Download the Basic Physics full-length album [Interview + MP3]
Genre: Electro House, Mashup
Category: Album Review, Interview
Feb 9, 2012In advance of his first full-length effort I interviewed Alex Syse, aka Basic Physics, so that you guys might get a taste of the man behind some of 2011′s biggest and baddest blogosphere bootlegs. That’s often a dirty word – bootleg – in this industry. It usually connotes a lack of originality, and almost invariably [...]
Hot new remix of Beastie Boys’ classic “Sabotage” [MP3]
Genre: Dubstep, Electro House, Mashup
Category: Audio
Feb 9, 2012Clockwork, also known as Henry Steinway from NYC, most well known for his remix of Avicii’s “Levels”, in honor of his 21st Birthday has remixed the Beastie Boys. He choose one my favorite Beastie Boys songs “Sabotage”, and executed the remix with great style. Separate from the more electronic aspects of the track, he expertly [...]
Coleco and Cal to play Riva, Toronto, this Friday [Show Preview]
Genre: Nu-Disco
Category: Show Preview
Feb 8, 2012ColeCo have been racking up the accolades in the last several months, taking care of all live programming for The Weeknd’s upcoming tour as well as remixing for them, Torro Torro, Bedouin Soundclash, and Young Empires. They’ve supported The Magician, Com Truise, Fake Blood, and they played CMJ in NYC at the end of 2011. [...]
How electronica is influencing London’s top cult clothing designer
Genre: Electronic
Category: Features
Feb 8, 2012Beatport describes Passarella Death Squad’s first album, Republic of Desire (released in 2010) as “electronica.” It is such an anemic word, especially for the music it is meant to encompass. Republic of Desire defies genre, blending elements of shoegaze and minimal-electronic. Vice magazine called it the soundtrack “for those S&M soirees you’re always thinking of [...]
Is this Atlanta’s next breakout dubstep producer?
Genre: Dubstep, Electro House
Category: Audio
Feb 8, 2012Popeska is a 19 year old Atlanta native by the name of Ralf who has a great take on dubstep, electro, and glitch music. For example, his track ‘Lololololol’ exhibits a very upbeat feel in the midst of its monstrous growling basslines. And then there’s ‘Oh!’ which, I must assume, has a top comment on youtube [...]
Tuesday Top Ten #48: UK garage and ethereal dubstep
Category: Tuesday Top Ten Tracks
Feb 7, 2012So, I promised you last week that my new and improved weekly top ten charts weren’t going to be the ‘here r 10 kewl blog songz for free downloads guys LOLOLOL’ lists which, those of you who have been following the site for a while, would be used to. I broke you guys in easy, [...]
Watch OK Go play over 1000 instruments in their new music video
Genre: Alternative
Category: Music Videos
Feb 6, 2012To execute this monumental and frankly insane video, OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. It took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of recording, and at no point did they use stand-ins. This version of Needing/Getting was recorded as they sang while playing the instrument [...]
TEDx – Nightclubs as research labs
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: Video
Feb 6, 2012Our good friend Yale Fox recently took part in a TEDx conference, in which he spoke on his various research projects on nightclubs, music, and more. My roommates and I watched the video last night and had some lengthy discussion afterwards – what do you guys think? Lets get some reactions in the comments section!
Varien’s “Mirror’s” breaks Beatport top 10 in under three days
Genre: Dubstep
Category: News
Feb 5, 2012Congrats to Varien for breaking the Beatport dubstep top 10 with his latest, Mirrors. Loving the tempo switchup from drum and bass to moombahton – big energy! Buy your copy of Mirrors here. Varien on Facebook
Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston – Love Is Not Enough [Video]
Genre: Trance
Category: Music Videos
Feb 5, 2012Check out the sentimental new video for Above & Beyond’s “Love Is Not Enough” off of last year’s stupendous Group Therapy LP. In case you missed it, Click here to find out where Group Therapy ranked amongst my top 50 electronic albums of 2011. I’ll give you a hint: it’s in the top 10 (duh). In addition to [...]
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