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. #13

It’s been an awesome twenty four hours. This time last night we were all preparing ourselves to do the Dada since the Swedish duo were in town and it was a friend’s birthday. What a better way to pop her electro show cherry than on her date of naissance and with one of the most entertaining shows out there. Knowing that she had a wicked time in a new scene reminded me why I love electronic music’s effect on people more than any other genre. Let’s keep the good times rolling.

Got some new bangers for you hoodlums tonight. New track from a wicked german producer that was released on none other than Deadmau5′ label. Next, we’ve finally got a new original from the rowdy Montreal melodic dubstep duo. Third is a combination of two new artists worth noting that are on tour with Mord Fustang and skipping Toronto altogether in their tour. No hard feelings, but I may or may not be crying inside. The next is probably my new favourite remix of Levels. As you all know by now, I’m a sucker for 8-bit and this has some of that going on with the perfect dash of wobble and Mord Fustang style melody. Last needs absolutely no explanation. I’ve been waiting for this release a long time, believe me. You all know who he is, so go get it.

Hope the birthday was rad Emily,

Grant.

Mild.

Moguai – Mpire (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Adventure Club – Do I See Colour (Original Mix) [SoundCloud]

Medium.

Virtu – Arsenal (Joe Garston Remix) [PurchaseOnly]

Spicy.

Avicii – Levels (iNexus Remix) [Mediafire]

Morgan Page – Body Work ft. Tegan & Sara (Lazy Rich Remix) [PurchaseOnly]

Bonus Radio Rip.

 

Skrillex – Breakn’ A Sweat ft. The Doors (Zedd Remix) [Mediafire]

Five Four Fridays. #12

This morning I woke up, looked out the window and thought to myself “It’s on Toronto.” The first snow has fallen, meaning my death is slowly creeping up on me, especially seeing as I don’t have a proper winter jacket yet. I figure if I layer like it’s nobody’s business I might be able to get by with minor frostbite. Regardless, as usual some pump up tunes are essential for this cold, bitter, Friday night.

The first track is my current favourite from a twenty year old up and comer from Chicago that will have you closing your eyes and taking a moment to just relax. The second is a needle in a haystack of other remixes that a beautiful girl passed on to me. The third is my new top remix of Dirty South’s already fantastic track. Next comes from someone that I know not a thing about, the complete opposite of the final hurrah of the night. One of my good friends, Dave, is DAKK from the Vancouver duo signed to UK label Audio Rejectz. Tonight they’re opening for the increasingly popular Adventure Club so if you’re in the city of rain and mountains, head to Celebrities and see if you can make your way in to support this abundance of talent. Can’t tell you how choked I am I can’t be there.

Never trust yellow snow cones,

Grant.

Mild.

DotEXE – Run Away From Me (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Medium.

Deadmau5 – Strobe (Klaypex Remix) [SoundCloud]

Dirty South – Alive ft. Thomas Gold & Kate Elsworth (Blinders Remix) [Mediafire]

Spicy.

Lights – Everybody Breaks A Glass (Dead Battery Remix) [Mediafire]

DAKK vs SLICE – Winter Is Boring Without Dubstep (Mix) [Mediafire]

Bonus Preview.

Zedd – Stars Come Out (Lazy Rich Remix) [ListenOnly]

Five Four Fridays. #7

Today started out horrendously. I woke up under tired and over inebriated, alarm going off obnoxiously loud, wallet nowhere to be seen, and a text from my roommate saying: Two things. Are you alive and why is there a baby shoe in our room? I swear I have no idea how this keeps happening. Progressively though, my day has gotten much better and I think it’s going to be a great night. Hell, I even got a card in the mail!

As always, tuneage is a necessity for a beautiful Friday night. A smooth remix from an LA based electro pop/lo-fi group, three Brazilians’ collaboration on one of the most popular tracks of the year, my favourite track of all time from Cold Blank, a new song from a Colorado based, incredibly melodic up and comer, and an absolutely bangin’ rework from none other than Kaskade. I hope these do you some good in the late hours to come.

That text actually happened,

Grant.

The Good Natured – Your Body Is A Machine (Baby Monster Remix) [Mediafire]

LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem (E-Cologyk & Titanoz Remix) [Mediafire]

Cold Blank – The Thirteenth Skull (Original Mix) [Mediafire]

Bodyrox – Yeah Yeah Yeah ft. Luciana (James Egbert Remix) [SoundCloud]

Zedd – Shave It (Kaskade Remix) [Mediafire]

Bonus.

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