Joonas Hahmo to set up a label

Joonas Hahmo has become one of Finland’s hottest electronic music exporters. In 2004, Joonas’s first productions were collaborations under the successful trance aliases “Alt+F4” and “Avanto”.

Alt+F4 was signed to trance super label Anjunabeats while Avanto was released under a small finnish independent label Electric Sauna Records.

Soon Joonas started to seek for a new sound and his first solo single The Fusion, released on Andy Moor’s Ava Recordings in 2006 gained a lot of attention from trance and progressive trance jocks around the world. But it wasn’t until he got signed back to Anjunabeats, this time on their Anjunadeep imprint until he got lifted to the big league.

Continue Reading "Joonas Hahmo to set up a label"...

Proper R.E.T.R.O.

Innotune aren’t known for reviewing all sorts of albums and releases from every corner of the world. When we like something – we put it in our podcast.

However, every now and then something special, different, and fresh pops up. That’s exactly what reached my ears today, and it’s called R.E.T.R.O. by the group mind.in.a.box.

Continue Reading "Proper R.E.T.R.O."...

Trance producer + a game soundtrack = Frozen Synapse

What would it sound like if a trance producer did a soundtrack for a video game?

Paul Taylor, better known for his trance alias nervous_testpilot and his excellent work for Subtraxx and Bonzai related labels, is also heavily involved in the gaming and game industry.

He has done the soundtrack for the upcoming indie game Frozen Synapse, which is already getting some good feedback from the gaming enthusiasts.

Frozen Synapse is a top-down simultaneous-turn-based tactical game set in the near-future.

Continue Reading "Trance producer + a game soundtrack = Frozen Synapse"...

Top 7 acoustic covers of electronic music

Electronic Dance Music is somewhat different than most other styles. Instead of playing the tracks live at concerts; Artists play their cd/vinyl/track and backs it up by lots of lights, lasers, dancers and so on – Also called Djs.

But there are some really talented people out there that do what most EDM producers and Djs can’t: Play it live with real instruments.

Check out these awesome acoustic covers of EDM tracks:

Daft Punk – Around The World (On violin & guitar)

Continue Reading "Top 7 acoustic covers of electronic music"...

Flashover Recordings miss out on the best remix ever

Whether you like trance or not, you got to give props to Ferry Corsten for his “System F – Out Of The Blue” released back in ’98. It’s a pure classic.

The track now gets a revamp like all other tracks from ’98, and release is set to early 2010 on Flashover Recordings.

The release will include remixes from prominent guys like Laidback Luke, Guiseppe Ottavivani, Stoneface & Terminal, Koen Groenenwold, and some dude called Tiesto (whoever that is). Seems like Flashover Recordings missed the greatest remix of all time, made by “pappaschlomfin”:

Amazing!

Little hipphoppers: How cute is this?

We don’t cover hiphop, but we had to publish this cutie. After all we do write about incredible talent we stumble upon. Check out hiphoppers Dj Sara and Dj Ryusei, age five and eight. Maybe we’ll see more kids like these in the future, as a part of the Dj Hero generation.

In the 80′s retro jungle: Give Relation a try

So, everyone’s doing the 80′s nowadays. Some with melodic hints and synthy references every now and then, like Way Out West on their terrific We Love Machine album. And some adapt the complete 80′s sound. I don’t mind, I’m a sucker for 80′s synth pop.

If you are too, check out this blend of Chromeo, Depeche Mode, Human League and whatnot from the decade of high hair and shoulder pads: Relation. This is two guys from Essex, UK. They claim they make essextronica, naturally.

Try Relation at MySpace. You may also listen to Your Tiny Mind at YouTube, just be aware of the goofy music video.

Continue Reading "In the 80′s retro jungle: Give Relation a try"...

Fredrik Ohr – A man to put your ears on

I’ve been a litte off lately due to my touring and after effect of that, marathon sleeping But anyway, this is not about me, but a very talented guy from Sweden. His name is Fredrik Ohr and he is about to release his new album called “Falling through the earth” on the Aleph Zero label.

As most of us, Fredrik has a strong background from classical music, but part from that he is a genius when it comes to putting together sounds and create a sound picture. Perhaps we have a possible new hero in true electronica on the rise?

I strongly recommend you to give his new album a listen!

You can pre-listen to the album HERE.

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/fredrikohr

The new kids on the block: Dj Mag Top 100 new entries

The votes are in, and the Dj Mag Top 100 djs was announced a couple of days ago. Basically, it’s the same list as ever, and the Top 10 is just somewhat rearranged – some goes up, some goes down. However, there are some djs worth talking about on the list: The new entries!

The new entries on the Dj Mag Top 100 list:

Sebastian Ingrosso (25)
The highest new entry. It’s really weird that Ingrosso wasn’t on the list last year. As a higly respected member of the Swedish House Mafia, this guy really know how to make some sweet swedish house grooves.

Kaskade (51)
Ryan Raddon is the guy behind Kaskade, and he was one of the guys who cashed in on the chordy/Deadmau5 movement the last years. His last album release was a commercial hit, but it’s worth checking out tracks like “I remember”

Boyz Noize (68)
Very french-ish sound, but the guys is actually German and named Alexander Ridha. He got on a roll after the more dirty Justice-movement, but he makes it sound even better than the french guys!

Continue Reading "The new kids on the block: Dj Mag Top 100 new entries"...

International Departures – Monday Bar Cruise, Sweden

Globetrotting super producers Shane 54 and Myon are not only one of the hottest act in trance at the moment, but also very capable in creating fresh content – in video.

These Hungarian fellows recently visited Sweden and legendary party cruise Monday Bar. If you haven’t heard of Monday Bar cruises or these guys before, these videos are must to see. Otherwise… well, it’s still worth the watch. These guys are funny, as is Daniel Kandi – making a “cameo” role in this video.

« Previous Entries