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Goldmyr Family Taking New Members!

2013-04-24T02:07:00.004-07:00

The Goldmyr Family are taking applications for new members!

What is the Goldmyr Family?

The Goldmyr Family are the posters on this blog, giving YOU the latest on DJs and Producers.

Why should I apply for the Goldmyr Family?

Being part of the Goldmyr Family gives you the ability to post on the website and have the chance for your posts to be viewed, and hopefully with time and enough views get paid for your work! Also, you will be the first to know of any updates happening to the site and have a direct say in what happens with the blog.

We also have a facebook page you can use to advertise your posts!

Places available!

5 Family Members (We may take more!)

Where should I send my application?

Email: HERE

-WILL UPDATE WITH MORE LINKS WHEN AVAILABLE-

Skorge's First Album! - Dirty/Clean

2013-04-13T06:42:00.005-07:00

Skorge has just released his new and first album on iTunes!

Available on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play now!

Support Skorge by purchasing his album, he has worked really hard on this and has posted his tracks on youtube for you to listen to!

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGoOPxKqXDxboZM_d-NhLes3rXO8Gl7S&feature=mh_lolz

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dirty-clean/id627110370

Also, follow him on Twitter and Facebook

Project Goldmyr: RELOADED

2013-03-08T06:25:00.001-08:00

We are BACK... For real this time :)

Hello there,

We think that you have been waiting along time for the regeneration of Goldmyr. However, due to our old Collaborators taking on school or persuing other work, they do not have the time to continue with this project. (To which we thank them for sticking with us!)

The head-administrator of the DJ Friend has been given a heavy work load, (We also wish him luck with it!)
while he is still part of the team, and will still be taking part in the development of the website. He has appointed me as the new Head-Administrator until such a time as he can get back to work with us!

To help us in this reconstruction of the DJ Friend, we are looking for a new generation of Collaborators to post with us! A website by DJs, for DJs and about DJs! Help us continue to give you fresh content about producers and future events. WE NEED YOU!

While I may not have time to post all of the benefits of being a Collaborator here, you can email me at:
THIS EMAIL! I will send you the full details of benefits of being a poster for thedjfriend.com

Or you can leave your questions in the comments section and I will get around to either:
Replying to the comments OR
Making an entirely new post about the questions you may have. (If there is enough though :D)

Thank you, you really are the best fans me and Jack could ask for!
Until next time!

The DJ Friend Channel!

2012-11-08T12:13:00.000-08:00

The DJ Friend is BACK!

Our head-admin is back now. So we'll be getting back to posting about what you want to know about DJs, Producers and Labels! Just so you all now, we have a youtube channel where we will be posting content REALLY soon. So if you want to see videos from us subscribe to our channel and our Collaborators we have on the side-bar!

Also, making videos allows us to update you faster on news!
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DJMag Top 100 Djs

2012-10-22T11:12:00.001-07:00

So it is over and the results have been revealed . The Undesputed,for the fifth time nr.1 DJ in the world
Armin van Buuren. There are new entries and new records for some like Avicii,Hardwell,Skrillex & Steve Aoki.

