*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.
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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]
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]
Friday, November 26, 2010
The cutting-room floor of DJ Eco's studio
DJ Eco posted a link on his Facebook fan page for "The Best Things In Life Are Free (A Walkabout Through The Deserts Of A Musical Mind)", a 16-track collection of his previously unreleased work.
The collection, which contains Trance, House, Ambient, Dubstep, and Trip-Hop tracks, can be downloaded here. Most of these tracks are pretty short as they clock in around three minutes each, but it's rare that we get to hear so much unreleased material in one place.
Tracklisting:
1. Eco - The First Time
2. Eco - People (Unreleased Version)
3. Eco - The Sky Moved Sideways
4. Eco - ??? (Thomas Sagstad's Unreleased Remix)
5. Deadrat6 - Somewhat Exactly
6. Eco - A Little Help From My Friends (A Day Before Electric Zoo)
7. Eco - Boston
8. Eco - Vodka Tonic (A Song For When The Weather Is Hot)
9. Eco - The River Is A Mirror Of The City Night Sky
10. The XX - Intro (Eco Bootleg Remix)
11. Eco - This Song Is Too Short But So Is Life, So Smile
12. Modest Mouse - Little Motel (Eco Bootleg Remix)
13. Eco - Things'll Get Better, I Promise
14. Moshic - Am I Stand On The Right Side (Eco Flew Away Bootleg)
15. White Rose Movement - Alsatian (Eco Bootleg Intro Remix)
16. Eco - End Of The World
The collection, which contains Trance, House, Ambient, Dubstep, and Trip-Hop tracks, can be downloaded here. Most of these tracks are pretty short as they clock in around three minutes each, but it's rare that we get to hear so much unreleased material in one place.
Tracklisting:
1. Eco - The First Time
2. Eco - People (Unreleased Version)
3. Eco - The Sky Moved Sideways
4. Eco - ??? (Thomas Sagstad's Unreleased Remix)
5. Deadrat6 - Somewhat Exactly
6. Eco - A Little Help From My Friends (A Day Before Electric Zoo)
7. Eco - Boston
8. Eco - Vodka Tonic (A Song For When The Weather Is Hot)
9. Eco - The River Is A Mirror Of The City Night Sky
10. The XX - Intro (Eco Bootleg Remix)
11. Eco - This Song Is Too Short But So Is Life, So Smile
12. Modest Mouse - Little Motel (Eco Bootleg Remix)
13. Eco - Things'll Get Better, I Promise
14. Moshic - Am I Stand On The Right Side (Eco Flew Away Bootleg)
15. White Rose Movement - Alsatian (Eco Bootleg Intro Remix)
16. Eco - End Of The World
Monday, October 4, 2010
I've got a bone to pick with the U.S. location of ASOT 500
Armin Van Buuren just blew his chance at what could have been one of the biggest gigs of his career.
Next March, his popular weekly radio show, A State of Trance, will be reaching it's 500th episode. Whether you like the show or not, you can't deny that it's one of the most powerful brand names in electronic music.
Armin has used 476 broadcasts of ASOT so far to build an empire. Each week, millions of listeners worldwide hear the latest trance and progressive tracks on his show. He uses the airtime to promote new artists from Armada Music (the trance label he co-founded), and with the show, has made himself a name that's headlined nearly every electronic music festival that exists.
But there's one place that Armin hasn't played, and neither has anyone else in the industry. It's the one place in the United States that solidifies your position as a mainstream music artist, if you can get a booking there. And everyone who has played the venue has a story to tell about it.
That place is Madison Square Garden.
Over the summer, Armin announced that ASOT 500 would be taking place in five different continents on five different dates. When he started this show ten years ago, a few big milestones could be seen: episodes 100, 500, and 1,000, if he made it that far.
With the way his career has played out; the constant touring, production work, and the amount of time managing ASOT, I predict that Armin won't reach episode 1,000. He'd have to be in the industry for another decade for this to happen, as he's only at the halfway point now. Armin's only 34, and there are a few big names right now that have DJed into their 40's and beyond- most notably Tiesto (41), Sasha (41), Benny Benassi (43), and Paul Oakenfold (47). But I find it difficult to believe Armin won't get burnt out by the time episode 1,000 would arrive.
So that would make ASOT 500 one of the biggest gigs of his career. And the U.S. location for that event is not Madison Square Garden, but in a tent at the Ultra Music Festival in 2011.
Ultra is a huge event, but chances are the lineup Armin could be playing with are guys who have been performing at the event for years, since it hosts a lot of trance DJ's. So in reality, ASOT 500 in the US is just moving all of those guys into one tent and calling it that name. It's not the standalone event that it normally is.
