IT'S THE WEEKEND! As if that weren't enough to get you excited, how about an onslaught of amazing new music to fill it? Back with another edition of Enlightened Listening comes EPs from Peggy Gou and AC Slater; singles from Attlas and Chromeo; albums from Booka Shade and Daniel Avery; and remixes from MK and Akira Akira & Hikeii. As is seemingly always the case, house is represented in all shapes and sizes, with a fair amount of funk, plus a killer club cut to round it out. Stream all the new music via Spotify below, and read brief descriptions after the jump. As always, enjoy!
Peggy Gou - Hundres Times
Finally the EP is complete. As free and fun and its partners, this one pulsates with a classic club sound.
Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons ft. Chela - Five Moons (Jamie Jones Igazu Remix)
The strength of subtly is on full display. Brilliant bass and prodigious percussion weave wonderfully around Chela's vaporous vocals. Check Jamie's Liquid Dub for an even darker delivery.
Tom Misch - Disco Yes (ft. Poppy Ajudha)
My favourite from his groovy album Geography. It could succeed as an instrumental, but the interplay between vocals and strings is simply sublime. Check "South Of The River" for more magic.
Chromeo - Must've Been (ft. DRAM & Jesse Johnson)
More fantastically funky fun from Chromeo. Another salacious singalong that has me melting at the thought of hundreds joining in when they bring their tour to The Danforth Music Hall, July 3rd and 4th.
Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha
The kind of quality that we've come to expect from Phantasy Sound and Daniel Avery. Almost orchestral in its arc, running from techno and house to chill and ambient. Adding to the all around epic brilliance, it has its own full length visuals, which you can lose yourself to here.
Attlas - Treehouse
I'm always astounded by the colour and quality of Attlas' productions, particularly the more techno tilted tracks like this. This one tickles, teases and downright pleases. It's hard not to lose yourself.
Armand Van Helden vs. Butter Rush - I Need A Painkiller (MK Extended Mix)
Another big time floor filler from the master. Downright gorgeous groove that I could listen to for days.
AC Slater - I Wanna Show You
The title track will win you over by bringing the piano back to bass house. "Amen Tribe" may lead to the floor spontaneously combusting as shufflers set it alight. The little extra effects and punctuations only further the fantastic groove of "Can't Come Down." This Young Lyxx track may be the best of the bunch.
Booka Shade - Cut The Strings
The thought of a new Booka Shade album is appetizing in itself, and having already covered "Night Surfing" here, saying I was excited for its release would be an understatement. I absolutely love "EMS Love" and "Confessions," and the deeper we get in the album the more impressed I get. The run from "And You?" through "Tyrell" makes this one of the early front runners for album of the year.
Ross From Friends - Aphelion
Beautiful and chill chords of all kinds mixed around masterful drum work. I hadn't been big on Ross From Friends, but the live stuff from Maida Vale last week had be hooked. Find it here.
SG Lewis - Dusk
Downright delightful depiction of the most beautiful time of day. So fantastically full of groove that despite the sun going down you'll be energized to dance all night long. My personal favourite: "Aura."
Cashmere Cat & Major Lazer ft. Tory Lanez - Miss You (Akira Akira & Hikeii Remix)
The club recasting this track desperately needed. Delicious drumline and brilliant bounce.
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Sunday, October 23, 2016
Four reasons to see Mura Masa tonight at The Hoxton
#1. He'll be performing live, which means you'll be able to witness his musical and artistic abilities first hand. There's truly something special about live sets and the act of playing. It's not stale and stagnant, it's visceral and alive; you never know what's going to happen, what he's going to play and when. He'll certainly play his own hits, but he may also cover tracks like Major Lazer's "Lean On."
#2. His list of production credits is the stuff of dreams. He'll be able to play tracks like "Firefly" and "Lovesick Fuck" from his EP Someday Somewhere, "Lotus Eater" from Soundtrack To A Death, and the incredible single that took 2016 by storm, "What If I Go?"
#3. Considering the long list of vocalists and collaborators (Bonzai, Nao, Denai Moore, Jay Prince, and A$AP Rocky), he may just have a guest performer up his sleeve. I'm not saying A$AP Rocky is going to show up at The Hoxton tonight, but I fully expect Mura Masa to have a vocalist with him, especially given the fact that he's got a case of strep throat, and is "not saying much at these next few shows."
#4. His opening act, Michl, is fresh off the release of his debut self-named EP, which will serve as the perfect appetizer for the main course of Mura Masa. Stream the EP here, and whet your appetite below.
At last check, tickets were more than 90% sold out, but there are currently people selling on the facebook event, where you can also find the official ticketweb link. Because it's a Sunday show, be careful to remember the doors open at 9, not the usual 10. I'll also be live tweeting much of the show, as I do quite often, so if you're unable to join the crowd at The Hoxton, give my timeline a look see.
