Eric Prydz epic show recap + new remix
The Swedish progressive house producer and DJ Eric Prydz had an amazing 2012. One of the higlights was the highly appreciated remix of M83's 'Midnight City'. The track got nominated for the Best Remixed Recording of the year at Grammy Awards. It also found its way to Mark Knight's top 10 of 2012 chart. Of course, a remix – even if it is nominated for a Grammy – doesn't sum up a year for a top calibre DJ like Prydz. A packed schedule throughout the year, 'Eric Prydz presents Pryda' album release, the single 'Every Day' and a new Epic Radio show (listen to the latest edition here) – that's a bit more insightful why the Swede is considered #46 in The Official Global DJ Rankings. Right now, we have a freshly published recap of one of the best gigs Prydz had in 2012, to show how much love the DJ is able to generate! ..oh yeah, one more thing, he's got a new remix out on his Pryda imprint!
Roseland Ballroom, one of the premium venues in NYC, got sold out two nights in a row. Why? Because Eric Prydz was coming to town. Relive the show, with the soundtrack of his last single release in 2012 'Every Day'. Energy and good vibes everywhere!
Well, it's going to be hard to beat the last year's, currently Grammy nominated, remix of 'Midnight City'. Nevertheless, the re-work of Jeremy Olander's 'Let Me Feel' is a nice introduction to 2013. A bit grimmy compared to the original, but I'll let you be the judge of that.
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Just in: Australiasia 2012 – Avicii’s tour footage EP 1
Avicii, like every big-time EDM producer had an excellent year. Watch Avicii meet Dillon Francis during the Stereosonic festival. Tag along the production and managing crew behind the Swede. Listen to the high definiton tracks watching high definition footage from the biggest shows on the tour. The 9-minute video is only the first epsiode, stay tuned for a lot more to come!
Viewer discretion advised: Dim Mak premiers new video
Steve Aoki's record label has gotten behind 'an electronic rock project completely devoted to providing musical scores for films about the nightlife. BXXX works with various collaborators to provide the direction for each soundtrack.'
The video is a depiction of the crazy happenings in New York party scene – decadence and debauchery at its highest peak. These girls probably didn't get many presents from Santa Claus. But don't take my word for it.
BXXX explains their higher cause behind the video:
“The ‘Lies’ video came about because I was looking online to see how well a GOPRO camera could shoot at night, and I found almost no footage so I decided to do my own “nighttime tests” video by exploring crazy moments in the New York party scene exclusively through the eyes of a camera which is almost exclusively used for extreme sports. The ending barfing montage is an homage to William Peter Blatty.”
Watch at your own risk! There's a proper punch-line at the end.
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Zedd plays ‘Clarity’ on David Letterman Show
Zedd and the talented vocalist Foxes, accompanied by a string quartett, performed on the last 'David Letterman Show'. The German electronic music producer recently made headlines when Al Walser was accused of stealing his stems for the Grammy nominated track. Enjoy the unplugged, live performance by Zedd and co!
DJfollower’s editorial staff: 10 remarkable videos from 2012
Not long ago my colleague Solveig Petersen wrote an article about crowd-sourcing music videos. Although, he was right about music videos being marginalized in TV, he wasn't quite right in saying that the music video isn't something worth spending much money on. As the latest Youtube farce has shown – 'clicks', 'likes' and 'views' are of utmost importance to the managers and marketers of today's multi-billion music companies ..and their rivals. Solveig also brought your attention (in this article) to the DailyDot's investigation that shows the major companies may have not faked the views after all. Whatever the outcome of this unpleasant situation may be, the fact remains the same – there are a lot of people watching music videos on Youtube. So if you want to benefit from the video, you've got to put money and creativeness in, before you can cash out. Most magazines have already put up their lists for best videos of 2012. Now we've got the chance to show you what we came up with. However, since all of these videos are great in their own way, we decided to skip the arguing and just come up with 10 videos, we think deserve to be lifted from 2012. Here's a list of some of the more remarkable videos from 2012 that have certainly gained their audience fair an square – by producing high budget, high quality, creative music videos!
So the list is in no particular ranking order. It contains mostly high-budget productions. Although I have to start off with an indie video production that caught a lot of attention. Held by many as the best track from 2012, the video accompanying 'Inspector Norse' compliments perfectly the track and the successful year for Todd Terje.
Todd Terje – Inspector Norse
Although Michael Nyman & David McAlmont authored 'Secrets, Accusations & Charges,' Max Cooper, English minimal DJ/producer, gave it his touch. The otherwordly animation was done by Nick Cobby.
Skrillex ft. Sirah- Bangarang. Director from France, Tony T Datis, is known to take on dubstep videos. This bold video has been watched for almost 100 million times now, not bad!
Flying Lotus – Putty Boy Strut from the album 'Until the Quiet Comes'. The eccentricity of Flying Lotus's track is accordingly displayed in this cartoon-monsters journey, one of the greats of 2012 indeed!
deadmau5 ft.Gerard Way – Professional Griefers. Well, it's pretty obvious why deadmau5's video is here. Directors Paul Boyd and Jeff Ranasinghe put together a next level spectacle with this highly appreciated collaboration!
Scuba – The Hope. 'Got the system, got the girls, got the camera, got the taste..' ..and an underwater shot of an elephant scuba-diving. Subliminal messages, old footage and excellent directing – a cool and well made video!
Rusko – Somebody to Love. You got to love elderly people feeling themselves good to young folks music. Great concept, good footage – nice work!
A-Trak & Dillon Francis – Money Makin features guest appearances by J2K of Flosstradamus, Action Bronson and Chromeo. The big names make this ATM dance-machine go crazy. Humorous as always, A-Trak and Dillon Francis delivered a great one!
David Guetta ft. Taped Rai – Just One Last Time. Well, this is thorough job on a music video – no budget cuts on this one. Published on December 3, Guetta's video has received over 15 million views by now.
This half-animated music video for Skism – Experts shows gives you high-octane action when looking into the life of a Youtube expert – check out the awesome knuckle-brass 'TROL'!
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