The Silent Dance Party mixes are available!
Put them on your music player and join the party tomorrow!

Mixes Download Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ol599amz2qqg9lu

Facebook Event Page

Here’s the drill:

4/18:
1. Download the mixes (made by talented local DJs) and put them in a playlist on your mp3 player.

4/19:
2. Bring your headphones and mp3 player to Upper Sproul at 6:00pm.
3. Everyone will press play at once and start dancing.
4. The party will move to two more secret locations at the completion of each mix.

BONUS POINTS:
1. Bring Balloons, glow sticks, kandi, light gloves, etc [100 pts]
2. Invent a new dance [250 pts]
3. Bring a friend [500 pts]
4. Dress in this semester’s theme: ZOMBIE [1000 pts]

Bring your friends, dress up, get silly, have fun!

1. Meshna – electro house live set
2. Kaptain – electro house live set
3. JayFunk – disco house live set

As always, don’t forget to check out the elecTONIC TV live stream every Wednesday evening from 9 PM to 12 AM PST for the finest in electronic music.

DJ Mezzanine – Live Set
ebjo – Live Set

As always, don’t forget to check out http://www.ustream.tv/channel/electonic-tv every Wednesday evening from 9 PM to 12 AM PST for the finest in electronic music.

As many of you know, elecTONIC hosts a weekly podcast on uSTREAM dedicated to showcasing elecTONIC’s both newer and veteran DJs. Having grown substantially since its inception two semesters ago, it’s become a veritable midweek party as well as an online DJ showcase. But what the club’s officers are sometimes asked is, “I enjoy elecTONIC.TV, but I wish there was a way for me to listen to these sets on my computer, iPod, or other generic music listening device.”

Well, fear not! Thanks to eTV’s wonderful host Neeloy, we’ve got two downloadable sets from February 1st’s show. Both featuring some very tantalizing techno and tech house, they explore the different yet overlapping styles and sounds that represent the genres today.

Don’t forget to also check out JK’s set from last weeks eTV, and go to the main eTV page to access many more recorded shows, including this week’s!

It’s moombahton.

The story of how it all began’s been told many times before. The short version is simple: a Los Angeles DJ named Dave Nada was playing a crowd of high school kids, and while his big thing at the time was Dutch House, they listened to slower music like reggaeton. So he took the Afrojack remix of Chuckie & Silvio Ecomo’s “Moombah”, slowed it down 20 bpm… and the crowd went wild, and a genre was born.

Moombahton is a portamentau of “moombah” with “reggaeton,” and describes a style of dance music between 105 and 112 bpm with simple construction, chirpy synths and a Latin-inspired beat. An off-shoot called “moombahcore” incorporates brosteppy wobbles and darker sounds into the mix while keeping the BPM low.

Personally, I’m not a fan of the original “moombahton” track, but since Dave kinda sorta invented the genre, I’d be loath not to include at least one of his works. He’s been at his best when paired up in the studio with Matt Nordstrom, and their collaborative works are aptly released under the name “Nadastrom.”

Now, the reason I got into moombahton myself was via the production of another L.A.-based dude, the young Dillon Francis. While his early releases were some above-average brostep, he was one of the first to jump on the moombah bandwagon and nabbed the aesthetic faster than pretty much anyone else on the scene. His beats were musically clean yet oh so dirty, and while sometimes his drops have disappointed (I’m looking at you, I.D.G.A.F.O.S.), he’s got the right mentality for the scene and only keeps getting better.

Recently, the blogs have been all abuzz over a guy called David Heartbreak, or Heartbreak for short. Capable of making some luscious grooves (nicknamed “moombahsoul”) and also some unabashed party music, most of the sources I’ve been looking at treat him like the next big thing.

Lastly, it’s my personal favorite producer in this style. It’s funny how small of a world musically producers seem to occupy. Noted DnB trio Evol Intent’s Ashley Jones has had a very successful side project as the funk-tastic house producer Treasure Fingers. Bandmate Nick Weiller wanted a bit of some solo action too, so he’s been making some great tracks under the alias Bro Safari. Moombahton’s often knocked as being overly simple, and so what I love about Bro Safari’s work is that he makes it interesting without ruining the simplicity of it all.

Moombahton’s still a genre in its infancy, and hasn’t quite hit mainstream consciousness. But if it’s big enough for Hard Miami to devote an entire day to it… well, I don’t think we’ll be hearing the last of it anytime soon.

It’s only been a month of 2012 and my ears have already been spoiled with some delicious techno dance floor destroying motha f*@!ing ch00n so I thought to share with yall! Enough of me yammering and let’s cut to the chase. Order does NOT mean ranking, what’s the point of ranking them when they are all perfect? (it’s like ranking a full room of beautiful women – something you just don’t do).