Maybe Alda Events (Armin's booking agency), couldn't reach an agreement with MSG. Maybe he didn't want to spoil New Yorkers after playing two ASOT 450 shows here earlier this year. Maybe the Garden told them they don't do 9pm-5am events (which I don't recall them ever doing), so they would have to settle on a less-desired 4pm-midnight booking.
But either way, I can't see performing in a tent at Ultra being bigger than playing onstage at one of the most famous arenas in the world. Not for the visuals, the atmosphere, or the fans. And not even for Armin.
Maybe we'll have to wait a little longer for that MSG electronic dance music event. Or we can just envision what ASOT 500 could have been...
Next March, his popular weekly radio show, A State of Trance, will be reaching it's 500th episode. Whether you like the show or not, you can't deny that it's one of the most powerful brand names in electronic music.
Armin has used 476 broadcasts of ASOT so far to build an empire. Each week, millions of listeners worldwide hear the latest trance and progressive tracks on his show. He uses the airtime to promote new artists from Armada Music (the trance label he co-founded), and with the show, has made himself a name that's headlined nearly every electronic music festival that exists.
But there's one place that Armin hasn't played, and neither has anyone else in the industry. It's the one place in the United States that solidifies your position as a mainstream music artist, if you can get a booking there. And everyone who has played the venue has a story to tell about it.
That place is Madison Square Garden.
Over the summer, Armin announced that ASOT 500 would be taking place in five different continents on five different dates. When he started this show ten years ago, a few big milestones could be seen: episodes 100, 500, and 1,000, if he made it that far.
With the way his career has played out; the constant touring, production work, and the amount of time managing ASOT, I predict that Armin won't reach episode 1,000. He'd have to be in the industry for another decade for this to happen, as he's only at the halfway point now. Armin's only 34, and there are a few big names right now that have DJed into their 40's and beyond- most notably Tiesto (41), Sasha (41), Benny Benassi (43), and Paul Oakenfold (47). But I find it difficult to believe Armin won't get burnt out by the time episode 1,000 would arrive.
So that would make ASOT 500 one of the biggest gigs of his career. And the U.S. location for that event is not Madison Square Garden, but in a tent at the Ultra Music Festival in 2011.
Ultra is a huge event, but chances are the lineup Armin could be playing with are guys who have been performing at the event for years, since it hosts a lot of trance DJ's. So in reality, ASOT 500 in the US is just moving all of those guys into one tent and calling it that name. It's not the standalone event that it normally is.
Maybe Alda Events (Armin's booking agency), couldn't reach an agreement with MSG. Maybe he didn't want to spoil New Yorkers after playing two ASOT 450 shows here earlier this year. Maybe the Garden told them they don't do 9pm-5am events (which I don't recall them ever doing), so they would have to settle on a less-desired 4pm-midnight booking.
But either way, I can't see performing in a tent at Ultra being bigger than playing onstage at one of the most famous arenas in the world. Not for the visuals, the atmosphere, or the fans. And not even for Armin.
Maybe we'll have to wait a little longer for that MSG electronic dance music event. Or we can just envision what ASOT 500 could have been...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Last album-related post of the week...I promise
Over the past week on here I've plugged upcoming albums from Aly & Fila and Solarstone, and if you've just started reading the site during this time span you might think it's just a place where I ramble on about my favorite artists and what CD's they're releasing.
So this will be my last plug of the week, but it's a good one: DJ Eco has announced on his Facebook page that he's begun work on his first artist album, which will be released in the future through Armada Music.
So this will be my last plug of the week, but it's a good one: DJ Eco has announced on his Facebook page that he's begun work on his first artist album, which will be released in the future through Armada Music.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Aly & Fila's Rising Sun now available on iTunes
Aly & Fila's debut album, Rising Sun, is now available a week before it's official release date on iTunes for $7.99.
Armada has posted track previews of the album's 15 songs on their official YouTube page, and the release has also scored a positive review from the folks over at TranceFix.
On a side note, according to Billboard, iTunes now accounts for 26% of all US music sales. With this statistic and increasing sales on iTunes in the future, it'll be interesting to see if more electronic dance music artists market their music more on iTunes over places like Beatport and TrackItDown.
Armada has posted track previews of the album's 15 songs on their official YouTube page, and the release has also scored a positive review from the folks over at TranceFix.
On a side note, according to Billboard, iTunes now accounts for 26% of all US music sales. With this statistic and increasing sales on iTunes in the future, it'll be interesting to see if more electronic dance music artists market their music more on iTunes over places like Beatport and TrackItDown.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Aly & Fila's album set for May 28 release
Armada Music has announced today that Aly & Fila's debut album, Rising Sun, will be out in stores at the end of this month.
