December 12, 2010

The end of music as we know it









Every once in a while comes a song so vicious and offensive in its production that it must have spawned from the fiery pits of hell. How do you replicate the booty-banging delerium-inducing madness that Nightbreaker conceives in his Leo Chilcott studio? Simple: take a murderous track from the Teenage Bad Girls and bake it at "HOLY **** THATS HARD" for an hour. Add two parts blood three parts sweat, 50 kilograms of amphetamines and at least 250 micrograms of Lysergic Acid. Remove with hot mitts and plug into a 50,000 watt stereo system. That, ladies and gentleman, is Ton Ton (Nightbreaker Remix) - Teenage Bad Girls




Dinner is served.






(download link pending)


To support Nightbreaker visit his myspace page by clicking here.

December 01, 2010

Top 3 of November



These are the thoroughbreds.







Daft Punk - Digital Love (ALGERONICS Remix)    -download-





OK GO - White Knuckles (The Big Robot remix)





Coyote Kisses - GIRLBREAKER    -download-


November 22, 2010

Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix) - Freestylers










Ingenious beat making. Props to Flux Pavilion for really turning this song into a crowd anthem……….Can't wait to see these guys make it big. SENSATION WHITE GET READY




-download-




To support the Freestylers visit their myspace by clicking here.

November 15, 2010

Dancing With The DJ (Chiddy Bang Remix) - The Knocks



We don't care.........We don't care







I've never been fond of hip-hop artists crossing over from their territory to deface a perfectly good song. I'll admit the tune is catchy (and makes the song good enough to post) but once you listen to the lyrics of "Chiddy" it would be wise to have a trashcan close because your previous meal will regurgitate instantly. Chiddy's voice makes me cringe. On the bright side, Xaphoon Jones succeeds in making a half decent remix of Dancing With The DJ. The problem with Chiddy Bang (and for that matter all other mainstream hip-hop "artists" - save Lil Wayne) is that his lyrics are the equivalent of oral diarrhea. What talent does it take to string together a couple of empty sentences and work them into a steady BPM track? How did humanity come to respect this degeneracy of music? Fuck it, here's the track - decide yourself.


-download-


November 09, 2010

Gemini Club



Cold Dust Girl (Gemini Club Remix) - Hey Champ





Sweaty loft parties, ecstasy charged clubs, breezy sunday mornings. You really can't put a label on Gemini Club. With every release they continue to reinvent themselves. The track posted above is one of my favorites. It begins as an innocuous remix of the hit single, Cold Dust Girl but after about a minute, the unpredictability of Gemi Club shines through. Gemini Club begin exposing their electronic prowess by seamlessly harmonizing the original with an appealing mix of loops, synth lines, and tempos. Fantastic.




To support Gemini Club visit their myspace page by clicking here.

November 01, 2010

LiquidSilverMusic.com Interview: Tha Trickaz













First off, a massive congratulation on your recent success in the electronic music scene. I'd also like to thank you for this interview with liquidsilvermusic.com. It's a pleasure to have you with us.

 Bonjour ! And thanks, it’s also a pleasure for us !


Most of your songs are a cross of hip-hop and dubstep. When did you first begin experimenting with these genres and how has your music evolved since then?

            We started doing hip-hop almost 10 years ago. We had turntables, a lot of vinyl’s and a computer with cubase... We started making beats and were looking for an MC but at the time we didn’t know anybody in that scene so we finally ended up with a lot of instrumentals that didn’t even need an MC anymore. At the time, we were already experiencing a lot of different styles and tempos. We had a lot of influences whether it was bass music or movie soundtracks.
            When we produced “Robbery’s song”, in 2005, we did kind of a dub step intro and at the time didn’t know what it was! We just thought we made a kind of 2-step beat with hip-hop sample and a “DnB” bass. We started realizing soon that it was called dubstep. From that we followed the movement and it’s has been a major influence in our new tunes, but we still keep our hip-hop basis! The Cassius Remix, for example, comes back to a hip-hop tempo at the end because we just thought something different had to happen at the end of this track, which begins with dubstep.


Was there ever a breakthrough moment when you realized you had created something special?

Not really. From day one we never applied any rules to our music; we just try to have a lot of fun while doing it. We just came naturally to what we do today, and a lot of fun means new sounds and new textures for us. We just like to take a lot of time to create!


 What is your most valuable tool in the studio, the one thing you simply could not do without?

Well, we couldn’t work without our computer because it’s the center of our studio. We still use Cubase as our main Sequencer. We produce a lot on the road too with laptops. So the one thing would be the computer but there are a lot of other tools we couldn’t do without:
We use a lot of hardware. We recently bought a Virus TI and it’s a killer for basses and unseen synth sounds! We can’t really imagine just using VST synths now that we have this one !!
We can’t go live without our MPC’s, turntables or Kaoss pad because in most of the songs we play manually on theses machines.


