I am a huge Disclosure fan. Their Pop garage/Deep house style is an upbeat and unique style that has yet to disappoint me. You & Me is one their newest releases that for me was an instant tune. Trap master Baauer has taken it an added his own “future” bass/break/trap take on it and it really works. I like the tempo change and Baauer’s choice of sound for the track. Check it out!
We’ve heard these trips into the storied past of dance music before. Morgan Geist collected his random assortment of crate-curated Italo-Disco gems on 2004’s Unclassics.
In 2007, The Canseco’s spliced together an infamous mash-up of a decade’s worth of Saturday Night Fever on their Juiced! mixtape. But neither of those releases comes close to carrying the odd, precocious level of respect that Daft Punk bring to their new, much-hyped album, “Random Access Memories”.
The album’s thesis statement arrives squarely on Track 3, “Giorgio on Moroder”. Synthesizer legend Giorgio Moroder talks frankly about his goals of creating the future of music. The accompanying soundtrack breaks down to Giorgio’s miraculous realization: that a simple click track and arpeggiated synths constituted the realm of the new.
It’s been over 40 years since Giorgio worked with Donna Summer on disco classics like “Love to Love You Baby”, and here, squarely in the present, he is honored as the revolutionary hero he should be.
Longtime Daft Punk fans will remember the track “Teachers” from 1997’s Homework. On it, French twenty-somethings Guy-Manuel Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter set shout-outs to everyone from Brian Wilson to George Clinton to a simple 808 beat.
But since their debut, Daft Punk has ascended from naïve button-attackers -
- to Disney feature film-soundtrackers.
So. they don’t have to send shout-outs to their heroes, now they can employ them. Look no further than the hearty presence of Chic’s Niles Rodgers, whose whip-smart steel guitar brings some serious Le Freak to his trio of songs.
Paired with Michael Jackson mainstay Paul Jackson Jr., or members of the Australian rock band Sherbet, Daft Punk hasn’t sounded this fresh in years, something that allows them to travel down paths to funk and prog-rock they’ve never explored before.
In an era obsessed with the new, it can become routine to constantly explore what’s next, so much so that we can forget where all this new music actually began. Sometimes we need to slow down and peer into the past. Random Access Memories gives us all a perfect excuse to do just that.
Okay, get going. Daft Punk gave you homework.
-Adam Reck
Two power house trance names, 3 men all together, align to produce a truly pure uplifting new track titled “Brilliant People.” Giuseppe Ottaviani and Aly & Fila’s collaboration has a gorgeous sound, high on bpms and sure to be making you feel high on life. These are some of my favorite producers in the game and they are keeping the trance sound that I love alive. Check out the preview! This track will be released on GO’s newest EP set to be released later this month. Enjoy.
Nu Disco and Disco house are slowly becoming some of my favorite favorite styles of music. I love the old school sound incorporated with some electronic influences. I has Classixx on my listen to see at Ultra this year and ended up just missing them because of their noon set time. I am determined to see them at some point because these guys absolutely bring the groove. This is one of their newest track “All You’re Waiting For’ that comes complete with complimenting vocals by Nancy Whang. Everything goes hand in hand with this track. Take a listen! Also are a few of their other songs if you want to check them out. They’re worth your time for sure! Enjoy!
Check out the two new bootlegs from LarryN. So far on CMB, we’ve provided a few mixes that LarryN has put together. With a taste for house and trance, LarryN has a tasteful knowledge for music and it shows in both his mixes and now his bootlegs. Wanna Be Champs and You and Beachball both have unique sounds. The track compliments each other on both bootlegs and I think you all will enjoy! Check them out!
Oh wow. AMTRAC brings some serious grooves with his latest edit on Bondax’s “Gold.” A deep bass-line that overflows with sexual tension. I can imagine this track consuming the dance floor, slipping between the smoke and bodies that fill clubs in the early hours. AMTRAC has such a unique style and this edit is a great example. I love this track and definitely recommend giving it a listen. Free Download as well! Enjoy!
Trance Family. Eddie Bitar’s Set from Mental Asylum night this past weekend is absolutely massive. If you’re not familiar with Mental Asylum, they are a label in the trance world representing some of the hardest, fastest and most proper of the trance genre. This night was a night full of BPMs. Although it took place in Poland, these sets are a great way to take in what Eddie Bitar and the Mental Asylum Label have to offer. Sets like this let me know that trance is alive and well. Unreal set. Check it out and download for free!
01. Major7, Vertical Mode – MajorMode (Original MIx) [Iboga Records]
02. Josh Wink – Higher State Of Consciousness (Major7 Remix) [Iboga Records]
03. Captain Hook – Human Design (Major7 Remix) [Iboga Records Trance]
04. Vertical Mode – Lazer Shot (Original Mix) [HOMmega]
05. Sub6 and Vertical Mode – Uprising (Original Mix) [HOMmega]
06. Ectima, E-Clip – Crowd Control (Original Mix) [Perfecto]
07. Above & Beyond – Sun & Bulldozer (Ben Nicky 140bpm Headf__k)[CDR]
08. Eddie Bitar – Juggernaut (Original Mix) [Mental Asylum]
09. Bryan Kearney – Balls To The Wall (Eddie Bitar Remix) [Mental Asylum]
10. Eddie Bitar feat. Gabriela Canales – Home (Original Mix) [Mental Asylum]
11. ID – ID
12. Peter Plaznik – Operator Bandit (Eddie Bitar Remix) [Mental Asylum]
13. Eddie Bitar – Rollercoaster (Original Mix) [Mental Asylum]
14. David Moleon vs Ferry Corsten – Punkikeno (Bryan Kearney’s European Vacation SMASH-UP) [CDR]
15. Gary Maguire – Beer Goggles (Original Mix) [Discover]
16. David Moleon – Red Mol (Original Mix) [Red Ribbon]
17. Vertical Mode – Deep Vibration (Original Mix) [HOMmega]
18. Sub6 – Free Faller (Outsiders Remix) [HOMmega]
19. P. Diddy – Let’s Get Ill (Delerious Remix) [CDR]
20. Cortex – The Unborn (Original Mix) [Goa Records]
21. Cortex – Chemical Synapses (Original Mix) [Geomagnetic]
