0117 - ThE bIgGeSt BaNg

Today I bring you a track that I found through one of my new channels that I follow on Youtube called Big Bang Playlist.  I will be honest, its pretty hit and miss as they release so much music it seems that they are going for quantity over quality, but every few songs is one that is really damn good.  This track from Landis & Crespo has a huge bass that hits you hard, awesome synth work, a sequence of tonal progression that seems complex but can get stuck in your head pretty damn easy, and some awesome drop out build ups.  Can for sure see this one being dropped at a rave or concert and doing pretty well, I think mixed with the right sequence this one could have people going absolutely insane.  Check it out and I will see you all tomorrow for a double dose of Banger Wednesday with some of my favorite vocal work to date!

Landis & Crespo - Funked Up

0116 - Pop is better Mashed

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you all had a very enjoyable weekend, and can make it through this week to get into the break.  I know this is finals for a good portion of people in school currently, so study hard and power through so you can get to the break and get home!  If you have any requests, message me in the fb group or reply to a post and I will do my best to get you what you are looking for!

It is nearly the end of the year, which means it is time for some of my favorite mashups, The 2013 year in review mashups.  True, a good majority of them are garbage but there are 2 that I always look forward to: DJ Earworm and Isosine.  Thankfully both of them were just recently released and both are very different but both great.

Isosine takes a 'break' approach.  Instead of mixing all of the tracks into one long continuous mix, he breaks them up into sections with different tempos and feelings.  This works really well, because he fits a good number of songs into each section and still makes each flow really well.  Trying to fit too many songs into one can sometimes have the opposite effect and feel congested, which is why I really like the direction that Isosine took his mix this year!  Also, he does an incredible mashing up the videos as well.  Plus, who doesn't love a free song :)  Enjoy!

Next up is DJ Earworm, who honestly is very hit and miss in my opinion.  I would say about half of his mashups blow me away while the other half just seem to be too much and uninteresting.  This years flows really well, taking the road of the slower tempo for a good portion in order to get the flow of the mashup going, and then driving into a bit of speed once it is developed.  Full of songs I enjoyed hearing and others that I never want to hear again.  Overall though, a very solid mashup and one of his better ones.  Check it out and I will see you all back here tomorrow!

Isosine - Nonstop Pop 2013 (Free Download Here!)

DJ Earworm - United States of Pop 2013 (Living the Fantasy)

0114/0115 - Just Let It In

Two tracks for you today, and then we are back on track.  So more news in the life of stupid me.  If you all don't know, I work in the Columbus City School System.  I usually take my personal computer for use at my schools, and then my jankity work laptop at the office.  Sadly I left my MacBook Pro charger at one of my schools yesterday, and my plan was to get it this morning.  SURPRISE, Columbus City Schools are closed due to the fact that we are supposed to get like 6 in of snow throughout the day.  So.......yea. Im an idiot.  Oh well, that just means no LoL or games for me, as I can't download any programs.  Music research will still be done though, because in all seriousness, music outweighs everything else I do on the internet.  MUSIC TIME.

I have been really getting into songs with Piano intros or interludes in them, something about mixing piano and certain electronic styling really gets me.  This one is right up that alley, as Andrea Fissore really does a great job of combining some chill beats with a surprising piano sequence that will keep you relaxed and just melt your cares away.  Listen up, kick up your feet and close your eyes to fully experience all that this one has to offer!

Andrea Fissore - The Place I Know

And now for the funk that makes Friday the best day to share music, that plus the fact that it was the day my radio show was make it something special.  This song is the epitome of something special, I promise you that.  A good funky song is a work of art, as anyone can make something average by throwing together a synth and a few tonal expressions.  Now that genres like Nu Disco and Electro Swing are taking off, its great to hear more stuff that really sticks with me.  Coastline by Dualtrax and Artfx! hits that mark incredibly, this song is relaxing but has the chorus that will stick with you and a bass that will keep your head bobbing.  When I closed my eyes, the visuals in my mind during this song were ones that I rarely get anymore, and I just had to share it with you all.  Have a great weekend, and I will see you all back here on Monday!

