I really struggled with which Don Diablo track to list here as there are so many great ones to choose from. Don Diablo has been on an absolute production tear over the last couple of years. His “future house” style has been raising his profile in the dance community with every fantastic new release. Go listen to more of his recent tracks and you’ll see what I mean. He’s a man on a mission and I for one am thankful for it.
Category: HOUSE
Nora En Pure – Riverwards Stream
Truly loving the music Nora En Pure keeps putting out. This is not really a dancefloor house track, but rather a somewhat chill tune with lots of depth and beautiful flow.
Eric Prydz/Pryda – Inox/Midnight City
I first heard the the Eric Prydz remix of Midnight City by M83 live and then recently heard the live mashup of Inox into the Midnight City Remix on a youtube live video and was blown away by how well they complement each other. Just as I was going to make the edit myself, Pryda/Eric Prydz saw the inevitable and released his live version mashup of the two songs himself. Enjoy!
Avicii – Heaven
There seemed to be one clear standout from Avicii’s posthumous album and that was the unreleased track he made with Chris Martin back in 2014 and never got around to releasing. Unfortunately it took Tim’s passing to hear this fantastic track but despite the circumstances it’s a great song nonetheless.
Don Diablo – We Love House Music & Take Her Place
Two tracks I found on Dob Diablo’s EDC performance. He’s been a staple in the house music scene for quite awhile now, but he seems to have gone in the pop-house direction lately and done it extremely well. I absolutely love two of his new tracks: “(Anthem) We Love House Music” and “Take Her Place Feat. Arizona (Vip Mix)” Enjoy!
Download “We Love House Music”
Download “Take Her Place (VIP Mix)
Chainsmokers vs Pierce Fulton – Until You Were Gone and Kuaga Mashup
Not sure where I heard it first, but it’s a great mashup as I hate the chorus on ‘Until You Were Gone’ but love the climax on ‘Kuaga.’ Brilliant move to mash them together. Can’t complain at all.
Jonas Blue – We Could Go Back
I first heard of Jonas Blue for his remix of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” a couple of years ago which I surprisingly didn’t hate. To take on a dance remix of a song like that and pull it off takes both guts and skill and it should have clued me in to what he was going to do in the future. This dance/pop track featuring an awesome Nigerian singer is my favorite so far.
Peking Duk & Aluna George – Fake Magic
The only thing I don’t like about this song is that there are too many verses, breakdowns, and bridges. The chorus is epic, and I want more of it! The bass line is oh so beautiful. When it hits you just go Oooooh! Waiting on the remix that just extends the chorus into an entire track…
Starley – Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix)
I always wonder if artists get annoyed when a remix turns out to be more popular than the original. The interesting thing with this track is that it was specifically commissioned along with 5 other remixes as an small remix album to compliment the main release. Turns out though that Ryan Riback pulled out the best parts of the track, added some great house piano, sped it up a bit, enhance the beat, added some synth backing layers and voila! 4 million views on Youtube versus just 46 thousand for the original. Maybe that was the point of the remixes to begin with though: as a backup in case the original doesn’t quite hit the mark.
Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own (Tiesto Remix)
I feel like Tiesto did very little for this remix, and yet it’s all that was needed to make it perfect. It’s annoying when you hear so little created or added, and yet it’s the perfect touch so I can’t argue with the minimalism. Either way, if you’re outside of Britain you may not know this story. Essentially Calum Scott did his own slower re-work of the Robyn classic as his audition for Britain’s Got Talent (right after his sister was denied) and soon enough had his own release of his version of the song followed by a Tiesto remix which just was the icing on the musical cake. I’ve included his initial Britain’s Got Talent audition as a reference to how this all came about. There really isn’t any doubt that you won’t like the track either, it just works…and it’s even better than the original. Sorry Robyn.