Vino Tinto (English Translation: Red Wine)

Vino Tinto (Original Mix) [Unsigned] by Diesel Laws

Here comes something a little different from the Australian producer/dj Diesel Laws; “Boom Tap Sofa” – A lighter, solid house track destined to be the glue that sticks your sets together. The best way to enjoy this tune? Follow the Boom, Tap your feet and chill out on the Sofa.

Drop your feedback on the track by heading to Diesel Laws Soundcloud page.

Boom Tap Sofa (Original Mix) [Unsigned] by Diesel Laws

Recently I have connected with the awesome crew at Wonked Records. In particular, the artist known as WONK (Claire) asked if I would like to create an original track for the crew. Buzzing from the excitement of the opportunity, this bouncy number was created in a few days and represents a lighter side to the solid fidget sound that pumps through the Wonked camp.

Release date: TBA (If they dig it!)

Release Label: Wonked Records

Have a listen to this preview:

LO-FI PREVIEW: Shake Shake (Original Mix) [WONKED RECORDS] by Diesel Laws

Mizumo have asked me to do a remix of one of their solid releases from Tey Astro. The original is called Mini Mini and you can grab a copy of it from Beatport right now on the What The Jakk EP.

When you listen to the original and my remix you may notice that only a small portion of the original elements remain. I decided to go in a completely different direction with this track and appeal to a slightly different group of people to spread the track further. I also wanted to play around with a real dutch house sound with a jacking beat, so this is where I headed to.

Release date: TBA (If they dig it!)

Release Label: Mizumo

The result:

LO-FI PREVIEW: Tey Astro – MiniMini (Diesel Laws Remix) by Diesel Laws

Music. A powerful word given the multiple different meanings worldwide. To me, it represents an intangible connection; Something that passes through the air to make you feel something. In many ways this feeling is a positive experience with a rumble from a bassline, the soothing harmonies of a synth or the memorable vocals that flow with the track.

Yet, even with this positive experience I am constantly drawn to the negative comments on products in the DJ world and how their ‘simplicity’ is ruining or killing the industry. While I believe their comments do raise some valid points about the ease of digital music creation, they simply forget to notice the bigger picture – COMPETITION.

For as long as musicians and producers have been creating music we, as a human race, have strived to simplify every area of that process. Be it the simplicity of portable recording software, digital equipment, USB drives, internet downloads and more. The competition for companies to beat their rivals at bringing out the best products that appeal to a much wider audience has to do with our demands for simplicity. We constantly yearn for updates, changes and modifications so as to create less work for ourselves, make the process more enjoyable and get to the end in a faster time.

This, in it’s layman terms, is SIMPLICITY.

I bring to you an example of how simplicity is applicable right now with the invention of the Pioneer CDJ-350 and DJM-350.

I was watching the above presentation by DJ Avicii about the new Pioneer CDJ’s and he discusses the new features and explains the simplicity of what can now be achieved with the MASTER BPM LOCK. What that means in a nutshell is that you can lock the Beats Per Minute across both CDJ’s, which in turn makes EVERY song in your playlist play at that tempo (speed). I don’t want to get to in-depth about this feature, but what that means for most is that by using these pieces of hardware, it makes it ridiculously easy to beat-match tracks together. So instead of a DJ changing the speed of the incoming song to match the one that is playing, it is already done for him. Simplicity.

Now hopefully by now you can imagine the issue seen by most people with this situation. It opens up the debate about how simple have we actually made that product? Eventually will we need a DJ to stand there and mix tracks together or can that be automated also? And it’s not just in the DJ’ing arena – this also flows into the ease of producing dance music in general (and also every other field where computers play a part).

So what’s the big thing that everyone is missing with the creation of these ‘easier’ products?

It now means that in whatever field you are in, to stand out you will now have to work harder then before. Rather than complain/argue your point about how the ‘industry has changed’, instead use this as a fuel to your fire. With the ease of producing digital music from brilliant pieces of software such as Ableton Live, any artist/producer will now have to push that little bit harder to make standout tracks that appeal to the updated world.