Check out the list and for more info

01. Armin van Buuren 02. (up 1)
02. Tiesto 03. (up 1)
03. Avicii 06. (up 3)
04. David Guetta 01. (down 3)
05. Deadmau5 04. (down 1)
06. Hardwell 24. (up 18)
07. Dash Berlin 08. (up 1)
08. Above & Beyond 05. (down 3)
09. Afrojack 07. (down 2)
10. Skrillex 19. (up 9)
11. Headhunterz 17. (up 6)
12. Swedish House Mafia 10. (down 2)
13. Markus Schulz 09. (down 4)
14. Gareth Emery 13. (down 1)
15. Steve Aoki 42. (up 27)
16. Paul Van Dyk 11. (down 5)
17. Nicky Romero - (new entry)
18. Sander van Doorn 16. (down 2)
19. Aly & Fila 22. (up 3)
20. Alesso 70. (up 50)
21. ATB 15. (down 6)
22. Ferry Corsten 18. (down 4)
23. Axwell 12. (down 11)
24. Dada Life 38. (up 14)
25. W&W 36. (up 11)
26. Fedde Le Grand 14. (down 12)
27. Noisecontrollers 35. (up 8 )
28. Arty 25. (down 3)
29. Laidback Luke 20. (down 9)
30. Kaskade 30. (non-mover)
31. Calvin Harris 34. (up 3)
32. Orjan Nilsen 49. (up 19)
33. Knife Party - (new entry)
34. Sebastian Ingrosso 26. (down 8 )
35. Chuckie 32. (down 3)
36. Zatox 47. (up 11)
37. DJ Coone 41. (up 4)
38. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike 79. (up 41)
39. Cosmic Gate 43. (up 4)
40. Porter Robinson 96. (up 56)
41. Wildstylez 80. (up 39)
42. Angerfist 39. (down 3)
43. Infected Mushroom 21. (down 22)
44. Daft Punk 28. (down 16)
45. Carl Cox 31. (down 14)
46. Nervo - (new entry)
47. Pete Tha Zouk 37. (down 10)
48. Martin Solveig 29. (down 19)
49. Brennan Heart 98. (up 49)
50. Tenishia 91. (up 41)
51. Zedd - (new entry)
52. Eric Prydz 46. (down 6)
53. Bobina 44. (down 9)
54. Madeon - (new entry)
55. John OíCallaghan 52. (down 3)
56. DJ Feel 57. (up 1)
57. Steve Angello 23. (down 34)
58. Omnia - (new entry)
59. UMEK 60 (up 1)
60. Wolfgang Gartner 56. (down 4)
61. AN21 85. (up 24)
62. Tommy Trash - (new entry)
63. Francis Davila 77. (up 14)
64. D-Block & S-te-Fan 40. (down 24)
65. Tritonal 83. (up 18)
66. Bingo Players - (new entry)
67. Psyko Punkz 78. (up 11)
68. Shogun - (new entry)
69. Paul Oakenfold 69. (non-mover)
70. Benny Benassi 27. (down 43)
71. tyDi 48 (down 23)
72. Mat Zo 73. (up 2)
73. R3hab - (new entry)
74. Quentin Mosimann - (new entry)
75. Wasted Penguinz - (new entry)
76. Dirty South 93. (up 17)
77. Andrew Rayel - (new entry)
78. Richie Hawtin 45. (down 33)
79. Frontliner - (new entry)
80. Myon & Shane 54 66. (down 14)
81. Heatbeat - (new entry)
82. Thomas Gold - (new entry)
83. Nero 88. (up 5)
84. Roger Shah 51. (down 33)
85. Feed Me - (new entry)
86. Mike Candys - (new entry)
87. Andy Moor 50. (down 37)
88. Ran-D - (new entry)
89. Richard Durand 59. (down 30)
90. Felguk 87. (down 3)
91. Paul Kalkbrenner 62. (down 29)
92. Moonbeam 65. (down 27)
93. Sean Tyas 72. (down 21)
94. Bob Sinclar 33. (down 61)
95. Netsky - (new entry)
96. Neelix - (new entry)
97. Mark Knight 71. (down 26)
98. John Digweed 55. (down 43)
99. Da Tweekaz - (new entry)
100. Project 46 - (new entry)

The world's biggest music magazine for electronic dance music, DJMag, has since 1997 allowed the audience to vote for their favorite DJ's. and that has been extremely important in the EDM scene. everyone who hopes to clear a space in the top 100, uses a lot of time on major marketing campaigns. And that there has been much discussion around the last two or three years - especially the point where the list is accused of being the most populer dj in the world.
But that's the way it is now, and you just have to accept that legends disappear from the list to make room for more "appropriate time" artists, even if they are not necessarily better DJs because of it. This year we have already received several shocks, like James Zabiela, Sven Väth, BT, Roger Sanchez, Hernan Cattaneo, Judge Jules, Fatboy Slim and Joris Voorn have all fallen out of the top.

Preliminary results:

111. Bloody Beetroots

112. Bassnectar

113. Leon Bolier

114. Gunz 4 Hire

115. Astrix

116. Joachim Garraud

117. Boy George

118. Ashley Wallbridge

119. Mastiksoul

120. Adaro

121. Super 8 & Tab

122. Skazi

123. James Zabiela

124. Daniel Kandi

125. Klaypex

126. Matt Darey

127. Basto

128. Roger Sanchez

129. Showtek

130. BT

131. Flux Pavilion

132. Judge Jules

133. Hernan Cattaneo

134. Arnej

135. Fatboy Slim

136. Deniz Koyu

137. Zed's Dead

138. Solarstone

139. Sven Väth

140. Stafford Brothers

141. Mark with a K

142. Sidney Samson

143. Ian Carey

144. Gabry Ponte

145. Bryan Kearney

146. Technoboy

147. Kyau & Albert

148. Joris Voorn

149. Evil Activities

150. DJ Vibe

Previous winners:

1997 - Carl Cox

1998 - Paul Oakenfold

1999 - Paul Oakenfold

2000 - Sasha

2001 - John Digweed

2002 - Tiësto

2003 - Tiësto

2004 - Tiësto

2005 - Paul van Dyk

2006 - Paul van Dyk

2007 - Armin van Buuren

2008 - Armin van Buuren

2009 - Armin van Buuren

2010 - Armin van Buuren

2011 - David Guetta

For producers: Labels to send demos

2012-10-18T11:10:00.001-07:00

There are new talents and amateur producers who looks up to be hooked under any label to start their jurney to the Electronic Dance Music scene. Here are some ways to approach some labels and send your demos :

