Of Live Shows, Mad Music and Pigs

Yeah I got him to pose. (With a lil help from a friend)

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Last week we saw Ummet Ozcan live. And it was a mad time! He played a nice progressive set and for me, the highlight of his set was Reboot. That track totally made my night. xD


Here's a small souvenir of sorts -->

So its been a long time since I last posted. I've been meaning to post for a while now. I had decided that rather than making one huge post, Id do a series of smaller posts as and when I get good new stuff. But that never happened.

So yeah, heres another post with a bunch of songs that I've really enjoyed in the last couple of months and some that are fresh out the oven (excuse the pun!).

Flash - Gareth Emery & Ben Gold
Super melodic!

In The Air (Extended Mix) - Sultan & Ned Shepard, Morgan Page & BT ft Angela McCluskey

I think the artists say it all. Very nice prog.

Glad You Came - The Wanted

Catchy track.

Rabiosa - Shakira ft Pitbull

Shakira kills it in the vid!

Champagne Showers ft Natalia Kills, Sexy & I Know It, All Night Long - LMFAO

Pretty much the usual LMFAO. Their album's pretty much the usual electropop.

Sunrise (Extended Vocal Mix) - Marcel Woods

I love this track!!!

Club Paradise - Drake

This just dropped. Pretty good!

Shine (Original Mix) - Alex Q

Beautiful progression on this one.

Run - The Knux ft KiD CuDi

This has a super catchy chorus!

Cheers (Drink To That) - Rihanna

Drink to that!

Without You - Usher

Produced by Guetta. Nice for a change. :P

No but seriously, Guetta was way repetitive in the middle for me and this was a change for good.

The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Maximal Crazy - Tiesto

Ok this is a MONSTER track!!

First Of The Year (Equinox) - Skrillex

The End (Original Mix) - Tommy Trash

Funky house..

Lunar (Original Mix) - David Guetta and Afrojack

Another good house track. And again not the repetitive Guetta.

Tha Carter IV - Lil Wayne

Mr. Carter just dropped this album. Its pretty good. Here are some of my faves of the album -

She Will ft Drake

How To Hate ft T-Pain

Mirror ft Bruno Mars

So Special ft John Legend

My Last - Big Sean ft Chris Brown

This has been around a while. Chill track nonetheless.

Ocean Drive - Wale ft Magazeen, Tre & Black Cobain

Reggae feel!

Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People

Otis - Jay-Z & Kanye West ft Otis Redding

The BIGGEST collab album out now! I have not yet heard the full album. I will get back to you with that.

Set Fire To The Rain - Adele

Adele- do I need to say something?

Rain Over Me - Pitbull ft Marc Anthony

Everyone seems to really like this track. Its alright.

Say Yeah - Jay Sean ft Lupe Fiasco

Oliver Twist - D'Banj

Naija music!! :D. This song went mental on Youtube owing to a dance competition set up by the Mo'Hits crew. Mad beats.

Running (1000 Miles) - T-Pain

Very uptempo. "Gimme back my carrrrrrrr!"

No Regrets - Dappy

One of those songs with deep meaning behind the lyrics.

Far Away - Tyga ft Chris Richardson

Nothing Really Matters - David Guetta ft Will.I.Am

Definitely a nice song for a club. Nothing really matters but the beat.

Sunshine - Avicii & David Guetta

Guetta seems bent on breaking the stereotype. Nice collab.

The Way We See The World - Afrojack, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike & Nervo

Lineup says a lot. Pretty good track.

Some I forgot...And I don't know how..

Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes ft Adam Levine

"If I could only find the note to make you understand..."

Move Like Jagger - Maroon 5 ft Christina Aguilera

Very fun!

Broadway (Original Mix) - Dj Antoine & Mad Mark

Kate - Arty

Arty is taking the dj world by storm!! And he's just 21. Or is it 22? You get the picture!

Headlines - Drake

Sick flow.

Faking Love (Electro Mix) - Albin Myers

This is pretty chill..

In the words of Porky Pig- That's all folks! :P (For real.)

Stay tuned for some mad stuff and more updates on Sunburn.

Keep it real.

Peace

Soulfully Yours.

Hello, beautiful people!

I will be publishing a new post today by a very good friend - Poorna. She has been my saviour when it comes to r&b music ever since I have unconsciously converted myself into a trance head.

Check out what she's got and enjoy!

