TAG: The Prodigy

Feb08

Deadmau5 To Rock With Foo Fighters At The Grammys

David Guetta Also To Perform With Lil Wayne and Chris Brown 

Dance music’s cognoscenti (ie—those who pay work in that neck of the music business) are stoked at the announcement that EDM will get it’s share of the spotlight at this year’s Grammy Awards. Nominee Deadmau5 will perform live with The Foo Fighters, while dance-pop crossover sensation David Guetta will raise his hands behind the decks along with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne.

This has already been a red-letter year for dance music makes and fans as far as the traditionally conservative Grammys are concerned. Dubstep sensation Skrillex leads the nominee pack with five to his name, including Best New Artists (the first EDM performer to be nominated.) Deadmau5, Guetta, Swedish House Mafia and Duck Sauce also racked up nods in 2012. But even though Dance Music has had its own categories since 2003, the award show has struggled to find a place onstage for performances by acts whose stage activity involves little more than pushing buttons. …MORE

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Sep12

PREMIER MartyParty :: “Ice Cream Truck” (Video & MP3)

Looking for subtle, textured, intricate sound-design that only other producers could love? Then keep walking. The latest by MartyParty comes on like an evil clown selling wicked children frozen goodies laced with acid—all angry dubstep bass, grinding synths and the ubiquitous tune played by ice cream trucks the world over. Perhaps we’ve entered a new era of dance music—an analog to the beloved UK rave tunes of old that only now are we allowed to cop to owning a copy. Think early Prodigy or “Ebeneezer Goode.” Are you rushing? Are you rushing?



“Ice Cream Truck” comes fresh (or frozen) from Martin Folb’s new Sub ON EP, due out October 4th.

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Nov17

Linkin Park Tours With The Prodigy, Pendullum and Does It Offend You, Yeah? (Video & MP3)

Earlier this fall, rap-rock unit shifters Linkin Park surprised a whole lot of folks with their latest album, the Rick Rubin helmed A Thousand Suns, which found the group going deeper into the electronic idiosyncrasies formerly buried under walls of guitar and screamo-rap on their previous albums. Described as “Linkin Park’s Kid A,” critics took notice while most LP fans seem to be along for the ride.

Now the group has announced a US tour, featuring electronic acts more likely to be found on a UK festival stage rather than in the heartland of America. The Prodigy, of course, rode the first wave of electronica hype to it’s highest U.S. peak in the late ’90s, while newer acts Pendullum and Does It Offend You, Yeah? represent the latest generation of crossover appeal.

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Aug16

Digital Boy + Shark Give Listeners The Spirit Of ‘91 (MP3)

Hands up, heads up and big-ups to the hardcore massive. 

Italian duo Digital Boy + Shark debut a massive mix of time-warping proportions. This “Spirit of ‘91″ mix (originally from the fantastic blog Discobelle) is definitely something that teeters between dope and are-you-kidding-me?! Tunes that are bass-driven, loud and pulse-pounding are meshed with some of the most fantastic early ’90s rave riffs ever. Anyone who has avoided hearing the sounds early ‘ardcore, wise-up. This mix could possibly be your chance to get a free lesson in what you’re missing. This mix is definitely a “ready-to-rave” sort of thing. If you’re not going to go crazy, you’re doing everything wrong. Also make sure to peep their soon-to-be-released remix of Congorock’s “Babylon” in the mix. Tracklist and D/L link after the jump.

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Jan21

Hot Chip – One Life Stand (Review)

Hot Chip

One Life Stand

Released by Astralwerks


Eight tracks deep into One Life Stand, Hot Chip delivers "We Have Love." I doubt you'll read anywhere that "We Have Love" is the standout moment on what is a decidedly solid album, but the song bears mention because it is the aural equivalent of Alvin & The Chipmunks' brains... on the Prodigy. That's the (as yet unmentioned) winning formula that makes Hot Chip, and One Life Stand in particular, palatable for such a widely diverse audience. Their electronic sensibilities appeal to danceheads, and yet the hyperkinesis is gentle enough to evoke the huggable nature of childhood ADHD. Slow-burner "Keep Quiet," allegedly a response to the guys being moved by Susan Boyle's dramatic turn on Britain's Got Talent, brings to mind the moody atmospherics of Massive Attack and Sneaker Pimps.

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