Earlier this month, Los Angeles’ highly anticipated HARD Summer took place in its new home on the radically expanded grounds of the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. Outdoing themselves not only in the amplitude of attendees, but with the mind-boggling lineup, Gary Richards (Destructo) and his crew delivered one wild party.

Notorious artists such as the Jack U duo, Nero, Dillon Francis, A-Trak, and Disclosure headlined the overwhelmingly distinguished lineup of artists, although all of the talent could have been headlining acts. Each headliner delivered a wild, main stage primed set, capping off each night of the weekend with a bang. Of course we could not miss the rare union of Skrillex and Diplo coming together to form Jack U, nor could I have passed up on crowd-pleasing funnyman Dillon Francis.

However, since the day the lineup dropped back in April, I was beyond enthusiastic to see the amount of funky deep house and techno house talent that was represented. Don’t get me wrong, witnessing the Jack U closing spectacle the first night in the rain, playing banger after banger, setting off flames and lasers was incredible, but what really got me going was the intense funkiness that characterized this summer lineup.

Watching A-Trak do what he does best on his turntables in complete awe was unforgettable, and Disclosure’s all-out, strictly business live set won’t soon be forgotten either, however, I was mostly grasped by HARD’s heaping dose of groovy garage funk. The acts I boogied down at were marked by surprisingly small crowds in HARD’s multicolored tent stages where I spent most of my time out of the dust and getting sweaty in the massive awnings from group-session groovin’.

Saturday kick-started the funk in the Pink Tent. Representing the badass ladies taking over the scene, JNTM favorite J.Phlip had the Pink Tent going off with her infectious, deep bass lines meshed with bouncy disco elements. J.Phlip throws down a party, never a moment of monotony, and she effortlessly makes the crowd dance as hard as they can as everybody gets down to her bootylicious house. I stayed right where I was in the Pink Tent as J.Phlip came to an end for my most anticipated set of the weekend, Tchami.

This Paris native is conquering the states with his uncanny, groovy take on what he is calling “future house.” Tchami flaunted his melodic, deep basslines making anyone and everyone boogie down, whether they were in control or not.

The Pink Tent was booming and what seemed to be a smaller sized crowd was now a roaring crowd of people reflexively dancing in unison, almost as though Tchami was robotically controlling the entire Pink Tent.

From the visuals and the grooving to his exotically catchy take on deep electro house and addictive hit remixes, Tchami tremendously exceeded my expectations and upheld my every reason for anticipation. I headed over to the Purple Tent for the infamous British OWSLA duo, Jack Beats, initially to catch a quick glimpse of what their hype was about.

It quickly turned into me becoming hooked by their incomparable sound blending everything from hip-hop to drum and bass to dubstep to electro/deep house. Their captivating originality makes Jack Beats’ set one I will not soon forget either.

Sunday’s staggering schedule of performances had me restless before I even entered the festival’s gates. My day started early and I soon realized the incredible inflation in attendees, dust, and intoxicating performances. Australia’s Danny Blanc, known as Wax Motif, brought his fresh and unique mixing technique to the Green Tent.

Wax Motif’s techno house sound had crowds flocking from every direction to get down and dance. His set showcased elements of hip-hop throughout his distinct techno dance style and was the perfect prelude to the Green Tent’s next electrifying star, Hannah Wants.

As one of her premiere US appearances, Hannah’s garage-house sound that incorporates familiar hip-hop and R&B tracks had the crowd boogying down. Her use of heavy bass creates a toxic sound that had me goggle over her and her groovy deep house style that impressively stimulated the entire crowd. Hannah Wants got me and the rest of the crowd so pumped for the style she was creating as well as ceremoniously showcasing the success of women artists across the dance music spectrum.

I moved from the Green Tent to the Purple Tent to experience a different take on deep house by Pittsburg’s own Kastle. His sunset performance brought a soulful edge to grime and garage style dubstep. The crowd was disappointingly small considering Kastle’s love to party that is represented by his accomplished development of underground electronic music fused with hip-hop.

