[Event Preview] Enchanted Forest – Black Oak Ranch – 7/22 – 7/24

It probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise that we love to get down, let loose, and imbibe quite often. However, we also understand the importance of taking care of the temple and making sure our ninja minds stay fine-tuned and on point. With that in mind, Enchanted Forest and its healthy dosage of sweet grooves in a life-altering collective social environment is calling our name next week.

For four days, festival-goers will be part of a once-in-a-lifetime musical and cultural experience, with more than 70 internationally-acclaimed live and electronic musical acts, including Shpongle, The Polish Ambassador, Ayla Nereo, Hamsa Lila, PANTYRAID, Minnesota, Fanna Fi Allah, Autograf, Lila Rose, Thriftworks and more.

In addition to the lineup, Enchanted Forest is also home to what they call, “NorCal’s Sauciest Soiree,” where visitors are encouraged to “fully embody their highest and truest self.” That means inside this fairytale woodland setting are 50 workshops in yoga, dance, movement and flow arts instruction, led by globally-renowned teachers. Yoga not your jam? Maybe you’ll find something of interest at one of over 60 educational workshops and forums covering subjects around relationships and sexuality, science and spirituality, health, wellness, nutrition, and ancestral arts.

The forest is full of healing sanctuaries, foam dance floors and, of course, plenty of shade for comfy camping. Forewarning, if you’re trying to booze up, it’s maybe not the festival for you, as they have “Get saucy, not sauced” policy, which promotes a safe, alcohol-free environment. But, after marathon party sessions at festivals like EDC, Coachella, and Ultra, this could be a very welcomed break.

Before you dive into the playlist we curated for you, we also should mention that our friends over at Cadence & Cause have your chance to win two (4-Day All-Inclusive) Yogi Passes, a Saucy Spa Pass (in case you need a shower), and a $100 gift certificate for merch at the festival. Your entry will help impact a cause that really hits home to the show’s promoter’s – planting new trees in American forests – so events like this can continue to happen for a long time to come.

’Thirftworks – The Newter Shooter’
’Lynx – Picture (The Polish Ambassador Remix)’
’Wildlight – The Tide – Rain’
’pantyraid – Wanting Moves’
’Where are ü now – Ember Island cover(Minnesota remix)’
’Minnesota – Hold Up’
’Minnesota – Living Together’
’Doja Cat – So High (StéLouse Flip)’
’Owl City X Said The Sky – Fireflies (StéLouse Edit)’
’Champagne Drip – Open Your Eyes’
’Champagne Drip – Moonlight’
’Autograf – Dream.’
’Autograf – Metaphysical (ft. Janelle Kroll)’
’Autograf
Future Soup (ft. Patrick Baker)’
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[Get Crunk] Friday Party Playlist (Vol 198)

It’s the first Friday of June, so we’re bringing you an extra hard party playlist this week. This week we packed on some more bass records than usual, even dipping into some drum & bass with Reid Speed’s Bernie Sanders inspired track. Aside from the bass queen’s single, we meet up with some of our favorites including Havok Roth, NYMZ of Milo & Otis, Wuki, Slander, Virtual Riot and Choppa Dunks. Each of these acts, along with the other producers you will find all deliver some high quality tracks that you’ll be raging to very shortly. As usual, all of the singles in the playlist are available for free. Whether you stream or download them, one thing is for sure, you’ll be partying it up with these songs over the weekend. While you’re partying, make sure to #danceirresponsibly.

’Havok Roth & Zankyou – Luucid’
’NYMZ & Chris Bushnell – Back Way’
’NEVER CAN SAY GOOD BYE’
’No Funks Given – Steve Wants Your Body’
’Dion Timmer – My World (ft. Nutty P)’
’Put A Little Grit In It’
’Wuki – Where You At?’
’Beastie Boys – Sabotage (AKTUP mistreatment)’
’Kill The Noise – Kill It 4 The Kids (Slander Remix)’
’Reid Speed + Siskiyou – Love & Unity’
’Virtual Riot – Stay For A While’
’Skepta – Nasty (Choppa Dunks Remix)’
’Who’s John & MaxX & EJ – Blacatah – Free DL’
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[Drum & Bass] Arctic Lake – Heal Me (SpectraSoul Remix)

Arctic Lake
Heal Me (SpectraSoul Remix)

We never really need any additional reasons to enjoy some gorgeous liquid drum & bass, but with the looming, blackish, grey clouds slowly wrapping around the Mile High City, we found ourselves yearning for something exactly like this remix of “Heal Me.”

Originally crafted by up-and-coming, London-based electronic pop act Arctic Lake, this tune was already rooted in a layered, melodic soundscape, coupled with stunning vocals. It seems only natural that they would look to have a top-notch drum & bass outfit take a crack at it, which is why they brought in the well-established SpectraSoul.

The end result is an uplifting listening experience that features appropriately upbeat percussion and beautifully drawn out breakdowns. Fans of the original still have plenty to call back on those fond memories of the original, but will now have an entirely new way to enjoy them.

This top notch offering from both acts should leave you looking for the repeat button. If you’re anything like us, you’ll happily oblige.

