Five Four Fridays. #18

Today’s mixtape is a bit of a change. If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might have figured out by now that I seriously enjoy musicians are blending and bending genres. I love it when an artist takes aspects from one type of music, and injects it into another. It’s one of the reasons that Andre Anjos of RAC is one of my all time favourite musicians. This mixtape below is a collection of five tracks that blur the lines between Electronic and Hip Hop. That’s right.

Two side notes on this one. Keep an eye on Popeska, a nineteen year old and coming producer from Atlanta. I’ve been following his work on SoundCloud for a while now, and he’s plays with a pretty versatile sound that will definitely be taking him places. It changes from track to track, but generally he has a hard style with intricate growls that could be compared to artists like Feed Me, but still keeps a level of catchy, melodic quality to each of his originals or remixes. Also, you might be asking, what is Mau5hax? It’s a new project that Deadmau5 tried out during Ultra in Miami. Basically five aspiring producers are chosen, and the entire Mau5trap crew help them hone their skills and collaborate for an entire day. Oh, and it’s all streamed live. Pretty amazing project and it was definitely worth tuning in for. I know this mixtape might not be for everyone, but the tracks are worth a listen if you enjoy either genre.

The only constant is change,

Grant.

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Tracklist.

Zeds Dead – The One ft. Omar LinX
Big L – MVP (TYR Remix)
Deadmau5 – Failbait ft. Cypress Hill
Big L – Flamboyant (Popeska Remix)
Mau5hax – Titty Sprinkles ft. Foreign Beggars

Get the mixtape – fivefourfridays #18 [Mediafire]

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Since I haven’t really had the time to post new music lately, here are a slew of tracks that are worth your while to make up for my absence.

Mild.

Axwell – In My Mind ft. Georgi Kay, Ivan Gough, Feenixpawl (Special Features Edit) [Mediafire]

Steve Aoki – Ladi Dadi ft. (Charles Deluxe Remix) [SoundCloud]

Felix Cartal – Black To White ft. Miss Palmer (Original Mix) [Purchase]

Martin Solveig – The Night Out (Madeon Remix) [Unreleased]

Medium. 

Wolfgang Gartner – Push & Rise (Prototype Raptop Remix) [SoundCloud]

Probe – Baila (Original Mix) [Purchase]

Nero – Crush On You (Sound Remedy Remix) [SoundCloud]

Sort Of Sick – Rebirth (Original Mix) [Purchase]

Spicy.

Zedd – Stars Come Out (Dillon Francis Remix) [Purchase]

Popeska – Sparks (Original Mix) [SoundCloud]

Mensura – Be Yourself (Mikkas Edit) [SoundCloud]

Bonus.

Finally Mord Fustang released a new EP. Last week his label dropped this out of the blue in the middle of the day and I almost let out a schoolgirl-esque squeal in the middle of lecture. Mord has done a bit of tweaking to his style and is definitely throwing in more bass to his sound. I honestly do like this EP, but it all becomes pretty repetitive. Each track is awesome but the second half is almost a perfect copy of the first. I hope to hear some pretty wicked remixes, bootlegs, and edits in the near future.

Mord Fustang – Welcome To The Future [Purchase]

Mord Fustang – The Majestic [Purchase]

Mord Fustang – Windwaker [Purchase]

Mord Fustang – Super Fever [Purchase]

Double Bonus.

Always love hearing new stuff from Ed. Giving it away for free as usual.

Hyper Crush – Werk Me (OVERWERK Remix) [SoundCloud]

Five Four Fridays. #17

I have a sunburn in March. How does that happen in Ontario? I thought I was going to be waist deep in snow and literally freezing to death this winter. Instead, I’m wearing sandals and shades and basking in the glorious warmth of the sun. By no means am I complaining, although it does make it pretty hard to get any work done, which I have a ridiculous amount of. Music to take my mind off of it all?
I think so.

