French DJ/Producers Canblaster and Brodinski join forces to offer up a slice of techno heaven with their rework to Symphony Hall’s “One Night Stand.” The track features a rhythmic bass line with pulsating synth work throughout — perfectly underlining Jay Norton’s vocals. This year we’ve seen a lot of fresh techno material come out of France from labels like Brodinski’s Bromance, and in this case Marble Music. Enjoy this free download to close out your year and expect a lot more from this camp in the year to come.
2012 has been an exciting year for dance music, the scene has grown beyond any of our comprehensions, supplanting itself in popular culture, fueling the soundtrack of commercials, sitcoms, and even a Disney movie, and shaking the foundation popular culture by establishing a new wave of music consumer. At the forefront of everything have been the artists, the true pioneers of the electronic dance music wave. With a scene as large and expansive as EDM, it was hard to honor only 50 – for every David Guetta or Calvin Harris there are droves of aspiring bedroom producers all doing their fair share of pushing the movement — simply by creating and sharing their art. With the EDM explosion officially in full swing in 2012, we saw countless new artists emerge, seasoned producers experiment with new sounds, and massive collaborations form that made crowning the “best” artist a nearly impossible task.
We have run through the Biggest Tracks of 2012 and now we are ready to unveil our picks for the most influential artists of the year. From massive songs to record labels to phenomenal performances, producers have become the new rock stars of the music industry. Click below the break to see who we’ve chosen as the biggest artists over year — let’s start with rankings 50-41.
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Best of Instagram is a feature from Dancing Astronaut that showcases our favorite pictures from our favorite DJs on Instragram each week. This week, we’ve got gems from David Guetta, Chromeo, Steve Aoki, and more.
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From the moment that Brodinski and his manager Manu created their brainchild, Bromance Records, a new wave of French techno has been being forged by the likes of Gesaffelstein, Jacques Lu Cont, and a batch of other diverse acts. The label’s seventh release has been delegated to the boss man himself, and features a two-track EP entitled “Dance Like Machines” and “Hypnotize.”
As depicted in the artwork above, Brodinski proclaims the lead track on the EP “is the result of many hours spent in strip clubs,” adding that he’s “in love with those girls who give you pretty much everything by dancing.” “Hypnotize” is the more club-ready track, featuring bouncy acid techno making it out to be a bona fide dance floor pleaser. “Play it loud and you’ll see,” Brodinski demands.
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We know what you’re thinking – a summer mixtape as the forbidding weather of winter approaches? If you’re anything like us, the first sign of winter has us fantasizing about the far ahead summer months. Allow today’s Good Morning Mix from Bromance Records artist Louisahhh to turn things back a few pages. This thirty minute mix features the deeper, sexier pastures of house music — the exact sound Louisahh has been championing over the past few months. As a vocalist and producer, her works are present throughout the segment. Her collaborations with Brodinski on “Let The Beat Control Your Body” and “Nobody Rules The Streets” were big hits this summer — so if you missed them by chance, check the mix below. Full track list after the jump.
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Best of Instagram is a feature from Dancing Astronaut that showcases our favorite pictures from our favorite DJs on Instragram each week. This week, we’ve got gems from Hardwell, Diplo, Nervo, and more.
Do you want to have your photos included in our Best of Instagram feature? All you have to do to be eligible is use the hashtag “#astrogram” in your photo entry on Instagram. Keep your photos DA or dance music-related, and we’ll choose one user-submitted photo to include each week. Click past the break to see this week’s #astrogram contest winner.
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Today is Thanksgiving. It’s a time to give thanks for good health, good friends, good family, and, of course, good music. We thought we’d take the time to pay tribute to our favorite parts of dance music culture on this day of thanks, not only for the guys who slave over turntables while we get to party, but for the dance music scene in general and its constantly expanding fanbase. This one’s for the EDM acts that put their heart and soul into it, the clubs that go all out every night of the week, and the people who live and breathe house music. It’s the least we can do.
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In addition to being the poster children for France’s new breed of future techno, Bromance label-mates Brodinski and Gesaffelstein are well-known for their eclectic tastes in music. Trending toward the deep and dark, the two have featured no shortage of obscure cuts in their mixes, spanning genres from Latin dance to hip hop. The latter is well-represented early in this mix, which was billed as a glimpse into what the producers are listening to at home, as Evil Nine and Danny Brown’s trap-inspired “The Black Brad Pitt” precedes Lil Keke’s plodding “Southside.”
The musical journey continues through the dissonant ambiance of Zomby’s “Witch Hunt” and the glitchy simplicity of Dopplereffekt’s Kraftwerk-esque “Pornoactress.” Bromance signee The Hacker’s “Satori” finds its way on the mix, before Lil Gin’s brooding “Smooth Getaway” closes it out and leaves one wondering why all hip hop can’t be so techno-inspired and twisted. (more…)
Best of Instagram is a feature from Dancing Astronaut that showcases our favorite pictures from our favorite DJs on Instragram each week. This week, we’ve got gems from Deadmau5, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and more.
Do you want to have your photos included in our Best of Instagram feature? All you have to do to be eligible is use the hashtag “#astrogram” in your photo entry on Instagram. Keep your photos DA or dance music-related, and we’ll choose one user-submitted photo to include each week. Click past the break to see this week’s #astrogram contest winner.
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Best of Instagram is a feature from Dancing Astronaut that showcases our favorite pictures from our favorite DJs on Instragram each week. This week, we’ve got gems from Diplo, Nervo, Axwell, Dada Life, and more.
Do you want to have your photos included in our Best of Instagram feature? All you have to do to be eligible is use the hashtag “#astrogram” in your photo entry on Instagram. Keep your photos DA or dance music-related, and we’ll choose one user-submitted photo to include each week. Scroll down to see this week’s #astrogram contest winner.
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