Soundcloud:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/orange-stripes-talent-scout-progressive Orange Stripes

http://soundcloud.com/enhanced/dropbox Enhaced

http://soundcloud.com/neuroscience/dropbox Neuroscience

http://soundcloud.com/monstertunes/dropbox Monster Tunes

http://soundcloud.com/alteregorecords/dropbox Alter Ego

http://soundcloud.com/silent-shore-records/dropbox Silent Shore

http://soundcloud.com/aboverecordings/dropbox/profile Above

http://soundcloud.com/rimoshee/dropbox/profile Rimoshee

http://soundcloud.com/megadriverecords/dropbox/profile Mega Drive

E-mail:

demo@cloud9dance.com Cloud 9

hello@futurefocusrecordings.com Future Focus

demos@arisaaudio.com Arisa

demo@liquid-records.com Liquid

music@langerecordings.com Lange

luke@unearthedrecords.com Unearthed

Demos@stoneflowrecords.com Stone Flow

Music@ask4records.com Ask4

demos@recoverworld.com Recover World

demo@beyourselfmusic.com Be Yourself

silkdigital@silk-music.com Silk

demos@echelonrecords.net Echelon

demos@tranceallstars.com Treance all stars

info@dmwmusicgroup.com DWM

demo@wellmixedrecords.com Wellmixed

richardgalemusic@hotmail.co.uk

demo@activerecordings.nl Active

german@amonvision.com Amon Vision

info@intrenze.com Intrenze

demo@tieva.com Tieva

demos@total-digital.co.uk Total-Digital

info@wavedatarecords.com Wave Data

label@beatservicemusic.com Beat Service

Other:

http://www.syncope-recordz.com/hp/contactbooking/2-contact/3-contact Syncope

http://uploader.elantor.net/upload.php?l=Distinctive Elantor

http://redforcerecordings.com/contact Red Force

http://www.abora-recordings.com/submit-demo Abora

http://www.bonzaiprogressive.com/demos/ Bonzai

http://www.streamlinedrecordings.com/ Stramlined

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For producers: The Novation Zero SL MKII

2012-10-18T11:06:00.001-07:00

Written by Adlan

Novation Zero SL MKII

The Novation Zero SL MKII Boasts a sleek style whilst keeping in with the modern compact style of MIDI Controllers , Making it perfects for gigging , Or other live performances.

Although This nifty little controller does not look like much , It has great potential , With the ability to be mapped out onto countless audio emitting programs such as Reason , Fl Studio and Traktor. It may not look like it but the Zero SL MKII is actually a brilliant DJ controller , Featuring the famous Crossfader and boasting over 50 Buttons Just asking you to be mapped out to your favourite effect or modulation , Also included are another 25 Faders in the form of sliders and knobs ,This is perfect for the DJ who are interested in the controllers aspect of the DJ art.

In amongst this fantastic controller , Novation have Placed eight small drum-pads, Although they are not exactly the best drum-pads I have ever used , they still do the job relatively well , But don't be expecting to go all Jackie Chan on them though.

This controller comes along with Novations , State of the art Auto-map Software Giving you the ability to map your controller to most of the top of the line music production software such as Logik , Reason and Ableton Live.

Also featured on the back of this product are several inputs and outputs , Featured are 4 MIDI ports , A MIDI port 2 out , and 3 MIDI port 1 sockets , Thru , Out and In. This controller can also be hooked up to a control pedal and an expression pedal , and this controller has the ability to be powered by 100% BUS Power , meaning that all you really need to get up and running is a USB cable , But you are also givin the option to power it by 9V DC Power.

That's pretty much it , This controller caught my eye a while back and Since then I am still using it to it's full potential , never getting bored.

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Masters of mash up

2012-10-14T11:19:00.002-07:00

by Endrit
Myon & Shane 54 - Anatomy Of A Megamix 2

(The full Tracklist)

What is better than one Edm track ? Two,three even four of them at once !
Myon & Shane 54 are famous for their productions and remixes, but the truth is, they are most well known for their mash ups.
They have been called the masters of mashups,justifiable as the tracks they choose to mash up
seems to be created from the very beginning for that reason. While traveling all over the world Elod Csaszar (Shane 54)
films with his own camera (not the best quality but pretty original idea) moments of their jurney,immortalizing and giving to the fans the chance of watching the superstar
tracne duo in action . The tracks have been featured on the " International Departures ",their weekly radio show, one of the
most popular music podcasts around .

For anyone who's interesed to make the same mix and expand their limits as a DJ,here are the featured tracks :

