Author Archives: Jesse Grushack

The Disco Fries are back this time with a genre bending track that we can't even come close to categorizing. "Murika" starts off with a light synth infused house beat before an organ melody takes over and the track drops into a modulated vocoder sound.

Australian producer, Hook N Sling, has been on fire lately and is hitting fans with fresh tracks almost weekly. His latest offering, "Don't You Know" combines disco influenced vocals on top of a contrasting gritty electro bassline.

Mad Decent tore through 5 cities last year, and although Brooklyn ended early due to a massive storm, the label is returning for its third year of mayhem. Those of us lucky enough to reside in Calgary, Las Vegas, Toronto, Philly, Baltimore, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Dallas, Detroit, New Braunfels, Los Angeles, and San Diego will get to party with Mad Decent and their rag tag band of misfits and party starters.

After the Tomorrowland aftermovie ranked up over 60 million views across the globe, it's finally time for Americans to experience the fantasy land for themselves. Tickets to TomorrowWorld 2013 go on sale today at 11AM EST for Global Journey tickets; which can include a branded TomorrowWorld flight and various camping or hotel packages. If you were just looking for regular tickets (starting at $347), they go on sale on April 27th at 11AM EST for all US revelers and May 4th at 11AM EST for the rest of the world. As the lineup slowly unveils, Alesso, A-Trak, Axwell, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Porter Robinson, Sebastian Ingrosso, the 'All Your Bass are Belong to Us Stage,' for hardstyle fans, a Q-Dance stage has also been confirmed. September can't come soon enough.

Up-and-coming duos, Ansol and Paris & Simo join forces for their latest barnburner, "Brainfire." After successful outings from both camps it was only a matter of time before the four met in the studio, working together to create a chirpy big room banger worthy of the Ministry of Sound stamp of approval. Opening with some hefty reverb, "Brainfire" does the exact opposite of brainfreeze, igniting your senses with a massive synth lead and grizzly drop.

After hitting #5 on Beatport with Ah Yeah," Australian Will Sparks continues his quest for a breakthrough year. "The Viking" starts with a melodic piano melody before falling into Sparks' signature bounce style.

Coachella is now live from Indio, California. Although we can’t all be in Indio for the festival’s first weekend, we can still relish in some high definition live sets from many of the festival’s top acts, courtesy of Coachella's YouTube stream.

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Breum is back with two more mashups to keep fans satisfied. "Look Up Universe" combines the soulful lyrics of Carli's "Look Up" with the slow rolling drum breakdown from David Tort's remix of Feenixpawl's "Universe." "Yes vs Bucky Done Gun" is more of a standard mashup but the two tracks from Deorro and M.I.A really work well together, creating a fun bouncy tune - as Breum calls it, a "hill billy" mashup.

Festival season is in full swing and with it comes Electric Zoo's announcement of the headliners for the 2013 festival. Now celebrating its 5th year, the festival has upgraded to 5 stages, including a Main Stage East and a Main Stage West, a dynamic that is new for its 5th anniversary. With some of the biggest presences in dance music already on the lineup including; Avicii, Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, David Guetta, Hardwell and more, it's no wonder that the festival needed to make the unorthodox move to two main stages - the talent already on board is too large to contain.