Monday Choon: Armin van Buuren & Sam Gray - Human Touch (Club Mix)

 

The name Armin van Buuren needs no introduction to the music world as the multi-award winning DJ and Producer has done it all in his career. He like many have been left frustrated with the global pandemic which saw parties and festivals shut their doors for almost two years but with most of the world beginning to open up again, him like many others are starting to pump out some new music just in time for their on stage returns. Human Touch was released earlier this month and features the vocals of Sam Gray, it received great airplay from many online radio stations and already has amassed over a million views on YouTube, last week Armin released the official remixes to the track and my pick of the bunch is todays featured song. The official club mix which was done by Armin himself is one of the examples of how you take a great song and make it even better. Being the original artist Armin probably had in mind the type of remix he was going to make for this song when producing the original track, the synths and up-tempo beat go well with the original vocals and it seems to work almost seamlessly almost as if it was an original track. It should be a hit at the upcoming festivals and I'm sure Armin can't wait to play to a large crowd again. 

Monday Choon: Above & Beyond and Justine Suissa - Almost Home (Above & Beyond Club Mix)

 

In anticipation of the groups celebration of their 450th episode of the world famous podcast Group Therapy, the guys at Above & Beyond have dropped this pearler of a track. Titled "Almost Home"  this new track features the vocals of talented songstress Justine Suissa of Ocean Lab. The groovy, trancey song has been spiced up with the British trio in their club mix which is definitely going to featured in the massive show they have planned in the next few weeks. With festivals opening up this past week, we saw a flurry of them in the UK especially, most notably Creamfields which saw the Anjunabeats gang have their own stage on Saturday night. After being robbed of their 400th episode celebrations last year, you can imagine how Tony, Pavo and Jono must be itching to get back out there in front of the crowds again and what perfect setting that ABGT450. Anyway, here's the track, its definitely a banger so turn up the volume and enjoy!

Monday Choon: Sunny Lax & EL Waves - Stay (Club Mix)

A song when it was first released hit home to me quite hard, been a fan of it ever since and I'm glad as I proceeded for my morning run today, that this Club Mix of the track was the first play on ABGT391 because there's nothing like some great trance music to get the endorphins going to get you through a 5km run. Sunny Lax, the Hungarian progressive and trance DJ has been enjoying the success of his recently released album, End of Our Time, Stay which features El Waves was a pretty mellow track but with lots of significance and meaning, it's been given the club mix treatment and it's everything I expected and more. The track still retains its soulfulness but with the right amount of beats to be enjoyed in a club environment. Released last week, so its still fresh off the press, scroll down and take a listen to it. 

Monday Choon: Armin van Buuren & BT feat. Nation Of One - Always (BT Club Mix)

BT has for long been a favourite of mine, the very first BT track I heard and loved was "Never Going to Come Back Down".  A track for some odd reason never got much traction and you can hardly find it online apart for some obscure links, anyway his relationship with most of the big players in the game has always been great and magic happens whenever he collaborates with any of them. He recently teamed up with Armin van Buuren on a track for Armin's latest album Balance, the track's official music video was released a few weeks ago but BT then released his club mix of the track and wow, that is all I can say. We're all going through some tough times right now and music is one of the mediums that can keep us sane, so turn up the volume and listen to this masterclass from two electronic maestros. 

Monday Choon: Myon feat. Alissa Feudo - The Darkest Light (Myon Club Mix)

When 'Perfect Ghost' was released last year, I mentioned that this duo fo Myon and Alissa Feudo could be the greatest paring of DJ and vocalist in current EDM times, they proving me right with their latest release, The Darkest Light. The synergy between the two of them is nothing short of incredible, their music just flows where it be the electronic beats from Myon to the angelic voice of Alissa. The Darkest Light follows the same symphony we used to from the pair, elegantly put together with the right about of mellowness with the gradual build up followed by the drop, it ties up to make on beautiful track. The featured track today is Myon's Club Mix, so it does have a bit faster BPM with added oomf but all in all a splendid track from Myon and Alissa, looking forward to their next colab. 

Monday Choon: Myon feat. Alissa Feudo - Perfect Ghost (Myon Club Mix)

The guys down at Anjunabeats were not joking when they said there's a lot that is cooking in the Anjuna kitchen as week after week they're releasing some cracking music. Last week we had Ilan Bluestone with his new one, this week we bring you a track that's been on our track list for some time now. You will fall in love with this song as soon as you hear it, as did we when Above & Beyond played it at ABGT300 in Hong Kong. It's a colab that is becoming to be one that should happen more often if they produce tracks of this quality, Myon teams up with Alissa Feudo who in my opinion has the best voice for trance music. Her voice is chilling and will have the hairs on the back of your neck standing, Omen in the Rain was the first time we heard these two produce something and if the success of that track is anything, today's featured track "Perfect Ghost" will do even better. It's really one of those tracks you can listen to over and over and not get tired off.

Bingo Players - Love Me Right (Bingo Players x Oomloud Club Mix)

Dutch dance and electro musical project Bingo Players have been one that I enjoyed when they were in their prime from 2011-2013. After the passing of one of the members, Paul Baumer of cancer in 2013, the surviving member Maarten Hoogstraten laid low for a while but decided to carry on with the project in honor of his late friend and we're glad he did. It's been a while but Maarten has begun releasing some tracks and today's featured track "Love Me Right" has that unmistakable Bingo Players sound, the original track was released in July this year, but has been given a Club Mix treatment by Bingo Players and Oomloud and is ace, enjoy the track as well as the official music video for this mix.  

Monday Choon: Lucas & Steve x Brandy - I could be wrong (Club Mix)

There was a time where most DJ's were out to remix almost every 90's song they could find, some of them were good but most were really bad and the only reason they were doing it was to get some sort of recognition as people would think it's a familiar sound they were hearing but it really did them no service. Lucas & Steve seemed to have found a 90's RnB track by Brandy that they felt needed to be brought back and truth be told, it's damn good, while what they've done with their track is great, their Club Mix elevates it a lot. I heard the track first on Tiesto's Club Life show and it was one of those songs, that while you're listening to it, you know its a banger.