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At last check, tickets were more than 90% sold out, but there are currently people selling on the facebook event, where you can also find the official ticketweb link. Because it's a Sunday show, be careful to remember the doors open at 9, not the usual 10. I'll also be live tweeting much of the show, as I do quite often, so if you're unable to join the crowd at The Hoxton, give my timeline a look see.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Bump In The Hump Sneak Peek: DJ Mustard ft. Travis Scott - Whole Lotta Lovin' (Grandtheft Remix)
Local legend Grandtheft delivered yet again, this time dropping a remix to the monster hit from DJ Mustard and Travis Scott. A week after playing two of his tracks on Bump In The Hump (his collab with Major Lazer "Number One" and Champagne Drip's remix of "Summer In The Winter") listen to that episode here, it gives me great pleasure to give the Radio Humber premiere to his latest exploit "Whole Lotta Lovin'" on this week's episode. Tune in live from 6-7 EST here, for the best new Canadian EDM.
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Cheat Codes x Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex
The massively debated and previously unidentified Spinnin' Records track, that's racked up over 623 thousand plays in just over two weeks has finally been revealed as a collaboration between trios, LA's Cheat Codes and Dutch Kris Kross Amsterdam, and is available for download today.
Aptly titled "Sex," has Spinnin' flexing it's label strength, procuring the rights to sample Salt-N-Pepa's "Let's Talk About Sex." The line "all the good things and bad things" immediately called me back to Akon's use of that line in Kid Ink's "Rewind." That's not the only similarity between the two either. The vibes of each elicit a warm floating feeling. Where "Rewind" leans more on DJ Mustard's synth sound, "Sex" is significantly more tropical, very similar to Major Lazer and DJ Snake's "Lean On." Furthermore, the first twenty seconds have a distinct resemblance to What So Not's "Touched." One commenter called it a rip off of Where Are U Now, Lean On, Sorry and What Do You Mean. While "Sex" no doubt seems to borrow facets from all of these tracks, it is its own distinct production. It is, at worst a mere mashup of covers, and at best, a finely crafted combination of some of the best pop music from the past year.Of course this isn't anything new for Spinnin' Records, being the host label for chronic recyclers Vinai. A quick survey of Vinai's catalog of releases makes it seem like they've only ever started one project file and just keep minutely changing each production before sending them to Spinnin'. This seems all too common for the Dutch label which continually churns out repackaged, commercially leverage-able music, whether it's from Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Oliver Heldens or the Lost Kings, the other act many commenters thought might have produced "Sex." This isn't to say that Spinnin' is without merit, it certainly holds a different footing, philosophy and purpose than Dirtybird, Ed Banger, mau5trap or even OWSLA. Whatever the case, you can now get your copy of "Sex" now.
Friday, December 18, 2015
What So Not - Gemini EP
Perhaps the most anticipated EP of the year finally dropped, and you can pick it up for free! The five track EP, Gemini, is Flume's last hurrah with Emoh Instead as What So Not, and punctuates a truly great run of productions from the duo. They had been arguably the best and most consistent duo on the planet, until it was announced that Flume would be leaving. Oddly enough, it was around the same time Skrillex and Diplo took the world by storm with Jack U, but I digress. It's only fitting in my mind that the aussie duo that seemingly appeared all at once, and grabbed the scene by the scruff of it's neck, wrap things up with with an EP of Gemini's caliber. The free EP is a combination of tracks that their fans have been craving for more than a dozen months. Earlier this year the released the title track "Gemini" with George Maple, after having previewed it as an 'ID' as early as last summer. But it isn't the only one that's been in floating around our consciousness since last summer. You may very well remember their collab with Dillon Francis, "Dill's Mom" having been teased for an unyielding amount of time. It's also on the EP but retitled and slightly retooled as "Arrows" with Dawn Golden.
The EP is rounded out with two more collaborations with KLP on "Death Drive" and Tunji on "Intro," as well as one final Flume & Emoh original "Oddity" which holds up to the high What So Not standard easily fitting in with "Jaguar," "Touched," and "The Quack." It's you're last chance to enjoy the collaborative efforts of Flume & Emoh, and although I expect to hear great music from them individually, I doubt we'll ever get anything that can rival their genius productions: their Major Lazer "Get Free," Parachute Youth "Awake Now," Van She "Idea of Happiness" or my favourite track of their's "Love Theme." Listen to the EP below and pick it up free for yourself.
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Labels:
Dawn Golden,
Dillon Francis,
Diplo,
Emoh Instead,
Flume,
Gemini,
George Maple,
Jack U,
KLP,
Major Lazer,
Parachute Youth,
Skrillex,
Tunji,
Van She,
What So Not
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday Mashed Up Mix #4
Each Monday I post a little mix of less than 30 minutes for your listening pleasure. It contains a variety of electronic music mixed and mashed up to varying degrees. The music is always first and foremost while DJing and mixing skills are meant to take a back seat. It includes some brand new stuff but also some forgotten gems and whatever it was that had entered my consciousness. I'll be hosting them on my Dropbox page for your listening and downloading pleasure, MONDAY MASHED UP MIX VOL 4. You can find the tracklisting and links for each track after the break...
