Wednesday Workout Playlist [Vol. 2]

Good afternoon Ninjas! We know the work week, especially the mornings, is always challenging considering we are supposed to find the motivation to get up and get going while we aren’t even close to ready to sacrifice our beds. That’s exactly why we are bringing you another round of invigorating music through our Wednesday workout playlist. We guarantee that this week’s set of tunes will replenish any depleted energy from that seemingly unending work day, and supply enough for a much needed post-work gym session too.

’Chordashian – Lotus’
’Lucian – Drift (feat. Sleeper)’
’San Holo – Still Looking’
’Sia
Bird Set Free (The Golden Pony Remix)’
’Sean Kingston – Wait Up (MNYKR & Snøwmass Remix)’
’Major Lazer X DJ Snake X MØ – Lean On (Pusher Flip)’
’Never Hate U (feat. Anna Clendening) (Flume X Gnash)’
’Kiiara – Gold (Zach Nicita Remix)’
’Steve Void & Alex Adair – Burnin”
’Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop The Feeling (Loud Luxury Version)’
’Zhu – In The Morning (Mstrkrft Remix)’
’Someone That Loves You (Nicolas Haelg Remix)’
’Ookay – Thief (DIV/IDE Remix)’
’Galantis – No Money (Two Friends Remix)’
’CAZZTEK – KEEP ON DANCIN’
’Baauer – Temple (Prismo Remix)’
’SAM F & Yntendo – Vegas To LA’
’Pegboard Nerds & NGHTMRE – Superstar (Feat. Krewella)’
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[TMN Interview with Krewella] Two Girls, One Guy and One Insanely Large Krew

Krewella
Live For The Night

This past weekend TMN had the chance to sit down with Krewella before they took the stage at the 1st Bank Center in Colorado for the Altered States Zeds Dead tour.

TMN: This evening I have the pleasure of sitting down with the incredibly talented and good looking trio who go by the name of Krewella. Guys, thanks so much for taking the time to chat with us before you go show Denver what is up.

Krew: Thank you!

TMN: Can I just start by saying congrats on the success of your recently released “GET WET” album? That has been taking over the charts and has captured the hearts of all your fans everywhere. Talk to us about this album a bit, how does it compare to your others?

Yasmine: I think that this one we spent a lot more time thinking about our lyrics. When we made the “Play Hard” EP we had less fans and less people knowing us, so it was less what an impact we were going to make and with this one it was like let’s make the most awesome songs we can possibly make and from that came our album. We really though about every lyric and I think Kris can say the same he thought he dug in and made some of the coolest productions he has ever made. We definitely thought deeper about this album.

Kris: Well, we like to call this album “Play Hard” on steroids kind of, because we took “Play Hard” and we had the idea to do a bunch of different genres and it really helped us because it is good to express yourself through music or lyrics and not being stuck doing the same songs every time because then it gets stale you know? So it is good we set that up then for “Get Wet” they could get better as song-writers and I could get better as a producer and we could get better as creators and this album gave us that opportunity.

TMN: So now, rewind back with me a bit. Let’s say a little amen for Chicago representing, I am also an Illinois girl.

Kris: Whoop!

TMN: Tell us about what life was like when you were little, did you grow up in musical households at all? What kind of music could be found playing in your house growing up?

Jahan: Well I will speak for Jasmine and I since we are sisters, the two of us were raised in a very musically aware household. We weren’t born in a musical family our parents don’t play instruments or sing so we didn’t have that handed to us. But as far as our influences our parents were always playing music in the car and in the house, they played Led Zepplin and the Doors, David Gray and our dad would play Abba and we had this full cupboard of CD’s and tapes. Our mom was more of a rock girl and our dad was more of a pop guy. He’s from Pakistan so he loves American pop music and I think that is what happens when English is your second language, 80’s with catchy lyrics. You focus on catchy hooks which kind of plays into our relationship with him today because we send him demos and he is a basic listener and if he doesn’t like a song in the first 15 seconds he turns it off. And for us as artists we try to capture the attention of the listener within the first 8 bars of the song as far as writing goes. So that was the kind of environment we were raised in.

