Mewithoutyou - Messes of men

I do not exist, we faithfully insist...

Hi, little life update this week. I've got a lot on my plate with school and stuff, but i'll try and make up for it this weekend with a bunch of songs.

Until then--

Arion - Pokémon (Dubstep Remix) HD

What a throwback. This is a perfect remix of the pokemon theme. I hear a lot of half assed remixes of theme songs and old tunes, but done well its just the shit. I especially love the idea of pikachu screaming his name at the drop. Just brilliant.

I've noticed this artist does a lot of remixes and only a few original songs. In my opinion, that doesn't mean he isn't creative enough to write his own, because he obviously can. And the song he re does is far different than it used to be. I think its just another creative outlet for a mind, a way to hear a song you like in the way you want.

I could see this being a huge hit if it were put in a dub set by any dj. Just the nostalgia mixed with the appropriateness of the song make it really a potential favorite of any lineup of songs.

Noisia - Shellshock (feat. Foreign Beggars) (Official Video)

I was going do Noisia's newest song up here, but when i was doing a little searching around i found out that they came out with a ridiculously amazing music video just a few months ago for one of my favorite songs of his and i had no idea. I was going to do the Noisia's remix of Labrinth's Earthquake. Which made me realize every song he does he goes heavier and harder. But i couldn't pass up the chance to talk about this video.

Noisia is made up of three dutch guys, and they've been making music for a decade almost. I went to go see them back when their song sigma was all the rage and its in my top three shows i ever went to. They played on the same lineup as Pendulum, Caspa, 12th planet, and Subfocus. And i was there with N-thiogen, needless to say i had an amazing night.

I really enjoy GOOD MC's over tracks like this, I've heard a lot of shit MC's ruin tracks too though. But the Foreign Beggars have done a bunch of tracks with Noisia, and this is one of their best. They're two guys from the UK that rap with artists like him. I hate that they can be famous with music like that over there but over here they're near unknown.

This isn't the complete song, i really encourage you to go give that one a listen because its great. But in this video, the way they're interrogating the little boy/minotaur, and the timing with the swat team, guns and the drops. Its brilliant! The first time i watched it i was screaming and laughing in my dorm and my roommates came over to find out what the fuck i was freaking out about.

Just this past week I've been realizing that electronic artists are giving more attention to the quality of their music videos, because i've seen at least five this week that i enjoyed so much. I'm glad too, i think its really good for the community that people really start paying that some attention, because its an art form in and of itself. Its also great for their image, and for the song's exposure.

Naden - Plucked [Free]

A very very unknown artist at the moment, Naden. I always jump at the chance to watch one of his newest videos. One of my favorite movies i watched because of him too. (which was castaway on the moon)

I have a crazy amount of his songs on my ipod, and i listen to most of them regularly. I love his melodies (im a sucker for a good melody) and builds and everything. He uses Fruity Loops studio to make his music, which i'm familiar with. I remember back in sixth and seventh grade i had that program and i used to make small beats and such but i didn't know how to use it right. Its interesting to see how far someone can really take that program. Its also a little humbling for me and really shows how much work he puts into it and how much i really don't know.

The photo in this song is a panoramic of outside his window at sunrise. Its absolutely fucking beautiful and the pan really fits with the song. Normally he makes a picture for each song on photoshop and posts it with the song, but sometimes its a photograph, such as in sentio and the sunlight (fucking awesome track) and a few others.

He did get signed to a label earlier this year, which i think is awesome. He's finally got a contract to make a living off of his amazing music. Although as per their rules; any song he posts to the public on youtube he can't use on the label. So he really only posts music to his youtube channel as a present to his subscribers. I do wish more of his music was on the channel, but i don't blame him. Maybe one day ill be able to buy his cd on itunes or in a store.

Evol Intent - Street Knowledge

Evol evol evol. This song is interesting because it starts off just remixed old school hip hop with a fat beat and stuff. And then the awesomest movie clip and gun cock right before the drop into heavy darkstep.

Darkstep is a style of dnb mostly pioneered by guys like Spor and Evol and Ewun. It blows all other branches of dnb out of the water with how much energy it has. You can totally head bang to some of these songs. Evol intent's style sets him apart a little because you really notice that he likes to put rap/gangster themes to his music. With songs like Glock Party and this one standing out particularly. I think its an excellent touch and fits perfect.

