“Producer Paul Walden made his recording debut as Guru Josh in 1989 with a white label 12″ of “Infinity” intended to promote a rave of the same name. Though only 1,000 copies of the 12″ were reportedly pressed, it became an acid house anthem at The Haçienda, an influential dance club in Manchester, England, where Mike Pickering, the club’s Friday night DJ, championed the song. In the wake of the song’s sudden popularity amid the British acid house scene, Guru Josh was offered a recording contract with Deconstruction, a dance music subsidiary of BMG.
The perfect remix for this track! That violin sound makes it all! Dani Vars and Julio Cuba had real inspiring ideas on this one. However, we couldn’t find the full version. Nothing more to be said. Just listen to it.
Paul Panait had his debut in 1998 when joining “Gaz Pe Foc”, a romanian pop music band, having previously won some of the most important music competitions in his country. Four years later he left the group and decided to start his solo career. Over the years, his skills have highly improved, his last creations show now a professional style and devotion to electronic music. “I Hate You But I Love You” is considered to be a big hit in Europe.
Having already been for a long time in the European Top Music Charts, “Rush Love” is still one of the most appreciated track releases of 2010. The song had a few good remixes (Darone’s, Suggar Daddy’s) and somehow it still manages to be in dj’s attention as a reliable option for future projects. Zabava joined “Rush Love” with Osaka’s “Save Me Girl” and achievedgreat result in his mashup. This one is gonna crash the charts too!
Sound, mix, nightclubs… Laurent Wolf has been dedicating his life to electronic music since the age of twelve. He was discovered in 1992 as he was doing his first sets in Paris: he was proposed to hold a weekly mixer party at the Queen, the mythical nightclub of the Champs Elysées. Laurent Wolf has worked for the Queen for 10 years, mixing up to three nights a week. The Queen was a real stepping stone for his DJ career. Thanks to his effective remixes, Laurent Wolf has established himself as an inventive DJ, dynamic and attentive to his public.
Leama, known for producing underground hits on labels such as Perfecto Records, Sony Music and “Hooj Choons” and as one half of “Leama & Moor”, achieved success in June 2006 with the album Common Ground and has now teamed up with talented UK-based DJ–producer and promoter James Davis.
The duo has remixed the classic “Three Drives – Greece 2000″, “Jose Gonzales – Deadweight on Velvetine”, new indie-folk band ‘The Steals’ and the massive UK act “Hybrid”. Their remix of “Hybrid – The Formula of Fear”, which showcases their more techno side of production, has been receiving major support from some of the worlds leading DJs including John Digweed, Nick Warren and Sander Kleinenberg.
Whether he’s remixing some of the world’s top producers or working the dance floor with his Ableton Live powered set up, Steve Kaetzel is quickly becoming the next rising star of the electronic dance music community. With a steady stream of releases on the legendary Black Hole Recordings and a growing catalog of remixes to the tune of Moonbeam and Zoo Brazil, DJs and clubgoers around the globe are taking swift notice of this American powerhouse.
The second of the two EPs, a collaboration with vocalist Brianna Holan titled “So Alone”, received near instantaneous worldwide support with airplay on Markus Schulz’s “Coldharbour Day”, Roger Shah’s “Magic Island: Music for Balearic People”, and “Anjunabeats Worldwide”. Furthermore, his remixes have had no trouble making their way into the most high profile tracklists as well including Tiësto’s “Club Life” and Sander van Doorn’s “Identity”.
With more releases on the way and plans for future collaborations and touring, 2011 is sure to be a big year for Steve. Always searching for new ways to bring emotion and melody to the dance floor, the future looks quite bright for this uniquely talented artist as he continues his ascent to the upper regions of the global dance music arena.
