Amanda Mesa

What do you get when you combine hardcore electro with real dirty Dutch? Dangerous music for mature ears only. At least, that’s how we feel about “XXX,” the latest collaboration between Angger Dimas and Oliver Twizt. The single’s grinding electro leads create an edgy sound that interweaves perfectly with big-room beats and hard metallic bass...

Don’t you sometimes wish the party would never stop? It appears Dim Mak mogul Steve Aoki got tired of running into the same problem and, like many in today’s technological era, found a digital solution. Steve’s remedy comes to us in the form of his new Spotify app...

If you haven’t heard the name yet, you should definitely check out Proxy, one of Russia’s fastest-rising stars in the world of electro house and experimental techno. His sound is quite unlike anything else we’ve heard in a while—grating, edgy, dark, and quite inimitable...

Philadelphia-based Des Machons is one of the most recent additions to the Play Me family, and one of the most promising we might add. The up-and-comer brings the heat up front and full-force in his Welcome To the Jungle EP. Frenetic leads build dramatically only to fall away into eerie waves of down-tempo atmospheric bass...

It’s always exciting when we hear about a label launch by one of our favorite artists. This week, we’re especially eager to announce the launch of MOOD Records, founded by Nigerian-native and underground queen Nicole Moudaber. Intended to be platform for the best in underground sounds, MOOD will showcase up-and-coming talent alongside established names like Nicole Moudaber herself...

In case that enormous Live and Direct 3-CD series by Cr2 Records wasn’t enough to satisfy your pre-WMC musical needs, Cr2 has announced a massive collaboration between MYNC, R3Hab, and Nari &Milani. The single, entitled “#MiamiBackAgain,” is a high-octane energy-loaded thrill ride of a track...

As a native of Miami and a Hispanic through and through, I love me some tribal, and oddly enough, so do the Dutch. Born in the Netherlands, Gregor Salto knows how to bring the heat. His Dutch chart-topper with Dr. Kucho, “Can’t Stop Playing,” put his name on the map in 2004, and its been an uphill ascent ever since...

According to Dash Berlin, “Music is life,” (as the title of his second artist album indicates) and we think he’s got the right idea. His recent track, featuring vocals by UK artist Chris Madin, is as inspiring embodiment of this mentality...

Every now and then, collaboration comes along that ends up sounding like a match made in musical heaven. We often wondered what such a marriage would sound like between trance titan Armin Van Buuren and the swiftly rising Dutch duo W&W. Their recent collaborative work, “D# Fat,” is just as good (if not better) than we imagined...

Nobody saw it coming but we’re sure glad it did. Taking rising star and vocalist Nikki Williams's hypnotizing hit, “Glowing,” and throwing in some tidal waves of melody, Fedde Le Grand turns the original into a percussive high-octane remix that makes us want to jump up with arms outstretched...