His sound is so clean and precise due to his background as an engineer you can’t help but wonder when people will catch on. Kastle effortlessly warmed up the crowd for Wave Racer to take the decks, flipping the party upside down.

The crowd was immediately hypnotized by Thomas Purcell’s, a.k.a Wave Racer‘s, playfully distinct sound. His mix of bouncy, animated synthesizers, electro house, and samples of 90’s gaming systems are compiled into an unmatched blend of sunshine that intoxicated the Purple Tent. Wave Racer’s unconventional and whimsical take on future bass and warping of party jams had everyone boogying down.

The final night of HARD ended with a rapid fire round-robin of sets, as we checked on Gary Richard’s funk-laced techno set as Destructo, Disclosure‘s absolutely jaw-dropping live showcase at the main stage, alongside R&B maven Mary J. Blige, DJ Mustard‘s rowdy hip-hop shakedown, and Nero’s festival-ending return to the American festival circuit.

My weekend ended with some of the best sets of the festival, where I got to see some of the freshest talents dance music has to offer. Nero’s set wound down with their famed “Must Be The Feeling,” artfully mixed with Justice’s pounding magnum opus “Genesis.” I let the goosebumps take over as I put my hands in the air, let my head tilt back, and I took a moment to take it all in.

I had survived HARD Summer. As I joined the mass exodus of exhausted fans still buzzing from the festival’s finale, I realized I had seen every set I wanted to see from the lengthy weekend lineup, while also turning myself onto some brand new sounds I had previously never heard before.

Known for their ultra-diverse roster each year, HARD had me at hello, and now the waiting game begins with anticipation soaring high for next year’s big event.

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Since Lindsay Lowend has been having somewhat of a quiet year throughout 2014, someone had to hook up the 8-bit, Nintendo-inspired jams. That’s where Toronto producer PUSHER comes in. With less than 1500 followers on SoundCloud, PUSHER is still relatively new to the scene. But we don’t care about numbers here, just the tunes.

“Islands, Waves, Caves, & Skies,” is a funky little jam complete with samples of Yoshi, golden coins, and mushrooms that you’d only find in a Super Mario game that seems to be very remeniscent of Wave Racer and Lowend.

PUSHER – Islands, Waves, Caves, & Skies [Free Download]

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As always, we love seeing new artists put out a monster jam like this, and it will be exciting to see where this young talent goes! Check back right here for more PUSHER.

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Whoever Drippy Dolphin is exactly doesn’t really matter as he/she/they have just released another chopped-up nineties pop fueled Jersey club track titled ♡-Craaazy-♡.

Very similar in tone to Drippy’s first release ♡-Oooops-♡, ♡-Craaazy-♡ features a melange of samples ranging from Aqua’s “Boom Boom Boom Boom” to gun shots and Aaron Carter.

It’s frenetic, delightfully saccharine and sounds like the love child of DJ A.M., The Spice Girls, and Hubba Bubba.

For more on Drippy Dolphin, follow him/her/whoever on Facebook, Twitter, and SoundCloud.

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HARD came through with their full lineup announcement for the August 2nd and 3rd festival, at it’s new location, and the two-day roster is boasting what should be the biggest party of this festival season. Headlining bouts by dance music royalty tag-team Jack U, Nero, Mad Decent don Dillon Francis, and Disclosure are set to make waves, along with HARD newcomers Tiesto and former Swedish House frontman Axwell set to make stellar HARD debuts as well.

The genre bending fashion that HARD lives for comes through in full effect with performances by everyone from the likes of A-Trak to What So Not, Dirty Bird Player Justin Martin to Bro Safari, back to young gun Martin Garrix and so many more in between.

