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Mezz’s summer tracks

// July 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

I’ve listened to thousands of electronic songs in the last few months, here’s my favorites at the moment:
(set the youtube to at least 480p for decent sound quality!)

This is the biggest song out there right now. Skip the vocal version and lose yourself in this riff
One – Swedish House Mafia

Fedde takes us to the future with a sound you’ve never heard before
Back & Forth (feat. Mr. V) (Fedde’s Future Funk remix) – Fedde Le Grand

Afrojack and Chuckie have a new contender in the Dutch House scene, Angger Dimas
Pass That Dutch (Angger Dimas Bootleg) – Missy Elliot

Angger Dimas, Vandalism, and Jack Hammer with a KILLER electro house track
She Got It (Jack Hammer remix) – Vandalism & Angger Dimas

Trippy, groovy, creepy. You have to check out Tobacco!
Backwoods Altar – Tobacco

Hardcore from an artist named after the neurodevelopmental disorder that makes people act like elves. Pseudonym of Kasparov of Noisecontrollers.
Secrets – Williams Syndrome

SonicC transformed My Guns On Display to something a lot quicker, maybe a machine gun. I loved the sound of the original, but it was way too slow to keep my interest or get me dancing. SonicC fixed all of that.
My G*O*D (SonicC remix) – Laidback Luke

Remember the video or Christopher Walken dancing to this song? Yeah. It’s been Electro House’d by Lazy Rich for your nostalgic party purposes. A monster track in its own right.
Weapon Of Choice (Lazy Rich remix) – Fatboy Slim

Disco & Funky House exists for songs like this.
Groove In You – Steve Angello

Tech Trance is keeping things alive with some great sounds
Perpetual Sunrise (The Tribal Re Rub) – Will Atkinson

Very Popular, a year old, but still beautiful
Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix)

The 1920s meets electro house? Something like that, anyway. WHoaAa
Make My Music (Zodiac Cartel remix) – Emanuel Kosh

Something by Uffie that I can actually get people to dance to! It’s about time. Death to Ke$ha, Uffie was there first.
ADD Suv (feat. Pharrel Williams) (Armand Van Helden Club remix) – Uffie

And finally:
Deep at Night (Adam K & Soha remix extended) – Ercola vs. Heikki L

Dutch House ?

// November 23rd, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Uncategorized

Tele-Beats: Phase 2

// November 18th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Featuring INTER in the lounge!!

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Local artist: V.J

// October 6th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

V.J is the alias of Vijay Jayant, an 18-year-old composer and remixer (and also one of my best friends) hailing from Fremont, California. Inspired by the work of Justice, Muse and the Chemical Brothers, V.J started messing around in FL Studio, only to become passionate about making music. His banging B-side compilation was released earlier this year, and he’s currently working on his full-length debut. You can download Aura, one of the lead tracks off the album, right here, absolutely free.

He’s also the drummer for the band Flux and does collaborations with other local artists such as Soul Poet and The N. Check out the rest of his work at his Myspace and his much more frequently updated Facebook page.

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This is a planned first in a series, if you have any suggestions for local artists to feature here on the elecTONIC blog, email them to ayu@electonic.us or send me a message on my Myspace.

Lesser Loved Electro

// October 5th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized

This week we’re featuring a post about dubstep by guest blogger Erin Bjornsson!

While we’re all fond of the traditional electro, house, breakbeat, etc, there is a lesser known (and quite frankly, lesser liked) form of electronic music referred to as dubstep. “Dub” often refers to two things, the first dub deriving from reggae and hip-hop roots in the Caribbean. The second “dub”, more commonly referred to as dubstep, is a form of electronic music with influences from various forms of electronic music, like trance, D&B, and breakbeat, and influences from reggae and hip-hop.

This new wave of dubstep stems from the early 2000s in the underground club scene of London and is characterized by syncopated rhythms, repetitive bridges, and an incredibly awesome deep bass drop followed by a heavily distorted wobble (my favorite!!). Today, dubstep frequents basement and warehouse parties; body movement is guaranteed, though practice of any distinguishable dance style is questionable.

While dubstep can be difficult to listen to on its own, it’s an easy crowd pleaser at events where one can feel the bass through their entire body. Dubstep is gaining popularity in the more mainstream electro crowd, as seen here at Coachella 2009, where Crookers throws in a few dub tunes.

VIDEO LINK –> “Crookers Crazy Drop @ Coachella 09″
The track at the beginning of this vid is “Down” by Dubstep frontman DZ. Almost any dubstep mix you will ever here includes something from this guy.

VIDEO LINK –> “CROOKERS @COACHELLA 09 – DUBSTEP”
Skip to 40 seconds, that’s where it gets interesting. It doesn’t matter if you love it or not, when you’re there, those drops are memorable. That weekend (and the sets in this tent) changed my view of electronic dance music, and how ever many thousands of people are in there had the ultimate bass-in-your-face moment.

As far as a lot of dubstep goes, it’s bland, but finding sick artists like DZ, Skream, and Nero are as easy as typing “dubstep” into youtube.

-Erin