Progressive House | Alesso vs Keane – Silenced By The Night (Alesso Remix)
Posted by Middy on May 11, 2012
Remixing Keane is no small task, but Alesso absolutely nailed it with this remix that I see as his follow up to the pivotal “Good Love” remix. The vocals from Keane and easy going melody provided in the original track provide the base and then Alesso goes to work changing up the rhythm of the track and adding his own melodic piano chords and smooth and steady bass line. This song is an eyes closed, hands in the air moment and will be big this summer for those euphoric, uplifting festival moments. Just close your eyes, hit play and picture it now. Image complete, now go and get the track.
Alesso vs Keane – Silenced By The Night (Alesso Remix) – Beatport Link
Bootleg | Swedish House Mafia ft. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Greyhound (Kap Slap Bootleg)
Posted by Juicebox on April 18, 2012
We’ve got big news people, Kap Slap, monter EDM producer/DJ is about to release a 17 track mixtape entitled, “Frequent Flyer.” To get everyone ready, he just dropped the first bootleg, which features the infectious vocals of everyone’s spring time anthem, “Call Me Maybe.” Kap Slap is currently in the middle of his spring tour absolutely crushing it opening for Aoki, Alesso, L.A. Riots, Ingrosso & more. Check out the video, download the track, and good luck taking this one off repeat…
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Preview, Progressive House | Keane – Silenced by the Night (Alesso Remix)
Posted by Spice on April 2, 2012
Let me just say: whoa. Whoa whoa whoa. Sebastian Ingrosso’s young protege serves up yet another piping hot dish of delicious, stadium-ready progressive house and even though I don’t normally like posting previews this one is too good to pass up. Alesso has been teasing this dazzling melodic gem for the past few weeks (he even dangled it right in front of us during his recent Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1), and now that a full preview is up on Soundcloud it seems pretty clear: this is going to be effing big.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, I have to admit that I currently have more questions than answers. How many times am I going to hear this song during the next six months? Will I get sick of it? Why can’t I embed a miniature Alesso into my head so that things like this can be piped directly into my brain at all times? And most importantly: Keane? Where have you been lately? The last time I listened to Keane, I’m pretty sure I was fourteen, being driven to the orthodontist, and sporting a first-gen iPod and a picture of Josh Hartnett in my binder cover. Whatever, we’ve all been there. Stay tuned for the release date and listen to this soon-to-be anthem below.
DJ-Set, Electro-House, Progressive House | Alesso Essential Mix
Posted by Middy on March 24, 2012
Lost in all of the WMC and UMF madness was the fact that Alesso was featured on BBC Radio One’s legendary Essential Mix show. Alesso really makes the most of these 2 hours flawlessly transitioning from one song to the next making the 2 hours fly by. You will hear the best of from the past couple months including “Trio“, “In My Mind” and “Rise“, as well as the best songs he has put out in his career. He puts together some really good bootlegs, combining the old and the new. He plays a whole host of unreleased tracks from himself and others including Avicii – Silhouettes (could it be a sign of a release at some point this year?) and the electro bomb “Boss” from Jonas Torn on Le7els. He plays his collaboration with Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso “Eclipse (Why Am I Doing This)“, the radio world premier of the vocal mix of his upcoming single “Years”, Alesso’s remix of Keane – Silence By the Night that he has been raving about and a brand new ID from Alesso that is really something special (as seen above, ignore the “ID3” title, it is just an ID). This Essential Mix rivals Arty’s for early contenders as Essential Mixes of the year, so hit play and let Alesso take on a two hour EDM journey. Tracklist after the jump.
DOWNLOAD: Alesso Essential Mix
Alesso – BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (24.03.2012) by Alesso
Mashups | Kap Slap – Breakin’ The Doors (Skrillex x Katy Perry x Zedd x Calvin Harris)
Posted by Juicebox on March 19, 2012
Oh. My. God…First featured on Kap Slap’s Spring Break Mix (posted below), Breakin’ The Doors is probably Kap Slap’s heaviest mashup yet, delivering harder than ever. The track features Skrillex, Katy Perry, Zedd, Calvin Harris, Afrojack & Steve Aoki, Ne-Yo, and more. After playing Glowfest, opening for Alesso, L.A. Riots, Manufactured Superstars, Steve Aoki, Passion Pit, and too many more…the kid is on fire right now. Check out Kap Slap on Facebook and SoundCloud.
