Hello electronic music fans and music fans alike,
My name is Corey and I'm a new contributor to Disco with a Shotgun, thanks again Daanish for letting me be a part of this!
So I wanted to begin by saying I am an avid electronic music enthusiast, or at least I was a year or two ago. When Justice released Cross, Danger released his breakout EP's, and many other artists really came into their own, their music was cutting edge and abrasive. Many didn't know what to make of the distorted synths and churning drum patterns. It was the start an incredible few years of production between artists, primarily in my eyes, Justice, Boys Noize, Danger, Mille, Ishivu, all of the Ed Banger Crew and a number of other small time producers coming out of the woodwork. I'd be so proud to Dj a party and play this underground electro, people didn't even know what to make of it but always ended up dancing and feeling the beat. Then things began to change.
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The "EDM" craze began in America around 2010 and now, I can't turn on my radio without hearing a Avicii or a Calvin Harris song blaring with some interchangeable pop star spewing a random vocal. It seems like almost overnight, the mainstream heard electronic music and completely raped it into submission. For a while, I couldn't even listen to a lot of the music blogs I frequented, just due to the lack of unique sound that electronic music once had. There was feeling and emotion before but it had been replaced by generic hooks and gimmicky synth leads. However, the god fathers of electronic saved the electronic world with their album, or should I say album of the year. Daft Punk releasing Random Access Memories was a swift kick in the pants to the electronic world and really raised some questions about production. Those producers doing the same production methods they have since they started(Diplo, Avicii, etc.) of course didn't understand the album, calling it a flop, but for most, was seen as a wake up call. Not all funky, disco music needs to be sampled to a 4 on the floor beat on your laptop in 10 minutes. Put some soul back into the music people.
Okay, now that I have that out of the way, here are some of my favorite tracks at the moment.
Boys Noize has always stood out to me for his versatility, this Chromeo Remix is no exception. Although I'm not crazy about the entire trap music craze, Boys Noize puts his own touch on it and makes this track really memorable. The floating synths and snares make this song really glide along. Great track.
Madeon grabbed my attention when he made his debut, "Pop Culture" mashup video on youtube. The preciseness of his beats and the sampling blows my mind to this day. Here is his latest song released last night via SoundCloud. Enjoy and dance it up.
Another worthy mention, although he has deleted most of his music, is Joel Zimmerman, aka Deadmau5. His soundcloud was flooded with literally hundreds of tracks he made, most trolling Afrojack, but some that were his own experiments with music that were pretty damn amazing. It's interesting to see his thought progression in producing, make sure to follow him on soundcloud, who knows when he'll go on another producing spree.
That's all for now music heads, take care.
-Corey
