The Glitch Mob were featured on Carson Daily this week.  Having known the Mob for a while now, it was a proud moment for me and the bass music scene that I’ve come to know and love.  The always handle themselves with pure class and continually push back the fame and glory to their fans and stay focused on the joys of being creative and being excellent at everything they do.  Their story of helping a paralyzed man to walk again, literally brought tears to my eyes.  Wow. I can’t imagine a better feeling than giving inspiration to others through music.

This week, The Glitch Mob took a break from the recording of their sophomore LP to spend time catching up with Carson Daly, who found this story to be an elevating tale of triumph over hardship. At their home away from home, The Airliner (The Venue for Low End Theory), The Glitch Mob discuss the creation of their music, the special relationship they have with their fans, playing live, and how their music helped to heal a man named Grant Korgan.

As derived from LA Weekly:  Two years ago, Grant Korgan was in a terrible snowmobile accident and his doctors told him he’d never walk again. However, Korgan rejected that prognosis.

Korgan’s rehabilitation was immediate, intense, and fueled by The Glitch Mob. Before the accident, The Glitch Mob’s music had enhanced his marathon kayaking and snowmobile treks. After, their compositions gained a profound resonance, particularly after one of Korgan’s close friends wrote the group about his situation. When he returned home from the hospital, there was a care package of signed Glitch Mob gear, which served as a constant companion during his recovery.

“Music feeds the fire, fuels the foot and gets the legs jumping. Our generation has been given the gift to have powerful motivating music in our ears at all times.”

- Grant Korgan

“We were so humbled when he told us our music helped him get through therapy and overcome a tremendous life challenge. There’s no way to describe the feeling you get when you realize that your music has helped make a real difference in someone’s life.”

- The Glitch Mob

Check out the pictures I took at Lollapalooza this year.  Some great ones of the Mob, Pretty Lights and Deadmau5.  The mud party was pretty insane too.

Zoe Jakes of Beats Antique

Beats Antique are one of my favorite live performances. Their work is extremely visual and they always have such perfect imagery to go with their albums and videos. Their latest “Cat Skillz” is no different.

Download the track here:

Catch Beats Antique live this summer at Symbiosis Gathering, Wakarusa, Desert Rocks Music Festival, Wanderlust, Electric Forest, Counterpoint Festival and get your tickets to our upcoming show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre with Thievery Corporation.

Check the interview myself and my Roxwel homies did at Lolla 2011. It includes Beats Antique, The Glitch Mob and a slew of other artists spinning the RoxWheel. Look for me as the “Prize Boy”.

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Dennis several times.  Most recently is a funny story that is worth sharing.  I was stage managing at Nocturnal Wonderland at Apache Pass, Texas.  Aarab Muzik went on for his 50 minute set and was absolutely destroying the place.  Gramatik and host of other big name artists were back stage to watch the madness.  Emalkay was set to go on after Aarab played.  With 10 minutes left in Aarab’s set,  I ask his manager, how much more material does he have which he responds, another 10 minutes.  5 minutes later, he smashes his last APC pad and just walks off stage.  Complete silence.  Now, whatever, big deal, some silence but after a few minutes, Emalkay is no where to be found.  I pull out my USB drive, stick it in a CDJ-2k and drop a Gramatik track of his new album “#digitalfreedom“. Needless to say the crowd was into and Dennis came over and said thanks. Classy dude with amazing tunes.

His latest album, “#digitalfreedom” is a heavier, more dubstep influenced album. The tracks span the BPM range from 70-110 for a nice diverse tempo range.

“My new EP bares the title #digitalfreedom. As an artist that based his entire career on the platform of free file sharing, I’m dedicating it to the fight against severe internet censorship bills we’ve been hearing about so much in the past months. Bastards have been trying to cripple the internet on a global scale with bills like ACTA/SOPA/PIPA and I’m sure there’s more of them coming, so this one goes out for spreading awareness! Reject them all, they will never stop the sharing, the Internet is our realm, DIGITAL FREEDOM!”

Download the album here.

Check out the Gramatik’s recent video for his track “Solidified” which is the flip to his older track “Liquidfied”.

I’m a big fan of DJ Tech Tools.com.  They have some of the best reviews and info on the latest and greatest DJ gear.  Their new Midi Fighter 3D is out of this world.  I’m planning to purchase one and incorporate it into my Ableton Live sets.

They recently held a contest to win a Midi Fighter 3D and the winner is in the video below.

I just used the Novation Launchpad in “user 1″ mode to control Ableton Live running Mad Zach’s drumrack. I stretched or piched some of the original samples so they could match the track’s key, that’s it… no other samples, no other fx… and as you can see everything is played live!

Check out the dope promo video of the Midi Fighter 3D.

I’m going to be working on a new mix this week so stay tuned for that.

In the meantime, check out these freshies:

Gramatik’s new album – Beatz & Pieces Vol.1:

Download here.

Bassnectar’s remix of Ellie Gouldings – Lights:

Ellie Goulding – Lights (Bassnectar Remix)
Download Music Video Code at www.blastro.com

My pictures from The Glitch Mob @ La Zona Rosa:

See the whole gallery here.

Check out these two videos of Matt Shadetek talking about the Creative Process. I especially like the parts about artists having a conversation with their audience. If you create a track or piece and it’s not well received, the best thing to do is to get back on the horse and keep going. Don’t let that be your last word.

Matt is a dj, producer, label boss and teacher at Dubspot.com. Check out his label Durty Artz for more.

A nice new banger remix of The Police’s Roxanee from MartyParty and Love & Light.

Download Roxanne (Love & Light vs MartyParty Remix)

Another good one from Love & Light:

Download Cant Stop (Love + Light Remix)

Download – Sub Focus – Rock It

Check out the sick light show crazy circle of awesome that was Ultra Music Festival. I believe the MC was Messanian who I’m also a fan of. Good stuff.

Also, instead of posting a pic from Tron or the Glitch Mob, here’s a pic of Olivia Wilde who I think has one of the most amazing faces in Hollywood and is a kind soul and has helped massively in Haiti for the last year.

Watch this in 1080P Fullscreen!