Monday Choon: Martin Garrix & Sem Vox feat. Jaimes - Gravity

 

This weekend saw the Amsterdam Music Festival take place, a yearly event that attracts the best that the Netherlands has to offer in terms of electronic dance music. On Saturday at the main stage saw the reveal of this years number 1 DJ as voted by the fans in the DJ Mag Top 100 and it was a local which had the crowd present in raptures, it was none other than Martin Garrix, today's featured artist. It's his 5th time reaching the top of the charts and it's well deserved as he's been churning out some great music for us to listen to and his live sets are so well orchestrated, full of energy and just a pleasure to watch unfold. Last year at ADE Martin played a 3 hour set, this just goes to show his commitment and love for what he does. Today we feature his latest track "Gravity" in which he teams up with Sem Vox and Jaimes. It's a typical Martin Garrix track with high symphonic notes,  heartfelt vocals and a melody that will enchant you. 

Monday Choon: Beatsole - Before I Wake

Seeing that ASOT850 is still fresh in the minds of many, the sell out show in the Utrecht went to prove that trance is still alive and well in the industry. The show had performances by Ben Nicky, Gareth Emery, Purple Haze, NWYR and the legend himself, Armin van Buuren. While there were many stand-out songs, including the anthem by Ben Nicky, this song from Beatsole stood-out for me. Titled "Before I wake", the song by Beatsole featured on the ASOT Ibiza special for 2017 and for me is the epitome of trance music right now.

Monday Choon: Xplode Vs Shelter of Dash Berlin (Armin Mash-Up )

This past weekend saw the first of the ASOT 850 parties which took place in Utrech, Netherlands. Armin and friends performed to thousands who were present in an exhibition of sound, light and pyrotechnics. In celebration of this momentous event, we have a unique mash-up created by Armin himself as our featured track this week. Armin has a knack of created these eargasms for his sets and this is one in particular that he's featured quite often in his live sets, including a couple of weeks back at Ultra South Africa. I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I did. 

Monday Choon: Zonderling ft Mingue - Remedy

Martjin van Sonderen and Jaap de Vries are the Dutch DJ duo who make up Zonderling. Both are highly regarded producers in the Netherlands and have been doing great things on their own but earlier this year decided to combined their talents and the outcome has been spectacular. Tunnel Vision, a track that was released by them at the beginning of this year caught the attention of Don Diablo who then made a special edit of the track. The latest single from the two called Remedy which features Mingue on the vocals is our featured track of the week and was released last month, it was featured on the Ultra Miami aftermovie and is a future banger of note, just in time for the South African summer. 

Bucket Seat: Mike Williams ft. Brēzy - Don't Hurt

This young talented DJ and producer from Netherlands was featured a while back on the blog with his track that he collaborated with Tiesto. Mike Williams since then has been slowly gaining success on his own accord and his latest track featuring Brezy has shot up to number one in the Beatport Future House Chart. It's a great song with a mixture of deep house and techno, with the vocals just elevating it to a new level. He really does seem to be the next big thing coming out of the Netherlands with many of the legends in the industry tipping him so, so we'll keep a close eye on him. 

Monday Choon: Tiesto - Boom

It's not quite Monday but with most of the world having the day off yesterday, well the counties which the British colonized, we can pretend it is. Ultra Miami is the perfect place for new releases and many DJ's dropped their latest work, one of which being Tiesto who played his new song "BOOM" which he made in conjunction with Sevenn. He calls its Brazilian bass and it's pretty catchy and he seems to love it as he's been dropping it every where, most recently at the Kings Day Party in Netherlands. 

Monday Choon: Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (Tiesto AFTR:HRS Remix)

It's been about a year since Norwegian DJ Kygo first made his name on the EDM scene with his fresh new sound that was dubbed "tropical house" which was a fusion of electronic, house and the sounds of the Caribbean. He killed it on the Ultra Main stage and soon thereafter had much success world over. Fast forward a year later and he released a new track with Disney Superstar turn actress and singer, the gorgeous Selena Gomez. The track "It aint me" enjoyed some time in most of the charts but it got a special remix treatment from Tiesto which he featured on his AFTR:HRS compilation. Yes, I know, another track taken from that set, if I could I'd feature the whole damn thing on here, it is seriously that good and I can foresee many other tracks from there being released as singles. 