01. Andy Duguid feat Leah - Don't Belong (Acapella)
02. Pryda - Juletider
03. Pryda - With Me
04. Norin & Rad - The Gift
05. BT - Emergency (Acapella)
06. BT feat Kirsty Hawkshaw - A Million Stars (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Dub Mix)
07. Lange - Fireworks (Myon & Shane 54 Bigroom reedit)
08. Kane - Rain down on me (Acapella)
09. Cosmic Gate - The Theme
10. Susanna feat Julian Vincent - Fall In Deep (Alexander Popov Instrumental Mix)
11. Luminary - Amsterdam (Acapella)
12. Above & Beyond - Thing Called Love(Acapella)
13. DNS project feat Madeline Zero - Another Day (MS54 re-edit)
14. W&W - 3'o Clock(Acapella)
15. Nadia Ali - Love Story (Acapella)
16. Who.Is - Cryptanalysis (chris schweizer mix)
17. Arty - The Wall (Original Mix)
18. Arty - The Wall (Acapella)
19. Arctic Moon - Adelaide (Ben Nicky Remix)
20. Myon & Shane 54 - Futuristic (Synthapella)
21. Mike Denis - For You (Juventa Remix)
22. Dj Shog - Feel Me Through The Radio (acapella)
23. Mat Zo & Arty - Rebound
24. Hybrid - Original Sin (Myon and Shane 54 Club Redemption Acapella)
25. Anhken pres. Fyrsta - If Not Me (Norin & Rad Remix)
26. Pendulum - Island (Acapella)
27. Tomcraft & Jerome Isma-Ae - Trouble In The Redlight District
28. Jochen Miller - Brace Yourself (Synthapella)
29. Above & Beyond ft Richard Bedford - Every Little Beat (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Dub Mix)
30. Cosmic Gate with Myon & Shane 54 and Aruna - All Around You (Acapella)
31. Pink Flood feat Tiff Lacey - Someone Like You (Acapella)
32. Cosmic Gate with Myon & Shane 54 and Aruna - All Around You (Instrumental)
33. Andy Moor vs MIKE - Spirit's Pulse (Dub)
34. Cerf & Mitiska feat Jaren - Another World (Acapella)
35. Gareth Emery - Citadel
36. Above & Beyond feat Richard Bedford - Every Little Beat (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Love Acapella)
37. Above & Beyond with Andy Moor - Air For Life (Andy Moor 2011 remix)
38. Ferry Corsten - Punk (Arty Remix)
39. Calvin Harris - Flashback (Acapella)
40. Benny Benassi Feat. Kelis - Spaceship (EDX Remix)
41. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Loopapella)
42. Alex Kunnari - Lost (Tom Fall Remix)
43. Delerium - Silence (Acapella)
44. Marcus Schossow - Swedish Nights
45. Cosmic Gate with Aruna - Free Falling (Acapella)
46. Fedde Le Grand vs. Sultan & Ned Shepard feat. Mitch Crown - Running (Festival Mix)
47. Diddy - Dirty Money Feat. Skylar Grey - Coming Home (Dirty South Club Mix)
48. Marcus Schossow - Acid, Festival, Champagne, Bitches (Acapella)
49. Nitrous Oxide - iPeople
50. Ronski Speed feat Sir Adrian - The Space We Are (Acapella)
51. Rex Mundi - Valley Of Dreams
52. Chakra - I Am (Acapella)
53. Arty - Around The World (Synthapella)
54. Andain - Promises (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Love Mix)
55. Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji - Pressure (Acapella)
56. Jochen Miller - Troucid
57. Green & Falkner - Ceylan (Original Mix)
58. Mat Zo - Superman
59. Martin Solveig - Hello (Acapella)
60. Matt Darey & Aeron Aether feat Ridgewalkers - Chasing The Sun (D Mad remix)
61. Roger Shah feat Kosheen - Hide U (Acapella)
62. Sander van Doorn - Love is darkness (Instrumental)
63. OneRepublic - Apologize (Acapella)
64. Arty - Kate
65. Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Acapella)
66. Signum ft Julie Thompson - Never Be The Same (Myon & Shane 54 Monster Mix Acapella)
67. Soundprank - Beginnings (Synthapella)
68. Weekend Heroes, Jerome Isma-Ae - A Monster In My Closet
69. John O Callaghan feat Sarah Howells - Find Yourself (Acapella)
70. Sneijder - Away From Here (Arty remix)
71. Myon & Shane 54 - International Departures (Classic Anthem Mix)
72. Dj Shah feat Adrina Thorpe - Who Will Find Me (Acapella)
73. Within Temptation - Sinead (Myon & Shane 54 Triplet Monster Dub)
74. Rafael Frost - Smash
75. Nadia Ali - Rapture (Acapella)
76. Above & Beyond - You Got To Go (Club \ MS54 Reedit)
77. Dirty South & Thomas Gold - Alive (Instrumental Mix)
78. Andy Moor feat Sue McLaren - Fight The Fire (Acapella)
79. Above & Beyond feat Richard Bedford - Sun & Moon (MS54 Intro Mix)
80. Dark Matters - Quest of a dream (Acapella)
81. Dark Matters - Quest of a dream (Dabruck & Klein Dub)
82. Armin van Buuren - Drowning (Myon & Shane 54 remix acapella)
83. Mark Eteson - Blackboard (Original Mix)
84. Agnelli & Nelson - Everyday (Acapella) -->

How much money do Djs earn?

2012-10-11T10:14:00.002-07:00

Over the past twelve months have the ten most paid Dj's earned $ 125 million.