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Here’s a list of songs I’ve been swaying to recently. Seems like forever since I’ve heard some good music! Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do!

(P.S-I’ve got most of these tracks since about a month or two now, So, I’m not gonna be surprised if you guys already have these songs-if you don’t GET THEM NOW!)

· Castle Made of Sand- Pitbull Ft Kelly Rowlkand & Jamie Drastik

Something pulls me back to this song. Don’t know what. I guess it’s one of those songs that grow on you overtime.

· Come & Go –Pitbull ft Enrique Iglesias

Mad tune

· David Guetta-Bass line

THIS is addiction. Can’t get enough of this one! Transcends you to new level!

· Dj Greenstorm-Somewhere over the rainbow-Remix2011

Once the beats drop-It’s pretty crazy. The vocals are an annoying distraction in the middle.

· David Cook- Check out his new album-Songs I like- Fade Into Me, Hard to Believe, We Believe

· Far East Movement Ft Snoop Dogg- If I was you

Take a sec, Hear me out, If you still don’t get it, Lemme spell it out. OMG you so sexaaay.

· Ramzi-I wanna Dance Tonight

Don’t know this artist, but cute song. Sounds like the songs we heard as kids. Very retro-ish.

· Drake- Independent Queen

♥

· Skylar Grey-Invisible.

Her voice!

· Clinton Sparks ft Jordan Knight -Lets go Higher

Nice, but in the middle it’s a little messy.

· David Guetta ft Taio Cruz & Ludacris- Little Bad Girl Smasher!

· LMFAO- Put that ass to work

· LMFAO Ft Lisa- ALL Night Long

Its soo catchy! On Loop!

· Swedish House Mafia, Jeremiah& 50cent-Clinton Sparks

One down on me<3

· Pitbull ft Nicola Fasano-OYE Baby

· David Guetta & Afrojack ft Carmen- Pandemonium

· Pitbull-Pause- Stop.Drop.Pause.

· Jason Derulo Ft Iyaz- Popular

Cute.

· Benny Benassi Ft Pitbull-Put it on me

· Bob Sinclair ft Ben Onono- Rainbow of love

Reminds me of Over the Moon introduced to us by P!

· LMFAO ft Calvin Harris -Reminds me of you.

I love the way it starts.

· Nicole Scherizinger Ft 50Cent

Very Catchy.

· Chris Brown-Should’ve Kissed You

Smooth Track. Typical Chris Brown.

· Pitbull- Something for the Dj’s

· Prezioso & Marvin-The Riddle

♥ the tune

· Nadia Ali-When it Rains

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We might be having a new guest post on dubstep soon! Keep watching this space!

Connect those headphones, and have fun!

Until next time,

:)

World Music Day! Whattup!

So I know it's been a while. The usual shits been up. Work, exams etc. But of course we couldn't let the holiest of holy days (:P) - World Music Day, go by without any sort of acknowledgement. So here's a mega post with a bunch of tracks I've been listening to lately. Old and new both. I haven't written the usual one liner about every track but that doesn't mean they suck. I can be lazy.

Look at that! The World is dancing! LOL! :P

Promises (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Love Remix) - Andain

This has got to be one of my favourite tracks in the genre. There's a remix by Gabriel & Dresden that's awesome too.

Welcome To My Hood (Remix) - Dj Khaled ft T-Pain, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Mavado, Birdman,

Ace Hood, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Bun B, Game & Waka Flocka Flame

Yes, that is the lineup! Never ending like! Mad track. Busta MURDERS this track in my opinion.

Downpipe (Original Club Mix) - D.Ramirez & Mark Knight vs Underworld

No Sleep, The Race, Roll Up, The Thrill (Walking On A Dream) - Wiz Khalifa

Four separate tracks. As you might guess, Wiz is definitely high on my list of rappers.

Till I'm Gone - Tinie Tempah ft Wiz Khalifa

Mad collab. I wish we heard more of Wiz but still mad track. Tinie Tempah is another mad artist.

Turbulence (Original Mix) - Laidback Luke & Steve Aoki ft Lil Jon

Fairly old but insane party track!!

How To Love - Lil Wayne

You'll have to hear this to believe it. Lil Wayne on a soft rock track.

Man Down - Rihanna

Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO ft GoonRock & Laura Bennett

Don't miss this! They got me shufflin'! :P

I'm Fly - Donae'o

Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Extended Remix) - Deadmau5

Madeon is a 17 yr old DJ from France. Mad props!