Spanning the entire electronic spectrum, leaving no taste left unsatisfied, the summer festival of the year is here. From Kill The Noise to J.Philip, Brodinski to Kry Wolf, A$AP Mob to Clockwork and back, HARD knows no bounds. Check out the official trailer below and get your tickets to HARD here.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2
JACK U| A$AP MOB | AXWELL | FLOSSTRADAMUS
BAAUER | TOMMY TRASH | DJ SNAKE | CARNAGE | JACK BEATS
SETH TROXLER |KILL THE NOISE | JUSTIN MARTIN | PUSHA T
TIGA VS. AUDION |  THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS |  JOSH WINK | GRIZ
WHAT SO NOT |  TCHAMI |  OLIVER |  DUSKY |  RUSTIE | BRO SAFARI
ALEX METRIC | LUNICE |THE M MACHINE | CYRUL HAHN | HENRY FONG
GOLDROOM (DJ SET) |  J. PHILIP | AEROPLANE |  JUAN MACLEAN (DJ SET)
JUSTIN JAY |  SHIFT K3Y | TWRK | VALENTINO KHAN  |  DAVID HEARTBREAK
LOUISAHHH!!! | SHAROOZ | WORTHY | EPROM | HARVEY McKAY |
ALESIA | ETNIK | CUT SNAKE | ALIX PEREZ + MORE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
TIESTO | DISCLOSURE | NERO |DILLION FRANCIS
2MANYDJS | MARTIN GARRIX | A-TRAK | CHASE & STATUS | MAYA JANE COLES
RUDIMENTAL (LIVE) | SUB FOCUS | BRODINSKI | CLOCKWORK
DESTRUCTO | JULIO BASHMORE | DJ MUSTARD | THE CHAINSMOKERS
GORGON CITY | CASHMERE CAT | MERCER | HUCCI | BREACH
JESSE ROSE | CLAPTONE | DANNY DAZE | WAVE RACER | JACQUES GREENE
KASTLE | JIMMY EDGAR |SHARAM JEY | 100S | DJ SLINK
TRIPPY TURTLE | BRANCHEZ |MILO & OTIS | ETC! ETC! | KILL FRENZY
SHIBA SAN | HANNAH WANTS | BLOOD DIAMONDS | MR. CARMACK
VANILLA ACE | DJEMBA DJEMBA | WAX MOTIF | VINDATA
KRY WOLF | CORY ENEMY | BONES + MORE

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Mad Decent Block Party 2014 Lineup

Saturday, July 26th // Revolution Live // Ft. Lauderdale, FL (tickets)

Action Bronson – Dillon Francis – DJ Snake – Flosstradamus – Flume – What So Not – Zeds Dead + more TBA

Sunday, July 27th // Masquerade Music Park // Atlanta, GA (tickets)

Action Bronson – Dillon Francis – DJ Snake – Flosstradamus – Flume – What So Not – Zeds Dead + more TBA

Friday, August 1st // Merriweather Post Pavilion // Washington, D.C. (tickets)

Dan Deacon – Dillon Francis – Diplo – Fulx Pavilion – Sleigh Bells – Trippy Turtle – Wave Racer + more TBA

Saturday, August 2nd // Scope Plaza // Norfolk, VA (tickets)

Cashmere Cat – Flosstradamus – Flux Pavilion – Sleigh Bells – Trippy Turtle – Wave Racer – Wolfgang Gartner + More TBA

Friday, August 8th // Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing // Philadelphia, PA (tickets)

Chance the Rapper – Dillon Francis – Diplo – Dirty South Joe – DJ Sega – DJ Snake _ Flosstradamus – Swizzymack

Saturday, August 9th // MCU Park @ Coney Island // Brooklyn, NY (tickets)

Dillon Francis – Diplo – DJ Snake – Flosstradamus – Grandtheft – Walshy Fire + More TBA

Sunday, August 10th // Blue Hills Bank Pavillion // Boston, MA (tickets)

Chance the Rapper – Diplo – DJ Snake – Flosstradamus – Lunice – Walshy Fire – Wave Racer + More TBA

Friday, August 15th // Fort York Garrison Commons // Toronto, ON (tickets)

Chance the Rapper – Diplo – Flosstradamus – Keys N Krates – Zeds Dead + More TBA

Saturday, August 16th // Meadow Brook Music Festival // Detroit, MI (tickets)

