"Swedish House Mafia Accuse Music Producers Of 'Raping' House Music"

Alright, here is a post for the true believers.

"Swedish House Mafia Accuse Music Producers Of 'Raping' House Music"

According to Tale Tela.com, the Daily Star UK reported that "Swedish House Mafia DJ's Wage War" against music producers. Vehemently accusing them of "raping" the genre by mainstreaming it and making it too commercial.

Sentiments that echo how Musical Technocracy feels about the issue and have been advocated since the creation of our blog. Though we believe in the commercialization and spread of the music into the mainstream, I do believe there is a right way and a wrong way to go about doing this without violating the spirituality, culture and social movement that is behind the music.

The appropriation of every Tom, Dick and Harry that pop and urban music has to offer into the electronic music production process still seems like whoredom to many. And we are personally glad that someone of prominence in the EDM community, such as Axwell, has called them out.

However, to simply raise awareness as to the corruption infecting electronic music is not enough. Axwell's efforts need to be taken up by all who are genuinely concerned about EDM's state of affairs and taken a step further by way of educating newcomers to the music. Education that needs to teach how the genre goes far deeper than just the drugs and the clubs.

Case studies such the history of the Love Parade and Dr. Motte, what the music has meant for the LGBT community and Paul Van Dyk's playing of smuggled mix tapes behind the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain of communism need to be case and point.

Electronic Dance Music, in a lot of ways, was a Social Justice Movement before it was just plain old music.

MOSSANO

Well, Beirut radio has done it again! And by done it again, I mean direct me to some of the freshest EDM that airwaves can catch and release. A few weeks ago while chilling out to some beats I heard one of the crispest sounds I've heard in a while. Naturally, I was curious and began scowering the internet for the source of the magik. Lo and behold, I found myself led back to the beautiful country of Romania! A place I am wanting to visit more and more, along with Sweden, as I continue to discover DJ's and more music coming out of these two countries!

A new project by David Deejay, Lucian Mosanu, going by the name Mossano, is going to be, if not already a hit! Evidently with nearly a decade of experience in Romania and across Europe, Mossano started his career at the ripe young age of 16 and had started gaining residency at Romanian clubs by the time of his 18th birthday.

Back in 2009 he came out with one of his first tracks, "Indianotech". A track with skyrocketed to international charts and only got more popular with the release of the video a year later. The video which is brilliant put together features Lucian and a mate of his cruising in a VW golden bug down an industrial mod style hallway where two dancers are seemingly trapped to perform. One a young man in a white sport coat wearing a beanie hat that almost resembles the head wrapping of the Sikhs. The other is a gorgeous young lady, fairly orientalised, in a shimmer gold dress, sari like attire shawl, and a red dot on her forehead symbolizing marriage. This lady dancer is then set to the backdrop of a seemingly flower painting and another painting of who seems to be Ganesha. That being said, as simply as this video might seem, it's not simple at all, but very loaded.

Perhaps some of the most culturally conscious material I have seen in a long time, Mossano only begins to express a certain cultural awareness with his "Indianotech" project and takes it to the next level with "Zingarinho". Featured at the top of this post, "Zingarinho", released in 2010 also became an international sensation topping charts in Europe and Turkey. The video to "Zingarinho", narrates a sort of meeting or exchange culture, as our protagonist finds himself sticking out like a sore thumb as the only Caucasian individual eating at South Asian restaurant. In an effort to fit in, he begins jamming out to the local beats right from his table in the corner of the room. Infatuated by the whole sensation of the place, our protagonist becomes even more mesmerized as the most attractive and elegantly moving waitress makes her way to his table to take his order. And not just there to provide service as a server, she also provides the viewer with much eye candy as she is the clips main entertainer/dancer. Finally, our protagonists food arrives and all eyes are on him as he begins to sample from the feast he ordered. Grave tension and nerves mount as he takes the first bite. And as his approval and most jubulant satisfaction with the tastes of his food are expressed, the entire room erupts with smiles, laughter and joy that he likes the cuisine. And if such a presentation of cultural encounter was not interestingly deep enough to experience, Mossano takes up even further by presenting the esoteric Ajna or Bindu third eye port to the soul. Alarmed at what he sees, our protagonist rushes to the bathroom, perhaps concerned he ate too many foreign spices and was hallucinating accordingly. But only to find himself with Ajna himself and then evaporating into another plain.

Mossano has continued to stick this South Asian, Indian-esq theme in his new track "Caramba". And Musical Technocracy will be most excited to see what sort of video clip will accompany this track in the near future.

Fascinated by his South Asian theming, Massono's projects are hardly orientalist, but merely well intentioned exchanges with some of the exotic and unique aspects of one particular culture. I only wish my South Asian language skills were sufficient to perhaps understand the chorus to his tracks.

