Ever since Flosstradamus remixed Major’s Lazer’s ‘Original Don’ earlier this year, there’s been a new genre on the rise. A new style that blends electronic and hip hop in a wave of gritty snares and raw bass. Trap music is the sound of summer 2012.

Major Lazer – Original Don (Flosstradamus Remix)
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Baauer – Harlem Shake
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Baauer – DumDum (128)
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Bingo Players – Rattle (Damage Remix)
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Sandstorm – Darude (Candyland’s OG Remix)
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Both EDC and Coachella are sold out. Slowly, the scene continues to drown under a dogpile of dubstep worshipping fratheads and camera toting, half naked, facebook-beezies. Let me tell you, there was once a time when loud, bass n’ rage bangers were the thing, but those days have long passed. As the summer quickly approaches, the real kids get ready to disco.

Capital Cities – Kangaroo Court (Shook Remix) (Slow Jams)
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Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance (Robotaki Remix) (Dance)
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Daft Punk – Something about us (Pyramid Remix) (The Best Remix)
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Angus and Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (Stern* Disco Remix) (Smooth Pool-Side)
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Knight One – Onyx (Sample Choppin’ Funk)
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JNL_Cinemafunk is an up comer signed to the up and coming French label, Shiny Disco Club. JNL was just featured on the label’s latest mix tape, ‘Millennium Disco vol. 2’, which is funky fire and free to download. You can and should download it HERE.

JNL_Cinemafunk – One Sunday

The boys behind Le Crayon (Lauren Jeckerson & Panel Movement) jam from the land of wine, romance and funk. Signed by French label Yeah/Dish records, Le Crayon has been gives nu-disco a fresh twist. With sidechained funky French house and slick Disco licks set to a dance tempo, Le Crayon & Oxford deliver a healthy portion of boogie mayhem.

Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Le Crayon re-work)

As if BBC wasn’t already doing enough showcasing the very best in the EDM scene, Pete Tong is taking it to the next level by streaming live sets. When I first saw that Porter Robinson was dropping an Essential mix live last night, I almost dropped my cup noodles. The entire hour I was on my feet because the pace never slowed. Banger after banger, unreleased material was flying around like seagulls at the beach. Incorporating over thirty tracks, Porter truly showed the world he’s a master behind the decks.

The quality isn’t flawless, but it’s pretty damn good for a live recording

Porter Robinson – BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Live at Hull (1.28.12)

Track list after the jump

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I’m not sure how Oakland based trio ‘Beats Antique’ have managed to slip under my radar for this long, but Zoe Jakes, David Satori and Sidecar Tommy have been forging a musical coalition of middle eastern influenced glitchy breakbeat. These kids are not your typical experimental world fusion band, they describe their sound as, “electro, xfunctional, acoustic, hip-hop, melodramatic, down tempo-freakness, world, gypsy, funk, vulcan, get down off your butt, sound.”

Make sure to catch these kids on day 3 (Sunday) of Coachella 12’.

Beats Antique – Skytalk
Beats Antique – Snar Axel
Glitch Mob – We Swarm (Beats Antique Remix)

DC & Hooks of Zeds Dead are releasing their new EP tomorrow. The four-track chef-d’oeuvre is appropriately titled ‘Adrenaline’ and is the perfect way to wrap up their epic ‘Graveyard Tour,’ which included more than fifty venues and enough bass to crush a family of Peruvian gorillas. Sure, the EP is only a measely 15 minutes long, but ZD will be releasing a free mixtape shortly on top of a huge Spring tour with Memorecks.

1. In The Beginning
2. Adrenaline
3. Hit Me
4. Oh No

Pre-order the album on iTunes