Dancing Astronaut conducted an interview of Armin Van Buuren prior to his NYE event in New York:
Pioneer has started releasing a lot of interesting material on their Youtube channels including this interview with Zedd:
Drumcode releases another imminently danceable track with Len Faki's remix of 'Human Reason' by Alan Fitzpatrick and Adam Beyer which was originally released in 2011. This 9 minute track takes you in deep into the darker side of techno with plenty of dramatic horns added reminiscent of the 'BWONG!' effect that you might hear in the Inception, Prometheus or World War Z trailers. Len faki's remix steps up the intensity of the original mix into a memorable reinvention that will take its rightful place on any playlist.
Pick up this release on Beatport.
Afrojack lit up the 'pressing play' controversy with a quote given in a Billboard interview that had Deadmau5 in his sights:
"You're never just pressing play. If you're a guy in a cube with a mask on, you can press play. Deadmau5 also said himself he's not a DJ -- don't talk about stuff you don't know about. I don't know shit about LED walls and giant mouse heads; I can't judge it. But if you put four CD players in front of me or [Sebastian Ingrosso] or even Skrillex, we've been DJ'ing for so long, we can do a lot of things with those CD players."
Deadmau5 quickly responded on Twitter, (first with a tweet that was later deleted):
RT @deadmau5: ...@djafrojack who fuckin cares man. Its "EDM" 4 CD players. 8 fuckin laptops. 2 girls. 1 cup. Just put on a fucking SHOW ffs.
— Jacob Schulman (@jacobschulman) January 9, 2013
So you know how to use 4 CD players eh? Rad. But if you REALLY want to impress me, try setting the clock on my microwave to the right time.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) January 9, 2013
Afrojack later responded:
Im gonna celebrate tonight by watching a movie and press a random dj's play button!!! Love u guys!
— Nick van de Wall (@djafrojack) January 9, 2013
Just a tiny guess but I don't think there will be any Afromau5 B2B shows happening anytime soon.
(Source: Billboard VIA @jacobschulman)
This track just came out yesterday and it's well worth your attention:
Based on the classic house track made by Mark Van Dale (Source: Thebeatmill), I have come to know this melody mainly from the Verve's huge hit 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' back in the late 90s. So seeing Leon Bolier, one of the most prolific producers in the scene, remix this classic with the addition of what I would like to call his signature sound to the track is certainly great to listen to. Leon Bolier's tracks are almost always a crowd-pleaser on the dance floor and this latest release simply adds to this reputation.
You can pick up the track from Beatport.
If your festival ticket costs $126, the promoter only receives $22 - at least in Australia anyways. Check out the full cost breakdown of an EDM festival ticket in Australia. It's a quick read I promise.
(Source: Stoneyroads)
