March 24, 2014

Mondays Blow. This Playlist However, Does Not.

by Jake Groch EDM, Funky, Happy, Heavy • Tags: 12th Planet, Ahead Of Us, ak9, Alina Baraz, Alone, Alpine, Avalon, Avionics, Barely Alive, Big Adventure, Blackstreet, Bone N Skin, Bunduru, Castle Walls, Change, Chasing Ghosts, Cherokee, Chet Faker, Christina Aguilera, Civilian, Cleindl, Colin McLoughlin, Collide, Crywolf, Curious Kontrol, Daguerrotype, Darianna, Deathcab For Cutie, Detective Orange, Diamond Eyes, Directive, Dirtcaps, Disintegration, DJ Swoon, Don't Matter, Drop The Game, EH!DE, Electric Joy Ride, Ethereal Material, Faint, Falling Down, Figure, FiLiBuStA, First Love, FKJ, Flinch, Flume, Funk4Mation, Funky Town, Gaia, Galantis, Galimatias, Good Times, Habstrakt, Heatwave EP, How Many DJ's, Ianborg, Jake Niemi, Jesus Christ, Kaster, KATFYR, Klaypex, Le Castle Vania, Lena Wolf, Lights, Linkin Park, Liquid Stranger, Listen, Lush & Simon, Mad Decent, Maduk, Maniaks, Mayhem, Memtrix, Ming, Mirage, Momestra, Monster Mania, Mr Carmack, Mr. Bill, Nanobii, Never Bitter, Never Sweet, New Game, Nitro Fun, No Diggity, Nostalgibra, Original, OVERWERK, PASSiO, pennybirdrabbit, Power-Up, Pretty Thoughts, Radio Edit, Rainbow Road, Reaktion, Records, Remix, Revolution, Rihanna, RL Grime, Romby, Rudebrat, RUN DMT, SectionZ, Skrux, SLDGHMR, Snazzy, Spag Heddy, Spinnin' Records, Spock, Stay, Stay The Night, Subterra, Tell Me, The Eden Project, The Enabler & The Enabled, The Hair Kid, The Nile, The Partysquad, Three Bar, Throw Up, To The Stars, Tom Swoon, Transatlanticism, Vaski, VIP, Virtual Riot, Want You Back, We Could Be Heaven, What So Not, Whoops, Wild Wild West, Wye Oak, You, Zedd

Below we have included a cornucopia of next-level EDM tunes (categorized by genre) that we simply did not have the time to post over the last month or so. Time is a precious thing, as you all know. Unfortunately, we seem to have less of it as each day progresses onto the next. It sucks really.

Which brings me to my next point, anyone looking for a job???

Email us. We sure as hell could use the help around here.

Oh, and no fat chicks. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Dubstep/Drumstep: Trap: Future Shit: House and House Derivatives: Glitch Hop: Drum and Bass:

January 7, 2014

Rager Onions Presents: The Top 10 EDM Songs of 2013

by chasgoudie EDM, Funky, Happy, Heavy • Tags: 2013, 7Even, Alina Renae, Andy Duguid, Asa, Audien, Avicii, best edm songs, Chas Goudie, Dillon Francis, Disclosure, Easy, EDM, EDM Blogs, Flume, Fly, Hey Brother, Hippie Sabotage, Jaguar Trap, Jake Groch, Kat Krazy, Keegan Goudie, Koan Sound, Madeon, Mat Zo, Porter Robinson, Protohype, Rager Onions, Sanctuary, Sound Remedy, Starlite, Sub Focus, Technicolor, The M Machine, Top 10, Top 10 EDM songs, Turn It Around, Wayfarer, What So Not, Without You

After compiling over 100 of the best songs from 2013, the staff at Rager Onions put their super-powers (our brains) together and narrowed it down to ten. Ten s0ngs that not only caught our ears, but blew our minds.

Without further adieu, the Top 10 EDM Songs of 2013.

10. Protohype chilled out a little with this track, and the result was a masterpiece. With one of the most motivational songs of 2013, “Fly” is a tasty dubstep anthem for any music palette. Seriously, even your grandma might like it.