Labels:
A-Trak,
AC Slater,
Action Bronson,
D. Lewis,
Emix,
Erol Alkan,
Fake Blood,
Free Download,
Gent + Jawns,
GotSome,
Ida Engberg,
JFK,
Justice,
Major Lazer,
Meech,
Mixtape,
Mr. Oizo,
RYME,
Sebastien Leger
Sunday, November 08, 2015
Lido Live at The Hoxton (Review)
I've finally had enough time to decompress and reflect on an absolutely amazing night, Friday at the Hoxton for Lido's live performance. It was everything you'd expect and more, particularly because of the surprise appearance of Santell, Lido's most recent collaborator on The Passion Project. Upon arriving at the Hoxton just before midnight and the crowd was already feeling it. It was the first time I'd ever seen dance circle in the Hoxton, and this one was prolonged and featured a wide range of skills from people eating it and a couple deadly battles of carpet cutters. The length of the circle was aided by the opening DJs' long tracks. The one track that stood out to me was a remix of classic Timmy Thomas track "Why Can't We Live Together," which has now been famously sampled by Drake for "Hotline Bling." It's a great remix that culminates in a heavily string aided drop but doesn't stray too far from the original. I'm hopeful someone can identify the remixer because I'd love to add it to my collection; listen below...
I'm not sure who the openers ended up being, as I'm fairly certain the above video isn't either of hrmxny or GrandBuda. Someone said that they had merged this show with another so perhaps these guys were headliners from another event I didn't know about. Regardless, I was there for Lido, who hit the stage shortly after 12:30. And this is how it happened...
Labels:
Alt J,
Banks,
Bill Withers,
Canblaster,
Disclosure,
Drake,
Fetty Wap,
Hotline Bling,
Lido,
Major Lazer,
S-Type,
Sam Smith,
Santell,
Show Review,
The Hoxton,
The Weeknd,
Timmy Thomas,
Trippy Turtle,
Young Lean,
Zhu
Monday, July 29, 2013
Relive Mad Decent Block Party (Review)
As you ought to now know I have finished my life as host of Enlightenment For Your Ears, on CFBU 103.7 FM, and it couldn't have come at a better time. This being the first Friday following my massive grand finale show, I was allowed the freedom to attend one of the most highly anticipated shows in Toronto EDM history, the second annual Mad Decent Block Party. I can honestly say that it was entirely excellent despite what many would call a sub par line-up (especially when compared to other MDBPs around North America) as a result of the date coinciding with the biggest EDM festival the world has to offer, Tomorrowland happening simultaneously in Belgium. This for me was the reason we didn't get the likes of Dillon Francis, Baauer, Flosstradamus and many other brilliant Mad Decent members, again despite fact this I would called the 2013 Toronto version of the MDBP a huge success. With this post it is my intention to showcase the great local and Canadian talents that were present, as well as allow those of you who unfortunately missed out on this great event, to enjoy much of the music that was played and which has become ear-worms for myself. In the next paragraphs I will make my way though the lineup of those played and highlight tracks that I feel deserve a second look. Unfortunately, for those who are interested in Riff Raff and El Dusty, I have nothing substantive to say as I was not as interested in these acts and cannot accurately comment as to what they performed. Let us now dive into the first act I was mentally present and prepared for.
***Please make me aware of any links that may be wrong or have been downed, Thank You!***
***Please make me aware of any links that may be wrong or have been downed, Thank You!***
THUGLI:
If you are a fan of EFYE you will immediately recognize this duo as local Torontonians Pat Drastik and Tom Wrecks. I am outwardly a huge fan and supporter of these two and despite being essentially the first act of the day put on an amazing set, which showcased a number of their own productions as well as some brilliant scratching skills. Many kudos to them for kicking off the day and preparing us for the massiveness to come. Below is a list of tracks (and links so you can listen to what) I can recall from their set:
- What Happened mixed into Marble Floors
- Their remix of Send It Up mixed into what I believe was the Caked Up Remix of Tom Ford mixed into their finale track Listen Up
A TRIBE CALLED RED:
Fans of EFYE may not be familiar with this brilliant trio hailing from Ottawa, made up of DJ NDN, DJ Shub and Bear Witness. I too had only heard of this group without having heard their music, and boy was I in for a pleasant surprise. These three as ATCR decribe their sound as Powwow-Step, which if you are a fan of EFYE you might want to imagine Dillon Francis with elements of First Nations music, particularly vocal chanting and drumming. Their music would work perfectly at a bonfire rave; it is perfect to lose yourself to music. I was so impressed with these three, as perhaps I ought to be as a result of there being three member allowing for more scratching, crowd involvement and more all around quality mixing and DJing. Not only was this set mind blowing for all of the thousand or so that were there early enough, but for someone of my specific age and generation, ATCR included some easter eggs from both their and my childhood. Absolutely brilliant mixing and sampling of the Sesame Street theme as well as the Reading Rainbow (as seen similarly HERE when they played in Detroit earlier this year). Once again below find those tracks I can clearly recall:
Fans of EFYE may not be familiar with this brilliant trio hailing from Ottawa, made up of DJ NDN, DJ Shub and Bear Witness. I too had only heard of this group without having heard their music, and boy was I in for a pleasant surprise. These three as ATCR decribe their sound as Powwow-Step, which if you are a fan of EFYE you might want to imagine Dillon Francis with elements of First Nations music, particularly vocal chanting and drumming. Their music would work perfectly at a bonfire rave; it is perfect to lose yourself to music. I was so impressed with these three, as perhaps I ought to be as a result of there being three member allowing for more scratching, crowd involvement and more all around quality mixing and DJing. Not only was this set mind blowing for all of the thousand or so that were there early enough, but for someone of my specific age and generation, ATCR included some easter eggs from both their and my childhood. Absolutely brilliant mixing and sampling of the Sesame Street theme as well as the Reading Rainbow (as seen similarly HERE when they played in Detroit earlier this year). Once again below find those tracks I can clearly recall:
- Sesame Street theme mixed into Star Wars (Ookay Remix)
- Reading Rainbow theme mixed into Crowd Control mixed into Make It Bun Dem mixed into Weh Dem A Harlem
- Electric PowWow Drum
- Native Puppy Love
- Their finale track their remix of Red Skin Girl
GRANDTHEFT:
Again fans of EFYE will be very familiar with this great local Torontonian talent who rounded out three Canadian artists in a row, and played one of the greatest sets I have ever witnessed and perhaps one of the greatest sets Toronto has ever seen; I simply cannot say enough positive about this talent, his showmanship and producer-ship. I am so proud to be living in the same city and this genius and am so lucky to be alive at a time when he has begun his rise into worldwide stardom (deservedly so). If you follow music at all I'm sure you are aware of the twerking phenomenon happening throughout North America headed by the likes of Diplo, the don of Mad Decent, and championed by worldwide idol Miley Cyrus (Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C). Grandtheft has intelligently latched his star to the likes of the twerk and more specifically Miley's twerking in his most recent collaboration with Skratch Bastid entitled Miley; he even had someone dressed in a bunny suit, clearly referencing Miley first twerking video (see exhibit A above). Yet again it is time to make reference to the tracks he played out (at least to my recollection):
- He opened the set with his Not In Love (Edit) mixed into Get Based mixed into New Slaves (DJ Snake Remix)
- His aforementioned collab Miley mixed into a forthcoming collab with Hedspin
- All Bird Everything
- A forthcoming collab with Diplo mixed into Higher mixed into Higher Ground (Lazee Remix)
- Simon Says (ETC!ETC! & Brillz Bootleg) mixed into WHO mixed into his remix of Treat Me Right mixed into his collab remix with Major Lazer The Fog
- Bugatti (Heroes X Villains Remix)
- His remix of Tuna Melt
- Heads Will Roll (Kid Kamillion Edit) mixed into his finale track, his collab remix with Diplo Sweet Nothing
ZEDS DEAD:
This Torontonian duo followed Riff Raff and while I generally find their dubstep sound almost offensive to the ears I was again pleasantly surprised come the end of their set. To the best of my knowledge their set started with nearly all dubstep and this threw me off as for the most part MDBP was almost entirely a trap show. By the end of their set they had successful changed my cynical mind through featuring some great Canadian classics as well as some of their own originals from their past. Here we go again:
This Torontonian duo followed Riff Raff and while I generally find their dubstep sound almost offensive to the ears I was again pleasantly surprised come the end of their set. To the best of my knowledge their set started with nearly all dubstep and this threw me off as for the most part MDBP was almost entirely a trap show. By the end of their set they had successful changed my cynical mind through featuring some great Canadian classics as well as some of their own originals from their past. Here we go again:
- Joyenergizer (Dirty Dutch Visionaire Remix)
- Bootleg Fireworks (The Rebirth) mixed into Ratchet
- Rumble In The Jungle
- Breathe (Zeds Dead Remix) mixed into what I believe was the Trypt Remix of I Love It mixed into Bless Di Nation (Torro Torro Remix) mixed into Asphyxiation mixed into Boneless mixed into No Good
- Their remix of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- A mashup of Flux Pavilion & Jimi Hendrix Blow The Purple Haze
- Coffee Break
MAJOR LAZER:
The much anticipated main event of the evening was thoroughly enjoyable from a musical standpoint although I must admit I was quite disappointed in the entirely absent DJing. It seemed as though each and every song was either cut short or spun back. The set was one of the most choppy set I've ever witnessed and were it not the case that I love nearly every Major Lazer track I would have been entirely disappointed. I understand that Diplo, Jillonaire & Walshy Fire were the headlining act for each stop of the tour (which would be quite tedious) and that they were missing out on Tomorrowland to play a much smaller set in Toronto, I can rationalize why they merely wanted to have fun and get the crowd involved, yet I feel that we ought to have had a better chance to hear some of their tracks played out in their entirety and as a DJ I would have really appreciated witnessing some true DJing skills. Nonetheless here is what I heard:
- Rihanna Stay (Major Lazer Remix) mixed into Mashup The Dance
- The Lion mixed into Differentology (Major Lazer Remix) mixed into a forthcoming Major Lazer RDX track
- Original Don (Luminox Remix) vs (Flosstradamus Remix) mixed into Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) which was cut at the drop in favour of Tom Ford (D78 Remix)
- Get Free to Rum & Redbull
- Get Busy mixed into Murder She Wrote mixed into Bubble Butt
- Express Yourself mixed into Jump Around mixed into Bumaye mixed into Pon De Floor
- Cannonball (Carnage & Victor Niglio Remix)
- Higher Ground mixed into Can't Hold Us (Major Lazer Remix)
- Get Free (Andy C Remix)
In conclusion I am very happy with the money spent in comparison to the previous event (Digital Dreams) and the fact that I was able to catch nearly the entire Block Party, although it wasn't much of a Block Party being that it was situated directly between the GO tracks and the Gardiner, yet that didn't end up being much of a deterrent. The venue was actually quite good and I thoroughly enjoyed not being surrounded by alcohol drinkers thus able to stay more clean and not sticky although I cannot say the same for my feet which ended up looking more like hooves than anything else by the end of the night; those who wore shoes didn't have this problem so I guess I only have myself to blame. Finally I'd grade this version of the Mad Decent Block Party as better than decent, it gets a solid A in my books with many pleasant surprises, all in all a great time!
