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Happy Friday! We’ve made through yet another week and I have another GDD™ Morning Update to close it out. Today’s news features Electronic Music Grammy nominations w/ Skrillex, the Future Music Festival lineup, Boys Noize & Mr. Oizo start Handbrakes, The Chemical Brothers’ live DVD, & LCD Soundsystem’s final show documentary. See it all after the jump.

Electronic Music Grammy Nominations w/ Skrillex For ‘Best New Artist’

Despite the chorus of disbelievers, there’s no doubt 2011 has been good to Skrillex. Now the bro-step/complextro/’insert name here’ superstar has bagged himself a Grammy nomination in the ‘Best New Artist’ category.

Skrillex is up against Bon Iver, Nicki Minaj, The Band Perry and J. Cole – a mixed bunch if ever there was one. Usually dance music is neatly confined to the Best Dance Recording category, so this is a significant moment if you count these kinds of moments as significant.

Skrillex does also appear in the Best Dance Recordings nominees, alongside fellow top-earners like David Guetta and Deadmau5. Robyn’s Call Your Girlfriend is in there breaking up the boys’ club as well.

Arguably the standout of all the dance/electronic nominees is Australia’s own Cut Copy, whose very fine album Zonoscope has scored a nod. The accolade comes after a strong year for the band on the Stateside circuit. What a Grammys it would be if the boys from Melbourne muscled out the competition!

GRAMMYS DANCE NOMINEES

BEST DANCE RECORDING

Raise Your Weapon – Deadmau5 & Greta Svabo Bech
Barbra Streisand – Duck Sauce
Sunshine – David Guetta & Avicii
Call Your Girlfriend – Robyn
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites – Skrillex
Save The World – Swedish House Mafia

BEST DANCE / ELECTRONICA ALBUM

Zonoscope – Cut Copy
4×4 = 12 – Deadmau5
Nothing But The Beat – David Guetta
Body Talk Pt. 3 – Robyn
Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites – Skrillex

BEST REMIXED RECORDING

Cinema – Benny Benassi (Skrillex Remix)
Collide – Leona Lewis (Afrojack Remix)
End of Line – Daft Punk (Photek Remix)
Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna (Rosabel Club Mix)
Rope – Foo Fighters (Deadmau5 Mix)

(via inthemix)

 

Future Music Festival Lineup

Future Music Festival 2011 :: Highlights Reel from Future TV on Vimeo.

Future Music Festival returns in 2012 with an eclectic array of artists. Heading up with Australian festival will be Sven Vath, Swedish House Mafia, Paul van Dyk, Fatboy Slim, Chase & Status and Skrillex.

They will be joined by other electronic acts such The Rapture, Azari & Ill, LCD Soundsystem, Jamie Jones and Aphex Twin. There’s a little something to tickle every tastebud.

Tickets are on sale now, so to get yours visit www.futuremusicfestival.com.au. See below for the dates and locations.

Brisbane -Saturday March 3– Doomben Racecourse
Perth – Sunday March 4– Arena Joondalup
Sydney – Saturday March 10– Royal Randwick Racecourse
Melbourne – Sunday March 11– Flemington Racecourse
Adelaide – Monday March 12– Ellis Park

(via Mixmag)

 

Boys Noize and Mr. Oizo Start Handbrakes

Boys Noize and Mr Ozio have teamed up for a new project called Handbrakes. The pair will release their debut record together in January.

Talking to Mixmag during a recent interview, Boys Noize man Alex Ridha confirmed that he and Mr Ozio have a four track EP scheduled for early 2012.

Fans of the duo will be pleased about the pairing, which promises to throw up some interesting new tunes from two of the most exciting producers in electro.

Annie Mac dropped a Handbrakes tune on her Radio 1 show a couple of months back, but now full details of the link up between Boys Noize and Mr Ozio have been revealed.

The Handbrakes EP, titled ‘#1′, will include a handful of new tracks including ‘Callgirls’, ‘Riho’, ‘The Qat’ and ‘Milc’. It is scheduled to drop on January 23 via Boys Noize Records.
(via Mixmag)

 

The Chemical Brothers Announce Live DVD

The guessing is over. Pass the popcorn and prepare to dance in the aisles. The unstoppable Chemical Brothers have officially announced ‘Don’t Think’, their first ever concert film.

Directed by visual mastermind Adam Smith, ‘Don’t Think’ was shot at the duo’s performance at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, July 31, 2011. The film, which has been specially mixed in surround sound by the Chemical Brothers themselves, weaves together the stark psychedelic imagery of the groups legendary live shows with immersive forays into the crowd.

Advance screenings for ‘Don’t Think’ will take place in 20 cities worldwide on January 26, with a global release on February 1.

