Category: Song Of The Day

SONG OF THE DAY: Max Vangeli & Danny Ray – “Grim”

Surprise is a good thing. The new track from Max Vangeli and Danny Ray starts off with banging electro with hints of classic techno and industrial. After the second build, the drop goes to silence and you start hearing elven chants forewarning something evil is coming. It sounds like the soundtrack to a horror film’s climax. All of a sudden, the dubstep beat slams you in the face, making the perfect backing for increasingly menacing chants. Completely unexpected, here’s a track for DJs that want to surprise their crowds with something a little different. It’s also a great one to keep in your crates for halloween.

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Max Vangeli & Danny Ray – “Grim”

SONGS OF THE DAY (SUNDAY FUNDAY): The Perry Twins ft Cameron E Neilson “All Equal on the Dancefloor” and Dakota Green – “Club Lights”

With all this international focus on the electronic dance music movement, there seems to be a shadow placed over the roots of house and disco music. The genre got its start in the underground gay and black dance clubs, and like the “electronica” movement of the late ’90s, the term EDM might just be an acronym so that straight people feel comfortable going to clubs without a challenge to their sexuality. So it’s great to see openly gay dance artists and producers staking their claim on the music and creating quality dance songs about club life. Circuit producer/DJs The Perry Twins follow up their #1 Club chart hit “Bad Bad Boy” with “All Equal on the Dancefloor,” a song with the simple sentiment that goes to the root of clubland – it doesn’t matter who you are, when you start to dance we all come together as one. Scottish singer/songwriter Cameron E Neilson provides an emotional vocal performance that contrasts the aggressive eletro beats of the twins. Newcomer Dakota Green makes his debut with an uplifting love song about his potential love interest who shines brighter than the “Club Lights.” The song sounds radio-ready and it’s quite hard to believe that a record label hasn’t already snapped him up. The song is universal, and with the right remix could rock any mainstream dance floor. Maybe Cameron should call the Perry Twins?


The Perry Twins ft Cameron E Neilson “All Equal on the Dancefloor” and Dakota Green – “Club Lights”

SONG OF THE DAY: ATB ft Stanfour – “Face to Face”

Longevity in the dance world is quite rare.? So for ATB to continue pumping out solid club tracks more than 15 years after his classic debut “9PM?(Till I Come)”? is quite exceptional.? Preceding his forthcoming double CD ‘Contact’ comes the male vocal,rock-tinged progressive track “Face to Face.”? The vocals come courtesy of German rock band Stanfour who pine for more human contact in this increasingly distant and digital world that we live in.? The original track starts off with a sparse guitar playing, focusing on the vocal until an oddly-timed drum beat comes in and starts the production building up to the progressive pop chorus.? Comparisons to Armin’s “This is What it Feels Like” seem apropos here.? For fans (and DJ consumption), the Rudee mix, which was premiered on ASOT 648, stands out as the most anthemic and hands-in-the-air mix.? It’s not a surprise that the mix is included on the the bonus remix CD of the commercial release.? Here’s hoping that “Right Back to You,” ATB’s collab with York and Jes, follows quickly as the second single.

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ATB ft Stanfour – “Face to Face”