Top 3 House Tracks for May 2010

Oxia

“San Trope” (Oxia Remix) by Mihalis Safras [Material]
Deep, dark bass is accentuated by bongos and other acoustic percussion on this outstanding journey through some of the finest music “house” can offer. Humanizing vocal stutters, spacey pads, effects, and a delicate melody send it over the top. Don’t miss!
Download now at beatport.com or check out the YouTube video:

“Into A Deep” (Original Mix) by Stojche [Dogmatik Records]
A dubby yet bouncy vibe permeates with just enough repetition to verge on psychedelic and just enough melody and keyboard stabs to fall on the darker side of deep. A perfect early mover to get the feet moving.
Available Soon.  Preview below on SoundCloud:
Stojche – Into a Deep by Stojche

“No Pressure” (Original Remix) by Tomas Malo [Architech Records]
“I wanna go a whole lot deeper!” exclaims the sample but not deep enough to make this predictable and generically jazzy. With its techy influenced drums, effects, and deft production, this falls in the sweet spot for groovy and artistically challenging yet still eminently accessible.
Available soon. Preview below on SoundCloud:
Tomas Malo – No Pressure by Architech Records

– Robert LaFrance

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My First Remix for Adam Freemer’s Mecha Recordings OUT NOW!

Adam Freemer asked me to remix his newest track called “Session” for his Mecha Recordings label.   The result was an groovy, techy, underground house track with a dark detuned vocal urging you to “DANCE, MOOOOVE” in the “SESSION.”  Other remixers include Alex Santer with a more subdued yet equally stunning mix and Italy’s Phunk Investigation with a powerful late night mix.

Please preview the track below and considering purchasing from www.Beatport.com TODAY!

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Thanks!

Rob

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iPad DJs should SHOW SOME RESPECT! This means you Rana June Sobhany!

A Device that Should Never Be Used to DJ

Please watch the following videos. Rana June Sobhany has been getting a huge amount of press and attention via Mashabale, Gixmodo, DJ Times, and her YouTube videos featuring her “DJing” on two iPads.

Rana is everything that is WRONG with DJing today! And the fact that the media gives her this much attention (including the magazine for which I write) just doubles my frustration level. It’s obvious that this “self-confessed” geek has no knowledge of DJing, dance music, and certainly not the history or culture. After all, she thinks all she has to do is press play on two tracks at 124 bpm and they’re beatmatched! Of course, that is exactly what someone who’s been DJing for 2 weeks with equipment that is completely incapable of beatmatching to begin with (no pitch control on the core apps she uses). What’s more is she is using a Numark mixer – so you know something is wrong right there. I am disgusted!

Did I say 2 weeks? She admits to having DJing for 5 days in the video. Why is anyone even listening to her? I think I’m going to pick up this thing people call “surgery.” Call me me on Wednesday and I’ll remove your pancreas and video my awful technique so the world can see me butcher you the same way she butchers our music!

She claims she is now booking gigs from all this attention and she even has a booking agent! Let’s call that agent and ask if we can pay the agency to keep her OUT of our cities!

I’m fairly certain that this is one of the “7 Signs!” THE END TIME IS NEAR! GO BUY TWO IPADS AND TRY TO ENTERTAIN YOUR GEEK FRIENDS UNTIL THEIR EARS BLEED!

Original Video:

Link to the DJ Times story

Interview with Mashable:

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