I Would (Original Mix) - Dirty Doering

This is bliss!

If I Was You (OMG) - Far East Movement ft Snoop Dogg

Hollllerrrrr!

Wonderfooled (Original Mix) - SHato & Paul Rockseek

I Like Chopin - Joonas Hahmo

Heart Is King (Original Mix) - Axwell

Twitter blew up when Axwell performed this track. Endless tweets. It is definitely that good!

Heart Is My Religion (Blake Jarrell Mashup) - Axwell vs R.E.M.

This works. I like it.

Danza Kuduro - Don Omar ft Lucenzo

Straight off the Fast 5 OST, mad dance track.

Spaceship - Tinchy Stryder ft Dappy

Motherlover - The Lonely Island ft Justin Timberlake

These guys are too funny. Hilarious track.

Superman - Mat Zo

Pure melody. 

Another World (Shogun Remix), Light The Skies (Armin Van Buuren Intro Edit) - Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren

Miz featured a couple of tracks by this group. Here's a couple more. Love Jaren's vocals.

Fuck Food - Tech N9ne ft Lil Wayne & T-Pain

HR 8938 Cephei - Deadmau5

This has been out a while now. Classic Deadmau5. Very reminiscent of Strobe.

Dear Anne (Stan Part 2) - Lil Wayne

Marvin's Room - Drake

Rolling In The Deep - Mike Tompkins

This kid is mad. Be sure to check out the vid on Youtube.

Top Of The World - The Cataracs ft Dev

Pretty sick dance track.

Lifted (Mat Zo Remix) - Tritonal ft Cristina Soto

La-la-la-lifted! ♫♪ d-_-b

I'm Into You - Jennifer Lopez ft Lil Wayne

Right There - Nicole Scherzinger ft 50 Cent

And in the spirit of World Music Day, here are a few songs from Nigeria and India.

Bhaag DK Bose - Delhi Belly

Ainvayi Ainvayi - Band Baaja Baraat

Character Dheela - Ready

Wizparty - Wizkid

Attention - 2-Shotz & Brymo

Mad track.

Joor Oh (Remix) - JahBless  ft Ice Prince, Reminisce, Durella, Ruggedman & eLDee

A major part of this is in Yoruba. But sick track nonetheless.

This college I went to today had like a jam session in their main area for all the students to celebrate. How would you celebrate World Music Day? Here's my small contribution to it. 

On a completely unrelated note, blog walkers piss me off. The shout box is for you guys to post your opinion (which none of you'll do. x/)


Until next time.

Peace

Lights

Sup?

I started working! Which is a major reason as to why I've not had time to post. Apologies. This post has been in the making since a while now. So a lot of the tracks are relatively older. But still definitely worth checking out!

Moment 4 Life - Nicki Minaj ft Drake

Minaj and Drake are a deadly combination. Great song.

Mr Endowed Remix - D'banj ft Snoop Dogg
D'banj repping nigeria on this one!

Wet - Snoop Dogg

Snoop doing his thing for the ladies.

I Need A Doctor - Dr Dre ft Eminem & Skylar Grey
After Kush and this track, I'm actually waiting to see what Dr Dre's album is gona sound like.

Lost In The World - Kanye West
Catchy track.

All Of The Lights - Kanye West ft Rihanna, Elton John & V.A

Dope track. The video's really crazy.

E.T - Katy Perry ft Kanye West
Something slightly disturbing about this song that's pretty cool.

Syllables - Eminem ft Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Cashis & Stat Quo
Good song. Em delivers. The rest of them don't disappoint either.

Last Night - Ian Carey ft Bobby Anthony & Snoop Dogg
I'm sure regular party people can relate to this. :P

Zingarinho - Mossano
Crazy fusion. Gets you dancing.

One More Time - Akon
Akon produced by Guetta yet again. As Michelle said, they need to stop. It's getting predictable.

Bumpy Ride - Mohombi
Mad addictive song.

Best Love Song - T-Pain ft Chris Brown
Nappy boy & Pretty boy tearing it up! Gotta love it.

Black & Yellow - Wiz Khalifa

Wiz is awesome. This song has become anthemic. So many remixes. Check out the G Mix as well. It's mad!

Flying High - Chipmunk

Something bout this song I like!

Call My Name (Original Mix) - Sultan & Ned Shepard ft Nadia Ali
It seems like Sultan's not going to let down. Yet another mad track!

