31 December 2015
With their latest single, Ephwurd’s ‘Bring It Back’ to the old school combines a heavy dose of bass with elements of classic house music. The groovy, electro track features distorted vocal samples in the breakdown that progresses into the high-energy lyrics - “Bring it back to the old school…back back back to the sound of the f*ck you!”
30 December 2015
John Dahlbäck’s ‘Saga’ album is already available for pre-order, in addition to the fourth single of the album, ‘Where You Are’ feat. Lovestarrs, which is out now. Ever since the first album single ‘Raven’ was launched on 31 July, John’s ‘Saga’ has been patiently waited on by fans of the artist. The single received extensive support from the likes of Avicii, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Nicky Romero, Thomas Gold and Sick Individuals, and the next two album singles joined...
29 December 2015
As the year draws to a close, Nicky Romero recently dropped his collaboration with Budapest based duo Stadiumx, ‘Harmony’, which is out now via his Protocol Recordings imprint. Played as an instrumental earlier this year during his Ultra Music Festival set and apparently becoming the main ID from this performance, they join forces once again for this vocal rendition. Premiered on Protocol Radio last month, the track amassed 50k plays on SoundCloud within the first 24 hours. Keeping the...
28 December 2015
Solarstone’s Pure Trance movement had its inception in 2012 and now its Pure Trance Progressive label is its newest extension – focusing on promoting the resurgent deeper, slower side of the Pure Trance sound, such as these 125bpm tracks that make up PTP002. Brenden LaBonte (aka Forerunners) is a guy who produces addictive progressive trance music and his back catalogue consists of many tracks as gets the concept of the ‘slow build’ and how to take the listener on a journey.
27 December 2015
As an ID, 'Keep It Comin' has already received support from The Magician, Oliver Heldens, Bakermat, Don Diablo, Chocolate Puma, Klingande, Robin Schulz, Nore En Pure, Chris Lake and plenty more. However, the real payoff came when Danny Howard recently took to the airwaves to reveal the artiste to be Northern Ireland's Junior J live on BBC Radio 1's Dance Anthems show.
26 December 2015
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike returned to Belgium last weekend for three sold-out shows (17, 18, and 19 December), with special guests Afrojack, Armin van Buuren and Ne-Yo, plus an exclusive vinyl-only session. After last year’s ‘Bringing The World The Madness’, fans welcomed the announcement of ‘Bringing The Madness 3.0’ by apparently snapping up 40,000 tickets in under 40 minutes—a feat only previously managed by names such as U2, Madonna, Beyoncé and Coldplay.
25 December 2015
Following on from the recent release of 'Bricks Down', a collaboration between Kenny Dope and Robert Owens on Dopewax, comes a set of remixes. No introduction is needed for these remixers as Kenny reunites with long-time production partner, Louie Vega for the first Masters At Work production of any kind in over 10 years.
24 December 2015
Scotsman Graeme Clark, better known as The Revenge finishes 2015 with the honour of ‘Best Album’ at the DJ Mag Best of British awards for ‘Love That Will Not Die’. Graeme continues to release music on his very own Roar Groove label with the recent announcement of ‘Intimate Connection’ – a double EP featuring all-new tracks plus special ‘live dub’ recordings from title winning ‘Love That Will Not Die’.
23 December 2015
2015 has kept Ambassadeurs busy with a slew of EPs and his debut album, ‘Patterns’, which was released on his own Lost Tribe Records imprint. Now back in the studio recording his second album, he is dropping Halos in the interim to keep fans of his sound happy. The EP was written during an escape in the autumn from the city to the countryside. The change of scenery from concrete to wilderness is reflected in the more organic sounds on the EP and was written with the bare minimum of...
22 December 2015
According to his press team, Armin van Buuren’s forthcoming ‘A State Of Trance Year Mix 2015’ is set to attract over 37 million listeners from all over the world. The special end-of-the-year episode of the A State Of Trance radio show is to be broadcast on 31 December, although the official ‘A State Of Trance Year Mix 2015’ mix compilation has already been launched. The mix marks the 12th edition of the double-disc mix album, which has a total of 105 trance tunes gathered in this...