Monday Choon: Skrillex, Starrah & Four Tet - Butterflies

 

Skrillex is back but its not the Skrillex we're used to know as his sound has completely changed, to be honest not quite sure what his new sound is any way as the tracks he is releasing all have different vibes. Today's featured track featured Starrah and Four Tet however lends its self more onto the electronic dance side, so many are guessing this is the direction he has taken. It already has been played on most of the major Dance Music shows and DJ podcasts and has gathered quite an interest. The sounds are new and refreshing compared to the old hardstyle, dubstep stuff we were used to from Skrillex. The song has an amazing flow and the vocals really elevate it and make the song quite catchy. The bassline line is strong and the undertones balance out the track perfectly, if this really is the type of sound Skrillex is heading to, we going to be getting some awesome new music from him. 

Monday Choon: MK - 2AM ft. Carla Monroe

 

American DJ Marc Kinchen is back on the the blog with another banger, better known by his stage name MK, he teams up with Carla Monroe for his latest release "2AM". The track is another great house production with constant beat and groovy build up, it's a bit more up beat than what we're used to from MK, in the sense its a feel good track with the melodies used. Carla's vocals add that finesse and love aspect to the song, it's a perfect fit and one that you will be playing over and over again.  It's got that underlying UK garage style to it as well, something that is synonymous with Marc and probably why his music is loved over in the UK, well the official music video is shot in London, so that tells you all you need to know. 

Monday Choon: Tiësto & Vintage Culture – Coffee

 

After a very successful release of his London Sessions Album a few months ago, Tiesto is back with some fresh new music, this time mixing it up with progressive house with a mixture of his cult trance sound. Today's featured track "Coffee" see's the Dutch legend team up with Brazilian DJ Vintage Culture and the sound is epic, the track hits all the right notes and has that mellowed out feel to it a perfect note to get the week going. 

Monday Choon: Trilane & YARO ft. Sarah De Warren - Way Out

 

Sticking with the Swedish theme we have Progressive House duo Trilane on the blog this week with their latest track featuring Yaro and Sarah de Warren on the vocals. Released on Nicky Romero's Protocol Recordings the track has gotten decent airplay ahead of its release and while the build up might be slow it really has a great a vibe to it once the beat gets going. Prefect kind of pick me up track for a Monday.

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Monday Choon: Kaimo K, Trance Classics & Susanne Teutenberg - Take Me Away

There's a recipe when doing a remake of a cult classic, most of it ensures that you don't do anything drastic to ruin the essence of the original, it still must have those heart pulling moments that evoke feelings of that you had when listening to it for the first time and with today's featured track, Estonian DJ and Producer Kaimo K did just that. He said in an interview recently that this is one of his all time favourite tracks and being entrusted to do the official remake was unbelievable. 20 years on from the tracks first release, Kaimo said it was quite the challenge to deliver the final product but it was worth every second of it, he even got Susanne Teutenberg to re-sing the vocals for this track which adds even more character and depth to it. We all remember the original 4 Strings music video for this which was shot in Cape Town, if it were not for COVID it would have been cool if they shot this one in Cape Town as well. 

 

Monday Choon: Above & Beyond - Jam

Since ABGT 350, last year in October when this track was first played as an ID in their set, I as I'm sure many others were wondering when the trio were going to release the damn track let alone give it a name! Well, I'm glad to report that finally, after almost a year, not only does the track have a name but also has been officially released! Last week Wednesday Above & Beyond officially released "Jam", a track that they made from a jam session some time last year. It's a track that harks back to their trance classics, it's a song that if you are an avid A&B fan would love straight away. The beats leading to the build up are indicative of some of their old music but fusing the new and old for the drop definitely brings this track to another dimension. Certainly was worth the wait, turn up the volume, get those glow sticks out and have a jam session to it. 

Monday Choon: Alan Walker - Faded (Tiesto Remix)

Yes I know it's not Monday but it feels like one after that glorious 4 day weekend and what better way to kick off yet another short week with an epic song? This years Ultra Music Festival in Miami saw it surpass it's previous events in size as well as headlining acts with all the big names in the industry playing sets as well as surprising us with some new work, one of which was Tiesto's remix of Alan Walkers track "Faded", it was a popular seeing that it was played by quite a few of the artist, including Dash Berlin and the legend himself Tiesto. And it's with this we bring you this epic track recorded live during Dash Berlin's set at UMF16.