Skrillex & Damian Marley - Make It Bun Dem (Music Video) + After Hours EP (Stream)

I was absolutely blown away by this collaboration when it dropped back in May. And throughout the summer and until now, it doesn't seem to have lost its steam. OWSLA dropped the "After Hours" remix EP last month and now we've got a music video. The video is a lot like other Skrillex videos. You don't really know what's going on, there's a couple sketchy-looking weirdos, and then something crazy and phenomenal happens. See for yourself and then check out the remixes. All good!

HARD SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2012 [Line Up]

Hard Summer: Official | Line Up | Tickets

WOW!! After two huge weekends for Destructo at Coachella 2012, he hits us with another boom, this time its the HARD SUMMER line up! I can't wait to get another dose of NERO live, and I definitely can't wait to see Little Dragon, Squarepusher, and Bloc Party's official HARD debut! Of course, the list goes on and there will be much more sprinkled on top of this already great line up. Get your tickets NOW!
See you there!

Re:Generation Music Project (2012) [Full Movie Stream]

Re:Generation Music Project (2012) : Official
So glad they decided to stream this ONLINE and for FREE to the PUBLIC. I may or may not do a review for this. We'll see. It's actually more important to us that you take something positive about music discovery and creation from this film. Don't dwell too much about why they paired up certain artists with other artists. Just enjoy the music and it's process...

Nativity

Love Chords (Live Broadcast 2-18-12)

Dank Radio presented by Aziatik Rhythmz
Live Broadcast on KPFK: 02-18-12
Love Chords... get connected... 

Live Broadcast (11/19/11) - BASSGIVING

Bassgiving (Live Broadcast 11-19-11) by Dank Radio on Mixcloud

Aziatik Rhythmz Presents: BASSGIVING with Dank Radio + Radio Bomb.
Many thanks to Drew @ SMOG for the 5 Yr Anniversary Show ticket giveaway
Congrats to Sergio for winning the tickets.
Artwork: Eccentric
Like what you hear? Let us know!
Eccentric Layin it Down ::
123Mrk - Noname - Noname EP
123Mrk - Unrest - Noname EP
Dam Funk - It Iz What It Iz
Emalkay - A.G.S.
Rebelution - Closer I Get (Dub)

Regal D's Vinyl Selections::
Dave Boomah & Serum - Why They Wanna
Need For Mirrors - Skip Rope
Vicious Circle & Nocturnal - Last Chance Saloon
Calibre - Blazin
Commix - Double Double
SKC & Hydro (Feat Munk) - Animism
Ill Skillz - Move It
Enei - Stonehenge
Mikal - Epic
Klute - Galaxian

Fabricated's Bassgiving Feast::
Phace & Misanthrop - Energie
Noisia & Phace - Program
Ulterior Motive - Featherweight
Spectrasoul - Mimic
TC - Tap Ho
SP:MC & LX One - Hunted
12th Planet - Corner Pocket
Skream feat. Sam Frank - Anticipate
Joker - Tron
Nero - Crush On You
Amon Tobin - Surge (16bit Remix)
Bukez Finest - Head Noddah
Skream - Wibbler
Echo Park - Fiber Optic (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
Tunnidge - 7 Breaths
Nero - Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)
Foreign Beggars feat. Noisia - Contact (Noisia Remix)
Icicle feat. SP:MC - Dreadnaught
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Garden (Calibre Remix)
Netsky feat. Jenna G - Moving With You
Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)

Excision - Shambhala Mix 2011 [Mix]

For the bass heads out there, if you don't know about the legend that is Excision, let me give you a brief introduction. This Canadian bass producer is mainly known for his aggressive, hip hop and metal influenced dubstep as well as his extremely technical production technique that rivals many producers out there right now. He runs Rottun Records, a label that I've been following for a while now that has launched names like Datsik and Downlink into the upper ranks of the current dubstep scene.

One of the things Excision is infamous for are his Shambhala mixes. The first one I ever heard was his mix from last year. His Shambhala mix from last year was notorious for the insane amount of dubplates that did not see the light of day until this past year, like Downlink's once-elusive and robotic sounding "Factory", and those dubplates that still haven't seen the light of day as of yet, like Excision's...awkward
sounding remix of Insideinfo's "Awkward" (which makes an appearance on this mix as well!). You're in for a treat with this mix because he brings many tracks that have been brought to the mainstream, such as Skrillex and Nero's remix of Nero's "Promises" and The Others and Trolley Snatcha's "Break Your Neck", while dropping the dubplates and unreleased remixes of huge tracks.

