January 7, 2024By Gonz Alo
• Still slaps in 2024 • Oldschool lead, saws, kicks, everything! • Consistently energetic It’s hard not to be overtaken by nostalgia, as I (and surely many others reading this) grew up with these Revealed cover arts and Big Room sounds: Oldskool Sound” is kicking me right in the feels! But guys, what a banger!
July 29, 2023By Gonz Alo
Yeah, you read it right. This is the final edition of the Weekly Roundup. It was an immense pleasure writing this, although getting delayed frequently many times. I started this back in 2021 to talk about the best new records in the scene and found its use as a deserving space for providing exposure to
July 26, 2023By Gonz Alo
• Impressive and stunning twist in the finale • The rest is clichè, but well made • Hard-hitting kick on a minimal, reverberated bass It makes me delighted to review this track, considering that I am not a fan of both of these artists. Aoki has jumped on the crypto-NFT bandwagon with doubtful results for
July 20, 2022By Gonz Alo
Welcome to the fortieth edition of the Weekly Roundup! Numbers went by pretty fast, but the support remained, and for that, I am grateful to everyone reading this series. The concept of ‘Xtra Large’ is loved by most, so starting from today on an experimental basis, Weekly Roundup will have not six, but eight tracks
April 12, 2022By Gonz Alo
• Showtek’s familiar influences are here! • Energetic drops with a Brazilian theme • Featuring Booyah’s famous singer, Sonny Wilson Both Willem and Ward have evolved a lot since they produced Bigroom in 2013… They had experimented with genres likes Happy Hardcore, Future House, Progressive House, Trance, Trap, and we can going on for a
July 18, 2021By Gonz Alo
• Wait, is it the Showtek lead? Why? • Theme centered around the breakdown • Meticulous work on kicks and percussions Intensity has been in a splendid shape lately, with tons of quality releases truly exploring the niches of Big Room and Trance. I have craved to review anything from them lately, yet rarely finding
October 26, 2019By edmreviewer
One of the things that attract criticism the most in the EDM scene is sheer and unsought hypocrisy. Showtek have demanded our reprimand with one of the most whopping insults to their fan-base, and to everybody’s rationality with their brand new predicament “EDM Sucks”. Sorry, Gammer, we truly respect you and your work, this article
September 16, 2019By edmreviewer
• Fast-paced, brutal instrumental • Screeching synth presence (hard trap influences) • Subtle hints to 90s Rave music Party-starters are an absolute essential for any gig, and LA-based luminary DJ/Producer Henry Fong has created just the kick-starter. Released on the reputed label of Skink, “Rave Tool” rattles with raw-energy and aggression. We will be divulging
July 2, 2019By Chris W. Lao
We’ll be doing a small case study about the state of big room with the massive collaboration between Steve Aoki, MAKJ, and Showtek and exploring some other noteworthy tracks this week. As always, we’ll be partnering with The QR Network to compile a short recap of notable tracks that we didn’t have time to cover during
June 17, 2018By Chris W. Lao
Each week we’ll be partnering with The QR Network to compile a short recap of notable tracks that we didn’t have time to cover during the previous week. We hope you enjoy our selection and if you have any tracks you’d like to see here, please feel free to use our contact form or post your suggestions in the