The Weeknd - "What you need"

Yeah I know it's a little late, these guys have been all over the Net and rightly so for the last few months, but in case you missed it check these guys out. Soooo smooth. Perfect for playin late at night with your lady..

Free album download at http://the-weeknd.com/

ParanoidZen

I've been meaning to post this one for a while. ParanoidZen is Boston's own Jester Ronin, member of the Vermin Street Collective. His sound ranges from pulsing, ambient meditations of "infinity worship" to glitch hop and even breaks paired perfectly with samples of world music. He's got some really interesting transitions too (see Om Shiva).

Look for upcoming shows and all things ParanoidZen at:
http://paranoidzen.com/home.cfm

Om Shiva (Radio Edit) by ParanoidZen

Somewhere over the Rainbow (DnB Remix) by ParanoidZen

Tuvan Lullaby by ParanoidZen

Russ Chimes - "Midnight Club"

Interesting, to say the least.

Eleven Tigers - "Stableface"

I haven't heard music this good in a long time. I really really REALLY enjoyed this entire album, "Clouds are Mountains", from start to finish. Apparently it's an extremely talented Lithuanian producer based out of London, making fantastic music. The sound design is really varied and moody, consistently moving to new heights and lows at different points. Each track blends into the next flawlessly, an extremely seamless listen. At points the album is dark and brooding, then uplifting and gentle at others. The most varied, ambient, and interesting dubstep I have heard in a long time.

Buy it here

Columbus - "Lovemachine"

Columbus - Lovemachine from The Crystal Beach on Vimeo.

Another crazy video here for a house dude named Columbus. Not even that stoked on his music but I thought this video was really cool. Check it out

Houratron - "Corporate Occult"

"CORPORATE OCCULT" Huoratron Music Video from Cédric BLAISBOIS on Vimeo.

Whoa. Seriously, whoa now. Heavy/dark porno meets horror flick. HEAVY

Leviathan Jones - "Machete"

Free original 320 electro track.

Machete by Leviathan Jones

Patrice - "Aint Got No"

Amazing visuals in this video. Features the work of photographer JR, whose iconic large-scale images of people's faces have been put up in various places around the world. Plus naked people dancing around fires. What more can you ask for?

BT - 1.618

Absolutely gorgeous music and video here from BT. Beautiful composition on the video, and his whole oeuvre is pretty impressive, a wide range of electronic music styles. This song is from his album "A Binary Life", you can read a little more about it here.

Noisia and Mayhem feat. KRS One - "Exodus"

Stunning images of sonic/visual warfare. Captures the feel of hardcore electronic sounds and what they might look like in the mind of a twisted dude like Alex Lehmann. Loving the dark/computer-generated mayhem in this vid. OH yeah, and the bottom video is mad fun too, just not quite as elaborate. Big ups Noisia!

The Future of Turntablism

Multi Touch Light Table: GERGWERK from GERG WERK on Vimeo.

Nuff said. Looks siiick.

F.O.O.L.

F.O.O.L. stands for Fuck Our Ordinary Lives. And goddamn, they make some of the dopest, hardest electro I've heard in a long time, if ever. Swedish duo consistently produces high-quality, extremely dark and dirty electro beats. It's hard to find too much info about them online, but they are definitely blowing up in some circles. I have included two of their tracks that were released for free, and you can listen to more of their stuff on their Soundcloud profile. I'm a huge, huge fan of these guys, check em out..

F.O.O.L. - Rising Drunk Stars

Redial - The Boss (F.O.O.L. remix)

Soundcloud page

Joe Biden From Space

Maybe you've seen this too many times already, maybe you think it doesn't belong in an electronic music blog, but maybe it's the greatest pop song made in years.

FRED THE RAVER

HAHAHA don't have to say much about this one. Bass in yo face!

Shapeshifters - "Helter Skelter"

Don't really know anything about these guys, but what I know is that this video is pretty fun. Seriously, this video is just mad fun and goofy, and a bit of a break from the darker/harder stuff I've been blogging on recently. Surreal, funky, and tripped out are a few other ways I'd describe this. Peep the subtle jab at Deadmau5 around the 1:45 mark haha. Jammin' for sure on this one..

Soundcloud profile, with some nice tasty mixes

Borgore feat. Diplo - "Sunsets"

Not much to say here. Borgore is one of the HEAVIEST dubstep dudes out there, if you haven't heard him yet get on it. Heavy, heavy stuff. The track below is one of my all-time favorite dubstep bangers, just pure sickness.

Skrillex - "My Name Is Skrillex" EP

LA Electro producer Skrillex released his new EP for free on his website. Dirty, hardcore electro beats, not for the weak of heart. Saw him referred to as "Metal Electro", and that makes sense after you listen to it. Definitely feelin' it though, go and check it out, some really sicknasty electro bangers for sure. Dude's got a SICK promo video, that's also a fact.

Get it here

Take - "Implosions"

TAKE "Implosions" from Alpha Pup on Vimeo.

Some really twisted, wonky visuals here from L.A. beatmaker Take. If you haven't got his latest LP, "Only Mountains", get it now. I swear it's not as dark as this song/video. Still, really diggin' the trippy feel to this, pretty ominous for real. Reminds me a lot of the EPROM video from a while back, same mechanoid/terror feel. Dirrrty..

Major Lazer vs. La Roux - "LazerProof"

So, La Roux is probably one of the most popular artists to remix at the moment. If you haven't heard the Skream remix of her track "In For The Kill", you've probably been living under a rock. Anyways, not the biggest fan of her stuff but have to admit she's got a good voice for electronic remixes. So yeah, saw this album out a while ago and resisted downloading it at first, but have to admit it's pretty good. It mashes together La Roux's songs with Major Lazer's first album and some unreleased cuts. Definitely some good party music here for sure, check it out. Free download too.

Download it here

Peppermill Records - "2999"

Yo this shit is SOOO cool! Seriously. Just found out about this project. Apparently Peppermill records, one of many newish electronic labels I have never heard of, recently started this project. What is it?

Well, they had a contest or something, collected a bunch of funky/futuristic bangers, and are going to release them, one a week, FREE, FOR A YEAR! Not only that, they have a bunch of reallly legit names scheduled - Robot Koch, Kraddy, ill.gates, Slugabed. Some of the dopest producers in bass music right now in my opinion. Definitely super excited, first couple tracks are dope so far. And to top it off, they have custom graphic design for each track with a futuristic art piece inspired by the tune.

Don't sleep on this, definitely check it out


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