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This latest track from Electric Joy Ride is that kind of vibing retro dance music you might be missing in your life. Referred to genre-wise by the British DJ as “Happy Noise”, on “From The Start” we see Jonny Thomson turning up some glittery synths and sunny sensation...

In the aftermath of rocking Lower Manhattan venue Santos Party House until nearly 4 A.M. this past Saturday night with a raging big room set, this Brooklyn based DJ continues to amaze with this chilly new mix of Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools” entitled “Swimming in West Egg”...

The latest release coming through Amsterdam’s glitzy MixMash Records finds Dutch tech house DJ Rene Amesz up to his old dirty tricks with his first official offering of 2013. The grooving bass drop of the title track, “Rock With Me”, will likely induce some head bobbing and other swagging, leaving you totally unprepared for Amesz’s “Rock With Me (Rework) that quickly descends into some trill moom

Stonebridge is working with an updated and appealingly techno sound on “Music Man” that will have you trancin’ in no time. After remixing tracks for Britney Spears and Taio Cruz, in addition to scoring a Grammy nomination for his remix of Ne-Yo’s ‘Closer’, Stockholm based DJ Sten Hallström has been concocting some hip original house mixes...

A particularly tasteful selection from disco girl group First Choice’s phat catalog, this 1979 disco tune is getting the royal remix treatment 34 years later from Netherlands native Beauriche. Often featured on France’s #1 dance music radio station, the very chic Prysm Radio, Beauriche speeds up the chunky funk of the original that results in some silky smooth disco fever...

A native of icy Minneapolis, Gigamesh’s sound is colder than ever with this haute discolicious number “Don’t Stop”. Coming off of the release of his incredible Solé Fixtape Vol. 5 last month, this sly new tune serves up cunning outer space vibes that might have you feeling like you woke up on a red lighted dance floor in Amsterdam...

Originator of the “Ratchet Anthem” and all around trapstar Butch Clancy has just dropped his latest tune “The Turn Up”, and it should come as no surprise that it’s another certified hood classic. Coming at you straight out of Detroit, this track sees Butch getting a little more reserved and sophisticated with his trap sound, with a cold staccato drop that goes in like hot sauce...

At the ripe age of 20 years old, Rockie Fresh has been making moves on the underground circuit and is certain to gain some new street cred rapping over a low key trapped out beat by Montreal based showstopper Lunice. Rockie’s easy flow sounds nice over Lunice’s spacey ruffling instrumental, but its hard not to have the beat outshine the rapping when you have one of the hottest producers in the ga

Notorious for his work on rap instrumentals for superstars like Kanye West, Eminem, and Diddy, New York based producer Just Blaze has just dropped a saucy dance track titled “BEHOLD! (exhibit J)”. The laid back synth build up and bossy piano chords make for a nice shimmering house groove...

The latest official remix of Nicky Romero & Nervo’s progressive house righteous jam “Like Home” is via the breezy dubstep sound of Portuguese dubstep duo Karetus. The low key electro intro will have you rockin out from the get go, followed by an all over the place drop that shows off André Reis and Carlos Silva’s dazzling sound design skills...