The wait is finally over. You can stream the whole new Azari & III self-titled album, before it drops on August 8th, right here on the Hype Machine via this link right now!

Track Listing
1. Into The Night
2. Reckless ( With Your Love)
3. Tunnel Vision
4.  Indigo
5. Lost in Time
6. Infinity
7. Change of Heart
8. Manhooker
9. Undecided
10. Hungry for Power
11. Azari & III – Manic

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I am highly digging the sun-kissed soul-synth action, post-Digitalism sampling, and of course Azari &III‘s signature highly infectious melodic cooing and sexy vocal lines on the Torontonian quartet’s debut full album release. More simply put, I haven’t been able to take this amazing release off of repeat. An unquestionably and decidedly outstanding wow.

By: TD

Wolfgang Gartner announced on his Facebook today that he has finally joined the world of sonic sharing – SoundCloud. And to celebrate, he uploaded a preview of his new forthcoming track Ménage á Trois, set to drop on August 4th.

If this is Wolfgang’s idea of a “ménage á Trois” it’s fair to say you’re in for quite the tumultuous romp ladies.

Ménage à Trois PREVIEW by wolfganggartner

By: TD
Photo by Rukes

If you’ve never been to San Francisco’s Treasure Island Festival before, it’s definitely one of those experiences that will make you scratch your head at other festivals in the future and think “now why in HELL did they decide to do THAT?!” Treasure Island Festival is like the dream experience for true MUSIC-LOVING connoisseurs who have an appreciation for excellent design and thorough organization. It’s not a RAVE.

TREASURE ISLAND FESTIVAL (TIMF) is a picturesque pirate-themed gathering that is made-up of simply two stages – curiously within just yards of each others, with STAGGERED set times (so you never miss an act) and FREE limo-bus transportation to and from the festival grounds from the city. How often does a festival provide FREE transportation?! The answer is “NEVER” followed by a pretentious laugh.

The greatest thing about TIMF however is the fact that it’s the prime place for new music DISCOVERY. The line-up is always very well curated with an expert eye for sonically-inclined diversity and a unique foresight for future “IT” factor break-out artists, along with awe-evoking headliners.

This year’s day one headliners include EMPIRE OF THE SUN, CUT COPY, DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979, CHROMEO, and DIZZEE RASCAL.

The fact alone that Dizzee Rascal will be there is enough for me to pull the trigger and go! Last time I saw Dizzee Rascal perform live I was sitting on top of a sound shed four-stories high inside of a black tent they called “The Boiler Room” (since sweat dropped like icky raindrops from the ceiling) at a festival in New Zealand five years ago. And needless to say that show was INCREDIBLY sweaty and fucking amazing.

Now keep in mind, I’ve been to TIMF several years in a row now, and still I have yet to even consider going on the second day. I’m just simply not an “indie” person. However, the first day, the “EDM-themed” day of the two-day festival is what I have been affectionately referring to — it’s that incredible one-half of TIMF that I couldn’t recommend more.

The server for Treasure Island Festival’s site has crashed so you can’t access it today, however head over to their Facebook page for more info or wait a day to hit up the official site and swoop up their early birds ASAP.

Here’s our official coverage & photo gallery by the amazing Dylan Ousley from last year -
Treasure Island Recap
Treasure Island Photo Gallery

By: TD

Now kids. THIS IS THE TRACK you should be playing during your MASSIVE festival sets. My pupils literally just grew three sizes larger listening to this reckless electro house banger from French two-piece BEATAUCUE.

The build-up to the first dirty unleash breaks with “I’m about to lose my mind” and proves itself as pure sonic mayhem. And unlike some of the fist-pump burn-outs we’ve been submitted to this festival season, this track is far off from being another sugar-coated one-dimensional Swede-wannabe mess. It’s a hard-hitting multi-faceted dynamo destined to obliterate sobriety across the masses but maintain consciousness of aural standards with much welcomed tech-minded house bits.

Beataucue have been thoroughly impressing me lately, especially these last few months. Be sure to keep them closely monitored on your radar for more lash-fluttering sonic deeeelightz.

