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Zhu, if you don't know, hit the scene running in 2014 with his massive club hit Faded which got him a Grammy nomination, not a bad start for someone that was new to the scene that year.
Zhu for the first part of 2014 Zhu remained anonymous and asked to be judged only by the music he produced. He is no longer anonymous and Stephen Zhu is producing some really good, sexy deep house. His EP, The Nightday, is a sexy work of six songs that include his famous Faded song. The thing is though there is not a bad song on the EP, they all drip with sexiness, synths, and the deep voice that we crave from a hot and sweaty dance floor. Take a look at the videos below, which he has use video from the New York Fashion show to make some sexy videos for his music too.
The EP is dripping with sexy synths, silky vocals by Zhu, and grabbing from multiple genres; house, disco, hip-hop. You can see the range that Zhu is working with and how diverse the electronic scene can be when sampling from multiple genres to develop a sound that is unique, it's hard find anything to criticize from his first EP. The only thing we can say is that we wish there was more, instead of the six songs that leave you wanting much more.
The future for this young artist is looking very bright, and with him doing his first shows in Europe it will only be a matter of time that he finds his way to the states, especially with how deep house as a genres has exploded. If you would like to hear more check out below his guest mix from Pete Tong's radio show on BBC Radio 1. Also check out under that the song that started his career a remix of Outkast. Enjoy and till next time check out the shows listed at the bottom in your local area.
If you happened to not notice or care that Eric Prydz and Deadmau5 played together back in November well here I am telling you, it happened and you missed it. There isn't even a decent track on soundcloud of the affair. You can listen to the set over what sounds like someone used their phone to record it, but you will take what you can get when you talk about putting two of the biggest names in electronic music together, below is a link to the set, one for Soundcloud and one for Youtube, also a track listing. Soundcloud Youtube Deadmau5 b2b Eric Prydz – Live @ HARD Day Of The Dead (Mau5 Ville Harder Stage) – 01-11-2014 Track List: Pryda – WOWOW (Working Title) Eric Prydz – Pjanoo Morgan Page feat. Lissie – The Longest Road (Acappella) deadmau5 – Aural Psynapse (Enzo Bennet Remix) deadmau5 – Aural Psynapse (ID remix) Pryda – Glimma deadmau5 & Chris Lake – I Said (Michael Woods Remix) Eric Prydz – Every Day (Eric Prydz Private Version) Pryda – The Gift (EPIC Mix) deadmau5 – Cthulhu Sleeps deadmau5 feat. Rob Swire – Ghosts N Stuff (Chuckie Remix) Paolo Mojo vs. Michael Jackson – Thriller 1983 Eric Prydz vs. Pink Floyd – Proper Education (Dub) deadmau5 – Some Chords (Dillon Francis Remix) deadmau5 – Sometimes Things Get, Whatever (Acappella) deadmau5 – Maths (Botnek Remix) Cirez D – Ruby Cirez D – On Off Green Velvet & Harvard Bass – Lazer Beams deadmau5 – Arguru deadmau5 – My Pet Coelacanth Pryda – Mortal Kombat ID (Working Title) Cirez D – Exit ID 2013 (Working Title) deadmau5 – Avarita deadmau5 – Your Ad Here Sailor & I – Turn Around (Eric Prydz Private Remix) deadmau5 – Strobe Now that Deadmau5 has reemerged and will be doing some shows and has been teasing a new tour on Youtube, it is probably safe to say we will be seeing some new music coming out from Deadmau5. Just last night Deadmau5, in his typical release in the middle of the night fashion, released new music which seems to be a collaboration between Kaskade and himself. Deadmau5 seems to be back with his signature cerebral sound and dark lyrics that draw a crowd into his dark rabbit hole and into one of dance musics best shows. The mau5 has also been working on other collaboration and the bits and pieces on his Soundcloud sound amazing. Check out what seems to be his only song on the account here.
The mau5 seems to be heading for a tour in the fall of 2015 and a good festival tour schedule where you can catch him in Austin for both ACL weekends, and lets all hope he does another after show like he did last time he came to town. Make sure to also check out his Soundcloud and listen to the other tracks he has been working on, there will be a lot of new stuff headed our way soon.
