romero

I heard a little bit more of this guy (while waiting for LMFAO actually… we wanted to be in the first row, and we were!). He played house music and mixed his songs with a lot of ease; his transitions were smooth and he only played the best tracks out there, the crowd had a lot of fun.

1:00-2:00 LMFAO

LMFAO was really awesome, they were singing and dancing and had a DJ play their stuff in the back. They made the first couple rows wet with some Grey Goose and some Champagne and drank some live. They were extremely entertaining and knew what they were doing. What really sucks though is that they only played for an hour… Oh well!

2:00-5:00 David Guetta

I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t listen to much of his set, just the beginning and the ending (maybe 30 minutes each). He was really good and made the crowd go totally nuts at least 10 times while I was there. He played tracks from his latest album as well as some more electroish/dutch songs. I enjoyed his set and so did a lot of people (that’s what they told me!).

5:00-7:00 Kaskade

I maybe listened 30 minutes of Kaskade and then I was starting to fall asleep. I’m not saying he’s not a great DJ, but his first 30 minutes were filled with low intensity tracks and I was losing energy staying there. His transitions were smooth and his songs were good. A funny thing happened though; while I was going to the Trance room with my friend, the speakers in the House room shut down and Kaskade had to… well… wait. Funny. I heard the rest was off the hook though!

7:00-9:30 Ana Paula

I didn’t listen to her at all so I cannot really comment much, but the House room was still pretty packed so I guess she was pretty good!

9:30-12:00 David Morales

I didn’t listen to him either! But my guess was that he wasn’t bad either! Every DJ was good yesterday.

 

TRANCE ROOM

9:00-0:00 Wizz and Insomnia (Tag Team)

I listened a good hour and a half to these guys and they were really good! They were warming the crowd in a certain way… hmmm… well the crowd didn’t need a warm up, so they just went all out I guess. Great set!

0:00-1:30 Infected Mushrooms

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AMAZING. The band really messed people up and what they play is just fucked. It’s some sort of Hard Tech music. It’s really fast and really crazy, it was great for the event! I really enjoyed it and the crowd too. Everybody just jumped around and fist pumped, woot woot.

1:30-4:00 Sander Van Doorn

I got to listen to a big part of his set and it was really fun. Good build ups, transitions, tracks… everything! He delivered, really. The beat went on and on and on and on and it was great.

4:00-7:00 Ferry Corsten

My favorite of the night. He. Was. Insane. What he plays is progressive, but as soon as he gets into it, it’s one drop after another and a lot of noise effects to build up the hype and make people go nuts. I’ve never seen someone do a performance better than the one he did yesterday morning! He made me love trance even more. I listened to his latest album Once Upon a Night and it’s really neat! You should listen to it. Oh, and he did a mistake once and I heard it, but it’s barely audible. He just forgot to switch his crossfader back to one track only, so when he was cueing his track, we heard it. Hahaha.

7:00-10:00 Markus Schulz

This guy was amazing as well and I’m sad I had no energy to stay for more than around an hour for him! He played Trance like Ferry, but a little more glitchy, which made it less epic, but more messed up. Great DJ… super great DJ!

10:00-12:00 Sied Van Riel

I’ll let you guess from my previous paragraph… YESS. I MISSED THIS GUY TOO! I was almost home at this point of the night/day/morning/whatever. I’ll take another educated guess… he was good! Everybody did great so I think he did the same. I’ll be able to tell you after listening to his live set.

 

Since I’m an amazing person, I didn't bring anything for pictures or videos, but MoonOne was awesome and did a video of the night! By the way that rabbit a the start was just plain cool.

It was an insane night and it is totally worth the price (I know, I didn’t pay, shut up), I’m going back next year and I hope all my friends will too. Great music, great hype, great place. Love Bal en Blanc.

And you Trance lovers will love me. I found the whole Trance part of Bal en Blanc recorded in pretty high quality (perfect quality for big mixes). Here are the links and the tracklists (at the end of the post) that I could find. Some tracks are missing but whatever. Under each name is just different links to the SAME mix, just click any (MEGAUPLOAD IS THE FASTEST HOST).