Porter Robinson - Spitfire [Contest + Tour Dates]

Porter Robinson : Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud
We've been following Porter Robinson for quite a while. Ever since I saw this random teenage musical maestro break through the Beatport charts with Say My Name I knew he was someone to keep an eye on. Some said he was just lucky and it was just one track. But I kept paying attention and from the looks of it I wasn't the only one. He's gone from small regional tours, to playing at Beyond Wonderland, featured on DJ TechTools, releasing his latest selection with Skrillex's new label OWSLA, and now he's opening up for Tiësto across the nation. Not bad for someone who's not even legal enough to purchase alcohol [or rent a motor vehicle].

If you like what you hear please show your support by purchasing the tracks or checking him out on tour. [I suggest you listen/purchase the Kill The Noise Remix of Spitfire(Shout out to Jake!)] There's also a contest below where you can win a free Traktor S4 unit....

HARD Summer 2011 - Official Video

HARDfest: Official

If you had a blast at HARD Summer this year then you can revisit those feelings with the official video recap of all the fun that took place at the Los Angeles State Historic Park on August 6th, 2011. If you were one of the people that weren't able to attend the excitement then take a quick look at what you missed.

HARD Haunted Mansion 2011 - Line Up

HARD: Official | Tickets

You can count on Destructo aka Gary Richards to bring the best of the best talent to the HARDest party you will ever experience in your life. With HARD Summer just around the corner, and a ridiculous boat party to set sail first thing in 2012, Richards is definitely on point and changing the game. Not only does he bring legendary pioneers to the party, he also brings the freshest newest talent with the groundbreaking sounds that will surely melt your face off. DO NOT MISS THIS. Tickets on sale August 9th. More info: HERE.





More Videos...

Skrillex - Rock n Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain) [Music Video + Tour Dates]

Skrillex : Official | Facebook | Twitter
Can't help but count all the cameos in this music video. It kind of reminds me of Duck Sauce's music video for Barbra Streisand. The only difference is that I've never been to New York so I don't know where any of those places are, but I have been to a handful of shows where Skrillex has performed. I saw clips from the Abstract Festival in San Diego where he played with Rusko and Major Lazer. There's a brief clip of his Coachella performance. They even threw in a stage dive from Voyeur San Diego. Any hoo. Check it out. You might see yourself in the video...

Hard Presents... Holy Ship!

Holy Ship [HARD]: Official | Facebook

this is going to be fun..

HARD Summer Music Festival 2011 [Trailer]

HARD Summer : Official | Tickets | Flyer
No explanation necessary. It's going to be a fun show. After seeing Duck Sauce + Boys Noize + Chromeo + Skrillex + Odd Future perform at Coachella this year, the opportunity to see them again is definitely a treat. I'm looking forward to seeing Carte Blanche [DJ Mehdi & Riton] perform since I missed them the last time they were in town. I'm also extremely excited to finally see Siriusmo perform live. If you have yet to get a copy of his latest release Mosaic [Purchase @ Modeselektor | Juno | Amazon] go get it. I know fabricated can't wait to see Noisia + Caspa + Emalkay + Nero. So if those artists alone don't convince you then check out the trailer below...

Identity Festival [Line Up + Tour Dates]

Identity Festival : Official | Facebook | Twitter

It was only a matter of time before all of our favorite producer/DJs hit the road and did a proper tour across America. Sure many of these artists have done various shows with their friends in spotted tours across the States but it was in deed a surprise for me to discover that this has been set in stone. Reminds me of the Warped Tour days. I'm assuming there will be less chuck taylors/drunken brawls/and middle fingers flicked off at the ghetto birds roaming the skies. Nonetheless this tour will be a great time. I'm curious as to what kind of set Chad Hugo (N*E*R*D*) will have. Is he going to be playing the sax + mpc + keys + guitar or will he simply be DJing. I guess we'll have to go to find out...

Tommie Sunshine - Eyes Towards Summer DJ Mix

Tommie Sunshine : Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud
Mr. Tommie Sunshine has presented us with another volume of auditory pleasures. His Summer Soundtrack Mix '10 was definitely a good source of dance floor grooves last year and his current Eyes Towards Summer DJ Mix continues the party with more inspirational dance tunes. Here's what he had to say about the mix...

