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