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Mad Decent Block Party 2013

Sam — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:00:56 +0000

Diplo’s Mad Decent Block Party 2013 has officially announced tour dates and artists. Starting mid-July in Calgary and ending in September in San Diego, the MDBP will be bringing it’s high-energy summer fun across the country. Acts like Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, Dillon Francis and RIFF RAFF will be there for most of the dates, with some up and coming acts like RL Grime, Baauer, Big Gigantic and Griz joining in on the fun.

Tickets are going for around $35 and can be purchased here. More updates to come!

Mad Decent Block Party 2013:

July 19th — Calgary, TBA

Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, Big Gigantic, Paul Devro, Smalltown DJs

July 20th — Las Vegas, Encore Beach Club

Diplo, Zeds Dead, Dillon Francis, ETC! ETC!, Torro Torro, Paul Devro, MORE TBA

July 26th — Toronto, Fort York

Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, RiFF RAFF, Grandtheft, Thugli, MORE TBA

July 27th — Philadelphia, The Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing

Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, RiFF RAFF, Nadastrom, DJ Sega, Dirty South Joe, Swizzymack, Jahan Lennon

August 2nd — Washington DC, Merriweather Post Pavilion

Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, SBTRKT DJ Set, Skream, RiFF RAFF, Lunice, Griz, MORE TBA

August 3rd — Ft. Lauderdale, Revolotion Outdoors

Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, Flosstradamus, Big Gigantic, RiFF RAFF, MORE TBA

August 9th — Atlanta, Masquerade Music Park

Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, RL Grime, RiFF RAFF, HeRobust, Sasha Go Hard, MORE TBA

August 10th — Brooklyn, Williamsburg Park

Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, Rockie Fresh, Keys N Krates, Destructo, DJ Sliink, MORE TBA

August 13th — Dallas, Club Zouk Outdoors

Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Baauer, Flosstradamus, Griz, Nadastrom, MORE TBA

September 6th — Detroit, Elektricity Festival Grounds

Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Baauer, Samo Sound Boy, MORE TBA

September 7th — New Braunfels, Whitewater Music Amphitheater

Major Lazer, Big Gigantic, Dillon Francis, Baauer, Flosstradamus, MORE TBA

September 14th — Los Angeles, TBA

Major Lazer, Matt & Kim, Big Gigantic, RiFF RAFF, Samo Sound Boy, Sasha Go Hard, MORE TBA

9/15: San Diego, Petco Park Lot

Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, Jack U, Big Gigantic, Samo Sound Boy, Sasha Go Hard, Smalltown DJs, MORE TBA

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Daptone Records – The Soul Revival

justnoisetome — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:53:57 +0000

There has been a rebirth in music, a rebirth that cannot be ignored, bringing about a familiar feeling of a pure urge to let loose and get down. We are living in a day of a Soul Revival. Soul music has been reincarnated like some sort of Afro-Jesus, brought back to life by the Brooklyn based indie label Daptone Records. This little label that could has brought Soul, Afro-beat, Gospel and Funk back into the ears and the hearts of the Boogie-Sphere.

Only recording on analog tape, Daptone produces records of the highest sounding caliber, reminiscent of the days of The Supremes, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin. Hand-made and hand-mixed, the records coming out of this Bushwick studio, dubbed the Daptone’s House of Soul, bring listeners back to the days of the counter culture revolution, a time when youth found raw feeling and energy in music.

Whether your preference is for discs 7-inches or 12, LPs or CDs, this is music to be savored and felt, again and again. — Gabriel Roth & Neal Sugarman

Owned and operated by musicians Gabriel Roth and Neal Sugarman, Daptone has produced records for some of the finest acts in today’s soul revival, even the likes of the late, great, and beautifully talented Amy Winehouse. Alongside that heavy-hitter are acts such as Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Budos Band, and Charles Bradley, just to name a few. Needless to say, the folks at Daptone are the front runners in this rebirth of soul, opening up a modern audience to a nearly forgotten yet dearly loved genre.

Now celebrating ten years of putting out some of the funkiest records today, Daptone Records is putting artists like Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings out on tour for the summer. If given the opportunity, we HIGHLY recommend catching one of these acts to bump, grind, and get the fuck down. See what the rebirth is all about.

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EDM Spotlight: Dirtybird Records

Sam — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:22:31 +0000

Based out of San Francisco, Dirtybird Records has been turning out some tasty jams since 2005. Headed up by Barclay Crenshaw, better known by his DJ alias Claude Vonstroke, the record company was formed after years of frustration in the bay area’s EDM scene by a group of producer/DJ’s that called themselves the “dirtybird” crew. The coalition would set up free shows in Golden Gate Park for free and for anyone willing to come and dance. Now, almost ten years later, Dirtybird Records boasts top-billing artists like Justin Martin, Christian Martin and J. Phlip — one of the few (and most attractive) female DJ’s on the scene.

Short after the creation of the label, Dirtybird was able to land licensing gigs with the CSI Season 9 premier, Nike, and Lincoln Mercury. The Martin Brothers (Justin and Christian) had the number 1 song on Beatport and Claude Vonstroke was hand picked to DJ one of Diddy’s beach parties in South Beach.

The music coming out of the record company has been described as “booty house” “dirty house” or “bass house.” Whatever you want to call it, it’s really some of the most funky, minimal electronic music on the market and is on it’s way to becoming the next big thing. They’ve even landed their own stage at HARD Summer this year and a summer-long residency at the world famous Sankeys club in Ibiza.

With the world of EDM constantly evolving, it’s tough to say where exactly we’ll see DBR go from here. However, if their mass amounts of success in less than ten years is any indication we should be seeing lots more from this talented group of booty-shake inducing producers.

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