New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Emily Tan Media Relations) GRAMMY® nominated electronic musician, technologist and composer BT unveils his two-disc Laptop Symphony (Black Hole Recordings) mix compilation on May 14th (digital) and June 11th (physical), 2012, globally. A face-melting, mind-altering collection of pristinely mixed tracks evocative of BT's live shows of the same name, Laptop Symphony is a must-have release for discerning EDM (electronic dance music) lovers. Disc-one is a snarling, growling assemblage of the nastiest, most sonically vicious dubstep, electro and breakbeats; disc-two is a victorious team of trance hits reimagined for today's world-weary festival-goer.
Disc-one kicks-off with BT & Adam K's "Tomahawk," a blistering tune that's been demonizing dubstep and electro-friendly shows across North
America and Europe, before mainlining into Savoy's "Kili" and then Wolfgang Gartner's "Menage A Trois," the latter a brutally syncopated aural assault. BT demonstrates that American bass music is alive-and-well, and that there's an entire universe of exquisite electro-dubstep beyond Skrillex; annihilating pieces like Xilent's "Choose Me II" and
Porter Robinson & Lazy Rich ft Sue Cho's "
Hello" are perfect examples. Track after scorching track on disc-one, BT lays forth his master plan for moving bodies with heavy bass and obese beats not meant for the weak-of-heart. The filthy production and hypnotic staccato stabs of DJ Spoko & Mugwanti's "Mugwanti" linger in the air long after they're heard, and just before the breaks-laden ecstasy becomes unbearable, BT transitions to disc-two with the angelic vocals of Jes on Cosmic Gate's "Flying Blind."
Disc-two opens like a dream, with richly hued, idyllic landscapes drifting past. Stop to listen, really listen. It's in these otherworldly dimensions of audio utopia where BT's magic lives. Time stands still as waves of unspeakable beauty waft over the listener with delicious melodies embedded in tunes like Andrew Bayer's "Counting The Points" and BT's own hit single "
In The Air" with
Morgan Page and Sultan & Ned Shepard ft
Angela McCluskey. Dare to daydream to Aurosonic & Ange's "
Without You", until BT ft Kirsty Hawkshaw's "A Million Stars" jolts you from your reverie with Hawkshaw's heavenly vocals. Harmonic synths get hands in-the-air on Ashley Wallbridge's "Vision," and BT keeps the euphoria flowing straight into Arty's remix of Ferry Corsten's "Punk," a classic track aged like a fine wine. When mashed with Swedish House Mafia's "Save The world," the result is a monster with a life of its own! BT then drops Allure (a moniker of Tiësto) ft Christian Burns' "On The Wire" before segueing into his own killer track with Tiësto, "Love Comes Again," with BT on vocals. The piece-de-resistance is BT's timeless anthem, the impossibly gorgeous "Flaming June," reworked by BT for this release.
Born Brian Transeau, BT is a Berklee College Of Music-trained platinum-selling artist who counts
Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky among his musical influences. BT has scored major motion pictures including Go, The Fast And The Furious, Stealth, and the Academy Award® winning film, Monster, starring Charlize Theron. BT is as respected by music's contemporaries as he is revered by fans, and friend and colleague Armin van Buuren was quoted to DJ Times, saying, "BT is to dance music what Mozart was to classical music." The artists who have commissioned BT over the years for remix and production work read like a who's-who of the music world, including: Madonna,
Peter Gabriel, Sting, Britney Spears, Seal,
Sarah McLachlan,
Tori Amos and others. BT's groundbreaking studio albums become high-watermarks to which other EDM musicians aspire. They are: Ima, ESCM, Movement In Still Life, Emotional Technology, This Binary Universe and These Hopeful Machines, the latter nominated for the 53rd GRAMMY® for "Best Dance/Electronic Album." BT's proprietary Stutter Edit® production and performance software is today available from iZotope Inc.
Tracklist for BT's Laptop Symphony (Black Hole):
# Artist Track
1 BT & Adam K., Tomahawk
2 Savoy, Kili (Original Mix)
3 Wolfgang Gartner, Menage A Trois
4 Acces Denied And Jellyfish, Carukia Barnesi
5 Xilent, Choose Me II
6
Porter Robinson & Lazy Rich ft Sue Cho, Hello (Dub Mix)
7 BeeJays, Blender
8 Fuzzy Logik ft Jada Pearl, All My Love (Xilent Remix)
9 Figure, Dominate (Instrumental)
10 Midnight Conspiracy, Cenob1te, The Eye (Original Mix)
11 DJ Spoko & Mugwanti, Mugwanti (R3hab Remix)
12 Feed Me ft Tasha Baxter, Cloudburn
13 Figure, Zombies
14
Youngbloodz ft Lil' Jon, Damn!
15 Figure,
Boogie Man
16 Opiuo, Robo Booty
17 Peace Treaty ft Kissed With A Noise, Cal
State Anthem (Sharooz Remix)
18
Cosmic Gate & Jes, Flying
Blind (vs. Killbot - War Paint Mashup Mix)
1 Andrew Bayer, Counting The Points (Original Mix)
2 Matt Lange, That Much Higher
3
Morgan Page, Sultan & Ned Shepard and BT ft
Angela McCluskey, In The Air
4 Soundprank, Beginnings
5 Aurosonic & Ange, Without You (Smart Apes Dub)
6 BT ft Kirsty Hawkshaw, A Million Stars (Myon &
Shane 54 Summer Of Love Mix)
7 Ashley Wallbridge, Vision (Original Mix)
8
Super8 & Tab ft Jan Burton, Slow To Learn (Maor Levi Club Mix)
9 Ferry Corsten, Punk (Arty Rock-n-Rolla Mix)
10 Swedish House Mafia, Save The World (Extended Mix)
11 Allure ft Christian Burns, On The Wire (Dennis Sheperd Remix)
12 Tiësto ft BT, Love Comes Again (Hardwell Rework)
13 BT, Flaming June (Laptop Symphony Rework)
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