Best of the Blogosphere – The Biggest Tunes: April 2011

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Outstanding Track of the Month: Deadmau5 – HR 8938 Cephei

Deadmau5 released a track, named after the north star, a few weeks ago on his Soundcloud channel. It rose in listens extremely quickly, and Mau5trap released it on Beatport shortly after where it quickly hit #1 on the overall Beatport Chart. It’s one of my favourite tracks from Joel in the last while, and is my favourite style of his – melodic, rolling, downtempo.

Deadmau5 – HR 8938 Cephei by fuckmylife

Best House Remixes

Don Diablo Ft. Dragonette – Animale (Dan Castro’s Terrace Mix)

Trying to keep up with house this last month, with SXSW and Miami going on, has been absolute consuming madness. I did, however, manage to pick this track out. Dan Castro’s upcoming stuff is dope as hell – watch this guy in 2011!!

Don Diablo Ft. Dragonette – Animale (Dan Castro’s Terrace Mix) – Out Today On Cr2 Records… by Dan Castro

Hercules & Love Affair – My House (Tensnake Remix)

Hercules & Love Affair – My House (Tensnake Remix) [Moshi Moshi] by alchemyremixmanagement

Super Party Chart Topper: Calvin Harris – Awooga

Calvin Harris’ latest release is just all over the charts right now, and there is no stopping it. Prepare to hear this tune a LOT this summer!

Jazzy, Classic’ish, and Generally Dope Sounding House

Tensnake – You Know I Know It

Drop the Lime – Hot as Hell

Mark Knight – Yalta Groove

Lucky, lucky, lucky people, you. Mark Knight is one of the world’s best, most in-demand house producer/DJs, and he released this track for free this month and, as usual, it is a massive chune. Never seen one track in more DJ mixes in a couple week span!

This track is also for sale on Beatport, so if you want to support Mr. Toolroom then cop it there!

Mark Knight - Yalta Groove (Original Mix).mp3

Best Album Release of March: The Weeknd – House of Balloons

I am totally unafraid to say that The Weeknd, whose debut album (mixtape) dropped in mid-March, is the next Burial. The seamless blending of 2-Step/UK Garage, ambient, dubstep, and house is not derivative however – far from it, House of Balloons marks a continued progression of electronic music in Toronto, which artists like Azari & III and countless others have done much to push forward.

The Weeknd - What You Need.mp3

Super High Profile Electro Releases on Both Sides of the Pond

MSTRKRFT - Beards Again (Original Mix).mp3
Justice - Civilization (Original Mix).mp3

Dubstep

Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (White Noise Dubstep Remix).mp3
Skrillex - Equinox.mp3

The Balance

Blackbird Blackbird - Give You Everything (Original Mix).mp3
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune (RAC Remix).mp3
Dada Life - Fight Club Is Closed (Its Time For Rock n Roll).mp3
D.I.M. - Is You (Le Castle Vania Remix).mp3
Daft Punk - Derezzed (The Glitch Mob Remix).mp3
Daft Punk - Son of Flynn (Goose Remix).mp3
Ellie Goulding - The Writer (Alan Braxe Remix).mp3
Tai - Big Bass Drum (Etienne De Crecy Remix).mp3
The Human League - Never Let Me Go (Aeroplane Remix).mp3
The Writer (Alan Braxe Remix).mp3
Tomcraft - Written High (Original Mix).mp3
Yelle - Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix).mp3
Zedd - The Legend Of Zelda (Original Mix).mp3

 

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  • Jakey Bee

    HR 8938 Cephei–the Deadmau5 song, really isn’t that great at all. I feel like I’m listening to soft dub, mixed with New Wave–and it’s not really dub, it’s just a repeated beat really low-like. Deadmau has blown up for no particular reason, and this shit is basically rave. Sorry to say this, but Deadmau5, sauce or GTFO. I miss the good ol’ Ghosts n’ Stuff.

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  • A Pro

    Jakey Bee, dont come here and use the messaging system as your bitching grounds against Deadmau5. Many people, including me, think the new song is good, and its cool that you think otherwise, but how ’bout crediting the author of this awesome post instead of flaming.

  • http://salacioussound.com DJ Cal

    Haha thanks for that @A_Pro. It doesn’t bug me though – I’m used to it. Moreover, a few thousand people have enjoyed this article, so one vocal dude who thinks the best Deadmau5 song ever is Ghosts n’ Stuff is the least of my haters.

  • http://salacioussound.com DJ Cal

    That said, @Jakey_Bee isn’t the only person who doesn’t think Cephei is good – I was chatting about it over the weekend and a few of my friends aren’t in to it. Honestly the kick does get a little stale, but the chord progressions, arpeggiation, and layering are all absolutely amazing!

  • TDC

    Funny thing is i bet he would still complain if joel made a whole album of tracks that sounded like Ghosts’n'Stuff. The thing that make me laugh is when some people feel like artists owe them something somehow. great article. keep up the good work cal.

  • http://salacioussound.com DJ Cal

    Delighted to see you’re still around @TDC :)

  • Sadass

    I’m loving White Noise!

  • Los

    another awesome “Best of..”. good work my man.

  • djcomeatmebro

    lololololol at the ghosts n stuff jibe

  • Sage

    LOL @ jakey bee. I mean, sure I can see how anyone can like or not like any song… but to say your favorite track by the mau5 is one that in my opinion is his most boring and bland tracks at this point, you don’t know what you’re talking about. ghosts and stuff and WAS really sweet… summertime 2 years ago… a bunch of people just wanting to hear the next justice type electro banger playing it over and over again, a billion remixes/mashups later… and now I laugh at other DJ’s when they play this song at shitty clubs. So played out.

    The point is: I suspect you really haven’t dug very deep into his library of songs.

  • http://godzillatracks.blogspot.com/ Godzilla

    yyeeeeeeeeeeeeee this track crushes!!!! Like me, godzillaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

  • William

    hey man, just wanna say i love your monthly bests, i live in a pretty remote part of the uk so its kinda hard for me to get word of mouth on great songs, and your choices each month are amazing, sooo thanks!!!
    will
    p.s. i really like the madeon remix of Que veux tu, its just so upbeat!!

  • G-lord

    Oï, thx for sharing those tracks, your charts are both eclectic and amazing.
    @William, the remix is good indeed, especially when you know that madeon is a 16 years old French little dude…
    cheers

  • Dan

    Skrillex has gotten unbearable for me. Perhaps the epitome of brostep, the type of crowd he draws and the copious amounts of moshing they cause almost ruined DEMF for me. And honestly, a lot of his stuff does just sound like robots fucking. He’s essentially created electronic screamo. There’s no thought in his music, only a battle with himself to create the most dissonant and grinding sounds possible.

    Rest of this shit is good though, keep it up.