Sunlounger is without doubt Roger Shah’s best known stage name. It was under this handle that he released the `Another Day on The Terrace` long−player in 2008. It reached No.1 on Dutch iTunes` `all−music−genres` chart and spawned four singles: `In & Out`, `Aguas Blancas`, `Crawling` & `White Sand`. The project become so celebrated that Roger expanded Sunlounger into a live act − a performance of which was featured on Armada`s ArminOnly DVD. It was this experience that he credited with his latter wholesale move into live Roger Shah performances. In 2009 Roger released the Sunlounger follow−up `Sunny Tales`. Its progeny singles included `Catwalk`, `Mediterranean Flower`, `Change Your Mind` and the much−revered `Lost` − a track that took the illustrious Single of the 2008 title on the A State of Trance radio show.
On stage, clad in his trademark white, he is impossible to miss or mistake. Wireless keyboard in one hand, an ever−ready clutch of his own productions in the other, his live crowd−interactive performances have brought a new apex experience for club and festival goers worldwide. In 2009 this unequalled approach was reflected in DJ Magazine`s Top 100 chart, where he moved up from his `08 debut position of no.58 to no.21. As a music producer he`s scaled the heights of national charts and with 5 artist albums & compilations released in the last 2 years alone, he is very possibly the most prolific trance musician working today.
In the spring of 2006, Steve Angello & Axwell joined forces to create Supermode. Their first big hit, “Tell Me Why”, remixed Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy”, since the sample from the original song repeats “tell me why” (which is not a sample from the song “Smalltown Boy”, but from Bronski Beat’s second No. 1 Hit “Why”). The song was released under the Data records label.
In 2010, “Northway” showed up like a young romanian music band, adressing to all dance-club music lovers; here they are now, releasing a perfect new track for radios and clubs too. They recently established a partnership with producers DeepCentral and Play&Win, so they expect only the best from their work. Sergiu Rusu and Adrian Rogojan (Northway) bet everything they had on a single card and soon after their arrival to Bucharest they released “Hello, Hello”, a new “musical experience”.
Originally released in Italy on 2nd November 2008, “Don’t Give Up” is one of DJ’s From Mars’ s first single compositions. As we are all used to their famous remixes, the track is actually a remake of Chicane’s “Don’t Give Up”, featuring Bryan Adams, made public in 2000. A very good track in our opinion.
“”The Rhythm of the Night” is the debut single by the Italian band Corona. The song was released first in 1993, then on August 5, 1994 for the remixes version. Particularly devoted to the dancefloors, it had a great success, reaching the highest positions in various Singles Charts around the world. It peaked at #1 in Israel and Italy. It also reached #11 on the U.S. Billboard chart.
In the United Kingdom it was released in September 1994 and reached #2, kept off by Whigfield – Saturday Night, and stayed in the UK Singles Chart for 18 weeks.”
A very good remix of old “The Rhythm Of The Night” by italian DJ Nathaniel. It should be named “a violin remix” because strings make this tune perfect.
Seven years later after the world hit “Can You Feel It”, Jean Roch is back on the stage with a new album and a new single called “My Love Is Over”. On his new project, he doesn’t act like a DJ, he reveals himself as a real artist and performer. The single was premiered in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it generated a huge buzz. “My Love Is Over” had shortly become a radio favourite and it looks like it’s already a big hit both in France and the rest of the world.
Born September 18,1983, Eli Wais is one of the most rated djs in Russia. His talent was first observed at an early age (9) when playing drums seemed a good start point for his way to the music world. In 1994 he moved to Israel and four years later he begun to develop his dj skills. Over the time, working with famous artists, he perfectioned his style and so now he is considered to be a succesful DJ and music producer. Today, Dj Eli Wais is working on new joint projects with Russian and foreign artists, and implements new ideas into the music scene.
Although this track sounds pretty good, we are all sure we heard it “somewhere else”. I’ll let you guys decide if it’s worth this kind of release.
After having presented CS-Jay’s Club Remix of “Superstar”, by Remady P&R, we thought we should include this “old-style” electro remix too in ModernVibes Remixes. Mr. P!nk took the vocals and placed them under a classic electro tune, creating this great “bootleg” mix. And a tip: it sounds really good at high volumes!
