Funky Friday Vol. 19

Now I know VCH has been a little slow this week but not to worry, we are making up for our absence now. The cold weather is beginning to come in place of the warm, tank wearing days but I won't let that stop our grooving. I got a key mix from RAC that will dominate your weekend:

Stadium House Friday

Stadium House for you as usual, but on a Friday this time. Unfortunately,'Don't You Worry Child' will indeed be the final single of the Swedish House Mafia. The Swedish trio that came, and raved, and loved as clearly seen above from their Madison Square Garden performance. The bright side - neither of those Swedes are planning to stop making music at all. Today I have proof of that.Today I have music for you... and a lot of it, and I hope you enjoy. I'll start off with a track I have personally been tracking for quite some time now. Steve Angello's 'Yeah!' finally was aired on Pete Tong's show as a finished product. This will be quite the release soon. Following, I've got new Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash, Bingo Players, Fedde le Grand & Deniz Koyu, Third Party, Chuckie, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Nom De Strip from Rising Music, and finally a spectacular set recorded by Thomas Gold, from his latest Governor's Island performance featuring live drummers.



Gets released this month!


Bingo Players' newest addition to their soundcloud.


These two are on a roll. They simply can't put out a bad track.


I got into an argument yesterday about how I thought Daft Punk was overrated... I even said I preferred listening to Third Party over them. Can't help it, these guys make amazing sounds.


Chuckie's been MIA for a little white, here's a snippet of his latest tune.


Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike are over 600k LIKES on facebook. They're doing something right.


Always interested in what Chris Lake decides to drop on his label. Here's the new banger. Wow.


I really wish I could have witnessed this set live. Unbelievable.

Whitnoize's Blazamo ft. Remix by Wild Boyz! & Interview with Wild Boyz!

The dynamic duo, Wild Boyz!, recently released their remix of Whitnoize's Blazamo. The electro house track features grimey bouncey basslines (the ones that make you fidget a little) layered with some groovy synths guaranteed to get you up on your feet. Think of it this way: clean but dirty. It's like that moment when someone is nice enough to offer you some candy, only to throw them in your face! I know, what's that suppose to mean? Check out the track at the bottom of the page, you'll find out.

Together with the release, we had the chance to pick the brains of these two upcoming producers to find out what makes them tick.

VCH: Thanks for doing the interview, can't wait to have you guys tear it up at Trinity soon!

Wild Boyz!: Thanks for having us. We’re really excited to come play at Trinity, too. It will
be our first big show as Wild Boyz! so we can’t wait.

VCH: So let’s start off with a quick intro. Name, birthplace, currently residing, college, the
whole nine yards.

Kean: My name is Kean Bartelman, I was born in Michigan, raised in Indiana, and I’m
currently living in San Francisco. I graduated from the Culver Academies in 2007, and
from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 2011.

Jared: Yo! I'm Jared Forkner. I was born here in California but moved to Indiana for
boarding school, coincidentally the same one as Kean, when I was 14. Then I attempted
to go to college, 3 times, in Colorado from 2000-2003 and finally re-emigrated to SF. I've
been living in SF since 2003 and currently live with my wife in SOMA.

VCH: How did you two meet? What sparked the creation of Wild Boyz!?

Jared: I had this annoying liittle brat hit me up on twitter. Just kidding, not a brat. We
chatted on the phone and next thing I know I've got a little brother.

VCH: Describe your ideal sound/vibe when you produce/DJ.

Kean: High energy and in your face, but still danceable. Personally, I’m really into the
glitch electro stuff, so when I play solo gigs you will hear a bit more of that, but the Wild
Boyz! sound is meant for the big room/main stage. It’s big, ravey, and a bit abrasive.

Jared: Ideal…hmmm. I love a variety of things. As a DJ I just wanna see people move.
Whether its to some deep techno or house, or crazy drum and bass. I just love the
reaction of a good crowd. I personally love the more emotional EDM stuff. However, I
love jumpy stuff with fun melodies, too. I guess it all depends on what hat I'm wearing at
the moment. As Jared F I tend to be more big room and dutchy, my alter ego Bubba is
deep and techy, and Wild Boyz! is just hard, fun bangers.

VCH: When you got into producing/DJing, who was your idol/inspiration? Who did you
look up to?

Kean: Nero was my biggest inspiration to produce. The first time I heard their music I
was blown away by how musical it was, even though it was so dark and heavy. Of
course, there’s a long list of artists whose work I really admire, but Nero was the reason
I ever wanted to produce.

