We understand that Miami Music Week can be expensive and in an attempt to lighten that load we’re giving away yet another pair of tickets. Get your toes wet with the blonde-haired, blue-eyed NERVO vixens and Norman Doray, a man of similar aesthetics, at Hyde Beach on March 17th. Because we want you to have the best experience possible, one winner and a friend will get a pair of VIP tickets to the event. Enter for your chance to win below the jump – just remember, this isn’t the kind of party you can just get tickets to.
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!
To close out 2012, Dancing Astronaut Radio is back with a new episode filled with exclusive tracks. Norman Doray takes over this week, making his Axis debut on our 32nd episode. For more information and a complete tracklist, jump past the break.
Back in September at Electric Zoo, the Nervo twins tipped us off about a major release alongside Norman Doray, and an even bigger remix from Hard Rock Sofa. “Something to Believe In” came as a refreshing production featuring a soulful vocal from Cookie rather than Nervo themselves. Hard Rock Sofa take the anthemic topline for a ride, serving up a fair does of electro grunge, stamping their trademark on the collaboration. The Russian duo provides “Something to Believe In” with the edge you may have been yearning for, so grab their rendition on Beatport today.
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We shared Norman Doray and Nervo’s track “Something To Believe In” with you back in September, and now the remixes are starting to drip in. We’re lucky enough to share with you an exclusive of Russian duo Hard Rock Sofa’s take on the original big room tune. The pair chops and rearranges Cookie’s topline, giving the spotlight to a grungier, acid house 303 sound. Hard Rock Sofa shows they’re stepping a little bit outside of their comfort zone and it pays off.
We’ve come to expect a certain kind of sound when it comes to Nervo tracks, but their latest collaboration with Norman Doray is something refreshingly different. “Something To Believe In” doesn’t have the girls on vocals, but instead brings in Cookie for a soulful, anthemic topline. The video is shot at Neptunes Beach Club in the Hamptons and at Pacha NYC, showcasing an atypical — but enviable — lifestyle that admittedly looks pretty awesome. The track itself has old school disco vibes and feels like a very big tune. As the summer music season comes to a close, releases like this have us excited for fall.
A Size Records release is always exciting, especially when there is a veteren like Eddie Thoneick signing with Steve Angello for the first time. Thoneick joined forces with the skillful Norman Doray resulting in a big room progressive anthem. “Celcius” leads off with a simple yet effectual melody, which is nicely complimented with trembling bass lines. As the release of AN21 and Max Vangeli’s “People Of The Night” album draws closer Steve Angello still hasn’t stopped releasing countless quality tracks on Size, which has led his label to the top of the pyramid.
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As extreme competition defines both players and fans of the Euro Cup 2012, it’s nice to see a collaboration between the German and Frenchman, Eddie Thoneick and Norman Doray respectively. Coming off his last success “cialis cheapest
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man Doray’s remix kicks the original mix out of the water. Norman has been on absolute fire recently with his newest single “Leo.” He also recently teamed up with Laidback Luke and Arno Cost in “Trilogy,” needless to say, both tracks will be tearing the speakers apart in Miami next week. If there is one DJ you have to pencil in to see during Miami Music Week, make sure it’s this guy, because he puts on one hell of a show.
Norman Doray has quietly been having a solid year, his work alongside Laidback Luke and Arno Cost in “Trilogy” has gained him a full head of steam going into Miami Music Week. Don’t sleep on his bootleg of Chicane’s “Don’t Give Up” as well; Norman is one of the most under appreciated progressive stars and his latest release “Leo” is another solid production to add to his repertoire. The high pitched synths are featured everywhere throughout the track, the interesting part of it all is that Norman manages to still keep an underground feel that hasn’t been heard for a while.
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