May 15, 2014

Alice Russell – Hurry On Now (FKJ Remix)

by Jake Groch EDM, Funky, Happy • Tags: A, Acappella, Alice, Ambient, and, Banger, Bass, Blogs, Blues, Cappella, CG3, Charles, Chas, Classic, Dance, Deep, Downtempo, EDM, electronic, Filthy, FKJ, French, funk, Future, Garage, Goudie, Groch, Hip-Hop, house, Hurry, Jake, Juice, Keegan, Kiwi, Major, Midtempo, Minimal, Minimalistic, Muisc, Now, On, Onions, Producer, Production, R&B, Re-Work, Rework, Rhythm, Russell, Sample, Simple, Soul, Trap, UK, Warner

This next French producer has been serving up his own style of freshly squeezed, funky midtempo beats since late twenty twelve. FKJ or French Kiwi Juice (yum), has been lighting up my SoundCloud stream as of late, regardless of the fact that I was not (at the time) following him.

This could only mean one thing.

The artists in which I already had been following, hence, the artists I actually enjoy, were reposting FKJ’s music on the regular. When this is the case, the mystery artist in question is generally noteworthy in their skills as an electronic dance music producer. Such was the case with this French, kiwi loving musician.

FKJ’s remix to Alice Russell is a thing of sheer beauty. The a cappella lyrics and background harmonies provide the perfect funky, soul influenced vibe that accompanies most productions by Kiwi Juice. One particular aspect we respect most about this remix to “Hurry On Now” is the minimalistic nature in which FKJ “touched-up” the original.

Now, that is not to say that plenty of time and effort didn’t go into producing this song. Based on the quality of the master, and vividness of each sample, I’d safely assume that creating this mix was no walk in the park. However, the elegance and grace that the track displays can be directly traced back to its simplicity.

May 8, 2014

Mat Zo and Kill The Noise Present: Kill The Zo

by Jake Groch EDM, Funky, Happy, Heavy • Tags: &, 1, and, Anjunabeats, Bass, Blogs, Blood, Chas, Company, D&B, Dance, Drum, drumstep, Dubstep, EDM, electro, electronic, funk, Glitch, Goudie, Groch, Hip-Hop, Hollywood, Hop, house, IMO, Involved, Jake, Keegan, Kill, KTN, Management, Mat, Matan, music, Noise, One, Onions, OWSLA, Palladium, Part, Rager, Stanczak, The, Transgenre, Trap, Zo, Zohar

Well eat my foot and call me Sally!

Honestly, we never thought these next three words would ever be uttered in sequence, let alone be actualized into a serious collaboration between two of our favorite, yet, in their own regard, entirely different EDM producers.

Kill

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That’s right. You heard us correctly.

In what may be one of the strangest electronic dance music alliances we have ever seen, Matan Zohar, aka Mat Zo and Jake Stanczak of Kill The Noise have officially joined forces and dropped their premier release as a single entity. Appropriately titled “Part 1,” this next five minute, enigmatic composition is soon to be the talk of the electronic dance music community (and not solely because of who produced it).

How do we know this?

Tossing aside the obvious notion that these two producers’ prior endeavors and resulting fame will greatly aid in the success of this menagerie of strange bedfellows, it’s the track’s jaw-dropping uniqueness that speaks the loudest toward its merit. There’s simply no point in classifying it. Just open your ears to the future.

Now, we’re not saying this is what every EDM musician will be on after they hear it, but, you bet your ass we will be hearing a bevy of follow-up releases from these two.

Taking you around the world in a freshly constructed, incredibly complex, multi-cultural, electronic dance music flying machine, we warmly welcome to the scene, Kill The Zo.

http://killthezo.com/

April 7, 2014

He’s Back! | 123MRK – ‘Versatile / Secret Secret’ EP

by Jake Groch EDM, Funky, Happy • Tags: #Etched, 123mrk, Bass, Dance, Downtempo, EDM Blogs, electro, electronic, EP, Flume, funk, funky, Future, Future Classic, Garage, happy, Hip-Hop, Holdin On, Jake Groch, music, original mix, Post-Dubstep, R&B, Rager Onions, Rap, Remix, Secret Secret, UK, Untroubled, Versatile, Vinyl, Vocals

Unfortunately, due to the disheartening fact that 123Mrk has left us without any new releases in quite some time now, we have not been able to properly introduce you to our favorite producer of the increasingly popular genre, Future Garage (Future Bass). Most notably in America, this genre of electronic music is gaining a lot of speed as its counterpoint style, Dubstep, is slowly becoming a thing of the past.

It’s kind of funny actually, it only took America an additional two or three years to catch up with the electronic dance music trends that had already taken deep root in the rest of the world (Europe/Australia). We are predicting that Future Garage, or Future Bass, whatever you want to call it, is going to be HUGE in the old US of A. This particular musical motif, that outrightly stands against and rejects the increasingly watered down dubstep scene, combines several musical aspects that we Americans seem to already dig.

Future music is a bit hard to describe really, but we will do our best. We believe that Americans will immediately fall in love with this type of music because they absolutely LOVE Hip-Hop, Rap and R&B. Utilizing the chilled-out and soulful downtempo aura of these musical predecessors, Future producers apply a particular touch to make a track their own.

This may include “re-pitched vocals” (probably the first thing you will notice), “soft leads with a round attack, subbass or square wave bass with a modulating filter” (source: Wiki) and classic, finely tuned snare drum/high hat arrangements. In fact, many remixes of the Future Garage flavor typically choose an original Hip-Hop or R&B track to restyle.

This next artist classifies his production style as “Future Garage Post Dubstep Hip Hop Electro,” so yeah. It’s a bit complicated to say the least.

However, without any further ado, we bring to you his Highness, the Future Bass legend, 123Mrk with his latest EP release, “Versatile/Secret Secret.”