Dillon Francis – Diplo – Keys N Krates + More TBA

Sunday, August 17th // Encore Beach Club // Las Vegas, NV (tickets)

Diplo – Grandtheft – Paper Diamond – Paul Devro + More TBA

Friday, August 22nd // Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater // Denver, CO (tickets)

Outkast – Djemba Djemba – Flosstradamus – GRiZ – LIZ – Mr. Carmack – Run The Jewels + More TBA

Saturday, August 23rd // 12th Avenue North // Nashville, TN (tickets)

Big Gigantic – Diplo – GRiZ – Zeds Dead + More TBA

Friday, August 29th // Mardi Gras World // New Orleans, LA (tickets)

A$AP Ferg – Dillon Francis – Flosstradamus – RL Grime + More TBA

Saturday, August 30th // Whitewater Amphitheater // New Braunfels, TX (tickets)

Dillon Francis – LIZ – Toy Selectah and Freinds – Zeds Dead + More TBA

Sunday, August 31st // Club Zouk Outside Lot // Dallas, TX (tickets)

Bro Safari – Bunji Garlin – Dillon Francis – Jack U – Jillionaire – Toy Selectah and Friends + More TBA

Friday, September 5th // Shaw Millennium Park // Calgary, AB (tickets)

Dillon Francis – Flosstradamus – RJD2 – Smalltown DJS – Zeds Dead + More TBA

Friday, September 12th // Rawhide // Phoenix, AZ (tickets)

Big Gigantic – Cashmere Cat – Diplo – Zeds Dead + More TBA

Saturday, September 13tth // LA Center Studios // Los Angeles, CA (tickets)

Diplo + More TBA

Sunday, September 14th // LED // San Diego, CA (tickets)

Cashmere Cat – Diplo – Kaytranada – Zeds Dead + More TBA

Friday, September 19th // Greek Theatre — UC Berkely // Berkely, CA (tickets)

Diplo + More TBA

Saturday, September 20th // Cuthbert Amphitheater // Eugene, OR (tickets)

Big Gigantic – Dillon Francis – Diplo – Flosstradamus – GRiZ – Kaytranada – STRFKR – Zeds Dead

Sunday, September 21st // PNE Amphitheatre // Vancouver, BC (tickets)

Bear Mountain – Dillon Francis – Diplo – Flosstradamus – Fatboy Slim – STRFKR + More TBA

Check back right here for updates coming soon! 

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Earlier this morning, Gary Richards aka Destructo began posting clues about the HARD Summer 2014 lineup. After heading over to hardsummer.com, we found nine boxes with spinning question marks.

We’re not sure if all the artists are going to be announced today or as the week continues, but stay tuned! This is going to be big!

UPDATE: Cashmere Cat has been the first artist to fill one of these boxes.

Norwegian musician/producer Cashmere Cat will be making his second appearance at HARD Summer in 2014, and has already been added to multiple festivals across the globe this summer.

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UPDATE: Shiba San has been added to the lineup (4/3/14)

A member of the Dirtybird players, Shiba San will be bring some SUPER deep house to this year’s HARD Summer. With a combination of hip hop influences and ghetto house, Shiba San is definitely an interesting addition to the HARD Summer 2014 lineup.

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UPDATE: Seth Troxler has now been added to the HARD Summer 2014 lineup (4/4/14)

Some think he’s an alien, some people think he’s God’s gift to techno, but everyone knows that Seth Troxler is one of the dopest DJ/Producers of the last few years. Having played in venues across the entire globe (and universe?) Seth Troxler will be bringing his funky/deep/weird-as-fuck styling to this year’s HARD Summer. AND, he is the first artist to release a mixtape for this year’s festival:

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UPDATE: DJ Snake has been added to the lineup! (4/7/14)

Parisian producer DJ Snake has been making incredibly huge waves this year with collaborations with Dillon Francis, Mercer, and Diplo, and had one of the best sets of Ultra 2014 in Miami. DJ Snake has been blowing up the mainstream media with his tracks “Bird Machine” featuring Alesia and “Turn Down For What” with Lil Jon.

