Monday Choon: Martin Garrix · Matisse & Sadko · BARBZ - Butterflies

 

This track would be familiar to many as Martin as well as Matisse & Sadko have been dropping in their sets all summer long but without the vocals. The official release see's a melodic vocals providing by Barbz to complete this track. Released last week Friday, "Butterflies" is an epic festival type track which brings together the talents of Martin Garrix and the duo of Matisse & Sadko and they create something magical. 

Monday Choon: Alesso, Sentinel, Sick Individuals - Upside Down

Many say he should have been the fourth member of the Swedish House Mafia but, for me, Alesso brings a different dynamic to house music and while he may hail from Sweden as well, he has managed to build his own legacy in the electronic music industry, so much so that he is one of the most requested DJ's for major festivals. His remix of Nadia Ali's pressure still remains one of my all time favourite songs, today's featured track from Alesso has been featured on a number of his sets at festivals over the past year, and it's finally been released. "Upside Down" see's him team up with Sentinel and Sick Individuals, and they have produced a banger that has already had crowds at festivals off their feet, so you know its good. 

Monday Choon: Swedish House Mafia - Wait So Long

 

The Swedish trio are back and after some epic performances across Europe of the Summer festival period, none more epic than their set at Tomorrowland. The latest offering from them which has featured on their set lists as this one "Wait So Long" even though was released in June has still been doing incredibly well across the globe. It's definitely a certified banger and one we will be hearing more frequently. 

Monday Choon: David Guetta vs Benny Benassi - Satisfaction

 

French DJ David Guetta has been spoiling us since 2020 with his latest genre "Future Rave", its a fresh new take on electronic music from him and to be honest, I quite like it. It's build ups are great with high energy drops that instantly gets your blood pressure going. If you watched the sets from Ultra Europe and Tomorrowland, then you, like me have been probably waiting in anticipation for the release of todays featured track. David has taken Italian DJ legend, Benny Benassi's cult classic track "Satisfaction" and given it his future rave treatment and boy is it a banger of note! Played by most DJ's including the likes of Armin, Nicky Romero, Tiesto and others at the various festivals around Europe, it definitely got the crowds going wild. The track was officially released last week Friday on Spinnin' Records and we have it here on the blog for you to enjoy.

Monday Choon: Armin van Buuren feat. Maia Wright - One More Time

 

Trance legend Armin van Buuren has dropped an absolute fire track smack bang in the middle  of festival season in Europe. "One More Time" which dropped a few weeks ago, with the official music video being released on Saturday has been a hit since its debut and with getting rave success at Ultra Europe and most recently Tomorrowland this past weekend. It's a festival type track, an anthem of such that has a great feel good factor to it, on the vocals is Maia Wright and she keeps the energy going with her amazing sound, couple that with the rousing harmonies and euphoric beat drops from the track, its no wonder that it's getting the amount of airplay as it is. This track comes off Armin's upcoming album "Feel Again" so be on the look out for more from the Dutch maestro. 

Monday Choon: NWYR - Drakaina

 

There's always tracks you hear on artist live sets which just captivates you, but they you go to look in the track list and it says "ID" so you patiently wait for it to be released. Seldom do they not get released but after 2 years of waiting I honestly made peace that Willem and Ward are never going to give us this track but then this weekend, while listening to an Andrew Rayel podcast, a familiar track was played which revoked memories from Tomorrowland 2017. Could it be? Have NWYR finally released this track? The short answer is yes and we have it here for you today. Drakaina is just as amazing now as it was the first time I've heard it. Their sound is so unique and distinct that it doesn't have an age to it, so even if I heard it three years ago, with its release now still sounds fresh. The duo seriously have no idea how happy they've made me by releasing this track, all trance lovers will share my sentiments as well.

Monday: Eddie Thoneick - Everyday

German veteran DJ Eddie Thoneick is still rocking the decks and still delivery sick tracks like today's featured one, Everyday. The man from Muilheim, Germany has been on the scene for some time now, two decades to be precise and has been synonymous with quality house music. After spending almost a yer locked in his studio, his latest music has progressed as he was cooking up his new batch of records. He has mastered the local circuit in his native Germany, which reached global acclaim, he has also provided remixes for the likes of Armand van Helden, Steve Angello, Bob Sinclar and David Guetta to name a few. Everyday is a classic House Music track, with an addictive beat and great bass line. Definitely one to get the party going. 