Check Out Mossano's Website, Like Him On Facebook & Follow Him On Twitter @mossanotw

Some Tasty Bernasconi(s)

Not only does mix master Rico Bernasconi have tasty beats and sexy video treats, but also has something of a new twist from this past year working with Polish DJ Max Farenthide.

Fresh with the Italio-Latin-esq Mediterranean style beats, Farenthide and Bernasconi have pulled something spicy right nice out of the oven!

And of course, as summer is fast approaching, we cannot neglect to enjoy the eye candy that is in the video of his collaboration with Ace of Base to remix Bananarama's "Cruel Summer".

It is some of the vibes in these tracks and clips that devinately tell you summer is near here!

"thie porno has good music"

Praise be due to Mr. Bernasconi, Ace of Base and Max Farenthide! Musical Technocracy is very much looking forward to hearing and seeing what you all will be bringing forward in the coming months!

Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand" & Glee !?!?!?!?

Check Out Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand" On Glee Via Youtube

WOW... well it has happened... if anyone doubted it at all before, there is no debating now that electronic music has infiltrated the American mainstream media mosaic.

FOX's popular musically orientated comedy drama Glee, though having performed a variety of musical pieces from across the spectrum, has not in my opinion, featured such a distinct EDM piece as A-Trak and Armand Van Helden's "Barbra Streisand"!

Chin Chin Cheers to Duck Sauce!

*Update: 5/23/11* Evidently the link & video no longer is available. It was actually featuring a clip from the TV show Glee with the cast performing choreography to Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand" in a shopping mall venue. Very amusing and interesting to see.

Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford - "Sun & Moon"

Perhaps one of the emotionally deepest tracks I have heard in a long while, Above & Beyond's "Sun & Moon" is beyond soul piercing. Having first been exposed to the track this past March while listening to some of the sets from ULTRA, it has been a nonstop anthem of trance revival for me since.

If the track wasn't trench deep enough, the video seals the deal. Not only is the individual playing the lead role a powerful actor and fabulous dancer, he is able to convey the emotional distress and catharsis of a relationship/romantic situation in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Bravo to whoever this gentleman is!

Though I could go on with my own ragged interpretation perhaps it is best to simply here what the Above & Beyond team themselves had to say about their own video,

"Inspired by a song that combines bittersweet lyrics with uplifting electronic melodies, the video for Above & Beyond's 'Sun & Moon' focuses on the pain and release of a couple's break-up; showing that relationships live on forever in the memory.

With the video drawing its aesthetic cues from the legendary Northern Soul era, the lead male is seen re-living the relationship and the final breakdown through a series of emotive flash back scenes and some lonesome, drink and music fuelled longing.

Just as 'Sun & Moon' finds its release through its emphatic, riff-based breakdown, the lead recognises the song and finds his own peace of mind the only way he knows - by dancing. Through a set of skilfully twisted and visually arresting dance moves straight out of the Northern soul era - where sad love songs like 'Sun & Moon' fuelled a generation of late night dancers lost in lyrics. In doing so, he finds his freedom... in the moment".

Cheers, joy and thanks to Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, Paavo Siljamäki, Richard Bedford, Ferry Gouw and all others involved in this track, video and the Group Therapy project!

"...ppl cant get over obama's dance moves..."

Avicii (Tim Berg) - "Seek Bromance"

If there is one decant videographic musical expression of youthful mystery, exploration and/or absence, perhaps it is in Tim Berg's, better known as Avicii, "Seek Bromance".

A great club poppy track that empowers bedroom dancing in front of the mirror, the video takes the listener/viewer elsewhere quite frankly as it begins with an adolescent-parental rift. Evidently the conflict of our story's narrative. This propels three young people to simply leave it all behind, take off from the world with nothing but the clothes on their back and a sufficient amount of recreational party drugs while they cruise their blue convertible Cadillac.

The mystery continues and unfolds profoundly as well as provocatively as our three musketeers trio arrives in Las Vegas and bears the full brunt of the Vegas strip. Drinking, gambling, table dancing and getting kicked out of casinos leads to a hotel party with other young people met while adventuring. A typical part of any young person's party night occurs as one of our protagonists requires the care and bathroom babysitting of his friends. But all that is shrugged off as our three friends truly show how affectionate they are of one another slipping off one another's clothes and slipping into bed under the covers together. Romancing and having their three way to the fullest, our two mates conclude their business with a high five just as they (probably) finished crossing swords.

The video then ends with the impression of some sort of abandonment by the two lads of their female companion which leads to only puzzling speculation as to what are the true intentions of friendship. In this context, was the young lady just exploited or was it all in mutual consensual fun? Or perhaps the high five at the end in the car mirrors the high five previously exchanged earlier in the car and again in the car with the reedit of the same scene. And perchance that is what we are to focus, simply that high five. Though endless qualifications could be made on the affairs between our protagonists, what is the focus is the actual "bromance" and relationship between the two young men alone, despite their lady companion. Either way, no doubt "bromance" was actualized whether it was the exchange of a high five or the exchange of something else...