A little story i have with this song. I was blasting it and sitting at a red light and a whole car full of black guys pulled up and started head nodding to it and they were like "yeahhh" and when it dropped their faces turned to horror, while a twisted smile grew on mine. Whenever i hear this song i think of that time, it was priceless.

Not to say he can't do calmer songs with great melodies and such, flipside and middle of the night are two of my favorites of his. But i do have a long history of an unhealthy obsession with Spor and this guy so darkstep really was all i listened to for more than a year.

I missed out on a lot of chances to see these guys because they only really play in the UK and if they come here they do 21+ shows solely. I have been lucky enough to go to tons and tons of other shows in all types of situations though and next year ill be 21 so hopefully ill get to see them play in the next few years or so.

I had a hard time choosing which song of his to post here, i chose this one because of the theme it has and how it shows his style a little. But i really recommend you go listen to all his hits and his newest cd 'era of diversion' it's excellent.

Da Tweekaz - Ducktool

How's this for a change- hardstyle! I have no idea how i started listening to this genre this afternoon, i was just going from song to song on the recommended list on the right and somehow got to this. Da Tweekaz are some of my favorite hardstyle DJ's though, but this is the first time i have heard this song by them.

Years and years ago back when i was into hard electro and such, i was VERY into hardstyle. The energy of the beat, and the melodies were something i hadn't heard anywhere else. That's when i learned how to shuffle and give light shows and all that. As i said, Da Tweekaz were one of my favorite artists. This is because they always use odd samples for their songs, I've heard video game noises, chainsaws (no kidding), and now a rubber ducky. Their melodies are also just so catchy, i would find myself whistling or humming along.

Hardstyle is where shuffling really grew out of. I know that LMFAO make that party rock song and 'everyday they're shufflin' but back when hardstyle was invented- it got huge in melbourne and people were dancing the melbourne shuffle to it. The artists started making music to shuffle to and it just progressed like that. The dance affected the music and vice versa. It was really interesting to watch. Nowadays though shuffling is done with most types of electronic music (except dub and dnb).

Something to consider with hardstyle though, the first half of the songs are commonly the beat only. It stays like that, just a hard beat and such, and then the break will introduce the melody in a really epic way and then the rest of the song will normally have it. I can't tell you why this is, but try to listen though (or skip through) a song if you know its hardstyle. Because the beginning may be boring or something, but you haven't really heard what its all about till you've heard it through.

Also sidenote: i laughed at the comment below on the youtube page. "Da Squeekaz" hahahahaha

ShockOne - Crucify Me ft. Phetsta (Part 1,2 Mix Full)

I said i would do another shock one and here it is. Crucify me is an original track by them, featuring Phetsta.

I'm not 100% on their relation to each other but i know that they're both from the DnB scene in Australia (which if you remember is where pendulum came out of). From doing a little research i found out the guys in shock one were in pendulum's band before, and they split and became separate electronic artists. Phetsta on the other hand also is an aussie but is just collabing with shock one for the track. I could be wrong.

The song could fool me as a pendulum track with no problem. Definitely sounds like their singer and the vocal effects they usually use. The part I and II are definitely like "The Island" By Pendulum they do a dawn and dusk version where one is DnB and the other is dub just like this track. I'm not bringing up the pendulum thing as a bad thing, i love more tracks in this style no matter who's doing them, and its understandable that former band mates and probably great friends bounce ideas off of each other etc.

To be honest i have almost every pendulum song on my iPod and i can tell ill probably listen to these tracks more than the ones it reminds me of.

I have found hundreds of songs with maybe a thousand views, sometimes ten thousand, and they were masterpieces. I don't understand how they can be so unknown. Maybe they would be huge tracks if people had listened to it just once but they were never given the chance, or what.. but its a shame, i wish they had more exposure- they deserve it and there would be more variety and talent in the music industry. Which is better for everyone.

Side note: Part two kicks in at 4:26.

Russo - Bad Tonight (Shock One Remix)

Finally the full version is up on youtube! I can't believe it barely has 2000 views, that's just not right. I actually haven't heard the original version by rusko, which i will probably have to listen to before i finish this post.

(just listened to it, its amazing and much better than rusko's fist stuff he came out with when he was new to the scene)

Shock one is still the song I'm going to do though. They do a fucking awesome job with their remixes. The beginning with the string instrument and melody is all their own, and it just morphs it into a real shock one track. They have a specific style that is really true to DnB. A lot of people do drumstep or dub or play with the styles but they're really true to the genre which is nice sometimes.

