Apes With Barrels

VERSUS 1/12/12

2012-01-09T02:32:00.000-05:00

If you (1) are in Los Angeles and (2) still read this blog, please come see us play this Thursday at The Central in Santa Monica. It's free w/RSVP. You can do so HERE <----RSVP THERE

Woooo, disco house and stuff

Love,
Bastille

Faye Valentine

2012-01-02T13:53:00.002-05:00

I have two brand new producer crushes and have already asked one of them to remix a track from out next EP. I wonder if anyone still reads this bad boy, but here are some gems from the underground of Disco House.

-M

You Can - No Good Crook (GOLDEN BANANA)

You Can by No Good Crook

This guy is completely unknown to the internet world and deserves so much more exposure. He's from the Bay Area, so promoters GET AT HIM. God I fucking love this track.

Brilliant Smile - Tiam Wills (GOLDEN BANANA)

Tiam Wills - Brilliant Smile by Tiam Wills

This guy is French, so you know he's the real deal.

La Boucle - Tiam Wills (Silver Banana)

Tiam Wills - La Boucle by Tiam Wills

Dance In My Way - No Good Crook (Silver Banana)

Dance in My Way by No Good Crook

HIT THESE FOOLS UP ON SOUNDCLOUD

No Good Crook

Tiam Wills

One Night Love Affair (Preview)

2011-12-28T12:27:00.000-05:00

Yes, I know it's quite shocking that there is a post on this blog. But don't get too excited, because it's just self-promotion. Once I find myself in a place when I'm ready to download torrents of music and actually go through it, this blog will be revived. Until then, here's a sample from our new EP:

-M

One Night Love Affair (Preview) by Bastille

RIP DJ Mehdi 1977-2011

2011-09-15T18:59:00.003-04:00

Loukoums, Mehdi's J Dilla Tribute, 27 beats, absolute brilliance, lost one of teh greats this week,

this has been up here b4 but i think i forced you to dl track by track so heres the zip

this needs to be enjoyed by a wider audience

~Jumpman

Loukoums - DJ Mehdi

Tiësto - Work Hard, Play Hard (Reach Remix)

2011-08-21T21:33:00.000-04:00

Tiësto - Work Hard, Play Hard (Reach Remix) by PointblankEP

This was made by a dude I met when I played an MASS EDMC gig. Blown away.

Radio (Bastille Edit) - Duck Sauce

2011-08-16T02:20:00.000-04:00

It's here. Thank you all so much for your support. We're really tryna make moves this summer, and thus the blogging has taken the backseat. In the meantime, enjoy:

-M

Radio (Bastille Edit) by Bastille

Bastille Updates

2011-08-13T16:00:00.000-04:00

Hello loves readers. Here's a brief update on Bastille status.

Bumpin EP is still getting blog coverage. In fact, it can use YOUR help. Please click HERE, and give Bumpin a heart on hypem. Right now we're fluxuating between 21-40 on the popular list. If we can get to 20 and thus to the front page, that would be awesome. We haven't been there since our Cold As Ice remix from 2009. CLICK HERE GIVE US YOUR HEART!

Our first draft of a remix for our next EP came in and it sounds fucking fantastic. STereochan turned our Dutch track into a Trash Electro banger, kinda Congorocky. Excited to here more remixes as they come.

And finally, to explain the picture, we wanted to play Radio by Duck Sauce so badly, that we just decided to make an edit of it. Our goal is to have it released by the end of the weekend, so pay attention.

Cheers,
-M

Mi Excuses

2011-07-26T09:50:00.000-04:00

So we've been extremely busy promoting our new EP and cooking up some new tracks as well. We actually just finished up a Dutch House track and sent it out for remixes (in fact, if you're interested in remixing Bastille, shoot us an email at wearebastille@gmail.com). We've also just started a new pop remix, but we'll make you wait to hear what it is. All this excitement has left no energy for blogging, or even listening to music. I'll be back eventually, and I'll lose most of my readers, but some of you will stay. I think that's pretty f-ing cool.

-M

Keep On Bumpin

2011-07-06T04:20:00.001-04:00

One of the songs on this son-bitch has been over 2 years in the making. After hours of toil, we are extremely proud to release our newest EP. We are fed up with the lack of class among the world, so we shall fill this heinous gap one Disco House track at a time. Hope you have as much fun dancing to it as we had making the album art. God bless Piracy.

<3 Bastille

Bumpin by Bastille

Wide Open by Bastille

Pump Up The Volume by Bastille

Bumpin EP - Bastille (ZIPPED)

Furthermore, I really gotta give a huge shout to my boys gLAdiator who were just named one of the top Moombahton artists right now HERE.

Mixers

2011-07-05T22:18:00.001-04:00

Hello all. It's been a drunk drunk weekend, from Richie Hawtin on Saturday to the world's favorite holiday. I've got two mixes to share with y'all, so lets get to it. Richie Hawtin review coming, briefly read "Believe The Hype."

-M

MOOMBAH VOL. 1 by iskream social

Here's a mix form a lovely lady that's been an avid AwB reader for a while and had even been featured before. Very impressive mixing. She also drops a track by AwB homies gLAdiator, making me a happy panda. Check out iskream social.

Peanut Butter and Ladies by Roega

This one has the best track selection of any of the mixes I've heard recently. If you're into Funky/Tech House, the kind that makes you fucking dance uncontrollably, give it a listen. Check out Roega.

Ted Bundy

2011-07-02T12:59:00.000-04:00

Something just aint right about those eyes.

-M

Walking Away (Mode CK Remix) - Chris Kaeser, Jonathan Mendelsohn (Golden Banana)
One of the top Progressive House tracks right now, doing extremely well on Beatport. Driving and energetic, definitely more on the Housey side. Pretty sure Mode CK = Chris Kaeser.

Feelin' (Crazibiza Remix) - Muzzaik (Silver Banana)
Crazibiza is just killing it. House music!

Lady (Original Mix 2011) - Yohanne Simon Twill
Just gonna say, this is the furthest thing from an original mix there is. But it is a very nicely revamped version of one of the greatest House tracks of all time to fit today's production standards.

Back In The Bongo (BEAT Salad DJ Tool) - Mc $pyda vs. Deekline & Solo ft. Manu Chao
Yes, you read it correctly. God this must just kill when played live.

Bro Code - Highbloo
Techno techno techno techno techno

Sexy Party (Terravita Remix) - Tremourz, J.Rabbit
Oh my god, it's a Sexy Party! Starts Dubstep, turns into Drumstep.

Sandungueo - Munchi
MOOMBAHTON!

Get Sucked (Original Mix) - Umek
TECHNOTECHONETCENTCHETCENCO

Cut Throat (Original Mix) - Figure
Some DnB / Drumstep for ya'll

Freaks & Geeks - Childish Gambino
Wait, Rap music? Cheers to gLAdiator for the rec on this one. Adele sample, surprisingly, and much better than Adele.

Ted Bundy Zipped

Jack The Ripper

2011-07-01T13:18:00.000-04:00

The original and still unsolved to this day. AwB is eating some spooky crisps for breakfast and thus have decided on this new theme.

-M

Fenaton 2011 (Original Mix) - Umek (Golden Banana)
Umek making House music? And HOT DAMN this shit be Funky.

Dangerous (RUN DMT Moombahcore Remix) - Busta Rhymes (Silver Banana)
HOT DAMN this moombahton be dancey.

Save The World (Style Of Eye & Carli Remix) - Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin
Unfortunately just not as good as the Alesso remix, but still pretty awesome.

Ride Of Life (Belocca Bright Dub) - Hardsoul feat. Chappell
House on the super loungey side.

Anybody Out There (Friction & K-Tee Remix) - BCee & S.P.Y.
Pretty DnB

Promises (Marco V Remix) - Andain
Tech Trance for y'all

Zzafrika (Clouds Remix) - ZZT
Electro Techno with super whiney synths.

I Wanna Be Your Dog (Big Room Mix) - Swanky Tunes & Hard Rock Sofa
Super Big Room Electro House, very much on the Prog side.

Program - Noisia & Phace
Dat crazy DnB that makes you feel as if you've fallen into a new realm of existence.

Stronger (Original Mix) - Eddie Thoneick & Erick Morillo feat. Shawnee Taylor
HUGE House track with one of the most dancey lead drum things I've ever heard.

Jack The Ripper Zipped

Speaking of serial killers, wunderkind and AwB homie Flammenwerfer released tracks that one can now see are slaying crowds across the world:

New Theme

2011-06-30T10:59:00.000-04:00

I think I've tired the Archer theme, which means it's time for a new post theme. I could do like cool paintings or some shit, or pick another tv show, but I dunno! I've just started a full time job basically, so my time has schedule is much less concerned with thinking about the blog. But I'm still uploading each post over night and posting before work becuase I love you, I love you all so very very much.

In other news, we're are almost done mastering our French/Disco House EP. We dropped two of the tracks at our last gig and they seemed to do the job. So yah. But I digress, please throw me some theme ideas in the comments so I can get started on a new one when I begin my upload tonight.

-M

Loose It (Ibiza Mix) - Alesso (Golden Banana)
Alesso. Man. Name of the month, maybe past few months.

8Bit Nighttrain (Original Club Mix) - Nora En Pure, Daniel Portman (Silver Banana)
Funkiest shit I've ever heard from Portman. Tech House, but on the Housier side.

E621 - Exponaut (Silver Banana)
HUGE Dubstep track, and not one that's just overly abrasive but it actually has some merody, howbowtdat?

Regurgitate - Noisia
DnB AHMAGAHD

Boom feat. FTampa - The Boomzers
Some good ol' fashioned Electro. Complextro side of tings, so I guess it aint that ol' fashioned.

Turn Da Music Up (Original Mix) - Da Fresh
^Right idea, no? Tech House.

Sinfonia del Diablo - Guapo Feo
Some Moombahton that samples der Derpstep. On the Mechanical side.

Jazz Hands - Dr. Ozi
Drumstep on the abrasive side.

Feels So Good (Tristan Garner Remix) - Armin van Buuren feat. Nadia Ali
Cheesy Progressive House does feel so good. Nadia's voice kills too.

The Quest Of A Dream (Dabruck & Klein Remix) - Dark Matters feat. Ana Criado
Moar Prog shiiiiiiii

New Theme Zipped

Also, I thought I'd let you know how these posts work so you get a sense of where you're getting these tracks from. I download a shit ton of music from the blogs I read and from checking daily beatport releases, mostly for the House/Techno/DnB since blogs cover the rest of the more niche stuff. Then I obviously listen to them tracks while separating tracks that I like or think enough people would like into my 'To Post' list. Then every night, I pick 9 tracks at random by setting that playlist on shuffle and grabbing the first 9 unposted tracks and put them into another playlist. Then I pick 1 Golden Banana and throw that in as well. So there you have it, that's why sometimes new tracks get posted immediately and sometimes it's a weeks before they make it, but this place isn't about the newest shit always, it's just 10 dope tracks a day according to the mind of myself. And maybe some nerdy ass video game humor.

Anka

2011-06-28T12:39:00.000-04:00

You must address me by my title, Countess Von Fingerbang

-M

Renegade Master (Original Mix) - Markus Binapfl aka BIG WORLD (GOLDEN BANANA)
Tech House on the extremely Funky side with the sample you all know and love.

Virtual Friend (BT Remix) - Armin Van Buuren Feat. Sophie (Silver Banana)
Yes, it's Trance and it's cheesy, but this remix is incredible. Fans of Complextro will love this.

Feelings Are Weapons That Can Kill feat Lisa Jane (Lutzenkirchen Remix) - Kevlar (Silver Banana)
Tech House on the Tribal side, EVERYONE needs more of this in their lives. Really haunting vocals too.

Blow Out (Original Mix) - Felguk
There was a ton of hype on this track, but it wasn't really my thing. Maybe I'm just missing it, or I need to hear it live. Thoughts? I normally love the shit out of Felguk too.

I Can Be A Freak - Religion
I actually met these guys randomly a week ago. This here's a heavy ass Electro track.

United Kingdom - Benga
Yup. Dubstep. And Benga, we get it, you're British. Woo ha.

Unleash The Fuckin' Dada (Dirtyloud Remix) - Dada Life
The other Brazilian Electro House giant.

Get Out (Original Mix) - Lazy Rich & Lizzie Curious
Typical Lazy Rich, Electro House. It seems like he's trying to make Boom again, but he didn't quite hit the mark this time.

Menace - NumberNin6
Dubstep on the abrasive side.

Do It In The AM ft. Far East Movement (Lucky Date & Eli Smith Remix) - Frankmusik
Lucky Date sounding like Lucky Date, Eli Smith adding his name for some reason. Oh label bosses. Electro House.

Anka Zipped

Charles and Rudy

2011-06-27T12:18:00.001-04:00

We bought those for him and if you throw them off the roof I will fly to New York and fling acid in your face.

-M

No Sugar (Club Mix) - Gramophonedzie And Joey Negro Feat. Shea Soul (GOLDEN BANANA)
Gramophonedzie did it again. Another fantastic classy House track that sample swing Jazz. ALL about this shit.

El Cabron (Original Mix) - Abel Ramos & Benny Royal (GOLDEN BANANA)
THIS SONG IS HUGE. The horn sample, the drop, just like, wow.

Baraka's Theme - Run DMT (Silver Banana)
Drumstep anyone? This is the other great track from the Mortal Kombat album.

Gal Where Yuh Come From feat. Natalie Storm (Original Mix) - Nadastrom
MOOMBAHTON, get your Latin on

September (Camo & Krooked Remix) - Future Prophecies
Drum & Bass on the pretty side

Inner Voices (Matteo DiMarr Remix) - Addy
Tech House on the Tribal side.

Mr. Fahrenheit (Justin Faust Remix) - The Phantom's Revenge
Some great Disco House. +10 Bastille Love and Admiration Points if someone can name the other track that used this sample track.

Deeply Into You (Club Mix) - Alex Mind feat. Sue Cho
Does Sue Cho only sing on Complextro tracks?

Numbers (Camo & Krooked Remix) - John B
More DnB on the pretty side, the line in this one gets stuck in my head but will probably annoy someone out there.

Summer of 91 (Acid Version) - TWR72
Some new guys trying to make a classic Acid sound. Let's go retro!

