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Chilled and Funked Out: @Snowmassbeats works over “Sound Of Home” by #SterlingGrove featuring #EllynWoods

https://soundcloud.com/snowmass/sterling-grove-ft-ellyn-woods-sound-of-home-snowmass-remix

STERLING GROVE featuring ELLYN WOODS, “Sound Of Home” (Snowmass remix)

One thing about remixes from Chicago producer Snowmass:  expect the unexpected!  He takes a trippy chilled out alt-EDM song by Montreal duo Sterling Grove called “Sound Of Home”, featuring fellow Montrealer, pop/jazz vocalist Ellyn Woods, and attaches a deep funk edge that will pound the hell out of huge club speakers.  The now dramatic house rhythm chugs along while you strut your stuff and creates a perfectly alternate setting for Ellyn’s distant but still affecting vocal.  All in all, though Sterling Grove’s original has a different kind of appeal, Snowmass has re-envisioned “Sound Of Home” quite well which should make club DJ’s very happy indeed.  Download it for free at the link above.

Meet Australia’s @Latchmeresound with the slinky, infectious “Stressed”

https://soundcloud.com/latchmeresound/stressed-original-mix

LATCHMERE, “Stressed”

A minimalist house flavour is the key in Australian producer/DJ Latchmere’s latest “Stressed”.  It’s a slinky original whose deep keyboard riffs will stay in your ears long after the song is over.  Latchmere knows how to keep the music going through a blissed out middle bit by building out of it back to its infectious refrain.  “Stressed” is a great workout number when you’ve had one of those days when you just need to let go.  Download it for free at the link above.

Nobody says it’s “Easy” – new music from @missMollyMoore

MOLLY MOORE, “Easy”

All it takes quite often when you’re listening to a song written and sung by the L.A.-based Molly Moore is a couple of verses before that song has that resonating effect. “Easy” is her newest song, possibly from a forthcoming second EP following Shadow Of The Sun. It’s definitely a companion-piece to the songs from that EP, as well as her other recent song recorded by EDM producer/DJ Boehm called “Swallow My Pride”. The singer is in equally fine form vocally, intriguing in the song’s quieter moments and powerful when it’s louder. The percussive effects and EDM backdrop also create a persuasive atmosphere. If you’ve loved Molly Moore’s songs thus far then “Easy” is especially for you.

 

Soulful UK house music strikes again with “Stronger” by @Nik_Ernst in a @Voidmuzik edit

NIK ERNST, “Stronger” (Steve Void edit)

An intriguing retro early-2000’s sounding UK house number, “Stronger” by London producer/DJ Nik Ernst is given a slick ‘n tight edit by that hot young Dutch producer/remixer Steve Void, who is gracing the BILLCS Top 30 at #8 with his pre-summery remix of SNBRN’s “Beat The Sunrise”. This edit brings out the mysterious side that a dirty house song should possess, and it’s all done tidily in less than three minutes. “Stronger” shifts  along with its slinky groove and could easily be a candidate for some rabid dance music radio play. Don’t let this one slip by.

@DzekoandTorres continue with more emotional dance/pop with “Home” featuring #AlexJoseph

DZEKO & TORRES featuring ALEX JOSEPH, “Home”

Toronto’s Dzeko & Torres are smashing it on the BILLCSTop30 with their collaboration with Hellberg called “Care For Me”.  They follow that up with an equally emotional track that could fare well on dance music radio called “Home”.  Also available in various remixes, “Home” features a memorable, earnest vocal by Alex Joseph which will remind you a lot of Ryan Tedder.  The layered production keeps the sound and vibe moving enough to be a captivating 3 minute single.  Watch for this one to do well in dance radio and club circles and pick it up on iTunes.

Dzeko & Torres return to play home base Toronto on Friday, April 29, 2016 at Uniun.

