DMb | Dance Music blog & Podcast

Hailing from Atlanta, transplanted to NYC, DJ and producer Ashley Jones aka Treasure Fingers has been making it rain in the Disco with innovative remixes and original tracks. Jones is far from a new jack, having racked up over a decade of international club experience and studio chops as part of the legendary drum & bass group, Evol Intent. As Treasure Fingers, he’s found a way to merge his diverse influences and deep history into a signature sound, packed with intricate basslines, chopped-up, gritty synth melodies, and party-ready drum breaks. It’s already captured the ears of everyone from rock groups Snowden and Miike Snow to house legends Romanthony and Roy Davis JR.

‘Cross The Dancefloor’ was Treasure Fingers debut, an inescapably catchy, vocoder-laced dance gem that two-steps over genre boundaries. Treasure Fingers has kept the momentum going with official remixes for numerous artists including Little Boots (I Am Sound), Chromeo (Vice/Atlantic), Estelle (Atlantic), Empire of the Sun (EMI), Kid Sister (Downtown), Kid Cudi (G.O.O.D/Sony), N.A.S.A (Epitaph), and James Curd (Om) (remix went to #1 on the Beatport Club Chart).

We are super excited to have this funky Nu Disco Indie Dance mix from Treasure Fingers for you this week!

Enjoy!

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00:00 — 68.7MB)

Mix Info & Tracklisting (more…)

Torin Schmitt from Los Angeles, California and Berlin, Germany has become the DJ that LA goes to when it needs a Top 100 caliber DJ for a lineup. In addition to supporting all of the World’s top DJs when in town he also holds many club nights on his own in LA and around the world for his performances. Most recently Torin has had tracks and remixes featured on compilation CDs from Markus Schulz, Paul Oakenfold, and Will Holland on labels such as Perfecto, System, Peak Hour, and MixMag.

A live performance from Torin is different than most DJ sets as he is known for using abstract tools like Jazzmutant’s Lemur, Korg’s Kaossilator and the Akai APC40 while he transforms Techno, Tech House and Progressive to move the dancefloor. The energy is what it’s about and his mashups, remixes, edits and originals are built to speak a common language on the dance floor.

Get your shoelaces tied tight for 2 hours of Torin’s Progressive Tech House mix.

Enjoy!

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:56:08 — 132.9MB)

Mix Info & Tracklisting (more…)

It’s a Dubstep kind of week with 3 Dubstep tracks and a Housey Electro one to keep things moving. We’ve got tracks and remixes from: Foamo, Warrior One, Excision, DK, Boogaloo Crew, Sharam Jey, and Dirty Disco Youth.

With lots of great remixes and tracks already under his belt at the age of 22 , Foamo (aka Kye Gibbon) has firmly planted himself amongst other great names such as Fake Blood and Wolfgang Gartner to name a few with his big growling basslines and unrelenting beats. His latest release “Jookie” on Side A and “Centavo” on the flip can be previewed at SoundCloud and is set for a near release on the newly formed Fat! Records. He has kindly provided us with a Dubstep remix of “Centavo” by Warrior One.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Foamo – Centavo (Warrior One Remix)

Amon Tobin has posted up some free tracks for download. One of the is from Excision, who happens to hold the title for the most downloads on our podcast, working with DZ on the track “Round 2″. Stop by Amon Tobin’s site and grab the other Free tracks.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Excision & DZ – Round 2

Boogaloo Crew, one half of the Dubstep outfit 16 Bit, remixes “Rising Sun” by DRT which samples from Ratatat’s “Seventeen Years”. Courtesy of the Fat! Records blog.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Ratatat vs DRT – Rising Sun (Boogaloo Crew Remix)

Finally we wind out this week’s Free Music Fridays with a great Electro Housey remix of Sharam Jey’s “Army of Men” by Dirty Disco Youth. Army of Men is off of Sharam Jey’s latest artist album entitled “In My Blood” on King Kong Records available now.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Sharem Jey – Army of Men (Dirty Disco Youth Remix)

Enjoy!