With a winter so harsh as this one has been it was time to set my sights on the oncoming Summer and make a musical representation of what that looks and feels like inside my mind. We are experiencing a wonderful time in music and this is an audio celebration of that time. I treated the last 3 songs as my "end of the night" tracks so imagine this to be me shutting the club down and kick starting the mood for the after hours. - Tommie Sunshine

Tommie Sunshine - Eyes Towards Summer DJ Mix by tommiesunshine | Mediafire

Porter Robinson - Eventvibe Mix [Tour Dates]

Porter Robinson : Facebook | Soundcloud | Twitter
It was a delightful surprise for me to find the majority of his mix comprised of Dubstep tunes. When you really sit down and listen to Porter Robinson's tracks Say My Name or I'm On Fire you can hear the influence of Dubstep in his synth tones. All in all the mix is a high energy sample of what you can expect to hear on his upcoming US Tour.

Ultra Music Festival 2011 - Phase 1

Ultra Music Festival: Official | Tickets | Facebook | Twitter
Wolfgang Gartner - Undertaker by genki

!!! (CHK CHK CHK) - Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass by Hypetrak

Sub Focus 'Could This Be Real' (Sub Focus Dnb Remix) by subfocusmusic

Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Noisia Remix) by NOISIA

Something Bells by daedelus

<->Nativity<->

[Concert Review] - Abstract Festival presented by Reset Events

We applaud everyone at Reset Events for throwing Abstract Festival, It was a great event! Every effort was made to present a stellar event to the dance music fans of San Diego. Venue was great. Production was visually stunning. Sound was an audiophile’s heaven. People were friendly. Staff was very helpful. All in all Reset Events is on it's way to becoming the premiere destination for San Diego massives.

During our stroll around the San Diego Sports Arena we met a handful of locals who spoke highly of Reset Events. They described the fun they had at the previous Reset SD event and expressed the joys of having their favorite artists come to their own town to perform.

After a brief round of the San Diego Sports Arena we settled at the Main Stage/Out of the Box area to check out Skrillex's set. This being the second time we've seen him perform live, we have to say he's really growing into his new role as a producer/DJ. For those not familiar with Skrillex he was the front man of the band From First To Last (Epitaph Records) and for the past couple years has been spinning around the Los Angeles area getting his name out. Even with technical audio difficulties he played a solid set that got the crowd going.

Up next was the former Brit now turned LA native, Rusko (Mad Decent Records). It didn't take long for the crowd to burst in energy as he dove straight into the depths of the lower frequencies. His set included all of our favorites from his latest release, O.M.G.! (Woo Boost, Kumon Kumon, Scarewear, Raver's Spesh, You're On My Mind Baby, My Mouth) along with older Dubsteper/Dubstepah flavors (Cockney Thug, Jahova, Skream's Dutch Flowers (Rusko Trial Inna Babylon Mix)). I've never seen such a diverse set of dance moves to any one artist's set. I swear I saw everything from Jersey Shore fist pumps, Melbourne shuffles, grooving, grinding, slow dancing, daggering, and a mosh pit.

Rusko definitely killed it and it was clear that at this moment the party had really begun. He was having such a blast of a time he decided to share a new track. We'll call this track "I'm Going Insane" for now and let me tell you the crowd went 4lokos to this track.

"Major, Lazer, Major, Lazer, Major, Lazer!!!" is what the crowd chanted as Diplo, Skerrit Bwoy, and the rest of the Major Lazer crew took the stage. It was clear to everyone in the arena that a dancehall party was about to go down. Using tracks like Barrington Levy - Murderer, Swedish House Mafia - One, Laidback Luke/Steve Angello - Be, Ace Of Base - All That She Wants, Diplo proves you don't need to stick to one genre to get the crowd moving. Everything expected from a Major Lazer party was present but there was something different that night. I suspect it was the energy from the crowd. Eccentric and I saw Major Lazer perform at Avalon the night before and the performances were like day and night. Major Lazer definitely brought the party to San Diego and they didn't let the line go slack for the whole hour and a half performance. Skerrit Bwoy was able to do his trademark ladder jump to dagger on the floor with female from the LAzer crew. Speaking of daggering, there was plenty of daggering going on between the LAzer crew and random audience members. We at Dank Radio love audience participation and were very pleased to see plenty of if going on during their set. Not only did the audience participate during the usual ladies get on the stage and party with us for a couple songs bit, but they were even receptive to when security cut the music and said they wouldn't allow them to continue unless they got off the stage. The energy dipped for a moment during this transition but it was quickly brought up and kept constant throughout the remainder of their performance. Diplo finished strong with a new Major Lazer track and shared his thanks by sprays of Champagne and throwing a handful of free Major Lazer T-shirts into the crowd.

