Felix Cartal's 'Ask Me Anything' + Pics from Bluesfest

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Felix Cartal was kind enough to do a 'Ask Me ​Anything (AMA)' on Reddit a few days ago. If you are a fan then you should check it out.

Someone asked him what his favourite up and coming Canadian producer was and Felix responded with Botnek, so here are a few of his tracks from Soundcloud: ​

​Felix Cartal recently performed in Ottawa last month for the Bluesfest Festival, here are some pics I took as he warmed up the crowd for Wolfgang Gartner:

​My favourite tune of that night was 'Felix Cartal - Tonight feat. Maja Ivarsson (Autoerotique Remix)' - what an absolute banger.

​​(Source: Reddit)

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John OO Fleming answers - "What is Trance?"

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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. ​

(Source: Facebook via Reddit)​

Loco Dice wants the biggest Hip Hop names to approach himself or Plastikman for collabs

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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)​

Zedd profiled by the New York Times

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With the EDM craze hitting full steam it is only natural that such a venerable paper like the New York Times will take notice and profile the next wave of super hot producers like Zedd. ​

“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. ​

(Source: New York Times)​

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 Interview on Vibe: "Being a DJ is pretty bullshit"

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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. ​

(Source: Vibe Magazine)​

Note: Diplo will be playing some records ​at the The Hoxton on September 13th.