Behind the name 4 Strings hides 2 musicians, Carlo and Jan. The two have known each other since 1986. In 1990 they became interested in dance music and so they started producing their own music. All their spare time was spent in the studio. Throughout the next couple of years not only did their skills expand but also the amount of music equipment in their studio. With the new tools and experience that they had, Carlo and Jan could finally discover in which direction they wanted to go with their musical careers. Carlo decided to stay in the studio while Jan found his passion in mixing and started his DJ-ing career.
In 2010, 4 Strings collaborated with singer Samantha Fox and released their first single together called Forever in June. 4 Strings second single for the year was Sundown which was released in early August. The vocal version of Sundown called Safe from Harm is out now, with support from Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Sander van Doorn, Andy Moor and Lange.
“Just Be Good To Me” had many remixes since the release date (1983). We were all waiting on for a digital re-make and so it came WiFi and Siobhan, completed by Club Vox’s Remix. It’s pure inspiration, we might say.
“Need Your Love” is Ella’s most recent track release. The romanian singer officially made public her last project during the RMA music event (Romanian Music Awards). Iulian Moga is the one who directed the making of “Need Your Love” video, while Ella’s styling completed succesfully the footage. As for the filming location, the crew choosed wisely the only palm-beach in Europe, somewhere in Creta.
“28 years old, DJ and producer, Benjamin Braxton comes from a varied background. Working in Radio, as DJ, musician and singer he started to work in the record business early on at the age of 19, launching his first vinyl release on the French dance label “Bio Records” (Madhouse, DJ FLex).
An influential member of the electro underground scene, he collaborated on the creation of electro French label “Notorious” signing co-production with Gino’s, Human Body, Snake plissken or Jaia on the Goodlife label (The Hacker, Oxia), Discordian or Notorious and finally launched his own label “Sound4label” in 2006.
Benjamin Braxton is actually one of DJ producers signed on DJ CENTER Records (France) with other famous dj’s like David Vendetta, Dim Chris or John Dahlback.
The Buzz Junkies aka Rob Searle & Mark Allan – formed in 2005 after DJing at the same venue. After many geeky technical conversations about different studio kit they both decided to collaborate and form the studio partnership. An instant friendship was made and it wasn’t long before the remixes began flowing.
Over the last couple of years the Buzz Junkies have had huge club chart success not only for their remixes like of Robbie Rivera’s, Cascada’s, Yanou’s and Russian Pop star Sergey, but with their first single “Don’t Mess With My Man” and second release “If You Love Me” featuring Elesha.
Born Curtis Jackson, in Queens, rap singer 50 Cent has made his mark on the American hip-hop music scene, writing and performing music that borrows from his violent past, being raised on the streets of New York. He has released several hit CDs and is considered one of the stars of the rap music scene.
Curtis James Jackson rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified 8 times platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. His album The Massacre has been certified 5 times platinum by the RIAA and has sold 11 million copies worldwide.
FEDO MORA started djing in 1995 in clubs on the beautiful Costa Smeralda (Sardinia). FEDO is a producer and a remixer working with the biggest Italian labels and djs since 1998. His main past projects are: F.E.D.O., Fedo Mora, Gambafreaks ,Lovematic, Sergio Del Rio, 4FX, Freaks Jam, Pussy Dub Foundation, Ocean’ s 4, Savage Spirit, MORAMOUR, Mowo, Mora, .. and he has remixed: Todd Terry, Dennis Ferrer, Bob Sinclar, Julien Jabre, Richard-F, In-Grid,Tkc, Ann Lee, Pat Rich & Nicola Fasano, Raf Marchesini, Lori B, Alex Nocera & Montanari,Moloko, Dino & Mousse T and many others.
