For the past decade, Mad Decent has been invading your ears with fresh sounds. With humble beginnings in Diplo’s Philadelphia studio, Mad Decent’s unwavering mission is to highlight underground, genre-blurring sounds. Mad Decent tops iTunes, Beatport and Shazam charts worldwide with #1 Dance tracks and albums with releases from artists like Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Grandtheft, Party Favor, NGHTMRE and Yellow Claw. Mad Decent is also home to Good Enuff, a launchpad for artists breaking the norm; notable releases include Bauuer’s “Harlem Shake” and DJ Snake’s “Bird Machine.” As an extension of the Mad Decent sound, Mad Decent Block Party was established in 2006 and now spans across North America and India.

May Saraswati, the goddess of learning,
who is pale like a garland of kunda flowers,
the moon or frost,
who is dressed in white,
whose hands play the lute,
who sits on a white lotus flower
and is always adored by the gods
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva,
protect me by completely removing the dullness of my intellect.
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Without love,
all worship is a burden,
all dancing is a chore,
all music is mere noise.
All the rain of heaven may fall into the sea--
Without love,
not one drop would become a pearl.

~Rumi
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Don’t judge the by what you hear, the words are heard beyond the ear. Enjoy collaborating with anyone that has a desire to push the limits of music in our current bullshit regurgitated pasteurized seditives labeled as “music”.

Time to show the world what real music is, and I am not saying this current music is; but I will not stop till I have my revenge on this poor excuse for this prozac buttered donuts they call music now.

Who’s with me?

Music is often classified and categorized into genre. We divide and control which types of melodies and rhythms determine the sound of, at least in our own opinions, rock, country, classical, or jazz, etc... However, as we ascend and rise above a heavily commercial musical threshold, more and more bands are moving away from formula driven blueprints and are experimenting and venturing into new artistic territories. The Veragroove is a culmination of this kind of experiment. Derived from "Truth in Music", the Veragroove collective faces the musical challenge that what may be music to some may not be music to others. 

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