Monday Choon: Bassjackers - Snatch

It's been a while since we had some hard style featured on the blog, what better way to get it than with the Bassjackers. Coming off tours at Tomorrowland and Untold Festivals, the Dutch DJ duo consisting of Marlon Flohr and Ralph van Hilst have released this new banger which featured scenes from  their tours in Asia as well as Tomorrowland. The song is very true to their style with a great back track and melody with drops of epic proportions. A perfect banger for the European summer.

Monday Choon: Avicii vs. Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman - Without You x Penny (Tiesto Mashup)

Yesterday saw the final day of what was a 2 weekend celebration of Tomorrowland. Celebrating it's 15 year, it is one of the biggest dance music festival's in the world and forever growing with some of the largest recorded audiences for an event in Europe. This year saw the event take place over two weekends with the very best in the industry taking to stage to strut their stuff. A stand out performance has to be  Tiesto's tribute to the late Avicii in weekend one with his mash-up of  Avicii's Without You and Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman's Penny. The track even reduced the Dutch legend to tears while playing it. Here's is the track exclusive to you by the Bucket.

Monday Choon: Tiesto & Dzeko - Halfway There ft. Lena Leon

I must admit, I was like an impatient kid waiting for this song to officially be released. I must have tweeted Tiesto a few times as well as left comments on his Instagram posts asking when he would release this track and its finally here! So whats so special about this track? Well, even though I am a massive fan of the legendary Dutch DJ, I have to admit that most of his latest stuff, while might have been tolerable wasn't what we knew him for. He was straying too mainstream to the brink I given up hope on him, that was until his set at Tomorrowland last year, he played this song after just 3 minutes and you knew immediately, Tijs was back! It isn't the legendary trance sounds that we were used to but was trance none the less, and it was perfect. I'm sorry I ever doubted you Tiesto, thank you for this track and please make more music like this!

Monday Choon: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike x Armin van Buuren x W&W - Repeat After Me

It's the first Monday Choon post of 2019 and we're pulling out the big guns for this one to get the year off on the right note. With the music video just dropping last night it was a no brainer from our side as this tune is hot as it is and features three big name hitters in the industry, starting off with the duo who run the show at Tomorrowland, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, along with the Dutch duo W&W, who are joined by the legendary Armin van Buuren to bring us this epic track "Repeat After Me". Armin says its "easily one of the most epic collaborations of the year". The track is a full-throttle mainstage anthem which is able to cause some serious damage on the festival grounds. It features many fan favourites and has an awesome build up and drop, you're definitely going to hear this one throughout the year. 

Monday Choon: Tiesto - Wow

Tiesto's been busy making some new music of recent and I can tell you, it's something his fans of the past have been waiting for. This is one of the first of a few new releases expected from the Dutch great, titled "WOW". It officially dropped last Friday so its still hot off the press. You've probably heard him play it at most of his recent sets, which include Tomorrowland, Untold Festival and this past weekend at Creamfields. It's a track that takes us back to some of the hard-style techno that we're used to from Tiesto but at the same time still fresh and makes go....wow!

Monday Choon: Gabriel & Dresden feat. Sub Teal - Only Road (Cosmic Gate Remix)

As party season starts to heat up in Ibiza, we thought we'd bring you some of the heat from there to warm us up here in South Africa. This week's featured track is one that has been getting a lot of traction of recent, it's the Cosmic Gate Remix of Grabriel & Dresden's song, featuring Sub Teal titled "Only Road".  It's been getting massive play not only in the clubs but by also various artists in the festivals such as Tomorrowland and this past weekend at Untold in Romania. Above & Beyond are massive fans of this track, well it might also be because it is produced by their Anjuna Beats label so it is expected. Either way, it's a great track and a perfect way to get the week off to an uplifting way.