Adrian, Mihai and Sorin (Akcent) have recently released the official video for “My Passion” (featuring Lora, a new music talent), their latest track. The romanian boys worked very hard on this release; the video shows a classic love scenario, where two young lovers fight often until they end up separately. “My Passion” is supposed to break european music charts once again for Akcent.
Roman, V-Skratch, Reydon and Johnny Digital (Jump Smokers) have created dance club anthems that have led industry insiders to nickname them “Kings of the Dancefloor”. Remixes including Mariah Carey’s “Obsessed” (included on the worldwide release of “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel”), Beyonce’s “Why Don’t You Love Me”, Jason Derulo’s “Ridin’ Solo”, Rihanna’s first two singles from her “Rated R” album and countless others have helped solidify Jump Smokers as one of the leading and emerging forces in crossover dance music.
Their Ultra Records debut album “Kings of the Dancefloor” is packed with body thumpin’ tracks including the lead single “Dance Rock Shake Pop” (featuring Alex Peace), the party anthem “Rock It Like It’s Spring Break” (featuring Pitbull), the drunk text warning “Faded”, and the appropriately named “Club Rockers” (featuring Honorebel).
Clubbing has never been so intense like in the last two or three years. While being surrouned by sound vibes from all over the world, romanian electronic music scene keeps rising from day to day. In this particular case, Jimmy Dub, a romanian DJ, is one of the people who is very appreciated for his high jumps in the european music charts.
Jimmy Dub is a young romanian artist who discovered his love for the music at the early age of 7. He first started in the dance world and short after that, he became a DJ. He flirted in the same time with the microphone as an MC, achieving all the ingredients and experience he needed to gain confidence. And that’s how he discovered his hobby, his passion. Jimmy Dub offers to the public a very catchy voice and a stylish look next to his three dancers and a DJ. All of his songs have a positive theme and are very easy to remember.
The musical project “Impact” started in august 1999 and was amongst the first house music projects at that time, in Romania. The band was quickly noticed and along the years they made quite an impact in the music industry. In the early years, “Impact” experimented different styles of club music (progressive house, trance, dance, electro house and more). In time, the project reached an undeniable maturity with singles like “Love or I die”, “Delight” and their latest “Blame it on the sun” or “Today” which are very appreciated not only in Romania, but Europe as well. In 2009 was set up the collaboration with Moving Elements, a musical project which includes two very talented romanian djs and together they worked on a new album. “Blame it on the sun” (released early in 2010) was downloaded and broadcasted in several european countries like: Russia, Polland, Greece, Spain, Turkey and many others. “Today” is the latest single signed by Impact and it has a very positive feedback.
“The Stromae sound, influenced by new wave beats that are mainly derived from Belgium, express a more subversive danceable version of their early 90’s Technotronic and underground House music. The new beat term refers to a new “beat” oriented sound, encompassed by combining electronic club music and techno with a flavour of 80’s Chicago House music.
Born Paul Van Haver, the beat making prodigy cradled in hip-hop and electro music, discovered his zeal for the drums and percussion as a child. Son of a Rwandan father and a Belgium mother, he practices from his home studio in Brussels, Belgium. Composer, songwriter, interpreter, he produces his own tracks which he later presents in an innovative manner.
Art never made style and style has never made the art. The latest face of the new beat generation is the internationally renowned artist known as Stromae, who is set to release his debut album “Cheese” in 2010. Lead by “Alors on Danse,” Stromae has become a massive music phenomenon. Against the conventions of baggy rags, the young maestro has no desire for the artifice of the hip-hop bling. Instead, this artist’s humble demeanor comes dressed in a bow tie, his reason being “simply being dressed for work like everyone else.” Ironically the loather of trends would soon become a trend of own. Always in the core of the movement, this distinguished artist is above all, his own creator.”
"To some, Olav Basoski is the “grand signeur” of Dutch housemusic. Others find him to be their inspiration to pursue a career in Dj’ing. Those who have heard him play one of his firing sets across the globe have been overwhelmed by his ability to lock a dancefloor into a groove for hours on end.