Wizz & Insomnia

MIRROR 1: http://www.multiupload.com/BESMSDB70S

MIRROR 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YPGU21ZN

MIRROR 3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/74627318c41db1cf/

MIRROR 4: http://depositfiles.com/ru/files/vlxwaj9w0

Sander van Doorn

MIRROR 1: http://www.multiupload.com/X5RTRLDN5Q

MIRROR 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HIWNOIKD

MIRROR 3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/74626966d1065d40/

MIRROR 4: http://depositfiles.com/ru/files/ovqe9b71z

Ferry Corsten

MIRROR 1: http://www.multiupload.com/RGI0P42POL

MIRROR 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UDJM9BQB

MIRROR 3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/74627346b68cfd8e/

MIRROR 4: http://depositfiles.com/ru/files/9kao6xoaz

Markus Schulz

MIRROR 1: http://www.multiupload.com/U3AD91AP99

Sied Van Riel

MIRROR 1: http://depositfiles.com/en/files/m0sj58x1t 

The House room wasn’t broadcasted and recorded, so if you want to hear a couple songs, just check these 4 songs (most are reposts!).

Deadmau5 – Move For Me (ft. Kaskade) (Extended Mix) REPOST

LMFAO – YES REPOST

SonicC – Stickin’ (Original Mix) (This song was played by Guetta near the end. You can find David Guetta’s song everywhere, so no point in posting any.) NOT A REPOST

 Afrojack – Pacha on Acid (Played by someone, maybe Guetta, I can’t remember) REPOST

 

Tracklists (13 hours of Trance!)

Wizz & Insomnia

01. ID
02. ID
03. ID
04. ID
05. ID
06. ID
07. ID
08. Robert Burian feat. Zdenka Predn? - You
09. ID
10. Wippenberg - Pong (Extended Mix)
11. ID
12. Jochen Miller - Brace Yourself (Extended Mix)
13. ID
14. ID
15. ID
16. Marco V feat. Khashassi - Solitary Confinement
17. The O.T. Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)
18. ID
19. ElSandro - Style Fusion (Jessus Progressivo Mix)
20. Filo & Peri feat. Eric Lumiere - Off The Hook (Vocal Mix)
21. ID
22. ID
23. ID
24. ID
25. Paul van Dyk feat. Johnny McDaid - Home (Wippenberg Remix)
26. Beltek feat. Justine Robertson - We Weren't Born To Die (Instrumental Mix)
27. Randy Katana - You & I
28. Re-Ward vs. Dr Willis - Maaybe (tyDi's Stadium Mix)
29. Mark Pledger feat. Melinda Gareh - Time Stands Still (Andy Duguid Remix)
30. ID

Sander van Doorn

01. Sander van Doorn - Daisy
02. Aly & Fila Featuring Denise Rivera - My Mind is With You (W&W Remix)
03. Purple Haze - Bliksem
04. Bart Claessen - Hartseer
05. ID
06. ID
07. Tiësto Featuring C.C. Sheffield - Escape Me (Marcel Woods Remix)
08. Leon Bolier & Marcus Schössow - 2099
09. Sander van Doorn - Renegade
10. ID
11. ID
12. Way Out West - The Gift (Remix)
13. Skytech - Comet
14. ID
15. The Killers - Spaceman (Sander van Doorn Remix Part 2)
16. Laidback Luke - My G*O*D [Guns on Demo]
17. Bent - As You Fall (Kyau & Albert Remix)
18. Simon Patterson - Taxi
19. ID
20. Sander van Doorn - Ninety
21. ID
22. ID
23. Bart Claessen - Elf
24. Richard Durand - Tiger's Apology
25. DJ Preach Featuring Matthew Ryan - Spark (Robert Burian Trance Mix)
26. 4 Strings - Daytime (Sean Tyas Remix)
27. Sander van Doorn - Bastillon
28. John O'Callaghan Featuring Sarah Howells - Find Yourself (Heatbeat Remix / JOC Rework)
29. Timbaland Featuring One Republic - Apologize (Sander van Doorn Bootleg Mix)

Ferry Corsten

01. Alpha 9 - Come Home
02. Yuri Kane - Right Back
03. Yuri Kane - Around You
04. ID
05. Arty - Hope
06. Amurai Presents Melissa Loretta - Unconditional Love
07. Fender Woods - Ain't She Pretty (Amurai Yerevan Remix)
08. Cramp Presents Sliders - Meteor
09. Mark Sixma - Forsaken
10. The Airstatic - Worldwide (Anton Firtich Remix)
11. Ferry Corsten Featuring Betsie Larkin - Made of Love (Original Extended Mix)
12. Ferry Corsten Presents Pulse - Once
13. Anton Firtich Presents AF Project - Something Wrong
14. Ferry Corsten - Beautiful (Original Extended Mix)
15. Tempo Giusto - Metropolitan (Alex O'Rion Remix)
16. Bart Claessen - Hartseer
17. Coldplay - The Scientist (Remix)
18. F. Massif - Understatement (Skytech vs. Rick Valentine Rework)
19. Ferry Corsten - Brain Box (MaRLo Remix)
20. Ferry Corsten - Shanti
21. BT - The Unbreakable (Breakfast Remix)
22. Solarstone - The Calling (RAM Remix)
23. Ferry Corsten - Sweet Sorrow (The Thrillseekers Remix)
24. Gouryella - Ligaya
25. The Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia (Ferry Corsten Remix)
26. System F - Out of the Blue 2010 (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
27. Ferry Corsten - Radio Crash
28. Ferry Corsten - L.E.F. (Loud, Electronic, Ferocious)
29. Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body, Rock