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UPDATE: Julio Bashmore has been added to the HARD Summer 2014 lineup

Born and raised in one of the original birth places of bass music, Bristol-native Julio Bashmore has been making music that would eventually lead him to releasing on Claude VonStroke’s Dirtybird label since 2009. Since then, Julio has been mixing live all across the world, becoming as influential as the VonStroke himself.

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UPDATE: The Chainsmokers are not performing at HARD Summer 2014! (4/9/14)

After years of producing and touring the globe, The Chainsmokers have found recent success with chart-topping track “#Selfie,” along with other remixes and an awesome Ultra 2014 set. The New York duo is definitely one of the biggest acts HARD Summer will be hosting this year, and we’re excited to see how they are integrated with the rest of the somewhat “underground”artists.

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UPDATE: Rustie is now part of the HARD Summer 2014 fam! (4/10/14)

Best known for his tracks “Slasherr,” and his most recent collaboration with Danny Brown, “Side B (Dope Song),” Glasgow producer Rustie is by far and away one of the most underrated DJ/producers of our time. Inspiring artists like Cashmere Cat and Wave Racer, Rustie will bring his unique and emotional set filled with everything from wonky to hip hop to HARD Summer this year. This will be an act you do not want to miss!

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UPDATE: Pusha T has been added to the lineup! WHAT!? (4/11/14)

Just when you thought this announcement couldn’t get any crazier, Pusha T gets added into the mix. Keeping up with their history of being a diverse music festival, HARD Presents adds one of hip hops biggest artists to this year’s show. Recently on tour with 2 Chainz (who appeared at HARD Summer last year), Pusha T has been killing the game with his newest album “My Name Is My Name” featuring artsist like Kanye West, Pharrell, and Swizz Beatz on the prodcution team.

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UPDATE: Six more question boxes and J. PHLIP have been added to the HARD Summer 2014 lineup announcement.

One of the original members of Dirtybird Records and by far one of the hippest producer/DJs on planet Earth, J. Phlip, will be playing at this summer’s biggest festival. With a quiet and shy off-stage persona juxtaposed by a heavy hitting live set, J. Phlip is definitely going to be one of the coolest acts to catch at this year’s HARD Summer.

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UPDATE: Wave Racer will be making his first HARD appearance this summer!

Time to bring some Fofofadi to Los Angeles! Wave Racer, who has been added to the Mad Decent Block Party and Mad Decent Boat Party has been having an insane past few months, needless to say. This young Australian talent is a rising star with his signature “Fofofadi,” Jersey Club style that is sure to blow minds at this year’s HARD Summer.

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UPDATE: DJ SLiiNK added to HARD Summer 2014 lineup (4/16/14)

One of the most creative and influential producers in the Jersey Club/Baltimore Club scene, DJ SLiiNK has officially been added to the HARD Summer 2014 lineup. Best known for his remixes of Kanye West, Major Lazer, Dog Blood, as well as his most recent collaboration with Flosstradamus, DJ SLiiNK is a young gun that will definitely be on our do-not-miss list this summer!

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UPDATE: Jack Beats returns to HARD Summer! (4/17/14)

No strangers to HARD, Jack Beats will return to this summer’s festivities. Also known as Niall Dailly and Ben Geffin, Jack Beats is known for their unique sound that marries deep house club favorites with bizarre guttural wobbles. Having toured around the entire world, JB has also released records on monster labels like OWSLA, Fools Gold, and Mad Decent. You can catch them on tour right now.

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UPDATE: Sub Focus has been added to the first round of the HARD Summer 2014 lineup announcement. The page also got rid of extra “?” gifs, so I’m assuming this will be the last announcement until the full lineup is released. (4/18/14)

The lineup for HARD Summer 2014 continues to diversify as Drum n’ Bass legend Sub Focus joins the fam. London-native Sub Focus is known around the world as one of the biggest and most influential artists in the realm of DnB music. One of the hardest working producers in the biz, Sub Focus will surely bring his cult following to the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area for what is stacking up to be one of the coolest HARD Summers I’ve ever been to.