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[Artist Residency] um.. drops “Music We Like” on Spotify

For our next portion of um..’s Residency, we’re shining a spotlight on their recently released Spotify playlist, which is aptly titled “Music We Like.” If you’re expecting to hear a handful of only experimental, industrial, and heavy bass tracks, you’re in for quite the surprise. The collection definitely has some of those scattered throughout, but also includes some RnB, mainstream rap, jazz, and even some classical.

We asked them to talk to us about a few of their selections, which they, of course, responded in a way we would only expect from Ben and Dylan.

Tennyson – For You : This song is good to listen to when you’re good for listening to this song.

X&G – Whiplash ft. Josh Pan : This song is tight. When you listen you can tell it’s tight.

Rae Sremmurd – No Flex Zone : When you’re trying to get in the zone but you can’t flex. That’s how you know.

Howard Shore – Concerning Hobbits : 5/7 perfect song. I shore hope he doesn’t like jokes about oranges.

Caspa – Well Ard ft. The Others : If you real and you know it raise your fist. Put it down now, you real.

After you’re done checking this out, head over to SoundCloud and peep their latest release.

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[Secret Ninja Pass] This Week at Beta 5/19 – 5/22

As we continue along into 2016, we’re excited to bring you more opportunities to check out our favorite club. As you probably already know, we’ve been hooking you up with free entry to Beta for over three years now. We know you’ve had some epic times, catching some of the most legendary talent EDM has to offer, and we’re on board to keep this thing going. So, we’re once again giving you an opportunity to check out the best night club in North America for free. What all do you have to do to get in? It’s pretty damn easy. Just follow these steps:

– Head to the front door and enter the club before 11 pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Get there before 5:00PM on Sunday.
– Show this post to the cashier (Valid for 21+ only).
– The deal is valid for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.

See you on the dance floor.

Fedde Le Grand - 5/19

’Ida Corr – Let Me Think About It (Fedde Le Grand Remix)’
Downlink & Dieselboy - 5/13
’Excision, Downlink, & Space Laces – Wasteland (Barely Alive Remix)’
’Dieselboy, Downlink, Mark The Beast, Mayhem – Carcosa’
Manufactured Superstars - 5/14
’Great Escape feat Danni Rouge’
Audiofly - 5/15
’Audiofly & Maher Daniel – Love’s Inside’
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[Get Crunk] Friday Party Playlist (Vol 195)

Let’s get down to it. It’s Friday. There’s been a ton of good music out this week, including a bunch of free downloads, some of which you will find below. This week we grabbed records from the likes of Fareoh, 2Tone Disco, Dusty Bits, Bad Royale and some of our other favorites. We know it’s Friday the 13th, so we concluded this week’s playlist with a drum & bass single that pays homage to the frightful day by way of an edit of Figure’s original single. Before that, you get plenty of other insane works that are all available for the price tag of $0. Grab them all, as they will aid you in letting loose this weekend to recharge your batteries for next week. If there’s one thing we ask of you, it would be that you make sure to #danceirresponsibly.

’03 – Willdabeast – Stay The Course (Kaptain Remix)’
’Skizzy Mars – Alcoholics (Fareoh Remix)’
’Blackbear – Suckerz (Wildfellaz & Denis Elezi Remix)’
’Anything U Want VIP – Free Download!’
’Timmo Hendriks – That Happen (Original Mix)’
’2Tone Disco – Headset Radio’
’Dusty Bits – Fully Strapped’
’DJ Snake ft. Bipolar Sunshine – Middle (Bad Royale Remix)’
’Mr. Carmack – Pay For What (Alexander Lewis Trombone Flip)’
’Debroka X Space Race – Ichiban’
’Taylor Thomas – Madness’
’PatrickReza – Take Me Away ft. Jilian (Isqa Remix)’
’Figure – Friday The 13th (Big_Once VIP)’
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[TMN Premiere] PACES – Work Me Out (Moonbase Commander Remix)

Paces
Work Me Out [ft. Rye Rye] (Moonbase Commander Remix)

Sydney based, genre-skirting producer Moonbase Commander seemingly bubbled up out of the ether with a clearly defined and polished sound on his collab with Cakes Da Killa for their 2015 single “Serve it Up”, which received quite the reputable slate of critical support when it first made the rounds. In the time since, the Australian artist’s been continuously honing that sound, with the recent release of the Southpaw EP on October Records, which only seemed to elevate the collective appetites of his listeners. So, when the Commander’s latest tune floated our way in the form of a remix for fellow TMN regulars PACES and their Rye Rye featuring single “Work Me Out”, we were like giddy cheerleaders before a pep rally.

On his latest record, Moonbase Commander trots out a hypnotically knocking kick-drum, fueled by alchemistic pads, before delving into a heap of two-step drum patterning which holds up Rye Rye’s flitty cypher as if it were resting on a bed of anthracite storm clouds. MBC’s bass-first soundscape toys with stadium-trap sized bass swells, gigantic drums and loopy synths; all pulled off with the confident swagger of an underground beatsmith and grace of an established veteran. Quite appetizing stuff really. Moonbase Commander’s remix comes as part of etcetc music‘s official remix package which is out this Friday (preorder on iTunes here). Just try not to get your lean on too hard and throw out your back to this one, and enjoy Moonbase Commander’s “Work Me Out” remix before anyone else above.

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