Once again I urge you to stay tuned to this webpage in anticipation of the posting of DJ Dano Bordie's brilliant 40 minute EFYE review mix from the Grand Finale of EFYE. Follow myself @OggieJames and the Bordie Bros @BordieBros
Thanks For Reading! Oggie Out!
Monday, July 15, 2013
Penultimate EFYE - July 12, 2013 (Tracklist)
Tracklist for show original air date: July 12, 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00.
- Keys N Krates - Treat Me Right (Dim Mak)
- Treat Me Right (Grandtheft Remix) cc
- Keys N Krates - Dum Dee Dum (Independent)
- Dum Dee Dum cc
- Down With Webster - One In A Million (Independent)
- One In A Million (Charlie Darker Remix) cc
- Hadouken! - Levitate (Surface Noise)
- Levitate (Charlie Darker Remix) cc
- Sander Van Doorn - Joyenergizer (DOORN)
- Joyenergizer (Lazy Rich Remix) cc
- Botnek - Through The Night (Dim Mak)
- Through The Night cc
- Felix Cartal - Young Love (Dim Mak)
- Young Love (f Koko LaRoo) cc
- Menace - Hz & Tones (Blood Music)
- Hz & Tones
- Fake Blood - Deep Red (Blood Music)
- Voices
- Gesaffelstein - Conspiracy Pt 2 (Turbo)
- Viol
- Surkin - USA Club Mixes (Marble)
- Never Let Go (A-Trak Remix) cc
- Wretch 32 - FABRICLIVE 69: Fake Blood (Fabric)
- Pop? (Fake Blood Remix)
- DJ Snake - Jeffree's Vol 7 (Mad Decent)
- Bird Machine
- Disclosure - Settle (PMR)
- White Noise
- Dada Life - Boing Clash Boom (So Much Dada)
- Boing Clash Boom (Major Lazer Remix)
- DANO BORDIE'S DIGITAL DREAMING MIX
- Alex Metric, Jacques Lu Cont - Safe With You (Ministry Of Sound)
- Safe With You f Malin (Dub Mix)
- Fedde Le Grand, Sultan & Shepard - No Good (Spinnin)
- No Good cc
- Martin Garrix - Animals (Spinnin)
- Animals
- Basto - I Rave You (Spinnin)
- I Rave You
- Showtek - Slow Down (Dim Mak)
- Slow Down
- Tiesto, Hardwell - Zero 76 (Musical Freedom)
- Zero 76
- Mord Fustang - Electric Dream (Plasmapool)
- Electric Dream
- Alvaro, MOTI - NaNaNa (Hysteria)
- NaNaNa
- Ummet Ozcan - Airport (Spinnin)
- Airport
- Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Moguai - Mammoth (Spinnin)
- Mammoth
- DallasK - Alienz (Kindergarten)
- Alienz (Botnek Remix) cc
- Steve Aoki, Tujamo, Chris Lake - Boneless (Ultra)
- Boneless
- Nom De Strip - Autumn Sampler (Rising)
- Give It To Me cc
- J-Trick, Taco Cat - Jumanji (Hussle)
- Jumanji (Autoerotique Remix) cc
- Chris Schweizer - Kraken (Soundpiercing)
- Kraken
- Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike - Wakanda (Axtone/Independent)
- Wakanda (Original vs Clever Noise Trap Bootleg)
- Major Lazer - Original Don (Independent)
- Original Don (Flosstradamus Remix)
- Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (Independent)
- Suit & Tie (Dillon Francis Remix)
- Justin Martin - Ghettos & Gardens (dirtybird)
- Hood Rich (DJ Version)
- Ryan Hemsworth - Still Awake (Independent)
- Perfectly cc
- Thugli - Listen Up (Independent)
- Listen Up cc
- Charlie Darker - Soup (Independent)
- Soup cc
- Disclosure - Tenderly (Independent)
- Tenderly (Tom Wrecks Remix) cc
- Capital Cities - Safe & Sound (Independent)
- Safe & Sound (Dzeko & Torres' Digital Dreamin Remix) cc
- Feed Me - Death By Robot (mau5trap)
- Dialup Days
- Sleepy Tom - Trapeze (Independent)
- Trapeze cc
- Boy 8-Bit - Mad Decent Vol 1 (Mad Decent)
- House On The Hill
- Boys Noize - Go Hard (BNR)
- Starwin
- Martin Starr - Dirtybird Players Vol 2 (dirtybird)
- Rood Boy
- Van She - Idea Of Happiness (Modular)
- Idea Of Happiness (What So Not Remix)
REMINDER FINAL EFYE EVER airs July 19, 2013 from 5-7 PM on CFBU 103.7 FM
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
EFYE Returns July 12th and 19th (Final Two Shows)
Fans of myself, Enlightenment For Your Ears and the best electronic dance music rejoice! You've had adequate time to dry the tears from your eyes after missing EFYE last week, which was the first week missed in over a year and half. However, this coming week holds the triumphant return of myself, Oggie James, and great local disc jockeying talent, Dano Bordie.
