All posts tagged in Progressive House
• Where’s Aoki? Busy playing with NFTs? • Superlative vocal and instrumental • Necessary comparison with Swedish House Mafia If even KAAZE says “I’ve never been so proud of a song in my life”, one has all the reasons to be hyped about ‘Whole Again’. Alongside the Swedish creator, Steve Aoki, and reputed singer John
• Back to 2014 • A fewer changes, otherwise the same • A potential club hit for this year The infamous Tiesto edits are becoming almost unbearable these days, but every week or two I wonder where exactly the Dutch star is heading towards with his style, as I can’t figure out what exactly he’s
This one caught me by surprise. Martin Garrix, with all his successful ideas and commercial hits, decided to drop a club-oriented album? “Sentio” which stands for ‘perceive, feel, experience‘, is a collection of 11 collaborations between the Dutch star and several other big names. There are two things I didn’t like here: the choice of
• Disco vibes smoothly merged with Declain’s Progressive • Fetching chopped vocal loop • Vivacious drop melody, with a retro sheen Over the years, my admiration for the Dutch talent has steadily increased, as shown across many other reviews dedicated on his music that we shared. Varying from Festival Progressive to more experimental and creatively
• The classic old-school vibe, in a shinier package • Impressive talent with the buildup details • Beautiful vocal performance, a must-have in the genre At the time of reviewing Timmy Trumpet last week, I promised to focus on a different name than the usual to highlight new talents, thus here I am! Trevor Omoto
• 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
• Progressive House, a pleasant surprise • Magical aura • Aggressive bassline, without overdoing the fills Subsequently, after our Focus article delving into the Korean act Juhyung, there’s a steaming new collaboration along with mavzy grx, out on House District Records! “Your Dream” is irresistible, there are plenty of interesting things going on! First, the
• Standout vocal, accompanied by piano • Slower rhythm, ode to old-school Prog • Slight Future Rave add-ons! Felippe Mela isn’t a familiar name to me, yet his attempt on Future Rave has convinced me firmly to write a few lines, as it has impressive results to show! With a few indie releases on his
• Slower pace minus the cheesiness • Heart-warming vocal • Different theme, yet for the holidays Before this year goes into the oblivion, I couldn’t resist on mentioning one of the more interesting names of 2021, KAAZE. His efforts are admirably ingenious, building a particular sound design while experimenting with the BLK RSE project in
• 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
• Trance, Future Bass and more! • Pushed over vocals with quality lyricism • Different drops, a hallmark of Ophelia records American alias Far Out singlehandedly managed to craft an explosive mixture of sweet Future Bass and hard-hitting growls of Melodic Dubstep, enriched further with influences from Trance and Progressive House. I know, a lot
• Similar structure, but more dynamism in the drop • The Weeknd’s vocal remains astonishing • 2010’s familiar vibes in the lead While the dawn of the new era of Swedish House Mafia’s comeback has met roaringly approvals to great ends, some have found themselves disappointed with their clear departure from the sound they pioneered
• Heartfelt vocal presence • Energetic old-school drop • Promising début in Radar! Among various new talents, Waxel happens to be a distinctive personality that caught my eye some weeks ago. He happened to share his releases in our Discord community for a while now, and after listening to those, I can say that he
• Unexpected but rewarding experiment • Simplistic on paper, effective in action • Delicate atmosphere and vocals Catching me unawares, Michael Phase impressed me with this type of a song, considering that the American producer specializes on harder genres with his discography peaking at a rushing 200 BPM, just to give you a rough idea.
• What a performance by Robbie Rosen! • Emotional build-ups and drops, with a sweet attitude • Another opportunity for Revealed Radar? I am interested in Revealed Records’ releases but Radar is a thing that I decided to left apart for some time, its aim on releasing bobbly generic bass house music made me lose
Four summers back, the Swedish Progressive House hotshot Mick Kastenholt, better known to the public as KAAZE, teamed up with the veteran Dutch heavyweight Hardwell alongside singer Jonathan Mendelsohn to synergize “We Are Legends“, a stunner of a festival track which prevailed. Premiering at Ultra Europe 2016 by the Revealed label-head, it became the centre
• Reviewing a peculiar team-up… • Gospel vocalist Mia Lexie with the veteran Janousek! • Joyous Eurodance drop There’s something in this extremely intriguing production that leaves a touch of nostalgia amidst confusion… like something is off, yet a guilty pleasure nevertheless. You see, “Time For Love” (Club Mix, in particular) is a peculiar song
Being an admirer of “Hero”, the recent studio output from the minds of the proficient pair Afrojack and David Guetta, the remixes provided me ample material to talk about. So I decided to review all of them in one special episode, and there’s aplenty of conclusions that I came around to. If not familiar, then
The Big Room icons Blasterjaxx have been on a roll, releasing a bunch of singles including “Rulers of The Night”, which celebrates a decade of their formation. Further, they also plan to release fifteen tracks on top of the other that they released since this year’s onset. Thanks to them, the upcoming artists have a
• Clever lyricism in vocal delivery • Slower and elegant melodic hook • Calming features such as piano Let’s start this review by congratulating George Redwood for his magnificent performance, given the brutal competitiveness existing in the saturated domains of Progressive House genre nowadays. It seems quality vocal delivery alongside meaningful lyricism is perhaps the
• Quality mix of elegance and dynamism • Heart-touching vocal and strings combination • Solid drop section with an old-school vibe Generic music brings out a brutal side of my opinions, and for the better. Yet, I am bringing a track contrary in the mentioned attribute. Finally, a Progressive House tune with a higher rating