Today I threw together a few tracks you can still rock hard to but have a sunny day bounce to them. Starts off with a classic from the UK’s most underrated producer, Phonat. Then goes into one of the latest tracks from the young Australian I’ve recently been following thanks to one half of Victoria’s WKND Warriors. Next up is the latest amazing work from one of my favourite producers out there, Behdad Nejatbakhshe; known as Uppermost by us who won’t endure the embarrassment of butchering his name. Then there is a track that was dropped in my inbox the other day by a girl named Kendra. Seriously good find, so the credit goes to her this time. Lastly we finish up with the latest rework from my second favourite French electro duo of all time. You should know who takes the cake on that one. Seriously hope you put these tracks to good use this St. Patty’s day weekend. They may not be Irish, but let’s be honest, neither are you.

May as well start pre-drinking for tomorrow,

Grant.

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Tracklist.

Phonat – Set Me Free (Extended Mix)
Walden – At Last (Original Mix)
Uppermost – Life Is A Fight (Original Mix)
Mensura – Be Yourself (Original Mix)
NERVO – We’re All Someone ft. Steve Aoki & Afrojack (The Noisy Freaks Remix)

Bonus because I’m a huge fan.

The Noisy Freaks – Battle (Original Mix)

Get the mixtape – fivefourfridays #17 [Mediafire]

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On another note, Deadmau5 and Cypress Hill? Yeah, that happened. I honestly can’t decide if I love this, or really, really dislike it.

Deadmau5 – Failbait ft. Cypress Hill [ListenOnly]

 

The beginning of the end.

We always forget how quickly three hundred and sixty five days can pass. So much can happen in that period of time. Just take a look at the news and see how much the world has changed in only a year. Personally (yes, I’m about to get all sentimental on you guys), this past year has been the best in my life. I started writing in this space for one, moved to a new city, met tons of utterly amazing people with whom I know I’ll be sharing my life for years to come, realized that I am truly on the path to an industry that I belong in, realized that I’m a huge geek and became incredibly comfortable with that fact and in turn, myself.

In terms of music, 2011 was a massive year for the electronic music scene. We witnessed the beats and bass seep into popular culture. We witnessed the rise of dubstep’s popularity and the impact it made on the world. More than anything I think we witnessed the bewilderment from those who don’t understand it all and that it is a scene and attitude more than just a genre. I absolutely love it and chances are that if you’re reading this, you do too. I hope I’ve been able to help those artists that deserve a little recognition for the hours of hard work and countless late nights that they put into reassuring a good time to be had by all. I’d like to make a toast to all of them, and to all of you readers.

Bring it on 2012,

Grant.

Mild.

Dada Life – Happy Violence (Special Features Remix) [PurchaseOnly]

Bingo Players – Mode (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Skrillex – Summit ft. Ellie Goulding (Aylen Remix) [Mediafire]

Bombs & Bottles – The Game Part One (Bombs & Bottles Edit) [Mediafire]

Steve Lade & XspectiV – Our World Is Here (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Metric – Collect Call (Adventure Club Remix) [Mediafire]

Medium.

Avicii – Levels (Cazzette Remix) [Mediafire]

Virtu – Elixir (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Steve Aoki – Earthquakey People (Dillon Francis Remix) [Mediafire]

Mord Fustang – We Are Now Connected (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

The Noisy Freaks – Dream Team (Mashup) [Mediafire]

Dada Life – Happy Violence (Caveat Remix) [Mediafire]

Kaskade – Turn It Down ft. Rebecca & Fiona (Le Castle Vania Remix) [Mediafire]

Felguk – Blow Out (Lazy Rich Remix) [Mediafire]

Spicy.

Avicii – Levels (Blaster & Smyle Remix) [Mediafire]

Widescream – Moving ft. Techzone (Titanoz Remix) [SoundCloud]

Dillon Francis – I.D.G.A.F.O.S. (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Lucky Date – Ho’s & Disco’s (Space Laces Remix) [Mediafire]

Hirshee – Bang This (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Andy’s iLL – Timeline (Preview) [ListenOnly]

Suicide.