Jared: When I was growing up I'd listen to the old electronica show on Live 105 here in
SF. Those days it was “rave” stuff. Lots of Prodigy, Orbital, acid house. Orbital has a
track called Halcyon On and On that I heard in the closing scene to the first Mortal
Kombat movie. I rushed out, got the soundtrack, and fell in love. Lots of industrial music
and trance and such through the 90s, sprinkled with punk & pop. That’s why Kean and I
get along so well. We love that pop punk cheese.

VCH: I’m sure you’ve seen the articles and opinions (Deadmau5’s We Push Play, A-Trak
on Huffington Post, Z-Trip on inthemix.au) on the current state of DJing. What’s your
take?

Kean: I’m honestly tired of hearing about this. In my opinion, the setup you use is up to
you. I think everybody in this debate has a valid point to some extent, but they all come
from different backgrounds as far as live performance is concerned. As long as you
aren’t acting like the second coming of Christ on stage while a pre-recorded mix is
playing, I don’t care what you use. Just play good music, and play it well.

Jared: I push play, then I do stuff. I get bored too easily so my performance setup is
always growing & evolving. I do use sync but I played vinyl for 10 years. Anyone has
beef…bring some wax and lets battle.

VCH: What’s your setup when you play out? And what’s your most ideal setup to have?

Jared: Kean keeps it from getting too crazy…well, so does my wife because I'd spend
every penny on gear & plugins if I could. These days we keep it kinda simple…laptop
running traktor, X1 and an iPad (iConnect MIDI so we don't drop connection) & a DJM
900. As soon as I'm permitted, I'll get a F1 and start incorporating more sample decks.

VCH: I’m sure you guys have big plans ahead. What should we look out for in the next 6
or 9 months?

Kean: Our debut EP and some small-scale touring in the near future. We’ve also got a
bunch of ideas for our second “Illegal Remix EP,” which we’ll be giving away for free
once it’s done.

Jared: Tons of new music & hopefully some dope shows!

Midweek Trance Tracks

Traaahhhnce.

After seeing Above and Beyond at Tomorrowland,  I have been conducting the trance train across my college campus ever since.  Everyone was so into the house anthem thing since last year (Levels...), but trance just brings cleaner, more intense energy.  The beats per minute in an average trance song is usually higher than that of house tracks, but this keeps the crowd moving faster.  To me, a trance set live is a journey with the people next to you in the crowd. DJ's and groups like Above and Beyond,  Armin Van Buuren,  Paul Van Dyk, and Jaytech provide fans and concertgoers around the world with trance tunes that pump adrenaline through their bodies and uplift them.  This all sounds really majestic, but Above and Beyond did that to me at Tomorrowland.

Check out some of my top trance tracks for the week.

First, here's Jaytech's remix of "If I Could Fly" by Above and Beyond.



This is a classic track, but some many not have heard the club mix. Above and Beyond's sound is too beautiful.



"You Got to Go" is a great Above and Beyond track that uplifts.



Here is Paul Van Dyk's new album, Evolution! Its magic.



Enjoy and dance.

Electro Madness Monday

I apologize for my extended absence. The beats have been coming except I have not been writing. Very selfish of me i must say. But I am back with a host of new beats for your aural pleasure. If your into getting jacked up Monday is your day here at VCH caus I got a stable of crazy electro hau5 beats for you.

Been meaning to post this track for weeks but its title is on point. Electro Heat coming. Money vocals add just enough flavor to the raunchy drops. Me like.


Download Neon Stereo, Cold Blank Fire (Original Mix)


2nd Post I have been secretly selfish about. Deorro formarly TON!C makes it rain. This one gets me going like Kangaroo does....and Kangaroo does something unnatural to my head and stomach. So let it happen.


Download Cratesz Shotgun (Deorro Remix)

I love that Firebeatz is at least making an effort to move out of Crunchy bass madness. I like it.


Download Firebeatz, Schella Dear New York


Dyro has been doing some very solid work with vocals lately, Same old crazy shit. But I'm not mad about it. The Remix of Feed the Dada is a solid notch above the original in my book.

