Overwerk

Becoming more and more of an Overwerk fan every day. Edmond Huszar is the mastermind behind this addicting sound. I cannot believe his music has not caught on recently with the electronic music community. In my opinion his debut album the Nth should be destroying beatport servers. Maybe its because he's from Canada. Either way this track will get ya buzzin. 

Le Castle Vania - The Light

As you already know, I have a deep love for the funky bass of Le Castle Vania. He just released his newest single "The Light" minutes ago and it did not disappoint. Here it is fresh out the oven.

Le Castle Vania - The Light (Radio Edit)

Daft Punk Origins

After a long break and hiatus from the blog, I am back from Olympia and settled into the Hawaiian lifestyle once more. I have decided to spring back into things with something I have been pondering for a while, and something which seems to be a bit of an internet craze. That is, the songs that Daft Punk sampled. When listening to the addicting dance beats of Daft Punk, many fail to consider that these were originally amazing funk tracks. As you listen to this you will recognize a quite familiar sound.

I have absolutely no problem with sampling. In my opinion it is taking art and making new art out of it. In the same way that a person might take a picture of a mural, or make a collage. I don't really see what all the fuss is about. Reproduction of everything in new forms is a natural adaptation of our technologically advanced culture. Denying it is unnecessarily frustrating because it cannot and will not be stopped. However, I do believe that when creating sampled tracks or any other works of art that twist pieces of an original, there should be a considerable amount of effort to make the new piece have originality. Daft Punk has many songs which are beautifully sampled and clearly took a lot of work. This following track makes me really dislike Daft Punk's Robot Rock. It is almost an identical copy, but still worse. In this case I much prefer the original and think Daft Punk's version is quite the rip off. As one youtube commenter put it "this was the dark day for daft punk".

Don't get me wrong. I still love Daft Punk. I recognize and appreciate what they have done for all electronic genres. Perhaps sampling has come a long way since their prime and people are becoming a bit more creative with it. It is fun to listen to both the original and the punked. What do you think?

Corona - Rhythm of the Night

I haven't posted anything in quite a while because I have been on winter break, but I am back and the blog is back with a classic. Enjoy the Rhythm of the Night.