Monday Choon: NWYR - Dragon

After featuring their debut single Voltage not so long ago, the talented duo NWYR have dropped their second single, Dragon. It's been played both at Ultra Miami and at Tomorrowland during their ASOT set. It's one of the many tracks we've been waiting for them to release and now that's its out, we can enjoy it. While W&W have been quiet on their hardstyle music, we're definitely loving whats coming out of the studio's under this alias. Keep it up guys!

Monday Choon: Aly & Fila - Beyond The Lights

We keeping the trace theme from last week going into the new one with some Future Sound of Egypt by Aly and Fila. We haven't heard form the Egyptian Trance duo in a while and with their new album 'Beyond The Lights' being released this year, we have the title track from it featured today. Their tours have been sold out and having last seen their live set at Tomorrowland ASOT stage where only Aly performed, its safe to say that they are representing the African continent on the highest level for Trance music. 

Monday Choon: NWYR - Voltage

If you follow me on Twitter you might have seen me tweet last week that NWYR are probably the best break through artist of the year. Many won't know who they are but are actually no strangers to the EDM game. Earlier this year when the Ultra Miami line-ups were announced, many were surprised to see the exclusion of W&W. The big room specialist who normally are a crowd favourite were not going to perform at the mega festival but later many discovered that they were but under a new alias, NWYR. The Dutch duo created NWYR to be more trance focused and have a heck load of music to share to the world. This has blown open their fan base now, with many trance goers attending their set at Ultra. Their set at the ASOT stage at Tomorrowland was mind blowing, it's so refreshing to see their take on trance, it has so much energy and great tempo, I honestly cannot wait for more new releases from them. Today we have featured their debut single, Voltage which just personifies how electric their music is, do enjoy. 

Monday Choon: Orjan Nilsen - Drowning

Orjan Nilsen, the baby faced Norwegian trance producer is back with some fresh new music and true to form, it is nothing short of epic. Orjan has had a quiet year or so but has been killing it of late in the festivals he has played at. A stand out being the ASOT Stage at Tomorrowland last month. Orjan had the crowd in rapatures with his new and old music but the energy and hype to his sets are next level as he keeps the crowd going from start to finish. One of his latest offerings features the vocals of IDA and is today's featured track, it's high energy, lots of bass and has a great melody. 

Monday Choon: Axwell /\ Ingrosso - More Than You Know

It's been a while since we heard from the Swedish duo Axwell /\ Ingrosso on the blog and while this track of their's dropped in early June, it's started to gain moment a lot now. The track "More Than You Know" has been playlisted on many radio stations and has been a feature of many live sets at recent music festivals, most notably Tomorrowland. We have the official music video of the song today and while the song is pretty epic, the video is too as it shows the journey of a fan capture through an old video recorder attending one of their shows. 

Monday Choon: Don Diablo - Momentum

Probably one of the biggest rising DJ's in the EDM world right now? I'm not alone in sharing that sentiment, many others feel the same way. Don Diablo has quickly affirmed himself released hit after hit and this blog is proof, I think this is the 3rd song of his that I'm featuring in the space of 2 months but how could I not? It's good music and it needs to be heard. His live set at Tomorrowland was nothing short of incredible and having his mom come onto stage was just he cherry on the top. The guy deserves all the credit he's getting, many say he's just reworking old songs, yes but its damn good reworks, much like todays featured track. Taking an oldie from Fatboy Slim and bringing it up to date but with that unique Don Diablo syle. The music video for Momentum was released a couple weeks ago with many of the worlds top DJ's in it, and we have it for you today!

Monday Choon: Cosmic Gate & Markus Schulz - AR

Nothing like some Trance to get the week going and today we have got some of the legends in the genre featured on the blog. It's quite surprising that it took them so long to collaborate on a song as both German duo Cosmic Gate and Dutch DJ Markus Schulz have been around for as long as I can remember trance music but anyway, it happened, they made a song and now it's done! If anyone caught the live streams from Tomorrowland you would have already heard of this song by now as Markus played it during his set in the Trance Energy Arena, which I must add was one of the best stages/ arena's I've seen in a long time at a major festival! AR is the name of the collaboration and it debuted at Tomorrowland, not entirely sure on the release date yet but I do have the insert from Markus's set. Enjoy!