For more information on ‘Don’t Think’, including a list of cities where advanced screenings are happening visit www.dontthinkmovie.com.

(via Mixmag)
 

LCD Soundsytem Final Show Documentary to Screen at Sundance

Photo by Alexander Stein

The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is going to be heavy on James Murphy. As reported yesterday, the LCD Soundsystem frontman will appear in a feature film called The Comedy, which will screen at the fest. And now, the Arcade Fire fan Twitter Arcade Fire Tube points out that Sundance has announced that the festival will screen the documentary SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS, which chronicles the final LCD Soundsystem show at Madison Square Garden this April.

The Sundance site’s description of the film reads: “A documentary that follows LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy over a crucial 48-hour period, from the day of their final gig at Madison Square Garden to the morning after, the official end of one of the best live bands in the world.” It’s part of Sundance’s non-competition “Spotlight” category.

The documentary was directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace. As Arcade Fire Tube points out, the film’s title comes from Arcade Fire’s Win Butler.
(via Pitchfork)

 

Toks

Good morning! We have an excellent update for you all today. Sometimes I wish that the artists that make the headlines were a lineup for a GDD™ Festival. Don’t you? Anyway, there is way too much going on for you to not check it out, so hurry after the jump!

Deadmau5 Launches Nokia Lumia 800 at Millbank Tower, UK

We know Deadmau5 is always out to one-up himself, and this week Nokia in the UK offered him and his visual team a giant canvas. To celebrate the launch of a new handset on Monday night, Nokia set the world-conquering Canadian up with a stage under the Millbank Tower on the banks of River Thames in London. As the mau5 performed a half-hour set, the tower acted as the world’s biggest projector screen, as you’ll see in the video below.

In order to achieve the dazzling result, the building was blacked-out and each of its windows covered with vinyl. According to the Nokia spiel, “16 powerful projectors stationed 300 metres away on the other side of the river” then “beamed 4D images onto the structure”. Deadmau5 apparently created exclusive remixes of his tracks to accompany the visuals – and was no doubt paid handsomely for his efforts. After taking over the London skyline, how’s he ever going to return to this measly set-up?
(via inthemix)

 

Avicii – Levels Video

Finally!

 

Justice World Tour

French electro assault artists Justice are embarking on a 28-date world tour in support of newest album ‘Audio, Video, Disco.’

The tour begins in Australia at Field Day Festival and ends in Vancouver, including ten U.S. stops and a notable gap in April that practically screams “Coachella appearance.” The full dates are below.

1/1 @ Field Day Festival – Sydney, Australia
1/2 @ Field Day Festival – Queensland, Australia
1/3 @ Summadayze Festival – Perth, Australia
1/6 @ Festival Hall – Melbourne, Australia
1/10 @ Namba-Hatch- Osaka, Japan
1/11 and 1/12 @ Zepp – Tokyo, Japan
1/27 @ La Coopé – Cermont-Ferrand, France
1/28 @ Le Bikini – Toulouse, France
1/31 @ L’Aéronef – Lille, France
2/1 @ Stereolux – Lille, France
2/2 @ Le Cargo – Caen, France
2/4 @ L’Olympia – Paris, France
2/9 @ O2 Academy – Bristol, England
2/10 @ O2 Academy – London, England
2/11 @ O2 Academy – Birmingham, England
2/12 @ O2 Academy – Glasgow, Scotland
2/13 @ Manchester Academy – Manchester, England
3/16 @ Terminal 5 – New York, NY
3/17 @ Terminal 5 – New York, NY
3/19 @ House of Blues – Boston, MA
3/20 @ Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
3/21 @ 9:30 Club – Washington, D.C.
3/22 @ The Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
4/17 @ Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
4/19 @ The Pool at the Cosmopolitan – Las Vegas, NV
4/24 @ Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
4/25 @ Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA
4/26 @ Forum – Vancouver, British Columbia

(via Mixmag)

 

The Crystal Method “I’m Not Leaving” RE:GENERATION Music Video

The Crystal Method just released the video for the their recent collaboration with R&B legend Martha Reeves. “I’m Not Leaving”. The clip merges footage from TCM’s recent touring and behind the scenes film for the RE:GENERATION documentary with Martha in Detroit.

Presented by Hyundai Veloster, RE:GENERATION is a documentary film that follows DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson, and Skrillex as they remix, recreate and re-imagine five traditional styles of music.

Learn more at  youtube.com/veloster and regenerationmusicproject.com.

 

Mysterious Chemical Brothers Footage

Mysterious concert footage curiously labelled and set to Chemical Brothers tracks has been popping up online. What do ‘the brothers’ have in store this time?

Ed and Tom from the Chems have tweeted the videos, but for now the only official word can be found by visiting the terrifying clown at the tellingly-titled at www.dontthinkmovie.com.

