[Video] Jam Master Jay’s Son DJs a Jay Z-Inspired Mix On A Subway
If you've ever taken the subway, I'm willing to bet that you've encountered your fair share of street performers in your lifetime. You've probably seen solo acts and full-on bands with instruments to the resourceful performers who have taken ordinary buckets and transformed them into their own personal drum sets.
One things that I have not seen, though, is someone actually taking their act inside of a subway car... complete with a full turntable set. That's exactly what TJ Mizell did recently, giving the commuters of the New York transit something to listen to. The video shows the whole process that he went through to get the equipment on the train and the set he played, which was a Jay Z-inspired mix. I'm sure that was one ride these commuters will never forget.
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[RH First Glance] Will Sparks
There is seemingly no minimum age requirement in EDM music these days. As the festivals grow larger and more grandiose, many of the artists manning the decks, keeping the party going and travelling the world are becoming increasingly young. Enter Will Sparks, the 20-year-old Australian DJ who headlines at Studio Paris tonight as part of his "Melbourne Meets America Tour". His arrival in Chicago was prefaced by an inclusion on the Beatport Chart, an online EDM barometer of who's got next.
Beatport operates as a sort of Billboard Hot 100 for the burgeoning electric dance music that has exploded from underground raves and one-off festivals to traveling circuses and a full-fledged business, complete with trade expos and conventions. It is in this Gatsby-like atmosphere that a literal kid from anywhere in the world can vault himself into an international from his bedroom in the matter of a week.
Sparks made the enormous jump from playing Aussie clubs to traversing the globe after his remix of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" topped out in the top five and garnered over 250,000 Soundcloud listens which earned him a release on Pharrell's Star Trak Entertainment.
"The whole thing has been a bit of a surprise and a shock, but I'm kind of just embracing it and working really hard," said Sparks, Australia's Breathrough Artist for 2013. "It's grown a lot over the past year. When it happens, everyone's different and I try to keep my head, I'm still the same person."
The EDM world today is similar to a hyper-active Disney channel in a sense-rushing young adults through a wringer that makes them famous, preparation be damned. It is in this vein that the increasingly young have found fame and, in many cases fortune.
23-year-old Avicii came in at No. 2 on Forbes' list of top-paid DJs in the world, taking in right around $40 million.
For his part, Sparks is simply trying to continue to ride the positive trajectory his production skills have put in motion for his career, focusing on the music itself and continually progressing the sound.
"I'm just going to keep on working my hardest," said Sparks. "There is a lot of pressure, you have to come up with new things all the time, create these newer things like this Melbourne sound people are talking about-I didn't exactly mean for it to blow up like this, I just did what I did."
Before his 21st birthday, the current king of Melbourne electronic music is Will Sparks. Carrying the torch for his hometown sound, Spark signed a joint venture with Lucky Entertainment and Interscope Management to set up this 24 city tour, effectively introducing himself and Melbourne to the world.
"We all want to be progressing the sound and doing something different," said Sparks. "It is nerve-wracking in different countries, man. When I'm on my home turf it's easy and I know what to expect but I'm enjoying the excitement of it.Read more
DJ SuchNSuch: "Dark K(nights)"
DJ SuchNSuch has made a name for himself in the producing game by chopping up samples and loops and creating a very organic sound. "Dark K(nights)" is a prime example of the ability SuchNSuch has to make an instrumental stand on its own feet without the need of a rapper over it. Listen below.
WHITE-OWL: "WAX TRAP VOL. 5 (TRAPPED IN AMSTERDAM 2003 FLASHBACK EDITION)"
#100Trill member WHITE-OWL recently dropped the next mix in his Wax Trap series, "WAX TRAP VOL. 5 (TRAPPED IN AMSTERDAM 2003 FLASHBACK EDITION)." This new volume features remixes and songs by Team Bayside High, Flosstradamus, Kanye West, Chief Keef, James Brown, and more. If there's one thing to say about WHITE-OWL, it's his insistence on mixing together as many artists from varying genres as possible.
If "WAX TRAP VOL. 5 (TRAPPED IN AMSTERDAM 2003 FLASHBACK EDITION)" got you in the mood, you can catch WHITE-OWL tomorrow, June 20th, at Rehab's The Reyka Summer Solstice at Debonair with Team Bayside High, PHNM, Hiroki, Matt Roan, and a DJ set by Ghosthouse. Information on that event is here.
Flosstradamus announces #HOODIEBOYZ summer tour
A few days removed from their weekend appearance at Spring Awakening, Chicgaoan DJ duo Flosstradamus has announced their #HOODIEBOYZ summer tour. Beginning tomorrow in Las Vegas, the tour dates feature both club and festival appearances, such as the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, various Mad Decent Block Party dates across the East Coast, and even a few European dates. I might be a little biased, but Flosstradamus had one of the best sets at Spring Awakening, and it's good to see them spreading their music all across the world.
You can find the full list of tour dates alone, as well as a preview of the Flosstradamus remix of Major Lazer's "Bubble Butt."
Chicago powerhouse DJ duo Flosstradamus are gearing up for a string of blowout festival and headlining dates this summer on their #HOODIEBOYZ SUMMER TOUR (full dates below), Kicking off their journey on 6/20 in Las Vegas for Bassrush Massive, J2K and Autobot are set to traverse across the world, making many a Mad Decent Block Party stop before closing out on 9/8 in Boston. Flosstradamus are hot on the heels of their two month Underground Nights Tour, a massive hometown showing at Spring Awakening Festival's main stage, and the releases of their latest mixtape B?NNED 2, featuring samples from Kendrick Lamar, Danny Brown and Rihanna, and their DJ Sliink collaboration, Nomads. With no signs of slowing down, the Chicago twosome plan to incite mass hysteria across the globe, with or without CRWD CTRL.
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[Mix] DJ SuchNSuch: "Throw It All Away Vol. 2"
DJ SuchNSuch just unleashed a new mix for your crazy summer nights in "Throw It All Away Vol. 2". The homie is back in Chicago after attending Howard University last fall and he has been putting in work DJing at shows plus all different types of hustles. Save 'Em All Such!
The Isley Brothers: "Shout" (Team Bayside High Summer Slam Remix)
Just in time for BBQs, pool parties, and the weekend, our homies Team Bayside High just dropped a dope remix to the classic, "Shout," by the Isley Brothers. Download and stream the track below and make sure you follow them on Twitter.
WHITE-OWL: "WAX TRAP VOL. 4 (AMSTERDAM EDITION)"
WHITE-OWL returns to the scene with his new mix, "WAX TRAP VOL. 4 (AMSTERDAM EDITION)." In contrast to his last mix, "WAX TRAP VOL. 3 (TURNT UP EDITION," "(AMSTERDAM EDITION)" is a bit more chill and laidback. Suddenly, the name becomes more evident. WHITE-OWL himself calls it a mix of other stuff and "Future Bass." I call it "Bump n Grind" music. Get it!
"Let's get ratchet! Let's get ratchet! Let's get, let's get...!"