The fact that a producer can now create a track, self master and sell it on a website in only a matter of days is an incredible thing, and I am so excited that we are at this stage in the game. While this may scare/annoy or anger some other people in the industry – it is what it is, and just because a new song can be completed in a day does not mean that it will be great. It also does not mean it will be a hit and sell millions.

Simplicity opens doors and allows more people to be a part of their chosen world. And with more people, there is more competition. And with more competition comes the pursuit of the “Stand-Outs” – the people who use the simplicity but push further into challenging waters to rise above the pack. Just because it’s simple, doesn’t mean it’s simple.

If you are a person who constantly reminds others that “the music industry has changed” and “everything is so simple now”, then please stop. We know it has and we are aware of the simplicity. We have embraced the changes and are using them to our full potential. We are also excited that women can now vote, wear bikini’s legally and that smoking cigarettes is being outlawed due to health concerns.

Keep creating, updating and modifying the world.

- Diesel Laws

In an awesome turn of events DJ Anna Kiss (UK) has chosen my mix along with 5 others to be broadcast on her worldwide radio show LIP LOCKED while she is out of town. My first ever uploaded mix (E for Electro) was chosen as the winner, and will be played on Digitally Imported Electro – Tuesdays 7pm GMT http://www.di.fm/electro on the 20th July!

As you can imagine, I am stoked to have my first 1 hour mix picked up in a big way, and even better for you all is that you can download it for yourself right here – along with my other mix “IBIZA BIKINI”.

Thank you to Anna Kiss for supporting my mix and I look forward to bring you all more amazing news in the coming months.

You can download both mixes right here: http://soundcloud.com/diesellaws

With the sun in your face, wind in your hair and bikini babes everywhere  – this is the sound of electro summer.

Listen/Download:

Diesel Laws Ibiza Bikini Mix by Diesel Laws

Tracklisting (and start times):

Chris Lake and Michael Woods – Domino’s (Original Mix)  0:00:00 (Start)
Tocadisco & Nadia Ali – Better Run (Inpetto Vocal Mix)  0:07:00
Benny Benassi ft. Kelis, APL & Jean Baptiste – Spaceship (Fedde Le Grand Remix) 0:12:00
Fabio Lendrum – Trouble (Drop The Lime Remix)   0:16:35
Spencer & Hill – Who Knows (Original Mix)   0:20:00
Alex Velea – Don’t Say It’s Over (Deepside Deejays Remix)  0:23:38
Jerry Ropero & Tom Novy ft. Abigail Bailey – Don’t Lie (Sebastien Drums & Rob Adans Remix)  0:27:51
Dirty South & Mark Knight – Stopover (Tocadisco Remix)  0:33:04
Kaskade feat. Haley – Dynasty (Dada Life Remix)  0:37:23
Kelly Rowland ft. David Guetta – Commander (David Guetta’s FMIF Remix)  0:41:18
John De Sohn & Nick Wall feat. Christina Skaar – Unleash My Love (Original Mix)  0:45:48
Fixd – Air (Original Mix UNSIGNED)  0:50:55

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Track Listing:

Some Chords – Deadmau5
Milk (Gigi Barocco Remix) – D-Bag feat. Naan
Sexy Back (Shekerz pres. Shane Deether Club Mix) – Justin Timberlake ft. T.I.
Disco Ballistic – Lazy Rich
Love Me Hate Me Kiss Me Kill Me (Gooseflesh Remix) – Fukkk Offf
Gomma Gomma – Gigi Barocco
Back & Forth (Fixd Electro Remix) – Fedde Le Grand
Killer – Wolfgang Gartner
Play The Record Again – AC Slater
Raver Booty – Cold Blank
The Island – Pt II (Dusk) – Pendulum
Plastik Caramelo (Ligui Aditive Remix) – Dr. Bedillo & Roger G
Misfits (Aniki Remix) – Danny Soundz & The Roach feat. Whiskey Pete
Breath (Filthy Rehab Remix) – The Prodigy
In The Air Tonight (Fixd Remix) – Phil Collins

Louder Than Words – David Guetta & Afrojack (Fixd Electro Remix)

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