Dance
French Montana : Shot Caller
The video debuted on BET’s 106 & Park where Diddy announced French Montana’s signing to Bad Boy Records.
Bigstat : Pain
BigStat brings the elements of true Hip Hop to the forefront with hopes to recapture the culture while being viable in todays market. His sound fuses the lyrical with the mainstream, the streets with the conscious, all while never compromising the true principles of this great culture that flows through every fiber of our being, the Hip Hop Culture. I am hopeful that we can count on you for your support and with the endorsement of such incredible artist as the one above mentioned you won’t be disappointed.
Brian Parker : Beta
Virginia-born, New York-refined artist Brian Parker’s music is a tactful blend of the 1980s pop and soul records played in childhood and the gritty electronic styles of the 2000s indie scene. Attention to detail and constant exploration of sounds are what make his records powerful, but the lyricism on his latest EP, BETA illuminates Parker’s obsession with prosody and wordplay.
Deathrow Tull : Nightvision
Deathrow Tull is the rattlesnake in your lemonade, the whiskey on your ice cream, the underwear on your monkey, and the … dancing shoes on your vibrator.
We connect your gray matter to your gluteous maximus and bring flavor and spice to your thirsty eardrum.. Our music will knock your socks off so that your dancing shoes fit better.
Your reality will be altered.
Get down with us.
Now
Kitty Pawz : Another Broken Record
I love music and my name has become Kitty Pawz. I’m an independent dubstep, drum n bass and drumstep producer/remixer extraordinaire who’s not that extra-ordinary from the little known village of Los Angeles. And now…lets get on with the show.
Meow
PTRJON : MSTRKRFT : 24 Hours
After touring with the eminent MIA, impressive performances with such renowned artists as K-OS, Santo Gold, Down With Webster and MSTRKRFT, Peter-John of electro/hip hop trio ‘Let’s Go to War’ has released the highly anticipated single from his forthcoming solo EP, ‘PTRJON’.
‘24-hours’ Produced by Smasher (London, UK) & AL-P of MSTRKRFT, is the first taste in a series of upcoming tracks due for future release. A diverse fusion of Electro/Hip Hop/Pop, Toronto based artists have been creating some of the best music of the year and PTR JON is on the radar.
Silver Medallion : Lost Ones
My name’s Oren J, I’m the singer in Silver Medallion. Silver Medallion used to be a group, until our MC, Carnegie, died on tour on September 11th 2010, killed by a drunk driver after a show at the Mondrian Hotel in Scottsdale, just a day after we rocked 5000 people with Girltalk in Tucson. Now it’s just me, carrying on the torch so to speak, from Brooklyn NY.
I write music because I feel the need to express the angst of life. My best friends death, the eternal poverty of being a musician, just the state of living life without much meaning in this day and age. As a member of this generation that loves dance music as much as hip hop, that’s felt the effects of the recession through watching opportunities previous generations had for work and stability be lost upon my friends, a generation that’s in a perpetual state of falling except when we’ve got our hands in the air, I feel the need to let it all out.
“I moved to New York from Phoenix a year and change back. It’s a pretty typical American music dream story, a band blows up in their small hometown and turns their eyes to the big city, not knowing that the big city eats its young and spits out souls. Since then I’ve been caught in it, just feeling like I’ve led my whole life in this dream of finding something greater, and passing the time dancefloor to dancefloor and love to love until I get there. I wrote “Lost Ones” and developed it with NY producer Dave Edwards, and it’s our representation of living and dreaming in timeless city nights.”
Stereojax : Innocent
Stereojax aka James Mazlen and Phil Vassil, find themselves at the helm of this burgeoning movement, neither exclusively organic nor entirely electronic, these artists are redefining the parameters of modern music. Stereojax have crafted a unique aesthetic out of experimentation with both live and electronic elements, oozing with texture, presenting their debut EP release “Innocent.”
“Innocent” is an honest and creative blend of slick rhythms, captivating synths, melodic vocals, and stylish guitars. Their song “Innocent” was featured in the Atari video game Test Drive Unlimited 2, alongside other ground breaking artists such as Phoenix, Metric, and Deadmau5. Unafraid to take artistic chances, Stereojax have created an EP of quirky, warm and highly original indie electronica for the modern listeners discerning ear. Each track brings a breath of fresh air, and without warning will leave you yearning for more. The kinds of songs that you fall in love to on the dance floor. Think electronic bliss, in a word – Stereojax.
Nightbox : Pyramid
Nightbox are a five-piece indie/dance/rock band that formed in 2005 by two young brothers and their Irish mates while in high school, the band gained attention by winning the Blastbeat World Finals competing against bands from around the world in a Battle of the Bands in Dublin, Ireland. After extensive gigging throughout Ireland over the past 3 years , and an appearance at SXSW in 2008, Nightbox showcased at Oxegen 2009, voted Europe’s best festival. Press from that gig touted Nightbox as the “new favourite Irish band.” Heineken music said “Nightbox are a band everybody’s going to hear a lot more of in the future”
Their music is a mix of infectious hooks and addictive choruses, with some mash-ups of covers thrown in for a good time. The band, originally a 4-piece, has evolved with the addition of a synth/keyboard player, and is taking their music into a new direction, influenced by Dj’s and dance music, which can be heard in their new material Living in Ireland, the band has been influenced by the vibrant British indie/alternative music scene, and a lot of these influences can be heard in the band’s music. Nightbox are an energetic stage act and their enthusiasm for their music, and their fans can be seen in their live gigs.
PTRJON / MSTRKRFT : Addicted
After touring with the eminent MIA, impressive performances with such renowned artists as K-OS, Santo Gold, Down With Webster and MSTRKRFT, Peter-John of electro/hip hop trio ‘Let’s Go to War’ has released the highly anticipated single from his forthcoming solo EP, ‘PTRJON’.
‘Addicted’ Produced by Smasher (London, UK) & AL-P of MSTRKRFT, is the first taste in a series of upcoming tracks due for future release. A diverse fusion of Electro/Hip Hop/Pop, Peter-John has been hard at work in the studio concocting fresh tracks to set a new precedent on the dance floor come 2011.
MASSIVE!
MSTRKRFT : Beards Again
Enter MSTRKRFT, a shit-hot addition to the global community of sonic warriors currently smashing down boundaries between punk, house, hip-hop, grime, electro, and all kinds of electronic experimentation. With two feet firmly planted in punk rock’s influential past, and two in dance music’s future, MSTRKRFT are the now. MSTRKRFT (pronounced ‘Master craft’) is the project of Toronto musician Jesse F. Keeler and studio wizard Al-P, two music-loving dudes who’ve been itching to make people dance as hard as they’ve made them rock. The pair has been collaborating, on and off, since 1998, when Al recorded Jesse’s punk rock band Black Cat #13. Though they went separate routes – Jesse taking a brief break from music, and Al moving to New York where he worked at studios like Sound on Sound and Chung King recording artists as diverse as Jay-Z, Wyclef Jean, and David Clayton Thomas – the friends remained in contact, trading tapes of their individual, unreleased forays into dance music.
“It all comes down to feel,” states ALP. “We’re interested in making people feel like they want to dance, at least a little bit, so it’s all about whatever it takes to get people there.” “What we’re making now, we don’t know what the hell it is, but I know it’s danceable,” says JFK. “We were hanging out in New York with Armand Van Helden the other day, talking about making tracks, and he was like ‘As long as that thump is there, it’s fine and it will appeal to that audience.”