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First up we have Falcons‘ Diplo and Friends Mix. 

This mix is riddled with fierce underground trap cuts, sensual love trap jams, some club heaters, and even a mashup of Ginuine‘s classic R&B babymaker “Pony” and Waka Flocka Flame‘s gutter anthem “Hard in the Paint”. I didn’t even know that was physically possible. Don’t lie, neither did you!

This mix is an example of Falcons’ wicked versatility. His unwavering genre-masher approach will undoubtedly get him tons of recognition this year. Shouts to this LA beat wizard for being able to fuse such a wide variety of styles without sounding like he has no idea what he’s doing.The second mix that really rubbed me right was Druid Cloak‘s guest mix for Live for the Funk (LFTF).

The mix was released in conjunction with LA-based beat collective, Team Supreme. With the growing popularity of members like Ta-ku, DJ Hoodboi, Djemba Djemba, and Trippy Turtle, it goes without saying that the motley crew is reshaping the underground electronic scene and are on their way to conquering popular airwaves.

A self-described maker of “spirit club” computer music, Druid Cloak‘s sound is difficult to define. Combining machine-gun drum patterns and club-style vocal samples, as well as crunchy pop synths and trappy 808 combos, the mystic producer sure knows how to cook up an eclectic concoction that will either have you getting buck or induce a hallucinatory out-of-body experience resulting in ego death. Either way, you’re sure to have a good time.

The third and final mix for this week’s feature is another Diplo and Friends exclusive brought to you by none other than Wave Racer.

Make no mistake, Wave Racer has established himself as one of many pioneers of the Australian club music scene. Taking root in the illustrious Jersey club scene, Australian club is characterized by it’s excessive use of autotuned R&B samples over dreamy Nintendo-synths and aquatic samples.

The Australian barista-turned-DJ has been all over the internet killing it alongside his contemporaries Cashmere Cat, Trippy Turtle, and Ryan Hemsworth. Much like the fellas from Team Supreme, this new wave (lawl) of club DJs are wedging their way deep into the EDM limelight.

Not only are they creating unique subcultures amidst the underground, but I would go so far as to say they’re helping to redefine popular EDM as a whole. Not unlike the way performance enhancing substances redefined popular sports.

(TurtleTip: Don’t be that guy who takes steroids in college. Whether it’s for athletic purposes or you “just do it for the chicks”, you will inevitably enter ridicule-induced ‘roid rage, unleashing your inner beast and slaying thousands of innocent civilians with only your oversized trapezius. Save us all the heartache and suffering.)

That about does it for this week’s installment of TurtleGravy Tuesday. Be sure to show your support by downloading the featured mixes as well as the countless others that didn’t quite make the cut!

Stay PLURsty, ya cuties! ^_^

This week’s honorable mentions:

Troy Kurtz’s Perfect Driver Podcast via Gotta Dance Dirty (deep house/tech house)

Addison Groove’s In Session Mix via Mixmag (booty tech/footwork/breaks)

Autograf’s Gotta Dance Dirty Guest Mix (garage/house)

Peace Makah’s Art of War Mix (breakbeat/drum’n’bass)

KwikFiks’ THUMP Canada Gues Mix (deep house/garage)

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This is Wave Racer’s first full length mix released on Soundcloud, and he pulls out all the stops. Chilled out tracks from Lindsay Lowend and Flight Facilities bleed into bass heavy trap standards by Mr. Carmack and Baauer.

Admittedly, I have a soft spot in my heart for Three 6 Mafia but if every producer could add a Gangsta Boo track to every mix I would die a happy camper.

My only disappointment with this mix is the lack of any new Wave Racer tracks.

As much as I love What So Not and Flume I have to say Wave Racer is the best thing coming out of Australia these days. I hope to see him start playing more gigs stateside.