Autosave (Original Mix) - Fedde Le Grand ft Patric La Funk
This is one pretty trippy track!

Astronomia (Original Mix)  - Toni Igy
Definitely the trippiest track I've heard in a while. This tends to get stuck in your head. Go crazy! do.Ob 

Give Me Everything - Ne-yo
Ne-yo crooning to the ladies as usual. The only difference on this is that it's produced by Afrojack, which means mad beats. Don't miss the remix with Pitbull on it! 

Control Room (Original Club Mix) - Fedde Le Grand

This is not bad.

Lights - Ellie Goulding
Original is alright. Theres something bout her voice I love. The Eyes Dubstep remix and WIRED Dubstep remix are also mad!

Skyfire - Shogun

Crazy track. I love the drop! Shogun's on a hot streak!

Libertine - Mark Otten

Mark Otten's been around a while now. This track is one of the first I've heard by him. Loved the distorted vocals.

In The Sunshine - Disfunktion ft Max'C

The original mix of this track is high energy. Pumps up! Check out the Don Palm & Johan Wedel Remix as well. Nice prog on it. Shoutout to Niv for this track.

Status Excessu D - Gaia

This is the official track of ASOT 500. Pretty good.

That's all for now.

In other news, BIG UPS to AVB for ASOT! 500 episodes. 10 years. Thats a big achievement. Be sure to catch ASOT 500 live. Also, look out for ASOT 2011. 

Peace.

Pause. Playback, Rewind.

Sup?

Happy New Year! (Very late I know.) 

It’s been a while. I always seem to be saying that these days. Lol. So I couldn’t do my regular post before the holidays with all the party music.  So I’m gonna make up for that with one huge post. :)

Arshad is covering most of the trance stuff so I’ll be focusing on the rest of it. I'm also including some Nigerian songs in that. So it’s quite the mixbag. Enjoy!

1.  I Need Air - Magnetic Man ft Angela Hunte

This one  is quite a chilled out track. Smooth vocals and nice beats. Magnetic Man is made up of three dubstep djs, Benga, Artwork and Skream. Be sure to check out the album. Pretty crazy sounds on it. Got everything on it. Not just dub.

2.  Tonight - Enrique ft Ludacris

Well this track is pretty popular. There’s an explicit version and a mild one. I duno why it is that girls love this track, the explicit version that is. If a guy said that to a girl, he’d prolly get slapped. I guess it’s cuz it’s Enrique. :S

3.  Mojo So Dope - KiD CuDi

This is off his new album MOTM II- The Legend of Mr. Rager. Love the chorus.

4.  Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce

Nice dance track. Samples Boney M’s “Gotta Go Home”. Duck Sauce is Armand Van Helden and A-Trak.

5.  Mr. Right Now - Pitbull ft Akon

“I’m never gonna be your Mr. Right but Imma be your Mr. Right Now”. Pretty much what you’d expect.

6.  International Love - Chris Brown ft Pitbull

Again, what you’d expect.  Mid-fast club track.

7.  2gether - Far⋆East Movement & Roger Sanchez ft Kanobby

Mad club track. Sanchez provides some nice beats.

8.  Rocketeer - Far⋆East Movement ft Ryan Tedder

Nice song. Easy listening.

9.  M.I.2 - M.I

Ok so this is not a song. It’s the album. M.I is this mad rapper straight out of Jos, Nigeria. Got easy flow and some good lyrics. According to some, he’s the biggest rapper in Naija right now. Check it out. Couple of songs worth mentioning are -

Action Film

Number One ft Flava

10.  Jonzing World - D’Prince ft Wizkid & Jesse Jagz

This is a cool track.

11.  Kush - Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg & Akon

Old school hip hop is not dead! Dope track! For the potheads. xP

12.  Right Through Me - Nicki Minaj

Slow track. Minaj is good as usual.

13.  I’m So Hot - Disco Superstars

The beats get me moving everytime.

14.  Yeah Yeah Yeah (Electro Mix) - Spencer & Hill

Crazy club track.

15. Tomorrow (Give Into The Night) - Dmitri Vegas, Dada Life, Like Mike & Tara McDonald

Fairly old. But nice club track.

16.  Bromance (The Love You Seek) - Tim Berg

Nice progression on the original mix. And Avicii’s Extended Vocal Mix has nice vocals.

