Here's a nice little mix of all things commercial for June! The Mix is watermarked right at the start but is fully useable in your sets as it only has one DJ drop in it before the first beat. Take a listen or simply download using the link below!
I will try and get the other post I put on here back up but DMCA just removed it for copyright...B^5%a6srds! If you want any of the tracks posted in this mix just throw a comment.
Track list: 1.LMFA0 - Ch4mpagne Sh0wer$ 2.Inna - Sun is Up (DJ Amor Remix) 3.Lady Gaga - Judas(Chris Lake Remix) 4.Wynter Gordon - Dirty Talk 5.Cascada - San Francisco (Wideboys Mix) 6.Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxo Beat (Extended Version) 7.Tiesto vs Axwell & Julie McKnight - Diamond Found Here 8.3 Beat - Sampler Volume 2 (Original Corti & LaMedica Mix) 9.Calvin Harris feat. Kelis - Bounce (DJ R3hab Remix) 10. Swedish House Mafia - Save The World (Extended Mix) 11. Example - Changed The Way You Kissed Me (Steve Smart & Westfunk Remix) 12. Deadmau5 V Mann - Ghosts n Buzzin 13. Jason Derulo - Don't Wanna Go Home (Funk3d Extended Mix) 14. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (Moto Blanco Club Mix) 15. Bingo Players - Cry (Just A Little) 16. B.E.P - Don't Stop The Party! (Extended Mix)
I'm not averse to pop music, or "Top 40". I just find myself drawn to music with a little more depth than a puddle. That being said, there a few irritatingly catchy pop/dance songs that I find myself downloading and shoulder dropping to in my car on my drive to work.
The drunk people had no idea what this song was
I was at a local bar that I kinda despise a few weeks ago, (said bar coincidentally is also my office - figure that one out), when I heard the song "Kids" by MGMT. At the time I didn't know what the song was called and was frantically trying to interrogate the drunk people nearest to me on the song's name before it ended. Someone suggested Arcade Fire, and even though I doubted them I spent the next day trying to Google various Arcade Fire song lyrics. My next move was to text about five people I know that like music as much as I do. Four out of five shot blanks, but the fifth hit a bullseye and pointed me towards, "Kids" by MGMT.
MGMT
So apparently I'm not the only one who likes MGMT. Since their signing in 2006 they've received a few Grammy nods, and praise fromLast.fm, Rolling Stone,The BBC, and Spin.com. They are classified on Wikipedia as "Psychedelic Rock Band." Now I'm not sure anyone has been classified in that genre since Pink Floyd, so good on them.
Oh you're a mean one, Mr. Sarkozy
The song, "Kids" has been used by several media, it's been featured on the 2009 FIFA video game soundtrack, on Gossip Girl& The Vampire Diariesto name a few. There was also a legal dispute after the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy's party used the song at several conferences and then offered the band �1 compensation. Eventually Sarkozy's posse relented and paid out $38,000 to the band.
There's two video's for the song - both equally as entertaining. One is a fan made video that features two kids lip syncing and cuts to videos of people dancing, the other one is the creepy official MGMT video released in 2009.
I'm not going to try decipher the lyrics or the meaning of this song because I don't have a hot clue. That being said this song is a gooder and worth a listen.
You were a child, crawlin' on your knees toward it. Makin' mama so proud, but your voice was too loud. We like to watch you laughing. You pick the insects off plants. No time to think of consequences. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wantin', To be haunted. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wantin', To be haunted. The water is warm, but it's sending me shivers. A baby is born, crying out for attention. Memories fade, like looking through a fogged mirror Decision to decisions are made and not bought But I thought, this wouldn't hurt a lot. I guess not. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wantin', To be haunted. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wantin', To be haunted. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wantin', To be haunted. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wantin', To be haunted. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wantin', To be haunted. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of treeeeees...
Remember that scene in Party Girl where Parker Posey gets all galang-alang in her kitchen? That could be you, us and everyone at Karmeleon this Friday at Good Units at the glorious Hudson Hotel.
This party will take your 90's world house, pack into into a bowl of vindaloo and spit it out into a futuristic dance fiasco that you're going to need a team of yogi to recover from. Basically, M.I.A. wishes she thought of this night, it's only $10 if you buy in advance and you can thank us on Saturday.
KARMELEON is DJ Jez Pereira and Greag Ellis of Juno Reactor feat. world renowned Indian Instrumentalists Bikram Ghosh and U. Rajesh. Karmeleoncombines sounds and artistry in a unique experience that elevates House Music beyond your imagination. World class artists from the four corners of the earth unite to take you on a musical journey that transcends mind, body and soul
BRAND NEW MAY COMM MIX FROM MY GOOD FRIEND WHO WAS ALSO A RESIDENT HERE ON RL UNDER THE NAME SPANKY!!!!
