Bass & Puppies: IndepenDance Day Edition

Written by djicon Saturday, 03 July 2010 00:34

It's almost IndepenDance Day! The day America celebrates its freedom with a yearly feast of barbequed animal carcasses! Since I've denounced my carnivorous ways, I will enjoy some veggie burgers on the beach with my homies! More importantly, 4th of July is a good reason to get down to some dirty filthy BASS. I'm really looking forward to playing my first Serato set at Opel presents the Stanton Warriors at Mission Rock in San Francisco this Saturday. Considering the first time I ever played on CDJs, after playing vinyl for 10 years, was in front of a massive crowd at SF LoveFest, I can definitely throw myself into the deep end with this as well. I miss the feel of vinyl!

In this edition of BASS & Puppies, I am featuring my two favorite tunes at the moment because I couldn't choose just one. I've had these tracks on repeat for the last couple weeks and also had great crowd reaction when I played them out... and damn, do they sound amazing when LOUD. One is a Dubstep remix, the other is a Drum & Bass remix, both have beautiful female vocals (my favorite kind).

The first one is a Jakwob remix of a huge dance hit by Ellie Goulding "Starry Eyed". Jakwob's been putting out some wicked Dubstep releases but this one in particular made me a big fan. The original house mix is really good as well; her vocals and lyrics give me the chills every time... "Next thing, we're touching, you look at me, it's like you hit me with lightning." Check out the Jakwob remix below and keep reading for the next tune!

Ellie Goulding "Starry Eyed" (Jakwob Remix)

See? Wasn't that dope? Told ya :) This next one, a Sub Focus remix of Rusko's "Hold On" feat. Amber Coffman, is equally if not more awesome. It *literally* puts the BASS in Drum & Bass! Seems that everything Sub Focus touches turns to gold, both D&B and House. I must have heard this song about a hundred times and I'm still not sick of it, which is a really good sign. Again, I love the vox. I first rocked it at Burning Man Pre-Compression a couple weeks ago and it was an absolute murder (pic shown below)! Check it out:

Rusko "Hold On" feat. Amber Coffman (Subfocus Remix)

And now for the puppies segment of todays rantings. Don't ask me why; I just love cute things. Cute furry things are even better. Also, this week it's not a puppy... but my f*cking adorable 3-legged kitten named Sookie Stackhouse Wong. <3

Have a happy and safe IndepenDance Day!

Yours Truly,
ICONnie