This short segment CBS News aired on Thursday is making the rounds of the internet, and for a good reason. What's not strange about a grandma behind the decks banging out house music?
Could you imagine if someone like Armin Van Buuren extended his career for another 50 or so years and was still producing/playing while he was 80-years-old? How many albums would he make? Where would ASOT 2500 be held and what would the lineup look like? Something interesting (and crazy) to think about...
[Video credit: CBS News, thanks to thedevestation on TranceAddict for pointing this video out]
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Ferry Corsten to release new album, embark on concept tour
On March 30, Ferry Corsten (who rocked NYC's Nokia Theatre a couple weeks ago) will be releasing his latest compilation, Once Upon A Night, on Ultra Records.
The double-disc album will feature 25 all-new productions, including DJ Eco's "Dancing Under Streetlights", which Eco talked about a little bit in an interview I did with him last week.
Tracklisting:
Disc 1
1. Yuri Kane - Right Back
2. Yuri Kane - Around You
3. Alpha 9 - Come Home
4. Progressiver pres. FineSky - Fine Sky
5. Fred Baker pres. Saona - Saono (Andy Duguid Remix)
6. Tritonal feat. Soto - Forgive Me, Forget You (Ashley Wallbridge Remix)
7. JPL - We Move in Symmetry
8. Salt Tank pres. Meet Me At The Burning Man - Leaving Town (Allende Remix)
9. Phynn - Hello Love
10. Amurai feat. Melissa Loretta - Unconditional LOve
11. Arty - Hope
12. Fender Woods - Ain't She Pretty (Amurai's Yerevan Remix)
13. Cramp pres. Sliders - Meteor
Disc 2
1. Mark Sixma - Forsaken
2. The Airstatic - Worldwide (Anton Firtich Remix)
3. Tempo Giusto - Metropolitan (Alex O'Rion Remix)
4. Breakfast - Slow Motion
5. Bert Claessen - Hartseer
6. Rafael Frost - If Only
7. Mike Danis - Sweet Dynamite
8. Anton Firtich pres. AF Project - Something Wrong
9. Akira Kayosa - State Of Origin
10. Ferry Corsten pres. Pulse - Once
11. DJ Eco pres. Pacheco - Dancing Under Streetlights
12. BT - The Unbreakable (Breakfast Remix)
One of the cooler aspects of this album is the tour that Ferry will be doing to support it, which will feature a "living backdrop" with visuals of a day progressing from sunset, through the night, and then sunrise.
It seems like the industry is starting go beyond the traditional stage show lighting visuals by creating these elaborate sets. Deadmau5 mentioned recently on TranceAddict that his new tour will feature a large, LED mouse head. It'll be interesting to see how this one plays out too.
Click here for Ferry tour dates and more information on Once Upon A Night.
[Info/image credit: PlexiPR]
The double-disc album will feature 25 all-new productions, including DJ Eco's "Dancing Under Streetlights", which Eco talked about a little bit in an interview I did with him last week.
Tracklisting:
Disc 1
1. Yuri Kane - Right Back
2. Yuri Kane - Around You
3. Alpha 9 - Come Home
4. Progressiver pres. FineSky - Fine Sky
5. Fred Baker pres. Saona - Saono (Andy Duguid Remix)
6. Tritonal feat. Soto - Forgive Me, Forget You (Ashley Wallbridge Remix)
7. JPL - We Move in Symmetry
8. Salt Tank pres. Meet Me At The Burning Man - Leaving Town (Allende Remix)
9. Phynn - Hello Love
10. Amurai feat. Melissa Loretta - Unconditional LOve
11. Arty - Hope
12. Fender Woods - Ain't She Pretty (Amurai's Yerevan Remix)
13. Cramp pres. Sliders - Meteor
Disc 2
1. Mark Sixma - Forsaken
2. The Airstatic - Worldwide (Anton Firtich Remix)
3. Tempo Giusto - Metropolitan (Alex O'Rion Remix)
4. Breakfast - Slow Motion
5. Bert Claessen - Hartseer
6. Rafael Frost - If Only
7. Mike Danis - Sweet Dynamite
8. Anton Firtich pres. AF Project - Something Wrong
9. Akira Kayosa - State Of Origin
10. Ferry Corsten pres. Pulse - Once
11. DJ Eco pres. Pacheco - Dancing Under Streetlights
12. BT - The Unbreakable (Breakfast Remix)
One of the cooler aspects of this album is the tour that Ferry will be doing to support it, which will feature a "living backdrop" with visuals of a day progressing from sunset, through the night, and then sunrise.
It seems like the industry is starting go beyond the traditional stage show lighting visuals by creating these elaborate sets. Deadmau5 mentioned recently on TranceAddict that his new tour will feature a large, LED mouse head. It'll be interesting to see how this one plays out too.
Click here for Ferry tour dates and more information on Once Upon A Night.
[Info/image credit: PlexiPR]
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Weekly shows update
Upcoming:
- Made Event has a few interesting shows coming up at Cielo over the next month: DJ Hell on March 20, Sander Van Doorn [confirmed] on April 8, and Dave Dresden (formerly of the duo Gabriel & Dresden) on April 23.
- Cielo also has announced their weekly events schedule of residents for March.