17.  I Just Had S*x - The Lonely Island ft Akon

Ok so this is just a funny song. The Lonely Island are a parody hip hop troupe.

18.  Hold Your Hand - R2Bees ft Wande Coal

African Banger. Love this song. R2Bees are Ghanian and Wande Coal is Nigerian.

19.  Don’t Dull - Wizkid

Catchy track once you listen to it. I sing along with it now.

20.  Beautiful People - Chris Brown ft Benny Benassi

Not bad.

21.  Hypercaine - DJ Fresh ft Stamina MC & Koko

MAD track!!! This is so high energy and pumps you up. Get ready to just jump around and dance mad. Check out the video. Insane choreography.

22.  Rolex Sweep (Vandalism Remix) - Skepta

Sick club track. Nice beats.

23.  Fly - Nicki Minaj ft Rihanna

All the ladies will love this for sure.

24.  Kick Us Out - Hyper Crush

Another one of those club tracks. Not bad.

25.  Touch Me - Tom & Jerry ft Abigail Bailey

Nice progressive track with nicer vocals.

26.  Do It Like A Dude - Jessie J

Nice beats. Very familiar sounding but can’t place it. I'm not so sure I like the song overall yet. But check it out anyway.

27.  Lonely Girl - Oceanlab

Very nice track.  This is actually quite old. The Gareth Emery remix is pretty sick too.

28.  All She Wrote - T.I. ft Eminem

Sick collab. Works. Well.

29.  Moment 4 Life - Nicki Minaj ft Drake

Very nice track. This collab works. Unsurprisingly.

30.  Got Your Back - T.I. ft Keri Hilson

Sweet track. Goes out to all the ladies. ;)

31.  Go - Nelly ft Talib Kewli & Ali

Very nice track. Got a nice acoustic sound to it.

32.  Half Light (Max Graham Remix) - tyDi ft Tania Zygar

Cool progression here. Tania's vocals are just right for the track. Check out the original too. Has some mad variations in it.

33.  Party All Night - Sean Kingston

It's alright. Check it out. Temme what you think.

34.  Alors On Danse (DJ’s from Mars Club Remix) - Stromae vs All

Best remix for sure! Love it.

35.  Drop Down - Akon ft Ludacris

Not bad. Samples a track off the Blade OST.

36.  Angel - Akon

Another track that goes out to all the beautiful ladies.

37.  Girls - N-Dubz

Smooth track. Not bad.

38.  That Good - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa aka Cheech & Chong

Another one just for the stoners.

39.  Until We Bleed - Kleerup & Lykke Li

This is a really nice alternative track. Very old. But I just stumbled on it.

40.  Wonderman - Tinie Tempah ft Ellie Goulding

Another crazy track by Tinie.

41.  Gold Dust - DJ Fresh ft Ce’cile

Another pumping track. The vid is pretty mad too.

42.  Bubblegum - Afrojack

Very different from Take Over Control. Nice nonetheless.

43.  500w - DJ WaY

Mega electro house track. Full Power!

44.  Living Electro - DJ WaY & Dazsh

Another full power electro house track. DJ WaY is all about the house.

45.  Cool (Afrojack Remix) - Spencer & Hill

Old track. Pretty trippy still.

46.  Street Dancer - Avicii

Straight up retro feel on this track. Very cool.

47.  Playback - Collie Buddz

Pause, playback rewind. Smooth.

48.  What U Came Here To Do - Clinton Sparks ft Fatman Scoop & Ariez O

Mad beats.

49.  On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull

Brand new J-Lo. Great dance track. Pitbull's good as usual.

50.  Let Me Blow Ya Mind  (Me & My Monkey Dirty Remix) - Eve ft Gwen Stefani

Very nice mix of this oldie. Would definitely play it.

51.  Mr. Endowed - D'Banj

This is one hilarious track but its great to dance on.

52.  Somebody To Love Me (Congorock Remix) - Mark Ronson ft Boy George & Andrew Wyatt

Crazy house track. Love it!

53.  One In A Million - Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo doing his thing.

54.  Do What You Do - Madcon ft Ne-Yo

Nice song. Very different from Beggin'.

55.  Glow - Madcon

Chilled out track. Again

As Michelle mentioned, we're planning on going bigger and better and would really appreciate some feedback. So hit that shoutbox! And yes, we will try to avoid the mini hiatuses. :)

Look out for Arshad's next post and Michelle's sunburn experience. I'll be back soon too.

Till then..

Peace