Monday Choon: Tiesto - On My Way

It's been a while since we last featured the Dutch maestro on the blog, it just goes to show the new talent that is making its way onto the circuit. Tiesto is back though, with his new song featuring Bright Sparks "On My Way". The song has been out for a while now with him dropping it just towards the end of last year and getting loads of play earlier this year. The official music video dropped last month and is pretty cool as it features fans from around the world who were selected to join the legend for his birthday at Hakkasan in Las Vegas. The fans were asked to vlog their journey to Vegas and meeting up with the DJ for his celebrations, its a nice feel good song to get your week going. 

Monday Choon: Jordy Dazz - Stamina

As we make our way into the final working week for some, its time to get things going with a fire track. Jordy Dazz the electronic dance producer from Rotterdam has released his latest offering called Stamina and it's already climbing the charts and has been featured on a number of podcasts so far. We have the official music video for the track here today.

Monday Choon: Sam Feldt & Deepend ft. Teemu - Runaways (Jay Hardway Remix)

Sammy Renders, better known by his stage name "Sam Felft" is due to be in our country in the coming weeks as one of the international headliners for this years Corona SunSets Festival in Cape Town. The Dutch Deep House DJ is becoming quite a well known name in the industry of late with him playing at most of the popular festivals and recently at the Amsterdam Dance Event. His latest single in which he teams up with Deepend and Teemu recently got the Jay Hardway remix treatment and is one of the featured remixes for the single. It gives the song great vibe and tempo and in true Jay Hardway style making it unique, 

Monday Choon: Estiva - Sun Goes Down

Steven Baan of the Netherlands, better known by his own stage alias Estiva has been around a for a fair bit on the electronic dance music scene. His music is unique in the sense that he has his own style and doesn't try to copy the norm. I'm a big fan of his music, hearing it first via the likes of ASOT and ABGT, his latest offering which we have featured today is reason enough to explain his style. Sun Goes Down has a bit of that 80's feel to it along with the trance vibes that just gets the groove going. 

Monday Choon: Above & Beyond feat Zoë Johnston - We're All We Need (ilan Bluestone Remix)

In celebrationn of ABGT200 which was held in the Ziggo Dome last weekend in the Netherlands, todays featured track is a remix of their single "We're all we need" which was released last year on their Anjunabeats label. Done by Ilan Bluestone, who  has done quite number of remixes of their tracks for ABGT200 but not many have been releaased yet. I actually wanted to feature another remix of his but its not out yet so we're going to have to wait for that one but this one is equally good even though it's over a year old. 

Monday Choon: Alpharock & 7 Skies - Pull The Switch

Alpharock most famously known for his track FAWL (From Amsterdam With Love) has teamed up with Skies for their brand new track "Pull the switch" and the official 0music video is out and we have it for you here today. Many probably have heard this track before as it's been played by many DJ's in their sets of recent, produced by Maxximize Records and the video done by Spinnin TV, it's a typical Alpharock video done in full animation which shows them flying through the world. It's another epic and catchy track by the Dutch DJ's.

                    

Monday Choon - Ultra Countdown: Afrojack - Unstoppable

Dutch record producer and remixer Nick van de Wall or better known by his stage name "Afrojack" is no stranger to the Ultra Music Festival with him being almost a a guarunteed headliner at the Miami leg. It will be his second Ultra South Africa with him performing at the first one in 2014. It's hard to believe his hit track featuring Eva Simons "Take Control" was released 5 years ago as it's still a crowd favourite today. 

He's been pretty busy since he last visited the country and has released many hit tracks, most of which you will be hearing during his set this year, one such track is this weeks featured song "Unstoppable" which basically epitomises him. The official video contains scenes from the Call of Duty game as he does feature on the popular first person shooter game sound track and also features scenes from his various shows he performed at, also lots of behind the scenes stuff which is pretty cool and gives you a glimpse into the life of a superstar DJ.

                             

Monday Choon: Alpharock - FAWL

Jeffery Lens, the 20 year old DJ from Ede in the Netherlands hasn't been the biggest name in EDM that's surfaced from that country but never the less he has been noticed now by today's featured track. FAWL is an acronym for From Amsterdam With Love, the music video is a pretty cool one as well, featuring the great city and many of its tourist attractions. 

                      

Monday Choon: dBerrie vs Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Zenith can't hold us (Dannic Mashup)

I should probably changed the name of this segment to "Mashup Mondays" because yet again we're featuring a quality mashup! This time its from Breda born DJ Dannic who is soon to visit our shores along with Hardwell in December. He hails from the same town as the legend Tiesto, so not sure if he's feeling the pressure but he sure is producing some good tunes. Today's featured choon is a mashup of the popular radio song "Cant hold us" by new comers Macklemore and Ryan Lewis combined with the track "Zenith" by dBerrie. Enjoy!