Kris: My first three albums, when I got a disc man, were Green Day – Nimrod, Sublime – Self Titled and Metallica – Reload.

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[Show Preview] Zeds Dead Altered States Tour – Mile High City 10/11

Watch out Colorado, Zeds Dead is bringing their Altered States tour to the 1st Bank Center next Friday, October 11th. If we weren’t excited enough for the Canadian duo to bring their insane base to the mile high city, the line-up for this whole show is one for the books. Joining ZD will be the Chicago trio Krewella whose music has been tearing up the radio waves and capturing new fans everyday. Also Paper Diamond, Seven Lions, Green Lantern, Candyland and Branchez will all bring their diverse music styles and their crazy musical talents. To the fans in Colorado, don’t miss this show, don’t miss this show oh yeah, and don’t miss this show.

’Zeds Dead – Shut Up & Sing V2.0 v Greta Svabo Bech’
’Krewella – Live For The Night’
’Paper Diamond & Christian Rich
XIX feat. Angela McCluskey’
’Seven Lions with Myon and Shane 54 – Strangers (Feat. Tove Lo)’
’DJ Green Lantern – Splitting Atoms’
’Candyland & Zak Waters – Not Coming Down’
’Stay (Branchez Bootleg)’
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The Trap Dojo 53

The Trap Dojo is here with your weekly trap roundup of the best from all corners of the trap spectrum. From heavy dance beats and deep basslines, to booty-droppin’ Twerk shit and hardstyle breakdowns to smooth sexy Trill we have got the beats to help any trap-a-holic through another week without going into withdrawal. LOUDPVCK kicks things off wit a heavy, bouncy remix of Kill The Noise‘s aggressive body jumping track. anytime you see a lineup of artists involved in a track as deep as Daft Punk, NERD, Nero and finally Kennedy Jones putting his spin on it, the result can only be something incredible. Keys N Krates cranks up the emotion on Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont‘s “Safe With You” with pitched up vocals and a deep trap bassline. Crystalize ices out some deep bass wobbles for this trapped out remixes that gets a little hard by the final drop, but not nearly as hard as what Krewella, Kai Wachi, Bro Safari and UFO! have in store for you a little farther down the list. Fools Gold is back with another great hip-hop Mixtape, this time from Queens, NY collective Worlds Fair. After some great twerk, trap and everything in between from some of the heaviest hitters in the game, things get soulful with K-Treory, and with CRNKN unleashing his inner RnB Goddess. Kastle has released some of the smoothest Lovetrap songs I’ve ever heard, but for this one, Trill Scott Heron breaks out the iron and slows it down to make something even smoother and steamier and truly beautiful.    Thanks for listening, and as always, Keep it Tunt.

’Kill the Noise – Jump Ya Body (LOUDPVCK Remix)’
’Daft Punk ft. NERD – Hypnotize You (Nero Remix) (Kennedy Jones Trap Bootleg)’
’Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont – Safe With You (KEYS N KRATES REMIX)’
’Matthew Parker – Bigger Picture (Crystalize Trap Remix)’
’Shabba Feat. ASAP Rocky (Feature Cuts Remix)’
’World’s Fair – Get Out (Prince SAMO, Nasty Nigel, Remy Banks)  Produced by Black Noi$e’
’Mikos Da Gawd – Soakin Wet. W/ Matt Cali’
’Diamond Pistols – Twerk Ft. Anna Yvette (Free Download)’
’Grandtheft – Mobbin feat. Hedspin’
’Tropkillaz – Big Bambu feat. Sudden Beatz’
’DJ Snake x Yellow Claw x Spanker – Slow Down’
’WATAPACHI – WORK’
’Bro Safari x UFO! – Drama (Party Favor Remix) (Competition Grand Prize Winner)’
’Kill The Noise – Rockers (Bro Safari & UFO! Remix)’
’Krewella – Party Monster’
’Kai Wachi – Game Over
’Katy Perry – Roar (Kennedy Jones ROAR LOUDER Remix)’
’Watch The Duck – Freedomville (K Theory Remix)’
’Cassie – Me & You (CRNKN Remix)’
’Kastle – Death From Above Ft JMSN (Trill Scott Heron Future Screw)’

