Posts tagged with boys noize

06/22/2010

Summer Drive Mixtape!

As you hopefully recall, last month, we put together our first ever mixtape entitled A Blogwave Summer which was curated by 20 of our favorite music blogs, each contributing a track of their own and mixed together by none other than myself. Well, I had so much fun putting that together that I decided to do it again with a bunch of tracks of my choosing. There wasn’t really a theme at the onset, it was just a lot of mostly high energy (and, for the most part, extremely bright) tracks that I love, most of which I hadn’t heard until I started this site last May. When I gave it a listen this past weekend on a 4-hour solo drive up to Traverse City, I decided it made pretty great driving music, especially on a sunny day, and thus, Summer Drive was born.

I could have also very well called this mix dailybeatz 101, because for someone who doesn’t visit the site regularly, it’s a fantastic representation of exactly the type of music that we love here. In fact, most of these songs have been posted on this site at one point or another, so you may have heard many of them here already, but I must say there’s something to be said for the way that juxtaposition can really change the feel of a song.

Special thanks to CrystalSister whose picture I used for the mixtape artwork.

Just like last time, you can right click/save as the zip file below which includes the mix split into individual tracks as well as front and back covers. Or, you can download the full mix from the soundcloud player below (this is what I recommend as you are sure not to encounter any split second gaps between tracks which really hurt the flow) and you can save the front and back artwork from this post. Either way, I really hope you enjoy it as much as I do, and please please PLEASE let me know what you think. I apologize for naming every mixtape “summer” something, but it’s what I love, and what the music sounds like for me. Check out the track list below.

Summer Drive mixtape (individual files)

Or listen and download one continuous file from the Soundcloud player below (what I recommend) by clicking on the down arrow on the right side of the player.

dailybeatz.com presents: Summer Drive by dailybeatz

Here’s a sample track from the mix that’s become one of my favorites the last few days. It’s the beautiful, flowing “We Ah Wi” by Javelin, which sounds like a breezy summer afternoon.

Javelin – We Ah Wi

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10/30/2009

pictureplane – goth star

pictureplane

another friday, another dj whos younger than me and wildly more successful in life. this time, its denver native travis egedy who goes by the name pictureplane. at 24 years old hes just released the album “dark rift” this year which has been getting some good attention as of late and is currently touring all over europe, only mildly awesome. ive only heard todays track from the album but it definitely makes me want to check out the rest.

im not sure if everyone will really get this song (actually, im just maybe talking about you turbo…) but its really got a lot of nice things going on. as much as ive really been into electronic music lately, i especially enjoy electronic music that can combine a kickin beat with a pretty melody. this is probably why i went so crazy when i first heard “gax” by boys noize a few weeks ago. hopefully many of you will make it past the first 3 seconds to fully enjoy this track.

pictureplane – goth star

Pictureplane - Dark Rift - Goth Star buy this track on itunes
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10/09/2009

boys noize – gax

boys noize

are you feeling otherworldly on this friday morning/afternoon/evening? if so, youve come to the right place, because we have a real otherworldly song for you today, courtesy of germanys own boys noize, alias of alex ridha. his latest album “power”was released earlier this week and unfortunatly for us there dont seem to be many american tour dates save a few on the west coast coming up any time soon. based on the videos on his myspace page, the shows look pretty bangin. and as usual im jealous because hes only a year older than me but is a world famous dj whos been at it for over a decade.

i havent heard the album yet, but its hard to imagine that “gax” is not one of the highlights, and if its not, then all i can say is “damn gina!” this track seems to carry you away into a parallel universe, one that is full of heavy beats and a beautiful driving melody (make sure to hang on at least until after the first minute when the beat comes in). and the title reminds me a bit of childhood as well, since it conjures up images of nickelodeons gak, not to be confused with the slightly less popular floam. man, that stuff was pretty nasty now that i think about it. it was wet, but it wasnt. anyway, jon, you can go ahead and throw this one into your next mix too, i feel like it will be a crowd pleaser among our friends of fun cohort.

boys noize – gax

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