Charles and Rudy Zipped

Pam

2011-06-26T15:52:00.000-04:00

This deuce isn't going to drop itself.

-M

Ion (Original Mix) - D.I.M. & Tai (Golden Banana)
If you've been paying attention, you already have this one.

Renegade Rasta (Original Mix) - South Rakkas Crew (Silver Banana)
Heavy ass Moombahton, or Moombahcore I guess. Dancey ass shit, love it.

Joker - Hedj & Neonlight
DnB YEAAAAAAAH

Dance Machine (No Vocal Dub) - Gtronic
Awesome/heavy Electro track

Workaholic (Original Mix) - Alesso
Progressive House from the new Avicii, I wonder how his set at EDC went. Or anyone that went, tell me about it.

Paperchase - Brookes Brothers & Danny Byrd
DnB on the prettier side, love it.

Vendetta - Sub Antix
DERPSTEP

Veyron (Night Version) - Lucky Date & Midnight Conspiracy
MOAR DERPSTEP

30 Northeast - John Digweed & Nick Muir
Progressive House, but also could be a lot of genres.

Let's Ride (Ado's Wild Style Remix) - Krafty Kuts, Sporty-O
And some Electro Techno to end. Ado makes the sickest bass synths.

Pam Zipped

Bastille Tonight @ The Standard Hollywood

2011-06-25T16:51:00.000-04:00

For you lovely readers that happen to reside in our grand city of Angles, you can see Bastille in full force spin at The Standard in Hollywood tonight from 1-2. We will be debuting Liquid Sparks EP, our French/Disco House EP which should be seeing release before the end of the month God willing. The best part, NO COVER W/ RSVP. SO CLICK HERE FOR THE FACBEOOK EVENT. YAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAY Our good buddy Goj!ra, who is also one half of Market Price, will be spinning the 11-12 spot, for those who wanna get their moombahton on.

Framboise

2011-06-23T17:50:00.001-04:00

Bonjour!

-M

Meteorites (Danny Byrd Remix) - London Elektricity (Golden Banana)
BEAUTIFUL DnB track, totally obsessed.

Someone Elses (Document One Remix) - Borgore, Adi Ulmansky (Silver Banana)
Epic Dubstep, semi-progish beginning with MASSIVE drop. I'd love to drop this track.

Goody Two Shoes (Viceroy Edit) - Duck Sauce
Well if I'm good to you, you've got to be good to me.

Blind Cobblers Thumb (Tantrum Desire Remix) - Futurebound
LETS GO DRUM & BASS! I FUCKING LOVE IT.

I Need Love (Spektre Remix) - Tomcraft
God, I also love Techno. I love everything! Someone scratch my head!

Still Getting It (Original Mix) - Foreign Beggars feat. Skrillex
I'm sure you ALL know what to expect from this.

Traction (Club Mix) - Bart B More
Electro House on the Tech side. Maybe Electro Techno, too lazy to change it now.

Zen (Original Club Mix) - Kim Fai
This wouldn't be an AwB post without some Prog House. Gotta balance out the filth.

Tonic (Original Mix) - Russ Chimes
Some Electro House on the funky side.

Virgo (Canblaster Dub Remix) - King Cannibal
Funky on the ravey side. This shit is just primal.

Framboise Zipped

BONUS:
THROW YOUR BACK OUT: gLAdiator x Fade County Summer Moombahton Mixtape! by gLAdiator

Our boys gLAdiator just made a mix and did an interview with Fade County. Check it out HERE.

Wax Monsters

2011-06-22T16:52:00.001-04:00

I'm extremely proud introduce some more underground shit to y'all. Wax Monsters are dreamy Synth Pop group from Oberlin College. Following in the trail of guys like Teengirl Fantasy, they've been starting to pick up steam with the release of their new self-titled EP. I've been in contact with one of the members for a while, so I've had to opportunity to hear his sound evolve. And I gotta say, I was blown away with this EP. You've got the Synth Pop elements, along with some clear influences from more experimental producers like Baths and Daedelus. So, if you're into music that makes you feel happy and like you're a child again, definitely cop this.

-M

Am I Going Mad? - Wax Monsters (Golden Banana)

My personal favorite on the EP. I was sold the first time I heard the sample come in at 26 seconds, but then the track just evolves and builds into this beautiful feeling, similar to the happiness you had as a child content to just be running around in the sun. The sample use is incredible.

Wax Monsters - Wax Monsters

This would be the whole EP.

Malory

2011-06-21T17:31:00.001-04:00

Immigrants! That's how they do, you know. Just drive around listening to raps and shooting all the jobs.

-M

Zzafrika (Gesaffelstein Remix) - ZZT (GOLDEN BANANA)
A candidate for most exciting Techno producer right now, probably just behind Simian Mobile Disco. Every track blows me away, especially this one.

Toot it Up (Feat Nick Thayer & Gotti Boi Chris - Nick Thayer Remix) - DJ Yoda (Silver Banana)
Definitely one of the top Moombahton tracks out in my opinion.

Too Many Dicks (OVERWERK Remix) - Flight of the Conchords
Super fun Electro House remix of fucking Flight of the Conchords. Yup.

Spock's DeeeLite - Sabo
Moombahton that samples Drop It Likes It's Hot. I heard Sabo drop this live, and it fucking KILLED.

Con Artist - Gridlock and Skitty
Crazy ass Drum & Bass. DnB has got to be the most underrated genre in the blog scene. Does anyone know of any great DnB blogs?

Diversao Tropical (Da Fresh Remix) - Tony Marquez & Aurel Devil
Tech House on the Tribal side, I know that some of you are all about this.

Freedom (Skreamix) - Rage Against The Machine
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

We Will Rock You (Original Mix) - NDKj and Luigi Rocca
House on the Deep side. Pretty Minimal, but it has that House thing that is the essence of dancing.

Ese Papi (Original Mix) - J-Trick
Moar Moombahton. This one is Dutchy.

Keep Your Hands Up (Anthem Dub Mix) - Dave Darrel
Not as unique or exciting as his other tracks, but still fantastic production. Progressive House.

Malory Zipped

Furthermore, Moombahton has been a very controversial subject among EDM blogs. Seeing as this is a blog that tends to post pretty much every genre except for Trance, I'm curious to hear what you lovely readers have to say about it. Do you like it, is it garbage, is it genius or amateur? Will it blow up like Dubstep and Dutch House before it? I'm gonna keep posting it because I've become a huge fan despite initially hating it, but I'm very curious to hear your opinions. Also, check out Chemical Jump's post on the matter and the massive argument that ensued in the comments. Or, you can just let me know that I'm trying to get too deep and that I should shut up by doing nothing at all.

Krieger

2011-06-20T13:35:00.000-04:00

Every single noun and verb in that sentence totally arouses me.

-M

Antigalactic (Mumbai Science Remix) - MixHell (Golden Banana)
Let's go Techno!

For Your Love 2011 (Stefano Noferini Remix) - Chocolate Puma ft Colonel Red (Silver Banana)
Dancey ass House mix of a classic Yardbirds track. I fucking love this. Disco side of things.

El Cuco - Nerd Rage & Sluggo
Moombahton, or I guess they call this stuff Moombahcore. Heavy beats at 108, get your Latin on.

Zzafrika (Marseille Remix) - ZZT
Electro Techno. Gotta love it.

Storm (Electrixx Remix) - Vincent Vega
Just straight Techno from these guys, totally new direction for them. It's pretty awesome.

Shottas (Alvaro Remix) - Munchi feat. Mr. Lexx
Major Lazer, is that you?

Nobody's Perfect (Netsky Remix) - Jessie J
Melodic Drum & Bass, do they call it Progressive?

Life's A Bitch (Original Mix) - Olav Basoski
Dutch Tech House from one of my current favorites.

Lootin' 92 (Original Mix) - 12th Planet & SPL
DUUUUUUUUUBBBBSSTTTEEEEEEEEEEEP

Sweat (David Guetta & Afrojack Dub Mix) - Snoop Dogg
Pop/Progressive/Electro/Dutch/Club. There's even some traces of Acid in there.

Krieger Zipped

Cyril

2011-06-19T16:59:00.000-04:00

You do realize there's a finite supply of Vaseline in the universe.

-M

You've Got The Love (Mark Knight Remix) - Florence and the Machine (Golden Banana)
Massive Tech House track bordering on Progressive. This shit is HUGE.

I Love London (Highbloo Remix) - Crystal Fighters
Techno with blipy sounds and chopped vocals.

Selecta (Original Mix) - Afrojack & Quintino
Dutch House, sounds kind of like Ayo. Prog builds.

Something Else (Original Mix) - Alex Kenji
House on the Disco side, but more like Tech House Disco.

No Brain (Paul Chambers Remix) - Etienne de Crecy
Weird Electro Techno.

Lemonade (HEROES+VILLAINS Remix) - Gucci Mane
Old news, I know. But I do love it. Dubstep if you haven't heard this.

Metrum (Manuel De La Mare Remix) - Fedde Le Grand
Tech House on the Techy side.

I Love The Way You Move (Original Mix) - Lucky Date
House music. God I'm so tired, I barely slept last night. gLAdiator absolutely killed their moombahton set though.

Mush, Mush - Bassjackers
Heavy Electro House.

The Way We Are (Klaas Club Mix) - Remady feat. Manu L
Same Ol' Klaas. Electro House on the cheesey German side.

Cyril Zipped

Market Price

2011-06-18T17:26:00.000-04:00

I like my dance music how I like my Fatty Tuna. By the end of this post, you will too. Introducing Market Price, a brand new duo comprised of Goj!ra and Valentino with one of the freshest original Moombahton productions you can find. Furthermore, Goj!ra lays down one of the best live DJ sets I've ever seen. This is some real live up and coming shit right here in LA, and you heard it here first, which makes me cool right? What would the DJs be without us bloggers. Nothing. They should pay us for giving out their tracks.

-M

Market Price - Talk Trash (Original Mix) by Market Price
Huge. I actually can't wait to drop this.

KALAMARI [Summer Mix '11] by Market Price
Here's that excellent mixing I was talking about. Get fuckin hyphy fools.

P.S. gLAdiator is playing at the Standard in Hollywood tonight, if you live in LA you should roll through to hear another big up and comer in the Moombah scene. Check the facebook event here. It's 21+, so skinny bitches get out we don't want no skinny bitches.

Lana

2011-06-17T12:14:00.002-04:00

Hey, Jane! Gettin' a tampon?

-M

Personal Jesus (Eric Prydz Remix) - Deepeche Mode (Golden Banana)
This drop, if experienced on a proper system, will result in a case of incurable insanity.

Don't Stop - The Subs (Silver Banana)
Seriously fun and dancey House music.

Smack Your Bitch Up - Benga
Dubstep. Yeah, it's kinda like that. That said, this is the subbier kind, not the BWAAAAA kind.

Masta Blasta (Original Mix) - Dillon Francis
I'm sure this is ooold news, but here's some moar moombahton for those in need.

Hate To Wait (Original Mix) - D-Nox, Beckers
Techno, a little more on the relaxed side. It would still kill at a rave if played correctly, I have faith.

Till The World Ends (Bloody Beetroots Extended Remix) - Britney Spears
Hey, it's not horrible. Still not up to '08 standards, but I like this one a lot. Pretty.

Synrise (Mumbai Science Remix) - Goose
Crazy Techno on the Electro side with an AWESOME buildup.

Multiply Me (Ado Total Rerererecall Mix) - Ado
He made some Electro House with this one, I prefer the original though.

Fire Extinguisher - Boy 8-Bit
UK Funky anyone?

Still Dre (Tenko & Funkstar Moombahton Remix) - Dr. Dre
Yup, somebody gone and moombahdone it.

Lana Zipped

Woodhouse

2011-06-16T15:06:00.001-04:00

Sir, that stolen lemur bit one of your prostitutes right in the face and she says she can't go to hospital because she's quote, tripping balls.

-M

Save The World (Alesso Remix) - Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin (GOLDEN BANANA)
Alesso kills it again. Ravey intro somewhat reminiscent of Soulwax that eventually drops into a massive epic Prog track.

Rock The Cashbah - Truelove (Golden Banana)
Huge Beatport success for this one. Big crowd pleaser and fun House groove.

Guilt - Nero (Silver Banana)
Another huge, epic Dubstep track from the Brits that never stop.

Wordlwide (Adrian Lux & Blende Remix) - Roger Sanchez feat. Mobin Master & MC Flipside (Silver Banana)
Wow, this track is awesome. Electro House that starts with a driving, almost Nu Disco influenced bass, but the second drop, Jesus.

Where You Should Be feat. Sam Frank (Jack Beats Remix) - Skream
Not their best track, but they also don't really make bad tracks.

So Much Love (Crazibiza Remix) - Pink Fluid
House music with diva vocals.

Lift Up Dat (Angger Dimas Remix) - So Shifty
Didn't realize people still made Dutch House anymore, and isn't it just called Moombahton anyways?

Hmmm Well (Original Mix) - Jay Lumen, Popof
Tech House

That Your Girl (Skeet Skeet Remix) - Mattie Safer Ft. Ninjasonik
Funky? Not sure what you'd call this, but it kills.

Technology - Destructo
Gary Richards (pronounced Gaaaaaaarrryyy, think Jewish mother accent) is finally trying to join the producing game. Electro House with Techy elements.

Woodhouse Zipped

Barry

2011-06-15T14:52:00.000-04:00

It wasn't a conversation, Lana. I was just talking to my gun, not with it. Pretty big difference

-M

Can't Top The Dutch (Original Mix) - Olav Basoski & Gregor Salto (Golden Banana)
Don't be fooled by the name, this track is pure House with some Disco and dancey as fuck.

Metrum (Original Club Mix) - Fedde Le Grand (Silver Banana)
Tech House banger. I'd love to hear this live.

Drift (Original Club Mix) - Funkagenda & Adam K (Silver Banana)
Check out this collaboration. I got damn excited when I saw it. They went for an epic Progressive House track.

A Certain Sound (Original Mix) - Firebeatz
Tech House ala the style of Hardwell. It's that Dutch Tech sound, kinda progy, always ravey.

FuNK eL (Lazy Rich Club Mix) - DJ Dank
Electro House on the heavier side. I feel like Lazy Rich actually never sleeps.

With Me (Original Mix) - Pryda
New Pryda track. Not super impressed with the EP, unfortunately, but this was the definite take away track.

