Alright so last Saturday was I went to see Wolfgang Gartner and, like it seems to have become a common occurrence in the past couple of months, I was alone for most of the night. Didn’t really matter because it was awesome. Felt kinda stupid though, it completely slipped my mind that it was a White Party, so like a retard, I’m dressed in yellow and grey… For once, the opening Djs were really good, playing crazy dubstep and electro all night. For some reason, I couldn’t find out who they were and no one seemed to know really, I even went to ask the lighting technician and he had no clue either. Damn shame, also didn't know most of the songs they played but here’s a couple of songs in that same style.
And obviously when Wolfgang came on, he brought it to a new level. You might remember that back in 2009, Fred called that he was going to be big and damn he was right!
Ok, so I have been insanely busy lately but it seems that as occupied as I may be, there is a group that keeps on showing up everywhere I go. I was on my way home from a new year's party downtown last night when I realized: "Damn, Foreign Beggars are awesome!" They have been remixed and used in so many genres of electro lately that you can rarely go to a good party where they aren't played. They've not only helped Noisia in their meteoric rise to fame but have also contributed to Flux Pavilion, Skrillex and many more. This post is a tribute to them and all they've done to the dubstep, breakbeat and D & B scene this year. Here are my top three.
Contrary to the Foreign Beggars, the next group is a lot lighter. The Two Door Cinema club is an alternative rock band from Northen Ireland. Their album "Tourist History" is just awesome. They are so upbeat and energetic that a large amount of artists use their music to get the crowd moving. This is why they are my favorite remixed artists of the year. Top three!
What can I say? Drum and Bass is just awesome. I can not go a day without it and this year, Pendulum stepped up to the plate. Their album "Immersion" was huge and produced some of the best tracks I have ever heard. "Tarantula" remains as my ringtone to this day which can actually be pretty bothersome because when someone calls me (even if I am in class and I forgot to turn off my phone) I don't want to pick up. Many of their tracks reached high levels in the UK singles chart and they recently let out their new single "Crush". They are currently on tour going from India, to England and then to North America. I am really sad to say that not only am I missing them in Vancouver (I arrive 4 days too late) but I am also missing Gareth Emery on the 25th because my flight leaves that day. The travel gods hate me! Oh well, at least I have "Immersion" to make me feel better. My top 3 tracks
What’s up ladies and gents? We haven’t posted anything for a while so here’s a little music to brighten your week. And, especially for Will, there’s gonna be a bit of everything, not just trance.
Before we get to the music though, I think this picture on the right is pretty self explanatory. Steve Angello is coming Friday at the Telus Theatre. Tickets are 30 bucks and totally worth it in my opinion. Also, according to Justin, there should be a guest appearance by Axwell which would be insane. But you didn’t really think that the night would end there I hope? The same night (or morning, whatever you fancy really), Sean Tyas is playing at Circus Afterhours and its only a few blocks away and 15$ entry. So basically, you get to see two of the worlds top 50 Djs in one night, you’d have to be crazy or Wei to miss it.
So this first track is a new release and I just can’t stop listening to it. I think it might have something to do with the fact that I like almost everything that Mysto & Pizzi do. If you haven’t heard of them yet, go check’em out on Youtube, they’re hilarious.
By the way, Armin is having a vote on his website for the song of the year. If you’re like me and you look for any reason not to study, there’s a huge list of great tracks you can check out. Oh and if Stoneface isn’t the best Dj name I just don’t know what is.
This next track I did not like at first, I found it kinda boring but I just could not get it out of my head.
And finally, this final track is getting kind of mixed reviews. It’s a weird mix between trance and d&b. Mostly, if you liked the original trance version you might not like it but I still find it sick. There cannot be enough mixes of this song.
If you follow The Hawt on Facebook or Twitter, you probably read the “new posts after midterms bla bla bla”". I’ve been super busy with school, studying a lot and failing exams anyways. I had 4 midterms this week. It kinda blew. Anywayyys… that’s my excuse for not posting. Thanks to the others for posting enough while I couldn’t.
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What I noticed on the blog was the lack of dubstep lately. After Electric Zoo, Justin and Ellis were mad on Trance and House. I’m not complaining because what they posted was amazinnnng, but I’m just stating a fact.
So… I’ll start with some “new” Major Lazer. By “new” I mean new in my music library, because I had a hard time keeping up with new releases since school started and this “new” Major Lazer I’m talking about was released 2 months ago. I’m obviously talking about their new EP “Lazers Never Die”. It is short, but very nice (that’s what she said am I right). It’s basically 2 new tracks with 3 remixes of their previous album. In the 2 new tracks, there is one that was released like a year ago and the other wasn’t released before the EP, but was in a Major Lazer Essential Mix (Diplo’s half) from a whiiileeeeeeeee back. The remixes are decent and are basically electronic versions of some reggae tracks. Check them out, I’ll only post the 2 new tracks that are pure reggae/dancehall/potsmoking music. I swear to god, when you listen to the tracks you become black for a few minutes.
