The popular trance classic by BT is remixed and reworked in this new release.

Release Date: May 28, 2012

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TRACKLIST

• Flaming June (Laptop Symphony Rework)
• Flaming June (Paul Van Dyk Remix)
• Flaming June (Gareth Wyn Remix)
• Flaming June (Jaytech vs. James Grant Remix)
• Flaming June (Fred Baker Remix)
• Flaming June (Stereojackers Remix)
• Flaming June (Loverush UK! Remix)
• Flaming June (Loverush UK! Radio Edit)

NEW YORK, NY (April 30th, 2012) – GRAMMY® nominated electronic musician, technologist and composer BT unveils his two-disc LAPTOP SYMPHONY (Black Hole Recordings) mix compilation on May 14th (digital) and June 11th (physical), 2012, globally. A face-melting, mind-altering collection of pristinely mixed tracks evocative of BT’s live shows of the same name, LAPTOP SYMPHONY is a must-have release for discerning EDM (electronic dance music) lovers. Disc-one is a snarling, growling assemblage of the nastiest, most sonically vicious dubstep, electro and breakbeats; disc-two is a victorious team of trance hits reimagined for today’s world-weary festival-goer.

Disc-one kicks-off with BT & Adam K’s “Tomahawk,” a blistering tune that’s been demonizing dubstep and electro-friendly shows across North America and Europe, before mainlining into Savoy’s “Kili” and then Wolfgang Gartner’s “Menage A Trois,” the latter a brutally syncopated aural assault. BT demonstrates that American bass music is alive-and-well, and that there’s an entire universe of exquisite electro-dubstep beyond Skrillex; annihilating pieces like Xilent’s “Choose Me II” and Porter Robinson & Lazy Rich ft Sue Cho’s “Hello” are perfect examples. Track after scorching track on disc-one, BT lays forth his master plan for moving bodies with heavy bass and obese beats not meant for the weak-of-heart. The filthy production and hypnotic staccato stabs of DJ Spoko & Mugwanti’s “Mugwanti” linger in the air long after they’re heard, and just before the breaks-laden ecstasy becomes unbearable, BT transitions to disc-two with the angelic vocals of JES on Cosmic Gate’s “Flying Blind.”

Disc-two opens like a dream, with richly hued, idyllic landscapes drifting past. Stop to listen, really listen. It’s in these otherworldly dimensions of audio utopia where BT’s magic lives. Time stands still as waves of unspeakable beauty waft over the listener with delicious melodies embedded in tunes like Andrew Bayer’s “Counting The Points” and BT’s own hit single “In The Air” with Morgan Page and Sultan & Ned Shepard ft Angela McCluskey. Dare to daydream to Aurosonic & Ange’s “Without You”, until BT ft Kirsty Hawkshaw’s “A Million Stars” jolts you from your reverie with Hawkshaw’s heavenly vocals. Harmonic synths get hands in-the-air on Ashley Wallbridge’s “Vision,” and BT keeps the euphoria flowing straight into Arty’s remix of Ferry Corsten’s “Punk,” a classic track aged like a fine wine. When mashed with Swedish House Mafia’s “Save The world,” the result is a monster with a life of its own! BT then drops Allure (a moniker of Tiësto) ft Christian Burns’ “On The Wire” before segueing into his own killer track with Tiësto, “Love Comes Again,” with BT on vocals. The piece-de-resistance is BT’s timeless anthem, the impossibly gorgeous “Flaming June,” reworked by BT for this release.

Born Brian Transeau, BT is a Berklee College Of Music-trained platinum-selling artist who counts Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky among his musical influences. BT has scored major motion pictures including Go, The Fast And The Furious, Stealth, and the Academy Award® winning film, Monster, starring Charlize Theron. BT is as respected by music’s contemporaries as he is revered by fans, and friend and colleague Armin van Buuren was quoted to DJ Times, saying, “BT is to dance music what Mozart was to classical music.” The artists who have commissioned BT over the years for remix and production work read like a who’s-who of the music world, including: Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Britney Spears, Seal, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos and others. BT’s groundbreaking studio albums become high-watermarks to which other EDM musicians aspire. They are: Ima, ESCM, Movement In Still Life, Emotional Technology, This Binary Universe and These Hopeful Machines, the latter nominated for the 53rd GRAMMY® for “Best Dance/Electronic Album.” BT’s proprietary Stutter Edit® production and performance software is today available from iZotope Inc.