We can all remember the tour that did it for Joel Zimmerman, the man behind the Mau mask. That huge North American tour that really skyrocketed his career into a whole new level. That Meowington Hax tour was one for the books for sure and set him on the stage with the elite of elite in the EDM world. Check the video below for a view from his show at Austin Music Hall in 2011. That tour was one for the books, then it went silent, and since that tour there as been no North American tour since. So where did he go?
As we saw him head to shows over seas it would seem that he would never come back to do a tour, and in some ways it feels like that. Joel has spent his time traveling Europe playing some of the biggest festivals and clubs that the continent has to offer. Joel has also spent time touring South America too with stops in Brazil, Uruguay, along with others around the continent.
For the longest time I could not figure it out, why did he never play shows in North American anymore? Expect for the random stops on the festival circuit, it was hard to ever catch a show of his. For me I have decided its a combination of things, on a side note, the unhooked tour was not a tour shit wasn't the full experience, but was still cool. One of the first reasons I think he doesn't tour in North America is the scene that he draws, his hate for MDMA and drugs at shows and playing to a certain crowd disgust him. It is not as mature as the scene in Europe and South America where the refinements of techno and house draw a more mature listener to the club in these areas. This again is another reason I believe he has been staying over there is that he is trying to perfect his techno abilities. If you haven't been keeping up Joel has been on atechno kick as of late.
This Techno kick is another reason he hasn't been back, perfecting his sound, and it sounds really good. I think we really see the emergence of this new side when we see Deadmau5 vs Eric Prydz play at Hard Day of the Dead. We have seen him do this before at SXSW whenDeadmau5 and Richie Hawtin played which if you have not heard you need to take a listen ok? This new Deadmau5 may be first be seen at Hard Day of the Dead, but I believe there a tour coming and this will be the start. Joel was heard in January as saying that after putting a show together for two years, one that he can control the venue, the crowd, and prices. Joel is saying this fall but at latest Spring 2015. Check out the full article here. Be prepared for a tour announcement sometimes after Halloween, and hopefully a wonderful tour for us again in the next six months. Let me know what yall think he has been doing and where he will go next.
Alright ya'll it's that time of the week again for me to give y'all and update of what is going on and what is new and exciting. There is no artist that I am going to focus on today, but instead going to give y'all some great music to get you through the rest of the week.
As you know the holidays are going to be coming up soon and the New Years plans should be starting to take shape. If you have not gotten around to that you should really start thinking of that. I am going to next week give y'all a listing of some of the New Years stuff going on here in Austin and the surrounding area. Till then enjoy these songs and have a wonderful HUMP DAY!
Don't miss Dirty South This weekend at Kingdom 11/23
Check out this sick song by Pryda (Eric Prydz)
Check out this uptempo straight from the West Coast feel to help you get through this long week.
If you missed the announcement by Deadmau5 that he was quitting twitter after a long and successful run on the social media site and are now confused by this like we all are then welcome to the club. He has said that he will continue with the account, but it will now me managed by his management team (lame). Anyways you can still follow him on twitter to get updates on new music, but for now check out these 7 songs that he posted, each one named, in Latin, after the seven deadly sins, so sit back and take a ride to hell with the Mau5 (*warning this isn't what you are expecting, but damn does it hit the soul nice)
Signature Calvin Harris with a great song, it seems that Djs have really taken a liking to remixing Passion Pit and I can't say I mind.
If you have been living under a rock for the past year you may have missed this, but Above and Beyond did something totally new in the EDM scene and set out to produce an all acoustic show. From all accounts it sounds like it was a smash hit in the two locations they have performed at so far, London and at the legendary Greek Theater in L.A.
