#weekend rewind

Weekend Rewind: Celebrate Andrew Weatherall’s life with his 1996 Essential Mix

Earlier this week, the world learned of the death of musician Andrew Weatherall, who suffered a pulmonary embolism at age 56. Weatherall was a leader in the growth of Britain’s electronic music scene, and his musical passion and drive helped grow his reputation as a tremendously respected visionary.

Join us in celebrating his life and accomplishments by revisiting a classic example of his work:…

Weekend Rewind: Take it back 13 years to Mark Ronson’s 2007 Essential Mix

Rewind 13 years to 2007, a British-American producer known as Mark Ronson was just at early stages of his imminent rise to international stardom. The previous year won him widespread recognition for his production on Christina Aguilera‘s Back to Basics, Amy Winehouse‘s Back to Black, Lily Allen‘s Alright, Still, and more. However, it was 2007 that cemented the dawning of Ronson’s electronic…

Weekend Rewind: listen to Calvin Harris’ 2008 Essential Mix debut

In 2008, a Scottish artist by the name of Calvin Harris had just begun hitting his stride and earning notice from the dance community at large. His debut LP offering the year before, I Created Disco, proved a hit and later led to collaborations with Kylie Minogue. He also earned credit on the tour circuit through support for Groove Armada and Faithless. Naturally, Pete Tongtook interest in the…

Weekend Rewind: Madeon’s iconic ‘Raise Your Weapon’ remix turns eight this month

Madeon was just 16 years old when he crafted his entrancing remix of deadmau5‘s “Raise Your Weapon.” He had just won a remix contest for Pendulum’s “The Island,” and in the months following this deadmau5 remix, the French prodigy would release his “Pop Culture” live mashupon YouTube, garnering him thousands of new fans and priming him to release “Icarus” at the beginning of the following year.…

Have you seen #Crank2? If not you should definitely see it, if you have then watch it again. Find out why in my #WeekendRewind

Crank: High Voltage was released in 2009; it was written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, and stars Jason Statham and Amy Smart. This sequel marks the return of Chev Chelios from a fall of…….well, mathematically speaking the tallest building in LA is 1100 feet tall and he was in a helicopter way above that, somehow, so really, really high. Miraculously Chelios survived but the…