Sad to say that the past year has been lacking the amount of new Duck Sauce tracks and remixes that I’ve been craving. Happy to say that it is because they’re hard at work for a full length that’s supposed to come out this year! Remember how exciting it was when all the new tracks and edits came out last summer? I’ve got my fingers crossed for a repeat this year. The following track is done by Viceroy who hails from lovely San Fran. Pretty cool to see some quality French house coming out of the U.S., let alone California. Anyhow, this track is an absolute disco banger. All I had of it song was a super low quality Louis La Roche remix that sounded straight out of Duck Sauce’s EDC set. (I put that one in my Ultimate Summer House Mix Pt. 1 if you wanna go pick it up.) Thanks to Viceroy I’ll be blasting this in its full 320 goodness until the original comes out. Try not to sing along to this one.
Sad to say that the past year has been lacking the amount of new Duck Sauce tracks and remixes that I’ve been craving. Happy to say that it is because they’re hard at work for a full length that’s supposed to come out this year! Remember how exciting it was when all the new tracks and edits came out last summer? I’ve got my fingers crossed for a repeat this year. The following track is done by Viceroy who hails from lovely San Fran. Pretty cool to see some quality French house coming out of the U.S., let alone California. Anyhow, this track is an absolute disco banger. All I had of it song was a super low quality Louis La Roche remix that sounded straight out of Duck Sauce’s EDC set. (I put that one in my Ultimate Summer House Mix Pt. 1 if you wanna go pick it up.) Thanks to Viceroy I’ll be blasting this in its full 320 goodness until the original comes out. Try not to sing along to this one.
Surprise, surprise. Skrillex is back with more tracks for us and right in time for summer! The songs in this preview really had me put a lot more faith in Skrillex’s production abilities. New sounds. Same grime. Fatter bass. It’s been up for three days and he’s already got almost half a million views. There’s no denying this guy’s talent. Really surprises me that people talk so much shit. Hater’s gon hate though, that is for sure. Here’s what he said about the preview:
“Here’s a preview of my next mini Ep coming out. 3 new tracks and 4 new remixes of SM&NS that are a bit more experimental. It comes out on beatport june 7th so please take note and support the release! If ya have a couple spare bucks then please buy the tracks, if not then just torent them. Most important thing is that yal get the music, but the extra support always helps”
Tracklist
1. First of the Year (Equinox)
2. Ruffneck (Flex)
3. Ruffneck (FULL Flex)
4. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Dirtyphonics Remix)
5. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Phonat Remix)
6. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (The Juggernaut Remix)
7. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Kaskade Remix) need. (it’s 1:50 in the video)
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Surprise, surprise. Skrillex is back with more tracks for us and right in time for summer! The songs in this preview really had me put a lot more faith in Skrillex’s production abilities. New sounds. Same grime. Fatter bass. It’s been up for three days and he’s already got almost half a million views. There’s no denying this guy’s talent. Really surprises me that people talk so much shit. Hater’s gon hate though, that is for sure. Here’s what he said about the preview:
“Here’s a preview of my next mini Ep coming out. 3 new tracks and 4 new remixes of SM&NS that are a bit more experimental. It comes out on beatport june 7th so please take note and support the release! If ya have a couple spare bucks then please buy the tracks, if not then just torent them. Most important thing is that yal get the music, but the extra support always helps”
Tracklist
1. First of the Year (Equinox)
2. Ruffneck (Flex)
3. Ruffneck (FULL Flex)
4. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Dirtyphonics Remix)
5. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Phonat Remix)
6. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (The Juggernaut Remix)
7. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Kaskade Remix) need. (it’s 1:50 in the video)
Come YOLO47 I’ll be a free man. Or maybe not “free” as much as a man of fewer worries. But until then, on the final grind of the school year with my UC peoples. I included a list of some of my favorite sets and mixes with the usual list, because I find they’re best to study with. I tried to put them in order of ones I liked best at the top…but I really love em all. Use or misuse at your own discretion and good luck to everyone. For everyone else out of school, fuck yourselves. Except for not really…I’ll be with ya in a week.
The Twelves Essential Mix
My favorite essential mix ever. I can’t and won’t give it a rest. 2 solid hours of grade A electronic and house. Uniquely mixed in a way that only the Twelves can do.
Soulwax Live at Soulwaxmas 2008
Soulwax doing what they do best: flawless live sets. Little biased on this one because I saw them right before they played this in Europe at HHM 08 and it’s pretty similar, as far as I remember.