So I talked to an old friend l used to play computer games with (he’s a dubstep addict) and he gave me a few tracks that are worth posting. I wish he would post on the blog though! Haha. Here is some Don Diablo, Excision and Datsik, Bob Marley, Flux Pavilion and some DJ Fresh.
You remember the Brostep mix #2 from Kabz months back right? You know the one where you guys learned what was filthy dubstep? Ya’ know… da real thang. Well Kabz released 2 new mixes since(there’s one that I already posted and that was pretty good, but it doesn’t come close to brostep#2 or the new mix I’m posting today). His newest one is really filthy with some tracks reminding me of brostep. I LOVE IT. He also plays some Noisia! Check it out, it’s worth it (download it!). Oh and don’t forget to ask Ellis to play it in his car. Hah!
1. Richard Pryor Intro 2. Cutting Crew - Died In Your Ams (Monster! Monster! RMX) 3. Wizard Sleeve - FuntCase & Southbound Hangers 4. Clap Your Hands (Dubstep Version) - Drumsound & Bassline Smith 5. Typhoon - Foreign Beggars ft. Chasing Shadows 6. Brock Out - FuntCase & DatsiK 7. Split The Atom (Bar 9 RMX) - Noisia 8. You've Failed - Robzords 9. Medibot Remix - Metaphase 10. Jabba 2 - Kane 11. It's All Gone Down The Toilet - Narky 12. Teflon ft Kemist (DatsiK & Excision RMX) - Kelly Dean & Steady 13. Piano Tune - Bar 9 14. Bliss - Cookie Monsta 15. Dune - Minnesota 16. Slow Down - Trolley Snatcha 17. Born Free (12th Planet Remix) - M.I.A. 18. Dirty Jersey (ReFix) - Mike Honcho 19. Geisha - J. Nitrous 20. Haunted House - The S.K. 21. Gargoyle - Doctor P 22. Mugatu - DZ 23. Sumurfin Be Runnin - Laney 24. Interruption 4 (Cardopusher RMX) - Enduser 25. Ill As FUCK - Section 8 26. In Memory - SPL 27. Knock Knock - UltraBlack 28. Firewater - Jason C & Metaphase 29. Collabz - KzA 30. Pump It - Plater 31. Wonderland (hd4000 RMX) - BTrippin 32. Bound To Drizown - 40z N 9z
On with some ooooold school mixed with some trance.
The first song I want to post is the one that Tiesto has been spamming lately on Sirius XMs (Tiesto’s Club Life thing). Here is what he said after playing it: “This track always makes me smile” (add his amazing weird accent that we all love). What he said is true by the way. It’s an old school track that got remixed by Fred Falke. The result is a disco-ish song that has a nice groove and that is mixable with Trance! AMAZING!
Here are some songs from Gareth Emery’s sets that are really sick and that he played at Circus. (The two first songs of the set). The first one was just mystic/cool; it’s just a really nice intro. Annddd the second one is just a really garrethemeryish trance song: neat! Enjoy.
Alright so university just started and I feel like shit. I don’t feel like working to be honest. I’d prefer to keep drinking and sleeping… and obviously listening to great music. Not that school will stop me from listening to music… just that I won’t be drunk while doing so… or high… or something.
On top of school (yes, I’m still complaining), my computer broke… so I wasn’t able to grab a lot of new music lately. And I didn’t have time to sync some music from my old to my new computer. So that is my excuse for not posting. LIFE IS HARD. hah.
My boy SOLO sent me an email last week with some new stuff he did.
“Here's a little clip video of one of my recent performances. It features a lot of my original bootlegs as well as live rappin and turntablism. It was a super fun show and these kids in Champaign, IL really know how to get down!! Check it out...”
It’s a pretty neat video. Chill to look at. Some nice Djing and rapping. And of course some nice dubstep! (Kabz and SOLO know what good dubstep is) Check the video around 6:00 to laugh. Sweet Shop. haha.
He has more stuff coming up and I’ll keep you guys up with that.
This next song is really sick and chill. It’s some kind of “dutch”, but with less weird high pitched sounds (still has some). Let’s use our brains and call it Electro House/Tech maybe. Chuckie will always surprise me… That guy knows what he’s doing.
The next song is from my favourite DJ, Diplo, from MAD DECENT. He remixed a song from Maroon 5 (wtf) and it’s actually pretty good! Hear it for yourself.
Maroon 5 - Misery (Diplo Pet Me Out Of My Misery Mix) [removed]
The next song is dubstep (duh) and it’s in the video above! It’s veryy gewdddd.
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