Download Amba Shepherd, Dyro Sky High (Original Mix)



Download Dada Life Feed the Dada (Dyro Remix)


And just because I have been totally off the ball lately I figured a downloadable version of "Feed the Dada" would be accepted


Download Dada Life Feed The Dada (Original Mix)


#gethard

Stadium House Saturday

Round of applause to these two Swedes, who've just released their debut, highly anticipated, album  "People of the Night." I have been tracking this album like the hip hop community has for Dr. Dre's "Detox." And to those Dre fans I say, "Good luck." Both Max Vangeli & AN21 abruptly announced that their album had come out this previous Monday, through Facebook status' and twitter-tweets. And as I checked Dancing Astronaut for some Electric Zoo set downloads I stumbled upon an album review for People of the Night! Bought it immediately... abused the headphones... you know the deal I'm sure. I love this album. I wish they had promoted it better before the release of the album (a countdown of sorts...), regardless, it's out and I couldn't be happier with effort the Size Record's artists have given. Dancing Astronaut gave this album a 2.5/5 - I would give this album a 4.5/5. I've listened to it all the way, forwards and backwards a plethora of times, and as a prospective DJ myself, it gets me excited for the future. These guys are still underground in the house world! Max Vangeli might have got a promising DJ for 2012 article on the MTV website, but that does not mean people know this guy outside the edm world. AN21, so many people still don't even know he's brothers with Steve Angello! These two do not have a long discography of tracks made, but they do have a long list of tours they've accomplished. Including headlining Sensation White. They make loud, progressive bombs like most Swedes do. Exactly what the SIZE camp has been putting forth, month after month. This album truly deserves a purchase from anyone who loves house music. I have two songs for you today (along with new AVICII, Wolfgang Gartner & Kim Fai!). The range of talent in this album is brilliant. They can produce an emotional track, a banger, a softer but amazingly catchy track, an electro-glitchy-house track, the list goes on... and when collaborating with the likes of Moguai, Tiesto, Julie McKnight, Steve Angello, Congorock and Michael Woods, you can't really go wrong... am I right or am I right? 

         With Calvin Harris winning two shiny moon men at the VMA's and a brand new album outfrom Max Vangeli & AN21, I couldn't be happier to see house music getting so popular and reaching new heights. Congrats Calvin Harris, from everyone on the VCH team! And now, for the music you all come here for, enjoy! 

Classic Avicii sound. Catchy. A tad on the more emotional / end of summer feel to it.


1/2 of the tracks I chose from the POTN album to share with you today ft. Michael Woods!


New Kim Fai preview :)


2/2 from POTN ft. Kim Fai. The three make a brilliant sound together.


And 2 new Wolfgang previews for you electro house lovers. His new EP drops September 17th!

Funky Friday Vol. 18

School has begun for everyone doing hitting the books. But by now you are done with that horrid three hour class with a the professor that speaks in a monotone voice (don't talk to me about it). Time to get loose and get weird:

I was pretty bummed not to be able to see Destructo this past weekend with works like this re-edit of "Supah Freak":



I also got two big teasers for you to look forward to from Bromance Records. One from Monsieur Monsieur and the other from the legendary Jacques Lu Cont. What a squad they have over there at Bromance!





Duke Dumont is coming at you with the B-Side production on his newest collection, For Club Play Only Vol. 2. Enjoy the soulful, funky techno track, "The Giver":



And I leave you with a little FatRat remix of the always awesome Knocks to get the night started:

VCH Exclusive Interview with Codes

Brooklyn has always been a hotbed for music. First with Jazz, then Hip Hop and now Electronic Music. The very humble and easy going Codes, aka Cody Codes, is on the rise alongside the infamous Slow Roast Records run by Kill The Noise and Craze. Take a listen to any of Codes productions or remixes and you can feel all those influences Brooklyn provides. And playing at big festivals such as Hard Summer and Camp Bisco, it's obvious you need to take a moment to get to know the man behind the music:

VCH: I typically ask artists something along the lines of ‘how did you find your sound?’.  But I’m having trouble defining ‘your sound’ so to speak because it is so diverse. Can you help me out? How would you describe yourself as a producer?

Codes: I first started off making mainly House music (that's where "Codes' House" comes from) then dabbled a bit in Moombahton and some faster BPM stuff. I like to be consistent with big kick drums and get really funky with my sample jacking. Definitely jumping back into a lot more House music production as of late.

VCH: How did you hook up with Slow Roast Records? And what’s it like working alongside awesome talents such as Craze and Kill The Noise?

Codes: I linked up with Slow Roast a couple years ago after I sent my record "Dying" over to Kill The Noise. He played it for Craze and he loved it. They ended up asking me to do a full EP and to be part of the team. It's been great those guys are good friends and extremely talented artists. 

VCH: Favorite grub spot in Brooklyn (I need a new food place)?

