Blog: Stoney Roads

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Electro-house wizz kid Porter Robinson , is set to whirl devotees into a dance frenzy as he prepares to embark on a headlining bus tour across the US and Canada this summer. The nineteen-year-old producer has garnered industry nods and droves of fans after his debut EP Spitfire , released on Skrillex 's OWSLA label, crashed Beatport's servers. Support will be in the form of Mat Zo and The M Machine! Full tour Dates 10-Jun Las Vegas - EDC 11-Jun Reno - Knitting [...]

Wavey Tones the label has a strong musical past with one of the founders Unlikely having been a DJ on Rinse FM and effectively taking the Brighton UK bass scene (along with Kion) by storm in the latter part of the last decade. They have had a recent guest mix from TOYC , an exciting up and coming producer for their warehouse rave back in october last year. And now they have their second release from DMX Krew, I won't patronise you with what era this EP has taken its influences from. [...]

Kolombo collaborates with Djuma Soundsystem to produce ' Cherimoya '. ' Cherimoya ' is a gorgeous track that features dreamy vocals and a funky bass line destined to make the head shake. As quoted the 'Danish-Belgian cooperation seems to work out perfectly', and I could not agree more. The track is set to be released May 7th on the wonderful Eskimo Recordings alongside with Casio Social Club's 'Nordic Nights' to make a serious double A-side release.

It's funny that sometimes a song didn't grow on you on the first listen, as it is for me with Mickey Moonlight's Come On Humans . It just didn't strike the note, the right sound which I was looking for in a song. The next listen though I was in the right mood. Yet then, it still sounded strange, but pretty amazing. It sounded old, way trippy, and empty at the same time. And a bit surreal too. Granted, there are many songs out there with more sophisticated productions. But sometimes, like in this song, I found [...]

San Francisco's ambassador of bass Justin Martin has just uploaded another stunning track from his debut album Ghettos & Gardens . Justin never fails to impress with his imaginative use of samples and Don't Go is no exception. A sense of regret is beautifully conveyed by the use of oriental chimes and a massive sub-bass which wouldn't sound amiss in something by Jamie Jones or the Hot Natured Crew. I for one can say that I'm massively looking forward to the new record as everything I've heard so far has been top-notch.

Grimes has revealed her unusual and torturous sounding method of creating hypnotic dance pop. "Once you hit day nine, you start accessing some really crazy shit," Yes, the 24 year old canadian born Claire Boucher spilt the bean to the guardian on how she enforced 3 week of solitude that included 9 days without food sleep or company. "You have no stimulation, so your subconscious starts filling in the blanks. I started to feel like I was channelling spirits. I was convinced my music was a gift from God. It was like I knew [...]

It is with great sadness that Beastie Boys member and co founder Adam Yaunch has passed away after a long battle with stomach cancer. The rapper whos on stage name is MCA had been battling with the illness since his diagnosis in 2009. The official statement on the Beastie Boys website reads"It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam 'MCA' Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and [...]

Daze is a France-based producer with quite a long list of portofolio including 2 EPs releases along with other numerous remixes. He has recently announced Foundation , a 5 track EP set for release soon. After listening to the only track in that EP that have made it to the public, New York 1984 featuring Girl Is Tough , we felt nostalgic and decided to check his tracks on soundcloud and managed to find this little gem hiding behind his other, newer works. We immediately fell in love with the french [...]

SPIN mag must be pulling a late April fools or smoking some serious A-grade as they have just named dubstep producer Skrillex as one of the best guitarists of all time - although having never actually played guitar under the moniker. Even though he came in at #100 the chart doesn't use his real name Sonny John Moore - and actually points to the bass drop in "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"? Still not convinced? Take a read of the full spiel; Look, as far as we know, our [...]

UK Bass kingpin, George FitzGerald remixing Kimbra ? We're as surprised as you. This one starts off rather melodically, with just vocals and synths, before the percussion kicks in and things get serious. DJ's take note - this has some serious dance-floor filling potential. The remix comes as part of a free EP from Kimbra that includes Brenmar and Benjamin Damage, get it here . George FitzGerald is currently touring Australia, dates below; Billboards, Melbourne, Australia Saturday 05 May, 2012 Chinese Laundry, [...]

If there's a tune I'd dance to that I've never heard before, it's this. By this I meant this sick collab between Steve Aoki, Angger Dimas and Iggy Azalea. Steve and Angger have been one of the more open artists out there in recent days, experimenting with many different production styles both the new and old kind but, I think, this particular sound is what they always do best. And I swear I could hear some Indonesian/Javanese gamelan melodies stuck in between the bleep bleep bleep, beat and rap (which, by the way, are [...]

Cypress Hill and Rusko want you to fill their virtual bong before they share their latest tracks video titled 'Lezgo'. In what can be seen as forward thinking social media marketing strategy and a pro weed campaign, Rusko and Cypress are encouraging all to tweet #LezGo (the title of a track from Cypress's recent EP with Rusko) and as a result the virtual bong on Cypress Hill's homepage will fill! The end result will ultimately be the unveiling of their next single video 'Lezgo'. To see how full the bong is, [...]

Deft came to light recently as one of the featured remixes on Gang Colours ' Fancy Restaurant single release, and the chilled out dubs continue with this great little two track EP, 2000. Deft has been kind enough to offer it as a free download on his Soundcloud page, so if you enjoy the sampler below, get on it! Definitely music to relax to.

Twitter have met their match in the form of energy drink Red Bull innovating the experience of tweeting by making tweets musical! You can stop rubbing your eyes, this is going to happen thanks to The beat suite tweet machine , invented by Tequila Sydney. With the use of sentiment analysis, the mood of each twitter follower will be translated into sweet sounding beats through the assistance of keywords describing the emotion of the tweet. Music for the Tweets will be provide and composed by the Australian Youth Orchestra alongside producers Galapagoose, Scratch 22, DJ [...]

You may be aware of the contest that Kris Menace is currently running for his new track "We Are". Here we feature a recently completed remix by regular appearances, Final DJs , who deliver a strong contender to win. Replete with that oh-so-warm 80s bass, soaring glide lead, and the big reverbed vocal for the track, this one will please your ears.

Italian bro-sters Crookers were once the top tier of electro stormers and have since risen from the ashes post the apocalyptic fall of the genre with the release of the banging EP "That Laughing Track" featuring Style of Eye & Carli out on Mad Decent/Southern Fried . The music video that follows a total 902s rave spazz out filled with masked hooligans, out of control waveforms and a non-stop evil laughter! For how predictably annoying this clip could be, it's just the opposite and gets you watching/listening again and [...]

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Coming off producing with Cypress Hill, Deadmau5 has mistaken a custom made case to carry his latest invention Mau5head around the globe for a coffee table. The Canadian's latest version of the Mau5 head is set to titillate the senses with the introduction of LED light graphic functionality. This means Deadmau5 will be able to control the graphics of what displays on his head in more detail. In what seems to have been a mix up in Deadmau52s busy schedule lead to the world famous producer using his [...]

Coming off producing with Cypress Hill, Deadmau5 has mistaken a custom made case to carry his latest invention Mau5head around the globe for a coffee table. The Canadian's latest version of the Mau5 head is set to titillate the senses with the introduction of LED light graphic functionality. This means Deadmau5 will be able to control the graphics of what displays on his head in more detail. In what seems to have been a mix up in Deadmau52s busy schedule lead to the world famous producer using his [...]