I Got Nothin' But Tunes For You

I am officially on Spring break, that means I'm not doing much else besides keeping up on House music. That means that for all you readers here on the VCH blogspot, you best get a pair of good sounding headphones. I'm a big fan of Pete Tong's Radio 1 show on BBC that airs for 2 hours every Friday (via online stream), and I apologize for not following up after Swedish House Mafia took over the show last week. Swedish House Mafia opened with their new-unreleased track at Madison Square garden back in December. Haven't heard about the song since. They opened with the new sound last week on Radio 1, and it's officially called Greyhound. No release date yet, but they announced that it is finished and you can listen to the rip of it right here:

Next, I got a song that was also aired during the Swedish House Mafia takeover. As much as I prefer Swedish House Mafia together as opposed to the members individually doing their own thing, they each manage to come out with some great tracks on their own. Sebastian Ingrosso making an unbelievable track in 2011: Calling w/ Alesso - which is currently a nomination for an International Dance Music Award, and Axwell's [re-cut] of Michael Calfan's Resurrection was his most recent, massive bomb. Every year the three put out great sounding tunes and today I'm going to share with you the preview of Steve Angello's most recent track, "Yeah."

Download Steve Angello Yeah

Speaking of Alesso, check out his newest tune (release date TBA):

Madeon, a young and brilliantly talented, budding producer, is coming out with a new track. Icarus, a very retro sounding track, has been promoted by numerous big names, and in general - sir deadmau5 seems to be a big fan. Comes out tomorrow on Beatport, here it is: 

Download Madeon Icarus

Last but not least, this week I had the privelege to go see a special documentary that only came out in movie theaters for 2 nights across the nation. Re:Generation, featuring Skrillex, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson, DJ Premiere and Pretty Lights. Basically, the Grammy's wanted to run a project in which they matched one of the previously named Djs with artists of a complete different musical genre. Google and youtube Re:Generation for more info, I enjoyed the movie a ton. Hopefully we'll see it come out online and on dvd. My favorite track from the film, hands down was Pretty Lights taking on  country music, featuring LeAnn Rimes and Dr. Ralph Stanley. Here it is, and until next time!

Ted Townsend

I Want the Bird's Word

I was just about to say that this week was becoming dry in terms of new music being out on the market but I clearly was just so so wrong. Diplo once again released another song on his Express Yourself EP for free download. "Bird is the Word" has a perfect mixture between giving tribute to the original classic and the putting a little Diplo spin on it. It's a must have:




Lucky Date hasn't made it on here in many moons. But their new record "I Want You" is beyond worthy of having its praises sung here on VCH. So this is me singing their praises... PLAY THE DAMN SONG AND DANCE:



I haven't particularly ever been a huge follower of Pleasurekraft but the free download on their soundcloud is amazing. If you don't download "This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like" then quite frankly I don't know you:



So I just sent this mix by an up and comer out of Chi-town. I'm haven't been obsessed with dubstep in particular but this mix by Fraggle Beach has definitely made me reconsider my tastes. Wear protective gear when listening to this mix... things get aggressive:



Tracklist:
1. YMCMB - TYR
2. Wildstyle Method - Bassnectar
3. Hold Up - Minnesota
4. Always Tomorrow - Figure
5. Bounce - Ajapai
6. Heartbreak VIP - Notixx
7. Shoot Me Down - Sigma
8. Lockdown - Bare
9. Welcome to Atlanta - The Bolivian Marching Affair
10. Aerodynamic - Specimen A & James D'ley
11. Show Freak - Dirty Talk
12. New Life - Nero
13. Your World VIP - Metrik
14. We Ridin' - Kombat

Now to bring energy levels back closer to normal (but not too close) A-Trak's got a pretty fun remix of the Laidback Luke and Sander Van Doorn original "Who's Wearing the Cap":

That's a Bingo!

The Bingo Players have released a much awaited record that gives some pretty clear tribute to Daft Punk with the french sound and french song title, "L'Amour". It is a classic from 5 seconds in and you don't like it.. well you may wanna get your robot ears checked:




Manuel de la Mare is making quite the reputation for Italian DJ's and house from the boot shaped country. This remix of "House of God" may actually give you a very spiritual and out of body experience. Just press play but don't look into the light.. unless you've got something else in mind:



Deadmau5 has been playing "Maths" at his concerts for years now but has finally released it for the public. Joel has sent out some scares to the Dance Music world hinting that he's becoming bored with EDM nowadays and what it has become (I can agree in some circumstances) as well as lashing out at the commodification of UMF (takes a lot of stones to do that so props to the Mau5). But anyways this song exemplifies what dance music is truly supposed to be:

Diplo Expressing Himself

Diplo has finally released "Express Yourself" featuring Nicky B and it does NOT dissapoint. I don't wanna talk about it anymore I just want to press repeat. And repeat. And repeaatttt:

Lunde Bros madness

These guys have really become known for their mixes, and the one I'm loving right now This Is Lunde Bros #23 kills it, I'm dancing while typing at the same time... it takes a damn good mixtape to do that. This mix is guaranteed to get your Friday night going massive. Check it:








Tracklist:
Trent Cantrelle-Night Like This
Serotonin Thieves- Tribe (My Digital Enemy Remix)
Taurus & Vaggeli- Motorpunk
Chuckie-Together
Antranig-Won't Stop Rocking
Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay- In My Mind (Axwell Remix)
Nicky Romero- Toulouse
Firebeatz- Where's Your Head At
Lunde Bros. vs. Congorock- Blablabylon (Lunde Bros. Edit)
JoeySuki- Zomp
Steve Aoki feat. Wynter Gordon- Ladi Dadi (Tommy Trash Remix)
Periphery- Icarus (Zedd Remix)
Tiesto- Maximal Crazy (Bassjackers Remix)

I'm Hungry..... FEEEDDD MEEEEE

Yes Yes Yes Feed Me has come out with a new EP at last. Feed Me's Escape From Electric Mountain (I love how all his EP's sound more like novels) is a bit of some new style stuff but also is complimented by a little old school style Feed Me. Though I love the guy and for the most part love the EP, two songs I particularly didn't fall in love with (I won't tell cause I'm putting all 6 songs up and wouldn't want to spoil it for ya if we have different taste). So with no further adieux, here is Feed Me's Escape From Electric Mountain:

Laidback Wednesday

Tell why not have two Madonna remixes in one post? I know the Super Bowl performance was sub-par but hey, she's Madonna she does what she damn well pleases. I got here a Nicky Romero remix teaser and also a Laidback Luke one. Funny enough they are both remixes of the new Madonna track "Give Me All Your Love" so you can be the judge of which remix will be bigger upon release. Both keep good chunks of the vocals in and strangely enough I truly think her voice goes well with almost any genre (well maybe I can cross out a Madonna/ Feed Me collabo). And in other news Laidback Luke is in Barcelona tonight. Got my ticket. Hopefully try to get some video of that on here tomorrow before I go deaf. But none the less enjoy the tunes:








Bonus shtufff for tonights big show, I'm psyched to see the "Jet Lee of dance music"

Laidback Luke 'Jet Lee' from 5th & Ocean Productions on Vimeo.