Flood by RL Grime

Of the trap producers in the game today, nobody can doubt the skill that RL Grime has in his work. Coming off of the huge "Mercy" remix, his original production "Flood the Block" doesn't disappoint. While this is still very heavy trap sounding, there are some electro and big room elements that can easily help put this song into the rotation of a variety of DJ's this Fall.

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Deadmau5 Professinal Griefers Video One Big Satire?

A Mau5’ Satire

By: Adam

Among the biggest names in electronic, Deadmau5 is one who s very vocal with his dissatisfaction in the rise of new DJ’s and the explosion of dance music into the mainstream. Recently, his first music video, “Professional Griefers”, was the most expensive EDM video ever. Plastered with robots, rednecks, and partiers, it had everything to compliment the high energy beats in the track. However, when thinking about his interview and blog history, I couldn’t help but feel that the whole thing is a satire and expression on what Joel wants, rather than what Deadmau5 is.

From Kia Soul using “In My Mind” to Skrillex working for Disney, it can be fair to say that EDM is becoming commercialized and mainstream. Out of his own mouth, Deadmau5 says “EDM is as commercially viable as coca cola”. Plastered through the video is the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s logo. Watching this event and go down are hundreds live, and people from every background all over the world, including those country bumpkins.  With this, Joel is expressing how much that EDM has saturated pop culture and how everyone wants to get in on the action. The iconic Mousehead is here a larger than life robot, making a parallel of how huge it all has become. Deeper than mocking the commercialism and mainstream appeal of this, however, is what Joel is trying to say about...

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Starsmith- Zeros || Electro Pop [FREE DOWNLOAD]

By: Lauren

Starsmith, (Finlay Dow-Smith) is a British producer I've been following for a bit of time now. He is most noted for his official remixes of big pop names like Ellie Goulding, Cheryl Cole, Lady Gaga, and N.E.R.D. This Brit produced Goulding's #1 album Lights with her and also worked on singles with other artists. He has produced a minimix for BBC Radio 1's own Annie Mac and says he has plans for more of his own original tracks.

Today we feature one of Starsmith's own creations: an electro song called "Zero" driven by a dubby bassline and synths that deserve a place in Back To The Future. This song reminds us of David Guetta and Afrojack's song "Lunar" off Guetta's Nothing But The Beat album. Starsmith is very talented at bringing a song up and letting it drop into a trance-like rhythm, which many fans will appreciate. While there are no lyrics in this song, it displays the talent this up and coming producer has as a synth master is reminiscent of the early Eric Prydz days.

Even though he has no album plans, keep an eye open for Starsmith in the future. We'll be seeing him around, for sure.

He even loves his fans enough to give this song out as a free download so go grab it here!

    

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Diplo's New Project Releases Music Video

Earlier this week, Diplo dropped a preview of a track off his new project called "About that Life".  The song features vocals from Jahan Lennon.  The internet was ablaze with bewilderment as to what diplo was up to. Nevertheless, we kept our calm because he is one of the most creative minds in the music industry.  Over the last year, Diplo has engrossed himself in multiple genre's that would make any other artists head spin.  Instead it inspired him and gave birth to something new.  He's been at the forefront of Moombahton, Trap, and Pop music.  With his recent escapade with Snoop Lion into Reggae, it's no surprise that Diplo's new track "About that Life" dabbles in something new.  The southern gospel psychedelics is out there, but it follows suite in Armin Van Buuren's classic saying "Don't be a prisoner of your own style".  In addition to "About that Life" the solo album will also feature Diplo's explosive "Express Yourself"

See the Music video below:

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LMFAO Break Up || BREAKING NEWS

Say no more to the Pop sensation that helped usher dance music to the forefront.  LMFAO are breaking up!  The LMFAO break up came yesterday via the artist twitter and caught us all surprised.  Read more details about the break up below in the Inthemix article.

(Inthemix) L.A. duo Redfoo and SkyBlu, otherwise known as LMFAO, have announced that they won’t be going near your ears in the foreseeable future. The announcement came early this morning, when Redfoo broke the news that LMFAO are taking a break to pursue individual interests. “I feel like we’ve been doing this for so long, five or six years,” he told news.com.au. “And we’re kind of like saying, well, let’s just do what’s natural and just kind of explore that, instead of like forcing it all the time.” Redfoo added that he and SkyBlu were headed in “different directions” and didn’t know when (or if?) the pair would ever reunite musically.

The uncle and nephew team first began performing together in 2006, releasing their debut albumParty Rock in 2009, which scored a nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Album in the following year’s Grammy Awards. But it wasn’t until last year that the pair broke through with Party Rock Anthem from their second album Sorry for Party Rocking (read the in-depth ITM review here), the release also spawning your jam of the decade Sexy And I Know It. From there, the duo went about spreading the “party rock mission”, touring with our own Stereosonic in 2011 and attracting the attention of Santigold.

But all’s not lost for LMFAO devotees, as Redfoo also revealed that he has plans to release a fashion line and launch a solo career. “All the music that I’m going to make is always going to be LMFAO-ish,” he assured. “I was really passionate about bringing party music to the world, so I will always be making some kind of party music.”

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