If you have seen Above and Beyond before you know that the show holds a very powerful emotional effect over the adoring fans that pack their shows in every city. With Tony McGuiness (on acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, mandolin, and ukulele), Paavo Siljamaki (handling piano, cello, and vibraphone) and Jono Grant (handling Rhodes piano, guitar and vibraphone) and a sixteen piece band behind them they seem to have recreated it into a even more spine chilling deepness then ever before. With Zoe Johnston, Annie Drury, and Alex Vargas handling vocals for them it was a night to be remembered. I have yet to find the whole set to even listen to, but from the videos I have seen and the articles I have read the crowd was mesmerized by what seems to be a more appreciation for the fans that so love and adore Above and Beyond.
With the both nights at the Greek Theater selling out and the release of a studio acoustic album by the trio and a film about their acoustic show in London, which is done by VICEs Thump channel. There are sure to be many more chances to catch this new show by Above and Beyond. Until that time check out the videos and songs below from their acoustic show in LA. Also like always at the very bottom you can find some fun shows in the Austin area coming up.
Here is an amazing live version for your enjoyment from their show at the Greek Theater.
Watch as Skrillex comes on stage as he joins our boys on stage for Back Room Boy
Ah good ole Jody Wisternoff, what a pleasure it is to have a chance to share in his magical sounds. As I will assume more people reading this have not heard of Jody Wisternoff, expect for a select few, and that is a real shame.
Jody is a product of decades long work in a whole spectrum of different genres of the dance music world, from hardcore to electro house to progressive house, he has seen and done it all. He has settled down now in the progressive house feel and it seems to be going splendidly for him.
Jody started in the early 90's in Bristol and would work with his brother (Sam Wisternoff) and then would later meet Nick Warren. Nick and Jody would team up to form the progressive house group called Way Out West, which still turns out music and tours to this day. Jody would also embark on a solo mission and released his first solo album 'Trails We Blaze' in 2012 which was released on the Anjunadeep label. Jody has since been with the Ajunadeep label and heavily involved with Above and Beyond. He can be seen opening for them in both the final episode of TATW and the 50th episode of ABGT.
Jody's downbeat and progressive house sound is one that takes you on a musical journey that is deep and meaningful. The deep beats that he can lay down and the incorporation of tribal music that he uses in his sets give his show a unique feel that most people do not have. His shows will take you on a extraordinary journey, far away from the club you are in and into a place way out west.
If you have not seen Jody Wisternoff yet, put him on the list of must see djs, with him just visiting our great state I doubt we see him back soon but keep your eyes peeled, till then let me give you some good show dates coming up and some good tunes from Jody...enjoy.
Well after a long time off I feel like I am finally ready to start posting again. It has been far to long that music has been shared on here and I shall try to not let school kick my ass and keep up with this. Anyways there has been a lot that has happened in the past year and of course another EDC and more concerts then I can name.
The EDM scene as since continued the meteoric rise that has been happening for the past it seems five years. As this trend seems set to continue the music will become bigger and the festivals even bigger. The shows will be even more elaborate and the venues will be bigger. As festival season wears down and tours start up I will post shows and links for tickets that will be worth seeing and raging at, so stay tuned. I just wanted to post some fun songs and some concerts that are are the radar. I will start writing a piece once a week at least with some fun shit and artist to look out for. Enjoy y'all.
I remember hearing this song somewhere and then found this remix that made it even better.
This mashup with Lorde and Biggie is something that will delight your ears and intrigue your brain.
For those who love some good ole classic house music with a Afro-Salsa feel.
I can't not say enough on how much I love this song and this is a band to watch going forward. I didn't know what to expect when I saw there was a music video, but damn they got it right.
In 2011 we saw EDM finally blow up in the States, to the relief of some and the horror of others the scene is finally here. 2011 was a blur for EDM in the States it seems. Everything seemed to be thrown at listeners at once, a lot of this music was well, made for the masses. It was a scene that was exploding and there was a lot to catch up on and a lot of money to be made, so it was to no surprise by some of the crappy music we have heard out of the EDM machine here in America. In this barrage of music thrown around it was easy to over step some great stuff.
I was guilty of this charge, at missing some great stuff, because...well there was just far to much to take in at once. In 2011 Boys Will Be Boys came together to release the EP "We Rock." A collaboration between Tiesto, Angger Dimas, & Showtek.
