Send Project Aspect to Wakarusa!

Our good friend Project Aspect, aka Jay Jaramillo, is one of Denver's most talented producers. His style embodies aspects of glitch, dubstep, crunk, and soul. He is part of the Mile High Sound Movement with the likes of Fisk (Fresh2Death), Frequent-C, and Unlimited Gravity and recently won Ableton Colorado's P.A. Battle in Denver competing against some heavy hitters. He was recently nominated to go to Lincoln, Nebraska and compete for a spot at Wakarusa Music Festival. Every time we spin with Jay it is such a pleasure, so help out a friend and help out the Colorado electronic scene as a whole by clicking the link below and voting 5 stars for Project Aspect's 2011 Winter Promo Mix! 

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PROJECT ASPECT 2011 LIVE WINTER PROMO MIX by ProJect Aspect

THiCK ARTIST OF THE WEEK:

NaDaDrop

With a style ranging from swing-influenced fidget house to skrillexesque thrash-step, Fabien Cabrol, aka NaDaDrop is one of the most talented and versatile producers we've come across in some time. Hailing from the Toulouse region of Paris, NaDaDrop is a heavy hitting up-and-comer who should be on the mainstream European electronic circuit in no time. Little information is available on this artist as far as labels/touring/associates go, but what he lacks in his biography he makes up for in a plethora of well-produced, complex, and genre-jumping productions, all available for free download on his soundcloud.


Happy Krew Against The World by Nadadrop

Prohibition by Nadadrop

Dead C∆T Bounce Feat A Girl & A Gun - Deadhouse (Nadadrop remix) by Nadadrop

THiCK CHiCK'S AFTER PARTY SCHEDULE FOR SNOWBALL

Thursday March 3rd 

w/ VibeSquaD & Mo Rockin

Where: Agave in Avon, CO

Buy Tickets Here!

Friday March 4th

w/ 12th Planet, Frequent C, and American Royalty

Where: Paddy's in Eagle Vail

Buy Tickets Here!

THiCK ARTIST OF THE WEEK:

Monsters of Graveyard 

Monsters of Graveyard is an brand new up-and-coming electronic duo hailing from Kuldiga, Latvia. Their sound embodies the heart of electro house with many dutch and progressive influences. We originally found these guys because of their Defunct! remix of "Check the Method" and quickly learned that their high energy, pounding electro style goes far beyond this single remix. Their first EP entitled "Dirty Orchestra + Remixes" will be debuted this year on the new european label "Filthy Beats Records". With no further ado, here are some MoG bangers that are sure to get the party started:

Defunct! feat. Mr. Eyez - Check The Method (Monsters Of Graveyard remix)[PREVIEW][256 kbps] by Monsters Of Graveyard

Monsters Of Graveyard - Strong Chilly (Original mix) by Monsters Of Graveyard

THiCK ARTIST OF THE WEEK:

Crizzly, aka Chris Marshall is a young and upcoming dubstep producer out of San Antonio, Texas. I noticed that several big name bass-oriented artists were following him online so I decided to check him out. His facebook and soundcloud biographies say it all:

"One time i was conceived at a Garth Brooks Concert in Ohio and then I made some techno music."

"What is Crizzly?? It's me ya dingus! I started making music when i was a month old."

Here are two of his fire dubstep remixes:


Lost Woods (Crizzly Remix) [DL In Description] by Crizzly

Whip My Hair (Crizzly Remix) [DL In Description] by Crizzly

All his music is available for free download here. So check check him out, and look for him blowing up blogs and line-ups nation-wide in the near future. 

New Black Eyed Peas Song rips off Deadmau5?

The song in question:

 <-Black Eyed Peas - The Time (dirty bit)

from HouseMusicEssentials.com:
"Well Deadmau5 probably won’t sue the Black Eyed Peas because he doesn’t really give a shit if they sampled the beat from one of his tracks, but either way people need to learn how to sample properly. If you sample someone else, you either cover it up really well so it is almost unnoticeable or you pay the original producer. The Black Eyed Peas, the smart fellows that they are, decided to use the same hihat and arrangement as Medina- You & I (Deadmau5 Remix) which was so noticeable that the clever Mau5 picked up on it very quickly after some fans pointed it out:


“i’ve been getting a few tweets on and off about Black Eyed Peas’s new single “The Time” that more or less said… heyy sounds like you ish… So… i went and checked it out, at first listen… i was like… naaahhh i mean, it’s cool for what it is and all that… and doesnt really sound much like me at all. but then i heard a highhat… and something just clicked.”

I find this hilarious, a lot of producers sample, I mean the foundation of house music is essentially stealing sounds from other songs. Many tracks today have samples from some of the first house tracks, which is just awesome. But when someone like the Black Eyed Peas use the exact same beat as Deadmau5′ track, its bound to lead to some sort of controversy:

“This isnt calling the black eyed peas out at all. i rather enjoy that minimal bit of the tune… (however the 80′s remake vocals can fuck off and die) This is just another interesting factoid i keep finding about sampling and electronic music… which is clearley prevalent and welcomed (when used properly) in this genre of music no doubt!”

He basically just laughed it off and said fuck it, which is why I respect Deadmau5. He is big enough that this probably happens on a daily basis with much smaller producers. He opened both tracks up in Ableton and compared waveforms, which further proved that they sampled his track:

Deadmau5's live reaction:

THiCK Thoughts:

Deadmau5 is the 13-year-old girl of the online electronic world. No one can say he's not a talented producer, he has absolutely innovated house music and has been on top of the game for years. But he needs to delete his twitter, facebook, and pretty much any non-music oriented application on his computer and stop bitching, starting fan feuds, and talking shit to other producers via the internet.

As far as the logistics of Will I Am "stealing" or "sampling" his song.... naw, not legitimate. Not legitimate for the following reasons:

1.) The Ableton waveforms shown in the article are percussion one-shot hits (of a kick drum and high hat). First off, under close examination i don't think they're the same waveforms. Granted they're not exactly the same because of different warping/effects/intensity levels, but I still don't think they're the same mathematically-equivalent waveforms. And second, Deadmau5 released a percussion package (Deadmau5 XFer or something like that) online, at loopmasters I think, and its available for purchase. Its pretty expensive, but its chalked full of every kind of analog and effected percussion hits. However, once this package is legally purchased, the consumer then has rights to use and distribute such sounds in productions. Should this actually ever go to court, a lawyer could argue either of these points and get the case thrown away.

2.) This is electronic music, particularly 4 on the 4 house music. It all uses a variety of similar synths and beat textures. When songs do not have lyrics, are produced in similar programs, and use similar instruments and effects, guess what?....you're gonna run across plenty of very similar sounding songs. Besides this point, maybe it is a straight sample - for electronic music (and hip-hop and pop) sampling is becoming an extremely prevalent part of making catchy productions. So even if the B.E.P.'s did take a straight sample (which it doesn't sound like to me), Deadmau5 should be flattered, not all cocky about it. I think he's just pissed that the Black Eyed Peas song is making serious money (used in 2 commercials already) and starting to incorporate more traditional house influence into their main-stream productions.

Feel free to comment up with your thoughts. I've just been a little salty towards deadmau5 recently, and this article gave me an opportunity to rant.