Exclusive, Featured, Interviews | Oliver Heldens Talks Evolution, Beard Care, Upcoming Productions and More (FNT Exclusive)
Posted by Middy on February 12, 2014
Holland made its way onto the global dance music scene with dutch house and then trance. It soon, alongside Sweden, became one of the powerhouse nations for dance music. In 2014 there is a new sound emanating from its cloudy, flat and rainy populace, something deeper and more groove driven, the sound that Oliver Heldens is bringing to the world.
The 18 year old had an abrupt change in sound at the end of 2013, going from a harder, electro sound to the current, “big room deep house” style that adds energy and style to a genre that can be flat and monotonous at times (yes some deep house can be boring). His career has exploded since then with the release of “Gecko” on Musical Freedom, first unveiled as an “ID” tune, an idea he loves, and has landed him the high-profile remix for Martin Garrix’s “Animals” and acclaim and support from DJs across all genres. He is set to blow up this year and we were able to ask him a few questions about his change in style, ghost producing, labels marketing songs as “IDs” and much more. Read on for the interview.
Electro-House, Exclusive, Featured, Trance | FNT Premiere: Bastian Salbart – Can People Fly
Posted by Middy on February 10, 2014
The title track from his upcoming two track EP, “Can People Fly”, Polish youngster, Bastian Salbart is back with another strong effort on his home label of High Contrast Recordings. Like his previous release “Run”, Bastian Salbart toes the fine line between electro and trance, deftly blending them together with big, echoing chords and harsh growls. Stream the title track here exclusively until it is released in full next Monday. We also got a few got him to answer a few questions to give you all a little introduction to who he is and what to expect from him in the future.
Exclusive, Featured, Progressive House | FNT Exclusive: Sevyn Streeter Feat. Chris Brown – It Won’t Stop (Sevag Area-201 Remix)
Posted by Middy on February 4, 2014
Pop smash “It Won’t Stop” from Sevyn Streeter & Chris Brown’s gets a progressive makeover from Sevag. Sevyn Streeter wrote on several of Chris Brown’s recent hit singles like “Yeah 3x”, so the original collab was bound to happen. Sevag works with the original, but adds a punchy, bouncy bass line and remakes the melody to fit his vision. If you are looking for a refresher of this tune, or a remix that makes excellent work of pop vocals, this one is definitely for you. Anyone in the NYC area, catch him every Saturday at his residency at Mister East that will include a show alongside Mark Knight on the 15th.
Free Download: Sevyn Streeter Feat. Chris Brown – It Won’t Stop (Sevag Area-201 Remix)
Exclusive, Featured, Progressive House | FNT Exclusive: Energy 52 – Cafe del Mar (Ludovika Bootleg)
Posted by Middy on January 31, 2014
Just in time for the weekend, Dutch (surprise, surprise) newcomer, Ludovika is here to drop off a brand new freebee to get things kicked into a high gear for your festivities. Ludovika has not been one to overwhelm his followers with a deluge of mediocre releases, but instead bidding his time to come out with quality material like this remix. 1993 trance classic, Energy 52 “Cafe Del Mar” will bring back memories for many old school ravers of a to a time less organized and less mainstream. Ludovika flips it on its head, keeping the original melodic tone, while adding industrial big room drops that vary between the first and second, with borrowed arps from the original layered over top. Toss the man a quick like on Facebook to get access to this tune and stream the track in full exclusively here.
Exclusive, Featured, Progressive House | FNT Exclusive: Muse – Starlight (Cignature Remix)
Posted by Middy on January 25, 2014
17 year old Boston, MA native, Andrew Cigna, known professionally as Cignature, makes his debut on FNT with a potent remix of Muse’s classic tune “Starlight”. Cignature combines a mix of cheery, blissful synth chords and a growling, thumping bass line to give the track a whole new upbeat feel that has seen radio play in Germany. Click the “buy” button to head over to his Facebook page and grab the download. Stream the tune exclusively here for the next few days before it becomes public.
Deep House, Exclusive, Featured | FNT Exclusive: Raik ft. Henri – Hold Me (Henri Remix)
Posted by Middy on January 20, 2014
Talented singer / DJ / producer / general do it all musician, Henri was featured on German producer Raik’s recent EP “Hold Me”. The title track was a solid, deep effort, but seemed to need a little something extra and in stepped Henri to take the reigns. It is not common for the featured vocalist to remix their own song, but here it works and brilliantly. Fluttering plucks accompany a soft bass line and chords, all held together by the hypnotic vocals from Henri. You can grab the original on Beatport here, but we recommend you get the Henri remix for free exclusively through us right now.
Exclusive, Featured, Interviews | The Two Friends Coach Me Through A Kiss Cam With A Committed Woman, Finish A 50 Shades Of Grey Excerpt And More
Posted by Mel on January 14, 2014
The year was 2008. The month was September. It was a brisk Monday morning. The air was thin and the women were thick. A young Matt Halper emerges from his slumber to once again find sentience in his willy after almost a fortnight without. “Ya swooned me bro” he says as he looks across the room at the bottle of Vaseline he sometimes uses. After a quick shower and a thorough application of Old Spice body spray across his unimpressive body, he headed off to school. It was the first day of the school year and he had just moved from the great state of Wyoming to the northeastern region of Guatemala so he was a tad worried that there wouldn’t be any cute girls there, let alone white people. His slightly racist worries were soon cast aside however when on his way to school, he was kidnapped and held for ransom by a middle aged caucasian woman. She didn’t have a weapon or anything, she just simply overpowered him.
Days became weeks and the weeks peaked at three. On the third week of his capture there was a breakthrough. The woman who had intended to hold him for a ransom changed her mind when she realized he was not a very attractive guy so nobody would really care enough to pay a sizable fund for his release, so she just forgot about him. The unexpected demise of Matt Halper was seemingly inevitable at this point and after being trapped in a dark room for weeks, he had just about given up all hope. That is until he heard the undoing of the lock and the door abruptly open. “Here, take this and come with me” a mysterious hooded person said as they tossed him a small cylindrical thing. Matt and his saviour ran through the door only to be confronted by the woman, who was in fact Darth Vader. It was only then that he looked down and realized what it was he was holding. Matt drew his lightsaber and in tandem with the hooded man, began combat with the Sith Lord. They defeated him swiftly and got on the first flight back to America. They were sitting on the plane when Matt broke the silence, looked at his saviour and asked “who are you?”. “The name’s Eli, Eli Manning”.
And that’s the story of how Matt Halper and Eli Sones, known collectively as The Two Friends met. We had a chance to talk to them about mostly non-music related things and it got pretty heated (they insulted my sister but then said jk so I let it slide). Read on for the interview.