Best of the Rest is a daily feature from Dancing Astronaut that recaps the most important posts of the day as well as the stuff we didn’t get to. With the rapidity that dance music news and releases come out it’s difficult for us to hit everything — we hope BOTR serves as a catch-all. Make sure to check it out at the end of each day to ensure you don’t miss anything!
Afrojack is making a statement for his year to come, closing out 2012 with a serious bang. As the lead single off his upcoming artist album, the Chris Brown collaboration “As Your Friend,” begins to crash the airwaves, Afrojack has unleashed his remix for Keane. Much like Alesso’s spin on “Silenced By The Night,” Nick has taken “Sovereign Light Cafe” head on, crafting one of his biggest records of the year. Keane’s vocal leads the way for euphoric production, building with light waves of synths and jabs of enchanting chords before the climax takes hold and induces an out of body listening experience.
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Best of the Rest is a daily feature from Dancing Astronaut that recaps the most important posts of the day as well as the stuff we didn’t get to. With the rapidity that dance music news and releases come out it’s difficult for us to hit everything — we hope BOTR serves as a catch-all. Make sure to check it out at the end of each day to ensure you don’t miss anything!
So it seems that “Air Guitar” won’t be Afrojack’s final release of 2012. Instead, it will be his remix of Keane’s “Soverign Light Cafe,” which may turn out to be his largest scale production since “Can’t Stop Me.” Much like Alesso did for “Silenced By The Night, Afrojack turns the alternative rock track into an anthem of its own. Crafty, progressive chords escalate atop Keane’s vocal and rhythmic kick-drum before Afrojack puts his stamp on the drop, declaring his latest production larger than life. Afrojack’s rendition of “Sovereign Light Cafe” will be released December 24th exclusively on Wall Recording, and look forward to his take on “Gangnam Style” to be released soon as well.
Alesso’s latest remix of Keane’s “Silenced By The Night” was supposed to be out a few days ago, but you know the saying: good things come to those who wait. As we observed about a month ago when he gave us an official preview of the track, Alesso preserves the integrity of Keane’s uplifting vocal while adding a tranquil blend of synth undertones that make the track big but not overwhelming. This is pretty much par for the course with what we’ve come to expect from Alesso, who has just been smashing it lately, with an enormous Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 and countless huge shows with his mentor (and manager) Sebastian Ingrosso. We’re not sure what’s next for Alesso, but we’re already looking forward to hearing what his next release will be. Just don’t make us wait years for “Years,” okay?
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Alesso has been on quite the streak lately, “Calling”
was huge, “Years” will be huge, and he just had an impressive Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 (not to mention an appearance at Masquerade Motel). He’s just unveiled a preview to his latest remix, a tranquil, uplifting take on Keane’s “Silenced By The Night.” The harmonious blend of synths and gentle vocals combine for a decidedly laid-back track, which takes us back to the “Heiress of Valentina” days. That’s not to say the track isn’t big — because it is. This is just the kind of house music you can get away with playing by the pool all summer while your parents are still awake. The last person we said that about? Avicii.
Update: Alesso just announced on Facebook that the track will be released on May 9th!
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