Doin' Ya Thang (Original Mix) - Oliver $
This has been #1 on beatport. Great vocal sample for the whole track, but otherwise just sort of repetitive House. I'm not sure I get it entirely, but it's definitely fun.

A New World (Original Mix) - Mord Fustang
Melodic Dubstep that drops into heavy, complex stuff. It's got elements like Skrillex, especially in the vocal chopping, but not as heavy or scary.

A Little Louder (Muzzaik Remix) - Kid Massive & Peyton
Relaxed House on the Techy side maybe. Good for lounge type situations.

Manaus (Original Mix) - Alex Kenji, Marco Lys
Tribal House.

Barry Zipped

Cheryl / Carol / Crystal

2011-06-14T13:51:00.001-04:00

Like, a big sweaty fireman carries you out of a burning building, lays you on the sidewalk, and you think, "Yeah, okay, he's gonna give me mouth to mouth." But instead, he just starts choking the shit out of you, and the last sensation that you feel before you die is he is squeezing your throat so hard that a big, wet, blob of drool drips off his teeth and just "flurr", falls right onto your popped out eyeball...

-M

Heiress of Valentina (Alesso Remix) - Dune (Golden Banana)
Okay so maybe this would be super gay or something, like I give a shit. This song is the most triumphant Prog banger ever made. It came out a while ago but I never got a chance to post it.

Forever (Instrumental Mix) - Wolfgang Gartner feat. Will.I.Am (Golden Banana)
You probably have the original, now you have the instrumental so you don't have to listen to that idiot talk about how he's gon party hard on the boulevard.

Get Funky (Original Mix) - Alex Kenji, Federico Scavo (Silver Banana)
The sort of House music that goes best with a cigarette. Disco inspired.

Race My Music (Electrixx Remix) - Fast Foot
Some Complextro style Electro House from Germany.

Hurricane - Korova
Pretty Electro track with a heavy ass wobble bass. Turns out this is one of the writers for Shifty Rhythms, a blog I've been a huge fan of for years now.

Changed The Way You Kiss Me (Kris Menace Remix) - Example
This Techno track will take your ass by serious surprise. Not for small rooms.

Just The Music (Lazy Rich Remix) - Destineak
Moar dancey Electro House from one of our American heroes.

FYPM (Original Mix) - Firebeatz
Tech House from Holland.

Lotus (Original Mix) - Mumbai Science
Olesdoit Techno. This is probably old news for most.

Get Out (Darth & Vader Remix) - Lazy Rich feat. Lizze Curious
Complextro from Brazil. Notice how my descriptions get so much less awesome as the post goes on, sorry apes.

Cheryl Zipped

Moombahton has arrived

2011-06-13T17:29:00.005-04:00

Hey, y'all. No excuses, I haven't been around. I'm sorry :(

Moombahton is pretty fantastic. The genre was created essentially by accident during a high school senior ditch party, a cousin of Dave Nada's asked if he could DJ for their class and he obliged. What Nada didn't know was that these were not the standard house-heads he was used to playing for, oh no, these were DC kids who loved reggaeton. They complained that the music he was playing was just too fast so Nada had to think on his feet. He threw down the pitch fader as low as it went and Moombahton was born. It's essentially slowed down Dutch-house with Cumbia and reggaeton inspired drums added. Original Moombahton tracks fit essentially the same mode but sound...well, more natural than the straight up edits that birthed the genre. Let me show you what I mean.

All of these tracks are Golden Bananas and that's not out of laziness.

-Danl

Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix)(Nadastrom Moombahton Edit)

Here's a great example of a straight up edit by the creator or the genre. Nothing is removed from the "original" but drums and accents are added. Also just a totally slammin' track.

Dillon Francis - Brazzer's Theme (Original Mix)

This is one of those originals that I was talking about. This is also the track that converted me to Moombahton as I was initially a hater. Super Dutchy and slammin', just give it a listen.

Dillon Francis - Brazzer's Theme (Munchi's Fuck That It's BangBros Remix)

Munchi may be the God of new music genres. Apparently he's already done with Moombahton, as indicated by his previously mentioned Rotterdam Juke EP. Also-Slammin'.

Billy the Gent & Longjawns - Vibrate (Original Mix)

Ho got somethin' vibratin' in the coochie. Drop. (Possibly the most golden of these tracks)

Alvaro ft. Lil Jon - Fucking Ghetto (Dirty Version)

I take that back, THIS may be the most Golden.

Dillon Francis & Diplo - Que Que ft. Maluca (Original Mix)

Even Diplo's gettin' in on the fun! This is another original track that deserves your attention.

Neki Stranac - Outta Your Mind

Neki is another European beast of the Moombahton genre. Apparently he's Italian and knows a thing or two about hard, grinding sex music.

Rusko - Hold On (Sub Focus Remix)(Mane Thing Moombahcore Edit)

If you've heard the remix and have listened to the previous seven tracks you can probably tell where this is going. It succeeds.

Bonjour Hi - La Pata y El Pato (Lazerdisk Party Sex Remix)

The name of this DJ ("Party Sex") is absolutely accurate. This song may be down far but it is the FUCKING JAM. Must have.

Munchi - Me & My Bitch

Lastly but not leastly is a song that is NOT Moombahton, but Moombahsoul. This is grooving, sweet, passionate, loving music. This song will make babies without even trying. This song is the Most Interesting Man in the World of Moombahsoul. Enjoy, thoroughly.

All dem tracks zipped up

Archer

2011-06-13T05:09:00.000-04:00

"And, literally, the minute you turn 18, please call me."

-M

Cry (Just A Little) (Original Mix) - Bingo Players (GOLDEN BANANA)
Woah, can't believe this happened during my 3 month absence. My favorite Dutch producers made one of the best disco house tracks of the year, if not just flat out tracks of the year.

Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Extended Remix) - Deadmau5 (Golden Banana)
Madeon shows a lot more promise than Porter Robinson in terms of production skill, but I'm still a little weary to play these live. Too poppy for my style, but still damn impressive. Complextro, but on the synth pop side,

Run The World (Girls) (Chris Lake Club Mix) - Beyonce (Silver Banana)
HUGE Progressive House track on the Electro side (what's that genre called again...). Also super fun to hear the original Pon De Floor samples expertly mixed in.

Pressure (Alesso Remix) - Alex Kenji, Starkillers, Nadia Ali (Silver Banana)
Epic Swedish style Progressive House. If you're in desperate need of a track that will slay your festival crowd, this is it, guaranteed. SHM will be dropping this for sure, if they haven't been already. The original of this kills as well if you're unfamiliar.

You Are feat. MYGOD (Original Mix) - Beckers, D-Nox
Tech House on the Techy side. Takes a while to get to the good part, unfortunately, but it's Techtastic.

Kingdom - Spor
Drum & Bass. This shit is fucking nuts. RIDE THE SNAKE! Also fun fact that I just learned, Spor is the DnB alias of Feed Me, who'd a thunk it. Cheers to Sonic Prophet for the info and the track recommendations, I really do appreciate it. While I'm at it, cheers to Crustacean Cognition, I can always count on you as well. This post is for you guys.

System32 (Original Mix) - Uppermost
Heavy Complextro style Electro House, but not over done which is crucial. The French always know how to keep it clean.

Where Dem Girls At (Daddy's Groove Remix) - David Guetta feat. Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj
Progressive House? Could be Electro or Tech House, pretty confusing. Ravey track with poppy vocals. The Italian trio never dissapoint.

RIO To CPH (Lazy Rich Remix) - Alex Mind, Frederik Olufsen
Electro House, but extremely Funky. In other words, not a banger but groovy as fuck.

My Love Will Surround You (Dirtyloud Remix) - Dinka
Moar Complextro style Electro House, this time from Brazil. Super Prog builds from the original with heavy drops.

Archer Zipped

Feed Me Some Moombahton

2011-06-12T16:49:00.004-04:00

So since when did Feed Me blow up? I remember posting about this homie way back when I was calling out Gartner as the second coming years ago. Anyways, looks like he's come along way, as was evident when I saw him on Friday. #Reviewtime

-M

For starters, doors opened at the Music Box at 11:30. Besides the odd lateness of entry, I was immediately surprised by the nameless opening DJ. He spun some super heavy Dubstep will noteworthy skill and even mixed in some Moombahton/Moombahcore/Moombahcunt to all of our delight. One half of gLAdiator got immediately sprung, and I was forced to wipe his tears. By 12:40, the opener was done and they opened the curtain.

Dirty Talk

Behind the curtains was a stage packed full of super hip looking people, half of them with cameras around their necks, a bunch of crazy lights'n'shit, and the most giant tool of an MC I've ever had to endure. Besides all of that, I was also crushin mad hard on the cute girl in the right of the above picture. They dropped moar heavy ass Dubstep for the next hour or so with a steez that could only be described as poker face. Definitely enjoyable, especially if you're a dub head, but eventually the abrasive wall of sound grew boring and tracks indistinguishable. I was ready for Feed Me well before they were done. Some track highlights were made by everyone's favorite couple:

Cracks (Flux Pavillion Remix) - Freestylers feat. Belle Humble (Golden Banana)
The whole crowd sung along, naturally. There's probably some hilarious pictures of us doing just that in the front row.

Watch Out - Doctor P
Derpstep, slightly more swagger than other tracks of the night.

Feed Me

God I love Feed Me, and this show increased my love for the Mau5trap man tenfold. Seriously impressive mixing, and goddam I was ready to hear some 128. They also signaled his entrance by bringing 3 raver chick stage dancers to the front, courtesy of the promoters LA Beatdown, I suppose. Cheap trick for a good party, but enjoyed nonetheless. He looked like he was having so much fun the entire time as he danced almost non stop with a smile, something I always enjoy seeing. The crowd went nuts 100% of his set. One highlight was when he dropped this Tech House track and then mixed perfectly in key to his brilliant track The Spell (cop it HERE). However, when the whole crowd was jumping, one of the idiot hipster ass photographers (with a tumblr you've probably never heard of but has a book deal anyways, you can get it at Urban Outfitters) unplugs the mixer and cuts the music. Feed Me screams at him, and we don't see him for the rest of the night. When the music finally gets going again, he brings back the energy almost immediately with his track Grand Theft Ecstasy (cop it HERE). He of course brings it into Dubstep, back to House, drops some Drumstep and DnB, and even drops some Moombahton. We were all blown away, and it certainly killed the crowd. Highlights:

Innocence (Feed Me Remix) - Nero (Golden Banana)
My god I didn't know about this track until he dropped it. My reaction to this was like gLAdiator's to hearing that 108 bpm.

Reptile's Theme - Skrillex (Silver Banana)
Everyone from Feed Me to Dillon Francis is dropping this track in their Moombahton sets. Debatable as to weather or not it's actually Moombahton (I'd vote not) but definitely a monster slow jam, great way to get your crowd into a Moombah set.

Apologies to Figure. I really wanted to see your set, but since you went on at 3:30 we were well ready to bounce. If anyone reading this DID stay, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

The Munchies

2011-06-10T19:45:00.000-04:00

So if you've been paying attention to this whole Moombahton (pronounced moombuhtone) thing, you've probably heard of Munchi. In my utmost expert and always unquestionably accurate opinion, he is the undisputed king of Moombahton. However, looks like he's already moved on and just put out an Juke EP. What's Juke, you ask? From Chicago, it's like Baltimore Club meets Drum N Bass with a world influence. If you want to get official, it's a type of Ghetto Tech. You don't want to miss this if you're into B More / Dutch / Moombahton / anything that might appear on Generation Bass.

-M

Rotterdam Juke - Munchi

BONUS:
Pretty Boy Swag (Diplo & Munchi Moombahton Remix) - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em (Swag Banana)
Girls on me heavy cuz I look so sexy

Digitalism

2011-06-08T19:07:00.001-04:00

Weird album cover/title. Do love me some Digitalism though. I'll be honest, haven't listened yet, but I've heard good things. If anyone's in LA, check out Canblaster on Thursday, Feed Me on Friday, and Goj1ra on Saturday.

-M

I Love You Dude - Digitalism

Also, would still love some recommendations as to tracks I've missed over the last 3 months.

Flammenwerfer Exclusive mix for AwB

2011-06-06T16:49:00.001-04:00

Hello, my lovely apes. I've been on a rather extended break for the musics, and it's been nice. I'll probably be getting back into the swing of normal blog routines shortly, so look forward to grabbing your every genre fix from this here blog. For now, I've got an exclusive mix from one of the best up and coming DJ/Producers in Los Angeles by the name of Flammenwerfer. I just hope that Boys Noize or Ado takes a listen to this kid at some point, and if you haven't heard of this kid you should definitely click HERE. So, if you've been pounding too much Moombahton and feel like treating yourself to some good ol' 128 again, check out this incredible mix for all your techno needs.

Apes with Barrels Exclusive Mix by Flammenwerfer

And if you're still tryna grind at 108, stay tuned for a gLAdiator megapost. Or you can just click on their name to check it now, but I know you come here for my super witty self over the chunes.

Shout in the comments if you love Settlers for Catan!

Also, as I've been absent from everything music for the past 3 months, I'd appreciate comments with tracks that I missed and should be checked out.

Also also, Bastille's gonna have a big summer. Liquid Sparks EP just needs to be mastered, and then we have a whole bunch of tracks of everywhich genre to be completed.

I'm back bitches.

-M

YAKfilm's B'zwax interview

2011-05-20T14:43:00.000-04:00

Being at the top of their game YAKfilms has almost single handily achieved worldwide recognition in both the underground dance scene and in the music video producing industry. Getting shout outs from MTV and the ABC, YAKfilms has been given exclusive access to dance shows around the whole world from Paris to Tokyo!In fact appearing on YAKfilms has become a sort of must for any dance crew trying to make it big in the industry. So we here at Apes with Barrel decided to go back to the routes of blogs, that of discovering new underground talent.

-First and foremost! Who’s the person behind B'zwax?

The B in B’zwax stands for Ben. I am part of Yak. It’s no mystery; B’zwax is just a pseudonym I use when I produce music.

B'ZWAX - Belly Dance (JD 2010 menu beat) by B'zwax

-I've surfed all over the net to find some info about you but to my regret, my search didn't provide me with much info. How did you meet Yak and eventually started producing beats for his dance videos?