Codes: Crif Dogs, Momo's and Walter Foods

VCH: Meeting you on an off chance encounter at a rooftop party in the Lower East Side, do you make an honest effort typically to go see other artists playing around NYC even when you aren’t playing?

Codes: Yeah totally. I think it's lame when producers and DJs don't go out especially in a city like New York where there is always great talent coming through.

VCH:Ever considered playing one of these ‘pop up clubs’ around Manhattan or Brooklyn?

Codes: I don't exactly know what a pop up club is but as long as there's a proper sound system I am in :)

VCH: What’s been your highlight of the summer?

Codes: So far the biggest highlight of summer has been playing the Harder stage at Hard Summer in LA. 

VCH:  What was it like playing in the Fools Gold Clubhouse at Camp Bisco? What’s your relationship like with A-Trak and that crew?

Codes: Camp Bisco was right up there with the Hard Fest. The crew waving a flag with my name on it was awesome. That whole FG Clubhouse stage was super fun and the Fool's Gold team is great to work with. Not only do they run one of the raddest labels in the game but they are all really cool down to earth dudes as well.

VCH: Aside from being on the decks, do you play any other instruments?

Codes: I play a little guitar and bass. This past weekend I actually played guitar at a show before my set - we did a cover of the Beastie Boys "Sabotage" a tribute for MCA.  

VCH: What lies ahead for Codes?

Codes: I have a record on some liquid house vibes called "Deeper" which I produced with Craze coming out on Slow Roast in about a month. I also did a track with Treasure Fingers and Amy Douglas titled "Blowing Up" which will be out on Hed Kandi soon. Besides that I'm working on a new EP for Slow Roast that's forthcoming later this year.  Keep up with my Soundcloud for new bootlegs, remixes and mixes by yours truly.

Funky Friday: T.E.E.D.'s Essential Mix

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs is back with an Essential Mix on BBC's Radio 1. On this mix, T.E.E.D. grabs the opportunity to DJ songs from other talented artists. The mix is 2 hours long and it is packed with tons of sweet funky house music. If you're not at Electric Zoo this weekend, this mix will is a good alternative and will take you through the weekend. If you are at Electric Zoo, keep an ear out for all the talented DJs there.

EZOO Survival Guide

       The line-up for Electric Zoo is epic.  There are countless people out there who would like to disagree with that statement, but they aren't focusing on those people who are going to be there.  These people are more focused on who ISN'T going to be there.

       Sure Armin Van Buuren, Afrojack, Avicii, Deadmau5, Swedish House Mafia and many more aren't in the line-up, but so what?  There are enough amazing producers in the three days to absolutely melt your mind.
    
       No Armin? Go see Above and Beyond.
       No Afrojack? Go see Hardwell.
       No Deadmau5? Porter Robinson plays enough of Joel's tracks to get your fill.
       No SHM? Axwell is close enough, he'll play all of their songs.
       No Avicii? Let's keep it that way.  But if you really want to see a sellout go to Guetta.

       Who everyone wants to see is up to them.  It's entirely opinionated with what/who you like.  But my boys and I are in agreement (after weeks of debating) on who we're going to let grace our presence.  Honestly you don't have to get there when the gates open, I know that I won't be.  These are the producers and the times that we're going to stay to see them.

Friday

Alvin Risk 2:05-3:05

Netsky 3:05-4:05

Nicky Romero 4:05-4:45

Dillon Francis 4:45-5:30

 Hardwell 5:30-6:20

Ferry Corsten 6:20-7:00

Laidback Luke 7:00-7:50

Matt Zo 7:50-8:45

 A-trak 8:45-9:15

Above and Beyond 9:15-10:40

Pretty Lights 10:40-11:00

Saturday you're going to have to shuffle around a lot.

The White Panda 12:00-1:00

 DallasK 1:00-2:00

 Autoerotique 2:00-2:20

Nervo 2:20-3:35

 Bingo Players 3:35-4:15

 Mord Fustang 4:15-5:00

Dirtyphonics 5:00-5:40

Martin Solveig 5:40-6:30

 Dada Life 6:30-7:20

Rusko 7:20-8:00

Wolfgang Gartner 8:00-8:45

Steve Aoki 9:00-10:15

Above and Beyond (again) 10:15-11:00

Sunday is pretty much a mainstage day.  You're going to have to stay all day if you want to be within earshot of Skrillex... Yes that means that you have to sit through Dev.... I'm sorry.

