I Miss Coachella

Posted by dubPhonics on April 21, 2010

I love this song, it has a very mellow nu-disco feel

• Priors – What You Need (Hey Champ Remix)

Ferry Corsten recently released his new mix CD, Once Upon A Night, this is the first song off the album and I’m really liking the piano

• Yuri Kane – Right Back

I know it’s not new, but I love the Bag Raiders’ ridiculously awesome indie-pop beat!

• Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars (feat. Rhys of ‘Ted & Francis’)

This La Roux mix is really unique, the steel drums add a really cool chill-out vibe

• La Roux – Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit remix)

This Crystal Castles live performance is pretty good, the intro was wonderfully done

• Crystal Castles vs. Health – Crimewave (Midnight Conspiracy Remix)

Pitbull and Benny Benassi (one of my favorite sets at Coachella) put together an awesome dance mix with this mash-up of “Satisfaction” and “Move Shake Drop”

• Pitbull – Move Shake Drop (Satisfaction Cover) (Mix Munkies Extended)

This is a cool drum n bass mix of Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” that really drops at 2:23

• Rihanna – Rude Boy (TC Remix)

This fuzzy/bubbly mix of Tegan & Sara’s “Alligator Tears” oozes Morgan Page’s style. Great beat, unique vocals

• Tegan & Sara – Alligator (Morgan Page Remix)

Miike Snow was fantastic at Coachella, looked nothing like I thought he did :P but Felix da Housecat recently mixed “Silvia” to the best that I’ve heard, enjoy

• Miike Snow – Silvia (Felix da Housecat Remix)

Designer Drugs have been pumping out a buch of tracks lately, one of their latest, a mix of Treasure Fingers’ “Cross The Dancefloor,” adds a tastefully wobbly bassline and catchy two-steppin’ breakbeat

• Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor (Designer Drugs Remix)

Finishing up this post with “Dead-Mow Five” (joke) mixing Eric Prydz’s “Pjanoo” (for the millionth time) from his set from WMC 2010

• Eric Prydz – Pjanoo (Deadmau5 WMC 2010 Edit)

Underground Inventive / Overground Effective

Posted by dubPhonics on January 6, 2010

Happy New Year!

So I thought I’d just throw out some songs I’ve listened to this week, some new some old, hope you like ’em!

Emancipator is unbelievably chill, his original stuff doesn’t have raps or lyrics, it’s all instrumentals, but I thought I’d post one of my favorite mixes of his

• emancipator – Shook (Mobb Deep/Sigur Rós)

A little rave music for ya

• BT – Every Other Way (Armin van Buuren Remix) (Awesome drop at 1:28)

• Ultrabeat – Pretty Green Eyes (CJ Stone Radio Edit) (Great pick up at 1:48)

I dedicated an entire post to Ferry Corsten a while back, this song keeps sneaking into my playlists. “Zip!”

• Ferry Corsten – We Belong (Radio Edit)

This song reminds me of a Tiësto-like symphony

• Veracocha – Carte Blanche

I love Louis La Roché! No one knows who he is, so, here he is…

• Louis La Roché – Be Brave

I cut this song from the much larger “Mnuvrs Mixtape Vault [7]” and added some effects, the result:

• Louis La Roché – Peach (Mnuvrs Remix) [dubPhonics Edit]

This one is for the one who knows it’s for them

• Mekon feat. Mark Almond – Please Stay (Röyksopp Remix) (Amazing)

• Röyksopp – Cry Baby (Röyksopp’s Malselves Memorabilia Mix)

Pogo makes his beats out of sound clips from movies like Alice In Wonderland and Mary Poppins

• Pogo – SplurgenShitter

Ferry Corsten

Posted by dubPhonics on December 8, 2009

Ferry Corsten may be a little dramatic for some, but I think his dance/trance music superb. Otherwise known as System F, Ferry Corsten rose to prominence in the late ’90s as one of Europe’s top trance DJs, highlighted by an anthem-filled appearance on Ministry of Sound’s first Trance Nation album. Before attaining such recognition, Corsten began his DJing at the early age of 15, when he would spin at school parties. By his late teens, he was studying to be an electrical engineer, an ambition that was soon eclipsed by his growing interest in electronic dance/trance music. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual “Top 100 DJ Poll,” placing Ferry Corsten at #7! Below is the full “We Belong” remix CD in 320kbps glory and a variety of his other singles.