Earlier today THUMP premiered ODESZA‘s starry-eyed and atmospheric 15 minute megamix unveiling tracks off of their forthcoming album ‘In Return‘ out September 9th via Counter-Records. With half of their upcoming fall tour sold out and new album underway, Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, the savvy duo of ODESZA, have proven their distinguished place in the world of dance music.

‘In Return’ is dripping in enchanting vocals, sweeping bass lines, and spiraling synths creating a sound that is nothing but satisfying. Do yourself a favor and get lost in the dreamy, mellow, and refreshing world that ODESZA effortlessly creates and anxiously wait for the drop of the entire album. Listen to the mix below via SoundCloud.

ODESZA In Return Megamix

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ODESZA In Return Tour 2014

September 13th — Jackson Hole, WY

September 18th — San Francisco, CA SOLD OUT

September 19th — San Francisco SOLD OUT

September 20th — Los Angeles SOLD OUT

September 21st — Solana Beach, CA

September 23rd — Phoenix, AZ

September 25th — Austin, TX

September 26th — Dallas, TX

September 27th — New Orleans, LA

September 30th — Washington, DC

October 1st — Philadelphia, PA

October 2nd — New York, NY SOLD OUT

October 3rd — Brooklyn, NY SOLD OUT

October 4th — Boston, MA SOLD OUT

October 5th — Montreal, QC

October 6th — Toronto, ON

October 8th — Ann Arbor, MI

October 9th — Columbus, OH

October 10th — Chicago, IL

October 11th — Madison, WI

October 12th — Minneapolis, MN

October 15th — St. Louis, MO

October 16th — Lawrence, KS

October 17th — Lincoln, NE

October 18th — Denver, CO

October 19th — Salt Lake City, UT

October 21st — Vancouver, BC

October 22nd — Vancouver, BC

October 24th — Seattle, WA

October 25th — Portland, OR

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” Last fall, while zooming around on tour, I set out to write an album which would really represent my diverse tastes in music. I approached it with a specific and dynamic palette of influences, ideas, preferences, and styles. Sometimes when I hear requests for my “older material” (from someone who only discovered my music relatively recently) or when I hear a comment about a song being “too trap” (as if 808 drums are no longer allowed in music! …when 808 beats have been a part of my production since…1996? 1997?), I think about how far back my musical influences stretch… how multidimensional they are.

I wanted to reach back into all the various corners of those influences (death metal & grindcore… gangster rap… classical… psychedelic rock… techno/ambient… IDM/glitch… downtempo… trip-hop… breakbeat… trance… every vein of electronic music… folk music… big band… jazz…. acid jazz… mushroom jazz… etc etc etc) and I wanted to play the field, like a human pinball bouncing off all the extreme ends and complicated dimensions of my own musical tastes. I wanted to create an album full of music I love. I wanted to have fun, play games, tell jokes. I wanted to make insane bangers, and also to explore deep sonic journeys… and everything in between.

By the end of Summer 2013 I had more than enough music to complete an album, but the songs weren’t really finished. Some of them were crude ideas, and a one in particular was a little track I began in 2002 and never got around to finishing. I decided I wanted to reach out to collaborators (not just other producers, but singer-songwriters, guitarists, pianists, composers, vocalists of all sorts, even entire live bands) and get interactive. By October I had rewritten many songs into a unique format: no drums. no bass. I reduced all the wobbles and lasers and synths and sound FX into basic chords: piano, guitar… maybe some simple background accompaniment. I sent them out to all kinds of people, mostly vocalists or composers, and asked them to write to it, riff over it, mash it up… see what came back. By the end of Fall Tour, I had almost enough music for an entire album that sounded like some weird indie rock band… still no beats, and no bass. I spent the rest of the year recording new ideas, sitting with vocalists and writing lyrics… playing guitar and piano and constantly remixing and transforming the ideas… just trying to see what would come up.

In January I started taking these songs and “remixing” them, as if they were songs by some other band, and I was hired to do a remix. I treated them like an Ellie Goulding song, or a Deftones song… I ripped them apart, cut them up beyond recognition, and added tons of weight, heaviness, filth, noise, beats, basslines, sound effects etc, often winding up with multiple versions of each song. On almost every individual song, I would act like some manic Goldilocks character – alternating back and forth between the extremes “this song is too hot, this song is too cold” trying to get everything “just right”.

Being off the road is weird. I’ve never had a 6 month break before… not since I was in college and throwing nonstop full moon parties and renegade warehouse raves, and trying to save the world

I’ve spent a lot of time hiking and enjoying nature, reconnecting with my friends, being invisible and relaxed… but most of my time has been spent working obsessively. I’ve worked a 13+ hour shift, 7 days a week, almost every single day this year. And I’ve collaborated with so many people that many days are spent with 5 computers in front of me, on the phone with New York, with Atlanta, with Chicago, with Denver, with Los Angeles ….losing my mind and losing myself in music.