Because I am a part of YAK, the musical collaborations on some of the videos we produce came naturally. Yak is actually a 4-person crew, but we are only 3 to work on video production. I’ve been making instrumental music ever since I was young. Yoram, one of the members of the group who started Yak is a childhood friend of mine with whom I shared my passion for video and photography as we were growing up. When I officially joined the group in late 2009, we had already used some of my tracks on some unreleased dance videos, but it wasn’t until our winning video “Golly the Rainmaker” for the 2010 East Bay Express' 24-Hour Green Film Festival that my tracks really started coming out. As far as the web, it’s pretty recent- you won’t find much because most of the stuff that I’ve made never got released. The beats that I’ve made have always stayed amongst close friends because it was never more serious than that.

-Looking through you're soundcloud, I've realised that you also use YAKfilm's slogan (a bull), does this mean that you specifically produce beats for YAKfilms?

That’s intentional. It’s actually a yak like the animal. All the tracks on my soundcloud have been used or will be used for YAK productions. I feel it’s an easier platform to distribute and share the music that we use on our youtube channel.

-Strings and 'asian-like' sounds are at the heart of your tunes, where does this inspiration come from? Are there any specific hip hop producer that've influenced you?

I wouldn’t say that there is one specific producer… Many hip-hop producers have influenced me like Madlib, Dilla, even Flylo just to name a few… but there is so much good stuff out there, it’s hard not to listen to many different kinds of music. I would have to say that inspiration also comes from my close friends who are mostly musicians. Without them I don’t think I would’ve discovered the beauty of let’s say Cretan music for example… I like to experiment with many things. One of my close friends would always blast old Greek music in my ears and play me a tune when he could. It took me a while to appreciate it like he did, but I guess I did that in my own way.

B'ZWAX - Rubbing Alcohol (video cut) by B'zwax

-As a hip-hop enthusiast, what's your view on modern day hip-hop? Do you think the 'philosophy' and culture behind hip-hop has drastically changed during these past 10 years?

That’s a tough question to answer alone… yes and no. I mean of course it has… Hip-hop is a relatively young culture, and like every music culture, it goes through some changes as it evolves. People today talk about Hip-hop and overanalyze the situation a bit too much. But my truth is that it’s alive. Music is just one aspect of it. There are so many elements that are alive and well in the culture that I witness, dance for example, that I really don’t see going away anytime soon. In the last 10 years? … I grew up in it, I see it changing. A lot of your favorite artists back then are not who they were today, but fortunately there are still a handful of artists that try to preserve those good sounds… you just have to find them. The philosophy is still there with a few… haha.

B'ZWAX - Adidas Megalizer Beat by B'zwax

-Besides hip hop are there any other genres that you would like to experiment with?

Of course! Hip-hop as allowed me to dip into many different musical cultures, from classical to jazz, even electro just to name a few. Instrumental Hip-hop is an interesting thing because it doesn’t have a strict guide to follow. The music I make for YAK is music that dancers dance to, and that usually doesn’t always have to be ‘hip-hop’. But on that same note, not all the music I make has to be danced to.

-I'm dying to get my hands on some of your tracks like Rubbing Alcohol, Belly Dance (JD 2010 menu beat) and Tractor Beam, are they ever going to be available in an EP? If yes, when would it drop?

Of course, I’ve been working on that… The EP is out, on my bandcamp. The link will be available on my soundcloud and obviously on the YouTube videos, as well as on the yakfilms Facebook page

Website

Soundcloud

YAKfilms channel

Bonus:

Rockin High (Nicky Romero Remix) - Fedde Le Grand Gold Banana (House)

Welcome to Miamia (Laidback Luke Bootleg) - Will Smith (House)

Zombies (Vip Edit) - Figure Epic Banana (Wobble Wobble Wobble Music)

Bonus zip

Simple P

Warming up a bit now

2011-05-18T00:00:00.002-04:00

Back with the funky!

-Jumpman

Africa Hitech - Out In The Streets ]) GOLDEN BANANA

Dark ghettotech flavored funky with a one hell of a psychedelic oldskool drop to boot

Hot City - Another Girl

Awesome techy funky bit, love that drop

Hardrive - Deep Inside (Pearson Sound Remix)

again on teh techier side, raw percussive number

Untold - Just For You (Roska Remix)

this ones a mover, roska, genius as always

Hard House Banton - Zulu Form

deep sunny vibes from one of the best in the scene

Whole Post

Hands in the Air business

2011-05-17T00:00:00.001-04:00

Ahh progressive trance, God DJs, neverending larger than life supersaw breakdowns, can be remembered as one of the number one rave recruiting genres of the late 90s, stereotypically dutch, unlike prog house it doesn't try to keep its cool so to say, its just full on scream it loud epic, these are OLD tunes, but tunes never the less. ENjoy!

-Jumpman

Slyder - Score (Original Mix) ]) GOLDEN BANANA

Human Evolution - Project Magneta (One Small Step For Man Mix)

System F - Exhale (feat. Armin van Buuren)

Russenmafia - Pull (Solid Sleep Mix)

Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix)

WHOLE POST

Bassline House

2011-05-15T00:00:00.007-04:00

One of the first generation subgenres of UK garage (alongside Grime and Dubstep), Bassline House developed around sheffield's niche club, it is probably the most reminiscent of speed garage, but eschewing any of the grit and macho aesthetics of its contemporaries, instead keeping with a 4x4 derived highly produced ULTRAPop-py sound, with multiple melodic interweaving dubstep style basses and/or organ basses, mostly a midlands thing, popular with the local pakistani clubgoers is the word. Bassline really can't be taken too seriously, but i dont think youre supposed to, unabashedly fun though

hope you enjoy these ones

-Jumpman

Burgaboy - Wheres Da Mansdem At (feat. Donae'0) ]) GOLDEN BANANA

DJ Pantha - Candy Shop (DJ Q Remix)

TRC - Ghoulies

Dexplicit - Headstrong

Screama - Go

TS7 - Be Strong (feat. Christobelle)

Addictive - Candy Rain

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That Time of the Year

2011-05-10T12:36:00.000-04:00

So it's that time of the year where we go on a 'survival of the fittest' stage. Lock ourselves in plain black and white room decorated with nothing more than a boring desk, an uncomfortable chair and two piles of horrendous and tedious books/notes... Oh and a mobile just in case you need to ring up that guy that has copied down every single lecture that you probably didn't go to, or to order food.

Here's the Exam survival pack I've put together a comp of tech house, progressive house, chill house, tech and vocal house in all its 320 kbps glory:

Amazzonia (David Tort Remix) - Giorgio Giordano Epic Banana

Push Me (Popof Remix) - Maetrik

Call My Name (Original Mix) - Sultan, Ned Shepard

Control Room (Original Mix) - Fedde Le Grand Epic Banana

Better Day (David Jones Rework) - Alex Martello, Guby Gold Banana

The Mistress (Dan Castro Remix) - Ben Dj & TT Orchestra

Shake it (Terrace Vocal Mix) - Lee Cabrera vs Thomas Gold

Love is Darkness - Sander Van Door feat Carol Lee Gold Banana

Exam Survival Pack zip

Simple P

Banana Sundae

2011-04-22T23:35:00.011-04:00

London Elektricity's latest release YIKES!

YIKES! zip

Happy hung over day

x

Simple P

Respect da Dub

2011-04-20T20:17:00.018-04:00

PLAYME RECORDS does it again, holding on to the top 10 dubstep beatport charts with Pimpin and the long awaited Geisha VIP from Cyberoptics' latest EP Tie Fighter.

Over recent months PlAYME RECORDS has proven to the dubstep community it's determination to remain as a top quality dubstep record label with hit's such as J-Rabbits latest release Sexy Party. Although PlayMe Records has mostly unknown Dubstep artists, if you're a fan of Cyberoptics (which you probably are or will after this post) then you know that Reid Speed (PlayMe records founder) has an ear for recognizing quality dubstep producers.

MUSTS

Geisha (VIP Mix) - Cyberoptics. EPIC BANANA

Predator (Cyberoptics Remix) - Chrispy. Gold Banana

Money (Cyberoptics Remix) - Borgore. Gold Banana 'I'mma Mutha fuckin playa wiv no money in da bank' Wayyyyyy better than the original track

Bass Down Low (Proper Villains Remix) - The Cataracs. Epic Banana, A M A Z I N G intro

Bonuses

Tainted Love (Dj Zestrous dub mix) - Marilyn Manson

Everyday Hustle (AC Slater Remix) - B. Rich (download the zip if you want it)

Sexy Party (Terravita Remix) - J Rabbit. wob wob wob wobiiiiiiiiiii wobiiiiii

Respect da Dub zip

Simple P

Flammenwerfer

2011-04-11T19:03:00.004-04:00

I would be lying if I didn't admit that I've been super excited for this post for months. I'm very proud to bring you the first release from Flammenwerfer, a friend and fantastic DJ. Where most American producers today are jumping onto the complextro boat, this release would feel right at home on Boys Noize Records. I've been hearing these tracks as he's obsessively tweaked them for months, and I've got to say having listened to the final product it was all worth it. I could go on and rant about these tracks, but you should just take a listen, you won't be able to hear these tracks anywhere else for now at least:

-M

Fiber (Original Mix) by Flammenwerfer

Banger for sure. Starts Electro Tech and then just assaults your face with AAAAAAAAAAH. But not in that Dubstep abrasive way, more in that first time you heard Proxy way.

Amino (Original Mix) by Flammenwerfer (GOLDEN BANANA)

My favorite of the two. Acid.

Looks like both tracks have reached the download limit, so you can grab it below:

Fiber / Amino - Flammenwerfer + (Zippyshare Link)
Be sure to check out his SOUNDCLOUD and flood his tracks with comments so that you can't see the actual wave form anymore.

ALSO
For those of you wondering what the absence has been about, recovering from a dislocated knee. Been watching unhealthy amounts of TV.

Banana Sundaes

2011-04-10T12:06:00.003-04:00

In my opinion Facebook's best features are the fan aka like pages. It makes it so much easier for musicians to post whatever they're trying to advertise but more importantly share with their fans other musicians that they like. Having said the obvious, the other day Skream popped on my news feed with his usual 24/7 status updates talking about these guys The Weeknd.

These guys from Canada make some of the most original R&b/Soul DUBSTEP something that I haven't heard for a while if I'm being honest. Smooth melodies, soft lyrics, butter like lyrics that make you want to sink on the sofa and chill. Their FREE mixtape House Of Balloons is a chill out vibe with the exception of 'What You Need', this is definitely a track that you'd have on the background while shagging, if you have a romantic side that is... If romantic sex isn't your cup of tea then let me tempt you to shagging with Work It by The Prototypes in the background.

All in all if you want some quality smooth R&B/Soul dubstep then these are the guys you're looking for.

House Of Balloons mixtape





Have a good hungover day

Simple P

Future Garage Showcase

2011-04-04T00:00:00.003-04:00

fresh 'stache...fresh as this batch of Future Garage tracks,

Enjoy~!

-Jumpman

Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You ]) Golden Banana

Great sample, beautiful chords, deep drop, and skipping drums; this ones already a classic

XXXY - Ordinary Things

Very elegaic, nostalgic, or time out of time-y, some'n along those lines

Jacques Greene - The Look

Great garage-y pitchraised Soul vocals and an undeniable beat to match,

C.R.S.T. - May Not Be Real

Deep/must-listen stuff, classically beautiful chords & percolating rhythms

Headhunter - Chasing Dragons

Back of the club, getting lost in the music material, haunting vocals

FaltyDL - My Freinds Will Always Say...

Geez, garage is back in a big way, and this one couldnt be classier

James Blake - CMYK

A bit of an old thing now but real must have, blake with his typically mindblowing production

Whole Post

Also dear readers, its come to my attention that recently downloads haven't been playing properly, if you can confirm this is just since i(jumpman) started posting, or other specifics, it would help me fix this issue as soon as possible, thank you.

The Luther Burger

2011-04-03T04:20:00.003-04:00

Vandrosstache, a stretch, perhaps, but it is there...

Mo' Funky!!!

Enjoyyyyyyyyyy!

-Jumpman

Destiny's Child - Bills Bills Bills (James Blake Harmonimix) ]) Golden Banana

Rly creates a sublimely drunken kilter and swagger in this remix of a classic, jb=chunes, always

Dubbel Dutch - Dead Pool

Amazing afro/tribal tune, dubbel dutch rly knows how to bring the serious Funky

Funkystepz - Fuller

always bringing the perfect balance of the tribal/pop/garage, amazing productions, every time

Nguzunguzu - Rec Loose (Bad Autopsy Remix)

UK remix of an LA funky banger, big stuff

Rossi B & Luca - E10 Riddim

Dubsteppers taking a crack at Funky with glorious results, dancehall party vibes

Seiji - Whisky

fun, quirky, housey and tribal, loooooooooove dis one, smoove bass

Boddika - Warehouse

On the techier side, a hard, entrancing, bass number

Teh Whole Post

John Oats

2011-03-30T17:17:00.002-04:00

My dream stache come true, ooh ooh.

-M

NYE Chicago Bulls Intro Remix - Pretty Lights (GOLDEN BANANA)
This is how you start a motherfucking set.

Nimbus (Original Mix) - DJ DLG (Silver Banana)
Word up to Electrogressive Hau5!

Out Of My Head (Libex Dream Mix) - Gramophonedzie (Silver Banana)
Gotta dance your ass off to this House track. Disco flavor.

True Believer (Feat Metrik And Phetsta) (Phetsta Dubstep Mix) - Shock One
Heavy ass Dubstep, you won't be dissapointed if this is your steez.

Time Ft Delilah (Queb Remix) - Chase & Status
Speaking of Dubstep, one of the better remixes I heard of this track that's flooding them cloudysounds. Give Queb some love.

Yeah Ha (Heartik Remix) - Saeed Younan
Tech House? OLESDOIT.

Awooga (Original Mix) - Calvin Harris
Progressive House. Not as good as I'm Not Alone in my opinion, he trie to be more straight up ravey. I think he does a better pop hook.

Jay Fay Riddim - Jay Fay
Strictly percussion House. Could easily fit into a Tech, Dutch, Baltimore, or UK Funky set.

Born This Way (Zedd Remix) - Lady Gaga
One of the heroes of Complextro earning his nod from Gaga herself? Or at least her promo team.