Tracklisting:
1. Medellin (vs. Activa)
2. Crowe It Will Be Ok (feat. Katherine)
3. My Mind Is With You (feat. Denise Rivera)
4. Rosaires
5. Listening (feat. Josie)
6. Menes
7. Still (feat. Sue McLaren)
8. Perfect Red (vs. Bjorn Akesson)
9. I Can Hear You (feat. Sue McLaren)
10. Without You (The Never Knowing) (vs. Philippe El Sisi feat. Senadee)
11. Paradise (feat. Tiff Lacey)
12. Khepera
13. Sandgroper
14. Breeze (feat. Jass)
15. Rising Sun
Some users on Trancefix have already compiled a list of YouTube links for some of the tracks on the disc, and things are sounding good.
But I can't get over the ridiculous album art that they decided to go with for Rising Sun. Are they trying to pull off the gangsta rap tough guy look?
[Image credit: ArmadaMusic.com]
Tracklisting:
1. Medellin (vs. Activa)
2. Crowe It Will Be Ok (feat. Katherine)
3. My Mind Is With You (feat. Denise Rivera)
4. Rosaires
5. Listening (feat. Josie)
6. Menes
7. Still (feat. Sue McLaren)
8. Perfect Red (vs. Bjorn Akesson)
9. I Can Hear You (feat. Sue McLaren)
10. Without You (The Never Knowing) (vs. Philippe El Sisi feat. Senadee)
11. Paradise (feat. Tiff Lacey)
12. Khepera
13. Sandgroper
14. Breeze (feat. Jass)
15. Rising Sun
Some users on Trancefix have already compiled a list of YouTube links for some of the tracks on the disc, and things are sounding good.
But I can't get over the ridiculous album art that they decided to go with for Rising Sun. Are they trying to pull off the gangsta rap tough guy look?
[Image credit: ArmadaMusic.com]
Monday, April 19, 2010
The 1000 best trance songs of all time
In case you haven't heard already, Armada Music and the Dance Foundation have launched a new web site asking users to fill out their top 10 trance tracks of all time, with the goal of compiling a list of the top 1000 tracks. The results will be posted in the fall.
Although this is a cool idea, it's not hard to see that it's an obvious marketing tool for both sponsors, in the fact that they can:
- Find out who are the most popular artists not signed by Armada
- Survey what type of trance is the most popular with listeners
- Possibly make some CD compilation out of this?
Anyway, here is my top 10. Click on the links to listen.
1. Solarstone - Seven Cities (can't find the version I like on YouTube...too many mistagged videos)
2. Rank 1 - Airwave
3. Arctic Moon - True Romance
4. Solarstone - Late Summer Fields (Rain Stars Eternal Album Version)
5. Reconceal & Andy Blueman - The World To Come (Andy Blueman Remix)
6. Evbointh - One Wish (Daniel Kandi & Mark Andrez Remix)
7. Ferry Corsten - Galaxia (Aly & Fila Rework)
8. Solarstone - The Calling (RAM Remix)
9. Paul Van Dyk - Home
10. Oceania - Never Forget (Arctic Moon Remix)
Agree with this list? Disagree? What are your top 10 tracks?
Although this is a cool idea, it's not hard to see that it's an obvious marketing tool for both sponsors, in the fact that they can:
- Find out who are the most popular artists not signed by Armada
- Survey what type of trance is the most popular with listeners
- Possibly make some CD compilation out of this?
Anyway, here is my top 10. Click on the links to listen.
1. Solarstone - Seven Cities (can't find the version I like on YouTube...too many mistagged videos)
2. Rank 1 - Airwave
3. Arctic Moon - True Romance
4. Solarstone - Late Summer Fields (Rain Stars Eternal Album Version)
5. Reconceal & Andy Blueman - The World To Come (Andy Blueman Remix)
6. Evbointh - One Wish (Daniel Kandi & Mark Andrez Remix)
7. Ferry Corsten - Galaxia (Aly & Fila Rework)
8. Solarstone - The Calling (RAM Remix)
9. Paul Van Dyk - Home
10. Oceania - Never Forget (Arctic Moon Remix)
Agree with this list? Disagree? What are your top 10 tracks?
Thursday, February 18, 2010
FSOE Recordings joins Armada
Future Sound Of Egypt recordings, the label run by trance-duo Aly & Fila, has now joined Armada Music. This makes them the 28th sublabel under the Armada umbrella.
While this merger probably gives Aly & Fila a greater financial backing, which means they have a better chance of touring the United States in the near future, I hoped they would remain operating on their own. It's not to say Armada's music is bad, but I would prefer a label like FSOE to remain independent and in complete control of their creative interests than to join a conglomerate. I saw FSOE becoming the next Anjunabeats with a couple more years of development.
While this merger probably gives Aly & Fila a greater financial backing, which means they have a better chance of touring the United States in the near future, I hoped they would remain operating on their own. It's not to say Armada's music is bad, but I would prefer a label like FSOE to remain independent and in complete control of their creative interests than to join a conglomerate. I saw FSOE becoming the next Anjunabeats with a couple more years of development.
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