At last, the long awaited HARD 13 is this Saturday at Club Nokia in Downtown, LA with sets by some of London’s greatest DJs off of Cheap Thrills Records. Superstar DJ Fake Blood will be having a rare appearance in the LA dropping some of his banger tracks from his Fix You Accent EP. Also, there will be performances by the Jack Beats, Boy 8-Bit, and Destructo!

Buy your tickets HERE!

• Télécharger MP3: Fake Blood - Mars (Jack Beats Remix) (128kbps)

Our favorite french zombie DJ-producer Kavinsky is back with new original material. Produced by Guy-Manuel of Daft Punk, Nightcall EP is going to be released on Air’s Record Makers label on March 15th. The track features the classic Kavinsky-synth feel and is reminiscent of the sound from Sebastian Tellier’s recent Sexuality album–also produced by Guy-Man. Tracklist consists of four tracks including Nightcall, Pacific Coast Highway, and two remixes of the title track.

From the label’s website: The zombie is striking back ! After months of studio work on his forthcoming album, he & Record Makers have decided to release ‘Nightcall’ as an apéritif. ‘Nightcall’ is the first song Kavinsky provides vocals for, a duet you might say, featuring the zombie and his girlfriend, a.k.a. Lovefoxxx from CSS!

The song was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and mixed by SebastiAN. The remix of this song, by a mysterious Dustin Nguyen, is an outstanding pop song that everyone can enjoy.

On the other side, Kavinsky has produced the fantastic ‘Pacific Coast Highway’, in which we follow a ghostcar on the highway. The remix job is by French avant-garde producer Jackson. His epic 9 minute long version is unmissable. ’Nightcall’ is composed of 4 tracks, representing the sensual, epic and romantic French sound like never before.

We’ve got a low bitrate myspace rip of it for the listening curiosity.

• Télécharger MP3: Kavinsky - Nightcall (128kbps)
• Télécharger MP3: Kavinsky - Pacific Coast Highway (128kbps)

Like it? Pre-order here

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Kavinsky’s not the only one with new material. Off the Ed Banger label, new signee Breakbot makes his release debut on the label with the fresh Baby I’m Yours EP. I gave it a listen and I definitely dig it.

Synthetic Sound describes it: Baby I’m Yours is Breakbot’s long-awaited debut EP on Ed Banger Records. In one word, Breakbot’s music could best be described as smooth. Combining disco and electo, the French musician crafts funky beats with retro vocal hooks. Without a doubt, Breakbot fits in perfectly with the rest of the Ed Banger crew, but he sure hasn’t lost his originality or characteristic sound. The EP features two singles: “Baby I’m Yours” with vocals by Irfane and “Make You Mine.” Also included are two fantastic remixes by Siriusmo and LaFunkMob.

• Télécharger MP3: Breakbot - Baby I’m Yours (Siriusmo Remix) (128kbps)

Here are two sets of photos we snapped recently. There’s a weekly art and music gig that happens every monday at the Dragonfly in Hollywood. Live Mondays is host to DJs, live bands, live art and art installations. Here are some photos from January 25th.





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Taken January 25th at Live Mondays at Dragonfly in Hollywood, CA.

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Shotgun Entertainment is known to throw great parties a couple times a year. Here are some photos we snapped at Last Chance for Romance at Boardner’s last week.






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Taken February 11th at Boardner’s in Hollywood, CA.

Tiga’s Ciao! LP has many hit tracks with dozens of remixes by major producers. The new release of the track Sex O’Clock features remixes by Matthias Aguayo, Playgroup and Jamie Lidell. Download the distorted, electroclash banger  remix by Jamie Lidell below!

• Télécharger MP3: Tiga - Sex O’Clock (Lidell’s Sex O’Cloak ‘n’ Dagger Remix)

Like it? Buy it here!

It took a while, but the photos are finally up..
These are from Plump DJs and Steve Aoki at Avalon PLUS Brad Hoss’ birthday.

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Taken January 11th at Control at the Avalon in Hollywood, CA

Come to Boardners this Thursday, February 11 for the Valentine’s Day event Last Chance For Romance, hosted by Shotgun Entertainment.

• Télécharger MP3: Justice - Valentine

Update: It appears this is another hoax, as a group called Pilot Priest have confirmed that it’s their track. Hopefully this bullshit should stop, and we’ll get our hands on some real Daft Punk material soon..

Last night we brought you what we thought was new Justice material. Well, tonight we got our hands on a track titled “The Crash” which appears to be from the soundtrack of the upcoming sequal to Tron, for which Daft Punk is putting together the soundtrack. Yet another one for the rumor mill, this track appears to be new production from Daft Punk (which has yet to be confirmed by french robot duo). For your listening curiosity, here it is:

• Télécharger MP3: Daft Punk - The Crash (Tron 2)

Update:  According to official sources at Ed Banger Records, Beginning Of The End is a hoax. Along with other music sites/blogs, we received this track via email from a convincing-sounding address “promo@edbangerrecords.com”…  Oddly enough, this track sounds a lot like Justice… give it a listen below.

The French electro duo Justice are making a return with the release of their upcoming single, “Beginning Of The End.” This is the first original track they’ve produced and released since Planisphere, which was originally set to be a composition for the Dior Homme runway last year. Beginning Of The End begins with with the fanfare-like sound used in a few of their remixes (namely, the remix of Klaxons’ As Above So Below), and then switches gears and delivers a healthy dosage of electro beats climaxing to the sound of the signature distorted harpsichord synth first introduced in Planisphere.

Prior to listening, I was a bit skeptical of Justice’s return to production, as it had been quite a while since they’d put something out. Their debut album † is a tough one to follow; anything following would be judged by extremely high standards. However, after a listen, it seems as though they’re on the right track, picking up from where Planisphere left off… Justice is back.. and I bet after listening to this track, I won’t be the only person to be certain of the duo’s epic return to production.

• Télécharger MP3: Justice - Beginning Of The End [FAKE] (courtesy of Ed Banger Records)

From NYC to Miami, from San Francisco to LA, HARD Festival is bringing some of the best DJs known all over the world to a venue near you!

Line-Ups:

3/13 HARD 13 (Club Nokia, LA):
FAKE BLOOD, JACK BEATS, BOY 8-BIT, and DESTRUCTO

3/25 HARD Pool Party (Blade Pool at the Fontainebleau, Miami):
EROL ALKAN, BOYS NOIZE, DJ MEHDI, JACK BEATS, PROXY, BRODINSKI, DESTRUCTO, AEROPLANE, RORY PHILLIPS, and GINA TURNER

4/3 HARD NYC (Terminal 5, NYC):
BOYS NOIZE, MAJOR LAZER, BURAKA SOM SISTEMA (MC+DJ Set), PROXY (USA Debut), and DESTRUCTO

4/16 HARD San Francisco (Mezzanine, San Francisco):
MAJOR LAZER, RUSKO, MIIKE SNOW (DJ SET), and DESTRUCTO

4/24 HARD LA (The Palladium, LA):
THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, STEVE AOKI, RIFOKI, SIDNEY SAMSON, and DESTRUCTO

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Télécharger MP3: Fake Blood - I Think I Like It (You think you like it? Buy it.)

This morning the line-up of the was made public for this year’ Coachella Music and Arts Festival—the epic three-day-long music event which takes place in southern California. Coachella rivals such festivals as the Glatonbury Festival in England and Lollapalooza in Chicago.  Here’s a slightly tweaked version of the official flyer. I’ve rearranged the artists by relevance.

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