Angger Dimas is a Dj and producer from Jakarta, Indonesia and opened for Tiesto in Bangkok in 2010, which lead to their collaborative efforts and also has teamed up with Steve Aoki to produce the single "Steve Jobs". Showtek is a Dutch Hard Dance Duo. You can hear their influence in the "We Rock" track on the EP.
The EP only has three tracks and was released in June of 2011. This collaboration at the beginning drew attention that another super group might be forming, like SHM, but since the release of the EP it seems that the idea of a super group may have died. Even though that idea could still find new life again as this EP does go hard and you can hear the workings of all three Djs in the songs to make some great hard dance and some other groovy beats to dance to. Below you will find the three songs off the EP and another for Anger Dimas's single with Steve Aoki.
P.S. The write up about EDC is coming, I am just trying to get photos and videos together for you guys, thank you for the patience. :)
This summer I have found my self lucky enough by a whirlewind of good luck and great friends to go to not one but two music festivals this summer. As you can probably tell Wakarusa was the first one I was fortunate enough to attend, the other being EDC Vegas, which will have it's own post in then next few days. As I know many of you have asked about these experiences and here is everything you really need to know, or I guess I should say, that I remember of these times.
If you live under a rock and don't know what Wakarusa is, then please let me explain. Wakarusa is a four day camping festival on top of Mulberry Mountain in the middle of the Ozarks in Arkansas. The picture above is looking down over the whole festival grounds before it was filled with people. The setting for the festival has to be hands down one of the prettiest places that there is.
I was fortunate enough to be able to volunteer for this festival and got to go early for pre-festival set up.
Volunteering for a festival works as follows. You sign up, put down a deposit,
get accepted, and have to work 15 hours over
the time of the festival and you get to go for free.
I worked a total of three 5 hour shifts, one which was parking, the other two being production. The parking shift was standing in the dark for 5 hours telling people where to park, yes I know not glorious, but hey everything has to get done right! The two production shifts were amazing by far, the first shift I was backstage on the main stage. This entailed moving instruments and equipment on and off stage and the rest of the time, dancing and watching the bands preform, so I wouldn't even call this work. The second shift was more of the same, but at the Revival Tent. I was there able to meet some of the musicians that were playing for the first time at Waka or were up and coming and this was a new and awesome perspective and opportunity to talk to some of these guys. It also got me thinking how on earth does this festival actually happen. No one is really working, people are drinking, dancing, smoking, telling stories of past drug use in the yesteryear. There was only one rule, don't let the music stop. As long as the bands could get on and off and the instruments played, backstage was an adult playground. It is easy to see why, when this isn't work for anyone but fun and love. It really is a unique experience to meet and talk to the people who put on these festivals. It really does take more then anyone can realize to make one of these happen and it's amazing to see this all work so smoothly when it looks like no one is working at all.
The festival going experience was just as equally amazing and mind blowing. First tip for this, whatever alcohol you think you need, BRING MORE and in that bring BOXES of franzia, because you need to slap the bag as much as possible with anyone you meet. You can easily walk up to any tent and start hanging out with the people there. Have a bag to slap, or a bottle to pass around and you will surely meet a bunch of new friends. Check out this video to get a feeling (fyi I am in one of these photos).
To tell you how the crowd was I made friends with a Sooner and her husband and partied with them all weekend with another group of Aggies. That is right I raged with Sooners and Aggies and would visit both to rage some more. That is the kind of festival and crowd this was. Nothing else mattered at the festival except the festival and it was beautiful. Being able to rage into the wee hours of the early morning with music to surround you is an experience everyone should have. With bands like Beats Antique, Ghostland Observatory, and Paper Diamond playing till 4 or 5 am. You can dance from dusk till dawn and into the next day of the festival if you really wanted to. Meals consisted of cans of beans and corn mixed with salsa or a protein bar. Lunch was maybe some Wild Turkey or some Jack with chips or a sandwhich or something delicious from any of the food vendors there, and let me suggest that you buy some stuff there, the food is really good. Dinner usually was well.......The nights were filled with bands like Pretty Lights, Big Gigantic, Quixotic, The Avett Brothers, Girl Talk, Umphrey's Mcgee, Primus, and Weir, Robinson, & Greene Acoustic Trio to name a few. The crowds at these stages were very easy to move in and out of which was a nice change from some of the festivals I have been to. Anywhere on the festival grounds you could hear music till 5/6 am. The mornings were beautiful, it was cool and calm and smelled well clean. There was nothing around for miles and miles and the air was just pristine.
