Hot Chip – Look At Where We Are (Major Lazer Remix)
Diplo may very well be one of the most prolific and experimental producers in dance music today. He has fostered countless artists with his Mad Decent label, created intense dancehall anthems, embraced the moombahton movement, and now he takes a shot at the up-and-coming trap sound. We’ll be honest, up until Dillon Francis touched trap music we thought it was just obnoxious noise and now Diplo decides to experiment with trap the same way he did with moombahton.
When we first heard this track on BBC 1 this morning we were shocked. Major Lazer remixing an incredibly mellow, borderline folk, indie rock song? It didn’t seem plausible. Lucky for us we were pleasantly surprised. Adding a distinctly Caribbean-dancehall-style to the indie crooner’s melancholy lyrics may seem like an unlikely combo but the downtempo beat with Joe Goddard’s slow paced vocals are a perfect fit to create a uniquely memorable track.
Maybe this trap thing isn’t so bad afterall?
who ever said this “trap” thing was bad?
This track is massive…
Wait??!?! are you serious??! u guys didnt like trap ish until now?? WTF?!?!?!?!? who are you? is this dancing astronaut? im super confused right now? are you guys ok?
have you been to a moombahton or dubstep show lately??
http://soundcloud.com/ktheory/azealia-the-b fuckin wild trap ish
http://youtu.be/btDPtzCGNTE Skrilly “trap” remix
Honestly the way that dubstep, moomba, trap and all things inbetween is going, this is quickly becoming the new “open format” of djing. to quote my friend Dj Aaron Marcus. Its varying tempos. lots of quick changeups rather than epic builds and crossfade transistions and blends perfectly with Rack City and all the other hip hop stuff on the radio.
Trap is now bad because it doesn’t follow the traditional EDM styles of music? If we’re going to be honest we can classify a lot of EDM as “just noise”. Coming from a hip hop background, I never noticed how “elite” the EDM world was.
Just like anything, there is good trap and bad trap and up until recently most of what I have heard labeled trap music was nothing short of a cacophony of off key noises, bleeps from sample packs, and the same sampled vocal cuts. Moombahton had a similarly uninspired infancy but its grown into one of my favorite sub-genres. The Skrillex “trap” remix is great, but I just don’t see it with the KTheory one – it’s way too choppy and peaked out. Post some more recommendations though, I’m down to keep listening.
Trap mix I made a few weeks back :):
http://soundcloud.com/partymuzik/partymuzik-podcast-06-25-12
He takes a shot at trap?!?! HAHAHA!! Diplo has been making Trap for some time now dude. I’m not hating and I don’t usually comment on your articles, but you guys have been surprising me with some of the comments you’ve been making. Have you heard Munchi’s Rotterdam EP? Diplo isn’t the only one making good trap. What about Flosstradamus? The one’s who contributed to exploding the genre. I do agree with you about Diplo being one of the most prolific/experimental producers in the dance music, so then why are you surprised Major Lazer is remixing Hot Chip? Dillon Francis made an amazing trap remix of Masta Blasta but please don’t forget that there are MANY smaller producers producing great Trap tunes. Please do some more research. Simply couldn’t hold myself back from commenting on this one
RL Grime. Trap Ridiculous.
Kanye West – Mercy (RL Grime & Salva Remix)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yk0YBYc2Ww
Diplo being awesome again but this doesn’t sound like Major Lazer, it sounds more like a Diplo production unless he’s just going to use Major Lazer as his moniker now.
It’s not the EDM world. It’s the people who claim to be fans of EDM when it’s just dancy electronic music that’s all it is and there’s so much to it. Some of these self proclaimed EDM fans listen to only modern house tracks.