There is a lot to say about Olav Basoski, but one thing is certain; he stood at the crib of the international house scene and has been on top of it ever since. Being the leading man behind the infamous Dutch label Work Records he’s released one true classic after another. Think Pancake – “Don’t turn your back”, think Sil – “Windows”, or “Opium Scumbagz”, the #1 Ibiza anthem of 2000 under his own name, not to mention one of the most sought after housemusic vinylseries ever produced, “Samplitude”, comprising over 50 tracks in all.
And it doesn’t stop there; Olav’s remix-discography reads like a challenging list of timeless musical works too, well over a hundred. From Moby to James Brown, from Bob Marley to Hatiras and from Armin van Buuren to Todd Terry to Phats and Small, everyone has called him in for help.
Being the creative driving force behind his own imprint Rootz Records he is constantly feeding his numerous fans with high quality dancefloor material, and his DJ sets have gained him a reputation of being one of the most respected key players in the scene."
“Fascinated with the entertainment system, Anda Adam is one of the most influent figures in romanian show-biz since she was 17. For several years, Anda was the favorite studio voice for most powerful producers, the favorite show partner for the best artists,and the favorite media subject for TV, radio and press. Her first album with Marius Moga from MORANDI had a strong impact with media. They are already aware of Anda’s spectacular shows :100% live with a very powerful voice ,energy, amazing choreography and a very professional dance team. “Selecta” (feat. Alex), was an instant hit, followed by the song that was climbing the charts, “Ajutor”. “Nai,Nai”,song from the same “Confidential” album brings a new featuring, this time with Bishop, being one of the favorite song at the moment, and top of all playlist for radio stations . “Ochii mei”, a successful song from “Confidential” album, has a very well done videoclip produced by Julian Moga. Smiley and Randy brought their contribution too ,matching very good Anda’s musical style. As a result of all this good job done, Anda Adam won a Gold and Platinum Disc for sales.
Soon after her success, Anda accepted the proposal of PRO TV to be part of the famous show “Dancing with the Stars”. Being a very good dancer, Anda delighted the viewers with an amazing performance, wishing from her heart to help her partner to win the competition. December 2008 – is the beginning of her collaboration with record company Media Pro Music. January – just in a few months Anda released a new album ” Queen of Hearts”. 10 songs, popdance and clubbing, in romanian and english language. “Punani”, first single of this album, has a very dynamic videoclip, where Anda besides her vocal qualities shows amazing dance skill next to Deenice, one of Mariah Carey’s dancers who traveled from Germany to be part of Anda’s videoclip. The most representative song from “Queen of Hearts” album is still “My Soul”. With this song , Anda wished to bring close to her soul all her fans, and the videoclip, didn’t do anything more then to complete her wish. Anda Adam just released her newest single, Love On U, which is a great combination of dance/club with oriental style."
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As a DJ, Claudia Cazacu’s sets build from minimal influenced tech-house tracks that progress with expert precision to spine tingling tech trance to destroy dance floors. She can be described as a bright new star based on quality and performance rather than hype.
In music production Claudia embraces all styles of dance releasing refreshing new sounds via her own label ‘Couture’, which has just been signed to the Spinnin’ camp who will now take care of the label management while claudia A&Rs.
Claudia’s ‘Couture’ label has received support from all the major players including Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Sander van Doorn, Above & Beyond, Eddie Halliwell and a received a string of plays from Judge Jules on Radio 1, including the coveted ‘Tried & Tested’ spot.
Her recent productions have been licensed to Dutch super labels Armada & Spinnin Records with massive support from the usual suspects. Armin Van Buuren has picked up the highly acclaimed ‘Freefalling’ feat Audrey Gallagher for release on his ASOT label and also the 2009 A State Of Trance Album.
Chicane prooves once again that he can make a hit come back to life again. This pure trance remix is set to stun anyone who hears it just like the first original release of “In And Out Of Love”.
