Afrojack & Diplo heat up the.. Indy 500???

What an odd pairing indeed, it seems that EDM sellout producer Afrojack and the very talented Diplo have been booked to play at the Indianapolis 500. I had to read that twice myself, just to be sure. The word EDM has started to really annoy me, because the umbrella effect leaves the door open to question exactly what an EDM act is. If you would have asked me 4 years if Afrojack is an EDM producer, I would have said HELL YEA without question. Now he seems more like a pop artist to me, a pop artist creating dance music strictly for pop radio. Diplo on the other hand, even after crossing over has held onto what made him so unique, a fearless attitude when it comes to production. He isnt afraid to take risks and still creates incredible tracks for the dance music audience. Once Afrojack got big, he sort of just left the dance word behind for expensive cars, private jets and no changes to his sound. However, I dont want to turn this into a "lets bash Afrojack" post, I still think he is talented, I still think he could bring us decent music, I just dont think he wants to. I wont knock his hustle but damn, I miss the genuine guy that did amazing bootlegs and crazy sets. So would you go to the Indy 500 just to see these guys? Thats the question at the end of the day.

Miasha - Everybodies Beautiful (Peter Rauhofer Remix) FREE DOWNLOAD

NYC artist Miasha is getting the Rauhofer treatment with the single "Everybodies Beautiful". Peter Rauhofer has been such a huge influence on my music for the last 20 years in all of his various monikers so its great that he can still turn the party! Check out his remix for this track as he is offering it as a FREE download for the time being!

Various Trap Remixes - FREE DOWNLOADS

So this post isnt about anything specific just a few Trap House remixes I wanted to share.. so sit back, relax and get trapped out! These producers are offering their remixes as free downloads for a limited time so get them while you can!

First up a Trap House remix of "Hello" from Martin Solveig!


M.I.A. "Bad Girls" all TRAPPED out..



Travis Barker & Yelawolf "Whistle Dixie"

John Dahlback - Get Wild (Monstr Drop Bootleg) FREE DOWNLOAD

John Dahlback is one of the most unpredictable EDM producers in the game. Its always a surprise what he brings to the table. Sometimes I hit play and Im not feelin it, other times I am extremely excited and ready to share it with the world! This is one of those world sharing times! This particular remix brought to us by Monstr Drop an electro producer from Southern California. Its heavy and chunky and a FREE download for the time being, what do you think? Does it boom or not? 

What Is TRAP House Music?

Hey everyone! Ok so one of the most asked questions I get is "what is this new style of music you are playing, it sounds like a crazy form of hip hop?" or I get people asking me what TRAP HOUSE is when I mention it on Twitter or Facebook. I thought I would take this time to give you a decent explaination LOL

As many of you are familiar with Dubstep and Moombahton became very popular forms of EDM (electronic dance music) over the last couple of years. There is an offshoot to those flavors and it sort of happened organically, Trap House. 

Trap house is a combination of several styles of music, first ingredient, Crunk rap beat formula. The tempo and beat combinations are the same with slightly different pitching to the vocals (if it includes any vocals or samples). Next flavor, Dutch house, using chord progressions from Dutch house adds the electronic sound to the bass'd out beat patterns. Last drop, Dubstep, the bass and wobble can sometimes come from the Dubstep sound, or even Dub in general, its usually a very all encompassing bass element. It sounds very confusing but in fact when it comes together its very simple sounding and to the unknowing ears it might sound like a hip hop instrumental with some strange noises LOL. 

I happen to love this new style, it can be manipulated and played with quite a bit, below I will include some standard examples of Trap house music for you guys! Expect to hear a lot of this from me over the next few months included in my sets... thanks!