Monday Choon: Darren Tate & Genix - Taking Us Higher

 

Genix is no stranger to this feature on our blog with him having featured multiple times over the years, this time see's him team up with Darren Tate,with a legacy in dance music spanning over two decades and multiple aliases, the British multi-instrumentalist, Darren Tate, has racked up twelve Top 40 UK singles across his established career as DT8 Project, Angelic with Judge Jules, Jurgen Vries, Orion and Citizen Caned. Taking us higher which is the title of today's featured track is a mixture of sounds from the duo that just flows with harmony. 

Monday Choon: Oliver Smith & Tailor - Rely On Me

 

Last year, Oliver released the ‘Be Kind Rewind’ EP in collaboration with fellow label linchpin Andrew Bayer, which totalled over 2 million streams, earning support from the likes of Jason Ross, Ruben De Ronde and Tritonal. Hailing originally from South Africa and now based in the UK, singer-songwriter Rob Taylor, known as Tailor, has collaborated with a vast array of artists. He teams up with Oliver to provide vocals for this melodic yet energetic track "Rely On Me" which I've had on repeat since first hearing it, hope it has the same effect it had for me, for you. 

Monday Choon: Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding - Free

 

There are some musical collaborations that are just meant to happen, because when those two artist combine their talents they make something special. I can name quite a few but one of my all time favourites is Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding, they showcased what a power they could produce together first with "I need your love" back in 2013, then they joined forces again in 2017 for "Outside" which again, blew up the charts. In March last year they released "Miracle" which turned into a banger of note for Calvin's Ibiza residency with a number of DJ's doing remixes of the track. Last week, Calvin and Ellie dropped their latest work, "Free" and while this one takes a slightly different approach, with its mellow start and Ellie'e soulful vocals which leads into a strong piano to the build up of the techno-pop sounds we're so used to from Calvin. The beat is suddenly kicked in and the track follows a high tempo but Ellie's vocals still seemed level as from the start and it works so beautifully. Definitely another great track from the UK duo and we hope there is more in the pipeline from them. 

Monday Choon: Genix & flowanastasia - Lights, Sound, Camera, Action

Genix finds himself featured again on the blog, the last time we featured him was after the release of his EP Warehouse55. The UK DJ and producer teams up with Ukraine born vocalist flowanastasia for his latest track "Lights, Sound, Camera, Action". The track is Genux through and through with that deep bassline with techno synths coming throughout the track. It has a 90's groove undertone that gives the track that catchy feel and add on the vocals, it's another banger from his bag of tricks. I'm sure we will be hearing more from Damion following this so keep an eye and ear out for him. 

Monday Choon: ilan Bluestone feat. EL Waves - Mama Africa

Above & Beyond opened their set at ASOT 900 in Utrecht with this track and ever since I couldn't get it out of my head so its only natural that I have it featured. It's yet another stellar production by UK DJ Ilan Bluestone along with EL Waves and pays a nice tribute to the African continent. The song is essentially about Africa being the mother of the world and the significance of it to the world. It would have been fitting if Above & Beyond opened their sets at Ultra SA with this one but I suppose they wanted to give the local crowds as much of their own music in the short space of time. Mama Africa is one of those tracks that just gets you in that right mood.