Salvador Dali

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

Xabi Alonso

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

Giuseppe Rossi

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

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Obscure Video Game Character #16

Yer a big feller, aintcha?  You gotta name?  Somebody out there might know it, right?  Whoever does earns a +1,000 Bastille Love and Admiration Points.  To quote some friends, OLESDOIT.

-M


Cantina (Spencer & Hill Mix) - Spencer & Hill & Bastian Van Shield (GOLDEN BANANA)
Crazy Electro House with a Star Wars sample?  I don't think I can imagine many things better.

Fifty What (Dem Slackers Remix) - Sandro Silva and Anjiro Rijo (Silver Banana)
Does that awesome Rave/Babylon drop where the bass doesn't come in until the 2nd kick.  Extremely low synth, you sort of need massive speakers to truly enjoy this.

Only Girl (In The World) vs Bungee (Hardwell & DJ Funkadelic Mash-Up) - Rihanna vs Afrojack & Bobby Burns
For those that love their Tech/Dutch blended with pop.  Fantastic bootleg.

Cantina (Bastian Van Shield Mix) - Spencer & Hill & Bastian Van Shield
The Tech mix.

Cantina (Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup Remix) - Spencer & Hill & Bastian Van Shield
And the House mix.  Same sorta feel as Americano.

Painted Faces (Avicii Remix) - Paul Thomas, Sonny Wharton
Prog from one of the best.

Coloris (S-T3RRA Remix) - She
Fun melodic Electro, AZN hardcore.  I actually posted She's album with the original of this way back when this blog was only meant for the writers.  You can grab it HERE.

Spark (Canblaster Remix)  - J-Wow
I don't really know what to call this, or how to describe it.  All I know is that Canblaster is killing it.

Bed Of Needles (AKS Syndaesia Remix) - Steed Lord
Because someone wants Dubstep.

Wake Up Call - Steve Aoki & Sidney Samson
And someone else is always looking for more Dutch House.

Obscure Video Game Character #16 Zipped

Cid Highwind

+20 Bastille Love and Admiration points for whoever can tell me the conflict between this character and his wife.

-M

Miami 2 Ibiza (Instrumental) - Swedish House Mafia
Their follow up to ONE.  Festival Progressive House.


Say My Name (Original Mix) - Porter Robinson (Golden Banana)
HUGE Electro House track from a new name to the game.  You can check an interview on Gotta Dace Dirty HERE.

gLAdiator Music - gLAdiator
Our boys from LA putting out their first release.  Check out their FACEBOOK for some more remixes and edits.  Electro House.

Work This Pussy (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Remix) - Dani L Mebius & Billy The Kit
It's kinda like Proxy's Raven, but bigger.  Electro House.

Hits Are For Kids (Original Mix) - Adam K
That super awesome major third sound that's just so fuckin ravey.  Electro House.

Slipstream (Original Mix) - ZXX, Paul Anthony, Dirty Politics
Crazy ass Electro House.  This would be a fun track to play live.

Alright 2010 feat. Hardwell (Original Mix) - Red Carpet, Hardwell
And a Tech track to end from one of the best.

BONUS:
Cid's Theme from Final Fantasy VII
Great for "Guess That Video Game Song" which is something I do usually while setting up a gig.

Cid Highwind Zipped

Art Students

Just got back home from Providence where I went to the RISD graduation.  Congrats big sis.  Here are some Tech tracks for those creative types.

-M


Fuego - Oliver Huntemann, Dubfire (Golden Banana)
Heard Simian Mobile Disco drop this.  Epic.

Aspic (Original Mix) - Simian Mobile Disco
Speaking of that show...