 

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[Festie Review] Snowball – Winter Park, CO

As fireworks reflected off the snow covered grounds of Winter Park, as insane light shows reflected off the neighboring mountains, as music goers covered from head-to-toe in snow gear jumped up and down continuously as incredible artist after artist took to the stages, Snowball 2013 can rate itself up there as one of Colorado’s best winter time festivals.

The layout was set up perfect with one main stage and two tents, each far enough away from one another that you could hear each artist clearly but close enough you could dance your way from set to set without freezing your buns off. There were plenty of great vendors, lots of delicious warm food and heating areas so when the toes and fingers needed a quick warm-up people had a place to go.

The festival started off with a bang Friday with the musical talents of Zion I, Porter Robinson, Krewella, Kendrick Lamar and ending the night was none other than a Rado favorite, Big Gigantic. Kendrick Lamar gave the crowd poetic justice and a hell of a lot more. He took that stage and showed just what a true rap artist he was; his vocals crystal clear, his words flowing with the rhythms and his stage presence captivating. Then Big G got on the stage and lit it up, literally and figuratively. Their light show is one for the books and their live musical instrument set is what ranks them up there with one of the best live performances to see. It takes a true artist to be able to go on stage and play their instrument live and these boys do it with such ease.

Saturday Winter Park saw a down pour of snow but that did not stop any of the festival goers from making their way to see the shows. More layers, hand warmers and a nice hot beverage got this day off to a great start. I have to give a shout out to Luminox. During his set, his computer screen was distorted and he couldn’t see what he was playing. But instead of throwing in the towel, he busted out a desktop screen, plugged in his laptop, and kept dropping some unbelievable trap. Kudos Lum, huge kudos. Portugal the Man and Datsik brought amazing energy to the day and the night was finished with Colorado’s favorite man of lights, Pretty Lights. Derek Vincent Smith, the name given by his mother who is always in the crowd supporting, has never failed to put on a captivating and memorable show. Between the light show and PL’s choice of tunes, from his new hits all the way back to some old favorites like Radiohead’s “Everything in its Right Place”, PL shut down the night leaving everyone’s bodies in a state of music euphoria.

Sunday was no day for rest for this festival with huge artists still stacked. K Theory, Ishi, Grizmatik and Flosstradamus were just a few names who threw down the dub, the jazz and the dirty trap. Then the perfect closer for the ultimate snow weekend, STS9 took to the main stage. This instrumental band mixes the sounds of rock, funk, hip-hop, drum and bass and a little jazz to capture every form of music that was present at Snowball this weekend. As the final fireworks lit the sky, every face in that crowd was smiling with the ultimate love for all the amazing music that had taken place over the weekend.

To all the artists who were at Snowball, thank you for coming to Colorado and making us fall in love with your music all over again. For the day dancing shows to the night thumping after parties. To the Snowball staff, you all did an amazing job and I can’t wait to see what you have in store for next year. And of course, to all the festival goers, keep fuckin rocking.

’Zion I – ShadowBoxing’

’One Minute
Available Now on iTunes’

’Porter Robinson & Mat Zo – Easy’

’Kicking And Screaming’

’Colorado Mountain High’

’Who’s Gonna Stop Us (Luminox Trap VIP)’

’Datsik – Bonafide Hustler (Trap VIP)’

’Portugal. The Man – I’d Rather Go Blind (Etta James cover)’

’Pretty Lights – Finally Moving’

’Flosstradamus – ☮☮☮ Lana’s Theme ☮☮☮’

’Grizmatik – Digital Liberation Is Mad Freedom’

’When The Dust Settles’
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