SONG OF THE DAY: Wolfgang Gartner ft Bobby Saint – Unholy

By: DJ Ricky Sixx

To those who know Wolfgang Gartner for his massive electro tracks that dominated Beatport and clubs, “Unholy” might seem like a surprise.? When you realize that under his other name, Joel Youngman, he created funky and deep house tracks, it makes a bit more sense.?With progressive and future house, it seems the perfect time to let his two different personas crosspollinate. Unholy has elements of house with electro, and a touch of the big room festival sound of the moment.? What makes it special is bouncy fun (reminiscent of “Frenetica”) and the lyrics about being Unholy (reminiscent of “Hounds of Hell”).?It’s hard to determine if the gospel vibe vocals are being reverent or satirical.? I also wonder if Bobby Saint is a real singer or just a name he pulled from a Marvel comic?

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SONG OF THE DAY: Scooter and Vassy – Today

Vassy possesses such a special and unique voice that she can sing the most commercial pop song (“We Are Young”) or big room club jam (“Bad” with David Guetta and Showtek) and you would still know it’s her. Can you guess what kind of song she did with German hard dance icons Scooter? Yep, pounding commercial dance pop- but she manages to hold the focus even when HP Baxxter is doing his trademark screaming rap. The thing is, I kept expecting the disco hook from Patrick Hernandez’s “Born to Be Alive” to come in for some reason. After a few minutes, it hit me that parts of the rap are taken from “Discohopping” by Klubbheads, which sampled that classic disco hook. The video’s borderline offensive take on feminist revenge ranks up there with t.A.T.u.’s “All About Us.” On a lighter note, if you want to hear Vassy rework another classic house records, check out “Hustlin” with Crazibiza and Dave Aude which reworks Crystal Waters’ “Gypsy Woman”

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SONG OF THE DAY: Matt Cerf and Ost & Meyer ft Fenja – Like We Love

In the midst of all these songs about sunshine (Western Disco “The Sun,” The Magician “Sunlight”), here comes a song about saying goodbye to sunshine.? “Like We Love” is a song about the end of the summer sung by Fenja (who should sound familiar from the recent Andy Moor & Lange track “Top of the World,” or from her records under the name of Jaren). The track is a hybrid of three sounds – the deep/progressive sound that is starting to go pop (like the previously mentioned Sunlight), the stadium house sound (a hint, but not too much to dominate), and the reemerging Hi-NRG trance/pop sound of the late ’90s.? All of the elements work together for a melodic, pretty, and chilled out song great for an end of night mellowing or a Sunday afternoon tea dance.??Club-friendly remixes are forthcoming, with Avenue One amping the progressive trance sound while Joshi slows it down further and goes for a deep house vibe.

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