I made this mashup in a live setting and I thought I should share this. It features, RÜFUS and a remix of Alesso's Hero. Enjoy. ^_^

Alesso And RÜFUS Mashup (Live)

How do you do? I'm a teenager and I have been producing for 8 months now (since late February, 2016). I wish to say, best of luck to all my other competitors!
Well, for a start, I want to thank NI and Boiler Room for allowing me this opportunity. I thoroughly enjoyed the process, even though it was a little stressful! I was frustrated a few times, especially when Boiler Room had some contradictory information in regards to Terms & Conditions and the email for the final submission deadline. However, these issues were resolved rather promptly ^_^. Now, back to thanks, I wish to thank Kode9 & Fulltono, for providing these quality samples of exotic instruments. I am of Asian origins and as such it is great to hear artists being able to use something different to the everyday kickdrum. Now, I wish to talk about the creative process!
I opened my email up and NI had sent me a notification regarding Tokyo Bass and Boiler Room! I was instantly excited as I am currently studying Japanese, and I enjoy learning about random things. So I decided to ener this contest. But what should I make? I've never worked with taiko before (my teacher plays the Taiko though ;)! But I remembered a project I had a long time ago... I never really completed it to the highest standards possible, but it would become the template for my final project. When I listened to the other works created by my fellow contestants I saw a common theme. No one was truly using the Taiko sounds to their fullest potential. This isn't an attack on anyone, but I must say, many productions sounded like they were trying to use the Taiko similarly to a normal drumkit, but that can't work! It doesn't have a very defined beat, in fact it is more rythmical. I don't claim to have used my drums to the fullest potential, but I tried my best. However, my sound has always been EDM and I wanted to implement that. Another characteristic I saw with other productions was that the song writing wasn't very compatible with the sound of the Taiko. I wrote the melody to be in the tone of a minor scale with an asian sound. Other melodies were rather 'western' and typical. But if anything, this contest taught me that Taiko drums were anything but typical! It took me 3 hours (I suck at drum programming) to create the beat and rythm for the Taiko drums. After being inspired by the mini documentary on the project website, I wanted to place emphasis on 'footwork' and dancefloor friendliness! Well, that's all... Enjoy!

Experimenting (again) Tokyo Bass

Check out my new EP at http://tag-me.bandcamp.com/album/a-laidback-wurld
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This is one of my biggest records to date. Not in terms of size or complexity (my other productions are much more complex). But this one is the best in terms of sound and it's my first collaboration!
MOPOTY, is a collaboration with a person on Splice. I learnt a lot about group work and had a lot of fun :) The title is a joke- #MostOriginalProducerOfTheYear… a.k.a MOPOTY.

MOPOTY

LaidBack Wu-MOPOTY (Original Mix)||||| {Out Now!}

Part of my new EP!
Listen to it here: http://tag-me.bandcamp.com/album/a-laidback-wurld
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I now present to you, something written back in January 2017. Inspired by time in Asia.

A LaidBack WUrld.

Grandeur

Finally complete. A preview was released a while back... thanks for waiting!

Original track:
@Kaiolyn
https://soundcloud.com/kaiolyn/everything?in=kaiolyn/sets/kalmado
@thisDANI

A LaidBack WUrld

Everything (LaidBack Wu Remix)

Kaiolyn ft. DANI- Everything (TAG Remix)

Part of my new EP: A LaidBack WUrld!

Check out the EP: http://tag-me.bandcamp.com/album/a-laidback-wurld

Enjoy at your own discretion.

DaDaDa!

A Special Place. A place where genres fuse, with slick energy! The place where LaidBack Wu ultimately resides.　特別の場所！
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Buy the EP here: http://tag-me.bandcamp.com/album/a-laidback-wurld

Special Place

Ok... I loved their original, and because vocal chops are trendy, I just had some vocals going over the top line like mad! I know... it's not too original. But that's kinda the point.

#MOPOTY (Most Original Producer Of The Year)

Follow the original artists:
@junandrose

Jun & Rose- Snow Candy (TAG Vocal edit)

This track was originally a concept for a popular style track, but no vocalist appeared, and this ended up the way it is.

Life

Life (Original Mix) [Buy from Bandcamp for full version!]

I just thought that this song sounded cool and it seemed somewhat special/relatable. Before I knew it, I raised the BPM, added drums and it turned into a full blown production!

I hope you people enjoy it ^_^. I certainly enjoyed playing this live!

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (TAG Flip)

TAG'S first venture into trap music. 6 months in the making. After the mainstream influences, TAG's signature instrumental elements fall into place.

No art just yet...

www.instagram.com/tag.music/
www.facebook.com/DJTAG.music/

Burn It Up And Tear It Down (Original Mix)

This track celebrates and gives thanks to the existence of music. Music truly paints the world a beautiful colour by encouraging, comforting and empowering listeners to make a difference.

This song marks the first time TAG has ever recorded a human vocalist (other than himself). Respect to @balidea; without her, this song would be very dead.

Paint the World a Beautiful Colour - Single

Paint the World a Beautiful Colour ft. Bailey Black

To think that TAG would make a remix of Lorde...

Here's the remix of Lorde's 'Homemade Dynamite' which TAG made, finally released on Soundcloud. Let's keep partying! The remix was originally a submission for the Triple J Unearthed remix contest.

Follow TAG:
https://instagram.com/tag.music
https://www.facebook.com/DJTAG.music/

Homemade Dynamite (TAG remix)

Homemade Dynamite (TAG Remix)

SOA (Sounds of Asia/Australia) has been one of TAG's favourite tracks to listen to, which was never released... until now.

SOA is a reflection of TAG's dedication to spreading a unique cultural experience in music, while effectively establishing a signature style.

Follow TAG:
https://instagram.com/tag.music
https://www.facebook.com/DJTAG.music/

If I get to play at Ultra Music Festival in a year's time...

Anyway, here's a track that I produced about 3 to 4 hours before going on stage.  After that, it was left on the hard drive for a few months. It's rough, it's messy, but I feel that the vibe comes through pretty well. It's also the first track I've finished since I got my hands on a subwoofer.

Heaven's Gate

To be honest, a dream that's always existed is to see what happens on the other side of the hill. Unique melodies and a vision like no other.

TAG, is something that really embodies this style!
That Asian Guy, That Australian Guy, That's A Genius... maybe.

A random producer. He is constantly improving his production skills and making sound along the way. This is his personal journey.

TAG is a producer who talks about himself in second/third person. What a cool person.

TAG doesn't really fall under a genre, but prefers to think of his music as 'ADM':
- Australian Dance Music
and/or
- Asian Dance Music

TAG formerly produced under LaidBack Wu. But people seem to believe only one LaidBack asian should be in the scene. Guess Luke beat TAG to it! Maybe the only regret in TAG's career thus far... the pseudonym!

TAG

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