DJ-Set, Preview, Progressive House | Arty, Matisse & Sadko – Trio (Preview), Refune Radio #02
Posted by Middy on March 3, 2012
Finally we we have the official preview and release date of Arty and Matisse & Sadko’s massive track “Trio”. It is to be released on the 5th what I am dubbing “Matisse & Sadko Monday”, because their remix of M-3ox feat. Heidrun – Beating Of My Heart, as played by Arty in his Essential Mix is also getting released. The Russians are coming and there is nothing you can do to stop them. Sebastian Ingrosso released his the second episode of his podcast “Refune Radio”. He continues the trend from the first episode of exclusive and unreleased in the second episode with plays of Nari & Milani – Atom, the aforementioned “Trio”, Axwell’s edit of NO_ID’s massive track “How R U Feeling Right Now”, and more. He catches up with Alesso and they talk about hey they met and came together to collaborate and Seb plays their collaboration “Calling (Lose My Mind), as well as Alesso’s upcoming single “Years”. A great episode with another to come after WMC, which should include some brand new tracks from artists there as well as a clip from a new original track from the Swedish powerhouse. Tracklist after the jump.
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/sebastian-ingrossos-refune/id498153370
Compilation, House | Top 50 Dance Tracks Of 2013: 10-1
Posted by Middy on January 13, 2010
10. Alesso vs OneRepublic – If I Lose Myself (Alesso Remix)
Alesso’s seminal work this year, his remix for OneRepublic has gone global and then some. Ryan Tedder’s vocals are highly sought after, and meshed with Alesso’s ability to create melodies, the result was magical.
9. Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E* – Need U 100%
The Grammy nominated Duke Dumont had an amazing year with the release of this timeless deep house record. Straight from the UK, it doesn’t seem that Mr. Dumont will be stopping anytime soon with his latest release “I Got You.” Also shout out to Dave Edwards who gave “Need U” a second wind with his fun remix of the track.
8. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Moguai – Mammoth
Possibly the most played and popular big room / progressive track of the first 6 months of the year, Moguai’s collab with Dimitri Vegas & LIke Mike showed that complex melodies can be popular when amelodic festival drops were more and more common. It was played by everyone from your standards like Hardwell and Tiësto to guys like Ferry Corsten and Cosmic Gate.
7. Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais)
The original became very popular on its own, but Cedric Gervais’ rendition not only elevated his own career, but took this track to new heights across the dance and general music landscapes. It became a hit across radio stations and landed him a grammy nomination, something that matters this year now that there aren’t any scheming Rothscilds in the mix.
6. Breach – Jack
Iwantyourbodyeverybodywantsyourbodysoletsjack, let’s jack. Those vocals became inescapable this year from a more expected DJ set like Duke Dumont, to someone more surprising in Avicii, this tune was everywhere. Ben Westbreach’s single catapulted his career to the next level and became the marquee signing for Claude von Stroke’s Dirtybird Recordings. Creative genius Riff Raff directed the video. Enough said.
5. Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr ft. Beardyman – Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Incl. Calvin Harris Remix)
It started a movement. “Eat Sleep Rave Repeat” became the Motto of dance music in 2013. Born from a wacked out man in Brooklyn, this has been Fatboy Slim’s return to production prominence. The Calvin Harris remix brought it to festivals everywhere with its powerful acid bassline.
4. Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
Deep house went mainstream in 2013 and the main drivers of this trend were the super young British brothers, Guy & Howard Lawrence. The most blogged about artists of the first half of the year, edging out even the French robots, Disclosure had nearly unrivaled hype of any artist in any genre. “Settle” was one of the triumphs in dance music this year, but “White Noise” stood out as the biggest this year, though really every one of them deserves a spot on here.
3. Martin Garrix – Animals
You could not escape “Animals” this year a festival for better or worse. There are tracks that change the direction of dance music and this was one of them. That “Martin Garrix” sound become copied, imitated and generally abused by producers professional and amateur alike once they saw the popularity of “Animals”.
2. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up
The flagship single from Avicii’s debut album “True”, Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” has become the symbol for his year of breaking boundaries, starting at Ultra and then with his album “True”. It has sold millions of copies around the world and has remained one of the most popular tracks, of any genre, throughout the whole year.
1. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky
“Animals” may have been the ubiquitous festival favorite this year, but dance music has gone far beyond the festival and club stage in the past few years. The hipster backlash against RAM was palpable, but the mastery and creative genius at work not only with Pharrell and Nile Rogers on “Get Lucky”, but throughout the whole album showed the robots were still the most innovative duo in dance. “Get Lucky” immediately found its way to every radio station, wedding, and DJ set, as a favorite of everyone from kids to grandparents. It is arguably not just the dance song of the year, but the song of the year, as denoted by its grammy nomination in the same category.