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SONG OF THE DAY:? Duck Sauce – “Radio Stereo”

The duo of Armand Van Helden and A-Trak are back, following up their doo-wop-inspired “It’s You” with “Radio Stereo.”? Based on samples from? The Members’ “Radio,” the ska-punk song is transformed into bouncy electro dub with horns and an oddly ELO-inspired feel. Yes, there is a mash of styles, but it works way better than you would imagine.? Dutch heavyweights Bingo Players mash different grooves together for a big room monster complete with bits of ’90s Daft Punk, hard electro, and stadium. It’s just this kind of randomness that we’ve come to expect from Duck Sauce and we can’t wait to see what kind of visual orgy they concoct for the video.? After this and their other singles “aNYway,” “Barbara Streisand,” “Big Bad Wolf,” and “It’s You,” we also can’t wait to hear what else they come up for their album Quack, which is due to be released later this year,



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SONGS OF THE DAY: Duck Sauce “It’s You” and Avicii ft Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up”

Putting these two songs together might have you scratching your head, but they share a very similar concept – taking sounds from outside the traditional dance genre and incorporating them in a unique way while completely changing their sound. Duck Sauce’s previous singles “Barbra Streisand” and “aNYway” were built around disco samples to create playful and energetic house records. For “It’s You,” the duo of A-Trak and Armand van Helden reconstructed Bruce Patch’s doo-wop record with bouncy beats, electro glitches, and just a hint of the disco vibe which makes it a Duck Sauce track (and the hairy video is reminiscent of their “Big Bad Wolf” clip). With “Levels” and “Bromance,” Avicii didn’t exactly create the stadium house sound but can be seen as one the people who elevated it to mainstream acceptance. “Wake Me Up” brings country and bluegrass to the dance floor with modern electronic production. While you can definitely hear elements of Avicii’s sound in the track, the overall results are completely different, unexpected, and lifted to a higher plane thanks to the soulful, raw, and emotional vocals of Aloe Blacc (the soulful singer of “I Need a Dollar”). While it’s a difficult record to play on a commercial dance floor (trust me, I’ve tried), the sound is so fresh and unique that it will be an instant reaction record for any radio station that adds it.

Images courtesy of Casablanca and Island.

Notable Dance Podcast #014

Avicii – Wake Me Up (Extended)
Beauriche – Hear That
Audio Jacker & Tom Forester – Houston
Duck Sauce – Its You
RASCAL – Wa Wa Ne (Erick Morillo Tribal)
Chardy & Timmy Trumpet – Melbournia (Original)
Felguk – Monka (Original)
Richard Vission ft Luciana – Primitive
Sidney Samson – Good Time
Markus Schulz & Ferry Corsten ft New World Punx – Romper
Benny Benassi and John Legend – Dance the Pain Away (Daddys Groove)
Tiesto ft Kyler England – Take Me
RHCP – The Other Side (Third Party)
Brass Knuckles ft John Ryan – As Long As I’m Alive (Original)