Earlier this month they tweeted, ‘Watch the skies. Exciting news soon come”. Then the following day, “Expect the unexpected”. At the moment, we only have the collection of videos as a hint.

‘Green’ shows a man baring his teeth and shouting along to ‘Block Rockin’ Beats’. ‘Sun’ is a sea of outstretched arms undulating to ‘Star Guitar’. ‘Magenta’ shows a put-together woman clasping her hands calmly as music swirls around her. All of the footage seems drawn from the same Chemical Brothers concert. Could this mean a new live DVD? As they say, expect the unexpected.

See all of the videos here.

(via Mixmag)

 

Martin Solveig & Madonna

When Madonna took to social media earlier this month to beg fans to stop posting a leaked track from her upcoming album, no one was more troubled than French producer Martin Solveig.

“We had a terrible leak … and everyone is very upset about what happened,” said Solveig, who is one of an elite few producers working on the massive Madonna 2012 release.

The flap unfolded two weeks ago when a demo version of the Solveig-Madonna track “Give Me All Your Love” hit the blogosphere, much to Madge’s chagrin.

The Material Girl tweeted that “real fans” wouldn’t have leaked her music before it was finished. The dance-pop track allegedly also will feature M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj, but Solveig, who plays Royale on Friday in his first-ever Boston show, said he can’t talk about the track.

But he did say working with Madonna is a dream come true.

“I would have considered this as impossible,” he told the Herald from a tour stop in Miami. “People ask who you would dream to work with. To me working with Madonna was not really something I could do. When I got the call, first I thought it was a joke. And then when I realized it wasn’t, I was real-ly overwhelmed. The collaboration has been an enormous joy and an enormous surprise.”

Solveig, 35, is the latest Euro-pean DJ to cross over into the U.S. pop world, joining the likes of David Guetta, Afrojack, Avicii and other top dance-music artists. In addition to his work with Madonna, Solveig (born Martin Picandet) had a hit last year with “Hello,” one of three tracks with indie darlings Dragonette on his latest full-length release “Smash.” The disc first dropped this summer in Europe.

“The album ‘Smash’ is finished and ready to be released in the U.S. I’m also working on some different versions, some remixes,” he said. “I’m touring the whole U.S. … which is overwhelming and great. There is a whole expectation (here) of electronic music and myself. The U.S. crowds appear to be a very, very good crowd. It’s great fun.”

While Solveig has benefited handsomely from the blogosphere and the press over the Madonna leak, at the end of the day, he says dance music is all about the live performance.

“The interesting part is, always to come to the show because there’s surprises,” he said. “And there’s dancing, which is something you don’t have on the Internet.”

(via Boston Herald)

 

Skream & Benga EP

New Skream & Benga 5-Track EP? Yes.

Tracklist:

1.Benga-Any Steppers
2.Benga-Electro West
3.Skream-Ice Cream Jelly Roll
4.Skream-Nefarious
5.Skream- Phat Head

 

SnowBall Music Festival organizers announce lineup

SnowBall organizers have started to announce the lineup for the music festival taking place in Avon March 2-4. Each morning through Friday, they’ll release two names < one at 10 a.m. and one at 11 a.m. viawww.snowballmusicfestival.com. 

So far the lineup reads like this: English Dubstep DJ Rusko, Indie Kiwi trio Unknown Mortal Orchestra, electronic music producer MartyParty and finally New York Indie rockers TV on the Radio, pictured here. Advance three-day tickets for the festival go on sale Wednesday at noon for $134.50. 

(via Vail Daily)

 

XS Nightclub Launches into 2012 with a Dynamic Lineup of International Talent for New Year’s Eve Weekend

Preeminent electronic artists bolster the holiday weekend with sets

by Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, Afrojack and deadmau5

Las Vegas, NV – November 28, 2011 – XS, the luxurious nightclub at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, rings in the New Year with a phenomenal sequence of international talent that will set the tone for what’s to come in 2012 at the award-winning venue.

“This has been an unprecedented year for XS that has included welcoming a supreme DJ roster to our stage,” said Jesse Waits, co-owner and managing partner. “The lineup for New Year’s Eve weekend demonstrates our mission to remain one of the most prestigious nightclubs in the world, offering a winning combination of immaculate customer service and renowned musical talent.”

Friday, December 30: Sebastian Ingrosso

Saturday, December 31: Steve Angello

Sunday, January 1: Afrojack

Monday, January 2: Deadmau5

 

Holy Ship! Schedules

 

Toks

Foamy and frothy jams for those who get bloated easily.  Another installment for that epic beach day or sensual shag session.  Peace and Love.

