Unstoppable. Ferocious. Magical. The live DJ-performances of Andrew Rayel are an art form and all the world’s a stage. Rayel’s ever-expanding legions of admirers have been clamoring for his next full-length studio album since 2014’s Find Your Harmony. After a three year period of nonstop touring and stints of intense focus in the recording studio, Rayel…
Day: February 21, 2017
Headhunterz Reveals New Single ‘Landslide’ Via Ultra Music Records
Headhunterz – ‘Landslide‘ – Headhunterz is back after his last track ‘The Jamaican Way‘ in collaboration with G-Flow, to release his latest Ultra Music Records production ‘Landslide.’ As a downtempo single that is filled with heavy synths and humorous vocals, ‘Landslide‘ is a must hear for all variety of bassheads in the eclectic EDM scene!…
Tchami’s latest Confessions mix
Future bass tastemaker Tchami has released the latest in his Confessions mix series and, unsurprisingly, it’s fantastic. In a departure from his typically singular, genre-defining sound, the French producer has culled underground tracks from the likes of Defected and Toolroom and strung them together over a driving 4/4 beat and signature TR-909 samples. The result is a languid, instantly…
No Way Back “Minute” ft. Sophia Black
Seasoned Los Angeles-based producer No Way Back brings his imitable piano-led House style to Enhanced with the outstanding ‘Minute‘ featuring the soulful Sophia Black on vocals. Bringing a bumpy, playful production to the label No Way Back couples Sophia Black‘s soothing lyrics with crisp claps and mellow, grooving pads to form a production brimming with…
Plastik Funk “House of Bliss” Compilation
The beauty of music lies in its personal interpretation; it is different to every person who has ever been enraptured by its melodies. To Plastik Funk, music should be the purest euphoria, which is why he has made “bliss house” the mantra of his productions. Take a listen to his newest, appropriately-titled “House of Bliss”…
A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT PRESSES YOUR ASHES TO VINYL
And Vinly has been pressing the deceased’s ashes into wax since 2010, and now the company is the subject of a new documentary. You can watch it below. The film, titled Hearing Madge, follows the story John Hobson, who chose to have his mother’s ashes pressed into a vinyl cut with recordings of her voice….
BASSNECTAR PLANS A NEW TWO-DAY FESTIVAL IN A SECRET LOCATION IN ATLANTIC CITY
Bassnectar has plans to launch a new two-day festival in a secret location in Atlantic City, New Jersey from 28th through 29th April. Planning events is nothing new for Lorin Ashton, aka Bassnectar, as he has taken the lead on past bashes including Bass Center, Basslights and the annual NYE 360° performance. Now bassheads can…
2017 Remix Awards announce nominees
Remixes have always played an integral role in dance music culture, but in the age of the Internet and copyright disputes, it has sometimes been difficult for high-quality unofficial remixes to receive the recognition they deserve. Last year, Hollywood Hamilton and his radio show, The Remix Top 30, hosted a first-of-its-kind award ceremony, The Remix Awards. This year,…
FREE NEW ABLETON LIVE PACK ALLOWS YOU TO USE THE GROOVES FROM RADIOHEAD TRACKS
Producers looking to create those Radiohead style grooves should look no further than the new Ableton Live groove pack from pATCHES. Although it doesn’t give you any actual samples from Radiohead’s extensive musical workings, it does offer producers the chance to include the grooves from the band’s tracks into their own productions. The pack makes…
Kotek Unleashes Eclectically Tasteful “Aurora”
Kotek – Aurora – Kotek has now released his six track Aurora EP, featuring future bass, trap, dubstep and feel good vibes. From start to finish, the extended play manages to captivate with eclectically tasteful sounds. Canada bound DJ and producer Kotek has been in the scene for under a year and he has already…
ALAN WALKER & CO. PERFORM “ALONE” LIVE FOR HIS HOMETOWN
Norwegian mainstay Alan Walker returned to his hometown of Bergen for the first time in December of 2016 to perform an intimate collection of his own tracks to an exhilarated USF Verftet crowd. The Youtube live-streamed concert featured vocal contributions from the likes of Angelina Jordan, Marius Samuelsen, Alexandra Rotan, Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tove Styrke, who rounded…
UK GOVERNMENT OUTLINES PLANS TO PROTECT MUSIC VENUES
The UK government has released a new whitepaper focused on fixing the country’s current housing crisis, and buried away in the annex is a spot of good news for music lovers. Under a section titled “Noise and other impacts on new developments”, the paper details a proposal to amend current planning policies to “take account…