On the top ten list we see the Dutch DJ Tiesto at the top that has earned 22 million dollars. Much of his money comes from live performance where he gets 250,000 dollars per concert.
Skrillex from California coming in second place on the list with $ 15 million, followed by Swedish House Mafia. They got 1 million less than Skrillex. It is not only the top three will walk away with all the money. David Guetta serve in a little less than the Swedish House Mafia.

Here is the list of highest paid DJs in the last twelve months:

1. Tiesto ($ 22 million)
2. Skrillex ($ 15 million)
3. Swedish House Mafia ($ 14 million)
4. David Guetta ($ 13.5 million)
5. Steve Aoki ($ 12 million)
6. Deadmau5 ($ 11.5 million)
7. DJ Pauly D ($ 11 million)
8. Kaskade ($ 10 million)
9. Afrojack ($ 9 million)
10. Avicii ($ 7 million)
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Electronic Dance Music - A Capella

2012-10-10T03:45:00.001-07:00

Hello EDM lovers! Today i am gonna talk about a phenomenon that is on the increase: the re-making of electronic dance music tracks entirely by human voice.

"What the fuck?"

I am sure this is the first thing you've thought by reading this.

How is possible to make all the different instruments which appeared in an Electronic song only using the human voice?

So, there is a way for making music, called "A Capella" that comes from the old Renaissance, in the far 1400, that is performed without any kind of musical instruments, only by using the various shades of the human voice. This way was originally used, and it is still used, for religious music. In particular it's popular in church's choirs.
Have you never listened to a Gospel choir? This is an example!

But, you can say, electronic music has too many instruments and some of them are impossible to be performed by human voice. FALSE!
Some people can control its own voice in an impressive way.

And with the new softwares, they can record "voice instrument" by "voice instrument" and then assemble all the sounds for creating a song.
But now i am sure you just want an example so.. i will put a lot of them!

This is one of the most impressive. This guy is quite famous on YouTube for his A Capella covers:

These are some songs performed a capella i collected for you:

Swedish House Mafia - One (A Capella)

Avicii - Levels (A Capella)

Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (A Capella Cover)

Feel So Close (A capella)

One More Time (A Capella)

Raise your Weapon and others.. (A Capella) <--suggested

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Armin van Buuren's documentary

2012-10-10T02:21:00.002-07:00

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Armada founded the documentary: "A Year with Armin van Buuren".
A jurney to the past,talking about the meeting with the manager who changed his life . There for the first time,Armin shows to his fans his daily personal life. Eating with his family,for the first time the parents of AvB speaks for their son, the father had music vein and transfered the passion for music to his sons (Eller van Buuren is a musician too).
Being pissed off,scheduling tours,studio session with Ferry Corsten,showing his childhood room(the place of his first creation - Blue Fear), photography session,Armin van Buuren leaves nothing to imagine .
Showing a guy who is down to earth and the contrast of his fanatic fans,crying for him. The dutch DJ also complains about the way media approaches him,ready to scandalize him about the money he earned or the womans who offers themself to him.
Speaking about his experience as a father soon to become (then),now Fena, his daughter makes the trance superstar forget everything about business as his priority is his biggest love.
Hosted for free on KLM's youtube channel.
Enjoy the following video :

(For subtitles click on the CC button in the right corner of the player.)

Written by: Andrit

Mikkel Christiansen and Russ tracks

2012-10-10T02:01:00.001-07:00

Mikkel Christiansen is an norwegian dj. He makes mostly russ tracks. He is also known as Hockenheim and dj Broiler.

Russ is a norwegian celebration. Where students who finish high school call themselves Russ, and this marks a celebration. A selection of completed students are many places in the world, but the Norwegian celebrations are highly distinctive.
In recent years it has become more and more common to acquire Russ tunes in either Russ or evan russebuss. Russ buses have a "cover-name" that is released prior to the "concept" is coming.
It is common to drop the alias already 10/11 months before graduation time really starts. Competition for the russe track, which will be "Song of the Year", has also been great.
Some pay many thousands of dollars for people to create song for them. Some pay up to 40,000 dollars to get her own russ track.

Popular russ Track-makers:

The Snæss Project Weft

guys

Mikkel Christiansen

Simen Auke

Andreas Schuller

Zedd's debut album!

2012-10-09T11:48:00.000-07:00

Zedd debut album, was today released on Interscope Records, brought forward from the original date which was farther out in October.

To go straight to the point you will in his first album get you a few surprises when otherwise slow songs suddenly slams to a hard drop, like Stache. Said song is perhaps one of the coolest and most playful songs on the album, and vary widely in how the different parties expressed. From electro to progressive and intense acid to a melodic, almost Justice inspired breakdown must be said to be the highlight. For a song and a creativity!

But it does not stop there. For there are several songs that really made me grin broadly when I heard how they eventually dropped. Epos and especially Fall Into The Sky with wonderful Ellie Goulding on vocals were also songs that started sober, but that suddenly appeared in some very massive drop. Furthermore, there is also a couple of songs that keep it steady as its great title track Clarity with a lovely vocal track from Foxes as we know from the radio hit Youth. Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic is also on the album and delivers great vocals to Lost At Sea as one is a thoroughly progressive song. Previously, only the Spectrum and Shave It Up which is released earlier, but what does that matter, when there are two of his best songs?