Adventure Club 1:05-2:05

Mt. Eden 2:05-2:20

W&W 2:20-3:30

Dash Berlin 3:30-4:45

Porter Robinson 4:45-6:00

Knife Party 6:00-7:15

Tiësto 7:25-8:55

Dev 9:10-9:45

Skrillex 9:45-11:00

After Parties.... The night doesn't have to end at 11:00.
Not 100% necessary.  Honestly, almost all of the people who matter and have after parties are going to be preforming at EZoo anyways.  That being said, I will be going to Markus Shulz on Saturday.

SURVIVING ELECTRIC ZOO!!!!!!!
1. WATER!!! People drink it... Lots of it... And often.
2. Sunscreen.  If you want to look like a lobster that's on you.  But I have no intentions to be bright red.
3. Sleep. It's pretty hard to doze off in the middle of Skrillex but if you are running on 3 hours of sleep it might end up happening.
4. GET FACEPAINT!!!!!!! If you don't then fuck you. But not really.....
5. Eat well.  Come on people, you're in New York.  There is anything that you can ever imagine.  If you're eating McDonalds  everyday there is something seriously wrong with you, and the people around you won't appreciate the stank.
6. Be with people you know.  It's pretty self explanatory.
7. Have a meet up point.  When you and your friends get there on Friday discuss where, if separated you all will meet.  I know that it could be tempting to lose one of your friends... we all know that guy.  But be the better person.  Imagine if it was you in the crowd of 80,000 people and you were alone... Shit would be scary.
8. Have a good time, and don't get caught... I know what's up.
9. Overall just use good judgement. 

Stadium House Saturday

Finished up the final episode of Mad Men season 5 on Amazon, but not until after I got back from seeing Lazy Rich perform a talented set at Salt Lake City's famous venue, The Complex. When I think of electro house producers I'm thinking Zedd, Mord Fustang, Wolfgang Gartner, Lucky Date,  deadmau5, Porter Robinson, Dada Life and Lazy Rich. Those have got to be the top consistent electro house DJ/Producers out right now. Sure, lots of producers make electro house tracks, ie. Alesso's Raise Your Head, but the previously listed producers are solely electro house producers - and damn, are they great at it. It was great to see LR up close last night; here's a camera picture I took up at the front row. Unfortunately, the crowd was on and off in terms of size, but there was no doubt that LR was the best DJ that walked through those doors last night. Playing a few Zedd tracks, most notably Slam the Door which was fun, using Daft Punk vocals over his original tracks, and playing his brand new Avicii remix; As the set went on, he dropped his remix of Porter Robinson's Vandalism, which had people singing. It was a powerful batch of electro house tracks, and LR did a nice job with his buildups. As a 20 year old, with a birthday around the corner in October, I must say that I cannot wait for the 21+ events, especially in Utah, the crowds will be 1000x better. All in all, the show was  a good one. Brilliant lights covering the stage, a massive and crisp sound system, and being front row to see Lazy Rich do his thing, makes for a good memory.

And now to the S.H.S. choices for today - I want you readers/listeners to listen to every song I've got for you all today. When I chose "Stadium House Saturday" as the title for my weekly blog posts, I chose it with the best intentions. And when I say Stadium House I mean it - music meant to be played in front of thousands. Go on and start clicking the play buttons below... I don't think anyone will be disappointed with this particular batch of tracks.

My favorite Prog. House duo of the year, Feenixpawl with another banger...


Norman Doray never releases anything mediocre.


Nicky Romero and Calvin Harris have teamed up now; Here's a preview of their newest.


I'm sorry if this has been on the site before, but  just found out about this deadmau5 track, and I can't stand it with the vocals (sorry to fans that do!), but I will never be a My Chemical Romance fan, so I looked up the instrumentals for this track, because I love deadmau5' half to the track.


Brand new, Thomas Gold mash up!


Lazy Rich, here he is with his newest Avicii remix.


Kaskade's famous bootleg, "Stars Troll."


Chuckie's show on BBC featured Chris Lake this last Friday, and man did Chris Lake deliver!


Dirty South's newest radio episode.


And finally, another radio show from Thomas Gold for you guys.

Mixtape Thursday

How was your beach season?

I apologize for missing last week's edition. I was stuck in Deerfield, MA. getting feasted on by mosquitoes.

I just moved in to my new apartment on Broad St. First thing I did when I got in to my room is set up my speakers and played some solid house music while I was reorganizing. It's been a lot of deep/tech/chill/ambient/disco house playing through those speakers and this one I have to share with all of you.

It's straight up raw house music.

So on move-in day, do what I did. Plug those speakers in, come back here and click play.

