Tag: Steve Aoki

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

Teknoclash is a rapidly rising Dutch DJ and producer, who has released material through a handful of acclaimed electronic labels. And with each release, the Dutch DJ and producer has firmly established a swaggering, high energy sound meant to inspire listeners and live audiences to have fun.

2019 has been a huge year for Teknoclash: he’s toured with the likes of Steve Aoki, Carnage and Virtual Riot — and adding to a growing profile, the Dutch DJ and producer has played at Electric Love, Parookaville and Mysteyrland. Teknoclash closes out a big year for him professionally with the release of “Riot of the Bass,” a collaboration with Dutch hard dance artist GLDY LX  — and much like his previously released material, the song is a swaggering, club banger centered around tweeter and woofer destroying bass, thumping beats, an infectious hook and GLDY LX’s self-assured delivery. And while nodding a bit at hip-hop the song reminds me of acclaimed German, JOVM mainstay Boys Noize. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Audio by William Ruben Helms

Comprised of two childhood friends, who discovered that they had independently embark on electronic music careers while in college, the mysterious, Chicago-based electronic production and artist duo The White Panda have dominated the electronic music blogosphere with the release of five, critically applauded full-length albums — all of which have resulted in 35 #1 singles on Hype Machine, over 60 million SoundCloud streams and 25 million YouTube plays while being dubbed “the mash-up kings” by Vibe Magazine, and “a veritable party-mashup machine” by Entertainment Weekly. (At one point, The White Panda was one of SoundCloud’s top five most played artists — ever.)

Adding to an already immense and growing national profile, the duo has headlined several US tours, have played some of the country’s largest festivals including Lollapalooza, Firefly, Electric Zoo, and Bamboozle, and have opened for the likes of Flo Rida, Wale, Nelly, Twenty One Pilots, Dispatch, Steve Aoki, Tiesto, Mac Miller, Mike Posner, Benny Benassi, MGMT and others. And while working on their own original production work, the duo had also spent their time working on and releasing a number of remixes including a gigantic, festival rocking rework of Powers‘ “Beat of My Drum,” that I wrote about a couple of years ago. Now, it’s been some time since I’ve personally written about them; however, the Chicago-based duo have been rather prolific since then, including their latest single, a sultry, club-rocking and anthemic cover/re-work of The 1975‘s “Somebody Else,” that features a guest spot from Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Verite — and while being a bold, tweeter and woofer rocking rework, the cover manages to retain the atmospheric original’s ache and longing.

 

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: White Panda’s Raucous, House Music Party Reworking of Powers’ “Beat of My Drum”

Comprised of Mike Del Rio and Crista Ru, the Los Angeles and NYC-based electro pop duo Powers caught the attention of the blogosphere with the release of “Beat of My Drum” earlier this year. And […]