So, this not only proves that PIXAR wins forever at hue, color & selection of alternate/minor tones, but that the editor freaking rocks. This is 60 seconds of wonderful, with Moderat tunes used perfectly. Enjoy! ROYGBIV: A Pixar Supercut from Rishi Kaneria on Vimeo.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Midnight Music: Flexstyle Drops 2 RaveCon Mixes Which Need To Be Heard!
Flexstyle, a little known OCRemix DJ/contributor, was let loose at Saboten Con a little bit ago, and we’re all better for it. Opening the live party mix with a PrototypeRaptor electrohouse banger, this guy immediately declared he was not fucking around. Mixing into a remix of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE level music ever, really could not win more points in my book. The Ben Briggs remix does the Flying Battery Zone (Sonic & Knuckles was a damn triumph) justice and then, there’s Bloody Beetroots! I don’t know where this kid came from, but this is the first time I’ve been convinced I wanted to go to a con in years. If the tunes sounded like this? I’d be 100% down. A particularly wonderful Green Day remix helps transition the mix into original music (but not without dropping a sweet Chemical Zone Remix, with a taunting DDR sample if I’m not mistaken) half of the mix. This is another area where Flexstyle shines. The tunes are expertly produced and pushed together. I can’t wait to hear when he starts integrating his trance & bass tracks into his live mix.
Bonus set! They let him back on the decks, which is a decision I couldn’t support more. I’m not sure how to describe this. This is Nerd Rave music. This is what I wished every chiptune show was ever. Frankly, I’d just listen to 4 hours of electro, deep house, trance & glitch remixes of video game music. If you want to play synthed out West Coast bootlegs of Sonic 3 music, I really would pay you money to do that. Is that possible? This mix even brings in electro swing, which is wonderful. I think this kind of stuff can bring a lot of introverts out of their shell. It’s easy to hear something you recognize and it’s complicated enough that it’s not doofy big room anthem shit. If Big Room is the frat in the EDM scene, this is the Anime club. And man, they look like they’re having a lot of fun.
Oh Canada.
These people are so nice!
Midnight Music: Thing – Vaibla EP [Estonian Drum & Bass]
Coming at you tonight with some creeping, murky drum & bass that you’re going to be all over. There’s a Volor Flex feel to this EP that I don’t see played around with a lot these days. Haunt takes a little while to get going but the throbbing dark sounds are definitely a style of D&B that I have missed. There’s a potency to it that transitions into some jungle-styled halfstep with ragga notes. Vaibla has a moody lilt with some bass to match. It’s a tight little joint that you can get for less than Pumpkin Spice Latte. Make the call.
Ten Questions With Terry Gotham: Hank & Cupcakes!
(I first saw Hank & Cupcakes at an underground warehouse off the N train way a while back. They’ve since gotten a kickstarter fully funded, an album released and are about to launch into a massive tour! I caught up with them as they were packing…)
1. It’s been a long road for you both since the underground festival at Wonderland in Queens when I first saw you, how have you been?!
Long road is right and winding too! With obstacles surprises & uphills. But we understand that as long as we keep walking that road…
Burning Man Becomes Battleground for Tech Elites: the Real Story
No one has said it better. So sad I missed that trash fence Daft Punk DJ set 😉
Thanks to Alex Mak for penning this guest post.
Burning Man Becomes Battleground for Tech Elites; The Real Story
by Alex Mak
Monday Morning: 11am: Black Rock Desert, Nevada
A hot breeze blew over the city. The massive wooden man creaked, and thousands of unused, baby blue porta potties stood lonesome in the midday sun.
“Where is everyone? asked Sergey. The only people playing music are the djs we hired.” With that Sergey tossed the last bit of lobster tail down to Skrillex and Diplo who fought over it hungrily, grunting and clawing on the deck bellow.
“Ya.” Said Larry. “You don’t think all those articles about billionaires ruining Burning Man stopped people from coming do you?”
Just then Larry peered down at the fortune cookie that Alice Waters had packed in his lunchbox marked ‘Monday Lobster Lunch’. The note inside said, “Nobody goes there anymore…it’s too crowded”. Larry…
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Midnight Music: Gladiator – Now We Are Free (Darren Tate Remix) [Classic Trance]
For Throwback Thursday this week, I was reminded of this amazing tune by Trance Emotions, a lovely trance outfit from Egypt. They do a great podcast every week, besides posting track after quality track. This tune takes me back all the way to 2004, when I was living outside of NYC, jamming on dance music in isolation. One of those tracks that gets you through. The Hans Zimmer soundtrack from Gladiator just screamed to be remixed and there was a lot of success around the attempts. Darren Tate’s one of the best UK trance producers out there and his talents were not wasted on this. Take a listen and let it take you away, then check out the Trance Emotions soundcloud for even more delicious trance.
We Didn’t Start The Fire. Annotated & Explained.
So, you know how the song has like a billion nouns in it? Now you can get an explanation of every single one of them. Right here. This is one of the most educational posts on the internet. Hey kids, want to know what was important in the era of your parents growing up? Essentially all of these things. So, if you want to know where they’re coming from, you can get it all right here. (via Never, Never)
Diplo and Skrillex Booed Off the Decks at Robot Heart
Protip: DON’T play Turn Down For What on the playa unless you’re remixing it with minimal tech bachatta. There’s something bigger going on here. Thoughts on that soon.
Jack U got jacked. It seems the Burner ear is slightly more discerning than “Turn down for what”
PulseRadio breaks it down:
...One [story] that has just come our way involves Seth Troxler,Skrillex and Diplo at the infamous Robot Heart Bus.
Seth Troxler was scheduled for a set on the Robot Heart decks on Wednesday night, though as a source in attendance informs us, the Detroit DJ refused to play after his entourage was denied access to join him behind the decks. Looking to fill Troxler’s slot, organisers quickly replaced him with dance music’s hottest duo Jack U, aka Skrillex and Diplo, who just happened to be present at the time (the pair were at the festival to play at Camp Question Mark the following evening).
Crisis averted it would seem, with Skrillex reported to have played “a pretty cool set”. However things took a turn for…
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Midnight Music: Fergie – Glamorous (Matt DiMona Remix) [Summer House!]
Ok, I promise, this is the last one. Totally final summer house track of the year, as we’ve now arrived at Labor Day I can’t push em out so often anymore. But one last one! Enjoy and I hope you have the day off on Tuesday!
Terry Gotham 