Buy on Beatport.

Cicada – Come Together (BeatauCue remix) by BeatauCue

By: TD

Southern California native Sam Luria, AKA Charles I, has certainly been busy the past couple months. In addition to touring with his friend/co-producer BetaTraXx, he’s been building the anticipation for the release of his brand new EP, Out Of This World, which faced the world on July 5th. The album seems to pull from a variety of influences, notably the huge similarities to Daft Punk‘s sound on the track To Live In Excess.

Charles I – To Live In Excess

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The EP also includes some stellar remixes of the title track, Out Of This World, contributed by Steve Navaro, Club Soda, and Tobtok, giving it a nu-disco vibe perfectly suited for your mid-summer pool parties.

Charles I – Out Of This World (Tobtok Remix)

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The full EP is available for purchase on Beatport, or you can stream the whole thing on SoundCloud!

By: Spencer Handly

(We’re unbelievably excited for our next installment of Mainline, absolutely shutting down Spin Nightclub with our MASSIVE double-headliner featuring ajapai and THE JUGGERNAUT. Deets Here )

The Juggernaut are seemingly elusive throughout the interwebs – unsure whether it’s because they’re overly modest or it’s because I’ve refused to get on the Google+ bandwagon and now the search engine has turned against me, but either way it’s completely unacceptable, if not slightly unsettling. OC two-piece THE JUGGERNAUT made-up of members Erik Tinajero & David Gill are emblems, if not key members of SoCal’s steady-rising bass music scene, and certainly deserve to be recognized as such.

Erik kindly took the time to chat with us about The Juggernaut’s recent tour with SKRILLEX, their forthcoming releases, and gave us his thoughts about the West Coast’s dubstep movement.

TheMixster.com: You guys just finished doing a few tour dates with Skrillex – how was it?!
Erik (The Juggernaut): Pretty much anytime you play a show with [Skrillex] it’s going to be the best shows, just because of the crowd he brings out. I’ve played with Sonny [Skrillex] a bunch, I was friends with him before the whole Skrillex thing… So luckily he’s carried on our friendship through the years and now bringing us along for shows! It’s always a great time.

TheMixster.com: What was your favorite city/most memorable gig to play on the tour?

Erik (The Juggernaut): Wow I dunno Scottsdale, Arizona was really good, because the venue looked like you were playing on Main Street in Disneyland! It was probably one of the coolest venues ever. Oh, and EDC of course.

TheMixster.com: OK so you guys have some pretty exciting releases coming out soon, including an upcoming EP! Give us a breakdown.

Erik (The Juggernaut): On our [Noble Dream] EP it’s kinda mix of everything. Like general heavy kinda stuff and then there’s the more melodic stuff. Then we’ve got a track with DELL: he’s the guy from Atlanta who raps a lot with AC Slater. And we have a remix on there from Figure and as well as a remix from J. Rabbit. We’re hoping to get the EP out, probably by Fall or Winter!

As for releases, we just had a remix come out for Getter, it was a track called “Vile Orchaestra” that came out recently, just over a week ago. And we also just gave away a track for free to our Facebook fans, it’s called “Good Grief” and it’s a bootleg of the Charlie Brown “Peanuts” theme. We also have a remix for Dawn of Ashes coming out soon as well! You know how labels are, the song has been done for 6 months but it hasn’t been released so…

TheMixster.com: I hate the term brostep. So what term would you guys use to describe your sound?

Erik (The Juggernaut): HA! You know, I just call [our sound] “generic space music.” I don’t really like to define anything because at the end of the day it’s all really coming from the same tree. That’s pretty much where it’s going these days because the lines of genres have become so blurred and everything is just becoming just a mix. In the end it’s all a great thing because before it used to be, if you went to a dubstep show you couldn’t play anything else except dubstep. Because like, people would actually hate it. And when you played an electro show, and you played dubstep, people would you know, throw things at you. (laughs) It’s great to see that nowadays you can go to any show and hear so many different styles of music, all in just one night.

TheMixster.com: How do you guys feel about SoCal’s Bass music scene in general?

