Powerful “Hold” featuring @JessicaJarrell previews upcoming @iamtheElephante album – I Am The Elephante!

ELEPHANTE featuring JESSICA JARRELL, “Hold”

What a year this has turned out to be for L.A.-based Elephante (aka Tim Wu), capped recently by playing the Billboard Hot 100 festival!  It’s made a timely lead-in for his upcoming album I Am The Elephante! which features this third preview called “Hold”, featuring noted L.A. singer Jessica Jarrell.  A convincing, sharp vocal ignites “Hold” as one of ‘Phante’s more aggressive songs both musically and thematically.  He glues you to your seat (or the dance floor, as the case may be) with a busy and relentless mix that isn’t over-the-top.  Given that the song’s about holding on to love for dear life, you’d want to be right there hanging with them both too!  A reference point might be his recent and hard-hitting remix of Stephen’s “Crossfire”.  Nonetheless, “Hold” bodes well for the rest of the new songs on the album.  Elephante is one of the new EDM kings who are about to take over the Fall with their new records.  You can pick up “Hold” now on all digital platforms and pre-order I Am The Elephante! 🙂

Now U see her: @missMollyMoore’s dynamic “Just A Dream” featuring @BrandynBurnette

MOLLY MOORE featuring BRANDYN BURNETTE, “Just A Dream”

“Just A Dream” is one wired, surreal, emotional journey for L.A. based singer Molly Moore, offering up a third preview of her upcoming EP Now U See Me.  It’s riveting, dynamic alternative rock with EDM flourishes where the singer grapples with wanting to escape into dreamland.  It’s hard to top a performance like “Blood. Sweat. Tears” from her debut EP Shadow Of The Sun, but “Just A Dream” comes darned close. Brandyn Burnette’s lower register harmony vocals not only fill out the song but anchor it as well, and the production by our dynamic and ultra-prolific duo of Molly and Brandyn is full and unrelenting.  “Just A Dream” is passionate and unique alternative rock and there’s more to come on Now U See Me.  

@YoungBombs crush it with remix of Norwegian singer (@jjenset) Jesper Jenset’s “High”

JESPER JENSET, “High” (Young Bombs remix)

Canadian producer/remix duo Young Bombs never fail to generate beyond-the-box remixes, otherwise they wouldn’t also be remixing tunes by the likes of Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, and Alessia Cara.  Their latest, “High” by 19 year old Norwegian singer Jesper Jenset, should help that song acquire more international appeal.  Young Bombs take the song higher and wilder than one might imagine.  It’s a pretty simple song about being high on love, but in their hands there are colours, bright lights, and some playful effects which riddle the song with more panache than overproduction.  The singer has a great boy-next-door voice and “High” has loads of potential.  Give it a listen at the link above.

British Columbia’s @Conromusic delivers the bounce with “I Wanna Know”

CONRO, “I Wanna Know”

“I Wanna Know” is a pretty straight-forward dance/pop song about trying to find out where a relationship is going.  Canadian Conor Patton, aka Conro, delivers it mid-tempo future bass style with a hook that you wait for and a melody that drives the song home in short order.  I really enjoy how the bass undercurrent kicks it up and that the vocal effects become part of the melody rather than razzle dazzle.  Sometimes just getting to the point does the trick and Conro adds EDM stylin’ to make it all work together.  Give it a listen at the link above.

@LoFrames adds to the sophistication of “Symmetry Of Two Hearts” by @BrightLightx2

BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT, “Symmetry Of Two Hearts” (LoFrames remix)

It is VERY cool after writing about the music of Bright Light Bright Light (Rod Thomas) since 2010 that we now have next-level official remixes on deck of his songs from his third album Choreography.  LoFrames – production duo of Brit James Yuill and Frenchman Franck Russo – excise Elton John’s vocals from their remix of BLx2’s touching “Symmetry Of Two Hearts”, but the song retains its sheer elegance and receives a rich house beat and arrangement to beckon club goers to the dance floor.  And fans have already done that with BLx2’s “All In The Name”, which recently got to #25 on Billboard’s Club Play chart 🙂  This remix of “Symmetry” is very direct in its approach, and sounds like something Rod would do himself, which I’m sure makes the singer very proud indeed.   Listen to it at the link above and buy it on iTunes.

