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SONG OF THE DAY:? Andreas Rodlund & Matt Hewie ft Jonny Rose – “All We Have”

A DJ friend of mine was messing with me last week.? He was all excited about this “All We Have” track, so he sent me a listening link.? The track, from Swedish producers Andreas Rodlund and Matt Hewie, is a well-produced pop-leaning electro track – starting off relatively soft and building up until a big breakdown to a simple (but pretty) keyboard line before slamming back with hard electro. Sure, there is a cheesy synth in the mix and the ubiquitous dubstep breakdown, yet it was a good track but I couldn’t see why my friend was getting so excited about it. When I called back, he laughed at me and said, oops, forgot to mention the vocal version. What a difference a topline makes!? The song about living in the moment and appreciating the present elevated it from sounding like a typical Beatport track to something much more special.? Jonny Rose’s vocal performance is emotional and adds depth to the song with an expressiveness rarely heard on dance records.?? I have a feeling that “All We Have” would sound as great on the radio as it does in the clubs.

Image Courtesy of Southside Recordings.

Notable Dance Podcast #015

3Lau, Paris & Simo ft Bright Lights – Escape
Angger Dimas – Never Been
The Shapeshifters – No Need No Body
Fedde Le Grand Sultan Ned Shepard – No Good
Eddie Halliwell – Go (Original)
Stonebridge, Matt Aubrey, Holevar ft H W – Hold On (DJ Mog)
Dan Black ft Kelis – Hearts (Kaskade & R3hab)
HIIO Max C – I’ll Be There (Club)
Mysto and Pizzi – Surrender
Andrea Belli & Joe Rok ft Jonny Rose – Lighters (Jack and Joy Mix)
Julie Thompson with Super 8 & Tab – Your Secret’s Safe (Original)
Da Hool ft Emmalyn – Into the Unknown (Antillas & Dankann)
Freemasons ft Katherine Ellis – Tears (Radio Edit)

SONG OF THE DAY: Mysto + Pizzi – “Galax”

You never know what you are going to get from a Mysto & Pizzi track. The guys behind the infamous “Somebody’s Watching Me” cover (used in the Geico commercial) also created the gorgeously epic “Where is Love” with Jonny Rose. For “Galax,” the zany duo turn their attention to the big rooms with a massive electro monster. Starting off with a sparse kick loop, the intensity slowly builds as the pieces are added -a synth swoop, a foreboding glitch noise, a screechy lick. You can feel something major is going to happen and then the drum fill builds and explodes into full-on evil electro madness. “Galax” is quite an apt title as there is a spacy feel to it, like this could be the used in a movie for fight scene between spaceships. The dropout to the pretty part makes you think there will be a vocal topline of some sort, but there isn’t (actually no vocals at all on the track except for a few quick male vocal snippets in the build). The build-up of the dropout uses a few seconds of broken beats, but thankfully doesn’t fall into the dubstep breakdown cliche so often deployed. DJs looking for a primetime, big room electro floorfiller will do well to drop “Galax.”

Image Courtesy of Ultra Records.