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Flow Zen Unites EDM Fans With ‘Together Again’ EP

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FLOW ZEN, by origins a Dubstep producer, surprises the industry with a new 5 tracker EP where he merges various styles of bass driven EDM. The title track – and first single – is TOGETHER AGAIN – an upbeat, high energy, and melodic Progressive House track that features Flow Zen’s longtime friend, JENNY D, on vocals. The idea for the ‘Together Again’ EP came from experiences at various big timer EDM festivals.
 
Flow Zen: “I wanted the EP to express the feelings my friends and I felt at these shows. Not only were they amazing experiences to hear great music from our favorite artists, but my friends and I live all over the world now, so these kinds of events provide the chance to bring us all together. We simply can’t be the only people experiencing that. So the Together Again EP as a whole – and the first single, Together Again – represents that feeling of being reunited and sharing a special moment with the friends and people you truly care about.”
 
www.flowzen.netFLOW ZEN has a rich musical history. Together with his musical partner Aki Shimo (Kuga), they form the Hip Hop crew NjS. Both grew up together in San Francisco, and the bay area was – and still is – predominantly a Hip Hop scene. While on a high school graduation trip to Japan in July of 2007, Flow Zen and Aki decided to buy some cheap equipment and to try out rapping and recording. They started producing bilingual Japanese/English Hip Hop and were able to perform all over Tokyo, Japan for the next five years.
 
Flow Zen’s introduction to EDM happened when he went down to the University of California, Irvine for college. He soon found out that he had left the Hip Hop dominant Northern California for the EDM minded Southern California. Still a Hip Hop guy at heart, he finally gave in when one of his friends came over one day in early 2009 and showed him a Dubstep track. From that point on, he knew it was something to explore further. After experiencing EDC 2009, he ultimately initiated the shift towards EDM production.
 
Flow Zen’s previous solo release KILLER DJ on the Dirt, Lies and Audio Black label is an upbeat Glitch/Dubstep/ Electro-House banger which had a good amount of success. His track “Why” (Original Mix), as well as two songs by NjS were semifinalists (top 9% out of over 20,000 entries) at the International Songwriting Competition in 2012-2013. Also, the track ’25th Century Funk’ was a finalist (top 5 in Dance/Electronica category) in the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards in 2013.

 
Flow Zen: “Some people think it’s funny that I’m part of a Hip Hop duo that has a really Jazz influenced sound – think Nujabes – and that I also make electronic music since they appear to be polar opposites. One’s natural and one’s very artificial. But I don’t think I could ever choose one or the other. I’m a music artist, not a genre-specific artist. Genres are for the constrained. I do the types of music that I enjoy, even if they aren’t anything alike.”
 
The EP clearly shows his diversity. Next to TOGETHER AGAIN, we find three more original tracks. ROCK THE HOUSE is a funk-influenced Glitch-Hop/Dubstep track featuring Flow Zen as a rapper. FALLING DOWN is a melodic vocal Dubstep track with Flow Zen on vocals. BEAT ON YA is a heavy Drumstep/Drum & Bass track. It starts off kind of funky and then drops hard. The closing track of the EP is the radio edit of TOGETHER AGAIN.

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Notaker’s “Infinite” Facilitates Your Sonic Journey to Another Universe

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Notaker's "Infinite" Facilitates Your Sonic Journey to Another Universe
Imagine sailing through time and space in a world of endless stars, watching the earth fall away from sight on a fateful and uncertain pilgrimage to a distant galaxy. Even if you never dreamed of being an astronaut, Notaker‘s newest track “Infinite”, to be released on mighty Monstercat, will take you on an epic adventure to your mind’s wildest destination. Stepping away from his usual progressive sound for a more futuristic and digital vibe, Notaker is here to be our commanding astronaut on our journey to another world.

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Before he ever started producing music, David Nothaker – better known as Notaker – was fascinated by science and space, especially the concept of something having no end. For “Infinite”, he was inspired by the limitless quality of the mind; our minds can take us places our bodies will never be able to, and oftentimes music serves as a catalyst to facilitate that passage. Inspired by legends like Hans ZimmerDeadmau5, and Eric PrydzNotaker specializes in creating an atmosphere around his productions to immerse the listener in the story of his sound, rather than just the track itself. He has certainly achieved that with “Infinite”, so stay tuned for more sonic experiences coming from this promising up and comer soon!

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Video Premiere: Boys Noize feat. POLIÇA – Starchild

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Today, Boys Noize reveals the video for his third track of the upcoming Mayday album, “Starchild” featuring Poliça. The video is shot by LIL INTERNET in Miami and stars Poliça’s Channy Leaneagh.

Director LIL INTERNET explains the background of the video director LIL INTERNET: “The original inspiration was a harrowing film released last year by artists Alli Coates and Signe Pierce called “American Reflexxx.” The film, which depicts a masked woman walking through Myrtle Beach with violent results, ended up showing that Frankenstein narratives of persecution and misunderstanding of the “other” can unfold very easily in real life and in real time, even today. With Alli and Signe’s inspiration- and blessing to do the video- I set up a similar scenario with Poliça in a narrative of an alien falling from space and landing in South Beach. We put her in a nude bodysuit and a clear raincoat and walked around and basically just filmed what happened. Poliça is just a naturally magnetic performer- she elicited immensely beautiful moments- and while we didn’t have a result nearly as violent as Alli and Signe’s film, we did end up capturing deep emotion and complicated responses in scenes that lie somewhere between fantasy and reality. There’s many layers you can extract from the responses we captured, and I could talk forever about them, but most importantly I have to thank Poliça for her gorgeously ethereal- and incredibly brave- performance (there were more than a few extremely uncomfortable moments for her), to Alli Coats and Signe Pierce for the inspiration and giving me the OK to do this video, and of course for Boys Noize for giving me free reign to do several videos for him over the course of this album release, all of which were adventures in themselves. I do recommend watching American Reflexxx as a counterpart to the “Starchild” video, and thinking about what both videos say about humanity and society – and if there is anything we need now more than ever, it’s empathy for the “other,” whoever the “other” is to you.”

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EDM Remix of Pia Dean’s Latest Track “Gone” feat. Scarlet Cox

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Check out songwriter/producer Pia Dean‘s latest remix of “Gone”, featuring the emotive vocals of Scarlet Cox.

“Gone” is a superb dance/pop remix and one of Pia Dean’s finest moments to date! An excellent hands-in-the-air dance tune which is sure to set any club on fire! This special remix was produced for all  EDM fans young and old. Enjoy it.

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