I would love to see this track live, its very easy to dance along to and sing along to. I haven't heard everything they've done but I've never disliked a song of theirs so i think i could probably look up every single one of their songs and like it as well. Which kind of makes them a favorite artist of mine, but i don't listen to them enough for that. I can't tell you why.

Ill try and do that this week and maybe post some here. Below some of the other day's vids, we'll see..

Dumbfoundead - 'Up In The Air' Official Video

Dumbfoundead is the shit. One of my favorite rappers of this genre and best friends with another of my favorites- wax. I think this song has been around for a while, because I've known about him for a bit, and this was one of the first songs i heard by him.

Whatever that little keyboard melody is in the background is really cute and actually kind of makes the song (at least for me). It also kind of talks about how he feels about making it in his career, which touches on what a lot of us feel too. He's one of those artists that everyone should recognize and he should be a super star, and for no reason at all he isn't. Although i think he's going to get big in the next few years. I'm hoping -widely known-radio playing-status, but we'll see.

Also, this is a fan made video that they did an excellent job with. I love that panda hoodie, if it weren't $70 dollars i would own one for sure. Its also filmed in the valley in southern California where i'm from. And it slightly makes me homesick too, because its spot on with how things are there. If you've ever been there you know it looks exactly like the video.

Nujabes - Feather

I love this song. Its by a Japanese artist named Nujabes. I've known about him for forever, and this is by far my favorite song by him. Although luv (sic) and a few others are awesome too. He normally does beats and various people rap over them. Its so calming and pretty sounding, it brings back good memories from the past few years.

Unfortunately he died in a car accident last year. It really sucks to think about because all this great music he could have made will never be. A few of my other favorite artists have passed away too, some of which i hope i feature here. But it just makes me wish i had gotten that chance to see them perform before their time was up.

Klaypex - Lights

Dubstep today! A song by Klaypex called lights. My roommate was blasting this on repeat all weekend and i went over to his computer to ask him what it was called because i loved how it sounded. Now its been the first tab on my browser for a few days now.

I can tell he's still bingeing on it like i am because i hear it coming out of his room over and over. Klaypex has a bunch more awesome songs I'm going to go through and listen to as well and you should do the same.

One of my favorite effects in electronic music is processed vocals. I'm not sure what it is about them but i know a lot of songs that process and chop vocals and i just love how it comes out. The melody is almost completely carried by the singing as well, as well as the bass in the drop of course.

My roommate (one of three) is the only person i know up here in Alaska that listens to the same music as me, and sometimes its nice to trade music with him because you really start to feel culture starved when you haven't been able to talk music with anyone.

Larry Tee - Let's Make Nasty (Afrojack Remix)

I'm mixed on afrojack, i really like his music. Its catchy and danceable, but its also about as repetitive as music could possibly get. I used to say deadmau5 songs all sound the same but i was just hating. Afrojack is a different story, they really all do sound the same. But i like it anyways so fuck you.

I've been listening to afrojack since he got onto the scene. This song i first heard on a set of a friend of mine's who's stage name is DJ Eterna though. Her soundcloud page is below, i suggest you check it out, she's got a lot of really cool stuff on there. A mix of which i just finished listening to.

The verse on this is really catchy and though it is a girl i do find myself singing along. There are several remixes of this song, but none that i really like as much as this one.

( http://soundcloud.com/dj_eterna )

California Swag District - Teach Me (Terravita Remix)

So today's song is sort of a jerking song, as well as dubstep. Why i say that instead of just remix, is because it actually is the normal song up until maybe a minute in when it drops. It totally takes you by surprise because you think "oh i know this song" and then it totally changes on you.

I'm a big fan of turning rap songs and etc, into dnb and dubstep because they just fit together really well. I've heard lots and lots of songs that get remixed, and songs that feature a rapper over that track. And most of them make me smile..

16 Bit - Skullcrack

SKULLCRACK MOTHERFUCKER. This song is so violent and badass. What i would give to hear this get dropped in a rave, the crowd would turn straight into a mosh pit. 16bit has been around for while and i had some other songs by them that i (to be honest) never listened to, though they are pretty good. But this one is fucking awesome, its got so much energy!

It seems like its got better sound quality than some of his older stuff. So it makes me think that he's changed the program he uses to write his music. Whatever changed it was a change for the better for sure. I m looking forward to any of his newer music to come.