Once again Enlightenment For Your Ears will air during its normal time slot, Friday from 5-7 PM. At this point it is undetermined what the content of this weeks program will be, although there is a high likelihood that we will revisit the theme of the latest version of EFYE; Toronto's Canada Day weekend electronic music festival, Digital Dreams. Stay tuned to the blog for more information about what is to come, including next week's true finale. That's right, I will once again be back on CFBU 103.7 FM, July 19. The definitive last time Enlightenment For Your Ears, as you know it, will air.
As a thank you from myself, CFBU and all the great Canadian talent that has arisen from EFYE, more specifically Keys N Krates and Grandtheft; the great Torontonian Trio as well as solo act Grandtheft have released a pair of new tracks just today. KNK via brilliant BBC radio host and new mother Annie Mac and Grandtheft has reunited with Diplo and Major Lazer for a remix of soca don Machel Montano. Find the KNK track here, with Grandtheft's here and once again stay tuned for updates.
Once again Enlightenment For Your Ears will air during its normal time slot, Friday from 5-7 PM. At this point it is undetermined what the content of this weeks program will be, although there is a high likelihood that we will revisit the theme of the latest version of EFYE; Toronto's Canada Day weekend electronic music festival, Digital Dreams. Stay tuned to the blog for more information about what is to come, including next week's true finale. That's right, I will once again be back on CFBU 103.7 FM, July 19. The definitive last time Enlightenment For Your Ears, as you know it, will air.
As a thank you from myself, CFBU and all the great Canadian talent that has arisen from EFYE, more specifically Keys N Krates and Grandtheft; the great Torontonian Trio as well as solo act Grandtheft have released a pair of new tracks just today. KNK via brilliant BBC radio host and new mother Annie Mac and Grandtheft has reunited with Diplo and Major Lazer for a remix of soca don Machel Montano. Find the KNK track here, with Grandtheft's here and once again stay tuned for updates.
Labels:
Annie Mac,
CFBU 103.7,
Dano Bordie,
Digital Dreams,
Diplo,
Grandtheft,
Keys N Krates,
Major Lazer,
Oggie James
Friday, July 05, 2013
End Of EFYE - June 28, 2013
Tracklist for show original air date: June 28, 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00.
- Keys N Krates - Treat Me Right (Dim Mak)
- Treat Me Right (Grandtheft Remix) cc
- John Roman - Petrified (Turbo)
- St. Hood cc
- Major Lazer - Free The Universe (Mad Decent)
- Watch Out For This [Bumaye] (f Busy Signal, The Flexican & FS Green)
- Dillon Francis - Bootleg Fireworks (Independent)
- Bootleg Fireworks (The Rebirth)
- Sleepy Tom - The Currency (Fool's Gold)
- Snap Back Bounce cc
- Clockwork - Surge (Dim Mak)
- Surge (f Wynter Gordon)
- Calvin Harris f Florence Welch - 18 Months (Mercury)
- Sweet Nothing (Diplo & Grandtheft Remix) cc
- What So Not - 7 Dollar Bill (Sweat It Out)
- Love Theme
- M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade - Donut (Living The Dream)
- Donut (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
- Chromeo - Planet Turbo (Turbo)
- Don't Turn The Lights On (Carte Blanche Late Nite Mix) cc
- Lazy Rich - Brainfreeze (DOORN)
- Brainfreeze cc
- Mikkas - Finally f Amba Shepherd (Strictly Rhythm)
- Finally (Botnek Remix) cc
- Hard Rock Sofa - Rasputin (Axtone)
- Rasputin
- W&W - Lift Off! (Mainstage Music)
- Lift Off!
- Carnage & Borgore - Incredible (Spinnin)
- Incredible
- Autoerotique - Asphyxiation (Dim Mak)
- Asphyxiation cc
- Sandro Silva, Anjiro Rijo - Fifty What/Vanilla (Secure)
- Fifty What (Dem Slackers Remix)
- Congorock - Ivory Remixes (Ultra)
- Ivory (Mumbai Science Remix)
- Basto - I Rave You (Spinnin)
- I Rave You
- Tiger Stripes - Wax Motif & Neoteric Strictly Rhythms Vol 9 (Strictly Rhythm)
- Snake Charmer (Botnek Remix) cc
- Clockwork - 15k Bootleg Pack (Independent)
- Who's Right Here (Tujamo & Plastik Funk vs Fatboy Slim)
- The Partysquad - The Lion (Rebel Yard)
- The Lion
- Alvaro - Make The Crowd GO (Spinnin)
- Make The Crowd GO
- Boys Noize - Focus On: BoysNoize (BNR)
- Oh! (A-Trak Remix) cc
- Tommy Trash - Cascade (PinkStar)
- Cascade
- Hot Mouth - Totally Worth It f Chris James (Independent)
- Totally Worth It (Peacetreaty Remix)
- Beltek - Party Voice (Dim Mak)
- Party Voice
- Felix Cartal - Black To White (Dim Mak)
- Black To White (Clockwork Remix) cc
- Alex Metric - Open Your Eyes: Productions & Remixes (Positiva/Virgin)
- Open Your Eyes (f Steve Angello)
- Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Moguai - Mammoth (Spinnin)
- Mammoth
- Autoerotique, Felix Cartal - The Alarm (Dim Mak)
- The Alarm (Charlie Darker Remix) cc
- Zedd - Stars Come Out (Dim Mak)
- Stars Come Out (Lazy Rich Remix) cc
- Nom De Strip - Autumn Sampler (Rising)
- Give It To Me cc
- Van She - Idea Of Happiness (Modular)
- Idea Of Happiness (What So Not Remix)
Friday, June 07, 2013
EFYE - June 7, 2013
Tracklist for show original air date: June 7, 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00.
