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Hey guys!  We have some great news.  We have officially purchased our own domain, so you can now find us at www.SoundSingularity.com.  This is a big step for us, and we would appreciate any input you guys may have.  See you on the other side!

Seekae performs '3' live at the Sydney Opera House

Here is a video of Australian trio performing their song '3' live from the Utzon Room at the Sydney Opera House.  The band performed just as the sun rose over the Eastern side of Sydney Harbor, creating a blissful setting for an equally blissful song.  This video will definitely brighten your Monday, trust me:

You can find Seekae's official website here and their Facebook page here.

Hot Since 82 Posts a Free Track

UK producer Hot Since 82 has posted a free download of his remix of Fired Up! by Funky Green Dogs that I highly recommend.  The moment right around 2:35 gave me some serious frisson. 

Electric Zoo 2012: Friday Review / Track IDs

Have to start these reviews somewhere so why not start with Friday? After (somewhat) recovering from a very, very busy 3 days of nonstop dancing, I am finally able to clear my head and recall what the hell happened during this marathon of a weekend. As most people did on Friday, our schedule brought us to the Fool's Gold tent for the majority of the day with stops off at Netsky, Reboot, and Luciano throughout.

Treasure Fingers

Treasure Fingers started out the day for us playing his usual mix of nu disco fire and chiller electronic tracks.  It was a perfect way to start the day as everyone's feet needed a little bit of a warm up for what was about to ensue. One of the best tracks that we did not suspect him to play was by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, who we recently saw at LPR, called Tapes & Money.

Electric Zoo 2012: Saturday Review / Track IDs

I think I'm the only writer that failed to do a post about my top picks leading up to Electric Zoo, so I guess I'll try to make up for it a bit by telling you who my favorites were from the weekend.  If you read this post, you can probably guess who my number 1 is...

Electric Zoo 2012: Sunday Review / Track IDs

With another 3 days of Electric Zoo behind us, I would like to first thank Made Event and all of the artists for giving us an incredible experience.  The weekend went on without a hitch, and the masses were given some performances that they’ll remember forever.  Now, onto my review of day 3 in the Sunday School Grove (aka home) after the jump!

New Flying Lotus Music Featured in Short Film

A short film titled "Until The Quiet Comes" has been released that features three songs off of Flying Lotus' new album.  The impressive video was directed by Khalil Joseph and definitely inspires some thought (warning, a tad gory):

The track list is as follows:

1. See Thru To U (feat. Erykah Badu)
2.  Hunger (feat. Niki Randa)
3.  Getting There (feat. Niki Randa)

All three songs seem pretty great, with the third reminding me most of FlyLo's last album 'Cosmogramma.'   His new album, also titled 'Until The Quiet Comes' will be available on October 1st.  Less than a month away!

Eric Prydz Returning to the USA

Eric Prydz himself just posted this picture on twitter saying he will be performing at Surrender in Las Vegas for New Years Eve 2013.  This is all the information available at the time, but one would speculate that there may also be a 2nd US tour in the span of a few months.  Very exciting news for any dance music fan! (especially those of us that only caught his 3 songs at Beekman).

More details to follow as they become available.

German Band Toy does live cover of Boys Noize, Daft Punk, and More

This is a couple of months old, so forgive me if you have heard it, but I thought this was too impressive not to post.  In this video, a German Band named Toy does live covers of Daft Punk, Justice, Mr. Oizo and Boys Noize.  It is really amazing how these dudes were able to capture the spirit of these artists with all live instruments and no samples.  They even do a jaw-dropping mix of Let There be Light by Justice and Aerodynamic by Daft Punk.  Watch the video below:

The tracklist is as follows:

0:09 Daft Punk - Robot Rock
1:55 Justice - Let there be light / 3:04 Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
4:26 Mr. Oizo - Cut Dick
5:23 Justice - Helix
6:54 Boys Noize - & Down

Here is what Toy has written about themselves on their website: 

"TOY is a dance-generator! By processing huge energy input, different worlds of music are melted down. The product is a technoid noise-colossus that transforms tracks by heroes of the electronic scene such as Justice, Boys Noize and Daft Punk into a handcrafted “Gesamtkunstwerk”. In doing so, any jugglery is avoided – true to the motto: “No synths, no samples, no compromises.” Thus the eight-headed monster-collective creates a technically elaborate mélange of technoid banging, organic disco beats and rock’n'roll sweat. The performance will delight open-air ravers as well as instrument-freaks, because TOY master the acoustic sledgehammer just the same as the nuances which reveal the love for details and musicality. So after Electro occupied the dance floors in the last years, handicraft is now simply taking over electronic music. This is the DJ mixset 2.0!"

Go check out their website and like them on their Facebook!

John B Summer Studio Mix

If you don't know by now, I'm a huge fan of John B. Definitely rivals Netsky, Sub Focus, Andy C, Metrik, High Contrast, and Camo & Krooked as my favorite drum and bass DJ/producer. Was first introduced to his stuff thanks to Jack Beats and their remix of his song Up All Night.  I initially thought their song was an original (it's awesome regardless) but soon realized that it was pretty much a remix of John B's original. I have been following him closely ever since.

