Archive for category: Music
Chase Bissett / July 24, 2012 7:01 pm
We can barely conceal our excitement for What The Festival this weekend. So much good music will be represented and shared at an awesome venue in White River Canyon. What more can you ask for? I am putting my money on this being one of the most quality festivals of the summer in the Northwest. We hope to see you [...]
Kevin Piaskowski / July 23, 2012 7:44 pm
Benjamin Briskey, a.k.a. Blunt B, is a glitch hop producer/dj from Brisbane, Australia. “Get Off The Chemicals” is a powerful yet funky tune that makes ideal use of samples in order to push the glitch sound to a new dimension. Kudos to Blunt B. Don’t forget to grab a free download and put this on blast. via Dödselectro. Tweet
Chase Bissett / July 17, 2012 7:26 pm
As our approach to What the Festival continues we are excited to introduce another artists we will have a chance to see in two weeks. Scuba aka Paul Rose is a British producer and record label owner. His record label, Hotflush Recordings , was created in 2003 and is based out of Berlin. If you enjoy funky house basslines, techno, [...]
Alex Romano / July 17, 2012 6:06 pm
16 year old Palmer Hogen is making quite the name for himself on the dubstep scene. That’s right he is only 16, and has been making it big in the dubstep game since he was around 15. He goes by the name Vexare and has already been featured in a few EDM and was even a headliner at Detroit’s Electronic [...]
Kevin Piaskowski / July 16, 2012 6:18 pm
Will Knighton, a.k.a. Dismantle, is Brighton’s newest sensation in the UK Bass scene. He has recently release his latest EP, Warp, to high acclaim. Dismantle rose to prominence with his smash hit “Computation,” which was supported by tastemakers Annie Mac, Diplo, Skream, Toddla T, and the like. Warp is a four-track release that features a fresh and amiable sound. Basically, [...]
Clayton Skulski / July 12, 2012 6:54 pm
Well ladies and gentlemen, if you haven’t noticed by this point, this is the summer of the music festival and we here at the West Coast Leak are doing our best to take full advantage of this wondrous occasion. Today I’d like to tell you a bit about this festival in Washington called Summer Meltdown which is taking place from [...]
Chase Bissett / July 11, 2012 9:27 pm
For our next What The Festival preview we have chosen to feature the San Francisco house legend, Claude VonStroke. Since founding his record label dirtybird in 2005, he and his friends have risen to the international stage in a major way. With colleagues like Justin Martin, Worthy, and J. Phlip, the label, led by Claude, has really taken off. Mp3: [...]
Kevin Piaskowski / July 8, 2012 5:00 pm
With three weeks to go, What The Festival is hot on the horizon. With that in mind, we’ll be bringing you mini features on artists from this year’s festival. Today, we introduce the young and immensely talented DJ/producer, Minnesota. Christian Bauhofer is the 23-year-old producer from Santa Cruz, California best known for his work through his alias, Minnesota. He’s [...]
Chase Bissett / June 27, 2012 3:59 pm
Your Daily Dose today comes to you from an artist based out of the UK. Anil Chawla released his new track, “Bells,” this week along with a nice remix from none other than Kaiserdisco. The original track has a unique bassline that slows down the track after the initial drop but keeps the song goin. Its different, but cool. The [...]
Kevin Piaskowski / June 26, 2012 4:39 pm
The Austrian born electro sensation, Dirty Disco Youth, has been continuously releasing golden tracks. Most recently, he’s put together a raging anthem for the prolific label, Oh My God It’s Techno Music (OMGITM for short). DDY has teamed up with the Cape Town, South Africa electro producer Haezer to release a two track EP. Haezer presents a more destructive after [...]