Red Bull Music Academy is an annual event bringing together aspiring producers from around the world and putting them in a collaborative setting where they have the opportunity to learn, create, and exchange ideas in tandem with attending lectures led by music legends ranging from Arthur Baker to Zed Bias. Last year’s event in Madrid [...]
Canadian artist The Wknd is well on his way to world domination. Always one to mix things up in an intriguing way, the crooner from The Great White North enlisted up-and-coming Toronto trio Keys N Krates to reimagine “Next,” a moving ballad that appeared on his recent Echoes of Silence mixtape. Electro hip-hoppers KNK, who [...]
Hotflush label boss Paul Rose records sublime tracks under his Scuba moniker. On February 6 Rose will unveil his new single, “The Hope,” which ably sets the stage for his third full-length, Personality, due in March. “Flash Addict” is pumping big-room B-side to the aforementioned single. Boasting a tough, rocking groove that builds into a [...]
Brothers in rhythm Lenny and Lawrence Burden comprise Octave One, one of the foremost purveyors of true Detroit techno. Ignoring fleeting fads and trends over the past two decades, the Burdens have stayed the course while continually pushing and expanding their musical horizons. In February the globetrotting Motor City act will release Revisited: Here, There, [...]
Despite the constantly changing landscape of electronic music , The Glitch Mob‘s 2010 debut, Drink the Sea, has withstood the test of time. Since the album’s release the L.A.-based trio have gone on to bigger things, touring all over the place and working on assorted projects. The threesome have remixed Bassnectar’s “Heads Up,” and their [...]
Steve Aoki / I'm In The House R3hab Surrender Las Vegas 2012 Remix Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadGerman dance floor legends Jazzanova usher in 2012 with a nifty remix package. Picking up where 2003′s Remixed left off, Upside Down features re-rubs from the past eight years. Even better is that it’s an international affair as the remix set features fellow Berliner Henrik Schwarz, Ye:Solar and Âme to Atjazz and Mr. Scruff from [...]
Jazzanova / Look What You're Doin To Me (MCDE Remix - Morid and Hifi 3000 Dub Edit) Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn the words of David Byrne, this ain’t no party. This ain’t no disco. This ain’t no foolin’ around. Culled from Mosillator‘s Filtered Forest EP, “After Dark” is a hybrid slice of quality dubstep spiced with just enough glitch and assorted blips and bleeps to keep things extremely interesting. There’s also a dramatic breakdown that [...]
Our Matt Oliver recently sang the praises of Miguel Migs’ latest album, Outside the Skyline, calling it “a massive lesson in doing the simple things well.” One of the album’s best tracks is “Close Your Eyes” featuring the inimitable voice of Meshell Ndegeocello. Migs handed over the tune to several remixers — Deetron, Osunlade, Uner, [...]
Minneapolis DJ/producer Matt Masurka is better known by his dance floor nom de plomb Gigamesh, a name he borrowed from an obscure 1971 book called A Perfect Vacuum. The storied career of this DJ/producer, who draws influence from early French house and beyond, has found him slowly building his reputation by remixing red-hot bootlegs for [...]
