Dancing Astronaut’s Top 10 Essential Mixes of 2012
Every Saturday night at 1am in the UK, Pete Tong allows an artist of his choosing to take over the Radio 1 airwaves for two full hours. The Essential Mix is legendary and for many of these DJs and producers, the pressure feels immense. A stellar mix can shoot you to recognition, solidify a career, or facilitate a comeback. Although with the generous input of fans, Pete Tong does eventually crown an Essential Mix of the year himself (last year: Above & Beyond), we also put our heads together to decide on the ten mixes from 2012 that made us listen again, and again, and again.
Dance music world bids adieu to Martin Dawson
We were very saddened to learn today of the passing of Berlin-based, English house music producer Martin Dawson. According to our friends over at Resident Advisor, Dawson suffered a crippling brain aneurysm about ten days ago and was unable to recover. He has worked both on his own accord (as King Roc as well as Martin Dawson) and with Giles Smith as Two Armadillos. Dawson has consistently produced quality house music for the last decade and his presence will surely be missed in the dance music world.
Maceo Plex & Jon Dasilva – Love Somebody Else feat. Joi Cardwell (Original Mix)
In a relatively short career under his deep house moniker Maceo Plex, Eric Estornel -- who is also known to the techno world as Maetrik -- has shown a propulsive rise among the ranks of the underground elite. The highly anticipated collaboration between Maceo Plex and Jon Dasilva, "Love Somebody Else" -- which was debuted on Plex's Essential Mix back in Feburary -- is a deep house anthem of sorts.