 On average, how much works goes into making each of your songs?


There’s not really a regular time, we already spent more than 6 months on one track, while some others can be composed in one night ! We are pretty long in general because we like to work on details !


 What has been the most thrilling aspect of your rise to fame?

The most thrilling aspect is to travel. We’ve been doing dates in Vietnam recently and since we both have Vietnamese origins it was a pleasure being there. Someone even told us that we had the first crowd dancing to dubstep there!
Playing live is always a big pleasure whether its clubs or big festivals.


If you had to listen to one artist, group or band for the rest of your life who would you choose and why?

That’s a really hard question! Probably the hardest one we’ve ever been asked!

DJ iRaize : Dr Dre
Pho: Prefuse 73


Can we expect to see you in the Unites States anytime soon?

Right now we’re working on bringing the live in USA and Canada so it might be pretty quick!


Your new single "Megaphone" is now in stores. Where did the inspiration for this song come from? And I know it’s early to ask, but can we expect any singles from you soon?

It’s a vinyl and Mp3 release that came out last week, and its also part of the forthcoming album: “Cloud Adventures”(out on Disquette records in February 2011).  We’ve been on this album for 5 years now! There are many things we received inspiration from: Asian samples, Dubstep Basses, Hip Hop beats, Soundtracks and old movies …
We have a lot of artists featured on this album: Shabazz the Disciple (NYC), Shogun Assassin (NYC) from Killarmy, Non Genetic (LA) and ALI from France. There are also tracks with Luce (Australian cellist), Hansen (a French Saxophonist) and La Fine Equipe (French Hip-hop producers). All these people inspired us too for the realization of “Cloud Adventures”.


And finally, I have to ask this. What’s with the cat costume?

These are Shinobi special task force masks from a very popular manga.
We watch a lot of anime and read a lot of manga, one of our inspiration sources.
All ninja, skateboarders, break dancers, turntablists, and graffiti artist do tricks.
So Tha Trickaz just do tricks with music & sounds.

Thanks so much for your time. All of your fans including ourselves wish you luck in the coming years. We look forward to hearing more of you down the road.

We can’t wait to go to America !!!

*End of Interview*







To listen and support please visit the group's myspace page by clicking here

October 25, 2010

Lemâitre Uncovered


Fresh beats + ingenious mixing / norwegian house bangers is <3


Momentum Lemâitre

Nishio - Lemâitre



and the best for last.


Come Again - Lemâitre


To download please visit the artists soundcloud page by clicking here.


October 19, 2010

4h30 - Danger


Danger will help you get lost in your own mind





October 11, 2010

Interview: La Roché




Evoking pure and proper nostalgia, this is pop electro in a different light: both sophisticated and unbelievably catchy. This is the song Louis La Roche was born to remix. To download Beating Hearts (Louis La Roché Remix) - Ocelot click here.




When did you start exploring making your own music?
When i was 14/15. Messing about with 4-tracks then moving onto Garageband.
Do any other genres influence your work?
Every genre there is, i’m a big fan of bands like Holy Fuck, LCD Soundsystem, Hercules And Love Affair, but at the same time i like people like The Kings Of Convenience, Air and Caribou.
Your song structure is great, would you say its just a result of listening to a lot of music?
I guess so, but also because with dance music often songs are 6 minutes long or whatever, for DJ’s to mix in and out of. Thats all good but its not great to listen to, i get bored easy. So my songs are more like radio edits, short, simple and to the point. Most DJ’s now days use CDJ’s or Laptops anyway, so they can loop the intro and outros to mix into.
What are you currently listening to?
Plej, i love them! If you haven’t heard of them go check them out. Imagine if Daft Punk went Lounge, thats Plej. There 2nd album ‘Home Is Where Your Heart Was’ has just came out, its a really good album. Im still really loving Untrue by Burial, every track is a masterpiece.
You do a terrific job of sampling, especially of Michael Jackson in ‘Love’, how do you choose your samples?
It all depends on how i approach a track. Sometimes I’m digging through records and something in the song jumps out at me, i sample it and sometimes it takes days, sometimes it takes months before its finished. But then other times i have no idea what to sample, so i don’t go looking for it, i let it come to me. For example, when i made Love, i was listening to Off The Wall and heard Michael call out ‘Cry’, and was like ‘Thats It!’.

September 28, 2010

Tha Trickazzzz




Explosive noise held back with professional restraint. The recent winner of the Cassius Remix Competition, these South Asian Trickaz have exploded onto the scene and have a full EP in the making. To download The Sound Of Violence (Tha Trickaz Remix) - Cassius click here.