9. The dark horse, Andy Duguid, takes trance to a whole new level with “7Even”. Like all great songs, this one gets better with every listen. One might even call it ‘orgasmic’.

8. The French sensation has done it again. Madeon may not be old enough to drink alcohol in the U.S. yet, but he did produce one of the top-10 EDM songs of 2013. Kids these days.

7. Disclosure and Flume in the same sentence? You know it’s going to be nothing but gold.

6. Coming from one of this years top LP’s, Sub Focus also found his way onto the top-10 with this up-beat, D&B melody. Whether you’re having problems at work, problems with a girl, or problems doing laundry on a consistent basis – this song will surely put you on the right path.

5. Dillon Francis did a lot in 2013. But nothing was more impressive than his first love song, “Without You”. According to Dillon’s Soundcloud, “This song is very meaningful to me because as TEED and I were working on the song I was having relationship problems of my own. He ended up writing the song about the whole situation i was going through..”

4. Just nasty. Trap isn’t dead yet, you guys. You heard it hear first: What So Not is the future of trap.

3. Audien exploded in 2013, and we’ll expect nothing less in 2014.

2. Our #1 EP of 2013 belonged to KOAN Sound & Asa’s Sanctuary. “Starlite” took the EDM world by storm, and for good reason.

1. The song that was at the top halfway through the year, stays at the top. Funky, passionate, and perfect for love making – this collaboration from two of EDM’s brightest minds will go down in the record books. Because “Easy” was the best EDM song of 2013.

Honorable Mentions:

The best remix of 2013 belongs to Kat Krazy.

We just can’t say enough about Sound Remedy. So we won’t.

This song got bumped from the top-10, but The M Machine deserves a lot of love for this “Tiny Anthem”.

You’re going to hear this song on the radio a lot over the next few months, but make no mistake about it – it was one of the best EDM songs produced this past year.

We’re all hippies at heart.

November 29, 2013

The Future of Trap: What So Not | Artist Spotlight [Free Download]

by Jake Groch EDM, Funky • Tags: 7 Dollar Bill, ADD Generation, Boys Noize, Chris Emerson, Diplo, EDM Blogs, Emoh, Flosstradamus, Future, Future Classic, Future Garage, Harley Streten, Hip-Hop, Jaguar, Jake Groch, Major Lazer, Nero, R & B, Rager Onions, Skrillex, Soundcloud, Touched, Trap, Trap Music, What So Not

It would certainly appear as if signing to OWSLA was in Chris and Harley’s best interest as their past two releases, “Touched” and “Jaguar”, have accumulated nearly one million listens on SoundCloud in less than a month (with countless other views on other various social media platforms, like YouTube). In fact, their most recent release, which dropped today, has already accumulated 150K views as of 3:30 PM CST. The sheer size of these numbers are no coincidence however. This collaborative duo, What So Not, between Harley Streten (the Future Sensation) of Flume and Chris Emerson of Emoh, is a match made in heaven.

The self-proclaimed voice of the A.D.D. generation, What So Not specializes in their own form of futuristic, Afro-beat and trap influenced productions. Their sound is utterly pure, unique and nothing short of progressive. As we have mentioned previously, Trap music needs an artist(s) to breathe fresh air into an increasingly stale genre. The young Australian producer, Harley Streten of Flume, has been redefining electronic music as we know it for the past few years. With the help of Chris Emerson and Skrillex (of OWSLA), this group is the future of American Trap Music.

What So Not was formulated in late twenty eleven with the release of their first EP 7 Dollar Bill. Gaining attention from artists like Boys Noize, the tandem of producers proceeded to continue their take on Hip-Hop/R&B influenced EDM. In 2012, the duos remix to Major Lazer was popularized by some of the biggest names in electronic music including trap-phenoms Flosstradamus, Nero, and Diplo.

But it is specifically these last two jams by What So Not that have really got us all hot and bothered so to speak. The most recent release, “Jaguar” is the future of trap music as we know it. If you disagree, we feel sorry for you. We would just like to let the songs do the talking, however. So, without further ado, here we go.