Mixes hosted by Thefuture.fm

Aggressively Progressive: Go Play In The Water

Woah What a breath of fresh air. Back to college. Real life be gone. Time to re fall in love with life again here. Lets. Get. Aggressive.

First is the remarkable Deniz Koyu killing it with the perfect Voval masterpiece. Wynter Gordon Kills it. I get a boner whenever i hear her sing.

Download Deniz Koyu Follow You (feat. Wynter Gordon) (Original Mix)

For the Bombs of the Re-Mixed Variety

Matisse and Sadko really crush this one. Keep it super upbeat and progressive. the drums are super high energy. I gotta stop confusing these guys with maison and dragen. They are a whole 'nother breed.

Download Shinedown Unity (Matisse & Sadko Remix)

Dimitri and Wyman make one of my favorite tracks even better. Its real. and  Nadia is a Godess.

Download EDX & Nadia Ali This Is Your Life (Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman Remix)

For me In My Mind was a let down. I did not like it as much for how much support it got. But for me the Walden mix is the deffinition of on point. Really improves the song for me.

Download Ivan Gough, Feenixpawl, Georgi Kay In My Mind (Walden Remix)

And for anyone who cares this is a minimal song on the top of the beatport charts. It is addictive, and it caused me to download a whole bunch of minimal jams. Love tracks that broaden my horizon.

Download Wankelmut, Asaf Avidan One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix) (Club Mix)

#getwet

Electro Madness: Sling Shot Engaged

Im just gonna cut to the chase, the level of tuneage that is about to be dropped all over your faces is unbelievable,  Every single song I am about to post is a straight A+. Tomorrow is even worse. Listen to the tracks or not but just download all of them.

This is a randos dj edit putting together Cazzette's unreleased "Beam Me Up" Vocals are soooooo on point and Cazzette does what he does and its Gnraly

Download Cazzette  -Beam Me Up (Kill Mode)

Sander Van Doorn and Julian Jordan. Yes. Don't let the build fool you this track is naughty. Very, very naughty.

Download Sander Van Doorn, Julian Jordan - Kangaroo (Original Mix)

Brohammer get its in the generation 303 style sound. I cant get enough of it. The builds are really fresh but nari and milani drop the borhammer and my world goes fuzzy

Download Topher Jones - Brohammer (Nari & Milani Dub Remix)

All time favorite Bassjackers coming through with a unreal track. Its their best track since Mush Mush. andddd we all know about Mush Mush.

Download Bassjackers, Yves V - Bronx (Original Mix)

Feed Me goes back to the "Great Escape from Electric Mountain" Style and I like that. Feed Me Plllleeeeaaassseee rock more House beats!

Download Feed Me - Little Cat Steps (Original Mix)

And Ansol Crushhhhhes this remix. Him and Dyro bring a beast out of me that I can not control.

Download Paris & Simo - Aztec (Ansol Remix)

#SlingShotEngaged

Stadium House Saturday

Wow! I go back to college in two days. The summer is officially over for me. But no worries. While I'm in my small apartment, every Saturday, I'll continue to give you the house music that belongs in the stadiums; the arenas and the monstrous venues. Today's line up: Preview for Toolroom Knight's Ibiza 2012 mix, mixed by the one and only president of the label himself - Mark Knight, Funkagenda remix that I missed and hoped you did too, Wolfgang Gartner, Kim Fai, and then three radio shows for you listeners that need the music to keep playing ;) Oh yeah, and they're the shows of Eric Prydz, Dirty South and Fedde le Grand ... does it get much better? Maybe seeing them live, so yeah, but this will do just fine I hope.

If you have the money - tell me this doesn't make you want to buy it asap!


I missed this remix, wow this is a tune.


Grant gave you the Girl On Boy, here's Girl On Girl, who thinks the other combinations are going down?


Love this dude's ear for a tune, this track is... different.


Here the radio shows/podcasts as promised. Three amazing producers with equally great mixes.

