Spring Awakening is set to return to Chicago’s Soldier Field this June, building on last year’s success and covering not two but three days, all while holding its own amongst the city’s packed summer festival schedule. With big names like Calvin Harris, Paul Oakenfold, and Boys Noize and 100-some other top acts besides, we’ve compiled the artists we simply can’t miss to help you solve the quandary of so many artists, so little time.
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The genre-defiant anthem from Showtek and Noisecontrollers has gone from one of the most heavily circulated tracks in recent memory to a solidified top track of 2013. “Get Loose” comes fresh with a remix from Tiësto, who ditches the status quo and toys with the bpm-shifting nature of the production. His rendition was one of the most played records at Ultra this year, months before the release date, and the hype has finally come to fruition.
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Want an easy way to make sure you are up to date on all the latest, best music? Dancing Astronaut takes a look at the top 10 tracks officially released in April and ranks them based on a combination of reader feedback, track quality, editorial preference & critical reception.
Dancing Astronaut wraps up April for you with another edition of our top 10 tracks of the month. April’s list features massive tracks from reader favorites Daft Punk, Showtek, Pryda and more. Not to be missed are also fantastic efforts from Sebjak, Marcus Schossow, Alesso, Dirty South, and more. Click past the break for our top 10 tracks of April!
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It was that time of year again — the end of April. The weather warms up, layers come off, grass becomes greener, and trees become fuller. In Bloomington, Indiana, however, thousands of students (both Indiana University students and visitors) prepare for Little 500 — and not just the bicycle race. Little 500 is notoriously renowned and envied as the greatest week of partying in college nation-wide, and it would become even greater when met by another powerful party force, one that even withstood Midwest tornado warnings and unbearable heat — dance music.
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Brother’s Wouter & Sjoerd Janssen are piled in the back of a car enroute to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. Today, the duo has unveiled their latest single “Get Loose,” a significant milestone in the footsteps of a duo whose street-credibility has been overtaken only by their festival-proofed sound of late. As a mainstay of the European hard dance circuit reborn as one of the globe’s more consistent peak time connoisseurs, their butterfly like movement from the days of “Analogue Players in a Digital World” to the gold-record racking “Cannonball” for Spinnin Records has never felt anything short of a genuine leap from two passionate club protagonists. They’ve sealed two albums, traded hard dance festivals to WMC, taken WMC by storm, even remixed Carly Ray Jespen. But as Dancing Astronaut learned in an exclusive interview, this is not a test: Showtek is here to elevate the peak time skyline like never before.
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One of electronic fans’ most desired parties, one of the nation’s hottest nightclubs, two of the hottest brands synonymous with dance music. Laidback Luke took his Super You & Me movement to LIV Miami last Wednesday with a young and talented roster that delivered refreshing sounds into the morning hours. The production packed club added inflatable superheros to its repertoire of blinding lazer myriads, powerful confetti blasters, and unique ornaments that dangle from the ceiling regularly.
The sights were enough to behold for your week’s stay in Miami, but the night’s music would keep ears ringing even on your flight home. Human senses aside, it was the opening DJs that made Super You & Me one of the most talked about events of Miami Music Week, as each artist offered invigorating variations of sound. Dancing Astronaut has the run down of the South Beach bash, the most notable drops of the night, and why each DJ fit into Luke’s squad of supporting superheros.
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On Wednesday afternoon, revelers flocked to Nikki Beach to experience the sights and sounds of the Spinnin’ Records Spinnin’ Sessions showcase. Headlined by Sander Van Doorn and mystery guests Moguai, Nervo and Sunnery James & Ryan Mariano, 18 acts took to the decks over a nine hour music marathon that saw everything from trap to pop, rounded out by a heavy dose of electro house.
The day saw Carnage drop “Incredible,” Michael Calfan unleash “Resurrection,” Cedric Gervais rediscover “Molly” and Showtek throw down on “Slow Down.” Not even a spell of pouring rain could put a damper on the festivities. As the day wore on and the tent filled with bikini-clad beat-seekers, we took a break between sets to catch up with some of the Spinnin’ team to give you their own version of a Spinnin’ showcase. Click past the break to check out our five questions for five Spinnin’ artists. (more…)
Dutch duo Showtek are back in full force and doubling the fun with their latest release. Out now on Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak imprint is the Crunk/Slow Down EP — an effort that shows that the producers still know how to raise hell through electro house. “Crunk” ratchets up the intensity, putting a slamming melody behind screaming lyrics that encourage the most fun kind of bad behavior. “Slow Down,” on the other hand, combines relentless beats, unsuspecting bridges and aggressive tones to change things up with a more instrumental offering. Definitely not lacking in energy, Showtek’s latest outing proves the brothers are full steam ahead.
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Axis is back, and this week we’ve got a massive set from none other than Showtek. These guys have put out some of the biggest tracks in recent memory, including “Cannonball” with Justin Prime, “Hey!” with Bassjackers, and “How We Do” with Hardwell, all of which are featured in Episode 35 of Dancing Astronaut Radio. For more, click past the break.
After releasing one of the most energetic tracks of late 2012 in “Cannonball,” Showtek has returned with Bassjackers for a colossal effort to ring in 2013. The collaboration brings hard style and heavy electro to fruition for a relentless, dance provoking tune that builds with a sparing melody and drops with ground pounding grit. Bassjackers’ signature sound can be sensed throughout and Showtek once again provides the force. Kick off 2013 with some flare and check out the “Hey!,” available now.
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