#AlexSchulz and @KisoArmic envision @DJSnake’s “Middle” (featuring Kayla Diamond (@kayrachdi)as a romantic summery anthem

ALEX SCHULZ & KISO featuring KAYLA DIAMOND, “Middle” (free DL)

I say often that I’m not fond of covers, but there are some fine ones about lately.  Normally I’m also not fond when a cover takes too many liberties with song, sending it in a totally different direction from the original, making me think wait a minute….  But envisioning “Middle” as a summery romantic anthem is totally a good thing courtesy of Alex Schulz & Kiso.  This is a well-done, laid back tropically-seasoned mix with a splendidly hot Kayla Diamond vocal that is completely unlike the DJ Snake original.  This rendition of “Middle” is more innovative than simply trying hard to be different from the original.  It goes down smoothly and should do so equally in a club mix.  Get it for free at the link above.

Bounce along to the @Jenauxmusic remix of @TheChainsmokers’ “Don’t Let Me Down” featuring @theofficialDaya

THE CHAINSMOKERS featuring DAYA, “Don’t Let Me Down” (Jenaux remix) (free DL)

The Chainsmokers are probably, and perhaps unexpectedly, the hottest production duo in EDM right now.  The guys work with a lot of remixers in the community, and it’s hard to even think of a remix of “Don’t Let Me Down” when this new hit is so different from its predecessor smash “Roses”, thanks in a big way to a charming vocal from red hot new singer Daya.  American producer/remixer Jenaux has concocted a rousing, slightly pitched-up futuristic house remix that takes away the sway of the original and puts a fun bounce into its place, along with some instrumentation you won’t find on the original.  It’s a neat alternative that has the ‘Smokers’ blessing on it so their fans are also digging it.  Jenaux’s remix quite rightly turns heads for immediate reaction and you can download it at the link above.

@Reigenmusic offers another taste of 5 Nights In America with the reflective “Feel For You”

REIGEN, “Feel For You”

While NYC singer Reigen’s songs often incorporate dance/EDM vibes, the essence of his songs is pure pop.  From his upcoming 5 Nights In America release is another song to tantalize you called “Feel For You”.  It’s a reflective ode about reconciling your feelings for someone with the inevitable and sometimes unenviable choice of opening a door wider or closing it altogether.  Like Sia (whose “Chandelier” he has covered), Reigen has an unconventional approach to the pop song with his unique and sometimes soulful phrasing, but when “Feel For You” gets to its softer, critical moments, they are straight up bare for all to hear, which makes those parts of the song especially memorable.  The video has the singer escaping the big city to a huge barren field for that reflection.  While we will share in the potentially painstaking decision to be made, we can still dance along and celebrate what has already been.  “Feel For You” wears Reigen’s emotions earnestly on its sleeve.  Watch the well-crafted video above.

Hear that sound:@weareArdency’s “Mechanism” featuring @Icelandiaband

ARDENCY featuring ICELANDIA, “Mechanism”

“Mechanism” is the title song from the new EP from L.A.-based duo Ardency.  In collaboration with fellow EDM performer, Canada’s Icelandia, they’ve created a big sounding progressive synth experience that will fill the room and shake those huge speakers.  This is the kind of record DJ’s at the point of building their set just before the big boom hits.  But aside from clubbing, “Mechanism” is a multi-layered, rich earful that will also sound great on your home stereo.  You can pick up Ardency’s Mechanism EP on iTunes.

@BadW0lfy (aka Ro Danishei) returns with funky and futuristic “Used 2 This”

BAD W0LFY, “Used 2 This”

The world needs more funky and fresh Bad W0lfy songs if “Used 2 This” is any indication.  The L.A.-based singer/songwriter and model otherwise known as Ro Danishei, and co-leader of the duo Wrathschild with Simon Curtis, has returned after 5 years after her End Of The Rainbow release.  “Used 2 This” is a real ear-grabbing solo song after 2014 saw the release of Wrathschild’s EP and last year a once-online cover of Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do”.  It’s a futuristic, bass-laden dance number that doesn’t quite sound like anything out there (remixers take note!).  The singer’s voice is completely on-point and suited to producer Ray Reich outside-of-the-box production which places a totally appropriate dubsteppy vocal break (you’ll think Erik Hassle’s “No Words” or Years & Years’ “Shine”) in the midst of it all.  To quote the esteemed Lady Kier of Deee-Lite,”Used 2 This” is definitely one de-groovy feast for the ears and feet.  Pick it up on iTunes.