Solar Sailer (Pretty Lights Remix) - Daft Punk
One of the other take away tracks from the Tron remix album. Glitch Hopy. This would work perfect with the acapella from I <3 U So - Cassius, someone make that bootleg, I'll post it.

John Oats Zipped

Theodore Roosevelt

2011-03-29T13:34:00.000-04:00

American stache

-M

The Biscuit (Original Mix) - Uppermost (GOLDEN FUCKING BANANA)
Jesus christ. Electro House at it's best. This is what I wish more complextro stuff sounded like. It's not just a giant barrage of shit in your face for the entire song, it's got fucking swagger. It has life. It also slows down to hip hop tempo and speeds up again.

Chickflick (Boris Dlugosch Remix) - Zombie Nation (Silver Banana)
Electro Techno anyone?

Riots (Original Mix) - Jeremy Olander (Silver Banana)
This is Eric Prydz's protege, and I fucking love Eric Prydz in a obsessive schoool girl kind of way. Progressive House seriously bordering Tech.

Feel So Free (Original Mix) - Smooth
Drum & Bass. When you need the speed.

Super Awesesome LFO's Bro - St. Andrew
^Super Awesome. Techno that turns into Electro Techno. I should look into these guys more.

Places - Shlohmo
Beautiful beat music coming from Los Angeles (or maybe San Francisco, can't remember where's he at now).

The Lurker (Original Mix) - Psycatron
TECHNOOOOOOOOOO, le Minimal.

One Look (Axwell vs Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Instrumental Mix) - David Tort Feat. Gosha
Big collab here, but not a lot of press (nor one of their best). Progressive House.

Buzz Me (Rework 2011 Master) - Felguk
An update on one of their awesome tracks. I'll still always love this kind of Electro House more than the wave of Complextro happening right now, which got way too stale way too fast.

Aura (David Mayer & Keinemusik Remix) - Sante & Re.you
Unique House track, not sure where I stumbled upon this. It's interesting, that's for sure. Definitely wouldn't play it.

Theodore Roosevelt Zipped

Lando Calrissian

2011-03-28T14:15:00.000-04:00

"Trust me" stache

-M

Kids (Original Club Mix) - Stefano Noferini (Golden Banana)
Great house track, very standard formula but the line is super catchy and danceable. Heard this dropped by Gary at HARD Weekend.

Song For Lisa (Benny Benassi Mix) - The Japanese Popstars (Silver Banana)
The Benny Benassi machine is what it is because sometimes it works great. This is one of those examples. Electro House on the Prog side.

Guacha (Broad Rush Remix) - SON OF KICK ft. Natalia Clavier (Silver Banana)
Woah. Drumstep anyone?

HR 8938 D Cephei (Original Extended Mix) - Deadmau5
New sweeping/epic over 10 min Progressive House track from the Mau5. Not too special, but he's great at what he does. Held #1 one Beatport for a while, last I checked it's fallen to #2 under the new Tiesto/Mark Knight collab.

Too Long (French Government Be Awesome Edit) - Daft Punk
French Government just put out a bunch of Edits/Remixes, all of which I believe will be posted eventually. God I love House music.

The Lurker (Electric Rescue Remix) - Psycatron
Gotta love Techno. I think Minimal Techno has got to be the genre with the least blog love.

Tomorrow (Taped Mix) - Dada Life, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Tara McDonald
Electro House. I'll be honest, I was expecting a little more from this collab, but its still a good track.

So in Debt (Original Mix) - Tube & Berger
HOUSE MUSIC WOOO. Simple backing beat with chopped samples. This is Beatport House.

Sucker Punch (Thrusher Remix) - Gtronic
The winner of his remix competition. Electro on the complextro side.

Swastika Eyes (Spectre Mix) - Primal Scream
Not to be confused with Spektre. This is some old school EDM. I labeled it Trance due to the fast tempo, but it probably isn't. Could be Techno, any thoughts? I'm all for open genre debates.

Lando Calrissian Zipped

P.S.

I've been getting a lot of DMCA complaints. Just a reminder that if this blog disappears into the oblivion, we've got a back up blog at apeswithbarrels.wordpress.com, so check there for updates.

P.P.S

I accidentally labeled a lot of tracks as Progessive House rather than Progressive House for a long time. Check your iTunes and please fix it for everyone's sake, especially if you're trying to reblog.

JuShu

2011-03-27T17:16:00.014-04:00

Douche stache

-M

Embody - SebastiAn (GOLDEN BANANA)
I know, we're all ecstatic.

Autosave (Original Mix) - Fedde Le Grand feat. Patric La Funk (Silver Banana)
Some Electrogressive House that was topping Beatport for a while.

Nubia (Original Mix) - Sebastien Lintz, Dashka
Some seriously heavy sub bass House music with some sax samples.

Banana Boat (Original Mix) - Filthy Rich, Taurus & Vaggeli
Tech House with a heavy ass sub bass. I think that's the theme of this post, super heavy subs.

Charlie Sheen (Spinstyle's "Bi-Winning" Edit) - Duck Sauce
Clever I suppose, might get you some laughs or something like that.

Beats Inside My Head (Donald Glaude & Revolvr Remix) - Scooter & Lavelle, Sue Cho
So they're calling this stuff Complextro, and I'm gonna start doing that too. It's fitting.

Everybody Dance (Original Mix) - Leisuregroove, Kevin Andrews
Another classicy House track with some serious sub bass.

Never Let Me Go (Aeroplane Remix Edit) - The Human League
Nu Disco

Fly With Me (Ramon Tapia Back To The 90s Piano Remix) - Coloursound
Deep House, very classic feel to it. And, of course, sub bass.

E.T. (Futuristic Lover) (Benny Benassi Club Mix) - Katy Perry
Trance? Feels fast to me. Yet another pop track put through the Benassi machine.

JuShu Zipped

P.S. What a douche stache

Tom Selleck

2011-03-26T17:07:00.002-04:00

Magnum stache

-M

Eargasm (Daddy's Groove Re-Edit) - Black Raw (GOLDEN BANANA)
If at least one DJ doesn't play this at Ultra, something's wrong. Awesome Progressive House, sort of reminds me of Open Your Eyes.

Shinjuku (Original Club Mix) - Funkagenda (Silver Banana)
Tech House on the Progressive side. Reminds me of Conscindo.

Motor Bass Get Phunked Up (Richie Hawtin Electrofunk Remix) - La Funk Mob
Some old school minimal breaks.

Candy Coated (Hatiras Vocal Remix) - MC Flipside
Fun dancey House.

Fly With Me (Tomcraft Remix) - Coloursound
Heavy and driving Electro House.

El Bandido (French Government Edit) - Nicolas Jaar
Disco House, but still big room appropriate.

Zaman (Moguai Remix) - Felix Da Housecat, Thee Nese Djouma Projesi
Progressive House with some Electro elements.

Slides (Original Mix) - Koen Groeneveld
Techno, woo! Also Electro bass.

Opera (World Extended Mix) - Mat's Mattara feat. Rockman
Super cheese Progressive House with an opera sample, getting played by the Swedes.

Ground Zero (Original Mix) - Jin Haze
Minimal Techno!

Tom Selleck Zipped

Salvador Dali

2011-03-25T10:53:00.006-04:00

Surreal stache

-M

Winter (Original Mix) - John Dahlback (GOLDEN BANANA)
I know I'm a bit late on this one, but if anyone has figured out how I post, I throw every track I enjoy into one playlist. Then everyday I put it on shuffle and grab ten track at random. I'm happy this one finally made it. Progressive House.

Stars (Hardwell Remix) - Gareth Emery & Jerome Isma-Ae (Silver Banana)
This is going to be a Prog heavy post. This one is of course on the Techy side. This track will be played out at Ultra for sure. Gonna give a shout out to my boys Jack and David there right now, can't wait to hear all about it.

Secrets in the Dark (Alex Kenji Remix) - Chris Lake
Tech House, awesome. I used to not be so big on Alex Kenji, but this year he's really won me over.

Sleep No More (Vocal Mix) - Noir & Chris Minus
Some sick Deep House. Some people are arguing that this will be the next thing after this Techno ressurgence. Maybe? But I think that it'll never have the explosive factor that the blog world craves. Probably why my beloved French House will never come back like it was.

New Philosophy (Original Mix) - Hard Rock Sofa
Big Room explosive Progressive House. These guys came out of nowhere it seems like, but when Axwell makes a killer remix of your track, your bound to be famous, right?

Jump (Uberjak'd Jump Up Bootleg) - Kris Kross
Electro? But really more like Dutch/Baltimore Club. Also is one of those songs that slows down and speeds back up for you. SWAG.

Funky (Original Mix) - DJ Wady
House on the Tribal side.

Pour Te (Original Mix) - John Dahlback (Silver Banana)
The B-side to his above track. More Progressive House from one of the gods, the second buildup is so uplifting Rave perfect. I really think that this track would have benefited from a Pryda remix.

Spoonazoid (Danny Freakazoid & Strobe Rework) - Strobe, Danny Freakazoid & Dave Spoon
Electro House with that super fun major third sound that's just so ravey and awesome.

What A Feeling (Nicky Romero Remix) - Alex Gaudino (Feat. Kelly Rowland)
Progressive House on the Housey side.

Salvador Dali Zipped

Friedrich Nietzsche

2011-03-23T15:45:00.001-04:00

The Uberstache.

-M

End Of Line (Boys Noize Remix) - Daft Punk (GOLDEN BANANA)
It's surprisingly underwhelming in your headphones compared to the carnage it causes on a proper system. This is one of those tracks that gets the crowd jumping. Unfortunately, really the only keeper from the Tron remix album, which I was super excited to post until I listened to it. Oh well.

Origines (Original Mix) - Sebastien Leger (Silver Banana)
Tech House on the groovey/housey side from the incredible Frenchman.

Red Air - NiCe7 (Silver Banana)
House music rules. This one's funky, exactly what House music is meant to be.

Enter Sandman - Hervé vs Metallica
YES. This came out as a shitty 128 a few years ago, but he just released the 320. Bring the mosh pit.

Aktion (Original Mix) - Zodiac Cartel
Electro House on the crazy, maybe Techy side.

Like A G6 (Roger Sanchez Remix) - Far East Movement
Definitely my favorite remix I've got of this track. Organ Housey, super sexy. Would fit into a Dutch/Club set SO well.

I Hate That You Love Me (Chuckie's Marquee Remix) - Diddy-Dirty Money
Speaking of Dutch House. This actually sounds a lot more like Nari & Milani than Chuckie, in that the lead is just rhythmic and not a Dutch line.

Contact (Trolley Snatcha Remix) - Foreign Beggars & Noisia
MASSIVE Dubstep alert. This would just destroy, I can see it.

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Gigamesh Remix) - Michael Jackson
Super extended Nu Disco groove remake. It's super similar to the original, so you won't piss off a bunch of people. Really just a great DJ tool.

Alright (Tocadiscos Dub Mix) - Tocadisco feat Lennart a. Salomon
Cut the mid range, drop the bass. Electro House. The vocal drop rules.

Friedrich Nietzsche Zipped

Hard Weekend

2011-03-22T17:48:00.000-04:00

I uploaded all the tracks and zip for this post about a week ago, which would explain the name. However, I started to feel like the puppsters up here, and so I took a blog break. However, it's time to raise the sails and pirate my ass off for yall. In theory, other people also post on this blog and should be making up those absences, but I've come to understand that it doesn't actually work like that.

Also, I think it's time for a new post theme. If anyone has any ideas, post em in the comments please. But right now, I'm leaning towards great mustaches in the history of men, but I'm definitely open to other ideas.

-M

Dayshift (Oliver's Nightshift Remix) - Juan Atkins (Golden Banana)
An Electro / Nu Disco track that I've been obsessed with. Super funky and great and awesome and ugh. Gotta love that talk box.

Last Night (Spencer & Hill Remix) - Ian Carey feat. Snoop Dogg & Bobby Anthony (Silver Banana)
The Germans brought some serious vengeance in this track. Heavy as balls Electro House.

Bang De Kok (Flammenwerfer Bootleg) - Boris Dlugosch vs. Major Lazer (Silver Banana)
After keeping this little gem to himself for a while, he's letting me post it for you.

Alcoholic (Niklas Gustavsson, Ludvig Holm & Jonas Sellberg Remix) - Tim Berg
HUGE Progressive House track on the Tech side. AKA the more badass side of Prog House, definitely grab this if you're feeling the Tech right now.

The Face Of The Planet (Ado's Scratch And Snufff Mix) - The Subs
Peeeeoooooow peeeeeooooow peeeeeeoooooooooow! Electro Techno.

Synapse (Original Mix) - Spektre
Serious Minimal Techno here, reminiscent of Plastikman.

Freak (Extended Mix) - Klein, Gregori Klosman, Dabruck
One of the few keepers from the newish Dabruck & Klein album. Progressive House, but also on the bad ass / ravey side.

From Stortoget To Big Ben (Marco Bailey Remix) - Joseph Capriati
Techno, yes.

All Night (Original Mix) - Belocca & Soneec
House on the Deep/Tech side, I guess. More relaxed, good for lounge / warm up situation.

Heart Beating (Original Mix) - Agoria feat. Kid A
NOT dance music, not really sure how to classify this one. Sounds Swedish, like Bjork or Knife like. Super beautiful, this should definitely be remixed. I could TOTALLY see Prog or Dubstep remixes, so producers, GET ON IT.

Hard Weekend Zipped

HARD For Techno

2011-03-13T18:44:00.004-04:00

Well, that's at least what they should have called HARD Weekend. It seems like Gary Richards (I refuse to use his DJ name), has heard the call from Boys Noize loud and clear for all DJs far and wide to get into the Techno. And that was most certainly the theme of the night, as EVERY DJ dropped a serious amount Techno / Tech House. That said, when they DID drop housier stuff, the crowd responded better as a whole, including myself. While the Techno is awesome, it didn't translate as well to this smaller venue, whereas House has a quality that you can't help but move to.

-M

Ok, now begin.

Club Nokia

First a few words on the venue. The bar looks straight out of Tron, and I like that. The one word that would really describe this place is clean. Ultra clean. It's a much smaller venue too, which is why it sold out rather quickly, stranding some poor souls on the balcony. And while the smaller crowd at times was nice, it really did make the even much more show and far less rave. While there are OBVIOUS downsides to massives, there's something about an ocean of bodies in an outdoor tent or football stadium with the most giant sound system you've ever laid eyes on. HARD is becoming the "safe" rave that kids can go to. Not safer in terms of drugs of course, just in terms of crowd.

