Category: Song Of The Day

SONG OF THE DAY: Markus Schulz – “Remember This”

With the weather starting to turn cold and the summer festival season officially ended, the timing seems right for some tracks to “Remember” the good times with. Earlier this week, we wrote up the big track from Thomas Gold which captured the energy of Carnival, “Remember,” and today it’s Markus Schulz’s new track “Remember This.” The perfect bridge between his recent mixed compilation “Buenos Aires 13” and his forthcoming ‘Scream 2’ artist album, the track combines trance tones and progressive beats for a feel that is both uplifting and somber at the same time. You can hear a bit of the classic ’90s trance sound in the chords, yet it’s totally modern in the execution. Let’s hope the artist album adds a vocal on top, it sounds like the perfect track for Seri to sing on – like a sequel to “Love Rain Down.” The video captures a night of Markus spinning in Miami, played in reverse. Now that’s a good way to “Remember” a massive night of clubbing.


Image Courtesy of Mainstage Music.

SONGS OF THE DAY: Bot + Tai “Nuthin But Fire” and Punks Jump Up “Fairlight”

Which came first – the chicken or the egg? That might run through your head when you watch these two clips. Bot + Tai is the collaboration of Italian producer Andrea Fratangelo and British Tai Jason Patient, who have mixed 8-bit computer noises, electro beats, glitches, and an odd rhythmic structure to create a trippy club track that is equal parts WTF and Yar’s Revenge. The microbial slide turned hallucinogenic video game animated clip is so perfectly synced that it feels like the track was made as the soundtrack. British duo Punks Jump Up have probably the coolest description for their music – speed garage disco. Their remixes and production definitely merge the tempo of disco with the bassline and effects of speed garage. Obviously inspired by the legendary ‘computer musical instrument,” their new track “Fairlight” sounds a bit more like synth disco with a groovy tempo, big hooks, and a few vocoder samples along the way. The animated video is a digitized experimental ikat print in 3D, just as visual stimulating as “NBF,” but a bit less synced. While both tracks are unique and exceptional on their own, the visual experiences showcase a new level of creativity and add new dimensions to their artistry.

Punks Jump Up // Fairlight from Neal Coghlan on Vimeo.

Images Courtesy of Dim Mak and Punks Jump Up.

SONG OF THE DAY: Thomas Gold ft Kaelyn Behr – “Remember”

The intro with the violin furiously playing is dark and foreboding.? The vocals by Kaelyn Baer are somewhat forlorn, about finding a girl he was partying with during a massive party and wanting to be woken up before morning (yes, party people really are like vampires when it comes to being exposed to daylight). Intensity increases as the kick drum loops gets louder and more primal, until it drops out with the last vocal note echoing and the repeated hook beginning to come in.? The hook grows in power as the drum fill crescendoes insanely, until we have one last vocal request to “say you will remember.”? Then, the explosion of the incessant hook brings the energy of Brazilian carnival or a massive mardi gras, that infinite power that a repeated sound has to motivate you to abandon all inhibitions and let yourself become part of the crowd. The seamless blending of darkly pretty subtlety with a rapturous, energetic hook makes “Remember,” the new track by German DJ/producer Thomas Gold, one of the most memorable anthems of the year.

Image Courtesy of Axtone.