Techno: Listen to Marcel Dettmann's Essential Mix
/Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann had his BBC Essential Mix debut last Friday as he crafted a 2 hour of the kind of techno that I enjoy at times. Check it out:
(Source: inthemix)
Free download: Kaskade - "In This Life" (Kaskade's Broken Lounge Mix)
/Kaskade apparently had to dig deep into his hard drive to find this gem of a track:
Spent most of the day in the studio finishing a new jam for redux and prepping for the show…
— Kaskade (@kaskade) April 22, 2014scrubbing every corner of the hard drive to find some hidden gems for my sets…
— Kaskade (@kaskade) April 22, 2014came across this one from 11 years ago and surprisingly it sounds fresh. stoked
— Kaskade (@kaskade) April 22, 2014Anyway, thought I would share it here so you know it when it comes out the speakers during redux.
— Kaskade (@kaskade) April 22, 2014To download this track for free, click here.
Listen to the preview of the Disney DCONSTRUCTED album featuring Mat Zo, Kaskade and more
/Had a listen to the entire preview of the Disney DCONSTRUCTED album below and came away very impressed. If you've read my blog post on the Armin take on Frozen, then you know that I was already warming up to Disney collaboration, but when you listen to Mat Zo's or Kaskade's take on a classic Disney song then I was sold. This could be one of these unlikely hits, check out the preview below and hear it for yourself:
Here's the tracklist courtesy of the Disney blog:
1. “Circle of Life” (Mat Zo Remix) – Carmen Twillie & Lebo M.
2. “Derezzed” (So Amazing Mix) Remixed by Avicii featuring Negin – Daft Punk
3. “Let It Go” (Armin Van Buuren Remix) – Idina Menzel
4. “Roar” (Yogi Remix) – Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso
5. “Partysaurus Overflow” – BT & Au5
6. “UNKLE Reconstruction” (U.N.K.L.E.) – Michael Giacchino
7. “Fall” (Japanese Popstars Remix) – Daft Punk
8. “The Muppet Show Theme” (Shy Kidx Remix) – The Muppets
9. “Hey Pluto!” (Stonebridge Remix)– Stonebridge
10. “Once Upon a Dream” (Trion Remix) – Bill Shirley & Mary Costa
11. “Main Street Electrical Parade” (Extended Mix) – Shinichi Osawa
12. “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” (Alfred Montejano Hyper Remix) – Randy Newman
13. “Baby Mine” (House Version) – Kaskade
14. “Pineapple Princess” (Kinsey Moore Remix) – Annette Funicello
Watch Zeds Dead and Tommie Sunshine talk about the past/current scene (Video)
/I found this discussion about how the current and past scenes differ between Tommie Sunshine and Zeds Dead to be really fascinating, check it out:
Win 2 tickets to see Ellie Goulding this Sunday in Edmonton!
/The ever-talented Ellie Goulding is coming to Edmonton this Sunday at the Shaw Conference Centre and EDM Canada wants to give you a chance to win 2 free tickets to go see her! Ellie Goulding has an intimate relationship with electronic dance music as she has collaborated on multiple tracks with Skrillex:
Skrillex - "Summit" (Feat. Ellie Goulding)
Calvin Harris also tapped the vocals of Ellie Goulding for "I Need Your Love":
To win 2 tickets to see Ellie Goulding this Sunday in Edmonton, get on Twitter and do following:
- Follow @edm_edmonton on Twitter.
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