Erik (The Juggernaut): I think it’s going great! I think, just from traveling around, it’s one of the best I’ve seen! On any given night… It’s the best and the worst simultaneously, I will say that! Because LA, even though it’s the best, sometimes you have TOO MANY events, rather than a city where you can only have one event a month, altogether. It keeps people hungry for more. I think LA has a great scene and so many great producers are living here in LA, so the scene in general is really good.

TheMixster.com: So you guys live in Orange County is that correct? What’s it like to party up there?

Erik (The Juggernaut): There’s only a few really good ones. The main one, that put Orange County on the map, is Dubtroit, and that’s run by 12^th Planet. And that’s pretty much the best one out here, aside from monthlies and off-shoots. Flinch throws a night called HEAVY which was really good, until it got shut down by the cops. (laughs) But right now I think they’re trying to find a new venue for it.

TheMixster.com: So they’re aren’t just a bunch cougars up there?

Erik (The Juggernaut): (laughs) HA! O no there is don’t get me wrong! But on certain nights you can find some good things, but as a general “is there something to do every night?”… No. It’s a once a month/twice a month thing.

TheMixster.com: You guys have also played in San Diego at Dub Dorado before – How would you compare Dub Dorado to other events you’ve played?

Erik (The Juggernaut): Oh I loved it! I still talk about that show to people when we talk about places to play in San Diego. I always tell them to hit up Corey (Mr Biggs) or Joe (Headshake) because the scene, and the crowd is fantastic! I like smaller venues, with high energy crowds. I used to play in hardcore bands so those are the kinda shows we like better. I think that mentality sticks to this day. So those shows to me are much more fun than the bigger ones we play.

TheMixster.com: So EDC was kinda overwhelming huh?

Erik (The Juggernaut): EDC was great for the experience but I was so far away from anybody! I was so high up the crowd looked tiny from where I was. It was great and I’m totally grateful for the experience of playing at EDC but as far as crowd interaction goes, it wasn’t at the top…

TheMixster.com: Why the name THE JUGGERNAUT?

Erik (The Juggernaut): Well we started out making electro under the name DMNDAYS and I used to have a residency out here in Orange County. The residents were me, Flinch, and 12^th Planet and we were making electro. Then Jon (12^th Planet) started getting me into dubstep and showing me all this new stuff and everything and from there we decided to make a few dubstep tracks ourselves. So we made two tracks: the first was called “Rape Escape” and we did one that was the original bootleg for the Charlie Brown theme. And “Rape Escape” received way more reaction than we expected. It was getting played by Borgore, 12^th Planet, etc. But then we couldn’t get any shows because [under the name DMNdays] people thought we would only play electro. So that’s when we decided to change the name and our manager always had said that “The Juggernaut” would make a great name for a band. Which, I’m pretty sure there is one out there, but we just don’t know about it. (laughs) So we decided to go with that name.

TheMixster.com: So it’s not because you guys are undercover comic book nerds?

Erik (The Juggernaut): No… People always ask us if we’re big X-men fans and I hate to burst their bubble but nooooo… I didn’t even know it was Comic Con in San Diego this weekend until a friend told me yesterday!

TheMixster.com: You guys have been working hard in the studio and have been producing a slew of remixes for huge names in the Bass Music realm as of recent. Who are the top three people on your guys wish list to remix your own tracks and why?

Erik (The Juggernaut): O man! I would think Skrillex, just because we’ve been friends for so long and I’d love to be able to see what he could do with it. And my personal favorites are Skream & Benga, and Emalkay. If I could even meet Emalkay one day, I’d probably freak out (laughs) I’m very into the UK production. US is doing its own thing and everything but the sound I enjoy the most is the sound coming out of the UK.

TheMixster.com: What’s one track (aside from your own) that you’re definitely going to play at MAINLINE this Friday?!?!

Erik (The Juggernaut): The newest tracks Sonny (Skrillex) just finished, a couple of tracks that are going to be on his new album! Which are phenomenal! I don’t think they even have names yet…

TheMixster.com: And you excited to see/play with ajapai this Friday? Have you played with him before?

