Corsten's Countdown 252

Tracklisting:
01. Ferry Corsten feat. Aruna – Live Forever (Michael Woods Remix) [Flashover Recordings]
02. Wolfgang Gartner – Redline [Ultra Records]
03. Pseudonym – The Battle [Flashover Progressive]
04. Invalyd - Beat By Beat (Stoneface & Terminal Remix) [New Verona Records]
05. James Dymond - Overthrow (Proculture Remix) [Arisa Audio]
06. Ben Gold & Tritonal – Apex [Garuda]
07. Gouryella - Walhalla (Original Mix) [Tsunami]

CORSTEN’S COUNTDOWN TOP 3:
08. Ehren Stowers - Enigma (Original Mix) [Levare Recordings] [#3]
09. Solarstone & Clare Stagg - The Spell (Solarstone Pure Mix) [Black Hole Recordings] [#2]
10. Markus Schulz & Ferry Corsten - Loops & Tings [Coldharbour Recordings] [#1]

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Steve Aoki 'Blown Away' By Datsik's Debut, Vitamin D

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(mtv.com)  To say bass music is popular in America is to state the obvious: DJs like Zeds Dead, Flux Pavilion, 12th Planet, Skrillex and Bassnectar are playing sold-out shows in the U.S., and some (like Knife Party on "Antidote") are collaborating with names as big as Swedish House Mafia. One rising star in particular even co-headlined with EDM icon and 2012 Woodie Award nominee Steve Aoki on the widely successful Deadmeat 2012 Tour. He's Canadian, his name is Troy Beetles, and he commands a bass movement of his own around the world — performing and producing as Datsik.

When MTV News caught up with Aoki recently, he revealed that he and Datsik bonded at the Identity Festival last summer. "I knew about his music, and I knew about what he was writing, but when I saw it live, it connected the dots for me," Aoki remembered. "And then he turned in his new album for Dim Mak. I just was completely blown away. This is one of the best dubstep producers I've ever heard."

Their subsequent Deadmeat Tour, which ended earlier this year, served as a vehicle for Datsik to test out some of his new album's material and further cement the pair's budding friendship.

"It was insane," Aoki said. "I miss this guy. When I don't see Datsik, I get these withdrawals. I'm like, 'Ugh! I need Datsik around! What the f---! Where are you, dude?' "

Datsik shared the love: "I had so much fun with you, bro. I did not know what to expect out of this whole thing, and it was just crazy."

Aoki continued, "I'm just dancing to his music, every single set, for 55 shows. It just never got boring because his sh-- is f---ing fire! F---ing fire!"

Fiery is certainly a fitting description for Vitamin D, Datsik's debut album on Dim Mak. It's a sonically versatile bass hip-hop bonanza and more. A fan of Snoop, Dr. Dre and the Wu-Tang Clan, Datsik fills his album with exquisite, gut-wrenching gems like "Fully Blown" (with Canadian rapper Snak the Ripper), "Bonafide Hustler" and "Napalm" (with producer Downlink and rapper Messinian). "Don't Feel Right," featuring Shakedown's "At Night" vocal, is both blazing and soothing piano euphoria.

And Datsik has his own favorites: "I got a couple of tracks with my homey Downlink ('Syndrome' and 'Napalm'). I got another one with Jonathan Davis from Korn, which is also a collaboration with the Infected Mushroom (Vitamin D's first single, 'Evilution'). I did another collaboration with the hip-hop scratch legend Z-Trip (album closer 'Double Trouble'). For me, that's my favorite track off the album, just because it's so back to my roots. Working with Z-Trip was amazing!"

Fans can catch Datsik performing at the Coachella festival again this weekend, Michigan's Electric Forest Festival in June and New York's Electric Zoo Festival in August.

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Roger Sanchez - Release Yourself Radio Show #549 - Guest Mix From Prok & Fitch

Release Yourself With Roger Sanchez: 549

Part 1
Kolombo Feat. Ange – Nothing More’s Allowed [Original Dub] (Add2Basket)
DJ PP & Gabriel Rocha – About Love [Original Mix] (Toolroom)
Armando Vs Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Worldbeat [Amine Edge
Mashup] (White)
Graham Sahara Feat. Kaysee - Your Love (Pacha)

Part 2
Hot Download
Federico Scavo Vs Hardrive – Let You Believe [Angel Manuels Tribute Mix]
(White)
Futuristic Polar Bears Pete Doyle – Move That Body [Lissat Voltaxx Remix]
(Caballero)
Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know [Darko De Jan Remix] (White)
The Rush – Just [Voya Remix] (White)

Part 3
Release Yourself Spotlight
Denis The Menace & The Big World – Fired Up [Southside House Collective
2012 Bootleg] (White)
David Penn Feat. Lisa Millett – Join Us [Muzzaik Remix] (Urbana)
B. Original & Damir Pushkar – White Chocolate [Original Mix] (A-Squared Muzik)
Gaty Lopez – Play The Funk (No-Logik)

Part 4
Release Yourself Exclusive
Menini & Viani – Ankamassa [Jack & Joy Remix] (Adaptor)
Masi – Jingo [Original Mix] (White)
Fred Pellichero – The Snake [Marco Machiavelli Mashup] (White)
Sebastien Drums Feat. Mitch Crown – Fly Again (Spinnin)

