The man himself looks like Wolverine. He produces some fantastic electro-house and with his new album "Weekend In America" only released last week, this will be a party to remember.
Check out some new songs from his new album below along with a classic i hope he plays called "Front To Back".
Today's Parklife feature is Feed Me. Another of the several dubstep acts, this Mau5trap artist has already released a killer album and EP since December. Expect enough bass and electro-house grooves to make you move and lose your shit.
Parklife's lineup was a little controversial with the excessive number of dubstep artists on the lineup. It's one of those genres you either love it or you hate it, and many old-school tech fans despise it completely. For me, dubstep in the EDM scene, represents what hardcore is to rock. They are both an extreme sub-genre in one form or another and both provide high-intensity music that sees bodies get thrown around.
Nevertheless, dubstep artist Flux Pavilion will be a sure hit at Parklife. With some filthy wobbles and ear-ripping bass, I can only hope a throwdown pit will open during Flux... Would be awesome to have a mosh.
Been a while since last post! Above & Beyond rolled through town and I can't even begin to describe how good that night was! The only word that cuts it close is euphoria, and even that doesn't do justice. There is heaps more happening in the world of music (both EDM and HxC scenes) that i will eventually drip-feed over the next few posts.
Beginning tomorrow and hopefully all week, i will showcase a few of the Parklife acts playing next weekend in Brisbane.
For now though, sit back and relax to some awesome trance songs.
This Friday! One of the greatest EDM artists of all time & my favorite trance act Above & Beyond are playing live in Brisbane @ The Family. This will be an incredible, euphoric experience, and definitely one of the best nights of the year.
Earlier this year Above & Beyond released their second album Group Therapy, broadcasted their 350th episode of Trance Around The World radio, provided another Essential Mix for Radio 1 and hosted a bunch of Group Therapy tents at huge Summer Festivals in the Northern Hemisphere. So here we go! A fresh batch of A&B songs & a link to A&B's essential mix. Enjoy!
I love a good mashup, the fact that 2 songs in key can actually sound really awesome together is pure brilliance. Here are a couple of mashups I'm rather fond of.
The first mashup is a little beauty that Above & Beyond play live. The countdown begins with only 5 days til their gig. It is the first of many gigs coming up I'm attending, with some of my favorite HxC and EDM acts on their way. Here's a list of the upcoming gigs.
Above & Beyond + Mat Zo & Jaytech @ The Family - 16/09 Every Time I Die + The Word Alive @ THe Hi-fi Bar - 23/09 Parklife Festival @ Riverstage & Botanical Gardens - 1/10 The Amity Affliction + Skyway @ The Tivoli - 6/10 KOAN Sound @ The Family - 15/10
Above & Beyond presents Oceanlab Vs. Gareth Emery - On A Good Day Metropolis (Myon And Shane 54 mashup)
Clashback & Michael Woods Vs. R.E.M. - Losing My Outset (Gabriel & Dresden mashup)
Wolfgang Gartner vs La Roux - In For The Kill (Dave Spoon Bootleg)
Tiesto Vs. Umek - Surrounded By Slap (Gabriel & Dresden Mashup)
The man himself Matan (Mat Zo) Zohan, another Anjunabeats artist, has just touched down in Australia with Above & Beyond ready in time for the Group Therapy Australian tour. The promising trance producer debuted at #66 on last year's DJmag poll, and has some incredible tracks to prove why including the infamous "Superman" and a brilliant collaboration with fellow Anjuna artist Arty (with another on the way!). He is due to close the Group Therapy shows after Above & Beyond's set.
Speaking of which, Above & Beyond @ The Family set times have been released with Jaytech at 11:30pm, Above & Beyond at 1:00am and Mat Zo from 3:30-5am. I am unbelievably excited for this night.
Mat Zo - Superman (Original Mix)
Mat Zo & Arty vs OceanLab - Satellite Dynamics (Mat Zo Mashup)
Greetings all. Coming at you in this blog is possibly the next biggest thing in trance. Arty has exploded into the scene, signed to Anjunabeats and is heading our way for Stereosonic later this year.
