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That is all you need to know about Michael Morales aka DJ Kue. He is absolutely crushing it, bringing a new dynamic to the original songs he has remixed. He really does make them his own. Actually like some of the DJ's out there, DJ Kue is transitioning to remixing/producing his own tracks. Of course this is after 15 years of experience on the 1s and 2s. So you know, and we all know... he knows just a little bit on how to piece together some music.

Two recent tracks that caught my eye were Tracey in my room and Always. With these tracks he successfully brings funky melodies and catchy kicks back to his local stomping grounds throughout Cali. But he is not afraid to mix genres such as rock or hip hop. Actually he has recently started applying his mixing knowledge to mellow vocal tracks. You have no idea if you want to dance or sit back, bob your head and just appreciate life. It is a good thing DJ Kue switches it up and lets you do both in the songs.

Check out this video


It is no surprise big name DJ's across the world are starting to throw Kue's work into their own sets. DJ AM and Bloody Beetroots to name a few!

Here are some treats

My feature article is on the artist Pogo. Let me give you a rundown of one of his most successful works to date. He took the movie Alice in Wonderland. Chopped it up and took a number of samples and turned it into a 3 minute melodic song. I seriously can not determine how many samples, wouldn't be surprised if it topped a 100. I have to stress this work is not thrown together in some hap-hazardous way.

You won't think to yourself "Oh this is cool and I respect the creativity but this is not something I enjoy listening to."

It has incredible melodies and the vocal samples are cut so short and melded together that they are treated like instruments rather than catch phrases. It is just so good. You can find yourself getting lost trying to link up the vocals to portions of the movie.

His most popular piece "Alice" does not have the traditional breakdowns and build ups in his track, but Pogo gives us 3 minutes so we don't lose any interest. I also suspect he could care less about more variation in his tracks. He puts in hundreds of hours more than the next artist in just the sampling, cutting and chopping process.

Pogo has since produced tracks from films ‘Mary Poppins’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘The Sword In The Stone’, ‘Hook’, and ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’.

Check out the video below. It has topped over 4 million hits. 

Now for treats

Oh the connections keep being made. So I was rummaging through various DrumAttic Twins tracks and found a sick Bass Kleph Remix of Feelin Kinda Strange'. It actually turned out to be a collabo remix with Nick Thayer. So I dug deeper and realized Nick Thayer is not a one hit wonder, he is legit! Nick is a badass DJ hailing from Australia. How badass? Put it this way, he decided to register the domain http://www.nickthayer.com/ and have nothing on it but his name spray painted on the page. Screw promoting yourself.

Now check out the work Nick and his partner in crime Seven Milligram are putting out within the club scene. I know a lot of friends that have traveled to Australia and I know others who have it on their list of places to see/things to do. When you go to Australia, make sure you see Nick Thayer. He is releasing a new album very soon titled "Just Let It Go" links for downloading will be available on his myspace page of course.


BIG NOTE: This video is a mash-up of his work, he normally doesn't 'girl-talk' all over the tracks like this. It is neat and all but most of the tracks I've peeped are not like this. This is just a sick DJ/VJ collaboration.


Now for treats

Last night I sat back I sorted through a lot of electro songs and realized I've been listening to the same damn bass line with the same repetitive kick drums, endlessly.. setup in the same format with the same breakdowns and corny one liners. I think to myself, how did I ever get into this? WHY am I still feeling the new scene of electro, fidget and house music?

Chromeo's hit "Night by Night" reminded me! Check out the new video released on Green Label Sound. If you don't feel revitalized. If you don't feel like dancing. If you don't feel like taking your shirt off running around screaming at the top of your lungs, then no amount of music is going to cheer you up.

You ever remember the mad dance-offs you would see in 80s hip hop videos or even in some pop videos? Well I figured this was normal, boy was I in for a surprise. I guess it's not socially acceptable to throw down. You can catch me showing my moves off anytime I'm out. I leave you with the following music video that was the mother of all dance-off videos.

A lot of people don't know who Major Lazer is. Well Major Lazer is a Jamaican commando who fought and lost his arm in a secret zombie war in 1984. The US military rescued him and retrofitted him with an experimental lazer for his lost arm. Major Lazer has been a hired renegade soldier operating for M5 and the CIA. His cover, which is still top secret is that of a dancehall night club owner from Trinidad. To maintain this cover he has decided to release his first LP with the help of long time friends Diplo and Switch.

At this point we don't know if he has wavered from his mission, his songs have gone viral. His initial mission was "to protect the world from the dark forces of evil that live just under the surface of a civilized society." He primarily fights vampires and various monsters, parties hard, and has been spotted on a rocket powered skateboard.


Sneak peek into what the man looks like with his retrofitted lazer>>

Set the tone and kick off the evening right by coping the following track. Without any worry you could even bring the crowd down for a minute with this chill track at the climax of your routine. Yea It is just that good.


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New single from DJ QuickSilva off of Unruly Records. The premiere label in baltimore club. If you don't know what Baltimore Club even means I feel bad for you. Because your curiosity is going to get the better. Before you read on peep this link to hear one of the bmore anthems

Now for some advanced material; bmore dj takes on rap >>>