@WookieOfficial throws synth sparks into his Festival remix of “We Don’t Talk Anymore” by @CharliePuth & @SelenaGomez

CHARLIE PUTH featuring SELENA GOMEZ, “We Don’t Talk Anymore” (The Wookie’s Festival Mix)

“We Don’t Talk Anymore” by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez happens to be one of my favourite pop songs out there right now, with two voices that are perfect for the song, and I’ve already dove into DROELOE’s crunchy official remix big time.  L.A. producer/remixer The Wookie has created a special unofficial one that’s deserving of attention.  Picture a couple’s reconciliation under the flashing dance floor lights, if you will, where words are not important for about three minutes.  The Wookie adds unexpected futuristic frenetic tempo, zing, zest, and sparkle into his effortless-sounding Festival mix which really sheds an entirely different light onto the song.  You already know that I’ve enjoyed his arpeggio-laden remix of Ariana Grande’s “Into You”.  The Festival mix of “We Don’t Talk Anymore” has so much more going on than that one that you may find yourself, like the dance floor couple I’ve mentioned above, lost for words in the club.  Download it for free at the link above.

Nothing but high energy fun: “All The Way” by @Hellbergmusic

HELLBERG, “All The Way”

Sometimes a record just wants to make you dance, and that is mission accomplished.  Such is the case with Hellberg’s new one “All The Way”, out now on all digital platforms.  It’s a bright, bouncy progressive/futuristic instrumental full of high end and with a big beat that will jump out of those big club speakers at you.  Resistance is futile… while the published link gives a 1:11 preview, it’s really enough to sell you on “All The Way”.  Guaranteed to fit into and pick up any DJ set 🙂  Hellberg’s got another winner in anticipation of more new projects to come…

Listen to @Teisonmusic’s slick and dark “Floating Away” featuring @StevynTauteoli

TEISON featuring STEVYN, “Floating Away” (free DL)

Changing it up quite a bit after the sunny lighter pop flavours of his last release with Henri Purcell, “Your Loving”, Dutch teen Teison returns with “Floating Away”.  It’s a dark, mysterious nighttime track into which you’ll be easily lured by Stevyn Tauteoli’s deep down soulful voice and some effective isolated electric guitar work which serves as the musical hook for the song.  “Floating Away” is smart and compelling but with a rich enough deep house groove to keep you on the dance floor.  Teison, like a number of other young producer/remixers (Joe Mason, Just A Gent, Spirix), has got his ears in the right places and makes sophisticated music normally reserved for those beyond his years.  Get this one while you can for free at the link above.  

 

@JustAGent crushes indie EDM with “Rolling Dice” featuring @EllaVosmusic and @JoeyJChavez

JUST A GENT featuring ELLA VOS and JOEY CHAVEZ, “Rolling Dice”

Welcome once again to the rich music world of Australian producer/DJ Just A Gent with his latest “Rolling Dice” from his EP Stories To Tell, fresh off the presses as of yesterday!  I wrote about this teen’s “Heavy As A Heartbreak” earlier this year, and “Rolling Dice” takes that several paces forward with a complex piece of storytelling that is supplemented by the epic electronic backdrop that he provides.  This isn’t meant to include all the wow and flutter of a busy dance track.  “Rolling Dice” is like a theatre piece, led by two strong, unique vocals that sound like they are at a crossroads, and as the story unfolds Just A Gent allows it to build into a grand tale with enough majestic sweeps and turns that make its 4:48 journey seem much less.  There’s major support coming out of Australia for Just A Gent such that a few US concert dates have been announced with more to come.  Check out “Rolling Dice” above and put Just A Gent on your Must Watch list for the rest of the year because I don’t think you’ll want to miss what’s coming.

A futuristic @SeanTurkmusic remix gives pop potential to”Dive” by @TheSalvatoreG featuring @official_Enya and @itsAlexAris

SALVATORE featuring ENYA and ALEX ARIS, “Dive” (Sean Turk remix)

“Dive” is a complex and layered song from Sweden’s Salvatore Ganacci and featuring fellow Swede Alex Aris on vocals that is given pop potential through a futuristic remix from Long Island’s Sean Turk, fresh off of his collaboration with Brandyn Burnette on “Closer”.  The track is also gifted with an official sample of Enya’s “Boadicea” from her earlier pre-“Orinoco Flow” days and has been picked up by Warner Music.  I suppose when someone like Enya allows her music to grace your song then that’s a huge vote of confidence!  Sean’s remix makes this common tale of keeping a relationship together even more compelling with appropriately placed effects which heighten the urgency of the lyrics.  It adds immensely to the quieter, trap/chill original and allows Alex’s voice to get a little more under your skin.  Give it a listen above then head over to iTunes to pick it up.