Chicane is songwriter and producer Nick Bracegirdle from a small village in Buckinghamshire. Despite being responsible for some of clublands biggest anthems over the past decade Nick is not a DJ. His songwriting and production talents have been the reason why legendary artists like Bryan Adams and Cher asked him to produce tracks for the respective albums.
Over the years the Chicane live experience has travelled far and wide, from the relative sanity of London’s Islington Academy, to the vastness of Moscow’s Red Square. An appearance at the The World Trade Centre in Manila in 2006 was a similarly bizarre experience. “It was a great gig” Nick reminisces. “Thousands of fans watching us become dehydrated and shrivelling into little more than cornflakes on stage in the unbearable heat”.
"With his single “NO Superstar” REMADY achieved his absolute break through in Europe! Lasting for months in the charts for example in Switzerland 1 over 8 weeks, Germany 4, Norway 1 for over 4 months in a row, Denmark 1 over 6 weeks und many more. In Denmark REMADY gained the desired GOLD-Award for over 15'000 sold records.
The US and UK got an eye on REMADY and the „NO Superstar“ track after his success in Europe. The biggest US dance label ULTRA RECORDS signed REMADY and released the single in America. The famous UK label NEWSTATE/NEBULA (Tiesto, Guru Josh, etc.) released the single in England.
The official music video on YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/remadymusic has already been viewed over 10 Mio times (without major label). „NO Superstar“ is all over Europe on over 100 compilations to hear.
The original voice of the successfull track „NO Superstar“ is MANU-L, singer of the band MYRON. REMADY and MANU-L have a special show case ready that you should check out! Along with REMADY’s inventive DJ-Set are tracks like „NO Superstar“, „Need2Say“, the new single “Give me a SIGN” as well as „This Time“ & “Underneath” (Dj Antoine), live performed."
Three Drives (On A Vinyl) defines a collaboration between Erik de Koning (DJ Enrico) and Ton van Empel (Ton TB). They are responsible for the massive hit single ‘Greece 2000’.
This single ruled the European dance-floors for a long period and after conquering the clubs, the track stormed the worldwide single charts and entered at number 12 in the Official U.K Singles Chart! Not to forget the licenses to labels such as the legendary Hooj Choons and ZYX music. Also they signed the track to diverse compilations and due to the success of “Greece 2000”, Three Drives remixed a lot of artists. SNAP, Proper Beating, Ferry Corsten, The Vengaboys, Saucerman and many more were the lucky ones who received the Three Drives remix touch.
The guys spent a lot of time in the studio to produce several albums: Theme "2000" and ‘Melodies from the Universe’. These highly appreciated albums received a lot credits and were popular among many artist such as Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto and Pete Tong. The double release ‘Sunset on Ibiza’ & Air Traffic caused a stir in the UK since Judge Jules played the white label promo for 5 weeks on his BBC Radio 1 show.
Another hit single stormed the dance charts again and this time it reached nr 1! This time the track was licensed to Xtravaganza Records and released in the UK in September 2001 containing new remixes.
Besides the Three Drives projects, Club Royale’s club anthem “Losing Sleep” (It Records) and Enrico-solo releases like “The Hardclubber” (Celebrative Records) and “The Disclubber” (Blue Records). Erik de Koning was also the executive producer of DJ Jurgen (“Higher and higher”) and many more.
As founder of Tangled65.com, Ton TB is still very active as a solo artist, which he proved by his many releases like Electronic Malfunction, Dream Machine and recently Three Drives ‘Feel the Rhythm’ Ton TB dubmix.
The last one is featured on the latest In search Of Sunrise 7 by Tiesto.
"In the space of just two years, Kylian Mash has joined the select club of DJ/producers with international potential. With his hit C’est Beau la Bourgeoisie, under his Discobitch alias, Kylian found himself at the top of the charts, booked in clubs around the world, chronicled on perezhilton.com, live on France's most popular TV station TF1 and complimented by none other than Madonna.
