Grammy-nominated artist, Morgan Page, returns to The Depot May 20th!

(A little biography to get to know him a little better),

With over 110 remixes to his name—including tracks by Madonna (“Miles Away”), Katy Perry (“I Kissed A Girl”), Tegan & Sara (“Back In Your Head”), and La Roux (“Bulletproof”)—Morgan Page has earned a solid reputation for transferring insatiable pop energy to the dance floor in the form of banging, progressive house tracks. High ranking spots on iTunes’ dance chart, Beatport’s progressive chart, and Billboard’s club charts affirmed his salability, while an ’09 Grammy nomination for Deadmau5’s remix of Page’s “The Longest Road” simultaneously bolstered his underground cred while spotlighting his skills as a songwriter.

You might recognize these tracks, "Fight For You" or "The Longest Road"

Earlier this year, Page released Believe, a powerful, captivating album that makes good on his International Dance Music Awards nomination as Best Breakthrough Artist, and typifies his journey from bootleg remixer to award-winning producer and world renown DJ. 

To listen to his podcasts and remixes, you can visit his soundcloud.

Morgan was kind enough to take a little bit of time out of his busy busy schedule to answer just a few questions for me... 

-What's something surprising about you, that no one

would ever expect?

I built my first studio in the basement of log cabin that used to be a ski lodge, when I was 14 (That is quite impressive..)

-What software do you use to produce?

I use Pro Tools 9

-What software to you use to mix?

I DJ with Ableton Live, with an Allen & Heath Xone 4D

-What was the first gig you ever played at? How'd it make you feel?

My first gig was The Phoenix Landing in Cambridge Massachusetts. I didn't even recognize the kick drum coming out the speakers. It was a bit of a revelation!

-What are your favorite tracks to play and why?

I'll definitely be playing "The Longest Road", "Fight For You" "I've Had Friends" and probably my new remixes for Daft Punk and Adam K (I'm kind of curious to hear these Daft Punk remixes you speak of...)

-We're excited to have you playing in Salt Lake City, any thoughts about this show?

SLC is one of my favorite cities. I try to make a point to go snowboarding there in the winter.

-What do you have planned for the summer of 2011?

My new album should be out this summer features collaborations with Tegan & Sara, Nadia Ali, and several others. I can't wait for people to hear it! 

-Any advice or words of wisdom for DJ's trying to 'make it'

Don't send unsolicited promos…slowly build your rep and build your contacts one at a time. The shotgun approach doesn't really work. (Thank you for your words of wisdom)

And there you have it! Thank you Morgan, i really wish you continued success in your new album and remixes. :)

*Make sure to follow Morgan Page on Facebook, Twitter and his official home page. 

*You can catch this Grammy-nominated artist, Morgan Page, when he returns to The Depot May 20th! Opening sets by DJ K and Cool Hand Luke! 

For more ticket/event information, visit here.

△ Kill Pops Eli Smith in Slc May 25th @ Club Metro△

The boys at Diekru just announced they are flying Eli Smith to SLC for one night to show you how they get down in california, us at nightfreq are all about that and encourege all you scenesters to catch up with the program, for this month of may kill pops heavy hitters will be here to change your life, first off we got Lucky Date May 12th @ Club Metro, Kids At The Bar May 21st @ Urban Lounge, Eli Smith May 25 th @ Club Metro. hope everyone can make it i highly suggest you go as events like this are very rare to happen in slc, so if you are 21 + you are golden!

(more info)

Eli Smith Facebook Event Page

△GET TO KNOW ELI SMITH△

// OWNER OF KILLPOP RECORDS, BOOKING & MGMT DJ

// PRODUCER

// CO-FOUNDER OF SO SWEET RECORDS

& BAND MEMBER IN FRANKMUSIK

ELI SMITH IS UNIQUE IN THAT HE IS VERY EXPERIENCED IN BOTH THE ARTIST AND BUSINESS SIDES OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

HIS RESUME INCLUDES MUSICIAN / SONG WRITER / PRODUCER / DJ AS WELL AS LABEL OWNER / BOOKING AGENT / CLUB AND FESTIVAL PROMOTER.

