Featured | Exlusive Interview with Boomrat Founders
Posted by VMan on September 22, 2014
In an era where technology and music are even more intertwined, and platforms such as SoundCloud, iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, Beats and Hypem are even more in competition with each other to break the way we discover music, 2 young entrepreneurs, Ariel Lee and Andrew Silberstein, come along with Boomrat, the newest platform to shake up the music/technology scene. For those who aren’t familiar with the website, Boomrat is a blog aggregator which compiles the latest posts from the hottest dance music blogs (FreshNewTracks included) to display a real time interactive chart of the hottest tracks of the moment. I had the chance to sit down with Ariel, and Andrew to discuss the idea behind their latest venture, their background, what makes Boomrat unique, what they’re listening to, and so much more! Click on the jump for the full interview and check out Boomrat.com and see what the hype is about!
Progressive House | Sander van Doorn – Right Here Right Now (Neon)
Posted by Middy on February 11, 2014
The vocal mix of his tune stunning tune from last year “Neon”, Sander van Doorn releases “Right Here Right Now”. It can be dicey to do vocal mixes of well established instrumentals and we have seen this happen to mixed success in the past couple years with the vocal mixes of “Spaceman” and “Tsunami” (you had no idea they did one) decided failures and the vocal mix of “I Could Be The One” working out quite well. This should turn out to be one of those successes, reviving the tune and giving it the potential for more commercial appeal without sacrificing the integrity of the tune. This song has become quite the hit that even one of the top soccer (football) clubs in the Netherlands PSV Eindhoven has decided to use it as its anthem.
Chill | ID – Moves Like Ms Jackson
Posted by VMan on February 9, 2014
With nothing more than an mp3 file and a cover art, this is how this track was submitted to me from an unknown email address. Too good to pass on, I uploaded it up on my personal SoundCloud to share with ya’ll. “Moves Like Ms Jackson” is a smooth tech house, deep house record incorporating samples from Outkast’s many classics over the years! If you have any idea who is behind this, hollar at me, I need to know! This is hands down a must listen!
**Update: this track is making its rounds on the blogosphere and made its way up on Hypem
Hip-Hop, Rap | GoldLink – The Heart
Posted by admin on January 7, 2014
GoldLink is really pressing his luck with his most recent release entitled, “The Heart”. Anyone with a halfway decent taste in music knows that Kendrick Lamar absolutely annihilated this beat on his mixtape Overly Dedicated a few years back. That being said, GoldLink absolutely held his own, and spit some introspective bars that give us a much better idea of the street life and family struggles that he was going through.
Although “The Heart” will not be featured on GoldLink’s upcoming project The God Complex it will surely keep us on our knees begging for more. Enjoy.
Exclusive, Featured, Interviews | Showtek Talk The “Art” Of DJing, Terrible Shows, Basketball And More [FNT Exclusive]
Posted by Middy on November 26, 2013
In conjunction with our presenting their Showtek Essentials a few weeks back, we have an interview with Dutch masters, Sjoerd and Wouter Janssen, known to you as Showtek. Their move from Hardstyle to Showtek-styled electro house in the past few has been well chronicled, starting with productions alongside Tiësto and Marcel Woods, like “Maximal Crazy” and then really breaking out with their own collabs and originals like “Hell Yeah”, “How We Do”, “Cannonball” and most recently “Booyah“. I would argue that besides W&W, only Maarten Vorwerk (unwittingly, the most famous ghost producer out there) has helped sculpt the festival-oriented dance music landscape as much as Showtek. They do not waste a single production, and live bring that energy to you every night.
During our interview we cover everything DJing, which they say “Their mum could do it”, their productions, past and future, bad shows, their love for basketball and much more. Head past the break to get to know the Janssen brothers a little better and stream the remixes for “Booyah” while you read.
Progressive House | Jeremy Olander & Fehrplay – Balboa
Posted by Middy on November 22, 2013
Surprisngly enough, these two have never done a collabo together with all the work they have both released on Pryda Friends over the past two years. However, with all the time they have spent together touring across the US over the past 3-4 months, both with Prydz and on their own, a track was spawned from two innovative minds. It has the vintage progressive grooves you expect from these two and best of yet, the track is free, so hit download now.
Chill | JMSN – Walk Away
Posted by BP on September 18, 2013
“Walk Away” by JMSN is an absolute beauty. This track is packed with emotion. The vocals flow smoothly over the breathtaking strings. My favorite part is when the drums really kick in around three minutes in. To say this track is powerful is an understatement. It will be a part of the album ‘†Pllaj醒 (which honestly I have no idea how to say) that is written and produced solely by JMSN.
Purchase: JMSN – Walk Away (Single)