This will be a HUGE set at stereo, particularly Arty's own track Around The World which is being played regularly by artists like Above & Beyond, Gabriel & Dresden and Armin Van Buuren.
Above we have the first music video and single released by Blink-182 in 7 years. The new album is due out at the end of September and I'm sure i can speak for anyone else who had/still has a Blink-182 obsession when i say I'm THAT keen to hear it! Also take a listen to the other Blink song below, its good ol' catchy pop-punk.
Featured a few posts ago, Gabriel & Dresden's 'Mixed For Feet' dropped over the weekend and what a double album it is! The album features 2x70 minute mixes (1 for each disc) as well as all the original tracks used in the continuous mixes... It's fucking tops! Here's a couple of originals mixed on the album.
Felguk - Blow Out (Original Mix)
Fedde Le Grande - Metrum (Original Mix)
Gabriel & Dresden - Tracking Treasure Down (Revisited Edit)
This past week saw Super8 & Tab release their 'Empire: Remixed' album on Anjunabeats. The album features all the songs from 'Empire' but remixed by some of the best artists in the trance & progressive scenes. Here below are 3 songs from the remix album and a remix by Super8 & Tab themselves.
Can't stress how much you should get amongst these guys! Let alone most artists signed to Anjunabeats label.
Super8 & Tab Feat Jan Burton – Slow To Learn (Maor Levi Remix)
Super8 & Tab Feat Jan Burton – Free Love (Sunny LAX Remix)
It has been a loose week in Brisbane hence the lack of posting. Tuesday night saw The Met host the Trance Nation tour with tyDi & Marlo. It was such a good night because the crowd was a real selective trance-loving bunch, not to mention tyDi was filming his new film clip! This was backed up the next day (after 2 hours sleep!) by the infamous Ekka Races, which might i add was a drunken mess!
This mid-week bender so happened to coincide with the release of Nero's new album "Welcome Reality", so it's received high rotation all week. Straight up this has to be the dubstep album of the year. Period. It's so diverse and well produced, i especially love the last track - a 17-minute symphonic production that incorporates/remixes some of the album's earlier songs.
So here's a couple of tracks from the album, plus a couple of tyDi songs from his new album "Shooting Stars" which was released last week. For those who don't know - tyDi is Australia's No. 1 DJ, he hails from Brisbane and plays all over the world.
tyDi - Acting Crazy (This is the song they shot the video clip for @ the Met)
The new & first Brisbane-based TV series SLiDE kicks off tomorrow night. It's about 5 teens about to turn 18 partying in The Valley at different clubs, experiencing first times and seeing live music. The theme song for the show is a nice little piece of dubstep worth sharing. I've never really been much of a TV series person but seeing as this is based in Brisbane and I'm an 18 year old muso, I'd like to think I'll be able to relate to the series a bit.
So here is the SLiDE theme song along with two other shredical dubstep songs from Parklife artists Flux Pavillion and Feed Me.
Today marks the release of the debut album from local pop-punk act Skyway. Posing similar sounds to old school giants New Found Glory, these Gold Coast lads have already toured Australia extensively on their EPs gaining a solid fan base that is bound to multiply with this release.
Here are a few oldies from Skyway as well as a music video for a new song off 'Finders Keepers'. You can catch Skyway on the 'Fuck The Reaper' tour in October featuring Asking Alexandria (UK) and headlined by Brisbane greats The Amity Affliction.
It appears the new Soundwave Revolution festival has been cancelled due to the unannounced headliner pulling out last minute. A second announcement was scheduled for August 1st but got pushed back 2 days, then held indefinitely until today when rumors arose of a cancellation. You can read all about it including Soundwave's official statement here.
I'm a little disappointed this tour got cancelled, although to be honest the headliners weren't the appeal. Here are some songs by Soundwave Revolution artists that i was hoping to see at the festival.
