DA’s Best of the Rest: Thursday August 1st, 2013
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!
Watch This: Hardwell’s entire set from Tomorrowland 2013
Like many other festivals in his wake, Hardwell's late afternoon set on the first day of this year's Tomorrowland 2013 wowed crowds and took no prisoners. He opens with his new tune "Jumper" with W&W, and runs through a treasure trove of new IDs, private bootlegs and edits -- driving the the international Tomorrowland crowd into a full on frenzy of big room electro fun.
Ummet Ozcan & DJ Ghost – Airport (Original Mix)
After establishing himself alongside W&W on "The Code" - a track that defined this year's Ultra Music Festival - Ummet Ozcan teams up with another hopeful up-and-comer, DJ Ghost, for "Airport." In line with his recent solo outings and the track that established his name, "Airport" is littered with powerful synthwork and a bevvy of mini-breaks that stutter and groan throughout the 6-minute production. Poised for big room recognition, Ozcan's latest is takes off at a breakneck pace and doesn't slow down until it breaks the sound barrier in a flurry of super saws and momentous kicks.
Ultra Europe adds seven more names to its inaugural lineup
Ultra Europe touches down in Croatia for the first time on July 12th - 14th, bringing along with it the world's best electronic talent including Tiësto, Armin van Buurren, Avicii, Carl Cox, Luciano and more. Completing its 3-day lineup, Ultra Europe has added 7 new names to the already stacked roster. Adventure Club, Hard Rock Sofa, Jon Rundell, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, W&W, Danny Avila and Brass Knuckles are all heading out to Croatia for what promises to be the start of a very bright future for Ultra's destination music festival.
Armin van Buuren – This Is What It Feels Like (David Guetta Remix)
Before Armin van Buuren released his latest studio album, Intense, this past Friday, his lead single with Trevor Guthrie had swept the world with a remix from W&W. Today, “This Is What It Feels Like” has a slew of new remixes, most notably from David Guetta.
Good Morning Mix – Gregori Klosman’s Klosmania n°20
Gregori Klosman's 20th iteration of his successful podcast, Klosmania, serves as today's progressive electro wake up call. Not one to shy away from in your face big room blasts, Klosman jumps right into this mix with Arno Cost's "Head Up" sending it into a tailspin of larger-than-life chord play and heavy bass lines. Featuring tracks from up-and-comer Syn Cole, as well as new releases from the talented W&W, Tim Mason, Sultan & Ned Shepard, and Clockwork, the Frenchman puts together a pitch perfect snapshot of the last month or so's biggest releases.
Armin van Buuren & Markus Schulz put heads together for new ASOT600 anthem ‘The Expedition’
With every new ASOT tour comes a new ASOT anthem. As of this week, we're only four weeks away from first stop on Armin van Buuren's worldwide celebration of his 600th episode of the A State of Trance radio show. It's customary for Armin to recruit one of his many trance peers to produce an official anthem for the tour (last year was W&W's "The Invasion"), and this year Armin collaborated with big name American trance producer Markus Schulz to create "The Expedition."