Part 5
Prok & Fitch Guest Mix
My Digital Enemy – Reaper (Zulu)
Prok & Fitch Vs Amo & Navas – Untitled (CDR)
Marco Lys Vs Prok & Fitch - You Need Some (Great Stuff)
Prok & Fitch Vs Marco Lys – Bango (Great Stuff)
Prok & Fitch – Symphony (Stealth)
Upjet – People Pleaser (Stealth)

Part 6
Prok & Fitch Cont.
Will Gold – Everyone Everywhere (Floorplay Music)
Prok & Fitch – Outro Lugar [2012 Rework] (Stealth)
Alter Ego – Rocker [Prok & Fitch Vs My Digital Enemy’s Brighton Booty] (CDR)
Todd Terry Presents Sound Design – Bounce To The Beat [Prok & Fitch School
Of Todd Remix] (Toolroom)
Prok & Fitch – Aztec (Floorplay Music)

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The List of Hot Places to Be ~ According to StuffBoston

Stuff Boston has released an article talking about all the hot spots in boston for different things.  Their biggest highlight was all the clubs playing EDM in Boston.  Among them were club rise, which was also named #43 Best Club in the US in 2012 by DJ Mag.  In addition, mete Aslan from Bijou spoke about bringing in Big Acts to smaller venue Bijou.

(StuffBoston)  Every nightspot has its list of VIPs: people whose reputations precede them and make velvet ropes part like the Red Sea. So for our first Night Shift issue, we likewise compiled a list — of very important people, places, and parties. We gave nods across the nightlife world, from DJs who keep us dancing to promoters pushing new social-media tech, from traditional nightclubs to sleek restaurants that double as social scenes, and from longstanding party series to late-night movie and comedy offerings. Here’s to nightlife’s shining stars: this round’s on us.

The Big Draws

Even for big-name DJs used to playing massive arenas, America has long been the toughest commercial market to crack. So when they tour the States, it’s usually bigger, more nightlife-friendly cities like New York, LA, Miami, and Vegas that get a visit. Boston has rarely been on the radar — until lately. Suddenly, an influx of major electronic-music artists are playing at Hub clubs, including venues where capacities are a fraction (of a fraction) of what they’re used to.

“It was like having the Grateful Dead play at your little concert venue,” chuckles Mike Swells, DJ and jack-of-all-trades at RISE, where Grammy-winning techno legend Dubfire played in April. Boston’s only (legal) after-hours nightclub, RISE has a devout following among true-blue EDM aficionados. It’s booked many revered acts, but scoring Dubfire was the club’s biggest coup yet.

Royale deserves credit for taking an early initiative in attracting huge DJ acts to Boston. Immediately after taking over the former Roxy space in 2010, Royale started pulling in some of the world’s top talent, like Paul van Dyk, Kaskade, David Guetta, and, most recently, Alesso. (Next up: Armin van Buuren on May 22 and Ferry Corsten on June 7.) Other clubs have since follow suit by nabbing big names; recent headliners include Bob Sinclar at Gypsy Bar and Nervo at Splash. The shift reflects how interest in EDM has skyrocketed over the last couple of years. Deadmau5 and Skrillex are nearly household names (to the under-40 crowd anyway), and pop stars are cranking out collaborations with DJs.

“The music has grown in popularity, so now Boston promoters have a reason to take a risk,” says Swells. And it is a financial gamble; the big guns don’t come cheap. (Picture five-figure price tags.) But clubs can charge higher ticket prices for these names, and VIP tables can go for several grand — so recouping the cost is entirely possible. But sometimes the cachet of the booking is enough reward on its own, says DJ Mete Aslan, part of the team behind Bijou. The Theater District hotspot has been bringing in major players, but none as high-profile as trance legend Tiësto, who came through at the end of March (check out our interview with him in “The Top Talent” on page 36). “He came from playing to tens of thousands of people at festivals to 350 at Bijou,” says Aslan. “And he doesn’t get paid less because he’s playing to fewer people. But to have Tiësto is a big advertisement for your club — and a big accomplishment. It’s great for the Boston music scene to have someone of that caliber.” As long as EDM continues to grow in popularity, we hope to see even more.

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TLC will use technology to force "Left Eye" to tour with them again

Let the madness began.  You know what happens when you open pandora's box, shit gets weird...fast!

(avclub.com) Seeming to confirm most of the alarmist speculation in the wake of Tupac.0, '90s R&B trio TLC has announced it will reunite for a 2012 tour, solemnly honoring the 10-year anniversary of the death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes by revealing it will turn her into a video puppet and force her to sing once more with the group she fought with and tried to leave before dying in a car crash. Unlike Tupac's Coachella performance, however— and much like all have mutually agreed in the weeks since—the word "hologram" has not been uttered, with TMZ reporting Lopes will instead make her appearance via archival footage projected on a big screen in a more old-fashioned, Natalie Cole-style form of manipulation. Indeed, dig this, there was a prophecy: Just before Lopes died, her last words were, "Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back in video form, to help my estranged bandmates collect an easy paycheck."

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