Clarity is not a typical artist album in my ears for it is focused entirely on the songs in keeping with previous releases. There is no instrumental songs, experimental pieces or else "nonsense" as manufacturers all too often takes the album. Instead, it renspikket electro and progressive from start to finish. There are no songs that fall significantly outside and there's a whole uniformly high quality of the songs.

One thing to note is that several manufacturers are not credited in the track list. For example, the Fall Into The Sky also produced with Lucky Date, and Porter Robinson has played on Codec.

Tracklist (in order of appearance):

01. Hour Glass
02. Shave It Up
03. Spectrum (feat. Matthew Koma)
04. Lost At Sea
05. Clarity
06. Codec
07. Stache
08. Fall Into The Sky
09. Follow You Down
10. Epos

This post was written by: Kasper

A Collaboration Between Deadmau5 and Armin Van Buuren?!

2012-10-09T10:57:00.000-07:00

(click image to enlarge)

As you can see Joel (Deadmau5) asks Armin van Buuren for an open collaboration between them. Techy guy and 4-times #1 DJ in the world are join their forces for some massive music!
What can they probably been doing together, They have been exchanging sounds from zippyshare live from twitter and everybody could participate.
This is the last try of Armin van Buuren on the notes of Deadmau5! (link)

This post was written by: Andrit

Split Up: LMFAO

2012-09-21T13:30:00.002-07:00

The duo, Redfoo and Blu Sky

Today (The 21st September) it has been confirmed that the Electro-pop duo has split up and have said they have no plans to record together in the near future. They will still be making music however, Redfoo will keep his music with an LMFAO feel!

He told the Press Association,
"I think that we naturally just started hanging with two different sets of people, two different crowds, but we're always family. He'll always be my nephew, I'll always be his uncle."

"I feel like we've been doing this for so long, five or six years,"
"And we're kind of like saying, well, let's just do what's natural and just kind of explore that, instead of like forcing it all the time."

With that, hopefully we'll be able to hear what they both come up with on their own.

Until next time, BRB.

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Excision - X-Rated Remixes Is Out!

2012-09-06T14:22:00.001-07:00

Once a producer said that if someone puts an entire EP up for remixing, the respective release was not good enough. And this applies in the case of X-rated like no other. Well, we all gotta agree that it wasn't such a mess, but who listened to anything else from that rather than ohh noo, the underground and execute anyway?
Well, the time has come for you to entirely change your playlist, because the remixes are now out! Excision did well to get the best to work on this album, and the results are amasing.
The EP covers most of modern EDM's styles, like electro-house, moombah, dnb and dubstep.
The one track that caught my attention though is Far Too Loud's remix of. Sexism. That track was a mess, but know. Well. It gives me goosebumbs.
You can grab the EP on Itunes (Sorry for not posting the link, as we had a tehnical problem)

Electronic dance music world is Shaking

2012-09-05T05:23:00.000-07:00

Electronic dance music world is Shaking. A real scandal is going through our beloved genre of music.
Well, how to start.. EDMsnob, a website that seems the "Wikileaks of the Electronic Dance Music" got some reserved documents that certify that some djs and their managers pay large fees to DJ Magazine (known as DJ Mag) in exchange for publishing positive stories about them.
Dj mag is mainly famous for DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll.

The blog EDMsnob tells also: "As a result of that investigation, an insider approached us with financial data revealing many cases in which the UK-based publication accepted large payments in exchange for feature articles about an artist, presenting these articles as news. We were able to match these payments with the resulting articles."

The targets are djs such as Aly e Fila, Dj Vierro, Ferry Costern and the twice dj mag top 100 djs pool Paul Van Dyk.

Usually the news company clearly divede paid advertisements from actual news to make the reader able to understand what is a fact described by writer of the magazine and what is just paid section.

This way of working is sad and non-moral. That djs paid between 10 and 15 thousands of dollars for each article.

I am sure a lot of fans will change their own opinion about this influential magazine but, surely more, they will change their own opinion about these djs!

What do you think about it?

Ask a DJ: DRPY / Zingiber

2012-08-24T12:27:00.001-07:00

GoldMyr have recently got in contact with a DJ and we would like to do this as our First Ever Interview. I (Kyle) will want to do this interview really soon. I'm asking you the fans and followers of GoldMyr to tell me what questions you want me to ask him

I will open 20 slots for questions, I will give you a shoutout in the interview and on the list of questions which will be in the Interview Blog.

See you on the next blog.

Quba - The next big thing

2012-08-10T06:13:00.002-07:00

You probably never heard of Quba. He's a new-to-the-scene Romanian EDM producer. His talent immediately caught my attention, and from what I saw after i researched about him a little more, I was not the only one. He also got the attention of the grammy-awards winner Skrillex.