Funk Fridays Vol. 15

                                         
                                 

The summer is coming to a close for many of us and so that may mean looking at Friday afternoons with more of a thought of responsibility... wait no sorry I have that backwards. Let loose! Get weird, get wild, but most importantly, get funky:

I had the pleasure of seeing Erol Alkan the other weekend at the Mad Decent Block Party and he was grooving hard until the lightning came and had to rain on the parade quite literally. He also compiles half of Beyond The Wizards Sleeve that is know for their disco style remixes. Check out this little five minute mini mix they did for the wonderful Annie Mac:



Fools Gold has been on top of their game lately signing rising talents, and Sweet Valley is surely one of those examples. With a new EP out it's safe to say FG reeled in some serious skills:










The FatRat has always been a really fun guy to listen to. This remix of "Turn The World On" is surely one of his bigger works yet:



If only this Oiva remix of "License to Drive" was out a few months my summer would be complete:



French Express has been a big name when it comes to indie dance music and they are definitely flexing those indie dance muscles with these three tracks coming from The Estrablishment, Chris Malinchak, and Isaac Tichauer:







Felguk is typically known more for his in your face electro but this record is more along the lines of breaking it down instead of bouncing around. Big thanks to Beth for the discovery!

Throwback Wobbles

Hide ya kids. Hide ya wife.

 

I was kicking it with a few friends yesterday who are pretty into fat dub beats.  They showed me an artist named Koan Sound, who definitely makes dubstep music, but it is different from your standard Skrillex-ish dub. It uses original base lines and slower beats that are sure to keep your head bobbing.  It's not too intense either, as Koan Sound keeps some of their tracks right below the threshold of headbanging music, but there is still some melodic substance to the tracks.  Here are two of my new favorites from Koan Sound, "Mr. Brown" and "Trouble in the West".








These next two tracks are a little old, but many of you probably have never heard them.  A dope old track is just as good as a dope new track in my opinion.


"Damaged" (Blinding Lights Remix) by Plummet is from 2011, but the vocals never cease to uplift me.






"Up in the Club" by Terravita is a classic.  I've heard it played live many times by other DJ's because it gets the crowd so hyped. Turn up the bass on this one, trust me.

Stadium House Saturday

The house music has been crazy this summer. The festivals have enlarged, the festivals have spread. The Olympics are almost over, go USA Basketball! I swear there ought to be a friendly Olympics amongst the many producers out there. A track contest, quickest produced track etc. Anyway, I'm interested to hear your stories from this summer's gigs. Any thoughts or stories, leave em in the comments section! Although, I've only seen Avicii this summer, thanks to Utah's poor skill of drawing in talented house producers; however, I'm looking forward to seeing Lazy Rich this month - one of the best electro house producers there is. So, in honor of my excitement to see him up close soon, I've added one of his tracks that is finally out on Beatport. one that he made along with one of my favorite producers, Chris Lake. On top of that, I have 5 other tunes I hope bring a smile to your face (including what could be the final single by the mafia we love most). Turn it up loud and party to it - this fine Saturday night.

Michael Woods, always killing it.

Hardwell's newest remix - here's a lengthy preview.

My roommate, who doesn't listen to house at all shared this with me just yesterday - I've been behind on my Florence. Love the vocals over this brilliant, simple house tune from Calvin Harris.

Afrojack: My favorite. Even when he does make tracks with Will.I.Am....

Something tells me I mightttt have put this youtube up a long, long time ago. I apologize if you remember it and are disappointed in me putting it up again. It's official, it's available for purchase via Beatport. What A Tune...


Here it is, freshly ripped from Pete Tong's show on BBC Radio 1. The Swedes with the relatively - long - awaited "Don't You Worry Child." It has the feel of a "We Came. We Raved." feel to it, but if it were up to me, I'd demand a better banger for a final SHM track. Either way it's good producing. Enjoy it!

Aggressively Progressive: The Road To Rio Begins, Now

I love the olympics. And I am gonna go and spend time with that. Rio Olympic Village, here I come.

Music/Solvic Triple Jumper Induced Boner time.

David Guetta came out with a new monster release titled "She wolf" sound is very reminiscent of "Metropolis" and Michael Calfan's "Resurrection". Funny because Michael Calfan also released a monster remix to compliment ze original mix.



Download David Guetta She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) Feat. Sia (Extended)



Download David Guetta She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) Feat. Sia (Michael Calfan Remix)


And a release from ALESSOOOO!!!! Years with beautiful vocals. Money.


Download Alesso, Matthew Koma Years (Vocal Extended Mix)

And Finally a very beautiful remix from Dannic.


Download Girl From The Sky (Dannic Remix)


#getwet

Funky Fridays Vol. 13

Breaking into the month of August means summer is beginning to be talked about as something that is withering away. I always hate that, it totally undermines the great month August always is. So I say we all live in the moment and get funky shall we?