Mumbai Science

I arrived at the time I did because I wanted to make sure to see these guys. Awesome Tech House producers from Belgium, these guys didn't disappoint. They had the disadvantage of an opening slot, so the lights weren't going as crazy and thus the crowd was mellower, but they seemed to be having a great time, which I always like to see. They also went computer-less, which means that they're ballers. I expect big things from these guys. Definite highlights of their set were hearing their own tracks.

Ancova - Mumbai Science

Gold - Mumbai Science

Gary Richards

Rockin the Ableton set. While I definitely enjoyed his song selection (Tech / Dutch / Electro), he just tries to hard as a DJ. He failed when he tried to mix into Mumbai Science, which was funny. He cracked a few jokes that were awkward and called out to the crowd way too much. Yes, I'm excited for the next DJ. No, you don't need to remind us 5 times that he's coming up. I think he just wants everyone to know that he's throwing the events. He opened with what I have now confirmed is the unreleased Boys Noize Remix of Daft Punk's End Of The Line, so that was pretty awesome. He also played one of my favorite Umek tracks. But let's move on.

Daft Punk - End of line ( Boys Noize remix ) by daftworld

Back In The Race - Umek, Beltek

Fake Blood

My boy Gojira said that Fake Blood is a DJ that plays tracks that you wonder if they exist. I have to agree with this statement. Being the serious EDM obsessed nerd that I am, I'm used to recognizing a serious chunk of the music that I hear. I could only identify about 3 of the tracks he played in the first hour, and all of them were his own. The last halfhour saw some more variation in tracks, including some Afrojack. Is it possible that he's just got a shit ton of unreleased bombs? I hope so, but we'll see. He also showed off his turntablist chops, doing manual delays, scratching, and creating his own buildups. Like a boss.

Stuck On Repeat (Fake Blood Remix) - Little Boots

Cool (Afrojack Remix) - Spencer & Hill

Simian Mobile Disco

Ignore what I said earlier about Techno vs. House. Being the 3rd time I've seen their live show, I knew what to expect, and it was rad. First things first, they always have such a sick light show that it doesn't matter how you happened to "prepared" for their show, you will have an awesome experience. Their music is just so original that it blows my mind, especially when you're making Techno, as it's such a hard genre to create a unique/identifiable sound with. This is a live show that EVERY dance music fan should see at least once. They blended material from all 3 of their albums exquisitely, so their was a brilliant mix of their pop sounds with bangin instrumental Techno. They also had I Believe as their encore. I had forgotten how good that song is.

I Believe - Simian Mobile Disco

Sweetbread - Simian Mobile Disco

FC Schalke 04

2011-03-10T18:45:00.002-05:00

We made it to the quarter finals, we're on our way to the win. OLESDOIT!

-M

Star Way (Venus Mix) - Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox (Golden Banana)
I just have a super big hard on for Moonbeam, what of it. Progressive House/Techno/Trance, not really sure.

Budgie (Original Club Mix) - Funkagenda (Silver Banana)
One of the better Tech House producers out there. Enjoy.

Bass Cannon (Original Mix) - Flux Pavilion (Silver Banana)
Final version? Maybe...

Last Night (Afrojack Remix) - Ian Carey feat. Bobby Anthony & Snoop Dogg
Poppy Dutch/Electro House. The first drop is actually killer. I also like how Ian Carey is trying to be like Guetta, you'll hear it.

E.T (Futuristic Lover) (Tiesto Remix) - Katy Perry
Howboutsom Progressive House with lyrics your crowd can sing along to?

Don't Fear To Rock (Original Mix) - Lutzenkirchen
Driving Techno.

Please Don't Go (Dave Edwards Remix) - Mike Posner
Poppy but heavy Electro House.

Where Will You Go (Jesse Voorn Remix) - Phil Fuldner
Tech House on the Techy side.

Dada Ft. Leh-Lo (Dub Mix) - Soha
Some relaxed, beautiful Progressive House. For listening or massive raves.

Pumping (Original Mix) - DJ Wady
Tech House on the Tribal side.

FC Schalke 04 Zipped

Xabi Alonso

2011-03-09T19:58:00.000-05:00

Haaaaaaaaaaaay

-M

Khaweri (Original Mix) - Daniel Portman & Stanley Ross (GOLDEN BANANA)
Daniel Portman never ceases to produce the most incredible tracks. Progressive House on the Tech/Trance side.

Move it 2 the Drum (Promise Land Remix) - Chuckie & Hardwell Feat. Ambush (Golden Banana)
When the original producers point out that your remix is better than they're original, you know you've done well. Progressive House on the Tech/Dutch side.

Evade (Original Mix) - Jeremy Olander (Silver Banana)
Some awesome Tech House from Pryda's sub label.

BumpBaxx (Flammenwerfer Bootleg) - Spank Rock vs. Boys Noize & Housemeister
This bootleg kills, makes Techno sexy.

Get It Girl (The Filth Remix) - Hot Pink Delorean
Electro/Fidget House, super fun, kind of reminds me of Wolfgang's remix of Morning After Dark in some ways.

Cruel Intentions (DJ Pierre Remix - John Digweed Re-edit) - Simian Mobile Disco
Techno techno techno techno techno.

Blue (Jerry Rekonius Remix Bootleg) - Eiffel 65
These kinds of remixes are so fun. Electro House on the melodic side.

Walk Like An Egyptian (Bassnectar's 2003 Remix) - The Bangles
He put this one back out there in honor of the recent events in Egypt. Breakbeat.

Lyposuct (Rynecologist Merdur Re-edit) - D.I.M. & TAI
Old track that I missed. Electro/Techno.

Say Hello (Adrien Mezsi, Digital Lab & Pedro Henriques Remake) - Deep Dish
And some Progressive House to finish.

Xabi Alonso Zipped

Jefferson Farfan

2011-03-08T14:18:00.001-05:00

BUMP N GRIND

-M

No Way Out (David Tort Remix) - Spirit Catcher (GOLDEN BANANA)
Definitely one of the greatest Tech House tracks you can get right now. Difficult to describe, all I can say is that it's incredible.

Roger More (Phonat Re-Edit) - LL Ton J (Silver Banana)
Disco House rules. I also happen to be on a huge Bond movie kick (literally just finished Thunderballs before this post, how sick is that underwater fight), so the title makes me happy.

Clockworks - Canblaster
Some Funky flavors from France, of all places. Canblaster doesn't really stick to a genre, he just sticks to consistently killing it.

Original Hardcore (Bass Kleph Remix) - Moguai, Westbam (Silver Banana)
As I've been saying, Bass Kleph is a BEAST right now. And here's another sick Tech House jam to add to his collection. Jackin drums.

Take Me Over (Mylo Remix) - Cut Copy
Some Nu Disco / Synth Pop flavors. Gotta smile sometimes, no?

Miranda (Oliver Huntemann Remix) - Marc Romboy vs. Stephan Bodzin
If you're not into that smiling shit though, you can always cop some intense, brooding Minimal Techno.

Shake it (Original Mix) - Ben Delay & Till West
House that samples old 20s swing. Baller.

Shuffling and Looking Dumb (Feat. Krystal) - BetaTraxx
Heavy but Fun Electro with some vocals.

Dynamite (Original Mix) - Alesso
Another BIG House track from this guy (he was the Golden Banana of yesterday's post), another Big Room House smasher that is getting played out by the Swedes.

Turn Up The Music (Original Mix) - Audio Jacker
And some more Disco flavors to end with this House track.

Jefferson Farfan Zipped

P.S.

BARCELONA v ARSENAL TODAY

GET PUMPED

Ugh... fucking Barcelona...

Dirk Kuyt

2011-03-07T17:26:00.000-05:00

OLESDOIT

-M

Nillionaire (Original Mix) - Alesso (GOLDEN BANANA)
This be the cat's meow. Supported by Axwell, do not miss this massive House bomb.

Hello Ecstacy (BEAT Salad DJ Tool) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette vs. Feed Me (Silver Banana)
Another fantastic bootleg featuring Feed Me, lets you drop this heavy Electro House bomb with vocals that people can sing along too. Fantasticly done.

Uno (Original Mix) - Da Fresh
Crazy Tech House, bringin the rave.

Your Love (DJ's From Mars Remix) - Topmodelz
Fun poppy Electro House remix of some dad rock, should definitely be a crowd pleaser.

Beat My Tweet (Original Mix) - Andrea Bertolini & Minimize
Great Progressive House from one of my favorite Tech House producers.

Diskotekk (Saint Pauli Remix) - DJ Hecan
Super fun and driving Electro. Sounds kinda French, good sample chopping. Can't go wrong with this.

Goliath VIP - Dayn
Dubstep that samples Starcraft. #Winning

Provider (Original Mix) - Marco V
Tech Trance. Corny and bad ass, I love it.

Get Away feat. Ollie James (Extended Mix) - Stafford Brothers, Klein, Ollie James, Dabruck
Off the new Dabruck & Klein album. Progressive House.

Its Just Begun (Original Mix) - Ruben Alvarez & Rober Gaez feat. Daren J. Bell
House on the Laitn/Tribal side.

Dirk Kuyt Zipped

Raul

2011-03-06T17:30:00.000-05:00

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THIS GUY

-M

Rolling In The Deep (Tom Buster & Kidzoy Remix) - Adele (Golden Banana)
Adele has a great voice. This House track almost feels like something Moby could have made with the heavy reliance on the vocal sample. This is Diva House.

Big Bass Drum (Original Mix) - Tai (Silver Banana)
Electro House track that's on loop. Flawless production.

Get Ur Freak On (Alvaro & Punish Moombahton Remix) - Missy Elliott
Brilliant idea. Moombahton really just comes down to figuring out what track will work well at 108. This one certainly does.

Circadian Rhythm (Original Mix) - Adam K & Soha
My favorite Progressive House producers do John Dahlback, and it's awesome. The line is amazing.

Pump Up The Jam (Da Fresh Goes To Miami Boot) - Technotronic
We definitely need more remixes of this track. This one's heavy Electro Bass but overall Progressive feel makes it ELECTROGRESSIVE.

In The Sunshine (Don Palm & Johan Wedel Remix) - Disfunction feat. Max C
Progressive, high explosive energy.

Don't Fear To Rock (Beltek Remix) - Lutzenkirchen
Driving Techno, sounds a lot like Umek (they did used to collaborate a lot).

Bus (Original Mix) - BeatauCue
Fun House, brilliantly chopped vocals/samples.

Heartbeat (Darwin & Backwall Remix) - Dabruck, Klein Feat Stella Attar
Progressive House on the Tech side.

It's Over Now (Pete Tha Zouk Remix) - Lee Kalt, Mark Alston, Harry Romero
Extremely Big Room Progressive, the sort of stuff meant for stadiums.

Raul Zipped

Manuel Neuer (The Brick Wall)

2011-03-05T12:46:00.000-05:00

...

-M

Big Bass Drum (Bart B More Remix) - Tai (Golden Banana)
Electro Techno? Electro House?

On The Edge (Original Mix) - Umek, Christian Cambas (Silver Banana)
Techno from the best.

The Timbal (Chriss Ortega & Oscar De La Fuente Remix) - DJ Chick
Don't be surprised by the first section, the Electro House drop comes from nowhere and KILLS.

Children (Extended Mix) - Calvin West
Progressive House remake of a classic tune.

Necessary Activity (Original Mix) - Lish, Andrea Bertolini
Tech House on the Techy side.

Hey Yo (Darth & Vader Remix) - DJ Maxsie & Alex Speaker
Crazy ass Electro House from Brazil.

Reach Out (Jesse Voorn Mix) - Adam Reeves, Mari F
Moar Tech House, this one's on the Housey side.

The Truth (Sam La More Remix) - Pnau
Poppy and pretty Electro House,

Lame Brained (Original Mix) - Bingo Players
Most recent track of theirs, but not quite up to their standard unfortunately.

Round And Around (Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney Extended 2011 Remix) - Ti.Pi.Cal. & Josh Colow
Big Room Progressive House with an extremely catchy hook.

Manuel Neuer Zipped

Living in the Getto

2011-03-03T15:18:00.001-05:00

If you read Apes With Barrels, you'll know that we have ~~an unhealthy~~ a proud obsession with French House. Anything with that disco flavor gets us more excited than the first time gLAdiator laid eyes on Mila Kunis. That's why when we discovered J Paul Getto, we just had to lock them down for an interview. We're on a mission to expose the underground scene of disco house producers to the world, so without further ado, we are proud to present our interview with J Paul Getto.

Apes with Barrels: It's Friday night, so, naturally, you're gonna start it off at your trusty discount liquor store. What do you buy?

Tony: Hennessy and a bottle of OJ.

Maurice: I normally just look at Tony's bottle of Hennessy and get drunk.

AwB: Are you satisfied with your purchase on Saturday morning?

T: You mean Saturday afternoon?

M: Since I really don't drink, I am a light weight, the glare at the Hennessy doesn't give me a rough morning. So I am pretty satisfied.

AwB: Tell us about how you guys discovered electronic music. At what point did you guys fall in love with Disco House?

T: I lived in Italy in the early 90s so I was easily exposed to early House, it was all over the radio and was very hard to get away from. I was just starting to DJ and was hooked instantly. I was listening to early NY hip hop as well and I was very intrigued by how the beats were made and how they were using old music and re-presenting it in a new form. I was especially into De La Soul. Their producer at the time (Prince Paul) used samples for every element in his tracks. When I started hearing sampled based House music, it became my favorite type of music to play out and I probably spent every dollar I had on those type of records.

M: I really don't know if there was a time I discovered it. As far as I can remember I have always loved music. My earliest memory of it was when my cousin was playing house music he got from England when he used to travel. That was in the early 90’s. Most of the music I liked, I had come to find, that it was sampled.

AwB: Favorite DJ you've ever seen live?

T: That's a tough one. The first that comes to mind is Ian Pooley. Amazing producer and great live DJ.

Maurice: I don’t think I really have one. Each DJ has his/her place in my world. But I certainly consider Tiesto as being in one of my top 5. ;)

T: Oh man...

