More and More Dirty Dutch

There is no better way to follow a Sidney Samson dirty dutch post than with an Afrojack one.  Many have said that dutch house has run itself out, losing its edge, but Afrojack proves the opposite.  Constantly changing everything you knew about dirty dutch, but able to keep the importances there, Afrojack has crushed it with these new tracks.


Prutata - Afrojack & DJ R3hab


Pop On Acid - Afrojack


Selecta - Afrojack


With Love, 
-dub//squared

Roundup

Today's post has no theme.  No motifs.  And there is no need to worry, you should be fine as long as you download every single one of them.  Now.  Do. Not. Hesitate. 


My Lady Don't Mind (Modek Remix) - Blatta & Inesha


Listen To This (Original Mix) - Harvard Bass & Bart B More


Rope (Deadmau5 Mix) - Foo Fighters (Removed by Request) [MAKE SURE to grab the entire new Foo album, it may not be electro, but Dave Grohl is a GOD among men, this album is insanity]


Doing It Right - Afrojack [brand new, dropped at Ultra, FIRE]


This Is (Original Mix) - White Heat


Ears Will Bleed - Matthew Sterling


Forever (Radio Edit) - Wolfgang Gartner ft. will.i.am. [fortunately, the black eyed peas don't ruin another great electro producer's track; trust me, it's worth a try]


What A Feeling - Alex Gaudino ft. Kelly Rowalnd [Club Anthem Status]


With Love,
-dub//squared

Back To School

A few tracks that'll start your week off nicely.

One Last D.A.N.C.E. - 5 & A Dime

Upside Down (DiMaro Remix) - Dave McCullen & Aston Coles

Doing It Right (Original Mix) - Afrojack

Sweese regards,

Kidso

Gold Mines

Every once in a while, I'll have days or even weeks, when I just click download but don't really listen to a lot of the tracks that enter my "Recently Added" playlist.  And this past weekend has been like this.  This morning, while sorting through the mass amounts of downloads I had, I found some which I consider to be pure gold.  So, make sure you actually LISTEN to these tracks, trust me, they are worth it.  


Gold.


Heartache (Original Mix) - Mark Simmons [progressive track, give it time to build, sounds like a bigger avicii]


Hello (Dada Life Remix Version 2) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette [dada life takes their HUGE remix of Martin Solveig's banger, and force feeds it steroids]


Last Night (Afrojack Remix) - Ian Carrey ft. Bobby Anthony & Snoop Dogg


Open Your Eyes (Original Mix) - Steve Angello, Alex Metric [REMOVED BY REQUEST]


Warum Nisht! (Original Mix) - Kurd Maverick


Alright feat. Lennart A. Salomon (Club Vocal Mix) - Tocadisco




-With Love,


dub//squared

Progressive House

Today we take an in depth look into one of the original sub genres of electro, progressive house music.  Widely known as prog house, this genre is mostly heard in clubs by resident DJ's.  The components of prog house, as well as any progressive music, are long builds that lead to repeating drops and steady bass.  Pretty much what this means is that the song builds for ever, but instead of having a banger drop, it will usually just go back into the melody but add more harmonies.  Some of you might be confused, seeing as this sounds A LOT like trance.  But the difference is that it still is house music.  You can still rave to it, instead of getting bored with it like trance.  


Producers specializing in prog house are also some of the biggest names in the scene, and you have probably heard a few of their songs maybe without realizing that it had it's own genre and culture.  Producers include Fedde Le Grande, Michael Woods, some Deadmau5 and occasionally Afrojack, but the true embodiment of progressive house has to be Avicii.  


And here are some tracks to add prog to your library. 