His first official release was a remix of Dada Life's Happy Violence track, which you can hear on his youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/QubaOfficial/

He recently released a teaser for his debut EP, called Inception, and I got to admit that every single track on that specific album is going to rock the clubs around the world. If you don't belive me, be my guest and check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwiYuObnhgI&feature=plcp

There is not much to be said about this guy, but he is surely the next big thing in dubstep. Tell me what you guys think about this dude in the comment section below. Cheers!

Deadmau5' new album "Album title goes here"

2012-08-10T04:39:00.000-07:00

As you may or may not know by now, deadmau5 is set to release his 4th studio album this september, Deadmau5 has said in his recent streams that the album is in its final stages of completion and will feature 12 new tracks some already released and some new not heard tracks that he has been working on.

Also there are rumors that deadmau5 will be including another disk in the album which features old not released tracks from the past.
Deadmau5 is also set to release his new track 'professional griefers' with my chemical romance singer 'Gerard Way' vocals.

You can find the track here via YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTNN2LHNOsM

Both the track and the album are set to be released this september, professional Griefers on the second of september and the album on the 25th.
There has been complaints by fans that the album title is to similar to random album title and for lack of
a better name.

The album has been listed on Ultra and on Amazon and bestbuy
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Album+Title+Goes+Here+-+CD/20513168.p?skuId=20513168&id=2562857

What do you think about this?

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Moombahton and Moombahcore – The future of Music

2012-08-09T04:39:00.003-07:00

What is Moombahton and what is even Moombahcore ?

  In 2009, Dave Nada (Producer and DJ) had planned to play Electro - House (around 128 BPM) at the "School-Skipping Party" for his younger cousin, but he realized that the attendees were dancing to reggaeton (which is usually 108 - 112 BPM). He solved this problem by slowing down the Afrojack remix of "Moombah" ( by Silvio Ecomo & DJ Chuckie) from 128 BPM to 108 BPM.

 The term Moombahton was born (the fusion of the track "Moombah" and the genre "Reggaeton" created this new term), but the concept of combining reggaeton percussions with electronic music goes back much farther (examples of Artists are Diplo and Munchi).

Very typical (not a must) for Moombahton is the Reggaeton drum-pattern. It creates a hip shaking effect, which is the reason why it is so popular on the dancefloor. Here is a very basic drum pattern to understand the difference to House:  

Moombahton:  (click to enlarge)

House:  (click to enlarge)

Here are some Moombahton tracks:

Dillon Francis – Masta Blasta 

  Dillon Francis & Kill the Noise – Dill The Noise

Now, it´s time for some Moombahcore :) 

Moombahcore (usually 110 BPM) is a SUB-GENRE of Moombahton. Basically it is Moombahton with influences by "aggressive Dubstep" and Dubstep elements, such as Wobbles, Growls, Mid-Range Basses and FM-Synthesis. It feels like it is "Sped-Up-Dubstep" from 70 BPM to 110 BPM. Personally as a Electronic Music Producer I think it is the perfect tempo for "Dubstep".

Moombahcore is neither too fast nor too slow, different to Dubstep, you can actually dance to it instead of just banging your head , and it still got the punchy Dubstep Snare. Artists such as Knife Party, Skrillex, Datsik, Dillon Francis, Diplo and many others helped this Sub-Genre to grow.

Here are some Moombahcore tracks:  

xKore – Everybody Rock 

Knife Party - Sleaze (feat. MistaJam)

Diplo – Barely Standing (feat. Datsik & Sabi) 

Also check out:  http://www.beatport.com/chart/on-the-rise-moombahton/95431  

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Mau5trap – We are Friends

2012-08-09T04:20:00.001-07:00

So the summer break is over for us back at Goldmyr, I hope you didn’t miss us too much. With so many things happening around the EDM scene, it’s hard for us to keep track of everything that’s being released, especially since we were like 2 months away.

Anyway, one release really got my attention. As much as I love mau5trap for it’s good selection of music that varies from Glitch Hop to Electro-House, there is yet another aspect that makes me fall in love with this label. It’s the fact that they promote new and unknown artists. And their latest EP does JUST that.
The artists promoted on this compilation EP are:

Tom Neville: I really enjoyed his progressive house track, even though I’m pretty sure I never heard of him before. It’s nice to have another talented producer around the scene, though he needs a lot of improvement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGMkJBtrKM

Tom Staar: The same story as the above guy, though I like his track a little more than Tom Neville’s. But that’s my opinion, I may just like it more because it sounds more like mau5. You never know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6rTLqXebM8&feature=relmfu

James Njie: Most of you already know this guy from the compilation EP released on the same label, Meowingtons Hax Tour, where he had two of his tracks showcased. Nevertheless, his track is one of the better ones on the album, James once again proving me that he is one of the better producer out there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZwkouMEJlg&feature=relmfu

Heat Maxwell: The EDM enthusiasts may have already heard about Maxwell and his impressive remix of Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know. While he wasn’t an extremely good producer when he released that, I can tell that he improves. In my opinion, uprising is the best track on this compilation EP. Good job Maxwell, we want to see more of the same in the future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfHy_TsVMY0

