Free download: Charlie Darker - "Soup"

To celebrate 15,000 likes on Facebook, the young up and coming electro producer Charlie Darker from Montreal has released a quality track called "Soup" for free:

Click here to download it for free via Soundcloud. (Warning: downloading requires a "like" on Facebook) 

(VIA Lessthan3) 

Download this for free: Diplo - "Crown" ft. Mike Posner & Boaz Van De Beats & Riff Raff

Diplo has just released an easy-going summer tune called "Crown" that features a small cameo from bad boy RiFF RaFF: 

Click here to download it for free via Soundcloud.

Don't forget that the Mad Decent Block Parties are almost upon us as Diplo and his crew will be coming to Calgary this Friday and Toronto next Friday.

(VIA Factmag) 

Pretty Lights new album debuted at #24 in the US Top 30

Pretty Lights new album "A Color Map Of The Sun" debuted at #24 in the US top 30 in sales this week even though the album is available for download for free. That goes to show that your true fans will find a way to support you if you release quality music. Kudos.

 (Source: mixmag)

Bassnectar announces fall dates for the "Immersive Music Tour 2013"

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Bassnectar, the hard hitting bass producer with the heavy metal hair is going on the road once again this fall for the "Immersive Music Tour 2013". This time he'll be accompanied by the glitch hop duo Koan Sound and Andreilien (Heyoka). At this moment there are only 2 planned Canadian stops in Toronto and Montreal:

(Click below for full event information)

Friday, October 11th - Bassnectar @ Sound Academy

Saturday, October 12th - Bassnectar @ Metropolis

Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon.

For full tour dates in North America, click here.  

Deadmau5 vs. Afrojack part II

Earlier in the year Deadmau5 and Afrojack battled over Twitter about the contentious issue of "pressing play", now it's about generic and formulaic EDM. In an unusual feud between two superstars in the industry, Deadmau5 and Afrojack have upped the stakes and took their duel over to Soundcloud to poke fun at each other.

A few days ago Afrojack uploaded a new track called "something_", which is a stab at Deadmau5's alternative track names for unfinished tracks. Afrojack created an equally unvarnished track with an awkward 22 second silence at the end:

Deadmau5, never one to be outdone, had released an equally ridiculous track named "DROP DA BOMB outerspace mix" with the tag "sameStep":

Joel's retort goes way beyond Afrojack as his track makes fun at the entire Beatport top 10, which has been recently under fire for being too generic. Deadmau5 acknowledges that his latest salvo has been inspired by "KhazmProductions" who posted a funny video called "How to Make a Beatport Chart Topper":

Will this latest exchange be the end of this little EDM feud or does it still have legs? Only time will tell.