Now I need to decide: what the fuck am I gonna do, how do I ‘finish’ this story… 26 tracks… gotta pick 13… gotta choose which ones make the cut, and which order they will appear in… don’t wanna leave anything out, don’t wanna under-represent any particular direction… want to make something that feels just right… mostly, I just want to make something I love. And share it with you later this year!

I’m sure I will get a single or two out soon, ideally before the summer… but it’s hard to release one slice of the cake when each slice is so different and unique…

Oddly, as much as I look forward to delighting you with this, I don’t care if you don’t like it. Or if you wish it was more like this, or less like that, or not enough this, or too much that. I don’t care!
I’m making what I love, and I feel so grateful when I look ahead at all the amazing opportunities I will get this year to play these songs – and remix them and reinvent them – at live shows…

One of the best parts about this time off the road is being disconnected from the internet… not checking Twitter or Facebook. I kept feeling the reflex to check in, say hi, etc… but it’s just simply too deliciously fucking wonderful to not be plugged in. I have a personal goal of spending as little time as possible online this year…. ha, we will see how it goes (wish me luck).

But I’ll be seeing you all soon out on the road, just wanted to give you a little update on where my mind is, and what I’ve been up to.

Hope you are healthy and happy,”

Lorin

As Bassnectar continues to fine tune his eagerly-awaited album release sometime this year, bassheads alike will be happy to know that Lorin is still doing his thing, pushing the envelope as always.

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This morning, the group released an exclusive trailer for an upcoming video for their track “Over Your Shoulder” which will appear on the album entitled, as we have just come to learn,  White Women.

Chromeo: New Album Trailer

Comprised of Dave 1 (brother of hall-of-fame DJ A-Trak) and P-Thugg, Chromeo has been turning out incredibly funky albums since 2004 with their debut album She’s in Control. Since then, the group has been a part of numerous festivals and tours and have been featured on remix albums for artists like Boys Noize, Feist, and Mayer Hawthorne.

While the group has not officially announced a release date for White Women, we can expect it to be out around Christmas time, or sometime at the beginning of next year.

UPDATE: Chromeo has now released the full version of their first single, “Over Your Shoulder.” Check it out here!

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It’s been five years since the release of Nine Inch Nail’s last record, “The Slip,” and fans have (less than) eagerly been awaiting Trent Reznor’s next attempt (the last few albums had some fans questioning why Reznor was heading in a more experimental direction). On May 28th, however, Trent surprised fans with a post on the NIN website saying, “Surprise: New NIN album is finished, coming later this year on Columbia Records.”

The website also features a quote of Trent stating:

“I’ve been less than honest about what I’ve really been up to lately. For the last year I’ve been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to say is finished and frankly fucking great. This is the real impetus and motivation behind the decision to assemble a new band and tour again. My forays into film, HTDA and other projects really stimulated me creatively and I decided to focus that energy on taking Nine Inch Nails to a new place. Here we go!”

The album will be officially released to the radio today at 11:30 a.m. PDT. Nine Inch Nails can also be added to the list of artists being signed with Columbia Records right behind Daft Punk for their recent release of Random Access Memories.

The group, with rumors of a new lineup, will also be hitting the road this summer with stops at Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Leeds Festival, and the Made in America festival in Philadelphia. More tour dates here:

Nine Inch Nails 2013 Tour:

July 26 — Niigata Prefecture, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
July 28 — Ansan, KR @ Ansan Valley Festival
August 02 — Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
August 09-11 — San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
August 15 — Kiewit, BE @ Pukkelpop
August 16 — Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
August 18 — Hockenheim, DE @ Rock ‘n’ Heim
August 21 — Belfast, IE @ Belsonic Festival
August 23 — Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
August 24 — Saint-Cloud, FR @ Rock en Seine
August 25 — Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
August 28 — Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum
August 31- September 01 — Philadelphia, PA @ Made in America
October 25 -27 — Asheville, NC @ Mountain Oasis Electronic Summit
November 01-03 — New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Experience

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After the success of his last album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” which walked away with three Grammys in 2010 (including one for Best Rap Album), Kanye West has officially announced the release date for his newest album, “Yeezus” as June 18th.

West has been pushing this new release pretty hard with projections of miscellaneous pictures broadcasting across New York and a recent appearance on Saturday Night Live.

The album, according to certain reviews and comments from those close to Kanye, has a dark and gritty feel to it with commentary on consumerism and — you guessed it — black people in America. The title also suggests a somewhat religious tone to it, along with Kanye’s undying obsession with himself.

It has also been confirmed that French duo Daft Punk was included with the production of the album programming drums. Other collaborators include Frank Ocean. We’ll keep you posted as the updates come in!

Kanye West New Album: Yeezus

UPDATE: Kanye’s newest album Yeezus has leaked and is streaming at Your EDM. Listen here.

West has surprised audiences with this new album by turning in a completely different direction  from previous attempts. It’s hard to call this album “hip hop” because each track uses samples and instrumentals that no one could label as a rap song. Tell us what you think on our Facebook page.

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