- vCANADIAN CONTENT TRIPLE THREATv
- Charlie Darker - Atlantic/Pacifc (Kindergarten)
- Atlantic cc
- Charlie Darker - Spike (Independent)
- Spike cc
- Charlie Darker - Bustah (Burn The Fire)
- Bustah cc
- ^CANADIAN CONTENT TRIPLE THREAT^
- Metric - Stadium Love (Independent)
- Stadium Love (Grandtheft Remix) cc
- Keys N Krates - Treat Me Right (Dim Mak)
- Treat Me Right cc
- Champion - Sons Of Anarchy EP (Hyperdub)
- Bowser's Castle cc
- Jacques Greene - On Your Side EP (LuckyMe)
- Quicksand cc
- Gorgon City - Freeze (Independent)
- Freeze
- ^FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK^
- Duke Dumont - Need U (100%) [f A*M*E] (MapleMusic)
- Need U (100%) [Skreamix]
- Empire Of The Sun - Alive (The Sleepy Jackson)
- Alive (Zedd Remix)
- Clockwork - 50k Bootleg Pack (Independent)
- You Got The Mammoth (Florence & The Machine, Mark Knight vs Moguai, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike) <MASHUP OF THE WEEK^
- Major Lazer & Flux Pavilion - Lazer Strikes Back Vol. 3 (Independent)
- Jah No Partial (Vato Gonzalez Remix)
Hour Two
- Parachute Youth - Awake Now (Independent)
- Awake Now (What So Not Remix)
- Rita Ora - Radioactive (Independent)
- Radioactive (The Flexican Remix)
- vDUÆL FOR DANCEFLOOR DOMINANCEv
- Sleepy Tom - The Currency (Fool's Gold)
- Snap Back Bounce cc
- Autoerotique - Asphyxiation (Dim Mak)
- Asphyxiation cc
- ^DUÆL FOR DANCEFLOOR DOMINANCE^
- vEFYE WIND UP & SHOUT OUTSv
- Cedric Gervais & Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (Spinnin)
- Things Can Only Get Better
- Bro Safari & UFO - Animal EP (Independent)
- Chimbre (f Anna Yvette)
- Blasterjaxx- Koala EP (Ones To Watch)
- Koala
- Dada Life - Boing Clash Boom (So Much Dada)
- Boing Clash Boom (Bingo Players Remix)
- Proejct 46 - Continuum EP (Independent)
- Ekho cc
- ^EFYE WIND UP & SHOUT OUTS^
- Kaskade - Room For Happiness f Skylar Grey (Independent)
- Room For Happiness (Candyland Remix)
- MIA - Boyz (Independent)
- Boyz (gLAdiator Remix)
- Rhye - Open (Independent)
- Open (Branchez Bootleg)
- BAAUER REMIX TO BE UPDATED LATER
Next show air date: June 14 2013 5-7 PM
Friday, May 24, 2013
EFYE - May 24, 2013
Tracklist for show original air date: May 24, 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00.
