All posts tagged in Big Room
• Flashing début for the artists • Hard-hitting drop sequences • EMKR’s influences on the breakdown This particular release has made me a lot happier, even if the lower ratings here don’t suggest it otherwise. After following Azael and EMKR since, well, they started their production career to which I had left a couple of
• TWIIG are back with Deep House • Great vocal on the break, except in the drop • Noteworthy details in the final segment Alternating between quality releases and long hiatuses, TWIIG hasn’t waned down and kept it equally interesting to see what they’re involved in and how their experimental shift in sound is ongoing.
• Trance with mainstream progressive • Louder kick that doesn’t conflict • Not entirely inventive It’s fun to see two-time Grammy nominated Paul Oakenfold, who also earned DJ mag awards (#1 in ‘97 and ‘98), with a career lasting more than twenty-five years, becoming rather more industrious in the Trance scene. His forthcoming album is
One done, eleven to go! With January done and the approaching festival season (which hopefully will go according to plans), aliases are equipping their discogs with further explosive tunes. This roundup contains some of them, notably from Chainsmokers, NWYR, Kura and more. Disclosure, Zedd – You’ve Got To Let It Go If You Want To
It was merely by 2013, as I remember, a particularly buzzing Electro House song was being rotated everywhere on the electronic music festival circuits. Its creator, a fresh-faced and zealous twenty-four-year-old Dutch DJ/Producer, was receiving astronomical success (though he wasn’t a stranger to any of that, thanks to massive records like “Zero 76”). In the
• Highly awaited ID • Strongly supported by W&W • Unexpected Big Room synergy Lately, Rave Culture has expanded in the market and made remarkable progress with top-notch releases. This year, we have already seen multiple collaborations, namely Sandro Silva, Wiwek, and finally the launch of the darker and dystopian-mooded sub-label made by W&W in
From a retweet of the QR Network, I discovered that “Told Ya 2022”, released a few days ago by Sandro Silva and Wiwek, didn’t credit the original vocalist Isa GT, who complained about the injustice on Twitter. I appreciated the quick response by Rave Culture, who renamed the song the day after, but this isn’t
• Filled with variations • Borderline chaotic, but all in fun • Not a standout entirely yet promising Without setting in stone any huge expectations, House District Records are slowly impressing me with sequence of quality festival releases, marking a clear improvement on their selection as compared to many of their competitors! We’ve already praised
After receiving sizeable number of requests to publish my opinions on the “Mystica Chapter 2”, it was during writing it that I realized about broadening the scope towards a more generic overview towards Blasterjaxx’s work this year. That is because I am mildly annoyed. By principle, I despise artists who clearly shove out as much
• Future Rave/Trance with Progressive • Energetic drops, slower breakdown • Lesser featuring of Future Rave After his recent departure from being the face of former trio Dash Berlin, Jeffrey Sutorius hasn’t slacked any since. Nowadays, he’s a familiar face on Revealed Recordings with his BODYWRMR imprint designated under the Dutch label. Anyways, there’s nothing
• Nostalgic and creative • Darker first impression • Future Rave drop with Big Room undertone The relatively less-known Revealed sub-label BODY WRMR has reappeared again. After a brief look through, I found out that Jeffrey Sutorius is the brains behind the operations (the logo reminded me slightly of the Dash Berlin). In fact, “Hypnotized”
• Nostalgia, with creativity • Complexities that seize attention • Darker and brutal first impression The review for “Diddy Bop” perhaps has the same statements as I am about to make on this one, however I wasn’t fully convinced about ZAXX’s renewed interest in Big Room and his capabilities to reinvent the style back then…
And just like that, we are officially in November. The eleventh month will definitely see some final releases for the year coming from major names, as most labels (and music distributors alike) are likely to take a break during the holiday season. So the coming Fridays will be packed than usual, including the one covered
• Sandro Silva fills in the drop? • Stunning breakdown with orchestral and hardstyle influences • Difficult formula, easy to mess up While I asked ODAX as our curator for our monthly “Selected By You” playlist, I was actually reviewing one of his submissions, “Lost In Love”. So, you may have already heard it on
As the dust from the dance events held in Amsterdam settle, with a particularly disliked DJ magazine poll declaring their results, we are finally well over into the fourth quarter of this year. Although I wasn’t present at the Electronic music capital, social media affirmed that natives and tourists both flocked and partied hard after
• Haarley’s vocal is the secret weapon of the track • Dark Trance Big Room background • First drop: OK. Second drop: Crazy! That’s an unusual review for our rules, since we mostly accepts songs that have been released in the past 15 days, but sometimes a pinch of flexibility is allowed, if the readers
Everything started from a submission by Manche and DJ GUY, “All I Need”, which I totally recommend if you are looking for some “out of the box” Trance Big Room. No spoilers! However, I decided to broaden my perspective and explore the album where “All I Need” is included: a joint ADE Sampler from Intensity
The decrease in the quality of the Dutch label is not particularly evident, since Afrojack performed relatively well this year, keeping a balance between commercial hits and underground works, including his Tech alias Kapuchon. However today we discuss Wall Recordings, the fourteen-year-old sub-label under Spinnin’. In my opinion, it has lost its power in the
• Happy hardcore on Revealed! • Retro hi-NRG 80s vibe • Catchy lyrics, very memorable Back again on Revealed? I lost my interest on Hardwell’s label because of the sloppy amount of generic Future and Bass House being uploaded (special shout-out to the QR Network’s research!). Dr Phunk, after KAAZE, remains as one of the
• Sprightly melody • Sensual and a catchy vocal • Summer vibes for a rather cold autumn I lost track of Futurized a couple of months for unexplainable reasons. Perhaps I was busier poking my head searching for filthier Dubstep songs or anything closely related… Never mind. One recent day, I happened to ask on
• Sticks to the essentials • SEVENN-ish pattern, focused on low-pitched vocal melody • Entertaining experimentation It’s been a while since I wanted to talk about Vion Konger, a blooming talent formerly discovered by Dannic some years ago (in fact there are some slight similarities in their styles). Well if you happen to be curious