We caught the beginning of the Designer Drugs set which started with my favorite DD track, Drop Down and stayed for a few songs until they played Riot. Unfortunately we had to leave early to make the trek back up north to Long Beach and couldn't stay for their whole performance.

As stated above we were very happy about Abstract Festival but there are no concert experiences that are free from error or dissatisfaction. One major gripe that we had that was shared by many in the Arena was when buying a $5.00 bottle of water we weren't allowed to keep the bottle caps. First off, paying $5.00 is pretty rough in this economy. Yes we know the Sports Arena only had two scheduled events for the month of September and you need to pay the bills but when the customer pays for water at that steep of a price we expect to keep the bottle cap. We figured the reason why they did this was to make sure the kids wouldn't run to the water fountains and refill their bottles but they still did. We also saw 3 different people slip and fall from the slippery concert floor at different areas of the arena. If that isn't a liability or a lawsuit waiting to happen I don't know what is. End of complaint.

Thank you Reset and thank you San Diego for being great hosts! We look forward to attending your future events and more specifically Radius, which is set to go off March of 2011.



<->Nativity<->

Reset Events present Abstract Festival with Major Lazer, Rusko, Excision, Claude VonStroke, Designer Drugs, Skrillex, and more!

Official Site | Purchase tickets

For those of us based out of Long Beach, Los Angeles, or even Orange County our world is pretty much confined to the events happening in our respective regions. It's rare on occasion for any of us to take that trek out of the safety of our self imposed invisible borders. Sure there are those trips to Las Vegas, and maybe a drive to wine country, or even a brief weekend excursion to the Bay. But there exists an often overlooked option which could be the next best thing, San Diego.

Cue in Reset Events, which held their Reset SD Fest earlier this year and brought the likes of A-Trak, Bassnectar, 12th Planet, Flying Lotus, and more to the San Diego Sports Arena. They haven't been around for as long as Insomniac or HARD but they sure are working to bring the best talent down to San Diego.

We had the pleasure of conducting a brief but informative interview with Linzi Shook of Reset Events to give them a chance to speak to their supporters about their upcoming concert Abstract Fest.

Dank Radio: First off, thank you Linzi for taking the time to do this for us... With Reset previously doing events with the likes of Wolfgang Gartner, Deadmau5, Bassnectar, and A-Trak how did you go about selecting the artists for the upcoming Abstract Fest?

Abstract: It's a matter of preference, we like to book what we listen to and we like a variety of electronic music. We take a lot of input from our friends and the Reset fans, they tell us what they feel is hot right now and who they want to see brought down to San Diego.

D: Who are you most excited to see at the event?

A: Tim Green. He's been a favorite of mine for a very long time, since he came out with the song "Kitch-in" I have been wanting to book him.

D: In the preparation and planning of Abstract Fest, were you influenced by any other festivals/events? How did you incorporate those elements?

A: I've been to a lot of festivals and within America I am heavily influenced by Electric Daisy Carnival of which I feel is the grand-daddy of American Music Festivals. Internationally, it’s the shows like Mysteryland and Tomorrowland that fuel my creativity, ambition and my inner child.

D: Voyeur has been bringing some notable acts down to San Diego (Kaskade, Laidback Luke, Felix Da Housecat, Aeroplane). Do you feel that San Diego is ready to become another prominent city for Electronic Dance Music?

A: San Diego isn't necessarily ready to become a prominent city for EDM, the scene has stayed the same, there's simply more people involved. We put as much focus into talent as we do the party, this includes investment in paramount production and creating an over all experience. Someone that's not into electronic music will still have a great time because they will enjoy the party that we've created.

D: What do you want people to walk away with after experiencing Abstract Fest?

A: A new understanding of music and the way it can be perceived, while at the same time experiencing a social networking event unlike any other in San Diego, mainly because it’s more personal. Not only are you seeing the artists live, in your hometown, but you also get to enjoy it with thousands of your closest friends.

D: Anything else you want to share with our readers? Future events?

A: Reset plans on being around as long as we can. Our next event, Radius, is set to go off in March, with talent that outlines a few of our favorite tunes. We feel it will help our fans to see what Reset is really about.

Once again thank you to Linzi & Reset/Abstract for doing the interview and for hooking us up with Media Passes for this Saturday. If you have yet to get your hands on tickets for this party you can purchase tickets here. Eccentric and I will be partying with all you San Diego heads so if you see one us please say "hello". And if you still aren't convinced on going to this event, check out the videos below.

<->Nativity<->