SONG OF THE DAY: Stonebridge & Caroline D’Amore – “Live Life”

Kismet and guilty pleasures seem to go together. I was watching America’s Next Top Model last weekend, and the models were challenged to walk on revolving wheels shaped like turntables.? Spinning the decks was no other than Caroline D’Amore.? Since “The Music Man,” her vivacious collaboration with Stonebridge has been in my clubsets all year, I clicked over to Beatport and was delighted to find a new single from the modelicious twosome called “Live Life.”? The blend of sexy, classy house (Stonebridge’s lineage) with modern electro is a little more subdued than the jaunty and playful “Music Man,” and the lyrics have an uplifting message about working towards a brighter day when things get rough.? The inspirational song feels like Lady Gaga’s “Edge of Glory” run through the questioning filter of Avicii’s “Wake Me Up.”? While it might not be an immediate floorfiller for big room club jocks, there’s quite a special message that a lot of club kids will latch onto. It’s a song that grows with every listen.

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GALLERY: POSS 2013 ? Earplug Pictures

It?s amazing the response we got to our NotableDance.Com Earplugs that we handed out during the Promo Only Summer Sessions. Check out these pictures of the dance music world?s finest holding up the infamous earplug cases?

SONG OF THE DAY: Mayra Veronica “Mama Mia” (UK Version)

Oh wow, this sounds like it’s gonna be massive! ?Back in January, Mayra Veronica released the spanish-flavored “Ay Mama Mia,” which we described as having the festive vibe of classic Miami Sound Machine songs updated with modern elements and sounding like “Get Get Down” from Paul Johnson.? After topping the Billboard Chart, the song got picked up by SyCo for UK pop release.? The new pop version is fully fleshed-out with a two new vocal toplines, both sung by Mayra. The bridge brings in the vocal line “Get Get Down,” turning it into a command to dance while paying homage to the ’90s house classic. The second line has a Luciana-like feel, with playful lines (“hot like jalape?o”), which essentially makes herself her own featuring artist. Rather than bringing in Pitbull or another guest rapper, she did it all herself. It’s not as multiple personality as say an Azealia Banks or Nicki Minaj record, but the distinctly different vocal lines take what was essentially a floor-filling dub with minimal vocals and turn it into a fully-realized pop record. In addition to the updated mixes by Dave Aude, Sick Individuals, Chocolate Puma, Robbie Rivera, and Razor N Guido, a new and aggressive mix by Genairo Nvilla blends the dirty dutch sound with tribal grooves for an energetic take just for big room European clubs. Add up the elements – ’90s house sample, spanish vibe, talk-sing vocals, a latin bombshell artist – and with the promotion power of Simon Cowell’s SyCo label, you got what could be a massive summer radio and club smash around the world.

Image Courtesy of Syco.