The festival was set up where there camping grounds were fenced off from the stages and the "security" was really only at the entrences to the stages. The camp grounds were well the hippie wild west. Special jello shots were sold by random hippies or some looking like drag rats for two bucks a pop and no one really could ever tell you what were in them. Food was sold from camp grounds by some and given away by others for free and asked for donations of any kinds including more food to cook. People sold knick nacks and random other shit to get by and I met many people that travled from festival to festival selling things and just getting by enjoying the life that was in the moment. It really was a very hippie beautiful life moment.
While working backstage at the Revival Tent I got to meet a band from Athens, Georgia called Dank Sinatra and wanted to put them out there for you guys to listen to and enjoy. This is also for Ben to show him how I am starting to get into that funk and jam music he o so love. I am actually writing this blog while listening to these guys and the more I listen to funk and jam the more I listen to funk and jam, it's kind of funny like that. Another great watch at that festival was Gary Clark Jr. I had seen him earlier this year at SXSW and was just as impressed, but at Waka it was on another level. At points in the show you could hear the crowd oh and ah as he did his guitar solos. He made that guitar sing like the greats I could only imagine did in concert. I was not blessed to be born in the times of Hendrix or Led Zeppelin, but I am sure that it was something close to this when you heard them play.
Sunday was perfect except the weather. Sunday was a line up of Reggae and blue grass and jam, a very chill way to wind down the festival. The likes of Soja, Iration, Slightly Stoopid, Matisyahu, EOTO, and Mountain Sprout all played. The only problem that day was the weather. The festival had to put the bands on hold a few times throughout the day and it even hailed at one point during the day, but nothing could ruin how much this festival was. During the hail me and my buddies huddled under two guys tarp we met the night before in the croud who were from Nebraska. Mind you that by under the tarp i mean we were all holding it down over us as we sat on the ground, it was truly a interesting experience.
In the end Wakarusa was everything I could of imagined and more. If you aren't ok with showering in a river, or not showering for a couple of days, being a hippie, with seeing a lot of naked people, with a lot of open drug use, with no rules, with never sleeping then don't go. If you can handle it and just enjoy every moment, then go. Go to everything possible there, never say no (within reason). Take up any opportunity to take a photo with someone, or chat up the person next to you. If you have ever been to a co-op party here in Austin, think of that on a massive scale. If you can handle that and have an open mind, go and you will never regret it, you will find new music and make new friends and have stories that will last a life time. I leave you with some videos that I shot randomly at Waka so enjoy.
Hello ladies and gents, it has been far to long since my last post, and I apologize for that. With the whirlwind of the start of summer and Wakarusa and EDC Vegas it was a little crazy. I need to do a write up of both of those festivals for you and artists that I found there, but that isn't what today is. Today it is time to meet Viceroy and his wonderful style of music.
I'm not sure how to tell you what this is, it's summer, it's white sand beaches, its cabanas with butlers getting you drinks. Viceroy is well summer, just listen and you can feel it inside. That feeling that music can produce of being taken away to a far away place, to not be where you are, but still never have to move. That is what his music does, it's a transport to a different place. You could consider Viceroy a mix of nudisco and funk that makes this perfect compilation of sounds that can make you move and dance. You don't find a lot of artists that will remix "Going Back to Cali" with Jamaican beats that feel like you are on the beach and that is what makes this such a clean and funky remix. It's a beautiful way that no one else really has even tried, let alone probably thought about. If this music doesn't make you want to go outside and at least sit by the pool as you jam it then you must live in the Arctic. Go grab some rum, mix it with that pina colada mix and sit in by the pool and start the party, because this is where that party starts right here with this music.
