Justice - DVNO

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.

Another pro-point about this track is the AMAZING video. It imitates several 80's style TV show logos and intros, but with the lyrics placed where the name of the show would be. The video flows seamlessly, especially at the very end when the letters turn into a piano, didn't see that one coming. Amazing. Peep the video here.

Deadmau5 - Catbread (Original Mix)

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.

*The track is down for the time being, sorry, I'm going to upload it again soon*

The Flying Mau5

Hey everyone, this was posted only about a week ago, and it's pretty sick. Not much in the way of actual electronica, but still related. Deadmau5 has class.

Give it Up for Me - Sydney Blu

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.

It gets good at about 2:15, but it really gets into full swing at 4:15.

Hot damn.

If you really really want to hear the Dead Mow Five remix then I guess I'll let you hear it:

Give it Up for Me (Deadmau5 Remix)

Pjanoo (High Contrast Mix)

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.

Paul Keeley - King Scrubby

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.

By the way, Paul Keeley kind of looks like Jesus, don't you think?

RobertaFlack (Mike Slott's Other Mix)

Everyone already knows how good Flying Lotus is, with his unusual sounds with record static and the uneven beats and the whole lot. Today I picked up a copy of his L.A. EP 2x3 which I believe is his second remix album of tracks from his original Los Angeles album. I thought it would be so-so with just some attempts to remix Flying Lotus' amazing tracks, and yes, some of the tracks are just as boring as I thought. There is one, though, Mike Slott's mix of RobertaFlack which just really got to me. It has this uncanny ability to put images in my mind. I didn't even really enjoy the original that much.

This one, though, starts off with really great old-timey vocals and bells and chords and little dings, but then this glitch compu-speak synth comes in along with the signature broken beats just bringing back all those memories of those Jacek Yerka paintings I saw a while back. Peep some of them here, here, and here. Oh and here. Definitely that last one. But yeah, I really love that old-timey feel and the happy chords mixed with the twackin' beat and the future/past-esque glitch. Just amazing...

The first half of the next track, Secrets, sounds similar, but you'll have to find that yourself. I love how the song just portrays an alternate reality. Flying Lotus really is genius, because synthesizers produce sounds so sterile and clean, it must take a lot of work to grunge up and give personality to the sounds that FlyLo does, and it sounds great! Listen to the track, and maybe take a look at those paintings for maximum immersification.

Slip (Sebastian Leger Remix)

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.