Rapture (Avicii's New Generation Extended Mix) - Nadia Ali 


Sweet Dreams (Avicii Remix) [Avicii Sweeder Dreams Re Work] - Eurythmics


Bungee (Original Mix) - Afrojack & Bobby Burns


Hello (Michael Woods Remix) - Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette


First Aid (Original Mix) - Michael Woods


Autosave (Original Mix) - Fedde Le Grande


Missing 2011 (Fedde Le Grande Remix) - Everything But the Girl


Put Your Hands Up For Detroit - Fedde Le Grande


Sometimes Things Get, Whatever - Deadmau5


I Remember - Deadmau5 & Kaskade


With Love,
-dub//squared

A Little of This, a Little of That

Here at NOTA, we tend to bring you fresh shit most people haven't heard, that's kind of the point. In this post we are going on a little bit of a variant, providing big (sometimes mainstream) names, with a little remixing... So that means your friend that likes rap won't NECESSARILY give you looks in the car, your pop-loving girlfriend might tolerate sharing your iPod, your indie-rock friend will still feel think you're "indie," and that guy who loves Cudi can still chill. Some old, some new.  Moving on...


Pass Out (Afrojack Remix)- Tinie Tempah


C'mon (Catch Em By Surprise)- Tiesto vs. Diplo feat. Busta Rhymes


Live It Up- Deepside Deejays


S&M (Sidney Samson Club Mix)- Rihanna


Bittersweet Kickin (David Puentez Bootleg Mix)- Matt Myer vs. The Verve


Comme Des Enfants (Le Matos Andy Carmichael Remix)- Coeur De Pirate


The Night is Young (Edwin van Cleef Remix)- Nelly Furtado


Dancing With The DJ (Jesse Marco Remix)- The Knocks
nd of course.. that Britney dub
Hold It Against Me- Britney Spears
now these are a little all over, but have a taste.


-Sophocles

Disgusting... Nasty... Straight Dirty Dutch

As you all probably know electronic music has more sub genres then almost any other kind of music (except metal maybe).  And we love to talk about every single one of them on this blog...EXCEPT TRANCE.  The big genre for me right now is Dirty Dutch House.  Dirty Dutch is characterized by huge and pitchy synth, almost no actual bassline, a shit ton of kick drum, and massive builds and drops.  As you could have guess it originated from dutch producers, such as Chuckie, Afrojack, and Sidney Samson.  But even Dirty Dutch has its own individual sub-sections.  Between dirty dutch producers, there are always similarities in their music, but the differences are what make it amazing.  For instance, Afrojack has begun to merge mainstream sounds with classic dirty dutch synths, while Oliver Twizt has almost no mainstream sound and isn't about the drops, but creates disgustingly intricate synth sounds.  


Enough talk, here's some dirty dutch to make you scream
don't. hesitate.




Who That Chick (Afrojack Remix) - David Guetta ft. Rihanna

Move It 2 The Drum (Chris Kaeser Remix) - Chuckie, Hardwell, ft Ambush

Let the Bass Kick (Vocal Mix) - Chuckie ft Jermaine Dupri

Venga (Chuckie's Back to Voltage Remix) - Picco

Riverside - Sidney Samson

Stars in your Eyes (Sidney Samson Remix) - Her Majesty & The Wolves

Another Step - Oliver Twizt

Trigger - My Back

Jump - Glow In The Dark




With Love, 
-dub//squared

Afrojack/Gartner Previews

I've recently stumbled across a new Afrojack track that has yet to have been named. For the time being it's going under the title "Untitled Amazingness" (clever, right).

Heres the link for the download, enjoy:

Untitled Amazingness - Afrojack

I've also found an unreleased vocal mix from one of my favorites, Wolfgang Gartner. This track is a little different from the usual Gartner, but it still supplies a powerful punch.

