Swanky Tunes return for their second Axis mix since we started 61 episodes ago. Lending their big room electro style to #34, the Russian trio’s latest Axis outing is a twelve track journey through some of the grittiest big room anthems EDM has to offer. Featuring their own personal bootlegs and tracks from Martin Garrix, Style of Eye, Hard Rock Sofa and more, Swanky Tunes kick your Friday morning off right; jumpstarting your day with a heavy dose of synthesized adrenaline. This cup of coffee is definitely not decaf.
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Dancing Astronaut radio host EEKO gets back behind the decks for our 60th anniversary Axis. In typical fashion, EEKO pieces together an interesting journey through 25 chart-topping productions and Dancing Astronaut exclusives. Jam-packed with EEKO’s own personal edits, Dancing Astronaut’s 60th is far from showing its age – maintaining a gripping big room backbone as it ebbs and flows between airy progressive melodies and teeth-kicking electro house. Let this one set your weekend off right, but be careful – finishing out your work day may prove impossible.
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Musical Freedom upstart Baggi Begovic joins the Axis family for its 59th installment. One of the many promising talents in Tiësto’s syndicate, Baggi curates a rousing hour of big room bangers, including 8 exclusive tracks and 3 unreleased tracks from the Musical Freedom mastermind himself. Opening with his massive collaboration with Tiësto, Mark Alston and Jason Tayler ”Love and Run,” Baggi sets a pace that doesn’t let up. Taking center stage in the mix, Baggi’s original “Compromise” explodes, only to be followed by a mash up of “If A Lie Was Love” and Tommy Trash’s “Cascade.” His remix of Avril Lavigne’s “HTNGU” is joined by another pop experiment, this time in the form of Rod Stewart’s “Sexual Religion” – a track that represents some of his best work to date. With Baggi’s career trajectory already aimed for the stars, this up-and-coming producer uses his Axis debut to show that he is already shining brighter than most.
Full tracklist after the break.
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Detroit-based producer Jimmy Edgar joins the Axis family for a special Wednesday edition of our podcast. Influenced by jazz, funk, street beat and R&B, Jimmy’s style is heavily derived from pitch bends, cut edits and strange experimental noise. For his hour and twenty minute gift to the Axis airwaves, Edgar works through a funk-fueled techno selection of his own productions and other originals from Bok Bok, Phuture, Errorsmith and more. Throw on your favorite pair of headphones and let Jimmy show you the inner-workings of a Detroit techno mastermind.
Full tracklist after the break.
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For a special Tuesday edition of Axis the lovely Helena graces our airwaves with an adrenaline packed hour of peak time floor shakers. Helena showcases her ear for mash-ups and quick transitions on her Axis debut, packing twenty tracks and mashes into her hour long mix. Maintaining an unrelenting pace throughout, the UK-born, Australian-bred DJ deftly assembles a high-energy set destined for repeat plays and party soundtracks. Shunning airy melodies in favor of some of today’s hardest-hitting cuts, Helena embodies the heavy electro mindset of Australia’s rowdy nightlife.
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The 52nd edition of Axis sees the return of the Pryda Friends imprint to our radioshow this time in the form of Jeremy Olander, whose recent release “Let Me Feel” was one of the most played tracks of Miami Music Week. Serving up a mix of nearly all originals, the Swedish upstart takes us through 11 productions that showcase both of his personalities – channeling his darker side as Dhillon with “Black Widoe” and “Dharma.” Cleanly mixed, the hour long journey moves through dark techno and bubbling progressive. Unfolding into a gripping soundscape of twisted synthesizers, Olander’s Axis debut soundly represents the Pryda Friends lineage.
Full tracklist after the break.
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For Dancing Astronaut’s 51st installment of Axis, the Afrojack-discovered trio Shermanology, treat our readers to an interesting hour of groovy cuts and unrelenting electronica. The tracklist here is expansive, dabbling in numerous genres and styles; from Mord Fustang’s “Taito” to Nom De Strip’s “Techno Saturday” and Nicky Romero’s “Symphonica,” Shermanology leave little to the imagination, piecing together a thunderous array of peak time charmers and aggressive electro. Track selections aside, the mix truly shines where the trio incorporates live vocals over some of today’s biggest productions, a first for Axis. Listen below and let Shermanology jump start your weekend, full tracklist after the break.
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Here at Dancing Astronaut we’ve come to know Jordy Dazz for his monster releases on Revealed records with tracks like “OMG”, “Claymore” and “Fuego,” and this week he’s giving our 48th episode of Axis a major jolt of adrenaline. The Dutch native’s 60-minute mix features 10 of his own personal re-works and mash-ups, or as he likes to call them ‘Dazz-ups’, and includes a sneak peak of his new track – “Bitrate” . It’s an explosive mix of big room and electro house that we know you’re going to enjoy, so give it a listen, add it to your iTunes, and get ready to rage.
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All month long Dancing Astronaut is bringing you a special Tuesday installment of Axis, showcasing some of the fastest rising stars in EDM. This week 16 year old Dutch producer Martin Garrix graces the decks. Like Shreddie Mercury before him, young Martin manages to make the most of his 30 minute time slot – packing the mix full of exclusives and unreleased tracks you won’t hear anywhere else. For the first time listeners will get a chance to hear his collaboration with TV Noise, as well as his remix of Daddy’s Groove “Stellar”. Demonstrating exquisite productions that sound well beyond his years, Martin Garrix is poised to have a big year in 2013. Listen to Martin’s fantastic mix below and click after the break for the full tracklisting.
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On a special Tuesday edition of Axis, Shreddie Mercury stops by to deliver a 30 minute minimix of both his own heavy electro mashups, original remixes and some of the hardest hitting tracks of the last few months. After winning Zedd’s “Spectrum” remix contest, Shreddie put himself on the map as an up-and-coming complextro producer whose unique approach to blaring synthesis resulted in him once again being commissioned to remix the complextro kingpin on “Clarity”. The track charted for 3 weeks post release and made Shreddie the obvious choice to support Zedd down in Puerto Vallarta for Electro Beach’s Spring Break party later this month. There is no shortage of style here, as Shreddie ignores any call for subtlety – stuttering and chopping his way through 19 tracks of bone-rattling electro.
Tracklist after the break.
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