![]() The tune received high rotation airplay on Triple J radio Australia, was selected as Crissy Cris's 'Ace of clubs track' on BBC 1xtra, featured in Drum sound and bassline smiths Radio 1 essential mix and received extensive DJ support from Knife Party, Nero, Chase & Status, Matrix & Futurebound, Sub Focus, xKore, Excision, Camo & Krooked, 501, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Delta Heavy, DJ Hype, and many more. The success this release received was nothing short of spectacular, holding the #2 beatport (only behind Skrillex/Nero collab), #1 on track it down, and #1 on tunes dance Australia, above Swedish house mafia and Skrillex. Arguably the most ambitious piece of music in Shockone's entire discography, Chaos theory is a cinematic journey featuring the voice over work of Corey Burton. This was followed by the second single, 'Relapse', a dubstep track featuring Sam Nafie on vocals, as well as a blazing dance floor remix by Tantrum Desire.Ģ012 saw Shockone relocate to London to make his own mark in the spiritual home land of dance music, and what better way to do it than the genre bending, production epic that is 'Chaos theory'. The single which would serve as the first sneak peak at his forthcoming debut album, 'Universus'. In mid-2011, ShockOne released 'Crucify Me', an epic drum & bass/dubstep anthem in which ShockOne also showed his versatility as a vocalist. Following on success of two massive EPs under his belt, ShockOne's remix discography began rapidly expanding, with mixes for: Netsky, Chicane, Cutline, Mutya Buena & Agent X, Skepta, and Ayah Marar. ![]() The EP featured Phetsta's dubstep remix of 'True Believer' which was featured in Pendulum's 2010 Essential Mix on Radio 1, as well as the Dirtyphonics remix of 'Polygon' which was featured on Andy C's 'Nightlife 5' mix, as well as hitting #1 on the BBC 1Xtra charts. ShockOne followed up his debut EP with his highly anticipated 'Re-fix' EP, a collection of VIP's and remixes of the massively successful 'ShockOne EP'. Following this, ShockOne released his remix of the Brookes Brothers epic 'Crackdown' on Viper Recordings 'Acts of Madmen' LP which was labeled "Album of the Week" on Zane Lowe BBC Radio 1. The EPs three drum and bass tunes achieved the top 3 spots on Beatport’s drum and bass chart, and 'Adachigahara's Theme' stayed at number 1 on the dubstep chart for over a month. 'Polygon' received major air-play worldwide with high-rotation play listing on Australia's Triple J radio and Radio 1's Annie Mac penning it as, 'The biggest drum and bass tune out'. Since the release of 'The ShockOne EP' in 2009, which featured the chart topping 'Polygon', ShockOne has been one of the hottest names in the scene. Have you tried, or do you use, the Beatport Pro app for Windows (or Mac)? How do you find it? Please share your thoughts in the comments.Hailing from Perth, the epicentre of the Australasian drum and bass scene, ShockOne aka Karl Thomas is fast becoming one of bass music’s major talents. Download the Beatport Pro desktop app for free for Mac or Windows here.This news means that finally, Windows users (a platform where, after all, iTunes is not as ubiquitous as on Mac) have a chance to see if the app fits their workflow, too. We reviewed it last year (here’s our Beatport Pro review), and found it to be a good (if not perfect) attempt at being an iTunes replacement for DJs. The Beatport Pro app has tight integration with the Beatport Pro store, and has things like waveforms and DJ-specific tagging to help DJs slice and dice their music libraries more effectively. That’s now been put right, with the latest version of the app (a program that packs features designed to make organising and filtering music much easier for DJs) finally being available for Windows too. ![]() Last year Beatport launched its free Beatport Pro music library desktop app for DJs, but it was for Mac only. Beatport Pro is the only serious contender for an iTunes replacement for DJS, and now it’s available on Windows too.
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