ELI STARTED HIS PROFESSIONAL MUSIC CAREER AS THE SIMULTANEOUS DRUMMER/SYNTH PLAYER FOR THE BAND GIANT DRAG (INTERSCOPE/ WICHITA RECORDS) WHICH LED TO TOURS OF THE UK AND NORTH AMERICA. ELI WENT ON TO WORK WITH OTHER NOTABLE BANDS RECORDING AND TOURING. ELI HAS BEEN WRITING AND PRODUCING HIS OWN MUSIC FOR OVER 8 YEARS. HIS ORIGINAL TRACKS "BELL TOWER BASS" AND "PARTY ALL KNIGHT" HAVE GARNISHED RESPECT FROM SOME OF THE HIGHEST PROFILE ELECTRO ARTISTS AND SET HIM APART AS A UNIQUE PRODUCER WITH AN AGRESSIVE, BASS HEAVY SOUND. ELI HAS ALSO REMIXED AC SLATER, FAR EAST MOVEMENT, DEV, FRANKMUSIK AND HAS MANY MORE REMIXES AND ORIGINALS IN THE WORKS FOR 2011. HIS COLLAB REMIX WITH LUCKY DATE OF DO IT IN THE AM BY FRANKMUSIK REACHED #3 MOST PLAYED TRACK ON THE WHOLE SOUNDCLOUD WEBSITE IN THE FIRST WEEK AND NOW HAS OVER 20,000 PLAYS. IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY RELEASED ON INTERSCOPE RECORDS AS PART OF THE REMIX EP ON PHYSICAL CD AND DIGITAL. HIS REMIX OF FIREBALL BY DEV AND THE CATARACS WILL ALSO BE OFFICIALLY RELEASED THIS SUMMER.

AS A DJ ELI SMITH HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE GENRE, INCLUDING DIGITALISM, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, BOYS NOIZE, CRYSTAL METHOD, DJ AM, KID SISTER, DIPLO, MAJOR LAZER, SWITCH, D.I.M, FAKE BLOOD, DROP THE LIME, FEADZ, SKREAM, LITTLE BOOTS, SHINICHI OSAWA, THE RAPTURE, SHINY TOY GUNS, CRAZE, Z-TRIP AND RUSKO. WITH A CONSISTENTLY BUSY TOUR SCHEDULE OF DATES ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE, LOOK OUT FOR ELI SMITH TO BE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING DJ/PRODUCERS IN 2011

HE IS CURRENTLY TOURING INTERNATIONALLY AS PART OF THE FRANKMUSIK LIVE BAND WHICH ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERSEAS FANS TO EXPERIENCE ELI SMITH, AT AFTER PARTIES, OTHER FESTIVALS AND SHOWS.

ELI HAS THUS FOUNDED THE LABEL KILLPOP RECORDS IN 2010 WHICH HE CURRENTLY RUNS AND OWNS WITH VINCENT FRANK AKA FRANKMUSIK.

THE KILLPOP CREW:

Frankmusik // Eli Smith // Lucky Date // Crizzly // Midnight Conspiracy // Computer Club // Digiraatii // Kids At The Bar // Trash Yourself // Crystal Vision // Kroyclub

www.killpoprecords.com

Who Is Lucky Date?

The first time i heard about lucky date was from my partner in crime al, which was showing me different tutorials on reason by this user named "Lucky Date", right of the bat we though wow, this dude can show you everything you need to know about making electro dance music, why doesnt he make some brutal tunes of his own? Our question was anwsered when he joined our friends at Kill Pop Records..

Hailing from San Francisco California and now living in Chicago Illinois, DJ/Producer Lucky Date (Jordan Atkins-Loria) has steadily been making a place for himself in the world of electro with plenty powerful tricks up his sleeve. LUCKY DATE has opened for acts such as: DESIGNER DRUGS, STEVE AOKI, LE CASTLE VANIA, & MANY MORE. He has officially remixed Crystal Castles, Greenskeepers, Richard Vission, Trash Yourself, Alex Kidd USA, Vhs or Beta, Lazy Rich, Frederik Olufsen, Zedd, and many others. Jordan recently became an artist for Big Fish Recordings one of the hottest electro labels in the world. Although most of his tracks are bassified aggressive electro he also produces Progressive House, Tech House, Dutch House, and Dubstep. Jordan also works as a synth engineer providing the sounds behind some of the worlds biggest names including David Guetta. In the last year Jordan has produced over 30 tracks and has no intention of slowing down.

LUCKY DATE WILL MAKE HIS FIRST TIME APPERANCE IN SLC Thursday, MAY 12th If you want to attend i recomend you visit the Facebook Event here for more info

(LUCKY DATE *LIVE* @ METRO BAR)

Lucky Date Mix (Lazy Rich Show November 2010) by Lucky Date

Go to his soundcloud and get more fresh tunes!

http://soundcloud.com/lucky-date

When it comes to Summer time tunes, the formula for me is simple, sexy vocals, crazy synths and HEAVY bass <3 . With the new Major Lazer album approaching I gotta throw it back to their smash hit "Keep It Going Louder".