 

Markus Schulz

01. Markus Schulz Featuring Khaz - Dark Heart Waiting (Intro Mix)
02. Artento Divini - Who's Next (Markus Schulz Big Room Reconstruction)
03. Jochen Miller - Brace Yourself
04. Stoneface & Terminal - Don't Give a F**k (Vocal Mix)
05. Steve Aries Featuring Lavoie - Dressed in White (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Remix)
06. Faithless - Not Going Home (Armin van Buuren Dub Mix)
07. ID (Track 12 from GDJB World Tour Dream WMC Set)
08. Gaia - Tuvan
09. Lentos - Forget About Us (Barnes & Heatcliff Remix)
10. Scott Mac - Damager 02 (Mac Zimms Remix)
11. Dirty South & Sebastian Ingrosso vs. Julie Thompson - Falling Meich (Markus Schulz Mashup)
12. Jose Amnesia - La Scala (Markus Schulz Big Room Reconstruction)
13. Ummet Ozcan - Trinity
14. ElSandro - Style Fusion (Jessus Progressivo Mix / Markus Schulz Edit)
15. ID
16. W&W - Mainstage
17. Karanda Featuring David Call - On Hold (Mark Sherry's Outburst Remix)
19. Tomcraft - Loneliness (Markus Schulz Big Room Reconstruction)
20. Jochen Miller - Red One
21. Rex Mundi vs. Ronski Speed vs. Eurythmics - Perspective Space Dreams (Markus Schulz Mashup)
22. Binary Finary - 1998 (tyDi & Dennis Sheperd Remix)
23. Skytech - Comet
24. Steve Angello vs. Ashley Wallbridge - Alpha Shotokan (Markus Schulz Mashup)
25. Dustin Zahn - Stranger To Stability (Len Faki Podium Mix / Markus Schulz Big Room Reconstruction)
26. Rex Mundi - Opera of Northern Ocean (Phynn Remix)
27. Der Dritte Raum - Hale Bopp (Markus Schulz Big Room Reconstruction)
28. ID
29. Cosmic Gate - Consciousness
30. Jerome Isma-Ae - Hold That Sucker Down
31. Drax & Scott Mac - Must Have Been a Dream (Mac Zimms Remix)
32. Paul van Dyk Featuring Hemstock & Jennings - Nothing But You (Super8 & Tab Remix)
33. Markus Schulz - Do You Dream (Uplifting Vocal Mix)
34. Markus Schulz - The New World
35. Paul van Dyk vs. Rex Mundi Featuring Susana - For an Angel at All (Markus Schulz Mashup)
36. Markus Schulz Featuring Khaz - Dark Heart Waiting (Paul Trainer Remix)

Sied Van Riel

01. Marcel Woods - The Bottle
02. Sander van Doorn - Daisy
03. ID
04. Tritonal - Utopia
05. Robert Gitelman - Fluidum
06. Aly & Fila Feat. Denise Rivera - My Mind is With You (W&W Remix)
07. Velvetine - Safe (Wherever You Are) (Rank 1 Remix)
08. Jochen Miller - Red One
09. Leon Bolier & Marcus Schössow - 2099
10. Ummet Ozcan - Trinity
11. Mike Foyle Presents Statica - Deadly Nightshade (Phynn Remix)
12. Heatbeat - Hadoken
13. W&W - D.N.A.
14. Anton Firtich Featuring Victoria Mazze - Meant To Be Free
15. Matt Cassar - 7 Days & One Week (Myon & Shane 54 Remix)
16. Bart Claessen - Elf
17. La Roux - In For The Kill (Tristan Ingram & Black Russian Festival Edit)
18. Cosmic Gate - Barra
19. ID
20. ID
21. Andain - Beautiful Things (Gabriel & Dresden Unplugged Mix)
22. ID
23. Offer Nissim Featuring Maya - For Your Love (Sied van Riel Remix)