“The waves ≠ raves consists of hand-picked gems that inspire us, tickling and tempting our creative juices. Some are old, some are new, but it is what we are listening to now. They are groovey, flowing, and sun-kissed just like that perfect wave. They are uplifting and guaranteed to put a smile on your face. They sound the best with a babe in one hand, a cold brewski in the other, and the sand beneath your feet. Stay Dreamy.”

Waves ≠ Raves Vol. 11 after the JumpWaves ≠ Raves Vol. 11

Adele – Set Fire to the Rain (Plastic Plates Remix)
Baby Monster – The Fear of Charlie Sunrise
The Chemical Brothers – Swoon (Mjolnir Bootleg Remix)
Das Pop – The Game (Villa Remix)
Holy Ghost! – Wait & See (Moby Remix)
Jamaica – Jericho (Tepr Remix)
Kolombo – Waiting For
Leopold – Sublime (She Said Disco Remix)
The Miracles Club – Light of Love (Cut Copy Re-Vision)
Mitzi – India (Joakim Remix)
The New Wine – Crescendo
Penguin Prison – Multi-Millionaire (Prince Language Instrumental Mix)
Steve Miller Band – Like a Beagle (Bottin Remix M1)
Tiger Love – Pussy Cocaine
Tyson – Love’s On The Line

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The Chemical Brothers have recently composed the score to forthcoming Saoirse Ronan thriller Hanna. Dropping next tuesday, the 20 track record ranges from the serenely mellow ‘Hanna’s Theme’ to acid infused ‘Escape Wavefold’ and the frenetic ‘Hanna vs. Marissa’. Not every track is a thumper, but that’s got to be expected from a film soundtrack, keep your eyes and ears peeled for ’Container Park’, by far the most impressive track on the record.

The film itself is directed by Joe Wright, and stars Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, alongside Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana. Take a look at the trailer below, and be sure to grab Tom and Ed’s Essential Mix from back in ’95, which to this day remains one of the most versatile EM’s to grace the airwaves:

• The Chemical Brothers – Essential Mix [5 March 1995]

track listing:
01. Jean Jacques-Perrey – EVA
02. Meat Beat Manifesto – Cutman [Play It Again]
03. Schooly D – Housing The Joint [Jive]
04. Funkmaster Flex – Nuttin But Flavor [Wreck]
05. Spank Da Monkey – Down Side Up [Monkey Funk/Soul Trade]
06. Gunshot – Children Of A Dying Breed [Vinyl Solution]
07. John Schroeder – Money Runner [Polydor]
08. Jedi Nights – Funk You [Clear]
09. DJ Battery Brain – 8 Volts [Techno Hop]
10. Beastie Boys – 33% God [Capitol]
11. Bobby J – Check Out The Style [Stripped]
12. Double D & Steinski – History of Hiphop Part 1 [Tommy Boy]
13. Carlos Barrios – Can’t [After Dark]
14. Carlos Barrios – Doin It After Dark [ATCO]
15. Yes – Owner Of A Lonely HEart [ATCO]
16. Tim Love Lee – Again Son [Peace Feast]
17. Freestyle – Don’t Stop The Rock [Pandisc]
18. Khan – 4E [Force Inc/Music Works]
19. Evolution – The Link EP
20. The Chemical Brothers – Leave Home [Junior Boys Own]
21. DJ Who – Give A Little More [Defective]
22. Xpando – To A Nation Rockin [Metro]
23. Emmanuel Top – Lobotomie [Nova Mute]
24. The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows [Parlophone]
25. God Within – Daylight [Hardkiss Music]
26. The Chemical Brothers – Life Is Sweet [Junior Boys Own]
27. Patrick Pulsinger – City Lights [Disko B]
28. Colourbox – Edit The Dragon [4AD]
29. The Specials – You’re Wandering Now [Chrysalis Music]

SweetFA

Yowza. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS‘ score for “Hanna” lives up to the hype we’re all hearing. It was released today and we have a stream of seven cuts from the record plus a trailer if you haven’t seen it yet.

You can grab the full album from iTunes.

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Links:
www.thechemicalbrothers.com
www.facebook.com/HannaMovie
www.hannathemovie.com
www.focusfeatures.com

British electro duo Chemical Brothers are responsible for the soundtrack for Joe Wright’s teen-assassin action thriller Hanna, and based on the first taste of their work for the film, “Container Park,” it’s a wonder they didn’t get tapped for film soundtrack work earlier. “Container Park” is seductive in a pulsing, machine-calculated kind of way, dangerous-feeling, montage-ready – you can practically close your eyes and see slo-mo explosions. The film drops April 8, the soundtrack March 15 – based on this track, both will be worth checking out.

Continue reading: The Chemical Brothers – “Container Park”

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