Nicky Romero has been tweeting a lot lately about his new record label and finally he has publicized the official preview of his first release – ‘WTF!?’ produced with ZROQ. Initially dropped by Nicky during his UMF performance in March, there has been a lot of hype around ‘WTF!?’ given that it will be his first Protocol Records single and just that it is generally a fun tune, characterized by the signature Nicky kickdrums and Dutch wobbles. Look for the full release May 28.
Young bloods Julian Jordan and TV Noise have teamed up for yet another great Spinnin’ Records track. With so much young Dutch talent releasing records on the label, Spinnin’ has is a formidable entity in the world of house music. Jordan was recently named by legend Sander van Doorn as his favorite rising producer, and Jordan will be releasing his own remix of ‘Nothing Inside‘ June 4.
In addition, ‘Oxford’ has been racking up support from other producers, including a nod from Gareth Emery by way of his inclusion of the track in his latest weekly podcast and a spin from Pete Tong during his Essential Selection at the beginning of April.
This is a hard hitting electro house track in the Dutch tradition, and the young team does it well. It’s easy to see why SvD is such a firm supporter of Jordan. Only good things in store for these guys.
Julian Jordan & TV Noise – Oxford
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Not sure where house heads stand on hip hop-vocals (or even dirty Dutch as a whole, for that matter,) but Ton!c is a fan-magnet right now. Coming out of California, his productions are more than worthy of a full listen (he made this happen. Wow.)
‘Get It On’ is more than just a fun summerish tune, it’s a Dutch bomb. If you’re fidgety, skip to the 1-minute mark and see what I mean (na’ sayin?)
TON!C & eWrek Feat. Dye, Erick Gold & Patrick – Get It On
As we previewed a couple of weeks back, Laidback Luke has released his newest rager today exclusively on Beatport through his label, Mixmash Records. Luke has been dropping this banger all over the place, from his set at Ultra to his headlining spot at Anomaly at Terminal 5 last month. Luke brings fellow Dutchman Chuckie along with French popstar darling Martin Solveig for one of the dirtiest house tracks of 2012 thus far.
Luke, who came in 20th in DJ Mag’s top DJ’s of 2011, will be back in New York for Electric Zoo in September, where I’m sure he’ll be dropping this one along with other 2012 releases Speak Up and Trilogy . Most of his summer is booked for shows throughout Europe, with the Zoo being his only East Coast show. See ya then.
Released last April, but brought to the masses at UMF 2012 and on Fatboy Slim’s guest mix on Pete Tong’s BBC Radio 1 show a few weeks ago, we are reminded of the joys of dirty Dutch.
Impeccably bouncey and repeat worthy, rediscover this one. Or, for those who didn’t already know, welcome!
Start off your Monday right with this absolute bomb from young Dutch producers Dyro and Rene Kuppens, out now on Hardwell’sRevealed Recordings. Officially previewed only a few days prior to release, even the teaser for ‘Raid’ made it abundantly clear that this track would be a hit.
Pre-dating the official preview, the anticipation was hot for this prime example of Dutch house, reaching #4 on the Miami Buzz charts prior to the dance music convention convened in March. This style of hard hitting distorted synths and big room riffs has become the hallmark of the up and coming crop of Lowlands producers, Hardwell included, and it just works. So take a listen and support this talented duo.
Dyro & Rene Kuppens – Raid
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Can’t wait till tomorrow for ‘Raid‘ to be released? No worries, as Rene Kuppens has teamed up with fellow Dutch producers PURESANG to put out a bootleg to the widely revered Emma Hewitt track ‘Colours.’ Emma’s vocals border on haunting in their beauty,
While Rene Kuppens is a self proclaimed broad producer of house, PURESANG specializes in the more specialized tech house and uplifting progressive, thereby covering a wide range of influencing genres in this production. Their bootleg of ‘Colours’ is a harder progressive house take on the more trance leaning original.
Emma Hewitt – Colours (Rene Kuppens & Puresang Bootleg)
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To thank all of his fans for bumping his Facebook likes to 200,000, Dutch sensation Hardwell released a free download of his edit of Knife Party’s iconic track ‘Internet Friends.’ This was definitely one of the most heard tunes in Miami a short month ago, utilized by a broad range of artists in the course of their sets. Fitting for Hardwell to put forward a song about the follies of Internet stalking as a result of a gaining a large following on his..yes..Internet Facebook page.
Click HERE to get your free download of Hardwell’s edit of Knife Party – Internet Friends.
Are the Dutch making moves to win back premiere collaboration honors from their nearby neighbors the Swedes? Having already triumphed in the DJ soccer games perhaps Tiësto and his countrymen are rising like cream to the top of milk.
Hardwell Official Miami Aftermovie Featuring ‘Raid’
This new collaboration between Dyro and Rene Kuppens certainly suggests that the nation is on the up and up. Coming out April 30 on Hardwell’sRevealed Recordings, ‘Raid’ is what might call a dance floor banger. ‘Raid’ was #4 in the Miami Buzz chart prior to the music week held in March and listening to the track is all you need to do to understand why. Also happy belated birthday to youngster Dyro, who just celebrated his 20th!
Today bring’s a new preview from Julian Jordan and TV Noise. ‘Oxford’ will be released May 14 from Dutch powerhouse label Spinnin’ Records.
You may recall that Sander van Doorn has been quoted as saying that Jordan is the 16 year old DJ that you must know during an interview at Ultra. Jordan released ‘Rock Steady‘ mid-March and the track has been getting heavy live play from a roster of top producers, including Sander himself.
‘Oxford’ is a serious track that the young producing collaboration really hit the mark on. Look forward to the full release of this classic Dutch house sample.
The lead-up to Tiësto’s album release next week has been fraught with many, many teasers and a great deal of excitement. Club Life: Volume Two Miami is slated for release April 24 (next Tuesday!) and today Hardwell posted a preview of yet another track from the album, his and Tiësto’s remix of The Naked And Famous – Young Blood.
This is the first track that the duo is releasing since their unreal smash ‘Zero 76′ named after the area code for their hometown of Breda in The Netherlands. Tiësto has long been a supporter of indie hits, having brought Ken Loi’s remix of The Ting Ting Tings – Hands to popularity via his incorporation of the track into his sets. The album will be released by Musical Freedom, Tiësto’s own imprint.
Fans of dirty Dutch music, unite. Those who have their guard up around bleeps and bloops, keep away.
For as much great Dutch-style music there is, the not so good can surely trail it. Repetitive beep, beep, beep’s have their correct format and not every producer can nail it.
‘Circuits’ isn’t the strongest Quintino release, but with the dust still kicked up from ‘Epic‘ (the Dutch ‘Levels’) fans might want to give this one more of a chance.
Beep.
Quintino & MOTI – Circuits
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