0113 - Music Mends Even the Deepest Wounds

Usually I am not a huge fan of trance, but every once in a while a trance song comes along that just melts my heart.  It started with my friend Sandy, and all the trance music she gave me at our huge music swap when we worked together last summer.  True, this one does have some very house elements, but still has the chill trance feel that just makes music flow seamlessly and has a very natural feeling.  If there is a better side of trance I plan to find it, because if there is more like this then I really want to find it, and trust me you will be the first ones I share it with if I do.

Omnia feat. Everything By Electricity - Bones

Bonus Track: This one I just couldn't wait.  Everyone loved Wake Me Up by Avicii because it was different and highlighted the awesome direction that electronic music could take if it really wanted to get away from stuff like big house and minimal trance.  Well his album True is perfectly a reflection of this (If you haven't heard his new album you can stream it here), and this remix is a nice reflection of the two different worlds, the house and synth world mixed with the country twang style that mixes so well with it.

Avicii - Hey Brother

0111/0112 - Banger Twice

In order to catch up from my absence last week both today and Funky Friday will be double posts.  Lets kick off Banger wednesday with the re-release and video release of one of Cazzette's best songs this year.  When it was first released, I liked Run For Cover but didn't really think of it as anything special.  Now, listening to it again, I realize how wrong I was about that.  The way this duo varies their drops throughout the song is a bit refreshing, slightly altering each one in order to step away from the stigma of always doing the same thing.  Not to mention, the video is pretty cool, imagine awesome musical guy vs. Beastmaster.  Check it out!

Cazzette - Run For Cover

The Next Banger I have for you is an entire album, because this is honestly one of my favorites to come out as of late.  Usually when someone drops an album in this genre, unless it is a compilation like Monstercat does, it is alot of the same and alot of generic songs with one or two huge hits.  This album throws that concept out the window, I had never heard of tyDi before listening to this, but he is on the top of my radar now.  He embraces the idea that change is good and incorporates so many different aspects into this one album, each song better than the next.  Here is a sampler of the entire album, followed by my favorite song off of Hotel Rooms, Gravity.  Enjoy and I will see you back here tomorrow!

TyDi - Hotel Rooms (Album Sampler Mashup)

TyDi - Gravity

0110 - Long Day, Big Day

Happy Tuesday everybody, its been a long day already and the day has barely even started yet.

The track that I have for you today is the new one from Insan3lik3 and Rob Gasser and good lord is it funky.  Insan3lik3 is always incredible and though I don't know much about Rob Gasser, I will for sure look up more of his work if it is all along these lines.  I love it and can't get enough.  Nothing out of the ordinary here, nothing crazy, just a great driving and funky track that will keep you on your toes for sure.

Insan3lik3 & Rob Gasser - Funk Trunk

0108/0109 - So I'm an Idiot

So I hope everyone had a excellent thanksgiving, I spent most of it in Ann Arbor Michigan with my mom's side of the family.  Sadly the internet wasn't great and I decided to spend it with my family, hence the lack of posts  However, I am also a big idiot.  While I was home for all of 24hrs in Cleveland, I decided I would work on my mix.  I set everything up, worked for about 3 hours at 2am.  Then I got up the next morning, went to lunch with my little cousins, and left for Columbus...3 guesses and the first 2 don't count, where did I leave my mixer?  On my bed...in Cleveland.  Thankfully the mix is all set up, cues are done and all that jazz, and I have a rough recording, just not one that is up to the standard I want it to be.  So, unless my parents come down to visit a day (which they are talking about doing), this mix may be a christmas present from me to you.

Well its time once again to play catch up (and I promise you this will likely happen over new years too, because I am going somewhere for a week with no internet, cell service, connection to the outside world).  So here are 2 tracks to get back on track.  The first is a funky upbeat dance track from Kappa and Drahosh called All Good.  Its upbeat and makes you want to dance, kind of a more moomba version of electro swing, its hard to explain, you just have to hear it!

Kappa & Drahosh - All Good

The second track is a DnB track from Rameses B.  Rameses is easily my favorite DnB artist from Monstercat, always producing something special.  These tracks always have a lot of buzz to them and always end up in my favorites list or top played in iTunes.  The beginning starts off very reminiscent of hte opening track from Kingdom Hearts, and maybe that is what drew me to this song.  Then it starts to evolve and kicks off with some stellar vocals from Veela, who also did the song Bloodlip for monstercat, one of my favorites off this label of all time.  Give it a listen and enjoy!

Ramses B. feat. Veela - Timeless