Moonchild’s Birthday Mix for Les Petits Bruits
Moonchild is definitely making a name for himself in the French/Disco house scene. This won’t be the last time he comes up on C+A+D. This mix has a bunch of his songs and remixes. Feel good and bass filled tunes.
Nero Essential Mix
Nero split this up into 3 parts. Dubstep/Electro/everything. The tracklist speaks for itself. Another favorite essential mix.
Wolfgang Gartner Live at Winter Music Conference 2010
Right before Wolfgang took his final leap into the group of premier DJs. From his live show recordings and essential mix, I’d say this is his most well put together.
Fake Blood Essential Mix
Classic. Voted 4th best essential mix of 2009 and by good reason. Fake Blood is a bo$$.
Swedish House Mafia Live from EDC 2010
I’ll never forget this set from EDC. Witnessing this live put house music on a completely different level for me. One of my go-to’s for being productive.
Calvin Harris Essential Mix
2 hours of the Calvin Harris we know and love. He mixes it up a lot in this one. Hard filthy electro and dancy disco.
Soulwax Live at Hard Summer 2010
Soulwax returns to LA after a 2 year hiatus, and this low quality rip is all I have to remember it.
Wolfgang Gartner Essential Mix
60+ tracks in this massive mix by one of the top production wizards in the world. I was expecting more to be honest, but still a keeper.
Come YOLO47 I’ll be a free man. Or maybe not “free” as much as a man of fewer worries. But until then, on the final grind of the school year with my UC peoples. I included a list of some of my favorite sets and mixes with the usual list, because I find they’re best to study with. I tried to put them in order of ones I liked best at the top…but I really love em all. Use or misuse at your own discretion and good luck to everyone. For everyone else out of school, fuck yourselves. Except for not really…I’ll be with ya in a week.
The Twelves Essential Mix
My favorite essential mix ever. I can’t and won’t give it a rest. 2 solid hours of grade A electronic and house. Uniquely mixed in a way that only the Twelves can do.
Soulwax Live at Soulwaxmas 2008
Soulwax doing what they do best: flawless live sets. Little biased on this one because I saw them right before they played this in Europe at HHM 08 and it’s pretty similar, as far as I remember.
Moonchild’s Birthday Mix for Les Petits Bruits
Moonchild is definitely making a name for himself in the French/Disco house scene. This won’t be the last time he comes up on C+A+D. This mix has a bunch of his songs and remixes. Feel good and bass filled tunes.
Nero Essential Mix
Nero split this up into 3 parts. Dubstep/Electro/everything. The tracklist speaks for itself. Another favorite essential mix.
Wolfgang Gartner Live at Winter Music Conference 2010
Right before Wolfgang took his final leap into the group of premier DJs. From his live show recordings and essential mix, I’d say this is his most well put together.
Fake Blood Essential Mix
Classic. Voted 4th best essential mix of 2009 and by good reason. Fake Blood is a bo$$.
Swedish House Mafia Live from EDC 2010
I’ll never forget this set from EDC. Witnessing this live put house music on a completely different level for me. One of my go-to’s for being productive.
Calvin Harris Essential Mix
2 hours of the Calvin Harris we know and love. He mixes it up a lot in this one. Hard filthy electro and dancy disco.
Soulwax Live at Hard Summer 2010
Soulwax returns to LA after a 2 year hiatus, and this low quality rip is all I have to remember it.
Wolfgang Gartner Essential Mix
60+ tracks in this massive mix by one of the top production wizards in the world. I was expecting more to be honest, but still a keeper.
I think it’s officially safe to say that house music is one of my favorite things to listen to. Not just house though. The bouncy disco house with just the right amount of soul and funk. Talkin 60s-70s vibes. I put together a list of tracks from DJs I feel most consistently match their songs up to these standards. Careful with this stuff though, if you like the first couple songs you’re going to want it all. In which case let me know! There’s a lot more where these came from, and every song is just as quality as the next. Once I realized how great it was to cruise the streets blaring relentlessly bass-filled house, I decided we should have a two part summer mix CD. Two parts mainly because I couldn’t fit everything I wanted onto one CD, but the more the merrier. The first half of this two part compilation is comin at you in the old school playlist style: all or nothing. Burn it, pop it in, put the top down and enjoy.
