Measuring the San Francisco Bay Area's Pulse in Bars & Beats. Your home for all things related to Electronic Music. Member of the @TranceFamilySF and @Trance_Mafia
What's up everyone? Especially for the aspiring producers out there. Here's a little tidbit from the progressive house genius Morgan Page about compression. His # hashtag seems to yield some more tips. Great to see top down support from the big names for the future generation of producers. That's what makes the electronic music scene so great.
What's up everyone. Happy to report some exciting news. Now, for the purist, this should actually not be news at all; but the good word is that The Prodigy will be making an all too rare appearance in the USA beginning early next year 2011. I really cannot describe how thrilled I am to get the opportunity to see these electronic legends live and in the flesh. I missed their show at the Warfield in San Francisco last year and I will definitely not pass up the chance to see them again. Anyone who knows me knows that The Prodigy isn't just one of my favorite electronic acts of all time, but certainly one of my favorite musical acts of all time transcending all genres and tastes. Not to mention, I have first hand recommendations from friends that have seen them that they completely tear the house down in their live shows. In good spirit of this occasion, I have decided to go see their show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in February instead of my more local Los Angeles. Why so, do you ask? Well, because...why not? And more importantly, seeing Prodigy in Vegas would be all more glorious (plus its on a weekend). Ready for a weekend of debauchery anyone? I certainly am. For those who plan on attending, see you there!!
Here is a flyer of the tour:
And for those that have any inclination of what they are in for should they decide to attend; I leave you with this:
So I know this didn't happen today (for those that took notice of the date), but I had this in my twitter and didn't think to post it until now. For those that don't follow @SiedvanRiel on twitter, the man does have a sense of humor and throws jokes back at ya if you catch him in the right moment; like I did. I definitely got an lol from this. Shout out to SvR!
~Mark
What's up everyone. I'm sure by now the loyal house and mau5 followers have gotten a chance to check out the latest offering by Deadmau5: 4x4=12. I've had a chance to listen to the whole album and let me just say...wow! Some of the album is pretty typical straight forward stuff from the mau5, but there is one particular track that stands out for me above the rest. It is definitely the magnum opus of the entire album. Here it is:
"Raise Your Weapon"
Holy moly! What a jammer. This track definitely reminds me a lot of "Strobe" from his previous full length album For Lack Of A Better Name. Although the track reminds me of that one a lot, this one is very different; namely the dubstep breakdown around the 4 minute mark. I've never really been one for dubstep, much less dubstep breakdowns within already good progressive tracks such as this one, but I think it kind of fits in this case. Especially considering the feel of the rest of the album, the dubstep part isnt so bad. It's perfectly placed and is a good easing into the next track "One Trick Pony" which is entirely dubstep. I probably could have done without it though. If this was just another straight forward progressive track with an awesome peak instead of the dubstep breakdown, I could have given this a full rating in my iTunes. Oh well...I still can't get it off repeat on my player. Good stuff mau5.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well...for Armin and Markus, this picture is worth that and more. woww, kandi, red cup, and all! ...wait for it.... LOL!!!!
Hey everyone. If you haven't read my previous post, the column about my dream collaborations in electronic music (and just commenting on collaborations in general), please take a moment to do so and leave a comment. Or...even better, why not read it HERE and comment there! Want to take this moment to give a big shout out to my good friends at trancefamilysf.com for posting my column in their guest blog section. This website does amazing things for the local trance scene and the community as a whole, and I feel whole-heartedly thrilled to be a part of it; no matter how small. That being said, please check out the rest of their site at http://www.trancefamilysf.com! Keep the music alive in the bay area!
