All posts tagged in W&W
• First single of NWYR in 2021 • Follow up of “Voltage“ • Evolution in the classic Big Room sound Last month, the veterans W&W released an happy hardcore remix of Dragostea Din Tei, which they’ve playing for almost two years. So many things have changed in this period; for example, the Rave Culture’s roaster
• Third release from AXMO in Rave Culture • Two artists adeptly sharing their signature • Euphoric collaboration after festival hit, Rave Love Almost a couple of months ago, the Rave Culture team decided to début themselves at the 808 Songkran Festival in Thailand. Among the talented roster included KEVU, Andrew Rayel, MORTEN and obviously
• Thematic yet distinct • Powerful sway… as per the norm • Hypnotizing melody In a previous article, I touched on Maddix’s creation titled “Technology”, I explained why it fell just short of perfection due to factors primarily revolving around its axis of monotony. I made the point that the early stages of rebranding should
• Willy William’s unanticipated collaboration • Upbeat Dutch house mixture • Co-production from Trance act Bogdan Vix This month, Electro House veteran Sandro Silva surprised the audience by revealing an unexpected single, “Bollywood”. Further adding to the unexpected is that Willy Williams is also in this project! Talking about the artists, the mentioned French native
• Carta’s debut on Rave Culture • Energetic, however lacking experimentation • Clever placement of a variation in the schematic This article induces nostalgia for me, since Rave Culture happened to be the first label I reviewed in this blog. As we all know, W&W’s label has catapulted to the Big Room scene with a
• Involvement of Rave Culture boss and an upcoming name • Happy Hardcore/Hardstyle/Big Room Hybrid concept • Second promising single from AXMO on the imprint October forecasted as another heated month for the Dance scene, equipped with loads of belters to be unleashed despite absence of ADE. Let’s not forget the first article I wrote
• Unexpected but promising collaboration • Fusion of Progressive and Big Room trademarks • Decent release with requisite energy Last week, the renowned Mexican natives ANG decided to publish their studio joint-efforts along with Portuguese act, KEVU. This time they crafted a festival worthy hybrid of Progressive-Big Room, titled as “For Our People”. The pair
• Quality Tranceroom , as expected from veterans of the genre • Riskier choice for an complex but attention-catching melody • Predictable circumstance in the breakdown The trio OUTRAGE (2) and TBR (1) have to be the most efficient combination in the specific niche of Trance Room. After years of sharing a solid studio chemistry,
• Gargantuan collaboration in one gigantic track • Combination of drops with two different kicks • Rave Culture advancing further with non-stop quality releases The Dutch imprint of Rave Culture have taken the scene with gusto since their rebranding. Starting with W&W delivering “Wizard Of The Beats” to the newest additions “Ibiza 7am” and “Home
• Six years of camaraderie • Fourth collaboration between Saberz & ANG • Unique studio-chemistry at display Following its unanticipated introduction at Parookaville 2020 by Dutch titans W&W, fellow reputed Hungarian Electronic act SaberZ and renowned Mexican duo ANG have shown mettle with their newest creation titled “Home Run”. In this particular opportune, the latter
• Sandro’s 1st solo release on Rave Culture • Well-suited for festivals • Old school Big Room in a new fashion Despite all signs telling us that the summer of this year is well done for, it is yet to be over for many Dance music performers. Dutch solo Sandro Silva knows that and has
• Battle-themed tonality • Strong influence of early Big Room • Esoteric nature thanks to the vocal After their respective releases on Rave Culture, both Sandro Silva and the Portuguese duo KEVU are back, and this time they are here for their first EP together called “Royal“. It consists of two separate productions, “The Night
• Hefty percussion and synths • Orchestral breakdown • Heavily inspired from the earlier style of Big Room So, for today’s article, I decided to write about “Tarzan” from the known luminaries Armin van Buuren & Blasterjaxx. This is perhaps their biggest collaboration in recent times, after the latter Dutch duo released multiple successful works
Electronic music is everywhere, also in videogames, an entertainment media that most of the listeners are enjoying. When we think about EDM on videogames we usually think about original soundtracks but, especially during this period, it took another step with live virtual performances or events related with VR technology. Fortnite, a game loved and hated,
• Original drop idea, consisting of a vocal loop • Short duration and minimal essence • Trancy vibes accompanied by a bouncy structure One of Rave Culture’s initial problems was that they only signed two artists: W&W and Maurice West. As you can imagine, it was a bit boring. Luckily for everyone, some time ago
• Unusual assortment of samples • Tranceroom (Trance + Big Room) scheme • Experimental and independent attitude Despite an upcoming management change that leaves many doubts about Loca‘s undetermined future, its rich catalog continues to deliver EDM gems like “Awakening“. The creator, REOS, is a young Italian creator with a couple of releases on minor
• Amazing combination, emotionally charged track • Brutal drops, especially the first one • The vocal with the composition It is our obligation to say that D-Block & S-te-Fan is possibly, for us, the most competent duo of the hardstyle scene, with Da Tweekaz. Many of their works uphold a mythical tone, especially “The Clock“,
• Quality remake of the classic “House Of Justice” • Smooth blend of both different signature styles! • Summer-ish and alluring I particularly love when collaborations are balanced and not just for namesake, with both the parts involved managing to add their own styles and energy, fusing it into one splendid outcome… After having heard
• Zero surprises, just the expected stuff • Catchy melody • Amazing festival tool Wow, time flies, in the blink of an eye we are already beginning the third month of this year! But let’s get serious: for us (the big room fans) a year doesn’t start until W&W release a brand new track, so
Before the insults get hurled at us, we would like to explain our progressive change of opinion towards W&W imprint, Rave Culture, in the latest months. Re-branded in 2017, the Armada sub-label initially didn’t convince us. At first, it consisted just of W&W and Maurice West releases, a problem which haunted the antecedent brand in
• Classic Big Room arrangements • Appreciable distribution of signature sounds • Dismal appellation If our readers would reminisce for a while, they will recollect our concern towards Rave Culture, erstwhile known as the esteemed Mainstage, of being scarce of any other cognomens other than the heavyweight W&W and their dynamic protégé Maurice West. But