I am going to leave you guys with two of his sound clouds embedded on here, the originals that he has produced and then also the remixes that he has done and killed at. Enjoy the summer time music and go get a tan. ;)
Well I have something great for you guys today. Finally something from the band that I got the name from formy blog, which I have to say is long overdue.
What can I say about Pretty Lights, easily my number one band. I will not go into a long winded post about him, as I could talk for hours and hours. I will save that for when the new album drops that he has been working on in studio. I will on the other hand talk about the music video that he has made and that I am going to post right here for y'all to watch and enjoy.
The video is called We Must Go On and the name says it all. Times do get bad and terrible things happen, but we must go on. We must pick out selves up and continue on even when we think we can't. There is and always will be another day to fight for, to live through. The video does this perfectly viewing the world, the people, the scenery in a beautiful way. The first thing you get from this video is that it is pretty, fitting for Pretty Lights. The video is everything you can think of and more. To the children to the old man on the park bench, to the train showing that time never stands still, that we keep moving. The whole video is well to me perfect, every shot is there for a reason to show that things do move on, that time does not stand still and neither does our world. There is beauty in it all, from the still dirty streets of New Orleans to the begging woman on the streets of Prague, no matter what it will get better and there is beauty there, you just have to look. That is the point of it all, that no matter what the beauty is there and even at their lowest they know life will go on for them and it will for you too, that my friends is how I view this video. I hope y'all enjoy this and the music to come, thanks for the support.
Andrew Parsons resides here in the ATX and is in my opinion one of the best kept secrets of Austin. Here is a DJ that last Friday opened at La Zona Rosa and the place was empty! I as a fan was very excited to see him and when I walked in at around 10 I was set to dance to another one of his awesome sets. To my surprise he had opened opened at 9 for the concert. I was sad to miss him, but I was more surprised to hear the person they had playing next.
Griz was the act between Andrew and Big Gigantic and I am not totally sure how that happened. Andrew Parsons by far puts on a better show and knows how to move a crowd and keep them interested. I was sorely disappointed to have missed Andrew that night and I am excited to see him again when he plays on 4/20 at Haven with Michael Woods.
Lets do a little run down of Andrew Parsons, because as a DJ this guy fucking rocks. He puts on a great show that will get you moving and dancing. His abilities for mixing are flawless and his ear for putting songs together is outstanding. He started in 2002 and dove into the Trance and Progressive music scene where he quickly gained notoriety and had his song Underwold Dreams used by countless DJs like Armin Van Buren and Above and Beyond. He has also played at festivals such as Nocturnal, EDC, and Ultra 2012. Andrew has progressed his sound even more now and has taken influences from trance and house and dropping dirty bass and made his own unique experience for you to dance too. While transforming him self and his music to what he is today he has played several guest mixes for big DJs around the world including Tiesto and Gareth Emery.
I was surprised at the end of the Big Gigantic show to see him passing out cds of his set from South Padre to patrons as they were leaving. Parsons I feel is a dj that does not get enough respect from the new listeners that are coming into the electronic music scene. I hope that Austin starts to realize that this guy can throw it down with the best of them and rock a crowd. If you have the chance go and see him at his many shows around Austin and you will not be disappointed. In the mean time listen below to some of his sets and songs that I could find on the interwebs.
If you have not heard of these guys then you must live under a rock. Big Gigantic is made up of Dominic Lalli who is the producer and sax player and Jeremey Salken who plays drums. They hail from Colorado and I don't know if you all could tell but Colorado is producing some fine electronic musicians recently. With Pretty Lights, Big Gigantic, Michael Menert, Paper Diamond all hailing from the great state of Colorado, so if you don't know now you know that Colorado is all about that funk electronic.
Big Gigantic is something very unique and hopefully something we see even more in the electronic scene. With a live sax and drummer it gives unique feel for the electronic music scene. They bring in the elements of electronic mixed with hip hop and jazz to make a sound that is uniquely them. They are well known for their high energy live performances that get everyone in the crowd to dance. If you have not seen what they did at new years then have a look at the video and for you hustlers check out their remix I need a Doller both below.