Untitled 2 + Vocal (Preview) - Wolfgang Gartner

Bonus Afrojack:

Take Over Control (Barletta Remix) - Afrojack ft. Eva Simons

Bonus Gartner:

Push & Rise - Wolfgang Gartner

-Holden

Spotlight: Diplo

Thomas Pentz (known to us by the name Diplo) has become a household name for electro fans, famous for his ability to merge genres seamlessly.  Diplo spent his childhood moving from one southern state to the next, picking up on musical influence along the way.  After first getting mainstream acclaim with DJ Low Budget and their group "Hollertronix" (mixtape ranked number 3 on New York Times best albums of 2003), Diplo moved on to collaborate with huge names such as M.I.A., Santigold, Gucci Mane, Tiesto, Laidback Luke, and La Roux.  


Currently Diplo manages his own record company, Mad Decent, which has released artists such as Rusko, Gucci Mane, Santigold, and many more, as well as being half of the headlining group Major Lazer, alongside Switch. 


Diplo continues to produce chart crashing hits, while staying true to his influences.  His music has been described as "homeless" and "not fitting anywhere"by M.I.A., and I agree with her completely.  Try and classify Diplo as one genre and see what happens.  It's near impossible.  And that's fucking awesome. 


Of course, here are some tunes to feed your new found Diplo hunger


A++ Make You Pop - Diplo and Don Diablo


A++ C'Mon - Tiesto vs. Diplo


A Hey - Laidback Luke and Diplo


A How I Like It - Afrojack and Diplo


A+ Going Through Hell (Diplo Remix) - The Streets (DUBSTEP)

A++ Hey Brap! (JSK "Someone Had To Do That" Bootleg) - Laidback Luke, Bart B More, Diplo

P.S. - sophocles happens to be in love with diplo, so any questions should definitely be directed to her


-With Love, 
dub//squared

Fast forward...

Of course, after a flashback post, I had to give you something brand new.


This track doesn't have a name yet (as far as i've been able to figure out), that's how new it is.


ID (PREVIEW) - Avicii [The name it's going under for now]


And two new track previews from youtube (shoutout to sophocles)





With Love,
 -dub//squared

Upcoming Concerts

photo cred: Scott Kowalchyk for ElectricZooFestival.com

so here's the deal, the rest of december, january, and february happen to be huge months for new york electro concerts

here are the dates, with a track for each musician just to hold you off

December 31st - Steve Angello - Roseland Ballroom (21+)

A Rave N' Roll (Original Mix) - Steve Angello

January 1st - Benny Benassi - Pacha NYC (19+)

A+ House Music (Original Mix) - Benny Benassi

January 7th - Afrojack - Pacha NYC (19+)

A++ Bangduck (Original Mix) - Afrojack

January 8th - Laidback Luke - Pacha NYC (19+)

A+ My GOD (Tom Stephan Remix) - Laidback Luke

January 28th - Dada Life - Pacha NYC (19+)

A++ Unleash the Fucking Dada (Original Mix) - Dada Life

February 5th - Pendulum - The Fillmore New York at Irving

A+ The Island (Madeon Remix) - Pendulum

P.S. I'll be attending angello, dada, and pendulum at the least, tickets will only get more and more expensive, don't hesitate.

Gimme Bangerrrs

Banger - an original mix or remix, usually a club hit, that compels one to lose all inhibition and usually evokes a general sense of rave

.....eat your heart out

A++ You Used To Hold Me (S.Co & D'arrigo Bootleg) - Calvin Harris

A+ Heartbreaker (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) - MSTRKRFT

A+ Replica (Original Mix) - Afrojack

A Indestructible (Laidback Luke Club Edit) - Robyn

A Dirty Talk (Laidback Luke Remix) - Wynter Gordon

Electric ZOO

NYC's main outdoor electro festival, Electric Zoo, is right around the corner, so here are some of my favorites from the headliners

Kelly Rowland - Commander (David Guetta's Fuck Me I'm Famous Remix)

Benny Benassi - I am not Drunk (Bloody Beetroots Remix)

Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (Afrojack Remix)

Lady Gaga - Alejandro (Afrojack Remix)

Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix)

Ghosts N Stuff vs. Disco Babes (DJ Dan & Mike Balance mash-up) - DJ Dan & Mike Balance vs Deadmau5