SOUND By DJ Maximus 3000
ALBUM REVIEW:
David Guetta Nothing But the Beat
The Parisian magician known as David Guetta has now become as common a household name as Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Michael Jackson, or Madonna. He is a whole new breed of DJ/ Producer who has crossed over to the mainstream and who is dead center in the primordial muck of a whole new hybrid genre musical movement: A cross between Electronica and RNB/Hip Hop. More and more R&B, Rock and Pop singers are collaborating with the world's best Electronic DJ/Producers and releasing 130 bpm dance floor scorchers complete with techno synths, vocoders, epic sweeps and crescendos that rival the most epic 12" trance records of the late 90's. David Guetta is a veteran DJ, and a legend among many circles, with a rich successful career on his own. In March of 2011 a precursor to the 5th full-length studio album
from Guetta was released as a bonus track on Snoop Dogg's 11th Studio album 'Doggumentary' with the track "Sweat". Music buzz and speculation swirled the Internet and blogospheres, while remix promos circulated amongst the taste making society of DJs and the Dance music industry. May of 2011 "Where Them Girls At," feat. Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida was the first release of what I'm calling "a one man hit factory of awesomeness". The album is a non-stop party, with the potential for each track on this album to be released independently and take the club scene by storm. The tracks poignantly balance between anthem-esque progressive house, Electronic French house, 8bit synth pop, and scorching high octane epic techno club bangers all deliciously wrapped up in the American RNB & Hip hop world's Biggest and brightest stars, and more importantly, their talent.
Melissa Gorga - On Display
Rida, Nicki Minaj, Taio Cruz, ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Usher, Will.I.Am, Chris Brown, Lil' Wayne, Akon, Timbaland, Dev, Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J, and Sia. Stand out Tracks include "Little Bad Girl feat. Taio Cruz & Ludacris" and "Turn me on feat. Nicky Minaj" which features Nicky's SELDOM heard diva singing voice. I play at least 2/3 tracks off this album in most of my sets straight from the box. I give this album 5 out of 5 stars. (Added Bonus Digital Release features a second set of instrumental tracks for the hardcore Pre-'One Love' Guetta, with collaborations with Aviccii, Afrojack and more.)
Guetta collaborates with a whopping 15 member lineup of all-stars including: Flo
HOT SINGLES: Jei - “Show me the Money” VHI Reality Star (Tough Love Miami) Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Sketch Comediane. Is what I like to call a quadruple threat. A new Breed of reality stars born from being artists who were already doing their thing before being on TV. The singer/songwriter already has several club hits under her belt with collaborations with Murk (aka Funky Green Dogs) and DJ Christian Falero and her catchy glitterpop dance debut solo single is like the perfect storm of collaborations, with a stellar production team including. Keep on eye on Jei (Jane Castro) as she rises to the top to become the first Ms. 305. (Available now on iTunes)
Alex Ferbeyre Aka DJ Maximus 3000, is a chart topping producer, remixer, DJ, and founder/owner of the record label 8025 Alliance Music Group. DJ Maximus 3000 is also an experimental artist who has been working in the music industry since 1995. He has a background in music theory, journalism, and marketing and is the music editor of OMG! Magazine. Follow Ferbeyre on Twitter.com/DJMaximus3000
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Björk - Biophilia
(iPhone/iPad App, Digital Booklet, Music Video and Album release combo) It’s Here! Finally the princess of techno is back with an all-new concept release. I have been a fan of Björk since she was with the Sugarcubes and have watched her career evolve and break ground with each turn. 'Biophilia' is no exception. The Album is best approached as a work of art, or interactive art installation. A statement (in content) on the relationship between music, technology and nature and how they are all interconnected. 'Biophilia' is not only a studio album but a multi-media project, comprising of interactive apps, a new website, custom-made musical instruments, live shows and educational workshops. In addition to the physical album, the songs are also featured within the accompanying 'Biophilia App'. Björk echoes the concept of the album by taking the release from musical body of work to an emerged world of sound, visuals and technology with the 'Biophilia iPad/iPhone APP'. The APP features an elegantly rendered 3D cosmos, with highlighted points in space as supernova's. Each track from the 'Biophilia' album, has its own APP with its own set of rules. Every APP has its own theme (in connection with its corresponding song) and combines a natural element with musicological features. Once you navigate these planets and enter a world (track), each of these planets has a whole new set laws and physics, as if Björk herself has created an alternate reality.
The layers of content in each app include: an interactive game based on the song’s scientific and musical subject matter, a musical animation of the song, an animated score, lyrics, and an academic essay. Björk is no stranger to experimental music and instrumentation. She was one of the first artists to incorporate the reactable (touch screen table with modular instruments made of preprogrammed cubes synths) in her live shows, and now she has allowed her fans to traverse this experiment as a fully executed statement on the state of how we experience music in today's market. The Internet is clamoring to get the first word of The 'Biophilia' live show, which will run as a three-year world tour of six-week residencies in eight different cities. In each city Björk will perform 'Biophilia' twice a week, using the apps to play live a set of custom built musical instruments and evoking an atmosphere similar to being inside the app itself. From a musical point of view, the album sounds like the lost symphony that was slated to debut on the 5th element's Fhlosten Paradise cruise ship the same night with the Diva Plavalaguna as the opening act, (too bad the shapeshifting Mangalores interrupted Björks scheduled performance with their terrorist attack). It is literally out of this world, and i'm sure as all her albums, is way ahead of its time in essence.
features Björks signature techno flare that could double over as a boss level for masterblaster or an 8bit RPG game in some instances. The Debut Single "Crystaline" is an even more impressive animated piece and stand alone work of art with her long time music video collaborator Michel Gondry featuring stop motion animation, LED technology, Lasers and vibrant use of color and hand drawn animation. At 45, the diva looks and sounds amazing! Stand out tracks are "Crystaline", "Thunderbolt" and "Mutual Core". However a forewarning, I give this album (stress on the ALBUM part of it) 4 3/4 stars out of 5 for the lack of a good pop/dance track or two along the same lineage of "Post" or "Debut" to re-ignite interest from an overly Gaga-saturated market. You really have to be a fan of Björk to enjoy the album through and through without stopping ever so often to say "wtf? where's the beat?" , however the iPhone/iPad App , Music Video and Concept of 'Biophilia' as a whole concept gets 6 out of 5 stars for being out of this world and combining so many mediums in one movement.
Love it or hate it, the Real Housewives series has changed the scope of reality TV. Furthermore, the 'wives have made it an art at parlaying thier newfound success to other ventures. From books, to clothing lines to cutting singles the ladies are even pre-planning it. However, this doesn’t mean that the underlying talent was not there, or was later fabricated. Take Melissa Gorga's latest single. Catchy, infectious and with a set of killer remixes, a pleasant and satisfying pop-track spawned from a person who actually has talent, who also just happens to also be a mega reality star with a die hard fan base of followers. "On Display" delivers pop at its core with a hook that you cant help but sing along with!
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris We Found Love
Like I said above, more and more contemporary pop stars are releasing full on club bangers as their album cuts, this time Rihanna teams up with Scottish singer/songwriter/ Producer Calvin Harris to create her most juicy dance hit to date, an indication that the album slated to be released November 21, is going to take the American charts by storm (my prediction). I hope there are more tracks like this on the album. Remix packages floating around are incredible and as a whole the single kicks dance floor booty.
The album appeals to the Nintendo generation with off tempo esoteric ambient beats, new age instrumentation and frigid use of strings, brass and the Icelandic Philharmonic Orchestra, yet
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