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Miami 2011: Swedish House Mafia Brings Masquerade Motel to the Beachfront

Consisting of Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello, the Swedish House Mafia is a true electronic music supergroup, and they are known for consistently producing big room bangers like “One” and “Leave the World Behind“. For Miami, this year, they went all out and set up an amazing 10,000+ person venue on the sand in Miami Beach for their Masquerade Motel event, the name of their immense popular Monday night at Pacha, Ibiza. We were fortunate enough to attend and captured the video clips below.

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Our Top 10 Electronic Music Tracks of 2010

2010 has been another splendid year for electronic music.  Here’s a rundown of my favorite tracks from the past 12 months.

1. “Paper Romance”, Groove Armada from the excellent album, Black Light
2. “Come On”, a hard hitting track from a seemingly unlikely collaboration between Diplo and Tiesto
3. “Dancing On My Own”, Robyn from Body Talk Pt. 1
4. “Alive”, Goldfrapp from the album Head First
5. “Strobe”, Deadmau5
6. “M.A.N.I.A.C – 5k Original”, Sander Kleinenberg
7. “Thee Anthem (Eric Prydz Remix)”, Felix da Housecat
8. “Always Loved a Film”, Underworld from the album “Barking”
9. “Sometimes”, Miami Horror
10. “One”, the Swedish House Mafia’s big room banger heard on dance floors worldwide

Peter Hook Presents “Unknown Pleasures”, Dec. 11, 2010

On Saturday the 11th, we attended a performance of Joy Division’s highly influential album “Unknown Pleasures” by Peter Hook (Joy Division and New Order bassist) and a backing band.  Like most of Joy Division’s fans, we never had an opportunity to see them live, and this event was a very special opportunity to see one of the original band members perform their debut album.  There were two encores which featured “Transmission”, “Atmosphere”, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”, and “Ceremony”.  Perry Farrell made a surprise appearance providing vocals for “Transmission”.

View all videos from the encores here.

Above and Beyond Trance Around the World 350 Live at the Palladium

Last Friday, we had an incredible time attending Above and Beyond’s 350th broadcast of  “Trance Around the World,” their weekly show which attracts approximately 30 million listeners each week.  The Los Angeles show sold out in less than 24 hours, and the crowd loved all seven hours of it which featured sets by Boom Jinx, Jaytech, Cosmic Gate, Above and Beyond, and Super 8 and Tab.

Click here to see all our videos from the event.

Ibiza 2010 Closing Parties Footage

Again, we made it out out to the white isle for the closing parties and had an absolute blast. A few clips are below, and you can view more on this YouTube playlist.

The Chemical Brothers at the Hollywood Bowl: August 29, 2010

Last night we had the privilege of seeing the Chemical Brothers bring their arena strength big beat sound to the Hollywood Bowl. Chromeo and Yacht opened.

See more videos from the show here.

Techno Pioneer Juan Atkins at the Roxy

Tuesday night, we saw one of techno’s pioneers, Juan Atkins, spin at the Roxy during the Scion House Party. Check out the footage below.

See more footage at Fairfax By Night.

The Sound of Sónar

Currently taking place in Barcelona, Sónar is in my opinion one of the world’s best festivals for true electronic music aficionados. This year Los Angeles is well represented by Flying Lotus and Nosaj Thing. As part of their festival coverage, El Pais has an excellent article on the new electronic sounds coming out of Los Angeles, led by Flying Lotus and others. BBC Radio 1 is at Sónar this year, and their website has a great feature called the “Sound of Sónar.” It’s an interactive wall where you can click on a thumbnail of festival artists to hear a sample of their work. Check out the wall here.

NightWaves – Sweet Carrie

In April, NightWaves offered up an excellent new track, “Sweet Carrie.” It’s guitar driven with elegantly layered synths, a perfect summer tune.

NightWaves – Sweet Carrie by weareNightWaves

Here’s the video directed by Cody Bralts.

Buy it on iTunes.

For remixes, here are the Sweet Carrie Stems

Orbital – Halcyon (Myagi Remix)

Here’s an official remix we got in of one of my favorite tracks of all time, Halcyon by Orbital. It’s from Miyagi of Pop and Lock Records, and we look forward to hearing more from him in the future.

Orbital – Halcyon (Myagi Remix) DOWNLOADABLE! by myagi