Their new album Nocturnal was released on January 11, 2012 and reached the number two spot on itunes top electronic albums. The album is available forfree on their websiteand if you feel like it donate and support a great artist. The album is great with booty bouncing beats and a saxophone that will make your heart melt. When Dominic goes off on a sax solo it is something very beautiful and unique to their show and music. It brings jazz and soul to electronic music like never before. The live drumming also adds another level of amazing especially at their shows when Jeremey can go off and do a long drum solo that will make you shake your whole body. Luckily for all of you they will be here this Friday at La Zona Rosa and for only 15 dollars. So as Texas Relays starts and no one in college will be doing sixth this weekend and most bars will be closed take a detour from sixth and head down to La Zona Rosa. This will be a show that you will not want to miss and you can join me and everyone else there as we dance the night away and not worry about getting shanked or shot on sixth. Below are a few tracks that are for your listening pleasure so you can get ready for the weekend!
Deltron 3030 is a futuristic hip hop album set in the year 3030 with the main character being Deltron Zero, a disillusioned mech solider and computer prodigy. He has fallen from the blinding lies of the New World Order and their suppression of human rights and hip hop. This album was released in 2000 by Deltron 3030 which is composed of Dan the Automater, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Dj Kid Koala. The album follows Deltron Zero as he goes through a series of rap battles against different opponents to become Galactic Rhyme Federation Champion.
This album while from 12 years ago just makes me stop and think about what happened to Hip-Hop? Where did the lyrical flows go, the djs scratching opera tunes in the back ground and throwing down sick beats? What happened to having a purpose to conveying a point in the lyrics of a song and a album that has a whole story in it, an album that takes you into the world that is being portrayed and brings you all the feelings with it? Hip Hop at least mainstream hip hop has lost it's way from what made hip hop so beautiful with the way the song could have a rhyme and a reason. Listening to albums likes this ones and old school hip hop artist can bring you back to a different time in music when it wasn't all about getting bitches and money but telling a story to a club packed with people.
One song that really is interesting on the album is Time Keeps on Slippin which has Damon Albarn featured in it. Some of you may know him or you may not, but he is the lead singer of the Gorillaz. And some have said that this song helped lead to the creation of the Gorillaz first album. Especially with Del The Funky Homosapien featuring on the Clint Eastwood track. The futuristic sound and mixing of hip hop and audio clips and blending from many different genres, it is easy to see some of the influence that Damon got from working on the Deltron album. Here is the youtube video for the music so you can listen.
Well that is all for now and hope you find this music ringing in your ears for the next couple of days. If you are interested in getting the album you can try and find it on the pirate bay, or you can support and show love and get the album here. Much love all.
D.R.O.I.D also known as Randy Reyes is an up and coming artist in the hip hop industry here in Austin, Texas. with SXSW launch parties and networking events beginning today, I thought I would feature an emerging artiest that is having a free showcase on Monday, March 12 at The Red Eyed Fly. The link for the facebook event page is here.D.R.O.I.D. comes on at 1 a.m. on the outdoor stage, be sure to catch this free event and get some good music in your ears.
D.R.O.I.D is from Houston and relocated to Austin for college, his music takes both the Houston old school rap, as can be heard in the chopped and screwed mix at the end of Walkin' On The Moon, and the touch of hipster hip hop that has made other artist like Kid Cudi and Whiz Khalifa part of the college music scene.
When I first started listening to D.R.O.I.D., I immediately thought Kid Cudi was a big influence especially with his song Fuck Today, the heavily loaded lyrics that are conveyed with a voice that expresses even more emotion is something that i know Cudi for doing, and D.R.O.I.D has that same affect with his music, but that is not all that he has. The deeper I went into his music I heard something that was something much more then just the emotion. The way that D.R.O.I.D can break down into a flow and use fast paced and deeply meaningful lyrics makes your head spin. And while Cudi talks more about problems that stemmed from family issues and inner struggles, D.R.O.I.D. is more about that hustle.
