Kaskade Demands Focus on EDM at Grammys

On Sunday at the Grammy's it was business as usual, in fact almost a near repeat performance of the prior edition on the awards show.  Sonny Moore, aka Skrillex, ran the gambit of electronic categorizes he was nominated for and walked away with 3 prized Grammy trophies in tote, just as he did in the year prior.  In surprising fashion he even beat out 2012's biggest track Levels by Avicii.  However, that wasn't the highlite of the night for electronic music.

EDMBoston believes the big story happened back stage at the Grammy's.  The vocal Kaskade spoke out to the press core about things needing to change at the Grammys.  Kaskade brought light to the fact that "Best Dance Recording" and "Dance/Electronica Album" are only relegated to the untelevised pre-cast at the Grammys.  Meaning not one person in the primetime audience last night witnessed the riches 2012's electronic music had to offer.

On one hand this could have been a good thing, considering...

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Boys Noize carries authenticity in his original productions and live shows.
That can be officially said for his music videos as well!  We've seen DJ's such as Laidback Luke pose as super hereos but Boys Noize went a different route with the theme.  The 'What You Want' Video places a new neighbor into a neighborhood composed of super humans.

"The idea was to interpret the lyrics 'what you want/what you get' as a metaphor of consumerism," Boys Noize mastermind Alex Ridha told Rolling Stone. "It's also a reflection on the concept of normality. In a world where singularity is the norm, is being normal making you the exception? Then, the goal was just to had fun with costumes and visual effects. We wanted to communicate this awkward feeling you have when you're at a costume party, but you're the only one not wearing a costume."

Boys Noize went on to explain that his inspiration for 'What You Want' came from none other then the Beastie Boys. "Their Licensed to Ill album is one of my all-time favorite records, and to me 'What You Want' has some sort of B-boy style mixed with my obsession on robot vocals and modern sound aesthetics. This song combines a lot of things I love about electronic music," Ridha said last July in Rollinstone.

If you loved the song, we can tell you that Boys Noize Live show opened up with it at his House of Blues Show in Boston.  It brought the crowd into unison and set the house on fire!  Not to mention Boys Noize set followed up with his original music that was liberating and awing   It was a delicious break from the electro cheese that has flooded the city as of late.

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Jackpot- Quintino and Ralvero

Spinnin' Records has finally released the awaited "Jackpot" by dutch-house Wall Recordings labelmate Quintino and up-and-coming Ralvero.

We had the opportunity to hear Jackpot live at the Mmmmaven Studio when Quintino joined us for the launch of our interview series Mic'd Up and let me tell you this song is nothing short of a banger! Surely to be a staple in the upcoming festival season, the duo gives us some good electro house beats to dance to while we prepare to catch Quintino at Ultra Music Festival in March and hear him drop the track live.

Download it on Beatport today.

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