Friday, December 24, 2010

Afterhours.fm's year-ending festival

Afterhours.fm is now broadcasting their "End of the Year Countdown" series of shows.

For set times and dates, click the image below to enlarge (some dates have passed):


[Image credit: Afterhours.fm]

Monday, December 20, 2010

The Top 1000 Trance songs of all time*

*some trance, that is.

Earlier this spring, Armada Music and Dancefoundation (a dance music-focused multimedia company), launched a web poll asking voters to choose their top 10 favorite trance songs of all time. The results have now been compiled into a top 1000 list, but not all of it is trance music.

Some of the tracks on the list are house and progressive-house releases, including a slew of tracks from deadmau5 such as "Arguru", "Not Exactly", and "Faxing Berlin". There's also a ton of Armin Van Buuren's less-publicized recent work. A coincidence considering the type of modern trance fans who are voting on this poll? Or not?

The top 20 are as follows:

1. Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Tiësto's In Search Of Sunrise Remix)
2. Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix)
3. Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings Remix)
4. Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun (DJ Tiësto Remix)
5. Armin Van Buuren & Jan Vayne - Serenity (Original Mix)
6. Oceanlab - Satellite (Original Above & Beyond Mix)
7. Gaia - Tuvan (Original Mix)
8. Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - No One On Earth (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
9. Gouryella - Gouryella (Original Mix)
10. Sasha - Xpander (Original Mix)
11. Paul van Dyk - For An Angel (Original Mix)
12. Armin van Buuren ft. Sharon Den Adel - In And Out Of Love (Original Mix)
13. System F - Out Of The Blue (Original Mix)
14. Yahel & Eyal Barkan - Voyage (Tiësto's Magikal Remake)
15. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix)
16. Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt - Waiting (Original Mix)
17. Bedrock - Heaven Scent (Original Mix)
18. Chicane - Saltwater (Original Mix)
19. Above & Beyond feat. Andy Moor - Air for Life (Original Mix)
20. Cass & Slide - Perception (Original Mix

You can check the top 10 that I submitted here, but looking at that list now, I'd change it considering some of the songs I've heard this year.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Electric Zoo 2011 pre-sale tickets now available

Although Electric Zoo 2010 wrapped up only a few months ago, Made Event is already selling tickets for next year's festival, which will now be a three day affair. The event will start earlier on Labor Day weekend on Friday, September 2.

No lineup announcements have been made yet- and it's unclear if Made Event will provide a fix to the dust problem that many attendees were concerned about last year. But for those committed to going, a three day pass costs $129 (with a additional $40 service fee).

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Armada Music interviews DJ Eco

A new interview with DJ Eco can be read here.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Armada Music launches iOS App

Armada Music now has a free iOS App, covering all the latest news, releases, and videos from the label.


The app is designed in the typical iOS format with the menu at the bottom, so don't expect any visual thrills here. But Armada is the first dance music label that I know of that's released something like this. Maybe other labels will follow suit?

[Image credit: Apple.com]
 
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