Fire Flowerz (not to be confused with Firebeatz) has a great electro funk edit of this Herve original "How Can I Live Without You". I really am pulling for Fire Flowers to make their way out of the underground world when they do work like this:



Fools Gold Records just came out with their second installment of Fools Gold Clubhouse which is essentially a fully downloadable EP of tracks from their 'young guns' if you will. The first volume was great and this second one seems to raise to that occasion:





This next record makes me think of Chromeo... or maybe Dean Winters? Who knows, it's late, I'm delirious:



You ever think I could pull off some trap on Funky Friday? Well, I'm forcing the issue cause my man Baauer is in town this Sunday and the old school bassline on this trap track exudes funk. Yes, I know it's short, trap is generally that way. Deal with it:



As we part for the weekend, I salute you with this Fukkk Offf remix of "Quarantine".  It teases the line of what is funky because it goes pretty hard but I still include it because it pushes into that funk headbop which is always my requisite:

Mixtape Thursday: Tomorrowland!

So unless you've been living under a rock, you'd know that Tomorrowland was recently held this past week in Belgium. Famous for it's extravagant stage decor, Tomorrowland has grown in to a major player in the festival game. Tomorrowland comes back stronger after each year and this year was no surprise that almost every major DJ in EDM was on stage.

Due to numerous Tomorrowland live sets scattered on the internet, here's a link to a page that has compiled all the live sets in to one single page.

Tomorrowland 2012 Live Sets

Simply click on the link of the set you would like to listen to, you'll be directed to a page with the set and it's tracklist! How awesome is that?! Of course this convenience is courtesy of 1001Tracklists.com

Now start trippin! I dare you. There's enough to last you a month.

Aggressively Progressive: The Eric Prydz Effect

Prydz this past weekend totally changed the way VCHxAPT looks at progressive house.  Check it actually he changed the way APT looks at Prog House. It does NOT have to just be a cute piano melody with a chick singing. While i love that shit more than anything, He showed how there is soooooo much more dope shit that can be learned from the different genres like techno and trance. But he was unreal.

So here is my regular old progressive house. But my mission is to find more prydz like tracks to blow your mind right in front of your face. yup.

Love Jason Mraz vocals and The Kids at The Bar really do a sick job blending a electro sound in a progressive track. And I am still a sucker from looping and effects on vocals.


Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (Kids At The Bar Remix)

Ever Since Joonas released the terrible unique and wonderful Sahilua He has been on my radar. While take me away does not disappoint it is not the unique and fuego bomb that sahilua was.

Joonas Hahmo, Neea - Take Me Away (Original Mix)

These Next two are straight power Progressive tracks the bass hits hard and the melodies are fresh. Solid B efforts from Pixel Cheese and DJ M.E.G.

Shakedown - At Night (Pixel Cheese 'Wants To Be Swede' Mix)

DJ M.E.G. - Stock-Holm (Original Mix)

These two are just your standard progressive house tracks. When I talk about complacency in EDM this is what I am talking about. Don't get me wrong, They are beautiful but I listen to this shit enough on BPM cmon boys. And Carlo where is he unique flavor from "if you would"!?


Carlo Astuti - The Storm Is Coming (Original Mix)

Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike - Tomorrowland Anthem 2012 (Original Mix)

#getwet

Electro Madness: ID aftermath

Electro Madness mondays is here. My main job on mondays is to throw ze brain into a frenzy.

So please get jacked up. a new week is uppon us and we are gonna wrastleee this week down together.

First Track is a monster from Hardwell (who goes hard) and Showtek. I saw showtek this weekend at ID fest and let me just say the boys know how to put on a show. The song is veryyyy similar to the Tiesto Showtek colab "Hell Yeah!" but in my book that is just fine.

Hardwell & Showtek - How We Do (Original Mix)

Very dope sound coming from Mercer & Mystique. Track has a litle bit more funky flavor than your regular electro house track. But the track has me dancing in my office so I guess that says somthing. #herecomesthatbonerjam

Mercer & Mystique - Here Comes That Sound (Original Mix)

Qulinez crushes one of my all time favorite Calvin Harris Tracks. Perfect electro flavor to bounce to.

Calvin Harris ft. Kelis - Bounce (Qulinez Bootleg)

Ted hooked this one up via the cloud and I love me some zedd so much i wanted to throw up a dl link.

Download Nicky Romero, Zedd Human (Original Mix)

Extra Credit: Lets get clasical with Wolfgang Amadeus Gartner. To some these to tracks may be annoying. but I dont care they make me feel furry and happy inside.  

Wolfgang Gartner - Girl On Boy (Original Mix)

Thowback: Boom!

Download Wolfgang Gartner Space Junk

#gethard