1. David Guetta / Flo Rida / Nicki Minaj - Where Them Girls At (Extended Mix) 2. Tinchy Stryder - Spaceship ft Dappy (7th Heaven Clean Club Mix) 3. Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush (Cahill Full On Mix) 4. Nicole Scherzinger - Right There (Wideboys Mix) 5. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (Carlos Cid & Greg Baharys Hott 22 Vocal Club Mix) 6. Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar (DJ K-ONE BOOTLEG) 7. Beyonce - Girls (Kingz Party Starter) 8. Cee Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City (The Shapeshifters Heavy Disco Club Mix) 9. Kanye West - Power (AFS Edit of Tommie Sunshine & Figure Edit) 10. Adele - Rollin in The Deep (Afrojack Peak Hour Club Mix) 11. Chris Brown Ft Benny Benassi - Beautiful People (Liam Keegan Remix) 12. Mann feat. 50 Cent - Buzzin' (Dan Clare Remix) 13. Jennifer Lopez (feat Lil Wayne) - So Into You (Dave Aude Club Mix) 14. Avicii & Bruno Mars - Just The Way Penguins Are (Samuel Commercializer Bootleg) 15. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (Justin Sane Remix) LINK
ALSO UR GANNA WANNA CHECK OUT HIS SOUNDCLOUD PAGE FOR SOME MORE HIT MIXES
Since becoming involved in the wonderful world of marketing I find myself analyzing marketing campaigns. Print ads, billboards, TV commercials. I pass judgment and over analyze them all from a marketing perspective. Instead of sub consciously being influenced by advertising I find myself becoming consciously aware of it and then making the decision as to whether or not I allow myself to be influenced by their message. The other day at work we were discussing effective commercials and the first one that came to my mind was a particular "Tropicana" commercial.
The "Fake Sun" in Inuvik
I'm creepy. In several ways, and one of those ways is that I have an incredibly strong and weird aversion to anything orange/citrus-ey. I HATE the color orange, the smell of orange, and I especially hate the taste of orange. Despite all of the aforementioned hatred for orange, I found myself disappointed after watching the Tropicana commercial that I couldn't buy Orange Juice the next time I went to the store. The premise for the commercial is promoting Tropicana's theme, "Brighter mornings for Brighter days". For those of you not from Canada, Inuvik, Northwest Territories is known for two things. 1.) Being cold, and 2.) Several weeks of complete darkness during their winter. Tropicana invited a group of Canadian filmmakers to capture the moment where they "brought back the sun" toInuvikduring the town's frigid and dark winter.On January 9, 2010 Tropicana raised a 36-foot wide illuminated helium balloon over Jim Koe Park in Inuvik. The residents watched as the balloon shone as brightly as the real sun in the black sky. In a brilliant move on Tropicana's part, the stunt coincided with Inuvik's annual Sunrise Festival, which celebrates the return of the sun after weeks of darkness. The success of the commercial is evident even in the fact that I am sitting here writing an entire blog about a Tropicana commercial. Bloggers, newspapers and the media picked up on this feel good commercial and wrote about it without ever being prompted to or "sold" on it by Tropicana themselves.
Look how happy he is (tear)
As mentioned, I"m a sucker for most things in life and this commercial makes me tear up. Watching the proud faces of the Inuvik people illuminated in the glow of the Tropicana fake sun reminded me that we take alot of things for granted. We forget that something as simple as the sun is a privilege for some. The song played during the commercial was "The Great Escape" by Canadian artist, Patrick Watson. The highlight of the band's career to date seems to be the Tropicana commercial, and being featured on the movie "One Week". Patrick Watson is an experimental Indie band who has been compared to the musical styles of Pink Floydand Rufus Wainwright.
Patrick Watson
Fans of "The Great Escape" have interpreted the song to be about suicide and depression, suicide being "The Great Escape". Although the song could be interpreted in a morbid sense, I think that it's meant to be more literal. It talks about a "Great Escape" and someone who "Gets in his car and drives away, from all the things that we are." An escape could be just that. When things get too hectic,stressful or upsetting we all need an escape. The song applies beautifully to the theme of the commercial, because the fake sun provides an "escape" for residents of Inuvik from the constant darkness they've been subjected to. The song reminds you that there's a light at the end of every tunnel, "Don't be afraid, just eat up all the gray, and it will fade all away, Don't let yourself fall down."
Bad day, looking for a way, home, looking for the great escape. Gets in his car and drives away, far from all the things that we are. Puts on a smile and breathes it in and breathes it out, he says, bye bye bye to all of the noise. Oh, he says, bye bye bye to all of the noise.
Hey child, things are looking down. That�s okay, you don�t need to win anyways. Don�t be afraid, just eat up all the gray and it will fade all away. Don�t let yourself fall down.
