Saturday 31 March 2012

Rusko - Somebody To Love (Sigma Remix)



Drum and bass


Sigma remix of Rusko's new tune.  Beats kicks in at 1:27. Probably my favourite drum and bass track of the year to date

similar to: Sub Focus

Friday 30 March 2012

Sway - Level Up (Fake Blood Remix)



Techno/house


Usual heavy remix from Fake Blood, this time of Sway's level up (produced by Flux Pavilion).  Drop at 1:14, Heavy bass kicks in at 1:29.

similar to: Zedd, Jack Beats

Wednesday 28 March 2012

B.Traits - Fever (feat. Elisabeth Troy)



House

Fever brings us those 90's style piano chord progressions with the standard amen break beat.  Soulful lyrics from Elisabeth Troy add to the appeal of the track. 0:56 synth section provides a nice contrast to the piano chords.

similar to: Redlight

Alex Metric - Rave Weapon


House/Techno

Alex Metric has just released his Ammunition EP, Rave Weapon being one of the three tracks.  The name is certainly relevant as this banger would set off a rave and a half! 1:16 drop

similar to: Steve Angello, Alesso

Labrinth - Last Time (Knife Party Remix)



Dubstep/Moombahton

Knife Party remix Labrinth with a moombah slant.  1:30 for the drop and those standard Knife Party lazars.  Nice 2:49 to 3:15 interlude has a classic house feel to it.

Similar to: Kill The Noise, Skrillex

Flux Pavilion feat. Example - Daydreamer



Dubstep


Flux collaborates with Example bringing an anthemic dubstep track.  Drop at 0:45. 2:35 for double bass second drop.

Similar to: Roxsonic, Doctor P

Tuesday 27 March 2012

Modestep - Show Me A Sign (Official Video)



Dubstep


Modestep return with a heavy track.  Music starts 0:58.  Drop at 2:09.  4:25 drum and bass entry.  Sorry for the ridiculous video, blame Modestep for that.

similar to: Delta Heavy, Feed Me, Kill The Noise

Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound



House
Huge track from SHM,  can definitely here new sounds of the Knife Party type creeping into their repertoire.  1:53 for the main section.  2:49 for standard SHM style melody. 3:54 build to 4:22 beautifully crafted build.

similar to: Romero, Hardwell

Avicii & Nicky Romero - NickTim (Fuck School) HQ new song!



Electro/House

Collaboration between Avicii and Nicky Romero provides us with a fist pumping anthem.  It may be half a year old but this song still hasn't got old.  Beat kicks in at 1:37

similar to: Swedish House Mafia,

Dirty South & Those Usual Suspects feat. Eric Hecht - Walking Alone



House


Recently played on Tiesto's club life.  Fantastic 'builder' of a tune up to 2:00.

similar to: Feenixpawl & Ivan Gough, Axwell, Alesso

Rusko - Somebody To Love (Skream Remix)




Dubstep

To celebrate the release of Rusko' new album (titled Songs), I bring you Skream's remix of Rusko's first single Somebody To Love.  This remix makes full use of a heavy low pitched almost airraid sounding bassline,  taking elements of his old school dubstep but with a 4x4 moombah styled beat.  Bass comes in at 0:56,  1:22 for the beat.

Similar to: Benga, Caspa

Monday 26 March 2012

Hackman - Close



UK Funky/Garage


I know it was released almost a year ago now, but still think its worthy of a mention.  The steel synth sound and vocals in this track are beautiful, also pretty cool youtube art.  0:58 for the drop

similar to: Mosca

Sub Focus - 'Out The Blue' ft. Alice Gold



Drum and bass


Sub focus returns with his follow up to Falling Down.  This track however is much more in the drum n bass vane of old sub focus.  Beat kicks in at 1:32

similar to: Sigma, Noisia

Zeds Dead - Hit Me




electro/progressive house


From the Adrenaline ep, the Canadian duo bring us a cracking new movement in their music, almost sounding like UK garage's bass in its heyday (0:50).  Drop at 0:47, break at 1:41.

similar to Doctor P, Zedd

David Guetta & Nicky Romero - Metropolis (Full Official Exclusive Previe...



Electro/House


New collaboration between Guetta and up and coming dutch DJ Nicky Romero.  Premiered by radio 1 DJ a couple of weeks back.  This is sure to be a summer banger with its metallic sounding bass (1:00) building towards the main section of the song (2:20)

similar to: Swedish House Mafia, Tommy Trash

Sunday 25 March 2012

Skrillex (ft. Damien Marley) - Rudeboy Bass (UNRELEASED)



Dubstep/brostep/reggae


Skrillex teams up with Damian Marley, bringing us a brilliant track mixing dubstep with reggae (If only there were more tunes mixing these two genres).  Drop at 0:40, 1:36, interesting change of direction at 2:28

similar to: Knife Party, Zomboy, Kill The Noise

Nero - Must Be The Feeling (Flux Pavilion and Nero remix)



Dubstep/electro

Flux Pavilion teams with Nero to remix Nero's original.  1:20 first drop, wobble comes in at 1:50.

buy at http://www.beatport.com/track/must-be-the-feeling-flux-pavilion-and-nero-remix/3340762

similar to: Nero, Doctor P, Gemini

Otto Knows - Million Voices



House/Trance


Beautiful vocal in the new track from Otto Knows.  Beat kick in at 1:45

Buy from http://www.beatport.com/release/otto-knows-million-voices/864532


https://www.facebook.com/OttoKnows

https://www.facebook.com/OttoKnows?sk=info

Jack Beats - You Should Know ft. Donae'o



Dubstep/house


New track from scottish duo Jack Beats with singer/rapper Donae'o.    1:45 for the drop

Benga - I Will Never Change



Dubstep

Benga, one of the founding fathers of dubstep is back with a new track keeping to his old school dubstep roots. 0:55 for the drop.

https://www.facebook.com/iambenga

similar to: Skream, Rusko

Zedd - Stars Come Out (Dillon Francis Remix)



Moombahton/dubstep


Young Californian DJ Dillon Francis releases a new fantastic remix, this time of german electro phenomonon Zedd's Stars Come Out.  Drop comes in at 0:55, a nice break at 2:57.

https://www.facebook.com/Zedd

similar to: Zedd, Munchi

Emalkay feat Rod Azlan :: Flesh & Bone (Dismantle Remix) :: DP062 :: For...



Elements of Dutch House/Electro/sped up moombahton

Birmingham based Emalkay's new single is remixed by dismantle.  This new track is a high-octane fist pumping tune.  There is a build from 58 seconds to drop at 1:08. Also check the dutch style drop at 2:32.

Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix)



House/garage music


Talented singer Jessie Ware sees her new single remixed by disclosure (london)
This song has been championed in recent weeks by radio 1 DJ Annie Mac, which shows how highly it is regarded.

http://www.facebook.com/disclosureuk

similar acts: SBTRKT, Jamie xx, to be honest its difficult to say who is similar as they have such a unique sound.

welcome note


I have created this blog to provide Djs and general fans of club music a new place to find up and coming  tunes.  The blog will provide music from almost every section of dance music including: dubstep, brostep, dutch house, drum & bass, moombahton, electro indie etc.  Basically any style of music to rave to. When posting, i will focus on providing:
  • name of song/artist
  • link to youtube/soundcloud/facebook etc
  • a little information on the track/artist
Feel free to comment with links to other new tracks