Anyone who is anyone has heard the new vocal mix of Ghosts n Stuff with Rob Swire from Pendulum, but not everyone has heard this one. It's the Nero remix, and personally, I think Nero should have made the remix before the Rob Swire crap. Not that Rob's not talented, it's just bland, boring vocals that put the bitchen organs of Ghosts n Stuff on the back burner, leaving a tainted version of that masterpiece. I can't find a dub version of the Nero mix, and maybe there's not one, but I hope to God that there is.... For now, we'll just have to settle with this. It almost sounds like that life and death song by Good Charlotte. Not even comparable, though, shouldn't have brought that emo crap up.
To tell you the truth, I've never heard of either of these artists before. From what I've heard, The Bloody Beetroots are an EDM duo from Italy. I guess some Europe is just really good at this kind of stuff. Justice from France, and these guys from Italy. I really like this genre. Kind of grungy electro/house/dance. I think it's prettty good. The picture is of the Bloody Beetroots.
I wasn't too late on this one. Released in May of 2009, Handguns is a track which resides on its own EP with three remixes on Go 4 Music's label. The original mix is just mediocre and same with what I've heard of the other remixes. A friend showed me this track, and while I'm not the first to expose this track, at least I'm not years and years late (Benny Benassi played this at Global, at least in Denver). I've never heard of Alex Gopher, or Dada Life, who did the remix, but I'll definitely be checking more of their stuff out in the future. Anyway, have a listen, it almost sounds like Dirty Disco Youth meets Klaas, but who knows, ya know?
First off, don't worry, THIS IS NOT DEADMAU5! This is realeased on Deadmau5' label called Mau5trap recordings but the artist is Moguai, who is well known for his 2002 track "U Know Y". He is from Recklinghausen, Germany, and he is actually a trance producer. I find it somewhat odd that Deadmau5 would produce a trance track on his label, that has the slower house tempo anyway. Weird. Anyway, have a listen. There is a Steve Duda (BSOD) remix as well, but I couldn't find that one.
DVNO by the notorious electro-rock duo, Justice, is about as good as it gets. Justice is known for creating their really grungy, over distorted sound, and while DVNO incorporates that, it is essentially a dance track. Incorporating house, funk, even touching on disco, DVNO is one of Justice's most played tracks. The lyrics are funky and match the track well, sung by Mehdi Pinson from the band Scenario Rock. They also have a really cool FX set on the vocals as well, it just adds this kind of sweet, crispy feel to them.
I've heard this track before, like the phone-quality 30 second sample on various websites, and it plays first (or at least it did) when you go to deadmau5.com, but I've finally found it! Deadmau5 - Catbread. It's a REALLY good electro house track, but surprisingly unknown and unpopular. Personally I think it's in his top 5, maybe even his top 3. I guess it's that detuned pluck around 2:00, it's just so sick. But don't go and do something stupid and listen to this on your shite laptop speakers or those whore stock iPod headphones. Hit this up on a nice sound system or a slick pair of headphones. Don't ruin it. You'll ruin it. Turn up the volume, turn up the bass and actually listen to this track for what it's worth. And whatever you do, DO NOT LISTEN TO IT ON YOUTUBE. It blows. That's why I post it here, so people can hear amazing music at a decent audio quality. Click the title and it should play right here. There, rant's over.
I found this track just now, and you need to hear it. Surprisingly, this is the original mix. Deadmau5 did a mix of it, and he is even a big part of the album cover as you can see, but his mix doesn't stack up to the original. Just like all those gay remixes of Hey Baby that try to make it better, but the original just pwns the hell out of it. Just like this. 
Hey guys, finally you get a dose of Drum N Bass, but the trance lovers will still get their novelty track: Pjanoo (High Contrast Remix) is the DnB remix of Eric Prydz' dance classic, Pjanoo. Compared to actual DnB, it's just okay, but it incorporates that amazing, flowing piano riff from Pjanoo that everyone loves and wants to dance to. Here it is.
Track of the pseudo-week is King Scrubby by Paul Keeley, I don't know when this was released or when I first heard it. I think it was on the Gareth Emery Podcast. Anyway, Paul Keeley makes some really simple, but great sounding trance music. This song has strong underwater undertones with a really wacky name but is just so relaxed and chill and a pretty good track to dance to. Paul Keeley is a progressive producer from Montreal whose most well-known track has got to be Michael Cassette's Remix of A Sort of Homecoming. That track has an amazing bassline coupled with a really party style tech/trance riff. I'm showing you this equally as awesome but more obscure King Scrubby which definitely will give you trance chills.
Everyone, if you haven't heard this, you need to. When I first heard this on a podcast, I could've sworn it was Justice. I hunted down the tracklist and found out it was the Sebastian Leger remix of Slip by, you guessed it, Deadmau5. My love of Deadmau5 aside, this is a great track, with a bass rhythym that is way out of control. Maybe a bit repetetive at some times, but Sebastian knows how to shake up a good classic.
Yesterday I got my hands on a copy of Ministry of Sound - Progression 2, and I've just been listening to it nonstop. This 2-disc album, mixed by Adam K and Hook N Sling is one of the biggest and best party albums to date. Relatively unknown because it was released on the MoS Australia label, it contains big name artists such as Chris Lake, JELO, Adam K, even Deadmau5.What started out as a ‘discovery’ compilation in 2008 has now established itself as a musical expedition cutting through the noise of Electro House into something much deeper.
The second volume in the series, Progression 2 is an emotive compilation of tracks mixed by Adam K and Hook N Sling. Driven almost solely by word of mouth, 2008’s Progression spread through the underground club community just as the reign of the super club came to an end. Despite not having
been mixed by a headliner, it continues to win new followers over with it’s peerless musical vision 5 months on.
Progression 2 showcases an epic selection of atmospheric tracks and heralds in a new era in the constantly evolving underground club scene. This time around, with two of the scene’s most prominent figures at the helm to mix the album Progression 2 will be taking in a string of special club events across the country.
Hey, this is Kalnz with another delicious dose of EDM. This one's been out for a while, but I just recently discovered it recently. I know, redundant.
The track of the week this week is a mix of Vundernug's "Nasty Stuff" with A.D. ElectroMC in the mix. This was part of a remix contest with about 40 entries (mine included), but seriously, this guy deserves to win... Never heard of Vundernug? It's because you haven't. Even once the remix contest was live on the 'net, a Google search of "Vundernug" yielded no results. Anyway, you can hear a crap quality, 128kbps version of the original track here. It's the only one I could find, sorry.
Despite the large amount of sample CDs out there, we saw a niche for one geared towards building blocks of EDM with a twist - this one is royalty-free, so it can be used in original productions with no fear of legal repercussions from the original artists who often are sampled on other CD libraries", says Steve. "We tried to make an assortment featuring a variety of sound sources, which aren't overproduced so they can fit into a production workflow without stamping their own flavor on a mix and being overly-recognizable.
