Friday, March 27, 2015

NEW ARTISTS AND NEW HITS ON IN THE MIX WITH HK™


There’s a crop of new artists that are dropin’ bodacious beats like a needle on a Technics SL1200mk2!  Walk The Moon, Life Of Dillion, Lunchmoney Lewis (you gotta love that name) and Tori Kelly are all about to detonate your speakers and are all featured in this weeks In The Mix with HK™!

The Cincinnati based Indie Rockers that make up Walk The Moon have been around since 2008. They made noise on the Alternative side but Shut Up And Dance is what pushed them into Pop status. And that track has no signs of stalling. From the other side of the pond, two brothers Robert and Joe Griffin with their friend and founder David Keiffer make up the trio Life Of Dillion. The London based group got their name from an interesting stranger named Dillon who they met while visiting Brazil. Does he get royalty checks? They’ve got their own serious vibe goin’ with Overload. Look for their first album to drop soon. Florida native Lunchmoney Lewis and his catchy comedic hit Bills is laughing its way up the charts. A musical family never hurts. Lewis’s father and Uncle helped found the group Inner Circle of Bad Boys fame. Just saying the title of that song will have it stuck (bad boys bad boys whatcha gonna do) in my head for hours. Then there’s songwriter, singer  and multi- instrumentalist Tori Kelly who has been at it for a while and didn’t give up. She was on Star Search at 10 and America’s Most Talented Kids. She tried out but never made the cut for American Idol. I bet Simon Cowell wishes he signed Tori now that her single Nobody Love is blowing up!

I'll be blowin’ up your system this weekend, so tune in and turn it up!

Remember…if it's hot, if it's new and it makes you wanna move…you're In The Mix with HK™. 

Thursday, March 19, 2015

SYDNEY from ECHOSMITH DROPS SOME BIG SURPRISES! [VIDEO]




Echosmith is coming off their double platinum hit Cool Kids with their new release Bright. And bright is what things are for the Southern Cali group comprised of four very talented siblings. I caught up with Sydney, the lead singer, on their first headline tour for another installment of the In The Mix with HK™ Tour Bus Series. We talked royalty checks, hobbies on the road and some shocking surprises!  

Don’t miss that interview and so much more on this weeks In The Mix with HK™! I'm bringing the spring training heat when I drop the needle on custom HK remixs on Ella HendersonGhost, Calvin Harris featuring Ellie GouldingOutsidePitbull featuring Ne-YoTime Of Our LivesJason DeruloWant To Want Me and of course Echosmith'sBright. Plus brand new bangers from Carly Rae Jepsen, George Ezra, Tori Kelly, Jacquie Lee and others!

You are gonna freak when you hear my reworkings on joints from Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Mark Ronson and that’s just getting’ the party started. So you better rest, hydrate and repeat in preperation!

Remember…if it's hot, if it's new and it makes you wanna move…you're In The Mix with HK™.

Saturday, March 14, 2015

EXCLUSIVE PICS OF ECHOSMITH LIVE [PHOTOS]

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Who's more excited for the show…Me or Sydney?












Thursday, March 12, 2015

LOVE AND HATE WITH EMPIRE


If you’re a music and TV junkie like me Fox's new hit show Empire is almost as much fun as two turntables and a microphone. What’s not to love? Original music from Timberland, a great cast, intriguing performances, killer guest appearances by Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige and Patti LaBelle, family tension, scores to settle, hip factor and of course sex. Sure I’d be happier if they threw an engineer in the recording studio (I mean who is laying down all those tracks???). Or, if they acted like artists had the extensive contracts that they do and just couldn't walk away whenever they felt like it. But hey! It’s the television equivalent of a modern day hip-hop Dynasty with a great mix for success!

I’ve got a bunch of hot mix sets planned for your party success this weekend on In The Mix with HK™! Buckle up and keep your hands in the car cause I’m hittin’ you up with custom HK remixes on Nick JonasChains, One DirectionNight Changes, Ed SheeranThinking Out Loud, Taylor SwiftBlank Spaces, Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song, Maroon 5Sugar and  Mark Ronson featuring Bruno MarsUptown Funk! Plus new music from Lunchmoney Lewis, Life of Dillon, Carly Rae Jepsen and Ryn Weaver!

Remember…if it's hot, if it's new and it makes you wanna move…you're In The Mix with HK™.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

CELEBRATE SPRING BREAK…IN THE MIX WITH HK™


It is officially Spring Break season and that means PARRRRRRRRRRTY! And nothing says party more than jammin’ out to the biggest and best hits remixed, rearranged and reinvented custom HK style! Whether you're at the beach, throwin’ down a serious staycation or doin’ the European thang - In The Mix with HK™ is your spring break soundtrack!

This weekend I’m blowin’ up your woofers and promising multiple eargasms cause I spent every minute of the sub-zero temps locked away in my toasty warm studio. I'm droppin' brand new HK reworkings on Ed Sheeran, Kelly Clarkson, Tove Lo, Vance Joy, Natalie La Rose and more! Plus brand spankin' new joints from Lunchmoney Lewis, Cash Cash, Tori Kelly, Who Is Fancy, Walk The Moon and other surprises!

Make sure you tune in all weekend long to get your spring break swerve on!

Remember…if it's hot, if it's new and it makes you wanna move…you're In The Mix with HK™.

Monday, March 2, 2015

EXCLUSIVE STEVE AOKI INTERVIEW



Check out my EXCLUSIVE interview with STEVE AOKI. I had a great hang with him and Moxie, who collaborated with Steve on the track I Love It When You Cry. We all got cozy on the Aoki tour bus to cut it up about their new single, the forthcoming Neon Future2 album (coming out in May) and everything from James Brown to the current state of EDM. Along the way we covered some really interesting stuff about life, health and making records for radio!