Today in honor of thanksgiving, we are pleased to give you a special “Dirt” with all the fixings. We decided to give you more than tracks than usual featuring an even wider variety than you’re used to. So please sit back, relax, and enjoy your turkey day.
Tropicool’s Picks
• Pat Lok – No Shame (Goldroom Remix) A bottle rinses up on the shore. It is filled with euphoria, sunshine, and a crescendo from outer space. Our good buddy Josh (Goldroom) keeps pumping out instant classics that will make your soul glow.
• Luther Vandross – I Wonder (SAH Re-Froth) SAH was foraging in a long forgotten place between space and time and stubbled upon a funky ball of tits. He had the funk, and had to keep the funk alive. It’s the spawn of a new time where light up dance floors glisten off a tan butt poached up on a lengthy pair of stems.
• Christophe – The Force (Julio Bashmore Piano Mix) Beautiful piano rework of a rather amazing original. This instrumental journey will consist of copious amounts of cocaine with Stevie Wonder while floating on a cloud.
We finally made it through the week and our Halloween festivities are upon us. I have some great content for you to indulge in this morning that includes the RE:GENERATION tracks, an Escape From Wonderland preview & set times, AraabMuzik’s tour with EDM support, a 12th Planet interview, a trailer of a Soulwax video project, and a video of Afrojack playing classical music. Be entertained after the jump…
RE:GENERATION Tracks
The RE:GENERATION documentary is directed by Amir Bar Lev (The Pat Tillman Story, My Child Can Paint That) and commissioned by Hyundai Veloster. Five chosen producer/DJs of today embark on a musical odyssey to create tracks inspired by one of five traditional musical genres: Jazz, R&B, Country, Classical and Rock. The pairings include Skrillex with The Doors, DJ Premier with the Berklee Symphony Orchestra, Mark Ronson with Erykah Badu, The Crystal Method with Martha Reeves, and Pretty Lights with Leann Rimes and Ralph Stanley.
Pretty Lights’ “Wayfaring Stranger” featuring LeAnn Rimes and Dr. Ralph Stanley
Skrillex’s new Rock remix for RE:GENERATION featuring Members of The Doors
DJ Premier’s new Classical remix for RE:GENERATION featuring Nas and the Berklee Symphony Orchestra
Mark Ronson’s new Jazz remix for RE:GENERATION featuring Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings
The Crystal Method’s new R&B remix for RE:GENERATION featuring Martha Reeves and the Funk Brothers
Escape From Wonderland Sneak Preview + Set Times
Insomniac always has excellent production and their first Halloween festival is no exception. This sneak preview video showcases the transformation of the NOS Event Center for a frightful night of electronic music and Halloween debauchery. The set times were finally announced yesterday, so be sure to make your schedule prior to the event to make your night flow smoothly.
AraabMuzik Announces Tour w/ an EDM Supporting lineup
Coming off a wave of CMJ buzz, AraabMuzik will tour North America in support of June’s BNM’d Electronic Dream, in October and November. The dates include shows with SBTRKT, MSTRKRFT, and other folks who are not as fond of capital letters/don’t hate vowels as much.
Also, as Fools Gold points out, there is also now a new version of AraabMuzik’s previously posted remix of the Big Pink‘s “Stay Gold”, featuring added rhymes from Danny Brown. Check out the dates and track, plus a promo video for the tour, below.
AraabMuzik:
10-27 Atlanta, GA – King Plow *
10-28 Asheville, NC – Moogfest 2011
10-29 Chicago, IL – Congress Theater ^%$
10-30 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer #
10-31 Manhattan, NY – Bowery Ballroom #
11-01 Providence, RI – The Met *
11-02 Boston, MA – Royale #
11-03 Toronto, Ontario – The Hoxton #
11-04 Buffalo, NY – Sound Lab *
11-05 St. Louis, MO – 2720 Cherokee *
11-06 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
11-09 Phoenix, AZ – Bar Smith
11-10 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
11-11 Los Angeles, CA – Skybar
11-13 Hollywood, CA, – Drai’s Hollywood @ The W
11-16 Portland, OR – Bossanova
11-17 Seattle, WA, – Crocodile
11-18 San Francisco, CA – 103 Harriet
11-19 Vancouver, British Columbia – Electric Owl
* with Melo-X
^ with MSTRKRFT
% with Wolfgang Gartner
$ with Laidback Luke
# with SBTRKT
Electronica superstar Skrillex owes a certain debt to John Dadzie.
In this week’s issue of the New Times, I explored the “poster boy of dubstep” and his meteoric rise to fame over the past year. And while Skrillex’s phenomenal reinvention as an EDM maestro came about through his own tireless efforts, the bespectacled artist was helped along the way by Dadzie, who’s better know by his nom de guerre 12th Planet.
He’s been kicking around the world of electronic music for more than a decade, starting out as drum ‘n’ bass selecta and later becoming one of the influential pioneers of dubstep in America.
Dadzie’s coming to the Marquee Theater in Tempe this weekend as a part of Skrillex’s massive Mothership Tour and Up on the Sun got a chance to speak with him via telephone.
You were one of the earliest adopters of dubstep in the U.S., correct? Yeah, totally. There were those guys that came before me, like Joe Nice and Dave Q over in New York and Baltimore. Those guys were already like established in the scene, but I think I got to play a lot of the markets that dubstep was never in. Going to like Boise, Oklahoma, and Little Rock. I think I was one of the first people to go to those places and play dubstep like four five years ago.