The Word Alive - The Wretched
Funeral For A Friend - Broken Foundation
Attack! Attack! (UK) - We're Not The Enemy
And here's a song by Every Time I Die that inspired the name of Brisbane's independent music store, Kill The Music.
Here are a handful of trance goodies mixed by artists from Above & Beyond's Anjunabeats label. 'Counting The Points' by Andrew Bayer is a real treat to the ears, the song progression is epic. It comes from his debut album It's Artificial which was released a mere two weeks ago on Anjunabeats and is definitely worth checking out.
Sadly, A few days ago Canadian Post-hardcore band Alexisonfire celebrated their 10 year landmark by calling it quits (Read the full statement here).
Alexis had 5 albums and a handful of EPs, splits and singles. Their reputation in Australia was huge with several tours including Soundwave Festival appearances.
Here below I've uploaded 2 Alexisonfire tracks. One is a special cover track from the Aussie tour 7" of Midnight Oil's 'Dead Hearts'. The other is an old favorite from Crisis.
Alexisonfire - Dead Hearts (Midnight Oil cover)
Alexisonfire - This Could Be Anywhere In The World
The duo that is Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden reunited at the end of 2010 playing new years eve after splitting in 2008. They graced Australian shores earlier this year at Creamfields, which was my first contact with G&D's music. They played a fantastic set especially their R.E.M. mashup of Losing My Religion, that was a highlight of my day.
A new mix CD "Mixed for Feet" Vol 1 is on the way from these guys. Due out August 27th, here are a few recent G&D tracks that may feature.
Even if they don't, they are worth your time! Enjoy!
Andain - Promises (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
Clashback & Michael Woods vs R.E.M. - Losing My Outset (Gabriel & Dresden mashup)
Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (DJ Kue Remix) (Gabriel & Dresden bootleg)
Deep Dish vs Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve - Say Yin (Gabriel & Dresden mashup)
I've thought about this before, but all it took was a few kind words from Ando to get me blogging. Welcome to my blog - a place primarily used for venting frustration, but i guess music news and new music is pretty important too.
About me: Music has played a huge roll in my life. I own over 80 albums (Yes that's right, REAL copies i actually purchased), seen over 150 different artists and attended festivals since i was 15. I've been a hardcore/metal/punk fan from early days with bands like AFI, blink-182, slipknot and parkway drive receiving high rotation in primary school. However last year i started to take an interest in Electronic Dance Music (EDM) seriously. Nowadays I fucking love EDM all thanks to an incredible duo The Chemical Brothers, my first & favorite dance act.
This past week saw Super8 & Tab release their 'Empire: Remixed' album on Anjunabeats. The album features all the songs from 'Empire' but remixed by some of the best artists in the trance & progressive scenes. Here below are 3 songs from the remix album and a remix by Super8 & Tab themselves.
It has been a loose week in Brisbane hence the lack of posting. Tuesday night saw The Met host the Trance Nation tour with tyDi & Marlo. It was such a good night because the crowd was a real selective trance-loving bunch, not to mention tyDi was filming his new film clip! This was backed up the next day (after 2 hours sleep!) by the infamous Ekka Races, which might i add was a drunken mess!
The new & first Brisbane-based TV series SLiDE kicks off tomorrow night. It's about 5 teens about to turn 18 partying in The Valley at different clubs, experiencing first times and seeing live music. The theme song for the show is a nice little piece of dubstep worth sharing. I've never really been much of a TV series person but seeing as this is based in Brisbane and I'm an 18 year old muso, I'd like to think I'll be able to relate to the series a bit.
Today marks the release of the debut album from local pop-punk act Skyway. Posing similar sounds to old school giants New Found Glory, these Gold Coast lads have already toured Australia extensively on their EPs gaining a solid fan base that is bound to multiply with this release.
Here are a handful of trance goodies mixed by artists from Above & Beyond's Anjunabeats label. 'Counting The Points' by Andrew Bayer is a real treat to the ears, the song progression is epic. It comes from his debut album It's Artificial which was released a mere two weeks ago on Anjunabeats and is definitely worth checking out.