Hustle, that is what sets D.R.O.I.D apart in my opinion. He uses lyrics that are heavy, but not about family problems or inner struggles, instead it's about making it, about what it's like to hustle to the top. D.R.O.I.D. offers college students another option into hip hop that brings great lyrics, a voice with wonderful emotion, and beats and songs that get you moving and make you want to rock back and forth. Check out more of his stuff here on hisfacebook siteand check out the video below that was filmed right here in the ATX.
Can you dance to my beat?
back with another block rockin beat!
You're waiting by the phone, yeah just hang up i promise you that you'll never be walking alone. We'll make this world our own! just come alone, i promise you that you will never be walking alone!
who doesn't love a sex voice calling out to you ;) 959!!!!
start running from the bullets bitches!
You're dancing like you need him!
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! This song goes hard and so will you for the beat he drops (especially Nick Jaquette)
Well I hope you enjoy these mixes and mashes and that it got you moving and dancing enjoy your Wednesday and prepare for SXSW! Till next time
Swedish House Mafia is taking the world my storm and I don't think anyone is complaining. These guys are killing it out there at clubs and festivals all over the world. They know what they are doing up there and when you are lucky to see all three of them together (Axwell, Sebatstian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello) they put on one of the best shows around (click here for their madison square garden set). Well their new video with Knife Party is down right fucking dirty, the way the video is shot, the sick beats bouncing through it and the action make this video another great for SHM. Check it out here and enjoy.
PS: I will be trying to post a lot of fun mash ups and mixes here today if I can get the damn embedded player to work again. FML if not ill post links for yalls enjoyment later today!
This mixtape isn't the reinvention of the wheel by Cudi so take that into account before you read this and listen to the mixtape. This mix tape is Cudi just being him self and having fun with making new music. It's the same old Cudi with a few things that aren't ground breaking but are glimpses of what the new Cudi may be with the WZRD.
Mr. Kid is my personal favorites on this mixtape. It is just one of those songs that is simply beautiful because it is just so simple. It's Cudi doing what he does best, pouring it all out. Another track that is a lot of fun is Cudi the Kidwith drumming done by Travis Barker and the beat being laid down by Steve Aoki, it's a song that goes hard. The heavy bass beat from Aoki and the fast paced drumming of Travis Barker make a great fast paced song with great vocals from Cudi in between. The Runis also a fun song, it is by no stretch a song that is something to hype up but the beat is catchy and makes you want to dance.Brakeis a song that should be paid particular attention to, with Dot Da Genius also being featured on the track. If you read the Dose of Dopeness article yesterday you would know that Cudi and Genius are about to release their album under the name WZRD the 28th of this month. I think this is what we can expect from this album. A rock and roll Cudi that puts even more emotion with slow drumming and synth lines that play through to add even a darker emotion. This is what we will most likely see tomorrow when WZRD drops the album. Now the question we re wondering is that will this be a good idea for Cudi. I myself have some worry, but great artist can switch it up and be just as good so this is Cudi's time to really prove what he's got.
Just as a heads up for people reading the song titles are links to the songs on soundcloud and youtube for your enjoyment. You can also get the full mixtape here.
I thought I would drop this track for you guys with Kid Cudi and Dot Da Genius. Cudi and Genius have been in the works on this song since the early Cudi days and have finally released a finished version that I think has the very old school Cudi feel that we all fell in love with. We all love Cudi because of who he is, how he writes his music. He leaves nothing out, we all know the pain he felt losing his father and the trials and tribulations he has gone through. We have all been there and that is why we connect to his music, because of the pain that we all must go through to become who we are. Cudi shares his pain and we can relate back to him.
I wanted to drop this most of all because of the upcoming release of Kid Cudi's new project called WZRD which is a rock band project with Cudi and Genius. It's something that Cudi announced he would start working on in 2010 and finally in 2012 is ready to release the album. The album is set to release on the 28th of this month and you can be sure I'll have a write up of the album here when it drops. Until then enjoy this song and get ready for a new sounding Cudi. Enjoy ya'll!