Just yesterday, he posted his Summer 2012 Studio Mix up on Mixcloud and it is quite phenomenal. I have posted it for your listening pleasure below along with quite possibly the best DnB mix of a big room house song I've heard to date. Everyone has been loving Porter Robinson's Language but I think the original pales in comparison to this DnB remix. I honestly wish this remix was played all the time in place of the original. Make sure to check out John B's other mixes as well on his mixcloud channel. Tracklist after the jump as well.

John B Podcast 095: Summer 2012 Studio Mix by John B on Mixcloud

Cash's Electric Zoo Artist Spotlights

I have sad, sad news.  As the only Sound Singularity contributor not located in the Northeast, I am also the only contributor not attending Electric Zoo.  However, that doesn't mean that I can avoid getting caught up in all the excitement!  Over the past couple of weeks, Sound Singularity has been spotlighting E. Zoo artists that we think are worth checking out.  These are the links for Hank Alfresco's and Deegleberry's which you should check out if you haven't already.  And here are a few artists that I thought were worth writing about before the event:

EOTO

EOTO is a pretty popular act, but their fans tend to be a different audience than we usually get here at Sound Singularity.  EOTO is a dubstep duo formed in 2006 by Michael Travis and Jason Hann, well-known for their work in The String Cheese Incident.  In my opinion, when listening to recordings of EOTO, it can at times sound like pretty run-of-the-mill dubstep (not always, but sometimes).  However, having seen them a few times, I can safely say that it is their live performances where they really shine.  EOTO's uniqueness comes from the fact that their music is all live improvisation.  Michael Travis loops vocals, guitar, bass and keyboard through his laptop while Jason Hann loops vocals and drums through his.  Through their years performing with SCI, these guys have become experts at reading and feeding off of a crowds energy.  Their performances are always unique and impressive, and it will definitely be a one-of-a-kind set at Electric Zoo.  Here is a live video/interview from Electric Forest 2012:

 EOTO live at Electric Forest 2012

Eliot Lipp

Eliot Lipp is an artist based out of Brooklyn and currently signed to Pretty Lights Music.  His music definitely has it's own sound, and draws from quite a few different genres including hip-hop, electro, funk, and techno.  He brings an awesome live set, and often has a live drummer with him.  He'll definitely be a great early day performance.  Check out a couple of his tunes below:

Eliot Lipp - Yeah

Eliot Lipp - The Sunset

Paper Diamond

Paper Diamond is another artist from Pretty Lights Music that will be performing at Electric Zoo.  Paper Diamond, AKA Alex Botwin got his career started as the bassist for Pnuma Trio.  Like label mate Eliot Lipp, his music is inspired by a wide variety of genres, including hip-hop, electro and dubstep.  Here are a few songs of his:

Paper Diamond - All Green Lights

Kanye West - Power (Paper Diamond Remix)

Chris Liebing

I first had saw Chris Liebing perform at this past year's Beyond Wonderland in Southern California.  He was sandwiched between Green Velvet and Adam Beyer, so I figured I would stick around and watch a few minutes.  Needless to say, I was beyond impressed and he had me dancing his entire set with serious techno.  The guy is extremely talented, and I highly recommend stopping by his set.  Here is a mix he did a couple of months ago in LA:

Thanks for reading, and make sure you guys all have an awesome time this weekend!

Cash

Hot Creations Boat Cruise Review

All summer long, Verboten has been killing it with their techno/deep house/tech house parties all over the city and they are showing no signs of letting up. I initially was really looking forward to the Guy Gerber Supplement Facts boat cruise but ended up missing it due to some last minute vacation time. Thanks to Verboten, I was given a second chance at glory and immediately purchased Hot Creations tickets upon their release.

We started off the night exploring the massive boat, the Hornblower Infinity, which apparently can hold  700 - 1,000 people. As per usual, Verboten kept it at a reasonable capacity where there was plenty of room to dance and mingle with everyone. After exploring the boat's ins and outs while dancing to the music all around us, we ended up on the top deck with Infinity Ink who absolutely crushed it. We first recognized some Dirtybird tracks such as Justin Martin's Ruff Stuff:

Hit the jump to read the rest of our review below.

Booka Shade - Honeyslave EP

Way back at last year's Identity Festival, one of the most underrated acts there (and one of my personal favorites) had to have been Booka Shade.  They do not grace the US with their presence all that frequently as they are touring all over the globe so you have to take what you can get in the form of studio releases normally.

Last week, Booka Shade released their Honeyslave EP and in typical Booka Shade fashion it did not disappoint.  Although only 4 tracks long with 2 being club mixes of the original songs Honeyslave and Tomorrow Belongs to Us it certainly makes for a great listen. I especially enjoyed the club mix of Tomorrow Belongs to Us as the groove slowly builds throughout and brings in the semi-robotic vocals in a more atmospheric form later.  The original of that same song is just as good but obviously is more chill and I tend to prefer the more danceable versions of most songs.  Check out the EP in it's entirety below thanks to Dimmak Records via YouTube and make sure to purchase it via Beatport if you like what you hear.