Knife Party to Preview New Album at Ultra Gig

(Miami New Times) Seizure music, death electro, and derpstep. 

Those are the extreme EDM genres Knife Party's Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen use to describe their music, which reveals a couple of things about these Australian dudes: (1) they don't take themselves too seriously and (2) they dig dangerous fun. 

After bumrushing the scene in late 2011, this duo seized the dubstep world by the throat with a pair of EPs entitled 100% No Modern Talking and Rage Valley. Initially, no one knew the true makeup of Knife Party's membership. It was soon revealed, though, that Swire and McGrillen, two members of popular drum 'n' bass group Pendulum, were behind the buzz. 



Only two years deep into this particular project, the Knife Party dudes have already collaborated with EDM megastars like Swedish House Mafia on club killer "Antidote" -- not to mention unreleased tracks with Skrillex, Steve Aoki, and Kill the Noise. And so, rabid fans are eagerly awaiting an untitled third EP. But in the meantime, they're flocking to go get slashed at Ultra Music Festival 2013. 

During the fest, you'll actually have two chances to become more than "Internet Friends" with the men of Knife Party. On Saturday evening during weekend one, Swire and McGrillen will beat up the subs on Ultra's main stage. But even if you've only got a ticket for the second weekend, it's no sweat. Just join the dub-drunk mob at the Ultra Worldwide stage on Sunday, March 24, and watch as they "Destroy Them with Lazers." 



Now if Knife Party's official Twitter[see below] is to be believed, that untitled third EP has already been mastered and it's almost ready to hit shelves. So maybe Swire and McGrillen are planning to draw first blood on those tracks for UMF fans. 



But whatever the plan, Miami's guaranteed some seriously dangerous fun. 

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Deadmau5 Explains Album Title

(AMP Radio) Fans of EDM superstar Deadmau5 (known by his mom as Joel Zimmerman) will tell you that despite their hero’s penchant for big ideas and exacting perfection. He’s come up with some of the most generic album titles imaginable. His first full-length album for Ultra Records back in 2008 was coined Random Album Title. His next big album release in 2009 was For Lack of a Better Name. On September 25, Deadmau5 will drop his sixth studio album with the nameAlbum Title Goes Here. What’s the deal, Joel?

That question is pretty much what KROQ jock Stryker asked Zimmerman during a lengthy and exclusive conversation, and the answer was classic Deadmau5.

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“For whatever reason, I always get sprung with titles like on the last fucking 20 minutes,” Deadmau5 explained. “Like, ‘Dude, we’re going to print literally in an hour, so before this place closes can you please name it?’ So I’m looking at it, and it says ‘album title goes here.’ I’m like, just leave it. Just call it that. I had to put it quotes a couple of times so they knew I really meant it, and that it wasn’t just a f*ck-up. But whatever, I’ve been doing that on the last two albums for the same reasons. It’s why I have a song called ‘Right This Second,’ because someone was like ‘You have to name this song right this second!’ So I did.”

As Deadmau5 fans anxiously await September 25 to get their hands on Album Title Here, the helmeted producer will release the seriously epic video clip for “Professional Griefers,” his collaboration with Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, on August 28.

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