Category: Song Of The Day

SONG OF THE DAY: CID & Mednas – “Ill Behavior”?

Over the years, it seems like ADOR’s “One For the Trouble” is one of the most sampled tracks in dance music (ranking right behind Loleatta Holloway’s “Love Sensation” and James Brown’s “Funky Drummer”). That line “Back once again ..? with the Ill Behavior” used most famously in “Renegade Master” by Wildchild seems to pop up in a club track every few years. New York and Miami-based duo CID & Mednas constructed their hybrid progressive and electro track with massive builds and powerful drops that are perfect for a big room explosive set.? The track is so energetic that it doesn’t come as a surprise that it became a massive buzz track when Size Records label owner Steve Angello dropped it during his set at the Ultra Music Festival.

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SONG OF THE DAY (SUNDAY FUNDAY Pt 2): Scooter ft Wiz Khalifa – Bigroom Blitz

From jumping the rock to jumping the shark… Scooter have never been known to be cutting edge, progressive, or credible- but with their latest single “Bigroom Blitz,” they seem to have veered into comedy and satire.? Known for 140+ BPM jumpstyle and hardstyle sounds with sped-up cartoon voices, samples, and the rap by iconic frontman HP Baaxter, “Blitz” features a slowed-down tempo (well, for them 132 BPM is slowed-down) which might be their way of embracing the festival sound or possibly the effect of collaborating with Wiz Khalifa, a celebrated endorser of the pot lifestyle and slowing the roll.?? Wiz accurately describes the cultural contrasts with the line “they poppin’ pills, I’m rollin’ weed.”? This by no means is meant to be a serious record – it is a fun party record as evidenced by the video featuring colorfully and skimpily-dressed females working out on trampolines.? Though not a new concept for an EDM video, the real creativity comes when a megaphone covering a breast is removed to reveal Wiz’s mouth rapping lyrics instead of the expected nipple.?? So let’s put this thought in your head, as the phrase “itz itz it’s the big room blitz” worms its way into your subconscious, which rapper or singer’s mouth would you want to have in place of your left nipple?

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SONG OF THE DAY (SUNDAY?FUNDAY):? Reid Stefan & Richard Vission ft Luciana – Dirty Fingers

I’ve said it before but it’s a safe bet that anything with Robyn or Luciana is going to end up on the blog and in my DJ sets. Riddler protege and rising talent Reid Stefan teams up with veteran producer Richard Vission for DirtyFingers, which blends banging electro with a sports arena-ready horn line a la “Reach Up (Pig Bag).”? Add in Luciana singing about bouncing, clicking, and licking dirty fingers and you’ve got a really fun club record which will make all the girls and boys get on the dance floor.? A?Sunday?Funday record, yes, definitely.

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