AwB: It seems that Disco House is popular among smaller producers with very few, like a Louis La Roche, breaking out. Do you think that the genre has any hope of gaining more prominence, especially with the arrival of Duck Sauce?

T: As you know, there is always trends in electronic music. Trends come and go. As of right now, smaller producers are making this music and the bigger ones that were once doing it, are digging through their crates again. We think that this genre will never go away. We all got distracted a bit! We are just doing what we love most.

M: I concur.

AwB: What do you guys use to produce and DJ?

T: We produce with Ableton Live 8 Suite along with various plug-ins. DJ with Serato and Technics 1200s. I'm still trying to convince Maurice to switch from CDJs...

AwB: How and where do you dig for samples?

T: Digging for samples has become a lot easier with YouTube! When we find something we like, we order the vinyl and sample it. The low end on vinyl using Shure needles is pretty amazing. We also just go to random vinyl shops (not many left) and buy $1/$2 records and go through them. We also use voicemails that are insanely funny.

AwB: Tell us about Swivel Hips.

T: The Swivel Hips project was something that was started around 2003 with another person I use to make music with. We made two white label 12s with it. We started using the name again in late 2009 the Shorties EP and Headlines EP. We got a lot of attention from a bunch of big name producers like MSTRKRFT and Armand Van Helden. Unfortunately, I had separate myself from the Swivel Hips name due to some issues with my old label even though I made 95% of the tracks!

M: For those who are starting out as a duo, I strongly recommend that you fill out paperwork. Don’t go into a business without that. It could save a friendship and your end of the deal. Now see, if Tony screws me over, I get his house.

T: I get his girlfriend.

AwB: What 3 other artists out there right now would you like to collaborate with?

T: (this won't come as a big surprise) Alan Braxe, Fred Falke and Stuart Price. We actually want to just watch them work!

AwB: 5 tracks everyone should listen to right now?

Nightriders - Hey
Geisha Twins - Love Situation (Go Go Bizkitt! Remix)
Ridney, Ghost of Venice & The Phantom's Revenge - Looking For You
His Majesty Andre - Diamonds
Armand Van Helden - Gandhi Khan

AwB: What can we expect in the near future from J Paul Getto?

T: We are in the process of setting up a new label "Fogbank Recordings" and our first release should be ready in late March. We have at least a dozen tracks ready to go and some amazing collabs coming up!

And now for some awesome tracks:

J PAUL GETTO - Music In The Streets (Tribute To Paul Johnson) by J Paul Getto

J PAUL GETTO - Nikki by J Paul Getto

J PAUL GETTO - Destination TEASE by J Paul Getto

Check out their SOUNDCLOUD for more free tracks and samples.

Karl Henry

2011-03-01T18:13:00.000-05:00

SIR!

-M

Daddy Cool (Chris Moody & DJ Riz Remix) - Boney M (Golden Banana)
I guess people decided to re-listen to Boney M after Duck Sauce sampled the SHIT out of them. Great Disco House jam, this un.

Feature Music (Alex Kenji Remix) - Nick, John Dalagelis (Silver Banana)
Tech House at it's best. Super robotic feel.

Nothing Really Matters (Ellarsound Remix) - Roy Rosenfeld
Electro House, clearly Deadmau5 inspired. Sounds a lot like Uppermost. Cheers to Pointblank for the headsup on this dude.

Transatlantic Flight (Axwell Mix) - Lorraine
I mean, it's Axwell.

Party Girl (Turn Me Loose) (Abel Ramos Havre De Grace With Love Dub) - Ultra Nate
Abel Ramos can't help but make the Biggest of Big Room.

First Aid (Original Mix) - Michael Woods
Electro House with Progressive elements. Ravey as fuck. Banger for sure.

Fly With You (Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney Mix) - Chicco Secci
HEAVY Progressive House, super ravey drop.
Regenerate (Russ Chimes Remix) - Booka Shade
Really impressive for Russ, new ground for him. Progressive House, beautiful.

Swagger (Mind Electric Mix) - Bombs Away
Some fun House music.

That Feeling (Original Mix) - Mario Chris
House with Disco flavor.

Karl Henry ~~Zipped~~ Booked

Ledley King

2011-02-28T17:13:00.000-05:00

OLESDOIT

Spurs for Champions League '11

-M

Breathless - Moonbeam (GOLDEN BANANA)
I love Moonbeam with a passion, any regular reader probably knows this. It's where Techno meets Trance, and it's glorious.

Sunlight (Armand Van Helden Remix) - Bag Raiders (Silver Banana)
Feel good house music. Crank the summer jams for Winter?

Autonomy (Original Mix) - Zedd
The chords in this track are absolutely incredible. I wonder if they are sampled, but his solo over them lets me know that he at least understands them. Electro House.

Stoli (Original Version) - Djuma Soundsystem & One Brother
Very relaxed, dark Progressive House. Beautiful, but could only work at a Massive.

Going Back (Les Patrons Remix) - Bee4
Tech House, feels a lot like Deep House.

The 1st (Far Too Loud Re-fix) - X-Dream
These guys are one of my favorite recent discoveries that make BANGING Electro House. This track is Breakbeat though. They know the way to my heart for sure.

Tunnel Vision - Orbital
Speaking of breakbeat, here's some old school for you. Not THAT old school, this is from 2004, just a mere 2 years before Justice hit the scene.

Tormenta Electronica (Original Mix) - Koen Groeneveld
Tech House, HUGH kick. Also some 8bity sounds.

Cool (Original Mix) - Paul Thomas & Da Fresh
Progressive House on the major Tech side. Also a sampled I've heard used several times already.

Feel Good - Modestep
I really like this sample. Dubstep.

Ledley King Zipped

SIRIUSMO!!!

2011-02-27T00:46:00.008-05:00

SIRIUSMO ALBUM!!! MOSAIK off Monkeytown Records

cop this now, among my top 3 producers of all time, his first full length,

heres one of the top cuts from the LP and along with an awsome remix he did for Modeselektor,

enjoy,

-Jumpman

Siriusmo - Bad Idea ([ GOLDEN BANANA

Modeselektor - Untitled (Siriusmo Remix)

Siruismo - Mosaik LP(*Link Fixed)

Steven Gerrard

2011-02-26T15:28:00.000-05:00

OLESDOIT

Also...

-M

Ocean Drive (Open Your Mind) feat. Monia Amore (Vocal Mix) - David Penn (GOLDEN BANANA)
Super deep bass, sexy groove. Such a killer House track.

Yalta Groove (Original Club Mix) - Mark Knight (Golden Banana)
Badass and sexy at the same time, just like Death Race 2. Tech House.

Little By Little (Michael Cassette Remix) - Canyon Boulevard (Silver Banana)
Sweeping Progressive House, very much like Pryda.

Point (Original Mix) - NiCe7 (Silver Banana)
Goovey ass House track that's been riding the Beatport Top 10 chart for a long as time. This track oozes classes out of every orifice.

Drowning (Avicii Remix) - Armin Van Buuren Feat Laura V
Big Room Progressive House, meant for stadiums. *NOTE I misspelled Avicii (I'm really sorry) in the track so you should add one more i, especially if you do what I do and re-post the shit out of it.

Go (Original Mix) - DJ Antention
For the moshers, the heaviest of Electro.

Sabina (Four Four Bass Remix - Nadastrom Moombahton Edit) - Puga
Boooom bah dum bah, boooom bah dum bah. Moombahton (duh).

R.E.S.P.E.C.T (Club Edit) - RLP & Barbara Tucker
This track has a funny surprise in it. House.

I Need You (Original Mix) - Filthy Rich
Super subby bass on this driving Tech House track.

My Feelings (Original Mix) - Mac Zimms
Catchy Disco-ish sample. Fun House music.

Steven Gerrard Zipped

Yaya Toure

2011-02-24T16:24:00.003-05:00

OLESDOIT

-M

American Trash (Porter Robinson Remix) - Innerpartysystem (GOLDEN BANANA)
Porter shows us again why he's one of two people to be watching in 2011. I'll reveal who I think the other is in the next post. I'm obsessed with the calmer techy sections of this track actually, he really demonstrates his versatility.

Man Up The Hill (Gui Boratto Remix) - Anthony Rother (Silver Banana)
Beautiful Techno (Progressive Techno?) is amazing when done by the best.

Fuck Tha Police (Figure Bootleg) - NWA (Silver Banana)
Just press play. Automatic crowd BOMB. Electro/Fidget/Drumstep/Hip-hop.

Good 2 Me (Louis La Roche Edit) - Duck Sauce
Oh Disco House, god I love you.

Keep Up With You (Huoratron Remix) - Teenage Bad Girl
Banger City! This also just makes me really want more TBG.

Zooloo (Pleasurekraft Remix) - Miles Dyson & Aaren San
Tech House, not really sure how else to describe this one.

Hot Mess (Oliver Remix) - Chromeo
Fun poppy Electro.

First Move - Burns & Fred Falke feat. Seb
Epicly long Synth Poppy French/Disco House.

Needed Change - 12th Planet & Skrillex
I like it when the bass goes WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Heaven (Original Mix) - Promise Land
Big sweeping Progressive House. Feels like your flying over waterfalls. Think of it like that cheesing episode from South Park but WAY gayer.

Yaya Toure Zipped

Shizzo + Incredible Mashups

2011-02-23T12:23:00.000-05:00

New Boys Noize EP! Also wik Housemeister! Not that I really care about the latter, but let's do this piracy thing!

-M

Shizzo EP - Boys Noize & Housemeister

BONUS;

These are some of the BEST mashups I've ever heard, ever. I'd call them bootlegs, but we're not here to argue of semantics, we're here to either rock out to dance music alone or bring these tracks to our awesome crowds.

Genesis Shot 1.5 (Thomas Radman Mash Up) - Justice vs Wolfgang Gartner (GOLDEN BANANA)
Oh my god, it's amazing. Fantastic set opener, only use if you plan on making a serious impression from the get go.

Aerodynamic GTE (Thomas Radman Mash Up) - Daft Punk vs Feed Me (Golden Banana)
The way he chops in Aerodyanmic in the begining made me... well, you know.

Pong Around The World (Thomas Radman Mash Up) - Daft Punk vs. Wippenberg
While not as technically impressive as the above mashups (this it's lack of Banana status), still awesome. It's also the only Prog one.

Definitely go check out Thomas Radman on his SOUNDCLOUD and fill up his tracks with comments so that everyone will be annoyed but he'll also look super legit.

Yonkers - Tyler The Creator

2011-02-22T22:09:00.001-05:00

This is some serious shit. I can't stop watching this video.

-M

Let The Children Techno!

2011-02-22T14:26:00.007-05:00

If you had any doubt left in your mind that every Electro act east of the Atlantic hasn't got their eyes set on Techno, let this cast the final light. Ed Banger climbs out of the Abyss in order to join forces with favorites from Boys Noize Records, Turbo, Institubes, and Brainfeeder (I know, crazy) to bring you a brand new compilation. After a thorough listen, the album actually caught me by surprise since the overall feeling is much more relaxed than I anticipated as well asvery hit and miss. That said, there are some real gems on this sucker and I will always have a hard on for anything with artwork by So Me. Regardless, we can all just be thankful that while DSL made the cover, they most certainly didn't make the compilation.

-M

Anagogue (Original Mix) - Brodinski & Tony Senghore (Golden Banana)
Brodinski is KILLING it right now. This is probably my favorite from the comp.

Shades Of Black (Original Mix) - Breakbot (Silver Banana)
Breakbot doing what he does best, and that of course is bringing the Disco.

Caravan Of Delight (Original Mix) - Flying Lotus
The odd one out on the album. Who cares, the man makes art.

Let The Children Techno
Grab the whole compilation for more tracks by other awesome guys like Siriusmo, Gesaffelstein, Skream, Duke Dumont, Zombie Nation, Djedjotronic...

Also read the review from Ilictronix, where we disagree over a lot.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to bring you a message from Kevin Saunderson. Recently, a group called Supernova heavily sampled his track The Sound in their track Beat Me Back (posted by me HERE). You can listen to the orignal below, and click on the link to read his response.

The Sound rip off/now called Beat Me Back By Supernova, what the hell by Kevinsaunderson

Lucky EP Out Now

2011-02-21T22:14:00.005-05:00

Our bestest buddies that go by the name of gLAdiator just released their debut EP on Noise Porn Records, featuring a remix from Bastille! Who the fuck are Bastille? I don't know, but they sound awesome, and they had that one killer Cold As Ice Remix from way back, remember? Or what about that delicious B More edit of Modjo's Lady that gLAdiator put out? Anyways, you should check out the EP on Beatport. It's pretty killer, and its also the Beatport debut for both gLAdiator and Bastille. Support the little guy while we keep screwing the bigger ones together. Who doesn't want to be Robin Hood?

-M

Lucky EP (incl. Bastille Remix) - gLAdiator (Beatport Link)

Check out gLAdiator on Soundcloud and Facebook

Czech out Bastille on Soundcloud and Facebook

Don't forget to tell your friends!

James Milner

2011-02-20T11:56:00.001-05:00

OLESDOIT

-M

Full Stop - Cirez D (GOLDEN BANANA)
I love how Prydz created Cirez D as a joke, but he's since used it to put out some of his best tracks. Techno on the Progressive side.

Black Ops (Daniel Portman Remix) - Weekend Heroes (Silver Banana)
Portman ALWAYS kills it. And I love the title of this track, reminds me that a lot of these producers are on the same page as us. This is extremely epic and driving Progressive House.

Ride (Original Mix) - Frater & Stent
Super catchy sample House. Sounds like an 80s sample, great horns.

Drop Acid (Figure Remix) - Bart B More and Tommie Sunshine
Jack Beats, is that you? Can't wait for the original of this to come out as well.

Simple State of Mind (Original Mix) - Charles I (Golden Banana)
Disco House, my ultimate soft spot.

Time To Change (Part 2) - Highbloo
Disco Techno? Great sample chopping on top of a single note bass with a rising pitch.

My Bad (Club Mix) - The Partysquad Ft. Roxy Cottontail
Electro Dutch House, totally dropping this next set.

La Samba (Original Mix) - DJ Chus & Mikel Curcio
The tempo drops out in the middle to allow for a tribal breakdown of percussion call and response. Where all my West Af dancers at? This would totally KILL at a rave.

