For many college students out there....finals are next week. That means there is but one more opportunity to maximize the level of this semester's rage...by raging super hard this weekend. Enjoy this mix and hopefully it will serve some with inspiration. WOOO!
Calvin Harris- Ready for the Weekend (Dave Spoon Remix)
Skrillex- My Name is Skrillex
MGMT- Kids (Datsik Remix)
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl- Lose It
Afrojack- Take Over Control
Calvin Harris- The Rain
PJ feat. Velvet- Stereo Love
Kid Cudi- Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix-- Killabits Edit)
The Chemical Brothers- Block Rockin Beats
Benny Benassi- House Music
Lights- Up Up and Away (Temble Remix)
Today at the gym Katy's Perry "Firework" came on and I have to say, I loved it. I had heard it before of course, but never really paid attention, after being fed up with the overplayed "California Dreams" this summer. Firework is a pop masterpiece. Katy Perry is probably my favorite pop star. I mean, Hot N' Cold? Does it get any better than that?
Anyway, I did a bit of research and discovered that there are some awesome remixes of Firework, and I figured I would share. Cheers!
Last night I saw RATATAT and it was unbelievable. For some reason, I had previously assumed that most of their music was made electronically, however this was not the case. They jammed real hard. It is bewildering and breathtaking how they can make such amazing and unique sounds with traditional instruments-- guitars, keyboard etc. My words can certainly not do this show justice. All I can say is that if you have an opportunity to see them, do it.
Below is a three part video of Wildcat that I took and I am going to post a bunch of other videos on The Experience page. Cheers!
Deadmau5's new album, 4x4=12 leaked about a week ago and its all I've been listening to. Sorry, I didn't blog about it sooner but I wanted to be fair to the artist and write about it the day it gets released in the US.
It is of course unbelievably epic. He experiments with a lot of styles from electro-funkiness on Animal Rights with Wolfgang Gartner, to dubstep on a few tracks, to trance (I Said), and of course house and progessive. But, it still all has that distinctive Deadmau5 sound.There are so many moments on this album that make you think "How is this amazingness even possible?" it defies any sort of reason.
The angsty dubstep ballad, "Raise Your Weapon," is one of the most rawly emotional songs I've ever heard and it is completely breathtaking-- a definite must-hear. There are two raver-raps with female hip-hopper SOFI-- One Trick Pony and Sofi Needs a Ladder-- and they are great because SOFI's frustrated rants match perfectly with the Mau5's fat beats. Then, there are a seemingly endless number of dank beats in songs like Some Chords and Right This Second. Deadmau5 is just unreal.
In short, get this album one way or another and blast it all day. You can buy it here.
I am proud to give you Music of Manny's first ever Weekend Mix. This is something I've been thinking of doing since the summer (back when I put out the Weekend Playlist), but didn't have the technical prowess to pull it off. But, after a month or two of learning music software, I finally can do it. This mix starts off with some chiller music, then builds up into some house, and then finally melts into some dank dubstep. Enjoy!
Here are the list of songs in the mix (in order of appearance):
Star Slinger- Dutchie Courage
B.O.B.- Fuck The Money (Feat. Wiz Khalifa)
Deadmau5 ft. Neon Hitch- I Can't Behave Myself
Audiodax- Make Noise
Kanye West- Dark Fantasy
Deadmau5- Animal Rights (ft. Wolfgang Gartner)
The All American Rejects- Gives You Hell (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
Robyn- Dancehall Queen (Diplo Dubstep Remix)
Skrillex- Kill Everybody
Deadmau5- One Trick Pony (feat. Sofi)
Bar 9- So Good
Nero- Act Like You Know (Dubstep Mix)
Lately, I've been really into putting my iTunes or my iPod on shuffle. It's interesting to see what pops up and sometimes surprising when a song I haven't heard in ages or never heard comes up. I've got 120 gigs of music so alot of stuff is really random. I saw someone on Facebook do a game where they put their music on shuffle and wrote them down and then tagged 15 of their friends in the post. So, I decided to do something similar for shits and giggles. I wrote down 15 songs that came up in order and will share them with you in a little playlist. If this inspires anyone-make a playlist yourself- and hit me up with the results.