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Here is the tracklist in case you want to find the tunes after the mix is removed. (Only 14 hours left)

Flight Facilities – Stand Still (feat. Micky Green) (Wave Racer Remix)
Salva – Hard Drive
Eprom – Subroc
Lindsay Lowend – GT40
DCUP – Don’t Be Shy (feat. Mereki) (Wave Racer Remix)
Eero Johannes – Real Virtuality
Ticklish – Never Ever
Yheti – Crack The Window Refix (TASO VIP)
DJ Rashad – Drank, Kush, Barz (feat. Spinn)
Mr. Carmack – Rock Bottom
Gangsta Boo & Sinjin Hawke – Yea Hoe
Ultrademon & KP & Envyi – Shawty Swing My Way (DJ Hoodboi Remix)
Cosmo’s Midnight – Moshi
AWE – Yo Werk (Down Low)
Wave Racer – Stoopid
Eprom – Hurricane
Baauer – BADDST2
Wave Racer – Rock U Tonite
Djemba Djemba – Oh Ok Yeah That’s Cool
813 – Glitter Sand
Panama – Always (Wave Racer Remix)
813 – Espoir Voyage (LiL TExAS Remix)
Ghost Town DJ’s – My Boo (Wave Racer Remix)
Ginuwine – Differences (DJ Hoodboi Remix)
Ghost Mutt – Rumble Pak
Falcons x DJ Hoodboi – Tick Tock
Obey City – Fallin’

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Here are the five best acts hailing from for Australia.

Flume

Perhaps the biggest act from this new movement is 22-year-old Sydney artist, Flume. He has appeared on our list of top artists to watch in 2014 and has produced a remix for Disclosure.  Flume is also a member of duo What So Not, which produces off-kilter “love trap” released through Mad Decent and OWSLA.

Flume is currently finishing up his 2013 U.S./Canada tour and will be performing on Hard Holy Ship in January, 2014. Listen to his newest collaboration with Chet Faker, Drop the Game, which was released through the artist management team Future Classic.

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Hayden James

Another member of the Future Classic team, Hayden James has only been on the scene for 6 months but he has been making waves with his remixes of Dillon Francis’ Without You ft. T.E.E.D and Basecamp’s Emmanuel.

James’ style is very relaxed and utilizes soulful R&B samples will soothing melodies. James has yet to be booked for international festivals or tour dates but he has been steadily performing throughout Australia. He is also booked as an opening act for The Plot Festival in Melbourne and Sydney.

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Wave Racer

As Wave Racer’s Soundcloud states, “I like vocoders and arpeggios.” This is evident in Wave Racer’s energetic music which features booming bass and a cavalcade of varying vocal samples.  Wave Racer has produced remixes for DCUP and Panama while performing in and around Sydney.

Wave Racer sets himself apart from the others on this list with loud tracks that are better served on the dance floor than on a long drive in the rain.

He has yet to perform in the U.S.  but keep your eyes out, I have a feeling he will be filling many  festival slots in 2014. Check out his remix to The Dofflin below.

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L D R U

19-year-old Drew Carmody has been producing tracks under the moniker L D R U since 2012 and has garnered attention from Skrillex, Diplo and A-Trak for his track “The Tropics”.

L D R U’s interesting brand of trap uses jungle-style rhythms and punchy vocal samples. The Sydney native has been performing throughout Australia with label mates Hayden James and Flume but keep a look out for U.S. tour dates in the New Year.

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Here is the video for The Tropics released through POTATOwillEATyou.

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Slumberjack

Perth, Australia duo Slumberjack has been producing infectious trip-hop rythms with trap inspired melodies for the past six months with incredible success.

The duo has been hard at work crafting remixes for Wave Racer, DCUP, and Oso Gato. The two had a laugh with their re-imagining of the Game of Thrones theme song, with their track Jon Snow.

If you happen to be in Australia, they regularly perform throughout the country, if not you’ll have to wait for them to come stateside like the rest of us.

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