Push it (Squeeze It Up) (David Tort Remix) - Richie Santana DJ Chus
Ravey as hell, love it

2nd To None (Spektre's Respekt Remix) - Umek
You should know what to expect from these guys by now

2nd To None (Original Remix) - Umek
And the original

Coriander (Hardwell & R3hab Remix) - Rene Amesz
Sick flute sample

Please Release Me (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Vulcanic Mix) - Nino Anthony & Mr. Eyes
Crazy ass build

1998 (Dabruck & Klein Remix) - Binary Finary
Proggy build, Techy drop

Who Knows (Original Mix) - Spencer & Hill
You can hear their style in this one, just minus the Electro

Art Students Zipped

P.S.  This post is dedicated to Dirty Dumbo, everyone's favorite Deadmau5 and Techno h8er.  That said, he's a pretty dope Los Angeles based DJ that you guys should check out, you'll be seeing his new mix up here pretty soon along with one from Ramses and Yea Mann.

Lady Gaga Needed to be more Minimal

Bad Display of Romance (Bastille Bootleg) by Lady Gaga Vs. Hardwell

Can't get enough of it? If you need to play some gaga at a party but don't want to let go of your values. This might help you out.

-J

M's additions:

I actually just made a cover of Bad Romance for my friend's web series. He wanted a royalty free version, so I tried to copy the production as best I could. You should all watch this series it's amazing, and the cover I made is right in the beginning.

Hardwell

Hardwell is a young (I think 21/22) Tech House producer (with lots of Progessive influence) from the Netherlands. Not to be confused with 'Dutch House,' he's got a very different sound than the other Dutchmen, aka less Tribal/Hip-hop influence, more like a pure blend between Techno and Progressive House. However, he remixes a lot of the other Dutch guys, and to great effect. Fantastic Rave music, hits really Hardwell. And from that picture, he kind of looks like Laidback Luke, no?

-M

Display (Original Mix) - Hardwell
Pure Tech House awesomeness. Really catchy and amazing.

Foreign Affair (Hardwell Remix) - Sylver
You can really hear the Prog in this one. His high synth lines are just always so catchy and amazing.

Twilight Zone (Original Mix) - Hardwell
A lot like the above track, just different key and line. The melodies just get me every time.

Moombah (Hardwell & Rehab Remix) - Chuckie
Rave rave rave rave rave rave, loving the Tech take on this ever so popular track.

Hardwell Collection
By Track // Zipped

BONUS:
Tear The Club Up (Avicii vs Philgood Remix) - Zoo Brazil (REMOVED)
Tech House BOMB!!!!

Love Festival Review

So last Saturday was the ever so anticipated Love Festival. The lineup was nothing like EDC of course, as this event is MUCH smaller, but it was still big and exciting enough to get us excited as hell. It was also great to have this a week after the train wreck that was HARD Summer (read about that fuck up HERE). I'm going to do this review in the order that we saw the DJs. I will say this though, it was a night of bootlegs. I heard every DJ play some bootlegs, which I guess is ok but it's not really impressive since they're really not doing anything.


D.O.N.S. was playing when we arrived much to our delight. He was one of the people we were most excited to see, and we showed up in time to see the majority of his set. He played mostly Tech House with some Prog and a little Electro thrown in. This was J's favorite set of the night. Not much else to say except that he did a pretty good job. I will say though that his stage presence is lacking, partly do to just his appearance (I mean look at the guy, it's pretty hard to take him seriously). That said, he definitely got me dancing and jumping a few times. The highlight was when he played this bootleg:

We Are Kidsos (ImanoS Bootleg) - Dirty South vs. Sebastian Ingrosso

You can also cop some of his tracks HERE and HERE.

After D.O.N.S. was finished, we decided to go check out the other stage to see what was up, and Julius Papp was playing. I know nothing about this dude, but his set was pretty cool. More relaxed, cool house stuff. I would have preferred somebody like Mark Farina, but he was definitely cool. Check out this video to get more of an idea.






We headed back up to the main stage and caught the last 30 minutes or so of Cedric Gervais. This dude fucked up a few times, and people noticed. It was pretty funny. He also looked like a complete tool on stage. I was just waiting for the next act to come on, really, but he did play this awesome bootleg:

Yin For The Kill (Dave Spoon Bootleg) - Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve vs La Roux
Wow, this bootleg DESTROYS live. Amazing.


