Today I thought we'd spice it up a bit and have a kind of theme day. I know for me at least video games are a big part of my life, not quite as influential as music but gettin up there. Everyone has their own taste in music and games, but what if we smashed those tastes together? So today I thought why not showcase some of the great theme remixes and game based originals to hit the scene recently.
Our first today is a huge track from British Columbia producers Datsik and Excision, two of my favourite Canadian dubstep artists. This is a perfect blend of that industrial dubstep sound with an eight bit electro feel, I get the feeling this would make any games room or dance floor complete.
Our second homage today is to a game we all know, but may not all love, Tetris. I can't say I have the patience for it, which may be why I love dubstep so much, but speaking of dubstep this track is from a giant of the industry, Doctor P. We've heard a lot from him in the last few months as he's been doing a lot of work with Flux Pavillion (Anyone see the video for Bass Cannon?).
One thing that has been surprising me lately is the release of many amazing Zelda remixes, maybe it has something to do with the new game coming out for the 3DS or maybe cause we all love Zelda. This particular track is a Song of Storms remix by Mt Eden and Overkill, but head on over to "Here" for awesome remixes by Ephixa and remixes of those remixes by Nonelikejoshua.
Welcome everyone to a beautifuly cloudy Easter Monday, which unfortunately is just another day full to the brim with bad news and other BS. So as usual, me being the bearer of bad news, todays scheduled post has been cancelled as The Buddha had some family emergencies on the weekend. So we'll switch it up a bit and throw something new up here for our first ever Metal(ish) Monday.
This weekend wasn't particularily enjoyable for me and I reverted to a genre of music that I had thought long too stale for my ears. I was shocked at what I found. A new genre of metal called deathstep filled my head with the heavy synth sounds of dubstep while screaming voices of rock gods tore my mind to shreds, and I can't say I didn't enjoy it. Read on to have your face torn off by angry DJs and their demonic devices.
Enter DJ Ephixa the first part of our deathstep duo. For those of you as blissfully ignorant as I was, deathstep is a fusion genre between Death Metal and Dubstep. Its bass heavy, mid-tempo grind makes it among the heaviest of genres today and I love it. DJ Ephixa flits around a bit with his music, he does hardstyle, hard trance, deathstep, drumstep and more so it rarely goes cold. Ephixa does most of his work with Stephen Walking, the second part of todays posting, but without further ado let there be bass!
Head on over to DJ Ephixa's Bandcamp page for freedownloads of some of his best works and collaberations.
Stephen Walking, it took me a second or two to get the joke. Like our other favourite zombies, Kanye West and Jesus, Stephen Walking is a BAMF and knows it. His way of taking dubstep songs and adding metal riffs and vocals blows my mind. If I knew something like this existed I would have been right there filling up my hard drive with it. Needless to say I'm making up for lost time and I encourage metal or hardstyle fans to do the same. Again head on over to his Bandcamp or Facebook for the downloads, they are well worth it. Also, if you can please support the band a little money goes a long way. If you aren't a member of the Mulisha then at last give it a listen, maybe suggest it to your metalhead friends and as always let people know about the Daily Beats!
Thanks again for all your support. With this post up we'll soon hit 350 views, which is incredible if you think about it. I had just intended for this page to be a one man show page that maybe a couple people followed, but it has grown to much more than that. Now we're getting shout outs from bands, we have people wanting to write for us and suggesting music. Its far better than I could've imagined. We started a facebook page yesterday, so head on over there if you want updates about postings or to contact us regarding posts or suggestions. Also because I'm in a terrible but thankful mood, I have a little bonus for you guys. If you are a fan of pokemon, or dubstep, or anything I posted today, give these two links a try.