Born Freak and Buddygirl: I put these two up together because they are so similar. These two young producers are the future of progressive house. And I am not talking about the boring, club style progressive. I am talking about the real, chill out one. Their tracks left me speechless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOOJYlqvsFU&feature=relmfu

River Accorsi: Wow. This guy. His DnB talent is out of this world, if not even out of this universe. It’s amasing what a guy can do with one bassline and a basic beat. Just. Intense. I recommend checking this out by yourselves, I’m too into the bassline to tell you about the whole track right now *hypnotized*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi0gT6G4yP8&feature=relmfu

Kairo Kingdom: I’m gonna be straight here. I never heard this kind of glitch-hop before. Maybe because the only glich-hop I listen to is from Opiuo. Not really sure. But this track is simply catchy, and I bet the real Glitch-Hop fans out there will agree with me. You will… don’t you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yvgOfODo_A&feature=relmfu

Henry Gould: He’s not that young, but his producing skills are still good. He is not going to be the next Tiesto, but he’s on track. This guy scared me a little bit. Not sure if it’s because he looks like that guy from the Harry Potter series (the bad one that had the smeagol like thingie as a pet) or because his track’s title is taken from a porn movie gone wrong. Either way, it’s worth checking this guy out in the near future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B8KqXil_SM

So that pretty much concludes it. Tell me what do you guys think about this EP in the comment section below. See you around!

Bololoi Cristian wrote this

A new season

2012-07-27T08:11:00.000-07:00

Goldmyr is back from the summer back. Our collaborators are getting ready to surprise you with fantastic posts and news from the dj world, our co-producers are working for offering you the best unpublished and amateur music day by day.
And you, are you ready?

Goldmyr Admin, The Dj friend!

Opiuo - Who he is?

2012-07-02T11:20:00.001-07:00

Imagine a precisely blended concoction of tight irresistible grooves, chunk fueled bouncy beats, luscious brooding soundscapes, and a bowl of scrumptious glitch. Welcome to the musical world of Opiuo. A self confessed music addict with a light hearted approach to life and art.”

This guy is great. I mean, he’s not the usual producer. He has his own and unique style, like Skrillex and Deadmau5. Pretty much no other producer can make a song sound as good as theirs (or at least similar to theirs), and that’s what more and more fans start appreciating. With the EDM scene continuing to grow, a huge number artists appear out of the underground, but only the unique and the talented will be able to reach the mainstream. And Opiuo has it all.

His influences comes from everything. From day to day experiences to the usual cup of tea or the morning coffee. His style is a mixture of jazz, reggae, funk, rock, psychedelia, breakbeat, and “right down chunky goodness”.

The Opiuo sound is being included in DJ sets from some of the world’s most appreciated artists. From Z-Trip to Bassnectar, KraftyKuts to Tripper and everyone in between. His music has dominated digital download charts with his debut EP “Slurp and Giggle” being nominated for Best Dance / Electronic Release at the Australian Independent Music Awards, reaching number 10 on Itunes while being the most downloaded album of 2010 on acidtech.com. His single releases were #1 on beatport on Electronica, Dubstep, Breaks and even Chillout Charts. He also won the title of the best Glitch Hop artist from Beatport in 2011.

His latest EP “Butternut Slap 2” was released just a few days ago, featuring 4 great (as always) tracks.

Still not convinced about the musical talent of this guy? Then check this out!

Bololoi Cristian wrote this

Elliot Gleave - Example of a great talent

2012-06-23T18:44:00.003-07:00

I don’t think there’s much to say about this guy. I think he’s great, the world thinks he’s great and he also has a great voice. He’s the only and I mean the ONLY rapper I still listen to. (and yes, contrary to the popular belief, Example IS a rapper). Why do I like him so much? Because his style is new and fresh and that’s what I am always looking for. Something new.

His real name is Elliot Gleave and, According to the Kickstarts Songfacts, Gleave’s performing name goes back to his schooldays when he was rapping in the playground and some guy nicknamed him Example from his initials EG. Even though he started releasing songs somewhere in the year of 204, his breakthrough years were 2009-2010, when he released an EP called „Won’t go quietly”, featuring „Watch the sun come up”, „Won’t go quietly” and „Kickstarts”.

Just one year later he released another critically aclaimed EP called „Playing in the shadows”. This album is huge, really. I can talk about each and every single song featured on it for a few hours each. Actually, it’s that great that it debuted at number one in the UK albums chart.

Over the years, example worked with various artists such as Flux Pavilion, Feed Me ( For those who didn’t know, his single called „Midnight Run” is actually produced by Jon Gooch ), Chase & Status, Professor Green, etc.

In 2012, he confirmed a release of a 4th album. He will be collaborating with producers like : Dillon Francis, Tommy Trash, Benga, Michael Woods and so on.

So, next time you are looking for some really inspiring and interesting lyrics or just a bunch of songs with meaning, be sure to search this guy on youtube.

Bololoi Cristian wrote this