Finally, Sharam came up and gave us the most epic intro ever by playing some fucking Ennio Morricone. Brilliant. This was my favorite set of the night for sure. He just dropped bomb after bomb of awesome Techno and Tech House. I was actually expecting a Prog House set, but I was very pleasantly surprised. He also had a live vocalist come and sing, which was really great. Here are some tracks:

Grab his album HERE (torrent, I'll try to upload it via mediafire eventually)

And here are some videos:

Not from the actual event, but I needed to find a video showing his intro





Next up was Steve Angello, the man we were most excited to see. I mean, he's in the goddam Swedish House Mafia. His set was great by all means, but it wasn't the best. He did remind me, however, how great Swedish House can be for raves (we've been very distracted with Dutch House for the past month or so). However, as J pointed out to me, he basically just played a really safe set of hits, which was a little disappointing. He was also big on the bootlegs, playing that same Yin For The Kill as well as some others, like:

Be Satisfaction (Swedish House Mafia Bootleg) - Laidback Luke & Benny Benassi

Show Me Love vs Be (Hardwell Bootleg) - Robin S vs Steve Angello & Laidback Luke
*Not sure if this is the actual bootleg he played, but he did go from Be into Show Me Love.

We left before he was done because we were exhausted and really wanted to go home. Overall, great night, great sets, really fun event actually. It was a lot smaller than EDC which made it so much more manageable.

BONUS:


Thanks to Sky for the video

Batch #5 Final Batch

Here we go the final batch. I hope you're as un-excited as I am. This is hard for me cause there's quite a few things I really want to share. So expect this to really be A LOT of songs, of course I'll star them appropriately. It's a big ass post. I just want to put out everything I wanted to before I start going back to doing artist focuses.

Happy 4th of July, don't party too hard, though I know I probably will.
-J

For sure what should be put at the top of this list is:


Autumn (Original Mix) by John Dahlback **************, I've fallen in love with this song and it hasn't left my mind since I got it maybe a week and half to two weeks ago. It's got some of the great aspects of pyramid combined with these crazy electro breaks, and the actual flow of the song is amazing as it changes so well from section to section. He's the master, there's no doubt.

If you like TV Rock, then this is the section for you. Otherwise known as my favorite section:

In Your Soul (Original Mix) by Muzzaik ** Muzzaik's a newcomer to this blog, but I don't think this will be the last time we see production by Muzzaik. For me this sound's like a mix of TV Rock and D.O.N.S., still fucking crazy song really well produced. Don't be the last to jump on the train.

Wildpitch (Original Mix) by Muzzaik *** Sounds like a mix of TV Rock and Audible to me now, maybe leaning on the TV Rock side. What an amazing combination... I just can't get enough.

Busted (Original Mix) by Muzzaik ***, Different then the other two above, but still awesome. Would you call this more tech housey/minimal? Doesn't matter cause that genre is taking over. But this should be in a different section

Let's throwin the great remix as well: Busted (Pete-R Remix) by Muzzaik ***

Pressure (Original Mix) by Luke Chable ****, Chable's a man who I've known has been around for quite a while and has actually worked with TV Rock. Needless to say just amazing stuff. He has such a full sound, it's so full that it really does require a full post on him

Lime (Original Mix) by Luke Chable ***, Another Bomb, very happy in some ways, I really enjoy this.

And of course we end this section with

Don't Wancha (TV Rock Edit) by Zoe Badwi ***, This is one of those TV Rock songs where you can really see the influence that Dirty South has had on the boys. Still definitely a great song, not my favorite, but worth putting in that collection of TV Rock Songs.
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Next Section definitely has less of a theme but here we go:

In the Air (Axwell Remix) by TV Rock Ft. Rudy****, Is this old? Actually I'm pretty sure it's relatively new. Cause I can't believe I had never found it before. Axwell doing what he does best, destroying everything in his path.

