Busted Bass just sent over a spooky mix they made for us this Halloween. No tracklist to keep you terrified.

Busted Bass – Halloween

October 31st, 2010 | Published in Mixes  |  1 Comment

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Hey guys, hopefully you’re all out doing something spooky because today is Halloween, my favorite holiday (this year I’ll be dressing up as Richie Rich so that I can literally be dipped in dollars). Hey Champ was kind enough to send us this creepy edit of an undisclosed song, and it’s scaring my socks off. Bonus: a Moustache Machine track I’ve been holding onto for a while that’s bound to get your fright started right. Also, check out last year’s Halloween mix from Comanche if you’re hungering for more. Hope you guys and gals make the most of the holiday!

Demon Semen by heychamp

Moustache Machine – Creepy

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In the world of music blogging, it can be easy to lose perspective on what music is actually popular to the mainstream. Obviously everyone knows who Kanye West is (especially today), but where do people like Rusko fall? The average person might not even know what dubstep is, but to EDM kids, Rusko is king. Having seen him once before, at Electric Zoo, I knew what to expect from his set: thundering bass and out of control dancing, the crowd however was what I (foolishly) didn’t expect. I showed up exhausted to UHall on Sunday night and fell straight into a rave. Now I would expect that scene from a club in a warehouse district, or Randall’s Island, but in the middle of DC, it was just kind of weird. Drop that into a pretty small venue, and insanity ensues. I could have really used a thesaurus, because “insane” was the only word I could come up with to describe that evening. Hundreds of people (myself included) were soaked in sweat dancing wildly, and unable to distinguish their own heartbeats from the ribcage-shaking bass. Now don’t get me wrong, I love me some Rusko, and most of my gripes come from the choice of venue, but there are complaints nonetheless. The space was way too small (or perhaps the show was oversold), the crowd was way too young (it’s a strange moment when you feel old at the ripe age of 23), and the show started way too late for a Sunday (I left at 2am and Rusko was still going). At the risk of some backlash, I’m also going to go out on a limb and say that I think that Rusko is a much greater producer than he is a live DJ. There were definitely some stumbles and rough transitions throughout the set that maybe I wouldn’t have noticed if I was on ecstasy, but I wasn’t. All of this sounds like a huge rant against ravers, and it’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy myself regardless, but I think that given an appropriately sized space, even grumpy old me could have had room to breathe. Bonus: A remix of The Temper Trap that will have made reading this far worth it.

Soldier On (RUSKOS F’kin Seagull Remix) by The Temper Trap

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I have been listening to Twin Shadow‘s Forget so often that it should become an honorary Classic. A Place We Like is a bonus track on a limited version of the album, which is forcing me need to get my hands on the rest of his material. You can find Forget on Amazon for less than $10.

Hooray For Earth vs Twin Shadow – A Place We Like

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