Look at this: Amazing photos from Excision's 'Execution Tour'

Courtesy of Rukes:

The 'Execution Tour' featuring Excision, Paper Diamond, and Vaski will be coming to 4 Canadian cities next month, here are the dates: 

(London) Tuesday, March 26th - London Music Hall

(Ottawa) Wednesday, March 27th - LS Live

(Montreal) Thursday, March 28th - Telus Theatre

(Toronto) Friday, March 29th - Koolhaus

Listen to this: The M Machine - Metropolis Pt. II *Updated

Incredible work from these three producers from San Francisco.  So far my favourite of the bunch are 'The Palace (feat. Blake Hazard)' and 'Tiny Anthem':

Click here to buy it on Beatport.

Update: The M Machine just released the official liner notes for Metropolis, Pt. II, check it out. ​

Harlem Shake Coldharbour edition *Updated w/ PVD edition

<3 Coldharbour Recordings:

PVD edition: (via @TranceInVan)​

Gareth Emery criticizes some fans for not allowing Trance to evolve

Gareth Emery went on Twitter today to hash out his thoughts about the importance for genres to keep on evolving. Here are a few selected Tweets from the conversation Gareth Emery had with his followers earlier today:

When a music genre stops evolving, before long it'll stop existing too.

— Gareth Emery (@garethemery) February 19, 2013

@trolleximuss No. People like you are gonna kill trance if you don't let it evolve and change.

— Gareth Emery (@garethemery) February 19, 2013

Seriously… any electronic music style that achieved long term popularity did so BECAUSE it adapted, evolved and changed to fit the times.

— Gareth Emery (@garethemery) February 19, 2013

For the opposite example, remember Hard House? It never changed, always stayed the same, and where is it now? Dead and buried.

— Gareth Emery (@garethemery) February 19, 2013

@bochia15 not true. i play loads of artists who'd be considered trance.

— Gareth Emery (@garethemery) February 19, 2013

I have loved this music since '98 and it's all cycles. Genres come and go. Music evolves. Don't be scared of change. Embrace it.

— Gareth Emery (@garethemery) February 19, 2013

@ashleybittch I hope not, but a lot of its fans are certainly doing their best to ensure it does.

— Gareth Emery (@garethemery) February 19, 2013

@bochia15 sad thing was back in 2005 or so, it was all one big genre. You guys were the ones that decided to divide it up.

— Gareth Emery (@garethemery) February 19, 2013

I don't believe most Trance fans are afraid of change, instead some fans might be a little apprehensive about a move towards mixing Trance with whatever is popular at the moment on the Beatport Top 10. This kind of approach to producing music might give the impression that the producer is no longer making music for the art but for other reasons entirely.

Simon Patterson parts ways with 140 BPM Trance

Quoted from a Simon Patterson interview with Beatsmedia:

"I cant do anymore with 140. People are just ripping people off. Same sounds, same effects, same arrangements. I am so bored. It used to be great but i really think it needs a massive kick up the ass. I hardly play it at all which is a shame because i loved it...I guess 8 years doing the same thing over and over takes it toll. All idea’d out! ...I am doing a lot of psy but toying with loads of other stuff. Breaks, techno and still making trance but not so traditional."

Simon Patterson released a free 140 Trance track called 'Zero Contact With The Humans' which coincides with the launch of his new website:

Follow this link to download the full track for free.

This track will be apart of his new upcoming album to be released this summer. Could 'Zero Contact With The Humans' be the last classic 140 track produced from Patterson? I completely support Patterson's new direction but I hope that he'll venture back to 140 styled tracks from time to time.