Heads Off (Original Mix) by Spencer & Hill ***, This is an amazing song, don't get me wrong, but there's something about it. It just sounds too chaotic for me, even though it's in 320. I don't deny this would explode live though. Not to mention that buildup is fantastic.

Reach For the Stars (Thomas Gold Remix) by Antoine Clamaran **, It's good I guess, I feel like M would like this better then me for some reason. I don't know why it's rated so low in my book, part of me really enjoys this and part of me just changes to the next song.

Evacuate the Dancefloor (PH Electro Remix) by Cascada ****, I would give this 3 and a half if I'm honest. Really surprised me when I listened to this. Definitely worth giving a listen to, even though the vocals suck of course. Really Poppy. Really gross. But does a good job of having me forget that. I can't remember what this reminds me of.

Relax (Michael Mind Remix) by 2-4 Grooves feat. Rekki. D *** Yes Yes Yes I will give you all my loving. Haha.

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Next Section:

The Rendition (Sebastien Leger's Good Clock Remix) by Dave Robertson & Jon Gurd ******, If there was a war, Leger would be leading the troops with this song. Enough said.

Space (Original Mix) by Afrojack ****, the man does what he does, and there's no arguing against him.

Foreign Affair (Hardwell Remix) by Sylver ***, The vocals annoy me, but the actual melody is great. I enjoyed this song but wouldn't play it live.

Heads Off ( Bastian Van Shield Remix) by Spencer & Hill ****, yes it's a remix of the above posted song. And yet definitely better then the original (though it is different). Now I gotta start watching out for this guy, because of how cool this remix is.

Deep Fear (D.O.N.S. Remix) by Sidekick **, I mean it's amazing, but I feel like I've heard this before from D.O.N.S., I'm just not completely wowed, but I do thoroughly enjoy this.

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Next Section:

House Music (Sharooz remix) by Paul Anthony & Harrison Crump ***** AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING AMAZING. Destroys everything in it's path. It has those breaks similar to autumn up top, but this is definitely a much more electro song. Keep it up.

Asa Dachi (Miles Dyson & Tobz Remix) by Yenn *, Not my cup of tea, and I do like some Dub step, but this this.
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Remember don't get too wasted tonight ;)

Holy Fuck It's Chuckie!

Chuckie is a horrible name for a DJ in my opinion, as it only conjurs up images of a murderous doll or a Rugrat, both of which don't make me feel like dancing or whatever, but you should definitely check out these ravey/tribal tracks. Don't know much about this Chuckie except that he's from the Netherlands, but the tracks along with the remixers show that this guy's got some serious cred.

Let The Bass Kick - Chuckie
Minimal and ravey. It's one of those house tracks with a really subby bass and a super high pitched hook. Actually, most of the songs in the post are that way.

Let The Bass Kick (Joachim Garraud Remix) - Chuckie
The most electro of this bunch. Joachim Garraud reminds us that France still makes music.

Moombah (Original Mix) - Silvio Ecomo & DJ Chuckie *RIP
Unfortunately only version I could find of the original, but gives you perspective to see where these awesome remixes came from.

Moombah (Sidney Samson Mix) - Chuckie
I'm a big fan of Sidney Samson and his few tracks, this one fits right in with the others. HUGE bass. Swehouse definitely describes it best: "You've gotta have a good soundsystem to really hear what it sounds like, it's huge! MOOOOMBAH!"

Moombah (Hardwell & Rehab Remix) - Chuckie
Very minimal, would fit in with a Dubfire-esque set.

Moombah (Afrojack Remix) - Chuckie
Afrojack back again with his heavy, drum/percussion-focused style.

And I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that I'm gonna call the sample used. Not hard to hear it, really, or at ALL, you'll catch it immediately. It might just be the same synth, but they're way too similar I feel. Check out this track from 2001(?), one of the songs that got me into electronic music originally in the summer of 2007.

Blow The Speakers - Louie Devito
What genre is this song? Techno? Trance? My guess is techno, but I really have no idea.