This weekend:
Friday: Marcus Schossow @ Cielo
Saturday: Danny Howells & Lee Burridge @ Santos Party House
- Made Event has a few interesting shows coming up at Cielo over the next month: DJ Hell on March 20, Sander Van Doorn [confirmed] on April 8, and Dave Dresden (formerly of the duo Gabriel & Dresden) on April 23.
- Cielo also has announced their weekly events schedule of residents for March.
This weekend:
Friday: Marcus Schossow @ Cielo
Saturday: Danny Howells & Lee Burridge @ Santos Party House
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
New Oliver Smith compilation out now
Anjunabeats released today a 12-track compilation by one of my favorite producers of dance music- Oliver Smith.
The album costs $8.95 on iTunes, and will be on other download stores in two weeks, according to Anjunabeats' Facebook page.
1. Restless
And if you've never heard any of these, here are my three favorite Oliver Smith productions:
1) Nimbus
2) Meet Me In Montauk Remix
3) Horizons
Great music from a great producer. Check it out.
The album costs $8.95 on iTunes, and will be on other download stores in two weeks, according to Anjunabeats' Facebook page.
Here's the tracklisting:
1. Restless
2. Tomahawk
3. Boom Jinx feat. Key - Eternal Reminisence (Oliver Smith Remix)
4. Pacific
5. Horizons
6. Maor Levi - Shapes (Oliver Smith Remix)
7. Cadence
8. Signalrunners - Meet Me In Montauk (Oliver Smith Remix)
9. Cirrus
10. Boom Jinx & Oliver Smith - Sunrise
11. Signalrunners & Julie Thompson - These Shoulders (Oliver Smith Remix)
12. Nimbus
And if you've never heard any of these, here are my three favorite Oliver Smith productions:1) Nimbus
2) Meet Me In Montauk Remix
3) Horizons
Great music from a great producer. Check it out.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Track reviews: The best of February
Over the past month, these two tracks have stayed in my top 5 for a decent amount of time, and for a good reason. I haven't gotten around to reviewing them until now, but if you're a trance fan and haven't checked them out already, now is a good time to do so.
1. Running Man - Fading Memories (RedSound Remix) [Only One]
@Beatport // @YouTube // @JunoDownload
When I first heard this song on Afterhours.fm's excellent Spain Trance Connection radio show, one of my thoughts was how much this song sounds like a track built in the early 2000's, but re-outfitted for 2010.
The song opens with your standard intro fare, but things get started quickly with a series of reverberated high-pitched descending scales that sound like the musical equivalent of stars falling out of the sky.
After some chopped samples of female vocalizations and a driving bassline get thrown into the mix, a soft melody emerges going into the breakdown, but it's not what's about to be featured in the closing minutes of the song.
Right at the end of the breakdown comes the main melody- a catchy rhythm that's played out by a synth with an old-school tuning- something that's not commonly heard in trance today.
This song also has a decent lasting value- on each listen I discover another subtle element of the track that I didn't hear before.
Rating: 8 out of 10 [Great]
2. Hodel & JP Bates - Mirrors (Sunny Lax Remix) [Perceptive]
@Beatport // @YouTube // @JunoDownload
One of my soft spots in electronic music are songs have have melodies that are reminiscent of those old 8-bit sounds you would hear on a Game Boy, and "Mirrors" features one of these in a big way.
Everything in this song in neatly constructed- there isn't one effect or rhythm that sounds out of place, and there's also never a point where it sounds like too much is going on at once.
Throw in some powerful piano notes and a few interesting pad sounds- all with a progressive, yet uplifting tint- and you have one of the best songs of 2010 so far.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10 [Choon]
[Image credit: Junodownload]
1. Running Man - Fading Memories (RedSound Remix) [Only One]
@Beatport // @YouTube // @JunoDownload
When I first heard this song on Afterhours.fm's excellent Spain Trance Connection radio show, one of my thoughts was how much this song sounds like a track built in the early 2000's, but re-outfitted for 2010.
The song opens with your standard intro fare, but things get started quickly with a series of reverberated high-pitched descending scales that sound like the musical equivalent of stars falling out of the sky.
After some chopped samples of female vocalizations and a driving bassline get thrown into the mix, a soft melody emerges going into the breakdown, but it's not what's about to be featured in the closing minutes of the song.
Right at the end of the breakdown comes the main melody- a catchy rhythm that's played out by a synth with an old-school tuning- something that's not commonly heard in trance today.
This song also has a decent lasting value- on each listen I discover another subtle element of the track that I didn't hear before.
Rating: 8 out of 10 [Great]
2. Hodel & JP Bates - Mirrors (Sunny Lax Remix) [Perceptive]
@Beatport // @YouTube // @JunoDownload
One of my soft spots in electronic music are songs have have melodies that are reminiscent of those old 8-bit sounds you would hear on a Game Boy, and "Mirrors" features one of these in a big way.
Everything in this song in neatly constructed- there isn't one effect or rhythm that sounds out of place, and there's also never a point where it sounds like too much is going on at once.
Throw in some powerful piano notes and a few interesting pad sounds- all with a progressive, yet uplifting tint- and you have one of the best songs of 2010 so far.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10 [Choon]
[Image credit: Junodownload]
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