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)
Today marks the end of day one of my four day sleepless streak. To accomplish all I need to have done, put in hours at work, celebrate a friend’s birthday, and attend a show I’ve already bought tickets for, sleep is most likely not going to be an option. I’ve done the math, and I really need to invest in a watch from the terrible movie Clockstoppers. I’m going to try out this whole mixtape thing and give you guys the tunes I’m playing to keep my sanity and calm demeanour in check.
Below is a small playlist for you to put on right before bed, during studying, or at a time you just want to close your eyes simply exist in the world. These tracks are more on the digital side of things, but I think listeners of all genres could indulge in some of the most relaxing music I own. I’m seriously considering keeping regular posts on specific artists and interviews to a minimum, and giving you wonderful people more of these small collections. Might make it easier for you to find artists you love and me to spend more time on my degree. We’ll try it out for a bit and see how it goes. Send me some feedback.
Headphones and a dark room optional,
Grant.
Tracklist.
1. Télépopmusik – Breathe 2. Tycho – Elegy 3. Kaskade – Lick It ft. Skrillex (ICE Mix) 4. Uppermost – Téléguidé (Original Mix) 5. Deadmau5 – Xmas Stuff ft. Haley Gibby (I Remember Alt. Version)
I apologize for my absence so this should do it for all the weekend warriors.
Yours truly,
Grant.
Five Four Fridays.
It’s been a while hasn’t it. My body has been to hell and back in the past three weeks. I honestly hadn’t slept properly in over a month because of all the papers, projects, presentations, stresses, and poor time management. I don’t think that I would have made it through if it weren’t for the sort of music that I’m giving you an abundance of below. Something about electronic music has always fascinated me. The music itself always gets knocked for being anything but, but that’s not the point I’m getting at. There’s just something that the music does to people. You could power an entire city with the energy that a venue exudes when the combination of man and machine produce just the right amount of beats and bass. One could go to a solid show without any sort of party additive and get high off the vibes. It’s honestly indescribable. Unfortunately, the scene lately has made drugs trendy again, but hey, you can’t win every battle.
Below is another amazing remix from none other than the electro guru himself, a rework form a highly underrated Torontonian, a random mix that I had sent to me last week, a poppy but still wickedly awesome remix from a DJ who’s name I always get wrong, and finally the release of one of the best remixes of the year from a guy who’s alias has no relation whatsoever to his hometown of Atlanta. Hopefully they can keep you going too.
When I was flat broke not too long ago, Dada Life tickets went on sale here in Vancouver (Yes, I’m back in rain city for the holidays). I cried on the inside in combination with the sounds of a five year old girl sobbing that were in no way coming from myself. The Swedish goonshow puts on my all time favourite electro show hands down. The amount of fun and shenanigans that these guys have while performing should land them a reality TV show. Not to mention the effect that it has on the equally ridiculous crowd.
Thank goodness that my friend kept me up to date with their tour stop in Toronto the day after I sadly sold my car so I could afford to purchase tickets which I literally just did. There was no way that I’d miss out on the most fun I’ve had on a dance floor twice in a months time. I don’t really need to say much more about these guys since the new music video sort of speaks for itself. If you’re a fellow ticket holder and love bananas and champagne, you’re in for a treat because there will be no shortage of either at the show. Don’t even try to tell me that’s not an awesome combination.
Why do Thursdays always have to be rowdy? Somehow I always get convinced to go out on Thursday nights despite having class at nine the next morning. This was probably one of the roughest mornings since I’ve been here in Toronto since, if I can recall, we were asleep by about five in the morning. On top of extreme lack of sleep, my phone finally kicked the bucket. It’s weird not being able to be reached so easily, I kind of like it.
Even though I’m most likely staying in tonight to make some headway on my multiple assignments, I’ve got some solid tunes for you all this week. A needle in the haystack of many Ellie remixes, a new remix from an upcoming UK producer, another new amazing remix from a Halifax based producer, the most unique of the many new amazing Happy Violence remixes, and a new original from the always amazing and wonderfully Canadian producer from London, Ontario.
OVERWERK’s manager actually sent me an email yesterday about his new track featured below, perfect timing. As it turns out, Ed was actually commissioned to make ‘Buzzin’ for a group of Norwegian kids. They’re planning on using it as their theme song when they celebrate Russefeiring next May. You can scope out their Facebook page to see what I’m on about.
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