Deadmau5 started doing dubstep… It’s actually pretty neat. It’s only on soundcloud right now but you cannot download it… But…
Well everybody out there knows… I’m the best. So here you go! The 3rd and last version of Deadmau5’s new dubstep track. It’s not done yet, but if you want to listen to the latest version without having the need to go on Soundcloud… Well… you’re at the right place. I have the original mp3 (Not ripped, STRAIGHT FROM THE SERVERS BABY). Download it while it’s hawt.
Enjoy!
Deadmau5 – Dub5tepthingie3
EDIT: He now has a 4th version. Here it is.
Deadmau5 – Dub5tepthingie4
And… the 2 first versions.
Deadmau5 – Dub5tepthingie 1
Deadmau5 – Dub5tepthingie 2
Please, do NOT post this on another website without giving TheHawt the credit for getting it first… That happened with the You Need a Ladder rip… OH WELL.

First of all, welcome my new slave, Will. He’ll be helping me out with the blog. He knows a lot of pretty tight tracks and he was giving me tracks for my posts a while back, so you should like his style. EVERYBODY SAY “HI WILL”.

…SO. I had problems with blogger and mediafire a couple months ago because of some copyright, but it ended up to be not that bad (I lost 2 posts and some time trying to get them back/uploading files back to mediafire). I’m just posting some of the old links if you didn’t get the tracks when I first posted them. Some of them are still pretty good, so enjoy! My favorite tunes are marked with a [very fawking hawt] tag. Sorry for the rap, but I still think Lupe Fiasco’s tracks are pretty tight.

 

Bingo Players – Get Up (Diplo Remix) [very fawking hawt]

 

Bassnectar – Land of the Lupes [very fawking hawt]

 

Lupe Fiasco – Me and my Sneakers (ft. A-trak)

 

Lupe Fiasco – Little Weapon

 

One EskimO – Givin Up (Don Diablo remix)

 

Hearts Revolution – SwitchBlade (Designer Drugs remix)

 

Deadmau5 – Move For Me (ft. Kaskade) (Extended Mix)

 

Deadmau5 – Word Problems (Original Mix)

Alright so, my two weeks of crap are almost done (meaning I’ll be able to actually post again...). Sorry for the big delay between posts, like I said in my last post, I’m very busy at the moment. Whatever.

Okay so this post got deleted again... but it doesn't have a fucking link. I'm mad right now because I think this is bullshit. How the hell am I doing something illegal right now. You judge. Whatever. Fuck you Blogger and ULTRA Records. And have a nice day: I save my posts now.

Old Post:

Okay. Yeah, Okay. So after getting attacked by Blogger AND freaking mediafire (add Deadmau5's disc company) I can get my post back up. They attacked my 50-ish user blog but they don't care about the big ass blogs out there that have the album (the upcoming one) up. Yeah okay. So I can't post any links because I don't want this post freaking removed, AGAIN. Like I said in the post that got deleted, I have the album that is going to be out soon and it's really freaking awesome if you like Deadmau5. His upcoming world tour is going to be for the new album. Its name is going to be For Lack of A Better Name and will be released (officially) around the 22nd of september. Here is the tracklisting (WITHOUT LINKS, HAI.).

1. Deadmau5 - FML (6:35)
2. Deadmau5 - Moar Ghosts n Stuff (4:30)
3. Deadmau5 - Ghosts n Stuff (feat. Rob Swire) (3:14)
4. Deadmau5 - Hi Friend! (5:14)
5. Deadmau5 - Bot (5:22)
6. Deadmau5 - Word Problems (7:48)
7. Deadmau5 - Soma (6:07)
8. Deadmau5 - Lack Of A Better Name (6:58)
9. Deadmau5 - The 16th Hour (9:29)
10. Deadmau5 - Strobe (10:37)

Deadmau5's goal with this album is to show the world he can do more than one style of song. He has some tracks that sound exactly like his last album's style, but some others like FML have a brand new one. You know it's Deadmau5, but at the same time you don't. He also added some already known songs like Word Problems, Moar Ghosts n Stuff, Ghosts n Stuff, Hi Friend! and Lack of A Better Name. Of course they are new versions but we (most of us) still know what they sound like. The good thing about Ghosts n Stuff is the added voice that makes it awesome. You'll see when it's going to be out, or if you decide to surf the web to get it. Like I said earlier in the post, I can't link any files, I'm sorry. I don't want problems AGAIN.

Buy the single Lack of A Better Name here right now. (iTunes link)

Link to the 1 hour mix: Rawr. (Changed to a direct link, for some reason it doesn't work with my version of Internet Explorer but it works with Opera or Firefox)

To listen to it only (works with Internet Explorer): Go here and scroll down until you find a list of DJs with "Play" beside it and find Deadmau5.