Erik (The Juggernaut): I’ve never seen him before! But my buddy Jeff (J. Rabbit) he played with [ajapai] not too long ago and he said he’s one of the nicest guys and he buts on a great show.

Support West Coast dubstep and join our SoCal crew taking over – unleashing top-notch bass music this Friday night, July 22nd at Spin Nightclub SD (2028 Hancock St.)

EXCLUSIVE: RSVP here and say “TheMixster.com” at the door for a sweet $5 off cover before 1AM.
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By: TD

We’re so amped for the COMIC CON invasion! The nerds have taken over the 92101 and San Diego’s Downtown has been absolutely transformed into a city-wide GEEK PARTY MECCA for the next 4 days baybay!!!

As loyal fans to anything involving top-notch parties and unparalleled weirdness, we’re willingly becoming nerdsters for the weekend and raging it next level style” with parties featuring global-EDM names FLYING LOTUS, GIRL TALK, and DAN DEACON to SOUTH PARK shutting it down and bringing to life our favorite cartoon neighborhood to LIVE shows featuring Weight Watcher’s biggest nightmares, EPIC MEAL TIME — COMIC CON isn’t just for the nerds anymore. Downtown San Diego is now the very fulcrum of the global geekosphere – and needless to say, we are unbelievably psyched to be apart of it.

This weekend’s edition of WHAT’S GOOD IN THE ‘HOOD is extra special – as it’s our official COMIC CON EDITION!!!

We’ve teamed up with SD’s renowned Happy hour connoisseurs and our good friends at OutnSD.com to bring you a cohesive and straight-forward guide to the what’s what and the best Comic Con happenings going down this weekend, as well as a quick rundown of the best happy hours around town to help point you in the right direction!!

The same edgy & Eco-friendly guide you know and love, kicked up with a whole lotta COMIC CON spiciness!!

TheMixster.com & OutnSD.com will be passing out print copies of our guide around town this weekend, so if you see us bumbling around be sure to say hi! We’ll be dealing out free high fives all weekend-long baybay!!!

For our epic and über comprehensive guide to ALL the best COMIC CON AFTER PARTIES check out our full guide here!

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON AFTER PARTY GUIDE

And for a rundown of our favorite eateries and hangouts within just blocks of the Convention Center be sure to check out our BEST BITES AND BARS NEAR COMIC CON GUIDE!!

BACON & BACON & BACON & BACON & MORE BACON!!

MOAR! HAPPY HOURS!

Here’s a quick rundown of some awesome happy hours we’d recommend as well!
BASIC uraban kitchen & bar (410 10th Ave) 4-7pm
The Corner (369 10th Ave) 4-7pm
The Dragon’s Den (315 10th Ave) 5-7pm
Proper Gastro Pub/Wine Steals (795 J St) 4-7pm
BICE (425 Island Ave.) 5-7pm
Red Pearl Kitchen (440 J St) 4-7pm

By: TD & Eileen
For the most comprehensive guide to all the best happy hours in Downtown San Diego and all around the county, visit OutnSD.com for a full rundown of the best deals & steals around town!

Our dear friend and arguably the strangest character we’ve ever been confronted by MICKEY FORD has joined up with fellow “troubled soul” Elliot Holiday and put together a massive art exhibition featuring over 70 pieces of visual stimuli and a heaping array of WTF.

Young Mickey can be described as a “gentle playboy with a colorfully deranged imagination” – and he’s a damn good at what he does. The fruits of his creative output are playfully offensive and whimsically turbulent, and necessitate a modest sense of humor or a substantial amount of crack cocaine. I don’t know Elliot Holiday personally but Mickey describes him as a “shy toddler” so guess that’s all we’ll both know until tonight.

I could pretend that I know what you should expect at this event, so I could tell you to go and stuff but I haven’t the faintest idea what kinds of twisted fantasies these guys have schemed up and brought to life. Just know that the last time I went to one of Mickey’s “shows” I ended up drunk and sprawled out on the floor of his studio wearing a mustard suit and laughing myself to tears.