A Short Background

Self-labelled “Tha Vietnamists” and lifelongtime friends, Pho & DJ iRaize, founded the group over eight years ago, based on a mutual need to push musical boundaries as well as their own technical limits. They are based in Paris, France.

Their live performances best illustrate the magic of combined imagination: rare and traditional vinyl cut up with sampling, scratching, analog instruments, live musicians & the MPC real time drumming. All this combined with killer beats to shake the floor!

Wax Tailor “Say Yes” 2009 remix contest winner & “Découvertes du printemps de bourges 2009”, they released their first unofficial LP, “Iconoclast Sound Adventure” in 2005. This year they're releasing "The Cloud EP", featuring 3 tracks from the forthcoming album "Cloud Adventures" and “Megaphone”.
Tha Trickaz represent the perfect combination between 90’s hip hop and electro music such as dubstep or drum & bass.

Courtesy of myspace.com/thatrickaz

September 21, 2010

A Leimert Park Song




Street, classic, OG. Call it what you will. Dom Kennedy reserves a special place in the world of hip hop. Let's just hope his rise to fame doesn't lead him to sell out. We will be watching you closely, Dom.

A Leimert Park Song - Dom Kennedydownload

September 07, 2010

Belzebass!





A remix so intoxicatingly fresh, it's practically reminiscent of Felguk's headbanging synths with a touch of Boys Noize.

Omg (Belzebass Remix) - Cyberpunkersdownload

September 03, 2010

Coyote Kisses: Round 2






Up and coming electronic sensation Coyote Kisses is back with their newest remix of Yeasayers already orgasmic song, O.N.E. Unbelievably, this fresh remix improves on what is already a chart topping song. Coyote Kisses, a duo out of Lakeland, Florida smacks on a candy dripping synth coupled with an ear tingling melody that once heard, lingers in the back of your head for days. Remixes of this quality are few and far between. I'm proud to witness the rise of this group and to have personally critiqued many of their creations. Each song is a vast improvement over the last and this one is no exception. To download ONE (Coyote Kisses Remix) - Yeasayers please visit the groups Soundcloud site by clicking here.

July 25, 2010

massively massive


These italian stallions are out of barn and galloping full speed. Absolutely. Massive.



This Is Massive (Cyberpunkers Remix) - Chewy Chocolate Cookiesdownload

July 14, 2010

twist



M.I.A. - "Steppin' Up" HARD LA/M.I.A. (Caligula Remix)download

July 04, 2010

bumpin



Since it's summer now I'll only be posting noteworthy tracks like the one below. I ended up clippping the song since the full length track runs well over 6 minutes. This short edit doesn't overdo it and hits those ear tingling high notes without such a dreadful wait. Perfect for blasting on ze' autobahn.



You'll Probably Die (HAEZER Remix) {Tripping Balls Edit} | download

June 09, 2010

Tryouts - Javelin (plus the remix)


Tryouts - Javelin | download |

Tried Out - Andrew Long John | download |

May 31, 2010

Minuit Jacuzzi (Data Remix) - TEPR




Click arrow on right side of player to download.

May 25, 2010

Trip Step

That Trip-STEP dipset DUBstep

Days Go By - The Boogaloo Crew [Download]

May 09, 2010

NERO



DIRTY DUBSTEP


This Way - Nero [Download]


Innocence (Original Mix) - Nero [Download]

May 05, 2010

COYOTE KISSES



angels++ - Coyote Kisses [Download]


For a while now my friend Joe Suss has been in the business of making some dirty, filthy, head-nodding, body pumping electronic beats. Not long ago in a bout of Gaines Hall boredom angels++ was created. This is the first public downloadable release from Coyote Kisses.

April 30, 2010

A Cross The Universe


Phantom Part 2 (A Cross The Universe Mix) - Justice [Download]

If you haven't heard the 'A Cross The Universe' remixes then you really haven't listened to Justice...

April 27, 2010

Wayne x Passion Pit


Ambien (Sleepy Trip) (Lil Wayne x Passion Pit) - Brenton Duvall [Download]



Working with a bootleg set-up out of his dorm this kid hasn't done too bad. Despite all of the Wayne and Passion Pit mash-ups circulating this one surprisingly stands out. The production is crisp and the beats line up flawlessly making for an addictive and catchy track that will likely find itself on repeat for days.

April 26, 2010

DC Chilllllin




Freaks (Bird Peterson Remix) - Wale [Download]

April 24, 2010

Hold On





Hold On (Russ Chimes Remix) - The Vanish [Download]

April 21, 2010

Hard. Electro. Beats.


Teflon is a fine example of some bass-dominated wobbly dub-step, that only does justice when its on the verge of blowing out your speakers

Teflon Feat. Kemst - Kelly Dean & Steady [Sample/Download]