Skrillex – Bangarang ft. Sirah (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Swedish House Mafia & Knife Party – Antidote (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Porter Robinson – Unison (Knife Party Remix) [Mediafire]

Porter Robinson – Spitfire (Kill The Noise Remix) [Mediafire]

Dirty South – Alive ft. Kate Elsworth (The Noisy Freaks Remix) [Mediafire]

Five Four Fridays. #8

The weekend is finally here and what an insane week it has been. Massive amounts of tasty (and not so tasty) elixirs all week leading up to my birthday, and on my big day my roommate and I somehow mustered up the energy to get to the Porter Robinson show that I’d bought tickets for a month in advance. It was a rough ride into the city, but I’m so glad that I managed to see him rock out. Honestly, one of the greatest sets I’ve ever heard, and he was just loving every second of it. Really gave the whole show a great vibe.

To match the insanity of the week, here is a bundle of new tracks with obscene amounts of bass to help you go nuts this weekend. I’ve been itching to post these all week so I seriously hope you enjoy them as much as I will. Enough with the chit chat, get to fist pumping (if that’s what you’re into).

Pump on,

Grant.

Porter Robinson – Unison (Mikkas Remix) [Mediafire]

Felguk – Blow Out (Lazy Rich Remix) [Mediafire]

The Noisy Freaks – Dream Team (Mashup) [Mediafire]

Steve Aoki – Earthquakey People (Dillon Francis Remix) [Mediafire]

Feed Me – What You Know (Two Door Cinema Club Cover) [Mediafire]

Bonus Radio Rip.

Swedish House Mafia & Knife Party – Antidote (Vocal Version) [Mediafire]

Bonus Preview.

When I interviewed Rich, he was in the middle of working on this track, and oh my goodness what a track it is. Cannot wait for the official release on November 29th. Same with quite a few HUGE tracks that he’ll be releasing over the next couple months. On his fan page earlier this week he revealed some of the tracks by saying “there is a Chris Lake remix that you will hear on my radio show on thursday, a remix for Morgan Page (tiny sample in that video), a remix for Zedd, a remix for Porter Robinson (that is sounding “WOWWWW omgggg holy shit man” according to Porter) and a collab with Chris Lake, plus some other new originals, and a very special secret remix that I can’t mention yet.” Do I need to reiterate why he is one of my favourite producers of all time?

Chris Lake – Sundown (Lazy Rich Remix) [Preview]

Double Bonus of sheer unconfirmed insanity.

Skrillex & Feed Me – Loud Noises (Unconfirmed) [Mediafire]

_____ Fridays.

So, for reasons which I cannot comprehend, the typical college/university student’s weekend begins on Thursday here in Ontario. Lucky for me that my only early class is on Friday morning. This morning I woke up at 7:45 to a ringing in my ears, a stomach full of wings and beer, and a full sized bench in my apartment that my roommate and I supposedly brought home the previous night. I honestly thought I just dreamt that part. Anyways, enough chit chat and let’s get on with the music.

I think from now on I might try to keep some sort of consistency with this blog. Fridays will be more focused on bringing you my current favourite electro remixes or originals, whereas Saturdays will be more focused on one single artist’s efforts. I’ll come up with what I’ll consistently be doing midweek at another time. I’ve already got a catchy name for Saturday features, but I need some help with naming Friday night features. Please email me your suggestion and I’ll figure out something cool to do for you. Trust me, it’ll be pretty awesome.

I’m either really lazy or extremely clever,

Grant.

Suggestions can be submitted through internet mail – somesortofmusic@gmail.com

LMFAO – Sexy And I Know It (Mord Fustang Remix) [Mediafire]

LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem (Sex Ray Vision Remix) [Soundcloud]

Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Kids At The Bar Remix) [Mediafire]

Dada Life – Fight Club Is Closed (Religion Remix) [Soundcloud]

DEVolution – Good Love (Alesso Remix) [Mediafire]

Coldplay – Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (Swedish House Mafia Remix) [Mediafire]

Steve Aoki & Afrojack – No Beef ft. Miss Palmer (Panic City & Supersede Remix) [Mediafire]

Only because it’s Friday.

Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (Dem Slackers Remix) [Mediafire]

…ok, one more rowdy one for the road.

Tim Berg – Seek Bromance (Porter Robinson Remix) [Mediafire]