Noisia’s album, Split the Atom, was a huge step forward in the drum & bass world. It had a multi-genre aspect seldom seen in projects prior to it, with heavy influences from the electronica and breaks subgenres.
One of the strongest songs on the release was “Shellshock,” with great help from the seasoned drum & bass and dubstep rappers, Foreign Beggars. Here’s the new music video…
Finishing up freshman year with final exams kept me so busy that I couldn’t come on here and update the blog. Sorry guys.
Now back to posting…
If you’re new to drum & bass and dubstep as genres, one of the first artists you must check out is Dirtyphonics. They’re known for their hard-hitting drum & bass, and you get absolutely no shortage of that here in their Skrillex remix. I can only imagine how much confidence an artist must have when they attempt to remix Skrillex’s choppy and chaotic tunes…well Dirtyphonics have put their heads together and created one of the best drumstep remixes around. This is likely my favorite remix of Skrillex ever done.
While they have mainly produced drum & bass in the past, they are now starting to make some of the strongest contemporary dubstep around. Just listen to their new remix of Does It Offend You, Yeah’s single, “Wondering.”
Christopher Wehsner, the Austrian native, has been hard at work for a long time now refining his liquid and cinematic Drum & Bass style. He’s been featured on the very popular UKF Drum & Bass youtube channel and worked on projects with various record labels such as Sinuous, Trust in Music, and Basswerk, just to name a few.
Well, so far this April, he’s had two new music videos be released. One is the dark, urban video for “Paradox.” The other video takes things into outer space with the appropriately named “Cosmos.”
This August 6th comes one of the most incredible lineups I’ve seen lately for a single-night event. It’s going to be held at The Los Angeles State Historic Park. Buy tickets here.
Duck Sauce
Boys Noize
Chromeo
Ratatat
Skrillex
OFWGKTA
James Murphey & Pat Mahoney
Digitalism
Jack Beats
Nero
Caspa
Carte Blanche
Busy P & So Me (as Busy Pictionary)
Holy Ghost
Karlsson & Winnberg (of Miike Snow)
Noisia
Emalkay
Gesaffelstein
Gaslamp Killer
Nadastrom
Destructo
Juan MacLean
Shit Robot
Still Going
Dillon Francis
Acid Jacks
[+ more]
Here’s the official flyer for the event:
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand
Skrillex – Hey Sexy Lady remix
Odd Future – Earl (live)
Even though Gemini just released his dubstep project, Blue EP, he’s been hard at work doing some drum and bass.
Early this month he released two songs on Beatport, “Without You” and “Destiny.” Currently “Without You” has the #1 spot on the drum and bass charts, while “Destiny” is at #10.
The powerfully thick synth that he’s made famous in tracks like “Blue” and his remix of “Oxygen” translate seamlessly into drum and bass, so you should definitely pick up these new songs.
In only a few short days, we’ll finally have a new release by one of the fathers of the modern dubstep age, Rusko. It’ll be out on the label Mad Decent and feature remixes by Netsky, DJ Q, and Original Sin. Drum & Bass legend, Reso, is also on the release lending a hand to Rusko on “Lick The Lizard.”
The tracklist is as follows:
1. Everyday (Original Mix) – Rusko
2. Lick The Lizard (Original Mix) – Rusko & Reso
3. Everyday (Netsky Remix) – Rusko
4. Everyday (DJ Q Remix) – Rusko
5. Everyday (Original Sin Remix) – Rusko
First up is the remix that the Belgian producer did for the upcoming Rusko song, “Everyday.” I’m definitely excited for this Rusko release if it has such spot-on remixes like this and another one of his original tracks, “Lick the Lizard.”
Netsky also remixed Jessie J’s “Nobody’s Perfect.” This guy really is on fire if his 2011 is already this huge. I’m sure he has more up his sleeve, so everyone had better keep an eye on him in the coming months.
Today on Monday, March 21st, every single dollar made in sales on the online music retailing powerhouse will go directly to relief in Japan.
This is incredibly generous considering that the website is far and away the most robust retailer for anything EDM.
So, if you were waiting to make a purchase on Beatport, today is the day to do it. All of the money you spend today will be going to a great cause. Below is a link to Beatport.
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/home/detail/1/beatport
Also, if you’re looking to help Japan in another way through electonic music, check out the article I wrote on UKF Dubstep and Heist’s efforts (link below).
Sorry for my inability to make posts this past week…college midterms will do that to you.
Ok, back to the music…
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