Song of the week 2/26

Hardwell - Spaceman (Original Mix)

What happened to Aoki?

Steve Aoki is one of my favorite artists, his music opened my eyes up to the world of electronic dance music. I was so excited for his latest album "Wonderland" which was released January 10th of this year. I downloaded it immediately and started to listen to it and wasn't very impressed, I decided to not quite judge it and keep listening it to a few more weeks. Well here we are a little more than a month later and I still am not impressed with this album. It just doesn't sound like the classic Aoki whose music I grew to love, I am not trying to say its a bad album but Aoki could do better. I remember getting introduced to Steve Aoki's "I Love Techno 2010" and instantly was blown away by his hour mix. It literally got me hooked into the electronic dance music scene, if anyone has not checked out that mix I highly recommend it. Aoki remains one of my favorite edm artists, but this album did not live up to my expecations. I hope Aoki gets back to his old self and strays away from the mainstream music. I am very excited to see him live at EDC this summer, I know he will put on one hell of a show.

       Bonus song on "Wonderland", also my favorite track of 2011

Favorite song on the album

Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland is held in Belgium as an outdoor dancing festival, this is a 3 day festival usually held in late July. Some of the first artist that showed up to this event were Push (M.I.K.E.), Armin Van Buuren, Cor Fijneman and technoboy. Tomorrowland is one of the biggest music festivals in the world; going to this would be a dream for anyone that loves electronic dance music. The 2011 lineup was incredible with artist like David Guetta, Tiesto, Cosmic Gate, Above & Beyond, Afrojack, Swedish House Mafia, and many more! This festival looks absolutely insane, I am extremely jealous of Europe and anyone that is attending in 2012. I hope one day to attend this festival, but for now I can only hope.

If this video doesn't give you goosebumps I don't know what will.

Song of the week 2/19

 

Rusko - Hold On (feat. Amber Coffman) (Sub Focus Remix)

Lucky 2012

Lucky 2012 hosted by USC events is right around the corner. If you reside in the Pacific Northwest and love EDM you cannot miss this. Saint Patrick’s Day is going to be an incredible night for Seattle, I personally cannot wait. Tickets are going fast so get them now! You cannot miss artist like Calvin Harris, ATB, Porter Robinson, Adventure Club, Flux Pavilion, Hardwell, and many more. Hope to see you there.