DIM MAK STUDIOS SERIES

Ghastly's underground house single 'Every Night' was the first release of many under this format. By 2015, the platform evolved into a bi-weekly, free-download platform based on singles.

DIM MAK STUDIOS SERIES

Launched in 2010, New Noise got its start as a compilation series highlighting fresh faces handpicked by Steve Aoki and crew. New Noise is Dim Mak's new music discovery imprint that focuses on cutting-edge sounds from burgeoning artists across the genre spectrum. Thump placed the track at #19 on their 101 Best EDM Songs of All Time list and called it 'Perhaps the definitive track from that particularly fruitful period of hook-laden abrasiveness.' Īround the same time, Dim Mak released an album from Mstrkrft titled Fist of God, which brought major pop and hip-hop collaborators into the electro scene. One of the biggest tracks of this era came when Steve Aoki collaborated with The Bloody Beetroots for 'Warp 1.9', the lead single off their debut album Romborama.

Electro era Īs underground dance music began incorporating (which was coined electro at the time), Dim Mak shifted with the times and entered its electro era. Together, Dim Mak and Atlantic released Bloc Party's debut album Silent Alarm in 2005, which went on to sell over 350,000 physical albums. Shortly afterwards, Dim Mak entered into a partnership with VICE (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records), for the rights to Bloc Party, marking Dim Mak's first deal with a major label. After mailing Aoki a 7-inch of their track ' She's Hearing Voices', the group signed to Dim Mak Records. In 2003, Dim Mak began to build out its roster through the addition of indie rock artists, beginning with the U.K. Following the success of this record along with The Kills’ Black Rooster in 2002, Aoki relocated Dim Mak to Los Angeles, initiating the label's second era. In 2001, Dim Mak released one of the label's first nationally recognized projects with the self-titled debut EP from Pretty Girls Make Graves. The relationships formed throughout these formative years served as a crucial foundation for what would later become Dim Mak Records. Hundreds of acts played in this early space, sometimes in exchange for a place to sleep for the night, including The Rapture, Jimmy Eat World, Atom & His Package, and more. Meanwhile, he began hosting punk and hardcore shows in the living room of his college apartment, which came to be known as The Pickle Patch. As a writer for a small zine, Aoki would often receive demos and albums to review. Prior to launching Dim Mak, Aoki was involved in the local hardcore punk scene. The name 'Dim Mak' is a reference to Bruce Lee's Death Touch martial art technique.

The label's first release was a 7-inch record by a hardcore punk band called Stickfigurecarousel. Steve Aoki started Dim Mak Records in 1996 at the age of 19, out of his college apartment at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The label has released music under the genres of punk, indie rock, hardcore, hip hop, and electronic dance music. Dim Makĭim Mak Records is an independent, Los Angeles-based record label, events company, and lifestyle brand founded by Steve Aoki in 1996.

Snag the new single available on iTunes now! Don't Mess Around With A Guy That Drinks Alone The Single So if you're brave enough, come join Project Dim Mak on a musical adventure you'll sure to forget, except for that impossible smell you won't be able to get out of your clothing. Its clear that these two self proclaimed musical savants were destine to work together, probably at an Arby's or Carl's Jr. ' Don't Mess Around With A Guy That Drinks Alone' is the first of many soon to come singles from this deranged duo.

Music targeted for bargain bins at The Wall and Camelot Music. Project Dim Mak boldly takes music into a direction where no other artists dare to tread.

Who just so happens to be one of the former founding members of The Bloodhound Gang as well. Spawned from a makeshift home studio in their parents' basement apartment, ' Project Dim Mak' comes to us from the efforts of two great musical legends well at least in their own minds.Ī collaborated effort from the tone deaf backup vocalist and mediocre turntablist of The Bloodhound Gang, Q-Ball and the lyrically challenged front man from WOLFPAC, Daddy Long Legs. Don't Mess Around With A Guy That Drinks Alone The Music Video

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