So blast it and beat up some fucking droopy eyed armless children!

Benny Benassi ft. Gary Go - Cinema

I have to admit i was a little late onto the bandwagon for this song. It came out a while ago and everybody, including my friends, was raving about it. I had never given it a good listen though. Which is weird because i actually really like Benny Benassi. But i heard a clip of it somewhere or something a week or two ago and went to go listen to it and its just sick.

The Skrillex remix is just as good too. But i listen to the original more, probably because I've heard a lot of Skirllex lately and nothing from Benny.

My roommates walked in on me mouthing the words with a soda can as a microphone, which should have been embarrassing, but i didn't stop singing i just kept blasting it. This is definitely one of those songs made for singing along to.

The video is excellent. It perfectly portrays the feelings of being love sick and what everyone feels when they think of their special someone. I love how it jumps from the cold and dark room of the scientists to the warm glow of their favorite memories of their loved ones. And the smiles on their faces is so telling about how they feel about them too. Its touching and sad at the same time and it makes you wonder why they're in that place chasing the dream of that girl.

The vocals are by Gary Go, and i could have sworn he was the same guy who was in ghosts and stuff by Deadmau5, but after googling it i realize its Rob Swire in that. Not sure why i got confused between the two. Another classic by the way, and another i took longer to come around to than everyone else in the world. It's funny, the more popular the song the longer i take to get into it. Even though i probably would have liked it back then just as much. No reason, things just seem to work out in a certain way sometimes eh?

A Little Change

After my first few posts i don't really like how the song reviews are going, so as opposed to talking about what the song sounds like (and seeing as i post the song directly next to it that it seems pointless). I'm going to instead talk about my favorite parts of the song itself, and why i like it. That seems like it'll be more interesting to read, and write.

Also, I'm not going to limit the songs to one per day, though ill try and always post at least one, i tend to get bored and get around to a few more.

So I'm hoping those posts work out a little better. Until next time-

Syncopix - Rising

So i'm up late doing homework and its almost Tuesday so i'm going to do the song of the day now. Yay for breaks!

I was thinking about which song to do, and i really was torn between doing a Sub Focus song, and "Rising" by Syncopix. Seeing as i can't really choose between Sub Focus' songs at the moment it's going to be "Rising".

The man who introduced me to this song is a great friend of mine who's DJ name is N-thiogen. He did an amazing set some years ago and this was the first song on it. He knows more about music than i ever hope to, and has come out with some really brilliant stuff. He's definitely the person who influenced my shift from psy-trance and whatever else i was into (when i was much younger), by exposing me to some amazing tracks of DnB.

Its crisp and chill at the beginning,setting up a great flowy and relaxing beat. The melody comes in with a light piano type feel. Classic liquid dnb and just an awesome song. I have come back to listen to it time and again. (and probably will for ages).

( http://soundcloud.com/n-thiogen)

Chase and Status- No Problem

September 12th, 2011.
This is a big one by Chase and Status. Heard it just one week ago, and i'm not tired of it yet! I love the slight throw back to the jungle days of early DnB with the MC. But the style definitely stays fresh. Chase and Status have been a favorite artist of mine for years now and they're business as usual with this one. The verse, build up, drop and beat all flow effortlessly. Its a hell of a track, give it a listen. (or five).

The first post!

This is the first of hopefully many posts here. I've wanted to start a blog for a while now, but to be honest have never done anything like this before so we'll see how this goes.

As for a little background- I'm from the Los Angeles area of California. I moved there in the seventh grade and lived there up until the year after i graduated high school. About three weeks ago i moved to Anchorage, Alaska to go to college. I study aviation at UAA, and i love it here.

 I am definitely an audiophile, I have a huge organized music collection and listen to music for hours a day. I'm going to try and post one song per day here and have a small review of why its the song of the day. I'm primarily into electronic music such as drum and bass or dubstep, but you'll see i also love everything from country, classical, death metal, pop, rap, all of it. So expect to see some variety unless i'm binge-ing on a certain genre.

I have a ton of friends who dabble as dj's and the like, so occasionally i will mention that i heard a song first through them. Also i will post links to their music here and there which you should definitely check out. I wish i could do what they do, I have ideas floating around in my head about remixes and songs but i just don't have that musical ability to turn it into anything and when i know someone who can i really respect that. Is that jealousy? I don't know... maybe.