Ultra Records and Ultra Music Festival form ‘global alliance’ to ‘strengthen one another’
Most people don't realize the distinction, but 'Ultra Music Festival' is actually completely unrelated to 'Ultra Records' -- until now. Billboard.biz reports that the two companies will be forming a "global alliance," that essentially links one of the strongest record labels out there to one of the most lucrative festival brands worldwide.
Free Download: Coldplay – Charlie Brown (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
Jacques Lu Cont presents his rendition of Coldplay's "Charlie Brown," as a free download. The track starts off with drums and spouts of vocals that lead us into a Deadmau5-esque break down, followed by a grungy electro chord pattern. The combination of these elements along with its graceful melodies and infectious rhythm make this track one of his finest works in recent time.
DA’s Best of the Rest: Friday August 3, 2012
It's been another whirlwind week in the world of dance music, and things are finally coming to an end before a noticeably busy weekend of events. HARD Summer is going down in LA, The Veld Festival is going down in Toronto, and Gareth Emery will be playing at New York's Governors Island tomorrow. In the meantime, we'll keep you up to the latest with our daily Best of the Rest.
SOL Republic taps Professor Meowingtons to make the ultimate cat headphones
If you're a fan of Deadmau5 it is inevitable that you've heard about his cat, Professor Meowingtowns. In a case of art imitating life the cat is about to eat the mau5 by eclipsing him in fame with his very own marketing campaign.
Tommy Trash’s Trashed Podcast now available on iTunes
For anyone in need of their monthly dose of hard-hitting, heavy electro from one of Australia's top producers, you need look no further than Tommy Trash's Trashed Podcast. Similar to his monthly mixtapes, Tommy has managed to bottle up the intensity and charisma of his live sets into a convenient little package for Trash-addicts worldwide. Tommy's first iTunes installment features his lesser known remix of "American Dream" by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and the recently released Tommy Trash vs Digitalism remix "Falling." Despite the presence of "Nicktim" it is abundantly clear that Mr. Trash is not afraid of drifting away from the mainstream by featuring blistering tracks from Erol Alkan, Fehrplay, Supabeatz and Autoerotique.
Wynn nightlife has ‘so many electronic artists it should be criminal’ (video)
The Wynn features over 20 world class DJ residents across four different nightclubs, and we get to see the likes of Deadmau5, Skrillex, Steve Angello, David Guetta, Tiesto, and Avicii in this new video shocasing Encore Beach Club, Tryst, XS, and Surrender.
DA’s Best of the Rest: Monday July 30, 2012
Today was a usual jam-packed Music Monday, but there's still so much more we didn't get around to posting. We've got new music from Godskitchen, Deadmau5, and Rony Seikaly, podcasts from Pierce Fulton and Tiesto, and news of upcoming gigs from Tiesto and Steve Angello.