Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Zedd, bitte nicht knalle die Tür!

German Skrillex protegé Zedd, not to be confused with canadian dubsteppers Zed's Dead, is to release his new single "Slam The Door" in near future on Skrillex' label OWSLA.

23 year old Zedd's moving up to the remixers A-list, with remixes of Lady Gaga "Marry the Night", Black Eyed Peas "The Time"Swedish House Mafia "Save the World", Skrillex "Weekends!!!", Wolfgang Garner "Latin Fever" and Fatboy Slim "Weapon of Choice".

If you like the electro style of deadmau5 and Feed Me, you should check out his own tracks as well:

Zedd - Slam The Door (Original Mix

Zedd - Shave It (Original Mix)

Friday, December 23, 2011

Mord Fustang - new star?

Stumbled over this guy and he is very quickly establishing himself as one of my new big heroes. Young kid from Tallinn, Estonia on the rise.

Producing melodic dubstep inspired electro house like my favorites, the Knife Party, skyrocketing to the top of the Beatport chart. The EP "A New World" from late summer 2011 is amazing, in particular I love the titletrack and his remix of Fussy Boy's "Gold", but all 6 tracks er awesome.

Don't be surprised if this guy will be the next big thing in electro house. Check him out here:

Mord Fustang - We Are Now Connected 


Mord Fustang - A New World


People with a softspot for 90's eurodance, will enjoy this remix of Froidz "Finally" (sampled from the 90's hit by same name by Ce Ce Peniston):
  Froidz - Finally (Mord Fustang Remix)

 

Monday, December 19, 2011

Match made in heaven

My two very favorite acts, Swedish House Mafia and Knife Party, a match truly made in heaven, smashed together on this track and created sweet harmonies fall 2011 in the intersection of Progressive, Electro and Dubstep.

Back in the beginning of 2011, Knife Party did a remix of Save the World (check it out below), and it blew me away. I've been hooked on Knife Party ever since. I saw them at Webster Hall NYC in october 2011 and it was incredible, but that's a topic of its own. If you haven't gotten their free EP "100% No Modern Talking" go get it NOW! Really, I mean NOW!

They released this very explicit and very excellent POV-type video for the track, check it out:



Save the World (Knife Party Remix)

Monday, October 24, 2011

Daniel NYC (DA)

Mit første besøg på en tre stjernet Michelin restaurant overgik alle forventninger. Den franske mester kok Daniel Boulud's flagskib på en ellers lidt anonym adresse i Midtown Manhattan Daniel NYC var en oplevelse af en anden verden.

Mens min makker og jeg vente på at bordet blev klar, nød vi et fantastisk glas Krug Grand Cuvee i baren, som selvfølgelig blev serveret med gourmet snacks.

Da bordet var klar, blev vi venligt fulgt ind i restauranten til bordet alt i mens en tjener med behærig afstand fulgte efter os med vores champagne på en sølv bakke. Det slog ligesom tonen an og vi skulle ikke blive skuffede.

Vi valgte en seks-retters taster-menu med tilhørende vin menu og komplementerende tre amuse bouche undervejs, så vi endte på hele ni (små) retter. Vi valgte stort set det samme bortset fra desserten hvor vi gik solo. Hver ret bestod af tre små variationer over et tema eller en råvare,og blev præsenteret enkeltvis fra højre mod venstre. Det var også sådan vi spiste dem og man fik en klar fornemmelse af at hver gang man gik et skrift til venstre på tallerkenen, var det også et skridt op af den kulinariske velsmagsstige. Undervejs nåede vi at få gåsehud og kuldegysninger og efter desserten havde vi begge tårer i øjnene og ville nødigt forlade stedet.

Vinen spillede specielt en stor rolle under denne "middag" (det er næsten en fornærmelse at bruge dette fattige ord), den fuldendte hver enkelt ret og var perfekt matchet hver eneste gang.

Serviceoplevelsen var uovertruffen, det var som at se en perfekt udført ballet, når de mange tjenere, sommeliere, overtjenere, værter osv. dansede rundt i perfekt koreograferede bevægelser og servicerede de værdsatte gæster. Vi forsøgte endda at fange dem i slendrian ved at tabe en serviet eller tømme et glas, men ALT blev øjeblikkeligt spottet og rettet op, intet mindre end perfekt.

I forhold til Gordon Ramsay - the London NYC, som vi havde besøgt et par dage i forvejen, var dette i den absolute topklasse, der var meget langt fra Ramsays to til Daniels tre Michelin stjerner. Specielt udmærkede Daniel NYC sig ved det ekstremt høje serviceniveau og perfekt afstemt vin menuer, samt naturligvis fantastisk mad hvis lige jeg måske aldrig kommer til at opleve.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

You blocked me on Facebook...


My first experience with Knife Party, now my absolutely top favorite band, was when I bought all the remixes for the SHM megahit "Save the world" last winter. There's was this mad electro remix, that blew the socks of the original. I was instantly hooked and I started frantically to look for other tracks from these geniuses.

I struck gold!
Besides the SHM remix, I found remixes of Nero's "Promises", Porter Robinson's "Unison" and a bad ass Ibiza mix of a bunch of unreleased Knife Party tracks from the (then) upcoming EP "100% No Modern Talking" (both mix and EP can be downloaded for free here).

The tracks "Internet Friends", with the hilarious yet disturbing quote: "You blocked me on Facebook and now you're going to die!" and the drumstep banger "Fire Hive" just blew my mind, as they have done to every EDM loving friend I've shared it with.

Now, when a group of friends and me planned a trip to New York City, I was quite happy to uncover, that they were to play at Webster Hall the very weekend we were going to be there. I bought tickets months in advance.

Webster Hall, the oldest nightclub in NYC, was a bit disappointing at first when we walked in, american youngsters (new to EDM) in tank tops or no tops, plastic sun glasses and glow sticks jumping around on one of the smaller dance floors. We soon realized, that besides the "youngster room", there was a dirty/sexy/hedonistic basement and a large venue on the second floor. We went outside for a cigarette and to regroup, and when we walk back towards the entrance, a door picker though that we belonged in the VIP section on the third floor. We agreed to what the nice man said, and was very politely shown to our table on the balcony, overlooking the main floor and the scene, and soon the bottles of champagne and vodka would arrive and the real party begin.

I can honestly say, that this could very well be the best night out in my entire life. The venue and service was perfect, in my best friends good company, still intoxicated by the grandiosity of Manhattan, and the music was mind blowing. People were going nuts over each and every banging track, myself included. If you check out the banner (see picture above) from outside Webster Hall, you might understand why I could have stayed in NYC a couple of more weeks.

To your general information, Knife Party is a side project of two of the guys from Pendulum, which might explain why they give their stuff away, but let's see if they don't end up getting so successful, that it will become their main thing. I was never really that much into Pendulum, I felt it had to much guitar and singing, too "rocky". The Island pt. 2 is great though :)

Check out my video recording from the best night of my life at Webster Hall NYC below:




Knife Party - '100% No Modern Talking' EP


Porter Robinson - Unison (Knife Party Remix)


Nero - Crush On You (Knife Party Remix)