Starting out throwing parties in east London in 2004, they quickly moved on to making music because there weren’t enough tunes around that sounded like what they wanted to hear at the time. Their first 12” came out in 2004 “Be You (Beep Beep)” on their own label Cassette Records which built up a great reputation & released a handful of 12”s by Simian Mobile Disco, Meatboys (now Jackpot), Elektrofant & Zongamin. All releases amazingly packaged with hand screen printed sleeves. Soon the releases and remixes started flowing including remixes for: Digitalism, Peter Bjorn & John, Yelle, Lykke Li, Robyn, Tiga, and Miike Snow.

PJU are currently in their studio in London, W10, working most of the time when they’re not touring, and finishing off new material for their first album and working on their Tshirt label Stiff Couture.

Punks Jump Up party in the house.

Enjoy!

Podcast: Download (Duration: 37:40 — 43.1MB)

Mix Info & Tracklisting (more…)

[Video Removed at Request of Label]

The Swedes are set to release their newest offering in the form of the Electro Houser ‘Number One’. These days, it is hard for me to get past the fact almost every release from the trio as a collective sounds identical. However, this does not change the fact I and almost every other house DJ worldwide will have in their CD wallet at every gig.

via: Homeiswherethehouseisblog.com

Music download store Trackitdown.net team up with sample pack creators Prime Loops for Remix Addict! An exclusive download pack and remix competition that will see a winning track chosen by none other than MJ Cole, D. Ramirez and Crissy Criss.

The free Remix Addict download pack gives you 15 selected loops from the Addict Trilogy series that are completely royalty free, and can be used in all your projects and releases as well as the Remix Addict Competition. Any style of music can be submitted for the contest.

Winner to receive:
1 x Propellerheads Reason 4 & Propellerheads Record Music Software (Mac and Windows)
1 x IK Multimedia T-Racks Deluxe Mastering Bundle (Mac and Windows)
1 x 10 free Sample Packs from Prime Loops
1 x £100 Download Voucher from Trackitdown.net
1 x 12 Month Subscription for Computer Music Magazine
1 x Digital Music Distribution Package for 1 Track by Zimbalam & Believe Digital

Plus a huge range of merchandise from Prime Loops, Trackitdown and your favourite labels and artists.

The judges will be looking out for: no clashing keys and notes, perfect beat syncing, good track structure, the appearance of a hook line (either lead synth, bass or vocals), clean and well balanced mix down, intelligent editing of loops and of course, something that represents your production style – whatever the genre! Additional use of royalty free samples and original sounds are encouraged but submissions featuring uncleared copyrighted material will not be accepted.

Get the Sample Pack

Contest ends June 1, 2010.

We’ve got an extra juicy batch of Free Music for your downloading pleasure this week…grab em all!

Nervous Records has supplied us with this nice chuggy prog remix of the classic “Don’t Laugh” by Winx to promo their latest release “Nervous Nitelife: David Tort” which is available for only $10.99 at Amazon right now.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Winx – Dont Laugh (David Tort Remix)

HiFi Sean, who we were lucky enough to have featured on our Rockstar DJ Series of our podcast, has been on a roll lately with several hot remixes and several more slated for release soon. Check out his remix of “Inizio” by Dean Newton & Huggy. In addition, he’s picked up a couple of DJing awards and holds down residencies at some top UK club nights. He recently gave us a remix of “Funky Guitar” by TC1992. Stop by his Podcast Page for some great DJ mixes.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

TC1992 – Funky Guitar (Hifi Sean mix)

Kitsuné has supplied us with the catchy, “Something Good Can Work (The Twelves remix)” by Two Door Cinema Club, a track from the new “Kitsune Maison 9” compilation.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)

And last but absolutely not least Girls Love DJs, home to other artists such as Quinten 909 and The Century, have generously allowed us to post Illuminati’s “So NY” for you to play out at the clubs tonight! Show them a little love and stop by their SoundCloud page where you can listen to their other releases and grab a few extra tracks for that gig tonight.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Illuminati – So NY

Enjoy!

djCITRIK has been releasing mix after mix after mix with an slowly evolving style that covers Hard Trance, Melodic, Hardstyle, Hard Dance, and ElectroHouse all the while delivering flawless mixing and programming and never compromising on danceability. His CDs provide timeless enjoyment and his DJ sets are stuff of legend. Check out the links below and grab a few more of his DJ mixes after you pop this one.

Here is djCITRIK with a non-stop ElectroHouse grinder.

Enjoy!

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:12:55 — 83.5MB)

Mix Info & Tracklisting (more…)