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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Skrillex Opens Grillex, the First Dubstep-Themed Food Truck
(laweekly.com) Lines stretched for blocks in northeast L.A. last night as fans jostled to get a taste of the latest Skrillex project -- a literal taste, that is, of the diminutive dubstep pioneer's new mobile culinary lab, Grillex.
The Grammy-winning L.A. native Skrillex (born Sonny Moore) launched Grillex to minimal initial fanfare, keeping it mostly a secret until yesterday afternoon, when the truck rolled up to the corner of Echo Park Avenue at Sunset and tweets piled upon tweets, prompting a rush of mostly black-clad superfans to get their hands on his new creations.
What spurred the temporary shift from DJ to Grill-J? We asked the man himself as he hustled and hopped in front of a pair of searing griddles.
"I figured, why not? Y'know? I've gotta try a new challenge right now," Skrillex said. "Growing up, I cooked a lot at home ... I mean, I spent a lot of time with a spatula and grill tongs, almost as much time as I did with decks and records. I've got a real passion for it, y'know what I mean? I think, like, 60% of these things fail in the first few months ... might as well give it a shot."
"Shit yeah! The pierogies fuckin' rule, dude," added a satisfied hard-charging customer, referring to his pile of grilled cheddar pierogies slathered with Sriracha and kimchi (aka The Ched-mau5).
Not everyone's mind was effectively blown, however. We found some naysayers among the hordes.
"Everything's just a little too weird and greasy and, like way overpriced ... maybe a bit overrated?" reported Willow Martigan, a 23-year-old Echo Park resident.
After a few hours of waiting, we made it to the front of the line.
The menu, an over-hyped mish-mash of unrelated, interspersed grilled foods and jarring flavor combinations, has no specific theme beyond the grill itself. We picked a few things -- the Chubstep and the Banger-ang -- and skipped the Sonny Special, a $12 lukewarm bottle of water served with a single Marlboro 100.
The Chubstep is basically an overstuffed cocktail-weenie-and-porcetta sandwich on challah. Apropos of nothing, there were inedible German-language Bible tracts baked into the bread. Picking them out proved more daunting than just tossing the whole thing. The Banger-ang, a pile of British-style sausages mixed with Fritos, topped with a scoop of an unidentifiable ice cream, made us wonder, "Is this even food?"
Skrillex was eager to defend his new art form, however, when pressed at closing time.
"Grilling is really collaborative and intuitive, y'know? Taking tri-tip or barbacoa ... mixing it up with peanut butter and jelly or even Count Chocula cereal ... I mean, it's, like, really about putting things together that I like," he said, adding, "Everyone I've talked to has been really supportive. Really chill."
Even though he plans to slink aimlessly up and down Echo Park Avenue for the next few nights, you can find out where the Grillex truck will show up next from its Twitter feed @grill_ex.
April Fools
April Fools
Behind the scenes of the Ultra Main Stage visuals
The Ultra Music Festival Main Stage was massive and expansive in 2012 and certainly outpaced anything they had set up in the past. THe man that made all the visuals happen was Vello Virkhaus, the founder of VSquared Labs. He was was responsible for creating all the graphic visuals for the mainstage at Ultra 2012 except for a few artists like David Guetta and Tiesto.
Vello controlled all the visuals at Ultra's Main stage using various tools from computers to keyboard to an ipad. All of these tools help Vello change what is displayed on the LED screens on the Main Stage. In case you were wondering Vello has a background in art and technology. and started his own company to create visuals for stages and concerts after doing video post-production out of college.
Take a look below as he describes the main stage ultra visuals
Take a look below as he describes the main stage ultra visuals
Armin van Buuren & Orjan Nilsen - Belter (Original Mix)
(youtube.com) When one of the world's best DJ's has been a long-time admirer of your work, what can you do? Enjoy the ride and invite him for a collab, of course! And so, Armin van Buuren and Ørjan Nilsen present the big beat monster 'Belter', for everyone's ears to enjoy!
Throughout all years of his young but impressive career, Ørjan Nilsen's tunes have been supported by Armin van Buuren. Loved by him and his A State of Trance radio show listeners, it were the sounds of 'La Guitarra', 'Between The Rays' and countless other originals and remixes that caught the attention of the dance loving masses.
None of them went unnoticed. So when Armin and Ørjan came up with the idea to join forces, the world was enthralled to hear its result. So here it is, 'Belter'.
A belter of a tune, that's for sure!
Tiesto Headphone Line Coming June 2012
What happens when a music genre and its icons become household names? Corporate america hops on the bandwagon , sponsors artists, and makes merchandise to sell.
Last week when Tiesto came to Boston, he was sporting a new set of cans aka headphones. Tiesto's headphones featured his spotted bird logo in the center of the earpiece, which was complimented by a black backing outlined in silver. As pictured below, Tiesto's headphones aren't only going to be made for the worlds biggest DJ. Tiesto has partnered with high end audio maker AKG, to release a tiesto line of headphoens in June. The tiesto headphone line up will feature up to three different models. This looks to be AKG's and Tiesto's answer to the popular beats brand, which will be releasing a David Guetta line dubbed "Mixr"
Now that EDM's biggest icon, Tiesto, has a radio show, clothing line, an iOS app, and a record label, it only seems fitting that the world’s biggest DJ gets his own headphone line too. What else is the Tiesto Brand missing? Speakers have to be on their way right?
Deadmau5 new Prodigy: The Frederik ‘Delirium’ [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Check out mau5trap's (deadmau5' label) newest product, The Frederick. Deadmau5 signed Frederik Olufesen, aka The Frederik, to his label and launched him at the Mau5trap pool party during Miami Music Week. His new single 'Delirium' is punchy, edgy, electro mosh that lends himself well to mau5trap and his predecessor Deadmau5.
Kaskade Freaks of Nature Tour Openers Announced for Worcester Show!
Yesterday (April 3), Kaskade announced the supporting acts for his impending Summer 2012 Freaks of Nature tour. The massive tour will see Kaskade, aka Ryan Radon, play 40 dates across the US. Among the dates, Kaskade stops in Worcester on June 22nd at the DCU center. The main opener on tour will be the 19yr old Fareoh at every stop along the way. In addition to Fareoh opener for Kaskade, Boston will enjoy Washington D.C. native and dubstep producer, Alvin Risk.
If you were unable to purchase presale tickets when they were announced on EDMBoston.com, make sure you get on tickets quick, before the other freaks of nature in Massachusetts snaggle them all up!
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