- Bunji Garlin - Lazer Strikes Back Vol. 4 (Independent)
- Differentology (Major Lazer Remix)
- vCANADIAN CONTENT TRIPLE THREATv
- A-Trak & Dillon Francis - Money Makin' Remixes (Fool's Gold)
- Money Makin' (Oliver Twizt Trap Remix) cc
- Robyn - Indestructible Remixes (Konichiwa)
- Indestructible (A-Trak Remix) cc
- A-Trak - Tuna Melt Remixes (Fool's Gold)
- Landline 2.0 (f GTA) cc
- ^CANADIAN CONTENT TRIPLE THREAT^
- Henry Fong - Stand Up (Halftime) (Independent)
- Stand Up (Halftime)
- ^FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK^
- John Roman & Gina Turner - Dance For Me (Pssst)
- Dance For Me cc
- Clouds - Man Out Of Dubs (Fifth Wall)
- Drone Function (Divvorce Remix)
- Depeche Mode - Soothe My Soul (Venusnote)
- Goodbye (Gesaffelstein Remix)
- Daft Punk - Giorgio By Moroder (Independent)
- Giorgio By Moroder (Housemeister Edit)
- Splittr - All Alone: The Remixes (Big & Dirty)
- All Alone (Alex Metric Remix)
- Adventure Club - Need Your Heart f Kai (Independent)
- Need Your Heart (Candyland Remix) cc
- Chaos In The CBD - Never Ending (Youngunz)
- Never Ending (Ryan Hemsworth Remix) cc
Hour Two
- Carnage & Borgore - Incredible (Spinnin)
- Incredible (Heroes & Villains Remix)
- Grandtheft - My House/Hear This (Top Billin)
- Hear This (f Deejay Theory) [Kepikei Remix] cc
- vDUÆL FOR DANCEFLOOR DOMINANCEv
- Keys N Krates - Treat Me Right (Independent)
- Treat Me Right (Thugli Remix) cc
- W&W - Thunder (Mainstage)
- Thunder
- ^DUÆL FOR DANCEFLOOR DOMINANCE^
- vEFYE WIND UP & SHOUT OUTSv
- JFK - Radar f John Legend (Independent)
- Radar (Autoerotique Remix) cc
- Garmiani - Rumble EP (Dim Mak)
- Dance Motherfucker
- Chris Schweizer - One/The Kraken (Soundpiercing)
- The Kraken
- Far Too Loud - Drop The Bomb (Independent)
- Drop The Bomb
- Walk Off The Earth - R.E.V.O. (Independent)
- Red Hands (Charlie Darker's Sunshine Mix) cc
- ^EFYE WIND UP & SHOUT OUTS^
- Clockwork - 50k Bootleg Pack (Independent)
- Rasputin Clarity (Hard Rock Sofa vs Zedd, Foxes)
- ^MASHUP OF THE WEEK^
- Ego Troopers & Sound Of Stereo - Ghetto Acid (Independent)
- Ghetto Acid (The Subs Redope)
- DJ SS - Lighter/Black (Formation)
- Lighter (Bladerunner 2012 Remix)
- NETSKY TRACK TO BE UPDATED LATER
Next show air date: May 31, 2013 5-7 PM
Labels:
A-Trak,
Adventure Club,
Autoerotique,
Candyland,
Carnage,
CFBU 103.7,
Charlie Darker,
Clockwork,
Grandtheft,
JFK,
John Roman,
Keys N Krates,
Major Lazer,
Netsky,
Oggie James,
Ryan Hemsworth,
Thugli,
W+W
Friday, May 17, 2013
EFYE - May 17, 2013
Tracklist for show original air date: May 17, 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00.
- John Roman - Sala EP (Plant)
- War Drums cc
- Carnage - Signal (Spinnin)
- Signal (f New & Used)
- Major Lazer - Free The Universe (Mad Decent)
- Mashup The Dance (f Partysquad & Ward 21)
- DVBBS - We Are Electric f Simon Wilcox (Independent)
- We Are Electric (KNY Factory Remix) cc
- ^FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK^
- Clockwork - 30k Bootleg Pack (Independent)
- Be Aerodynamic (Daft Punk vs Loops Of Fury)
- ^MASHUP OF THE WEEK^
- Daniel Portman - Mantenido (Unreleased Digital)
- Mantenido
- Grandtheft & Smalltown DJs - Good People (T&A)
- Good People (XXXChange Remix) cc
- Charlie Darker - Savages (Independent)
- Savages cc
- Futurecop! - It's Forever, Kids (Cluster Sounds)
- Far Away
- A-Trak & Tommy Trash - Tuna Melt Remixes (Fool's Gold)
- Tuna Melt (Les Rythmes Digitales Remix) cc
- Katy B & Jacques Greene - Danger EP (Independent)
- Danger cc
- St. Lucia - September EP (Columbia)
- September (Alex Metric Remix)
Hour Two
- Madeon - The City (popcultur)
- Finale (Netsky Remix)
- Candyland & MakO - Bring The Rain EP (Spinnin)
- All You Gotta Do (f Maksim)
- vDUÆL FOR DANCEFLOOR DOMINANCEv
- Sub Focus - Endorphins EP f Alex Clare (Virgin/EMI)
- Endorphins (Sub Focus vs Fred V. & Grafix Remix)
- Keys N Krates - Treat Me Right (Independent)
- Treat Me Right (Thugli Remix) cc
- ^DUÆL FOR DANCEFLOOR DOMINANCE^
- vEFYE WIND UP & SHOUT OUTSv
- Mt. Eden - Sierra Leone Remixes f Freshly Ground (Ultra)
- Sierra Leone (Tommie Sunshine & Live City Remix)
- Bloody Beetroots - Spank Remixes f TAI & Bart B More (Ultra)
- Spank (GTA Remix)
- D.O.D. - More Cowbell EP (Ones To Watch)
- More Cowbell
- Nero - Great Gatsby Soundtrack (Interscope)
- Into The Past
- ^EFYE WIND UP & SHOUT OUTS^
- vCANADIAN CONTENT TRIPLE THREATv
- Nom De Strip - Clouds EP: Vol 1 (mau5trap)
- Clouds cc
- Nom De Strip & Bones - Shake & Bake/Yo! (Nitrus)
- Yo! cc
- Bonsai Kat - Plump DJs Present: Dirty Weekend (Grand Hotel)
- Ego Trippin (Nom De Strip Remix) cc
- ^CANADIAN CONTENT TRIPLE THREAT^
- Fake Blood - Deep Red (Southern Fried)
- Voices
Next show air date: May 24, 2013 5-7 PM
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