SONG OF THE DAY: Lange – “Our Brief Time in the Sun”?

Looking forward is sometimes looking back… British producer Lange is known for creating magnificently beautiful trance records.? On first listen to “Our Brief Time in the Sun,” the emotional chords in the dropdown transport me back to the first time I heard “Follow Me” or “You Take My Breath Away,” or his mix of “Heaven Will Come” by Space Brothers ?The keyboard line is so stark that it seems to have an innocence and purity that seems to be lost in a lot of recent big room tracks.? More importantly, it doesn’t sound like the stadium house-by-numbers track that others seem to be pumping out in regular intervals. “Our Brief Time in the Sun” is one of those rare tracks that sounds classic and modern at the same time.? On its own, the trancey instrumental is memorable and makes a connection, and you are going to feel something whether you experience it on your mp3 player, or even better in a big room with hundreds of your closest friends (or fellow clubbers). One thing to consider, like the previously mentioned classics, an old school angelic topline might elevate this one to the stratosphere, making the “brief time in the sun” last all summer long.

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SONG OF THE DAY: Nervo – “Hold On”?

These Aussie twins have had quite a busy year touring and producing.? It seems they’ve found the magical secret of collaboration – working with someone and melding their sound with their own to create something unique, and often even more magical as a result.? For example, “You’re Gonna Love Again” blended Avicii’s signature stadium sound with their upliftingly, pretty, and inspirational Oprah-esque lyrics.? Working with R3hab must have been a challenge.? R3hab is so well-known (and loved) for his signature aggressive “chainsaw” electro sound that you can usually trainspot his work within two measures.? “Hold On” is a masterful combination of the hard and the pretty, perfectly blended together.? It isn’t one of those tracks where you can say – “Oh this is the R3hab part and this is the Nervo part” – you can really sense that they were all in sync and were aiming to experiment to make something true to their influences/sounds that was also unique and different.? The results are so strong that I have a feeling that “Hold On” might be the track that crosses them over to the mainstream.

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SONG OF THE DAY (SUNDAY FUNDAY): BEX – “What You Are”

What is perfect anyway? Music with a message is a good thing, especially when it’s relatable and human rather than lofty and preachy. Quirky upstart Bex follows up her lovably goofy “Life of the Party” with “What Your Are,” a tribute to embracing your true self. Focused on being real and not trying to aspire for unattainable perfection, it is seemingly the response to Rusko’s female wannabe flossy gangsta anthem “Dirty Sexy” (hence the catchy chant “dirty, sexy, ugly, perfect”). With a hybrid progressive electro production, “What You Are” sounds like it could be one of the tracks from Lady Gaga’s upcoming ‘ArtPop’ collection. Sporting tribal, high energy and electro mixes by the international talent of Brazilian Gustavo Scorpio, British Cutmore and Wayne G, and global supermodels Perry Twins, the song is already attracting the attention of the club DJs. “What You Are” makes a great Sunday Funday soundtrack for you to let go of all the pretension and let your freak flag fly, or simply show off all off you unstained parts.

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