When I was on the main stage at UMF and Laidback opened his set with this track I seriously lost it! With his recent collaboration with Tommy Trash for ‘Big Fucking House,’ Angger Dimas is back in action with a funky hard electro neck breaker. I love that squeaky type of sound that represents this Indonesia beast so well. Keep your eyes out for this one to be released
On March 27th Beatport celebrated the fourth annual Beatport Music Awards. The awards were broken down into three categories: sales-based, community choice, and staff picks. Top tracks by genre were determined entirely by sales and in the Community Choice categories, over 10,000 votes were received. Beatport’s own staff voted on their own favorite tracks and artists of the year.
Top Tracks
Top Track Of The Year: ‘Tarantula‘ – Pleasurekraft
Top Breaks Track: ‘M.A.D. (Elite Force Mix)‘ – Stanton Warriors, JELO, Vandal & Hatiras
Top Chill Out Track: ‘You Wish‘ – Nightmares on Wax
Top Deep House Track: ‘The Voice‘ – Thyladomid
Top Drum & Bass Track: ‘Incoming… (Taku Remix)‘ – Ajapai
Top Dubstep Track: ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites – Skrillex
Top Electro House Track: ‘Animal Rights‘ – Wolfgang Gartner & Deadmau5
Top House Track: ‘We No Speak Americano‘ – Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
Top Hard Dance Track: ‘We No Speak Americano (Friday Night Posse Remix)‘ – Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
Top Hardcore/Hard Techno Track: ‘Magnet‘ – Industrialyzer & The Advent
Top Electronica Track: ‘Wait for Me (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)‘ – Moby
Top Indie Dance/Nu Disco Track: ‘Hello (Club Edit)‘ – Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette
Top Minimal Track: ‘Under Control‘ – Roberto Procaccini
Top Progressive House Track: ‘One‘ – Swedish House Mafia (Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, Steve Angello)
Top Tech House Track: ‘Tarantula‘ – Pleasurekraft
Top Techno Track: ‘The Secret‘ – Joris Voorn
Top Trance Track: ‘Remember Love‘ – DJ’s United (Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren)
Beatport Breakthrough
Artist: Wynter Gordon
Top Remixer: Manuel De La Mare
Community Choice Awards
Track of the Year: ‘One‘ – Swedish House Mafia (Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, Steve Angello)
Artist of the Year: Deadmau5
Beatport Staff Picks
Track of the Year: ‘Without You‘ – Art Department
Artist of the Year: Umek
Lifetime Achievement Award: Carl Craig
With his huge progressive bomb ‘I’ve Been Thinking About You‘ under his belt, David Vendetta is back in action with yet another amazing vocal track featuring the voice of Sylvia Tosun ‘World Keeps Turning.’ Wait for this release on Beatport.
Tim Mason has taken Alex Metric & Steve Angello’s vocal remix of ‘Open Your Eyes‘ to the next level. With his highlight anticipated bomb ‘The Moment‘ set to be released in on April 6th, Tim is already making a name for himself. Be ready for this one to drop on Positiva Records early May.
Gregori Klosman, ‘The Cat,’ is back in action with another electrifying club banger ‘Let The Love In.’ It features the lovely vocals of Paula Ajala King who is one of France’s freshest new inde talents. With his neck breaker ‘Bounce‘ on its way with partner in crime Tristan Garner, be sure to expect nothing but the best from the Frenchmen in 2011.
Deadmau5 really regained my respect as a fan during his set at Ultra Music Festival. Even though i was very disappointed that he didn’t close with ‘Strobe,’ this track was a great way to end the second day of festivities. Stay posted for more on UMF.
Axwell is finally back with a new club banger on his very own Axtone. He kick started the year with two huge remixes of David Tort’s ‘One Look‘ and Hard Rock Sofa’s ‘Blow Up.’ He has proven himself to be one of the best if not the best house producer in the past years. Be ready for this masterpiece to drop on April 4th!
Swanky Tunes & Hard Rock Sofa have become favorites in the past month. These Russians have been in beast mode when it comes to producing music, with what seems to be a hot new track every week. They have teamed up in the past to bring us monsters like ‘Thank You,’ ‘Rhea,’ and ‘Together.’ Be sure to see more from them next week.
Hardwell just doesn’t stop! Right after giving us a taste of his next banger ‘Encoded,’ he is gives us a smashing remix of Garath Emery ‘Stars.’ Get ready for Hardwell at the Best Buy Theatre April 2nd!!
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First off, EO apologies for the lack of posting in the past week. We were in Miami raging with 150,000 other electronic music fans @ Ultra Music Festival. We have an array of goodies that we are preparing for you all. I can’t even start to explain how amazing UMF was this year. Stay posted for videos, track listing and more.