The BEATnik #37
Beat-Nik: Derived from the word “beat” and coined by a San Francisco newspaper columnist, “Beatnik” draws its origins from a feeling of being unrefined and uncompromised. Stretch open those ears, they are in for a taste of some new and raw talent. It involves a sort of nakedness of the mind, and, ultimately, of soul, … Read more
Into The Valley: Coachella Road Tripping
Coachella: Weekend 2 Road Trip Mix If you are a Coachella Weekend Two-ster then you best be excited for an epic festival this year. The budget and bar are high and this writer argues that the musicians and entertainers rose to the challenge and produced an astoundingly outstanding Coachella Weekend One. I put … Read more
Datsik Releases Vitamin D Album 2 Days Before Coachella
If you don’t know Datsik by now, you best be learning. Datsik has been taking the dubstep scene by storm, blowing up dance floors around the globe with his original style of hip-hop future-tech bangers. In 2009 alone, Datsik had over 7 number one releases on Beatport, and vinyl sales through the roof on many … Read more
The Dubstep of Coachella 2012
NERO Day 3: April 15, 22 The UK duo NERO descends on the deserts of Indio with slow building bass and thunderous drops that inspire some fantastic tribal dancing under the desert moon. Nero – Innocence Nero’s Essential Mix on BBC Radio-1 Zeds Dead Day 2: April 14, 21 … Read more
Pregame Mixes!
It’s that time again! To help prepare your liver for the party weekend, I have prepped some mixes for you to pregame to all weekend long! Pomp&Clout Mix Series Volume 20: Nadastrom – Mothership Mentality (Moombahton) Tommy Trash – March 2012 Mix (Progressive House) Anothny Wolf – Live at Love Groove 02.18.2012 (Electro) Datsik 2012 … Read more
Friday Bangerz!
It’s Friday. It always bangs on Fridays. Electro Lightspeed (Original Mix) – Kill The Noise & Datsik Looking For Some Girls (Bombs Away Remix) – DJ Kronic Progressive House Morena (Original Mix) – Paul Thomas & Weekend Heroes Arena (Orignal Mix) – Avesta Trance Run Into The Sun (Vocal Mix) – Corderoy feat. Little Nerve … Read more
Weekly Beatnik #7
Coyote Kisses – Conscious Pilot Xilent – Gravity New Xilent EP in stores December 5th! Excision – Ohhh Nooo Excision & Datsik- 8 Bit Superhero Sabrepulse – First Crush EP Go to Track 5 PARADISE. In the infamous words of moar_e “That track Fucks!” Previous Beatniks #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1 Thank you … Read more
Gettin’ X Rated With Excision
Deadmau5′ label “mau5trap” has released Excision’s 10 track banging LP that is guaranteed to make panties drop. Excision basically tackles everything from dubstep, electro and a bit of DnB. Collabing with, Skism, Downlink and Datsik, (just to name a few) Excision has created a monster of a record. Be warned, it may cause neck injuries. … Read more
Putting Wobbles To Words
There are many ways to describe the viciously grimey bass wobbles in dubstep – you can go with “womp”, “bwaap” or “wub”. This guy on youtube known as “Dubsteplyrics” has actually found just about every word you could think of to describe those fantastic wobbles. WARNING if you’re epileptic then you should probably not watch … Read more