However here’s Mickey’s Checklist to give you an even more vague idea of what to expect:
☑ Refreshments
☑ Air plane sounds
☑ Paintings
☑ Hairy animals
☑ Awkwardness
☑ Last quarter of the moom
☑ High Society
☑ Bubble Gum

Casual Dress ● Rain or Shine ● Peoples Choice Awards ● Gold Star

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The gallery show is TONIGHT and goes from 6pm-10pm (ish) at JETT Gallery in Little Italy across from Super El Camino.

For more event info check out the Facebook Event Page here and “Like” Mickey’s Fan page for the full bizarre spectrum of lovable rarities.

JETT Gallery
989 W. Kalmia St,
San Diego, CA, 92101

By: TD

GEAR-UP for the 2nd Edition of San Diego’s newest monthly bass music event! This time we have taken it to a whole new unrelenting level: featuring not one but TWO headliners for our very special 2nd installment of MAINLINE!! Presenting Rottun Records’ AJAPAI, our friend joining us all the way from across the Pacific pond, as well as two-piece OC-based bass giants off Play Me Records & ULTRAGORE Recordings – THE JUGGERNAUT.

Japan’s heavy bass music undertaker AJAPAI and his aurally-assaulting drilling dublines and searing growls unleash sonic tsunami waves of unparalleled proportion. I’m not one to point fingers but I think this guy needs an alibi for his whereabouts the last couple of months…
Ajapai’s brand of sound is pot of bubbling filth boiling over, leaving only a grimy mess and a few overturned cars in its path of audio terror. Dinner’s ready bitches.

Ajapai – Decimation

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Ajapai – Detected

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THE JUGGERNAUT have also been rapidly clawing their way up the ranks, as anticipation builds for the release of their forthcoming NOBLE DREAM EP. Concocting potent bass-laden originals and not to mention, creating level-shifting reflips in cahoots with fellow renowned-bassheads Skrillex, Trowa, and Getter, to name a few, THE JUGGERNAUT continue to infiltrate the SoCal EDM sphere with proper noise and forward sound.

The Juggernaut – Good Grief

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Skillex – Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites (The Juggernaut Remix) (Buy on Beatport)

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Trowa feat. The Juggernaut – What’s Your Problem? (*CLIP)

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On Support will be Mainline Residents:
MR BIGGS (Dub Dorado | Turntable Lab | LA) +
HEADSHAKE (Dub Dorado | Planet Headshake | SD)
OSAL8 (Elev8 | Sub Chamber Records | Bass Binge Ent. | SD)
as well as
AUSTIN SPEED (Sublmnl Sound System | Rogue Dubs | SD)
+
CRMNL ((Sublmnl Sound System | SD)

All are SoCal-renowned heavy-hitters, will be reinforced by over 70,000 watts of SPIN NIGHTCLUB’s pristine Avalon sound, along with a few additional bass cabinets, provided by FREE BASS, to push MAINLINE to new astronomical aural levels.

Drink specials will be served all night long and the party goes til 4am (or later ) for all you after hours lurks and lazer light zombies.

Presale tickets are available and a fine option indeed, but swoop them up fast as there aren’t many left HERE!!
*OR*
You can RSVP here and say THEMIXSTER.COM at the door for a cover charge discount. Discounts are always good FUCKING AWESOME.

Check the Facebook event for more details

Be a good sport, rage it next level, and support SD BASS MUSIC!!! LESSSSSGOOOO!!!

By: TD

UM SO Dillon Francis in cahoots with fellow LA-based homie Cory Enemy with pretty much zero heads-up dropped an EP about a half hour ago… Not just a single, A WHOLE EP  – three sonically-cranking, half-step-your-way-to-floor dubstep tracks deep! Slowmo wrenched dub stabs, enlightening synth blares, an array of familiar samples, and mesmerizing female vocals have aurally-engaging results. And they are thoroughly upsetting my dog. Which means this EP is damn good.

Cory Enemy & Dillon Francis – Ultra EP by DILLONFRANCIS

It’s not Dillon Francis’ brand of moombahcore you’re expecting. But Dillon Francis’ arsenal of melodic dubstep samples and multi-layered growling basslines are certainly not to be overlooked.

By: TD