Tracklist for BT’s Laptop Symphony (Black Hole):

#     Artist Track
CD1 ORDER
1    BT & Adam K.,    Tomahawk
2    Savoy,    Kili (Original Mix)
3    Wolfgang Gartner,    Menage A Trois
4    Acces Denied And Jellyfish,    Carukia Barnesi
5    Xilent,    Choose Me II
6    Porter Robinson & Lazy Rich ft Sue Cho,    Hello (Dub Mix)
7    BeeJays,    Blender
8    Fuzzy Logik ft Jada Pearl,    All My Love (Xilent Remix)
9    Figure,    Dominate (Instrumental)
10    Midnight Conspiracy, Cenob1te,    The Eye (Original Mix)
11    DJ Spoko & Mugwanti,    Mugwanti (R3hab Remix)
12    Feed Me ft Tasha Baxter,    Cloudburn
13    Figure,    Zombies
14    Youngbloodz ft Lil’ Jon,    Damn!
15    Figure,    Boogie Man
16    Opiuo,    Robo Booty
17    Peace Treaty ft Kissed With A Noise,    Cal State Anthem (Sharooz Remix)
18    Cosmic Gate & Jes,    Flying Blind (vs. Killbot - War Paint Mashup Mix)

CD2 ORDER
1    Andrew Bayer,    Counting The Points (Original Mix)
2    Matt Lange,    That Much Higher
3    Morgan Page, Sultan & Ned Shepard and BT ft Angela McCluskey,    In The Air
4    Soundprank,    Beginnings
5    Aurosonic & Ange,    Without You (Smart Apes Dub)
6    BT ft Kirsty Hawkshaw,    A Million Stars (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Love Mix)
7    Ashley Wallbridge,    Vision (Original Mix)
8    Super8 & Tab ft Jan Burton,    Slow To Learn (Maor Levi Club Mix)
9    Ferry Corsten,    Punk (Arty Rock-n-Rolla Mix)
10    Swedish House Mafia,    Save The World (Extended Mix)
11    Allure ft Christian Burns,    On The Wire (Dennis Sheperd Remix)
12    Tiësto ft BT,    Love Comes Again (Hardwell Rework)
13    BT,    Flaming June (Laptop Symphony Rework)

For more information, contact EMILY TAN Media Relations at +1(917) 318-3758, EmilyEmilyTan@aol.com, and visit www.btmusic.com and www.blackholerecordings.com.

Composer, musical technologist and legendary electronic dance music pioneer, BT releases his anxiously anticipated new double disc compilation, Laptop Symphony. The result is an emotionally stunning and dynamic sonic sojourn which dances on the bleeding edge of technology. Laptop Symphony is guaranteed to thrill long time BT fans as well as those new to the EDM scene.

Release Date is May 14, 2012

DIGITAL pre-order here:

"If you've danced to a song in the last 15 or so years, there's a decent chance that BT had something to do with it. The Berklee College of Music-trained producer has created his own hits and remixed songs by everyone from Britney Spears to Sarah McLachlan to the Roots. And if he wasn't personally involved in making a song, his software might have been; his signature Stutter Edit® can now be created using software that he created and is sold by iZotope."

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Dear All thank you for the great questions about my two new releases "Morceau Subrosa" and "If the Stars are Eternal so are You and I"

Samples here for you to check out, download and share with more to come! Http://www.soundcloud.com/bt

Instead of it being lost at the bottom of the last thread I've decided to respond as a new post.

Rich I responded to your questions mainly because you seemed to sum up everyone's questions perfectly. They are awesome thank you!!

Also this has made me realize something: how about I do an IAM on Reddit for you guys?

1. More news on a possible one off TBU live gig. This is a go. Will post details shortly. This will happen only once (for now) at a festival this summer in America. Wow, even I am freaking out about this.

2. The entirety of ITSAESAYAI is composed by yours truly (Like This Binary Universe). There are lots of upcoming collaborations on my EDM album and obviously All Hail the Silence!

3. I embark on musical composition the same every time; which is beginning from an active place of silence and listening. Composing to me often feels like an "unveiling" as opposed to an active creation process. Detail work (ie Sound design, micro editing, contrapuntal work, orchestrating etc) feels like an active creation process. I could riff on this question for hours. When I complete a composition I find what "basket" to put that particular egg in. Sometimes this is the most difficult part of the process.

4. In this way ITSAESAYAI is different to TBU. There is an expression of intense study of modern bass music in this release that is going to (in a good way I hope) blow your collective minds. Many of you know from listening to my #Laptopsymphony radio show on Sirius Area that i am very inspired by this music and I play lots of it live and on this show. Growing up with Break Dance music/culture and being a breakbeat kid myself; any and all things bass continue to inspire and excite me. In fact, in modern EDM culture I find this to be the highest current expression of procedural sound design application,

Structurally ITSAESAYAI shares the TBU aesthetic but With the augmented and additional experimentation with my current EDM "studies". For example The Gathering Darkness is in a way the complimentary book end to Le Nocturne de Lumiere (much in the same way Godspeed is to Flaming June). Also there is a surprise in one of these compositions that is face melting that I don't want to spoil. More on this later :)

5. I don't think although its become a popular thing to claim, that most EDM producers have any true modicum of experience or undstanding of classical music culture and or composition. Not that this is a bad thing, but nonetheless true. So to answer this question possibly more from the EDM community will collaborate with more traditional modernist classical composers. Possibly. From a personal vantage point, I am becoming increasingly obsessed with writing more traditional (in instrumentation only) orchestral compositions. Over the next 10+ years expect to hear a lot of this from me.

6. And lastly my phone number is #partyhack More of this to come for sure :)

Let's do a Reddit Iam!
Best,
_BT

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