0167 - Lets Have a Friendly Debate

Big song today from Montee, its not my favorite genre, but music has a way of surprising me lately.  This is possibly my new favorite DnB song, or at least top 3.  Check it out and please keep reading, I want your opinions on a song below!

Montee - Conty (Free Download Here)

So thats today's song, but what I want to talk about is the new song from W&W.  When I heard the sample when it was being teased about a month ago, I was excited because I like the stuff W&W puts out.  Everyone was excited and the song was very well hyped all across the internet.  But honestly, I was a bit disappointed, Bigfoot came off very generic and boring to me.  But maybe thats just me, as my tastes seem to be way off the mainstream popularity these days.  I want you all to listen to it and tell me what you think about it!

W&W - Bigfoot

Bonus Post

So we all know that electronic music has come so far.  From vinyl to Mp3, from overseas to America, and everything in between.  I never really realized how much this umbrella genre has come until I found this awesome mini-documentary done by Armada Music about the progression of dance music and how the stigma changed so drastically over the last 10 years.  How the transition to America and the label of EDM changed music and mainstream electronic artists.  If you have some free time, check it out and let me know what you think.  I like the point they make at the end about how EDM has had a bit of an identity crisis for the last few years, and now things are starting to get less eclectic and hopefully people will begin to find their strides as opposed to trying to cover every genre.  Thankfully a good portion don't and have found their groove and unique sound, musicians like Glitch Mob, Rezonate, and Starcadian come to mind, and I hope the rest of the genre follows suit.  Check out the documentary!

0166 - First appearance of....Mumford?

As we all know, every once in a while the one artist you think, "There could never be a good electro remix of" puts your opinion down like....cant think of a good pun to put here.  Well Bloombox and Sam Feldt have come together to do just that with their remix of I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons.  To be fair, its not very heavy and involves a lot of horns and tonality, which just so happens to be right up my ally.  Check it out below and be sure to come back tomorrow where I want to hear your opinions on a "big" song that just came out that I really think is boring.

Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait (Bloombox and Sam Feldt Remix)

0165 - Free for you

No good mashup for today so I have a free song for you instead.

You all know that I love Kygo.  You love Kygo.  Kygo is your master.  He is the Captain of Cool, the Master of mix, and sultan of swag.  His tracks always leave you chilled out and ready to relax and trust me this one is no different.  Free as always, check it out below and add it to your relax playlist because its more of what you love.

0164 - A Gigantic Freebie

Before getting into electronic and dance, I was really big into punk and ska music.  So its great to hear groups like big gigantic coming through and combining these elements.  They have just released their new album for free, and trust me it does not disappoint!  Pick it up for free from their website HERE!

I think my favorite off the album is either Blue Dream or From Dusk Till Dawn both of which you can listen to below in the entire album stream!

Big Gigantic - The Night is Young Album Steam

0163 - The best thing about music?

The best thing about music in my opinion is its continuous ability to surprise.  Through thick and thin, it can come back every week and bring you something that blows your mind, changes your mind about an entire genre, and makes you gain respect for the style all over again.  That happened to me yesterday, when I was listening to the new track from Monstercat.  True, I saw the dark green (meaning Hard Dance) and got a little sad, its not my favorite genre as it seems always a bit too much in my opinion.  From the beginning i was hooked, starting with Piano? Thats one of my favorite things in tracks these days.  The point of too much never hit, it had big bass and dance potential but also remained melodic and fantastic throughout the entire track.  Check it out!

Nanobii - Rainbow Road

0162 - 8-bit is back

As I say every Wednesday, bangers can come in all shapes and sizes.  8-bit is awesome, but the issue is that there is very little great 8-bit tracks.  Most of them give you a headache, are just annoying, or make you want to rip your earphones out.  Artists like Adhesive Wombat get it right, and Wave Racer is my newest addition to this list.  Streamers is an awesome 8-bit/house/bass track that just seems to take you to a tropical state of mind.  Listen to this one and enjoy the relaxation, banger with some funk.