John OO Fleming takes on the big question on his Facebook page.
"What is Trance personally to me? It’s not a genre. It’s not a word. It’s a feeling. When looking for music, I ignore any form of genre tag attached. I look for hypnotic beats and rhythms. I look for well programmed and arranged sounds that help create this hypnotic feeling."
Good read.
Loco Dice weighs in on the big names and money trying to get their piece of the EDM pie.
“I want to see more people like Jay-Z or Dr Dre coming to Plastikman or Mathew Jonson or to me,”
It's worth a shot. With Dada Life and Ferry Corsten remixing Justin Bieber and Gareth Emery's Britney remix from last year, it might be a good thing to see what other producers might accomplish with a high level collab effort.
(Source: In The Mix)
“The record labels now are all saying, ‘We’ve got to find the next Skrillex,’ ” said Gary Richards, the promoter behind the Hard festival franchise.
Aside from Zedd, who was courted by Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records (Eminem, Lady Gaga, U2), the contenders include D.J. prodigies like Madeon and Porter Robinson, and the Chicago group Krewella, which just signed with Columbia."
Krewella, really? No disrespect to them but I think a better prospect to be "the next Skrillex" is someone like Dillon Francis at this point.
Zedd will be playing a B2B set with Porter Robinson in Vancouver on October 7th.
Zedd will also appear in Ottawa for the first time on October 23rd.
Diplo had a few harsh words to say about the whole DJ'ing craft in Vibe Magazine last week.
"...I’m lucky I can produce records, too, because DJs don’t do shit. They just fucking play records..."
I doubt this rant will elicit an A-Trak response.
Note: Diplo will be playing some records at the The Hoxton on September 13th.
Deadmau5's instrumental version of 'Professional Griefers' is currently sitting at #5 on the Beatport 100 while the vocal mix is way back in 24th position. Which one do you prefer? You decide:
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For me it's no contest as I find the instrumental mix to be so much better. I've been rocking out to it ever since I first saw Deadmau5 showcase the track in his London Nokia promotion back in November (Starts at 0:36):
www.jasonreevephotography.com Deadmau5 combines with Nokia to illuminate London at an eye-catching event that saw the renowned producer and DJ perform in front of London's iconic Millbank Tower to a backdrop of 4D visuals stretching the full length of the 120m-tall building.