So here we are with week 45, Memorial Day weekend and I’m still at home. The beaches are getting packed even though the weather’s a bust. Meanwhile Afrojack, Laidback Luke, Benny Benassi, Avicii, Treasure Fingers, etc. etc. are spinning sets at pool parties and night clubs in Vegas, at what seems like the place to be during the end of May. What better way to commemorate our troops than getting belligerently drunk with some of the best DJs in the world? Who knows…well, for those who are around, enjoy your weekly dose of random/not so-random-goodies
So here we are with week 45, Memorial Day weekend and I’m still at home. The beaches are getting packed even though the weather’s a bust. Meanwhile Afrojack, Laidback Luke, Benny Benassi, Avicii, Treasure Fingers, etc. etc. are spinning sets at pool parties and night clubs in Vegas, at what seems like the place to be during the end of May. What better way to commemorate our troops than getting belligerently drunk with some of the best DJs in the world? Who knows…well, for those who are around, enjoy your weekly dose of random/not so-random-goodies
Hopefully by now those three letters are more familiar to most of you. Lots of these guys’ remixes have been all over the blog world and for good reason. Remix Artist Collective are remix professionals. Not sure if you recall how I feel about a truly great remix, but in my opinion, it’s one that showcases the remixers sound and ability without compromising the original vibe of the remixed. Andre Allen Anjos started RAC on his own with the release of RAC Vol. 1 but expanded by adding Andrew Maury and Karl Kling for help on later releases. Their main focus lies on indie tracks, which they convert into disco dancy goodness. Time and time again, RAC delivers some of the most fun renditions of a lot of songs we love and a lot of songs we should know. Best part is, all their stuff is free on their website.
RAC is spinning a local set in Costa Mesa on June 15th that you can definitely count on me being at. More details here. Tickets here. I jumped on the opportunity to meet them, and it looks like their management is going to hook up an interview for the date. STOKED! Here’s their soundcloud player along with links to download all their album releases directly.
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Hopefully by now those three letters are more familiar to most of you. Lots of these guys’ remixes have been all over the blog world and for good reason. Remix Artist Collective are remix professionals. Not sure if you recall how I feel about a truly great remix, but in my opinion, it’s one that showcases the remixers sound and ability without compromising the original vibe of the remixed. Andre Allen Anjos started RAC on his own with the release of RAC Vol. 1 but expanded by adding Andrew Maury and Karl Kling for help on later releases. Their main focus lies on indie tracks, which they convert into disco dancy goodness. Time and time again, RAC delivers some of the most fun renditions of a lot of songs we love and a lot of songs we should know. Best part is, all their stuff is free on their website.
RAC is spinning a local set in Costa Mesa on June 15th that you can definitely count on me being at. More details here. Tickets here. I jumped on the opportunity to meet them, and it looks like their management is going to hook up an interview for the date. STOKED! Here’s their soundcloud player along with links to download all their album releases directly.
Two sold out LA dates in July along with making the bill of massive music festivals world wide had the line for this free show at Amoeba Records in Hollywood down the building and around the block. After getting through bullshit LA traffic and making it to Amoeba 2 hours prior to Foster the People‘s set at 6:30, I just had my hopes set on getting in. They began to slowly let in the seemingly endless line around 5:30. Filled with fans of much anticipation to see the biggest thing to hit KROQ since Audioslave’s “Like A Stone.” Hahah I’m not entirely sure about that, but I haven’t been tuning in recently. As they filled in the aisles of the store, the excitement began setting in. Foster’s equipment was up and ready to go, and they placed us dead center a few rows back. It was only a matter of time before the sound of banter would be substituted with tracks I’d been itching to hear live off Foster’s latest album Torches, which had just been released the day before.
I had never been to Amoeba for one of these free shows. The whole experience was very fresh, and I just sat back and observed, waiting as the clock ticked towards 6:30, and the aisles got closed one after another. So many different people. Hipsters, teens, bros, greasers, hispanics, babies, blacks. It just goes to show how approachable these guys’ music is and how it can bring everyone together. While in line earlier, Amoeba reps had everyone sign off all their info to enter for a chance to win gift certificates, a huge poster of the new album cover, and the opportunity to meet the band. At 6:25 the announcer yelled out my friend’s and my name as the winner, and let me tell you, there is no better way to start a show with knowing that you’ll be able to thank the band for everything afterwards.
