May 30, 2014

Top 10 EDM Songs Released This Month (May 2014)

by Jake Groch EDM, Funky, Happy, Heavy • Tags: Audien, Cazzette, Chicago, Cream, Dance, Dirt Monkey, EDM, electronic, Gabriel, Gold, Goudie, Groch, I, Ice, Jack, Jake, James, Jamesssss, Jansten, Jvmes, Keegan, Kill, Knocks, Koi, Life, Machine, Major, May, Me, Media, Move, music, Nero, Nervo, Onions, Original, Ozcan, Part, Pond, Porter, R3hab, Rager, Remix, Revolution, Rios, Robinson, Sad, Satisfy, Six, Sleepless, SLUGZ, SNAILS, Songs, Sound, Sports, The, Thomas, Top, Ummet, Zo

Do you like music? Nice, so do we.

That’s why instead of hitting up happy hour for some dirty flirtinis, we spent our entire Friday afternoon ferociously debating which new EDM tracks are the most trill. And by ‘most trill’, we mean the 10 songs that are not to be ignored – for any reason, other than if you peed your pants.

Then again, peeing your pants is cool.

So uhh…yah. You should listen to all of these songs.

10. Wielding their street sweeping beat, SNAILS is shooting “SLUGZ.”

9. Kill The Zo, ’nuff said.

8. Once you go Thomas Jack, you never go back.

7. There’s Goldfish, there’s Koi, and then there’s this song.

6. It’s an Audien “Revolution.” We’re just living in it.

5. No, no “Ice Cream Sound.” Not until you eat your vegetables.

4. Remaining static will be a problem for die-hard fans of The Knocks. We present, “Move Me.”

3. Porter Robinson unveils another revolutionary chapter in his pièce de résistance, the “Sad Machine.”

2. Complete satiation thanks to the trio that is Nero.

1. Welcome insomnia. You won’t stop listening to this…not even for sleep.

May 28, 2014

Two More EDM Songs (Minus The ‘D’) [Free]

by Jake Groch EDM, Funky, Happy, Heavy • Tags: 6, AFK, Blogs, BP, Bright, Chas, Chill, Chillout, Chillwave, CubeKin, D, Dance, DKS, Download, drumstep, Dubstep, EDM, electronic, Feat., Featuring, Forget, Free, Ft., Goudie, Groch, I, Jake, Keegan, Major, Matchbox, Media, Minus, music, Onions, Orchestra, Original, Park, Protohype, Rager, Ras, Rock, Side, Six, Sorry, South, The, We're

If the title left you scratching your beautiful little head, we’re sorry.

Please let us explain.

After stumbling upon both of these tracks in the very same day, we thought it proper to share them with you. The particular quality or motif that both of these songs share is a very simple concept to understand, however its role may be vitally important to the music industry as a whole. As stated in the title, both of these jams are EDM (Electronic ~~Dance~~ Music) without the ‘D’ or, more simply, Electronic Music.

Yeah, we get it. “EM,” as it shall be called, is most assuredly not a new concept in popular music. Hipsters have been doing it since they started making corduroy pants and fixed gear velocipedes (quintessentially indie way of saying “bicycles”)…and that’s a long time.

Trust us.

However, both of the tracks by artists AFK and Matchbox Orchestra incorporate particular qualities of Electronic Music that are more closely related to those heard in Electronic Dance Music. More and more these days we are begging to see these electronic sounds pop up in any and every other genre of already established popular music. Instead of boring you with the details of what we mean exactly, we figured it might be more fun if you just listened. Try and tease out these concepts yourself. See if you can understand exactly what we are talking about.

Both “I forget” by Matchbox Orchestra featuring CubeKin and AFK’s remix of “Bride Side” by Protohype and Ras feature a more minimalistic electronic approach than most EDM productions. We say this because both artists are EDM producers by trade.

If anything, the two songs sound more like regular old rock jams than anything. In our opinion, this method serves to make the individual breakdowns all the more dulcet and indicative of the emotion the vocalist is trying to convey in their lyrics. Instead of being stagnantly satiated with overwhelming electronic arrangements, they are saved for a time when the song truly NEEDS it.

Good luck getting either of these tunes out of your heads.

1. Protohype – Bright Side ft. Ras (AFK Remix ft. DKS)

2. Matchbox Orchestra – I Forget ft. CubeKin

May 7, 2014

10 Tracks Your Mom Can Get Down To On Mother’s Day [In No Particular Order]

by Jake Groch EDM • Tags: 10, Again, Alma, and, Anthem, Bass, Bee's, Best, Big, Burning, Chas, Clip, Country, Coyote, Dance, Day, Deep, Denver, Derek, Digital, Dirty, Down, Drum, drumstep, Dubstep, electro, electronic, Ellie, Falling, Felxprod, Find, Freedom, Future, Gaye, Glitch, Going, Goudie, Goulding, Gramatik, Griz, Grizmatik, Groch, Hanging, Home, Hop, house, How, I, In, Is, Jake, John, Keegan, Keytar, Kisses, Knees, Know, Liberation, Lights, love, M, Machine, Mad, Marty, Marvin, Me, Mix, MONSTAS, Moombahton, Mother's, music, Nobody, Nymus, On, Onions, Original, Osawa, Pretty, progressive, Rager, Remix, RO, Road, Rod, Sandz, SEE, Shinichi, Sigma, Skrux, Smith, Songs, Soulero, Take, The, The M Machine, This, Tiny, To, Top, Trance, Vincent, VIP, What's, You

Ok, now stop.

Before you click “Pay and Proceed” on that Edible Arrangements bouquet you were just about to purchase, why not reconsider?

What would you say if we told you that you could give your mom something totally wicked this mothers day? Not only would this gift be over-the-top incredible and possibly the most notable gift anyone has bestowed upon the person who squeezed the gifter in question out of her vagina, but, it would also be free of charge.

We know what your thinking…

And yes. We’d love it if you’d hook us up with your mothers.

And yes. Below we have provided the gift in which we were discussing above.

You can thank us later.

10. John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads (Pretty Lights Remix)

Take me home, John Denver. And you too, Pretty Lights.