Kids At The Bar @ Urban Lounge

Kids At The Bar Facebook Event

NIGHTFREQ is bringing out Kill Pop records finest all the way from Oklahoma City.....!!!KIDS AT THE BAR!!!! This is our May installment of NIGHTFREQ and this time it will be at The Urban Lounge so prepare to get F**kin BUCK!! NIGHTFREQ has The Urban Lounge for one night so lets RAGE PEOPLE!! This is KIDS AT THE BAR first time in Salt Lake city so lets show them how hard we can party. As always FICE, FRESH and Positive have ourback. Skull candy is gonna give us free shit to give away. We will also be celebrating Al Cardenas and Darcy Martinez birthday so this ones is gonna be a shit show ;) If you havent heard of KIDS AT THE BAR here is a little bio:

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Hailing from Oklahoma City, Kids At The Bar is the musical project of Producer/DJ duo Chad "Rad" Raunborg and Matt Buckley. Since their debut remix for friends Trash Yourself, Kids at the Bar have quickly become one of the hottest emerging acts in electronic music. In 2010 alone, they have played SXSW, Burning Man, booked a 12 city coast to coast "So We Can Party" tour and shared the stage with the biggest DJs in the world at ULTRA music festival. They have been featured in RCKSTR Magazine's October 2010 Hypes Section (www.rockstar.ch/), been played on Kissy Sell Out's BBC Radio 1 show, and have had their tracks featured on endless DJs mixtapes such as Tiesto's Club Life 189.

They have been praised by countless blogs and have reached the top five on Hype Machine's popular list numerous times (reaching number one with their "Walking On A Dream" remix).

After gaining popularity from their remixes (including official remixes for Ellie Goulding, Kill Hannah, Les Savy Fav, Harlem Shakes, Trash Yourself, Toxic Avenger, and Morning Benders to name a few) the duo caught the attention of Eli Smith (So Sweet Records co-founder). So impressed with their work, he jumped at the opportunity to release their debut EP "Exile" on his brand new label KillPop Records, co-owned with Frankmusik.

With the success Kids At The Bar have garnered in 2010, 2011 sees them expanding their domination even further with a tour lined up for europe and many more bone-shattering remixes and originals.

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They are signed to Kill Pop record here is what they are about!

Kill Pop Rooster:

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--DIGIRATTI

--GRIZZLY

--MIDNIGHT CONSPIRACY

--FRANKMUSIK

--KIDS AT THE BAR

--ELI SMITH

--TRASH YOURSELF

--LUCKY DATE

--COMPUTER CLUB

--MR. SKELETON

--CRYSTAL VISION

--JAMES WHITEHALL

--KROYCLUB

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It will be $10 Dollars at the door because we are flying these kids all the way out from Oklahoma city and we have to pay the talent....You know how that goes. See you there this party is gonna be fucking wild!!!!!

Our NIGHTFREQ parties are getting some heavy recognition so come experience sound.

For more music and info on our parties check out our blog @

http://nightfreq.blogspot.com/

TOUGH SHIT :)

Hello there friends here is another installment of Bangers as i like to call them. I have been lazy with the posts im sorry peeps. I dont know how many of you are out there but we are glad for the support. Keep listening to the music we post because I would say its fairly good :) I have got some songs to post. Some to me are old and some are hot off the download link. I have tested them on the crowds and they make the people go "CARAZY". You will get some techno and electro house with that being said here is the music ladies and gents.

Work this pussy-Dimitri Vegas and like mike remix


Fukkk Offf - Brain Rock (Cyberpunkers Remix) ACID


gesaffelstein-Hatred (Wait for the DROP!)


D-Wayne vs Jacob van Hage - Eponym (Original Mix) (MONSTER BANGER ...this will FUCK people up :)


Highbloo-Time To Change Part 2 (Heard it on the new Mustard pimp mix tape "V")



I hope this will do for now you electro fiends! :) I have some bonus tracks....they dont bang as hard but they are good tracks:

Hey-Today-Strange-(Boris-Dlugosch-Remix) (sounds like old Boys Noize)


Modeselektor - The Black Block (Original Mix) (song killed me live)


Until next time see ya. I will try and get better at posting more often.