Preview 3 tracks from The M Machine's Metropolis, Pt. II

The M Machine's highly anticipated 'Metropolis, Pt. II' will be out on February 19th. In preparation of the release, OWSLA has been busy dropping previews of the new LP all over the web.

Here's the official preview video which is rich with sick visuals:

A few days ago OWSLA used the UKF Dubstep Youtube channel to preview the first track on the LP titled 'The Palace (Ft. Blake Hazard):

The M Machine - 'Ghost In The Machine (feat. pennybirdrabbit): (VIA Dancing Astronaut)

The M Machine - 'Moon Song': (VIA OWSLA Soundcloud)

According to iTunes the Metropolis, Pt. II is 6 tracks long and I'm eagerly awaiting to hear the full LP when it's released on February 19th. Keep a close eye on The M Machine in 2013.

*Update: You can listen to The M Machine's 'Schadenfreude' on ilikemusic.com right now.

Butch Clancy's new LP (Free Download) + Canadian Tour

Detroit based Butch Clancy just released a new LP titled 'A Beautiful Mind':

Click here to download the full EP.

Butch Clancy is also busy touring Canada this month with a gig in Vancouver tonight and 6 more Canadian events ahead of him:

Tonight - Red Room Ultra Bar, Vancouver, Canada (Click to buy tickets now)

Feb 8- Sugar, Victoria, Canada

Feb 13- The Dancing Sasquatch, Banff, Canada

Feb 16- The Republik, Calgary, Canada (Click to buy tickets now)

Feb 21- Le Dagobert, Quebec, Canada (Click to buy tickets now)

Feb 22- Le Belmont, Montreal, Canada (Click to buy tickets now)

Feb 23- London Music Hall, London, Canada

Brrrrr! Festival reviewed by Press Play Pro

The first ever outdoor winter EDM festival in Toronto has just concluded this past weekend and judging from the Twitter feedback it sounded like a success*. (*Update: Or was it? Press Play Pro offers up a different perspective)

Press Play Pro, a local Toronto site, has written up an extensive set of reviews on many of the Brrrrr! headliners that is worth checking out:

Moby (Press Play Pro rating of 10/10)

Dubfire (9/10)

Osulande (9/10)

Deniz Koyu (10/10)

Mord Fustang (7/10)

Danny Avila (9.5/10)

Did Dubstep peak?

DJZ has done a little research using Google Trends and found out that the keyword search for "dubstep" peaked in 2011 and has been declining ever since.

One interesting bellwether signal is that Zeds Dead, the Toronto duo known for such hard hitting bass, has taken a big step to diversify their sound with their latest 'Hot Sauce' EP. Whether this is a one-off or a sign of a bigger change in the EDM landscape will be seen with time.

Read the whole article by clicking here.

(Source: DJZ)

Recognizing track names will become a lot easier as Beatport and Shazam form a new partnership

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Have you ever tried to use Shazam to find a track name at an EDM event but failed miserably? Finding the track name from a live set will become much easier in the future as Beatport has formed an exclusive partnership with Shazam. According to the article, the Shazam application is already connected to the Beatport library so try it out now to see if it works.

(VIA @EDMRadar)