SONG OF THE DAY:? dBerrie – “Zenith”

I’ve never been a big fan of rock music, but this current trend of bringing rock elements into electro is quite sickening.? First spotted last year with the Sharkjumper tracks (which will hopefully get released one day) and covered last week in Tristan Garner’s “Machine Gun,’? the frenetic live energy of rock melds perfectly with the aggressive electro which is dominating big rooms.? Native New Yorker dBerrie (great name) harnesses the two and adds distorted noises to the drop-out that have an eerie, almost operatic feel to them.? There is a really fresh feel to this track with everything from the complicated bass loop (with the added beats) perfectly engineered to shake things up. If this is the “new funk” sound referenced in the male vocal bit, then bring on more of it.? Getting released in mid-March, listen for this track to be dropped by the big guys all over the Winter Music Conference.

Get this on CD or download to your iTunes when it’s out in March. Have any old CDs lying around that you never listen to anymore? Recycle them by visiting www.musicmagpie.com today, and make some cash for some new tunes.

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SONG OF THE DAY (SUNDAY FUNDAY): DJ Snake & Alesia – “Bird Machine”

You got to love anyone whose bio simply states “We make music, fuck a genre. If it’s good, it’s good.” Frenchmen DJ Snake and Alesia team up for a trap/moombahton/downtempo/electro/wtf track based on samples of birds chirping. Yeah, it’s further proof that you can make a dance record from anything, but the manipulation of the natural sound of birds to “that” piercing sound you always hear in these records is quite brilliant. The sprinkling of retro ’90s hip-house samples just takes it to the next level. “Bird Machine” is so sick and cool that I wouldn’t be surprised if Azealia Banks drops a vocal bootleg sometime next week.

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SONG OF THE DAY: Daddy’s Groove – “Stellar”

If you are looking for a song to lure die-hard techno haters into the EDM world, here’s a good gateway. Italian producers and members of David Guetta’s inner circle, Daddy’s Groove unleash one of the most interesting hybrid records of the season.? Starting off with alt-rock male vocals singing a One Direction-ish pop song with the oh-so-edgy “fucking stellar” hook, it gradually builds to a full-on stadium house chorus that sounds like the peak hour climax of an Avicii set.? Effortlessly going back and forth between pop/rock verses and the stadium house chorus makes “Stellar” live up to its title. The video is worth checking out -? a quite earnest (and humorous) take on the ultimate nerd fantasy of winning the love of a beautiful woman through sheer ingenuity.?

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