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No Mana, Wintersix & Sines From Saturn - Fire
Read more . . . →The synth lead on “Fire” sounds like a modem having a religious experience, which is exactly why it works. No Mana has always made electro-house a little too clever for whatever room it’s in, and with Wintersix and Sines From Saturn aboard that brainy streak gets bolted to an actual body-mover. The drop is all serrated, detuned stabs stacked at angles that shouldn’t lock together and somehow do, mechanical and funky in the same breath. It’s the kind of design-forward dance music that rewards good headphones — there’s stuff panning around the edges you’ll miss entirely on a phone. The...
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David Guetta, Marten Hørger & Men Machine - Engage (feat. Vitalic)
Read more . . . →When did David Guetta get interesting again? Genuine question, because “Engage” has no business being this good. It’s a collaboration with Marten Hørger and Men Machine that features Vitalic, and if you know Vitalic’s “La Rock 01” you already know the exact brand of buzzsaw electro-bass this is reaching for. The whole thing is built on that filthy, distorted French-electro lead, the sound that ate dancefloors in 2007 and apparently never fully died. Guetta’s usually the guy sanding these sounds down for the pop charts, so hearing him lean into something this aggressive and analog is a genuine shock. The...
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Glitch Cat - u-know
Read more . . . →This one’s just pure serotonin. Glitch Cat make the kind of Monstercat electro-house that has no interest in being cool and every interest in making you grin like an idiot, and “u-know” is a big dumb hit of exactly that. It rides a vocal chop that bounces around like a superball in a small room, over a bassline that struts like it owns the place. The drop is bright, springy, almost cartoonish, all primary colours and no shame about any of them. There’s a synth lead in the second half that sounds like video-game boss music got a glow-up and...
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Dyro x Dannic - Unstoppable
Dyro and Dannic revive their 2013 electro-house sound on Unstoppable and it plays like a perfectly timed, snarling nostalgia hit.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Julian Jordan - Bad B*tch
Julian Jordan's Bad B*tch is exactly as unsubtle as the title promises. Electro house that doesn't ask permission to slap.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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Habstrakt & Lizdek - SURGE
Habstrakt and Lizdek on Monstercat with electro house that builds without feeling like homework. SURGE lands where it should.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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Pegboard Nerds - Volume Nation
Pegboard Nerds going back to electro house is exactly what it sounds like — loud, dumb in the best way, impossible not to move to.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument. -
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Nostalgix & Levex - Shine
Nostalgix & Levex's Shine goes hard in exactly the way electro house is supposed to. Nostalgix has been on a roll and this keeps it going.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton.