After being 30 minutes late at their Coachella debut only to be booed through their intro, one can only assume they’d do everything to avoid that from happening again. The boys strutted on stage right as the clock struck 6:30 and were greeted with the utmost satisfaction from all in attendance. They went straight into their set, starting off with “Warrant,” the closing track on Torches. I love this track and I think it’s a great opener if you’re familiar, but they should have started with “Houdini” or “Helena Beat” just to get Amoeba going. Of course, saving “Pumped Up Kicks” for the middle or last song. Needless to say my crew and I were already tearing up the aisle as Foster went through various new tracks off the album. I took time in between recording videos to admire their live recreations of tracks I got so used to hearing. And inevitable dance breaks with my friends ensued, despite a less than energetic Amoeba. The multi-instrumentalist band performed with 5 members, yet only consists of the three main guys. They needed that whole team otherwise there’s no way they’d get that same live sound. Everyone switched between keys, synths, guitars, singing, and banging on drums. One of the guys got down with the cowbell and I’m pretty sure that’s about the time Amoeba put their dancing shoes on,a and I can’t blame them! The highlight of the day was “Pumped Up Kicks.” I know how overplayed that song is, but it still just doesn’t seem to do any wrong. At the middle chorus Foster stopped playing and singing as all of Amoeba chanted together:
“All the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run, better run, faster than my bullet!”
Seriously awesome all around. They played a full and complete set for us for free. I wanted to start an encore chant but I knew it was asking for too much. After it all was said and done, my friend and I went to collect our respective prizes and got to meet the band for a signing. Real stand up dudes and I couldn’t stress how happy for them I was. We’ll meet again at Outside Lands. No way Witler and I are gonna miss them there. I got videos of two of my favorite new songs from their album that you can scope after the jump. Be sure to support them the next opportunity you have! They deserve it.
Two sold out LA dates in July along with making the bill of massive music festivals world wide had the line for this free show at Amoeba Records in Hollywood down the building and around the block. After getting through bullshit LA traffic and making it to Amoeba 2 hours prior to Foster the People‘s set at 6:30, I just had my hopes set on getting in. They began to slowly let in the seemingly endless line around 5:30. Filled with fans of much anticipation to see the biggest thing to hit KROQ since Audioslave’s “Like A Stone.” Hahah I’m not entirely sure about that, but I haven’t been tuning in recently. As they filled in the aisles of the store, the excitement began setting in. Foster’s equipment was up and ready to go, and they placed us dead center a few rows back. It was only a matter of time before the sound of banter would be substituted with tracks I’d been itching to hear live off Foster’s latest album Torches, which had just been released the day before.
I had never been to Amoeba for one of these free shows. The whole experience was very fresh, and I just sat back and observed, waiting as the clock ticked towards 6:30, and the aisles got closed one after another. So many different people. Hipsters, teens, bros, greasers, hispanics, babies, blacks. It just goes to show how approachable these guys’ music is and how it can bring everyone together. While in line earlier, Amoeba reps had everyone sign off all their info to enter for a chance to win gift certificates, a huge poster of the new album cover, and the opportunity to meet the band. At 6:25 the announcer yelled out my friend’s and my name as the winner, and let me tell you, there is no better way to start a show with knowing that you’ll be able to thank the band for everything afterwards.
After being 30 minutes late at their Coachella debut only to be booed through their intro, one can only assume they’d do everything to avoid that from happening again. The boys strutted on stage right as the clock struck 6:30 and were greeted with the utmost satisfaction from all in attendance. They went straight into their set, starting off with “Warrant,” the closing track on Torches. I love this track and I think it’s a great opener if you’re familiar, but they should have started with “Houdini” or “Helena Beat” just to get Amoeba going. Of course, saving “Pumped Up Kicks” for the middle or last song. Needless to say my crew and I were already tearing up the aisle as Foster went through various new tracks off the album. I took time in between recording videos to admire their live recreations of tracks I got so used to hearing. And inevitable dance breaks with my friends ensued, despite a less than energetic Amoeba. The multi-instrumentalist band performed with 5 members, yet only consists of the three main guys. They needed that whole team otherwise there’s no way they’d get that same live sound. Everyone switched between keys, synths, guitars, singing, and banging on drums. One of the guys got down with the cowbell and I’m pretty sure that’s about the time Amoeba put their dancing shoes on,a and I can’t blame them! The highlight of the day was “Pumped Up Kicks.” I know how overplayed that song is, but it still just doesn’t seem to do any wrong. At the middle chorus Foster stopped playing and singing as all of Amoeba chanted together:
“All the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run, better run, faster than my bullet!”
Seriously awesome all around. They played a full and complete set for us for free. I wanted to start an encore chant but I knew it was asking for too much. After it all was said and done, my friend and I went to collect our respective prizes and got to meet the band for a signing. Real stand up dudes and I couldn’t stress how happy for them I was. We’ll meet again at Outside Lands. No way Witler and I are gonna miss them there. I got videos of two of my favorite new songs from their album that you can scope after the jump. Be sure to support them the next opportunity you have! They deserve it.