King Of The Night (Koen Groeneveld Remix) - Flippers vs. DJ Slater Ft. U-Prag
Techno rules

Big Perm (Harvard Bass's Permed Out Remix) - Worthy
And some Tech House to finish up. I've always had respect for Harvard Bass managing to win over the Electro blog world with his Techy stuff.

James Milner Zipped

Giuseppe Rossi

2011-02-18T12:38:00.000-05:00

OLESDOIT

-M

Do All You Want (Original Mix) - Sebjak & Thomas Sagstad (Golden Banana)
Progressive House with an awesome vocal sound/melody. God I love Big Room when it's done well.

Are You Ready (Mahesa Utara Remix) - Angger Dimas (Silver Banana)
Starts at 128, drops at Moombahton tempo, goes back to Dutch House. This track is SO killer.

Beat Sauce (Party Ben Bootleg) - Duck Sauce vs. Michael Jackson
I heard this played out a bit during winter break. It's actually a great mashup.

Haasten (Original Mix) - Egbert
Minimal Techno is the shit. I AM LORD TECHNO!

Rude Boy (Vocal Version) - Zeds Dead & Omar Linx
Dubstep. I like the drums because they're definitely sampled from a kit, gives the track some swagger.

Rude Boy (Jordan Santero Remix) - Zeds Dead & Omar Linx
Starts UK Funky, then drops into heavier Electro.

Honeymoon (Louis La Roche Modernized Edit) - DJ Flacon
Great update of a classic. French/Disco House if you're unfamiliar with these names. AND, if you are unfamiliar, you really should click HERE.

Zero 76 (Original Mix) - Tiesto & Hardwell
Big collab hum boh gee. It's good, but not like earth shattering or anything. Progressive House on the ravier side.

Welcome To The Club (Original Club Mix) - D.O.N.S. & Jesse Voorn
Progressive House on the Houssier side.

Live Your Life (Redlight Mix) - Erick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick feat. Shawnee Taylor
UK Funky on the ravier side.

Giuseppe Rossi Zipped

BIGGEST EASTER EGG EVER
OMG WHAT COULD IT BE

Greenville Massive - The Suburbs EP

2011-02-17T19:20:00.001-05:00

I try not to post twice a day, but I had to make an exception for this EP. Beautiful, melodically driven Minimal/Tech/Deep House. Hard to define, not hard to listen to. Have a listen for yourself:

-M

LOST - Greenville Massive (GOLDEN BANANA)
Beautiful.

The Suburbs EP - Greenville Massive

I'd also like to give a shoutout to a reader of ours that just started a blog of his own. If you like the music I post, you'll definitely like his stuff:

Sonic Prophet

Thierry Henry

2011-02-17T14:24:00.001-05:00

Kickin balls like a boss. I can't believe he plays for the New York Redbulls...

-M

Ancova (Dry Edit) - Mumbai Science (GOLDEN BANANA)
So ready to hear this dropped at HARD this spring. Tech House, pure rave.

Hungry Pony (Original Mix) - Darwin & Backwall (Silver Banana)
In my world, everyone's a pony, and they all eat rainbows, and poop butterflies. +100 Bastille Love and Admiration Points if you know what the vocal sample is from.

Flash (Nicky Romero Remix) - Green Velvet
My friend actually begged me to ID this track after he heard Sebastian Ingrosso drop it at Webster Hall.

White Noise Red Meat (Bassjackers Remix) - Dada Life
Definitely the best remix of this track. Electro House.

Seven Nation Army (The Glitch Mob Remix) - The White Stripes
AWESOME remix, I love getting emails from these guys. They're very good about giving away free music, and this more fantastic work from them.

Amphetamine (Umek Remix) - Drax, Thomas P Heckmann, Drax Ltd II
Techno from one of the best. Kinda Trancey line.

On the Loose (Spektre Remix) - Christian Cambas
More Techno from another one of the best. This one's way more relaxed than usual.

Toyg (Manuel De La Mare Edit) - The Old Young Guy
Tech House, kinda dark/tribal feel.

Playground (Original Mix) - Jay Lumen
Tech House with a tribal feel.

Patience (HULK Remix) - Nas & Damian Marley
3 CHEERS FOR DUBSTEP

Thierry Henry Zipped

Gennaro Gattuso

2011-02-16T14:31:00.001-05:00

I've got to say, I'm very disappointed in Milan after their performance against Tottenham. Being big fans of both clubs, I couldn't believe how cuntish Milan behaved. Tsk Tsk.

-M

Control Room (Original Club Mix) - Fedde Le Grand (Golden Banana)
Tech House banger. Definitely dropping this next gig without question.

How Soon Is Control Room (Bastille Bootleg) - Fedde Le Grand vs. Guetta, Ingrosso, Dirty South vs. Avicii
Actually, I'll probably drop my own bootleg of it. Hope all you readers enjoy it.

Lights (Bassnectar Remix) - Ellie Goulding (Golden Banana)
Epic Dubstep chune right here. Her voice makes me fall in love every time I hear it.

Melocoton (Original Mix) - Alex Kenji & Bass Kleph (Silver Banana)
This collaboration makes so much sense. Nice Tech Hous, not the dark kind.

Through The Prism (Dada Life Remix) - Designer Drugs
Great Electro House in that Dada style we all love.

Voodoo (Original Mix) - Austin Leeds
Driving Progressive House.

Moanin (Original Mix) - Apster feat. Bizzey
Dutch House

Self Control (Thomas Gold Dub Mix) - Dim Chris, Thomas Gold
More Progressive House, definitely on the Housey side.

Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind? (Erol Alkan Rework) - Tame Impala
Electro I guess? Just more Indie-ish, definitely melodic and catchy. Erol always delivers.

Neck Snappah - Caspa
Buhwuhwuhwuhwuhwuhwuhwuhwuh

Gennaro Gattuso Zipped

Edinson Cavani

2011-02-15T19:15:00.001-05:00

OLESDOIT

-M

On My Own (Burns ESM Remix) - Yasmin (GOLDEN BANANA)
Organ House is the bomb. This one's got some Dutch flavor in it, but it's House to the core. Also, SUPERB vocal chopping.

Original Challenge (Original Mix) - Umek & Tomy DeClerque (Silver Banana)
This one's doing pretty well on the Beatport charts. Techy track with an Italo Disco feel to it. Planning on dropping this next gig.

Rave O Bitch Up (Tristan Garner Bootleg) - David Tort Vs Prodigy VS Max Vangeli & An21 (Silver Banana)
It's surprising how many big DJs drop bootlegs in their sets. I'm definitely planning on dropping this one though.

Till The Light Comes - Solila
Some Nu Disco for you classy folk.

Blockhead (Hey Today! Remix) - Punks Jump Up
Electro Techno? I think I mislabeled this one in my iTunes, but oh well. Hey Today! have been murdering every remix they do.

On the Loose (Original Mix) - Christian Cambas
Techno rules. I just hope that the blog world will open up to this style of Minimal Techno now that a lot of the former Electro guys are getting techier.

Call My Name feat. Nadia Ali (Spencer & Hill Remix) - Sultan, Ned Shepard, Nadia Ali
Electrogressive? Pretty track with an edge. Top notch as you should expect from these guys.

Sun Splash - Outart
Some more relaxed Techno, much more groovy/tribal. Definitely perfect for the right setting, but I wouldn't drop this at a college. Definitely would for a bar or something.

Rude Boy (Union Vocal Version) - Zeds Dead & Omar Linx
Dubstep --> Drum & Bass. Great for sets that want to transition from those genres.

One More Time (Daft Punk & Stardust Rework) - Arno Cost
Great bootleg, on the proggy side. Excellent to play some Big Room style and have everyone sing along / cheer.

Edinson Cavani Zipped

Livin' in a New Jack City

2011-02-14T23:03:00.016-05:00

+50 Bastille Love and Admiration Points to the first person who can name Chris Rock's character from New Jack City pictured above.

What up world, my name is Ian and I'm the other half of gLAdiator. I couldn't let Danl have all the fun, so I decided to get in on this blogging shit.

This post is all about my current love affair with a genre of music called New Jack Swing. It is a fusion genre popular from the late-1980s into the mid-1990s. It fuses the rhythms, samples and production techniques of hip-hop and dance-pop with the urban contemporary sound of R&B. New Jack Swing did not take up the trend of using sampled beats, and instead created beats using the then-new SP-1200 and Roland 808 drum machines to lay an "insistent beat under light melody lines and clearly enunciated vocals.' The sound of new jack swing comes from the hip hop "swing" beats created by drum machine, and hardware samplers. The genre was dominated by a few artists like Bobby Brown, BBD, Keith Sweat, etc. and producers like Teddy Riley, all using the same equipment, which lead to a lot of songs that sound very similar. But the real star of these songs are the vocals.

Bell Biv DeVoe - Do Me!
Everyone and their moms has heard Poison, but I bet if you were born after 1992, you didn't even know these guys had more than one song. Real sexy stuff.

Bobby Brown - On Our Own
Theme song from Ghostbusters II. Nuff said.

Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
Color Me Badd is synonymous with 'one-hit-wonder' and this is it. The song has increasingly become a target of ridicule the further we move away from the 90's, but I love this shit. Two guesses about what the song is about.

Keith Sweat - I Want Her
Arguably the biggest hit of his career.

Michael Jackson - Remember the Time
One of my favorite MJ songs of all time that, in my opinion, doesn't get enough love. This is from the album Dangerous, which came out in 1991, during the peak of the NJS craze.

Paula Abdul - (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me
Yes, Paula Abdul actually used to make music (and was a Laker Girl) before she went crazy and started judging American Idol. Super catchy chorus and super cheesy guitar solo. Yes please.

New Jack City Zipped

Enjoy the tunes! I have a bunch more of this stuff to unleash on you fools soon.

xoxo,
Ian

Theme Building Like A Boss

2011-02-14T13:52:00.000-05:00

Risky Fresh's very own Hip Hop specialist just put out his latest beat tape, and this shit is pure fire. If I had to describe Boss' style, it would be like cruising through Los Angeles at night while also being a badass loose cannon cop from a 1970s TV show. That said, the compliation varies a lot too, with some clear influences from J Dilla, DJ Shadow, and Flying Lotus to name a few (there's even an M.I.A. style beat on it). He samples like a Boss and programs drums like no other (listen for the classic Boss congas). Be sure to check out his MYSPACE.

Theme Building - Boss
This is the whole beat tape, and I can't recommend it anymore highly.

And here are a few samples if you'd rather try before you ~~buy~~ download it.

Riders - Boss (GOLDEN BANANA)
If beat tapes had singles, this would be it. The chorus will turn the whitest of men into a gospel preacher.

Delta - Boss (Silver Banana)
This beat is probably my personal favorite on the tape. It really epitomizes that 70s cop show feel that I'm talking about.

Imagination - Boss
Willy Wonka beat.

Wayne Rooney

2011-02-13T19:31:00.003-05:00

omg...

Kobe who?
It's ok, go ahead and watch it again.

-M

U Can Dance (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) - DJ Hell (GOLDEN BANANA)

I want to say that they're the best Techno out there right now. It's a pretty bold claim, and we all tend to make big sweeping statements like that daily. But like, they're the best.

Me & You (Danger Remix) - Nero (Silver Banana)

Are you ready?

I Found Love (Electrixx Remix) - Bruno Barudi

Electro House, great track. If your read this blog, you probably know what to expect from these guys anyways.

Rollin' Deep (Sgt Slick Remix) - D.O.N.S. & Shahin feat. Seany B. (Silver Banana)

House, awesome, disco vibes. Big Room style too. I also enjoy the title, because to Bastille, Rollin' Deep means blasting intimidating Techno or extremely abrasive Dubstep while driving and ever breaking eye contact with the person in the car / walking next to you.

Goron Mountain (Original Mix) - Pointblank

Cool Electro House track from an up and comer I discovered from Massachusetts. Definitely grab this one. Also be sure to check out his SOUNDCLOUD.

Triangle (Original Mix) - Kris Menace

Massive Progressive House track, reminiscent of Pryda. This also feels like it could have been in Tron.

Oh Yeah (Original Mix) - Swanky Tunes

Rave House. I don't really know how to classify this sort of stuff. It's got that Dutchy boom ba dum ba boom thing, and it's minimal and super dancey. This is totally something Steve Angello would drop.

Can U Handle It (Original Mix) - Umek, Tomy DeClerque

For the Techno heads out there.

She Said (16Bit Remix) - Plan B

Because somebody always wants Dubstep (you know who you are).

On Our Own (Extended Club Version) - Bobby Brown (New Jack Swing Banana)

A gem from the Ghost Busters 2 soundtrack. Cheers to gLAdiator for this one.

Wayne Rooney Zipped

Speaking of gLAdiator, here's a sick Dubstep mix from one of their members that dropped today:

Everyone Gets Dubstep Again 2 by Ramses (of gLAdiator)

Franck Ribéry

2011-02-10T14:00:00.004-05:00

OLESDOIT

-M

Warrior's Dance (Far Too Loud Refix) - The Prodigy (Golden Banana)
I love the original so much, now you can play it in an Electro House set. The second buildup is nuts.

Wash It! - Popof (Silver Banana)
One of the greatest Techno producers right now. To have a distinct sound in Techno is very difficult, and Popof does.

The Wildcat (Lazy Rich Remix) - Porter Robinson (Silver Banana)
There shouldn't be any need for explanation on this one.

Scorpio - Rankin
Drumstep!

Meiri (Sultan & Ned Shepard Edit) - Thomas Sagstad
What up Progressive House

Windows (Chocolate Puma Remix) - Sil
The "true" Dutch House. You don't need that annoying high saw wave to have Dutch House, it's all in the drums.

Nights (Nadastrom Remix) - Pase Rock
But if you NEED that high synth, grab this Techy/Dutch track.

Sudoku (Original Mix) - Saxxo
Cool Tech House from Holland, think like Hardwell or JoeySuki.

Yeah Yeah Yeah (Electro Mix) - Spencer & Hill
This track would be so much better without the shitty vocals. You can still hear them trying to be like Wolfgang Gartner.

Shadows (Andrea Bertolini & Vanshock Remix) - Miss Motif, Ee-Sma
ANother track that would be better as an instrumental. Beautiful Progressive House chords.

Franck Ribéry Zipped