When was the first time you’ve played Phoenix? I think my first gig in Phoenix under the name 12th Planet was at this place with a gay bar on the bottom and an upstairs lounge on the second floor.
You mean Homme Lounge with cats like Ultrablack? Yeah. That was in like 2007. That was before they even called themselves Ultrablack. I knew Sluggo [Nick Suddarth] and Adroit [Bryan Marek] from doing drum ‘n’ bass stuff before. It was setup by their friend Cruz, who was definitely one of the first person to start booking dubstep stuff out there. And then Frank Mendez started doing some dubstep shows on this patio of this place he worked at, and from there, it helped lead to where it is now.
What was your first reaction to dubstep? It reminded me a lot of drum ‘n’ bass. Before I did dubstep I was producing and touring as a drum ‘n’ bass artist. When I went to England, I always noticed there was this second room with some weird music, and there were guys like Slaughter Mob and Skream and Zed Bias making it. I didn’t think it was gonna sound like it does today. It was like a fresh take. I was getting over drum ‘n’ bass at the time because it didn’t really evolve. There was this certain point, around like 2006 or 2007 that nothing really sounded different. It was like the same records were being made over and over and over. No one was really pushing the envelope forward.
When did you become a dubstep convert? After the Dubstep Warz mix that Mary Anne Hobbs did with like Mala, Skream, Benga, Hatcha and all these names that are pivotal to what dubstep sounds like now was all on one mix. Then it all started to make sense. It really hooked me and I started working on the music. I met up with my partner Drew Best [of L.A.'s influential SMOG night] and he was starting to throw dubstep shows. He was gonna do his first show and he asked me if I wanted to play, but I had to go on tour in Germany. So I recommended guys like Nick Argon and Matty G, and the rest is history.
Dubstep has been constantly evolving since its early days in both the U.S. and U.K.? Once it got popular around the world, everyone’s had their own take on it. A lot of it has to do with producers getting over making drum ‘n’ bass and took their experience into dubstep, which caused everyone to step their game up. It wasn’t just a minimal sound anymore, it was a maximum effort. To make a dubstep song now you have to spend some time on the craft. A lot new techniques have been learned since then.
This trailer directed by Saam Farahmand was inspired to create a unique interpretation of the ethos behind the project. The result is a breathtaking film that perfectly encapsulates the audio visual obsession of Radio Soulwax.
It’s been a busy summer for new kid on the block D.O.D. The Lancaster based DJ has played an extensive UK festival circuit and made multiple trips to Ibiza and Mallorca to play shows with Eddie Halliwell.
Following widespread support for his slew of recent bootlegs, this week Dan sent over a fresh mini-mix and his monstrous take on Laidback Luke‘s Break The House Down’, both of which are yours to download below:
If you have been festival bound this summer then chances are you’ve seen our boys Dada Life destroying stages with the high energy DJ sets they’re known for. They have been on a massive US tour for the past few months and haven’t stopped for anything (example: they literally played 4 different gigs in 3 cities in 24 hours). One of the best things about seeing the Dada live is the surprises they always have in their infamous bootlegs, the GUERILLA FART series. Now, if you’ve done your homework and have paid attention to the new tunes they’ve been dropping in their sets, you would notice some new versions they’ve beefed up and squeezed out (Sausage Fattener, anyone?) with that infamous Dada noise. Today, they’ve given us the exclusive release of their newest ‘Guerilla Fart #12,’ a festival bootleg of Laidback Luke & Steve Aoki’s ‘Turbulence’ smashed with the silly classic Rednex anthem ‘Cotton-Eyed Joe.’ This has been a huge party break track in their sets and went off huge at this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. Enjoy it now for your own sets or just for that party playlist!
*Download others in the GUERILLA FART series HERE!
VOTE FOR DADA! Don’t forget to Vote for DADA Life in this years DJ MAG TOP 100 – you know you love them more than anything. But don’t just take our word for it, listen to what the boys has to say themselves (hilarious).
Edu Imbernon & Triumph – Playing With The Past (Original Mix)
Neoteric, Wax Motif – Go Deep (Original Mix)
Alex Gomez, Jesse Strada – Bola Palito Bola (DJ PP Remix)
Reboot – Enjoy Music (Riva Starr Remix)
Prince Club – Fruit Boots (Original Mix)
Tom Budden & Teva – All Night (Original Mix)
TWR72 – Summer Of 91 (Acid Version)
DJ PP – Miami Vice (Mastiksoul Remix)
MYNC & Wally Lopez – Back to Back (Original Mix)
Green Velvet – Harmageddon (Pleasurekraft ‘Sideshow’ Remix)
Siwell – Runaway (Original Mix)
Jay Lumen, Popof – Coming to Pumping (Original Mix)
Kris Di Angelis & Tom Stephan – Hot Mess (Original Mix)
MVSEVM – French Jeans (Style Of Eye Remix)
Steve Angello – Valodja (Original Mix)
Kaiserdisco – Carambolo (Original Mix)
Mario Ochoa – Shadows (Original Mix)
Olene Kadar – Sot 2 (Original Mix)
Kolsch – Loreley (Original Mix)
Well as most of you know I have been extremely busy the past 2 months with Military stuff; I want to thank our writer Josh for keeping the site updated while I was away. As for all of my loyal readers I have missed writing and sharing great music with you. I am now back and after the 10th will be up to date with all my meetings and appointments that had to be rescheduled so blogging will be back to normal with your 3 favorite segments.I have alot of catching up to do as far as emails so if you have submitted something be patient as I will get to it. Thanks for your continued support. Here is a massive tracklist for everyone to party too. Enjoy….