*WARNING CONTENT INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*
*Curtains Drop*

SEI A has been quiet…quietly being a genius and once again bending our perception of the beat-norm with these enigmatic beats. WHAT THE FLUX!

Bass king Christian Smith has produced a complete dance floor murder with nothing but a beat and some change. Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun…Get it Done!

They say that techno is for rebels and I say it maybe true…the new school techno is not trying to impress you, in fact it doesn’t give a f*** that’s why it’s good.

Honestly I couldn’t find a less distasteful album art version of this track, so there you go you know this song is about about bootyay.

Yea I realize at this point I stepping into dangerous territory, what’s dangerous? My middle name?

Wood peck me a woodpecker then peck me some wood pecking peckers.

Hot Release from the Dirty Dirty Dirty Bird Label, damn just sick.

Usually I’m not all about remixes of rock songs because it’s all usually done with poor taste, let me know what you think of this one?

That’s all for me right now. Drop me tube links in the comments if you find good tracks and i’ll add them. The last 2 spots are for yall.

-djsm0ke

While I’m here, I might as well share some cool new music, right?

Oliver – Dirty Talk by weareoliver
Gotye – Someone I Used To Know (Taste Of Honey edit by Dcup) by dcupmusic
Louis La Roche – Lost 1994 Bootleg by louislaroche
X-Press 2 – Dark Matar by Mixmag
Kill Frenzy – Booty clap (Dirty Bird) by killfrenzy

See you tonight!

2012 looks like it’s going to be a fun year, with full-length albums coming from Air, Paul Van Dyk, The Knife, Rusko, and The xx among others. Here are three somewhat smaller names that I think I’m going to be excited for in the coming months.

Shigeto

If you haven’t heard of Ghostly International, it’s a label you really need to follow. They’ve been putting out consistently great music from their talented roster, and Shigeto is among their best. His chilled glitch hop offerings are lush and deep, yet remain accessible to the average listener. His album “Lineage” comes out on the 31st, and in preparation he’s released two beautiful tracks from the album. Pick ‘em up.

Lineage by SHIGETO
Huron River Drive by SHIGETO

Tornado Wallace

Just a week ago, I had never heard of Australian house magician Tornado Wallace, but I can safely say that a week’s courtship is enough to fall in love with his impeccable grooves. His latest EP “Underground Sugar Caves” just hit Beatport, and once you’ve heard Insect Overlords, you might fall in love just as quickly as I have.

Tornado Wallace – Insect Overlords – preview by Tornado Wallace
Tornado Wallace – Don’t Hold Back – preview by Tornado Wallace

Brodinski

Frenchman Brodinski knows how to make good tunes. He’s spent years putting out quality tracks like “Peanuts Club” and “Fire Flames,” but I’ve got a hunch that 2012 is going to be his best year yet. In addition to his normal string of solid remixes, he and Guillaume Briere have put out an amazing mixtape under their recently unveiled side project, Gucci Vump. It’s slow, it’s sexy, and it’s sublime. Mmmmmm.

Justice – On’n'On (Brodinski Rmx) by Brodinski
Brodinski & Yuksek – Fire Flames by Brodinski
Gucci Vump – Nvthin Bvt A Gvxxi Thang (Mastered) by Gucci Vump

If you’re 21+, you can catch him and Gesaffelstein tonight (!) at the Mezzanine. A few remaining tickets are here: http://mezzbromance.eventbrite.com/

A few other tracks I’ve been loving recently:
Louie Cut – Fat Bee (Avrosse Remix) by Avrosse
Les Loups – Amicus (Dominic Pierce Mix) by Les Loups
03 – Para One – Compute (Feat. Surkin) (Snippet) by Marble Music

Here’s to 2012!

Download the mixes now!
http://www.mediafire.com/?gt6t4ar9f863gkf
Put them in a playlist on your music player!

This is how it works:

1.) Download the mixes! Test them out to make sure they work, but DON’T listen to the whole mix beforehand! (That would ruin the surprise.) Sync the three mixes to your portable music player of choice (it’s best to put them in a playlist).
2.) On THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th @ 6PM, we will meet on the steps of Upper Sproul. We all press PLAY at the same time, and then we… DANCE!

Things you will need:
• Portable music player + headphones
• Comfy shoes
• Jacket (just in case it’s cold)
• Your best dance moves

We will be migrating to two other locations throughout the dance party.
After the party, all submitted mixes will be available to be downloaded.

Check out the following blog post to see photos and videos of our first SDP:
http://electonic.us/2009/10/silent-dance-party-win/

Hope to see you all there. (:
elecTONIC