December 12, 2021By Gonz Alo
• 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
November 21, 2021By Gonz Alo
• 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
October 16, 2021By Gonz Alo
• 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
September 25, 2021By Gonz Alo
• 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.
September 2, 2021By Gonz Alo
• 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
August 1, 2021By Gonz Alo
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
July 23, 2021By Gonz Alo
• 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
July 13, 2021By Gonz Alo
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
July 3, 2021By Gonz Alo
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
June 30, 2021By Gonz Alo
• 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
June 13, 2021By Gonz Alo
• 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
May 29, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Quality tune with commonplace schematics • Emotional and energetic vocal • Noticeable influences from Matisse & Sadko As the Spanish electronic artists are rising in number holistically, their genres of preference seems to favour both Future and Progressive domains of House music, gaining expertise from similarities they brought from top artists. “Something”, today’s selection,
May 25, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Heart-warming melody • Usual structure but effective • Kody’s performance is memorable Giving me a lot of love-or-hate feelings, Progressive House has rarer reasons nowadays to be invested in entirely. However, there are tracks now and then which click instantly with the mind and heart, and “Love Again” falls in that category. It is
April 24, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Third collaboration shared by the aliases • Usual warming breakdown to a rhythmic drop • A mixture of Electro and Future House nuances By this time around, Declain is no stranger to our blog. He has been one of the hottest names around for a while, as the young producer has managed to completely
April 24, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Exotic flute bringing a breath of fresh air • Big Room-ish, clashing low-end • A real experiment with Future House, interesting! Can I take a moment and be brutally honest? Oh yes, it’s my article after all. Lately I have considered Thomas Gold as one of those many top honchos who are just here
April 20, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Delicate composition • Sweet but robotic vocals • Progressive House with Chill influences Upon deciding to take a peek into the millions of sub-labels that Hexagon has conceived (yes, yes I said it ironically but we all know there are tons) I stumbled upon a Spanish artist deserving of a mention here. Again, it
March 24, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Positive message and atmosphere • Emotional vocal performance by the veteran Max Landry • Energetic melody with a classic Progressive House schema Not only is negativity a bad thing, Voster and Gallardo used it to bring out this festival banger “Savior” on TurnItUp Muzik, with Destin. The song brings awareness of the impact surroundings
March 22, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Progressive House with robust features • Lighthearted breakdown, energetic drop • Well complementing vocal presence Progressive House remains as a preferred genre for me, even if it has been struck with mundane schematics, as more producers are opting for copy-pasted, predictive structures that doesn’t dare experiment (say, having a pinch of aggressiveness). “Clubs are
March 7, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Great enigmatic atmosphere • Soft vocal performance • Ophelia-esque drop style, peculiar approach Two weeks without reviewing any bass release. Wow, strange. I missed so much my favourite genres but the latest releases weren’t clicking with me (referring to bass, dubstep…) and, suddenly, I received a DM from Rivio with the right pick for
March 6, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Ambitious début from a new, unknown name • Sweet and emotional vocal presence • Dreamy atmosphere, highly appreciated This review is sort of shot in the dark, as I have little to no idea about who Mavela is: his social media presence has just embarked with a début on Bedroom Movement imprint. I sympathize
February 8, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Cosy vocal performance • Distinctive DV&W drop • Demure break After a considerable time without writing reviews, I’m finally back at it! Correct me if I’m wrong, but I guess there’s no better comeback than reviewing a beautiful piece of progressive house, especially if the title is “We Are Here Now” (yes, my bad
