Motez

Pilerats chat with Alex Burnett about songwriting for artists like Motez and Digitalism ahead of his panel at EMC this week.. Hey man how’s it going, are you still in London at the moment? I just got back to Sydney this morning. Feeling pretty wack. I’ve been in London.  A lot of the work I do is out of London but I do lots of work with Australian artists. So this trip is a to say hi to the family and work with some people who I started doing things with at the beginning of the year. Cool! So for people reading this who don’t know, you’ve worked with people like Motez, Digitalism, Elizabeth Rose and Flight Facilities, when did you shift from Sparkadia to working with producers? Before I had a guitar on, and did a lot of indie-pop and rock stuff, but I think around 2010 I got drafted in to write some stuff for Digitalism. I found it fun and easy. It’s about hooks all the time and tension release. Whereas the music I had done was more about leading into the chorus and adding more guitar

The inaugural Stoney Roads Producer Of The Year has a sexy new clip.. Last night saw the first official Stoney Roads Producer Of The Year Awards go down (check all the results HERE), celebrating our country's current glut of talented beatsmiths. And we couldn't think of a more deserving winner than Motez - the guy has been pushing house sounds for a while now in a sea of future-beat/chilltrap producers, and killing DJ sets around the country (soon to be world - he's overseas next month). Don't say we didn't warn you in our little article about the Aussie House Scene at the moment (HERE).  And not a moment too soon, Motez has released a rad new video clip for his latest single Own Up, and it's as sexy and smooth as the tune it plays under: Follow Motez on FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

One of last year's best albums is about to give a whole lot more.. Much the way Flume seemed to dominate the end of 2012/beginning of 2013, the second half of last year steaming into 2014 felt like Sydney trio RÜFÜS' time when it came to Australian electronic music. In a world full of beatsy solo producers the three-piece released their debut album Atlas, filled with four-to-the-floor indie-dance rhythms, some darker housey stylings and a heap of anthems. Atlas debuted at #1 on the ARIA Charts, reached gold status, racked up three tracks in triple j’s Hottest 100 and has been nominated for multiple ARIA awards. Since then they've been dominating summer music festivals, along with their own sold-out national tours, no doubt peaking with their upcoming headline slot on the Mixup Stage at Splendour In The Grass. To celebrate a pretty fucking brilliant year, they've announced the release of the Atlas Light/Dark Deluxe Edition, a double album that celebrates the tracks from the original re

A new single and epic tour to keep you warm this winter.. In case you missed the memo yesterday RE: Aussie House Producers Killing It...well, they are. Motez topped that list which wasn't officially ranked, and like a self-fulfilling prophecy, the South Australia producer has released a new single to commemorate this most joyous occasion of us getting bored and writing articles about stuff that pertains to us. Packing plenty of Motez' signature vibes, with the addition of some super-sexy R&B vocals, it's pretty great. It's also soon to be released officially, backed with remixes by some heavy hitters in Ben Pearce, Silversix, AC Slater, Treasure Fingers and Mo Di. And even greater, he's heading on the road this June/July in the lead-up to his Splendour In The Grass appearance. Check all the dates below, sling him on a follow on FACEBOOK, and get on board the haus music express. Sun Jun 8: Nautic Giants, Gold Coast Fri Jun 20: Secret Warehouse, Adelaide Fri Jun 27: The Factort, Sunshin

Stick ya future-beat up ya butt using your trap-hands, mate.. With the term ‘Australian Sound’ fortunately very quickly falling out of favour, the focus still remains on the artists who fall under that banner, who are admittedly killing it *cough* Sable *cough*. Today however... Today is about the 4x4 as we cast our gaze outside of that particular scene, and onto this country's killer haus music scene. House as a genre is a perennial stayer, but its popularity definitely ebbs and flows in Australia, especially in today’s EDM/ADD club climate. Overseas acts like Disclosure and more recently Tchami are definitely paving the way in 2014 for a more accepting-to-groove climate. ANNNYWAY, yes there’ll be a couple of familiar faces on here, and yes this is another list just rattling off producer names who we think are doing good things... But hang a while, click play on a couple of these tracks, and next time you’re out on the dingleberries and the guy in the DJ booth takes the vibe from 145

Fresh fire from the Adelaide producer.. Adelaide producer/DJ Motez is, to coin Zoolander but in an updated internet fashion, saahhhhh hot right now. His Madison Avenue REMIX has been dominating clubs and charts for a few weeks now, and he's just been over in the US chilling with his Sweat It Out pals and generally being awesome. This Friday sees the release of his next original EP, Promise Me, featuring the title track plus B-side Bodyrock, it's all killer. Promise Me is the perfect mash of '90s piano house and bassy house bang, while Bodyrock is like its tougher bro packing garage vibes and keeping those singature Motez vibes. You can BUY it both now.