“It was surreal…you should’ve seen it. I was playing and people were holding their phones in the air.” Daniel Martin-McCormick, better known as Ital, is recalling about a moment during his gig in London two weeks ago when word broke that pop diva Whitney Houston was found dead in a hotel room in Los Angeles. [...]
London-based dubstep outfit Nero took 2011 by storm, touring all over the world and issuing their acclaimed debut album, Welcome Reality. Featuring their breakthrough hit “Innocence,” the full-length also contained equally enticing tracks like “Me & You” and “Guilt.” We caught up with Dan Stephens and vocalist Alana Watson before their sold-out gig at Webster [...]
In March, legendary German DJ/producer Paul van Dyk will unveil his sixth artist album, Evolution, featuring collaborations with artists including Adam Young of Owl City. Always one to push the creative envelope, each song will be accompanied by a sprawling video. Big Shot met up with PvD to find out he fared in 2011 and [...]
Fatboy Slim hasn’t forgotten how to make a video. The cheeky video directed by Tom Kingsley for Norman Cook’s new track “Get Naked,” with Riva Starr and Beardyman, finds the trio portrayed by three large divas who raise hell in a hotel room before a DJ gig. You’ll have to watch the clip to find [...]
When Global Communication — Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard — reunited earlier this year after a 15-year hiatus to produce the splendid Back in the Box compilation for NRK, many diehard fans’ prayers had finally been answered. The release shines the spotlight on music that influenced the duo and arrives when elements of ’90s club [...]
Dubstep maestro Skrillex (a.k.a. Sonny Moore) has been killing it as of late, recently dropping his More Monsters and Sprites EP featuring remixes by The Juggernaut, Phonat, and Dirtyphonics, plus a progressive house reworking from Kaskade. Now comes his first-ever video documenting nine months of constant touring. Watch Skrillex partying, trying on clothes, and hanging [...]
John Digweed certainly needs no introduction to readers of Big Shot. The venerable British DJ and proprietor of Bedrock Records was in New York City last week for a gig at Provocateur, and he sat down for a chat about his brand-new and rather flawless triple-disc Structures Two release. Diggers, who once did a memorable [...]
French duo Justice broke their silence today by unveiling the video for their new track called “Civilization.” The track, which has also been featured as the soundtrack to a new Adidas campaign spearheaded by French director Romain Gavras, was issued as an iTunes exclusive on March 28th and will now see a general release. The [...]
In case you weren’t aware tomorrow is supposed to be the end of the world as we know it. To mark the occasion video insurrectionists Eclectic Method manage to have a little fun with a completely silly subject in this rather awesome video montage. Happy armageddon! Eclectic Method – The Apocamix from Eclectic Method on [...]
Even the most casual observer of the news should be aware of IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest last weekend on charges that he (allegedly) sexually attacked a maid in his New York hotel suite. (Remember: he’s innocent until proven guilty!) After noticing DSK as a trending topic on Twitter, I couldn’t help but be reminded [...]
A few days after the debut of Swedish House Mafia’s new single, “Save The World,” Big Shot met up with Axwell at his suite at the Hotel Gansevoort in New York City shortly before he took the decks at Provocateur and found out about his experiences in Miami (“they were a couple of crazy days”) [...]
London up-and-comer Toddla T just dropped the video for “Take It Back” featuring Shola Ama (check it out below). The single, which is apparently featured in an advert for a certain Finnish mobile company’s latest campaign, has also been remixed by The 2 Bears, DJ Q and others. Lucky for you we’re giving away a [...]
New York City-based DJ/producer Chris Manik (a.k.a MANIK) recently linked up with the fine folks from Josh Wink’s Ovum Recordings based in Philly and promptly got down to work on his debut album, Armies Of The Night, dropping later this month. MANIK just released the first video from the album and it’s either about a [...]