Kylian first made his name in France through working at a number of prestigious radio stations under the name of DJ Mash. Only in 2008 did he start producing his own tracks with the Discobitch project. A veritable phenomenon, the track became one of the biggest hits of the year, reaching the number one spot in both the charts (where it stayed in the hit parade for ten months) and club charts (for over fourtheen weeks).
Discobitch became one of the very first techno tracks with vocals sung in French. Others followed in its wake (Ocean Drive, Helmut Fritz, Make the Girl Dance...) and the genre was even a success abroad.
Following his initial success, Kylian Mash participated in various projects - One Day by DJ Patrice Strike, Madinshina (for which Kylian obtained the rights for Snap's classic Rhythm Is A Dancer) playlisted by David Guetta just to tell one, and finally NYX (on America's famous Ultra Records label).
These productions allowed Kylian to hone his talents as a producer whilst also putting the final touches to his solo project, contacting and getting to know prestigious guest artists from abroad. Thanks to these contacts, the first high-calibre collaboration with the artists from US label Cash Money (superstar Akon and the star rapper Glasses Malone) came together for Kylian Mash's first single release, Club Certified.
“Club Certified”, a 100% certified club smash is available in both English and French versions and should appeal to fans of house, techno, dance, rap and pop.
Made famous in 1988 by Vanessa Paradis, “Joe Le Taxi” is a song about a taxi driver, Joe, who works in Paris. The song emphasizes the notion that Joe seems to know all of the French capital including the whereabouts of all the little bars, all of the Parisian streets, the Seine, and bridges. The song’s lyrics suggest that Joe enjoys drinking rum, has a passion for Latin music and his saxophone, and dreams of going to the Amazon.
2010 brought “Joe Le Taxi” to life again and Catalina Caraus is responsable for what made european music charts go crazy. The Moldavian singer was chosen by the copyright owners of “Joe Le Taxi” to re-perform the famous track because of her voice, wich sounds similar to the original Vanessa Paradis release.
Pro entertainers, including DJs and Karaoke party hosts, can set the tone for a special occasion, party or function.
When you are hunting for a DJ, good research will help to make sure that you hire somebody reputable that may keep the party going. By asking yourself the following questions, you can guarantee that both your visitors and you'll have perfect fun.
Are there many DJ's to choose from in your area?
When you search for disc jockeys or Karaoke parties in a search engine, how many results do you get? If you are getting millions of results from your search, then your job is going to be tougher. Try adding your area to the search. This straightforward change can enhance your chances of locating the DJ of your preference by scaling down the pool of results to a more controllable group. For example, when you search by Bay Area DJ's or Karaoke in the Bay Area, your results are pared down significantly.
Does the DJ specialize in the type of occasion you are holding?
If the answer to this question is "no", then you may wish to look for DJ's specializing in the occasion that you would like to celebrate. This can give you the tranquility that incorporates knowing that you are hiring a pro who focuses on your party's wants.
Does the DJ company have references or testimonials?
If a DJ doesn't want you to contact prior clients, then you may need to move on to the following potential DJ. The more references you contact, the greater the probabilities are that you are working with a pro. If they price buyer experiences, they are going to be more than pleased to have you contact their previous shoppers.
How do the prices compare, are they fairly equal?
If the answer's "fairly similar", your call is simpler. However, that might not necessarily be the situation.
If there are massive price discrepancies, you'll need to judge whether the price is guaranteed. By chatting to prior shoppers, you can get a feeling for whether you may actually get what you may pay for.
Special occasions come in all guises. From monumental occasions to karaoke parties, by doing your research and finding a credible pro, you can ensure that your visitors have a fun and safe time and you will set the foundation for a memory to relive for an entire life.
Wendel Kos is the project name of one of the biggest Dance Music producers today. There is no dance radio show, festival, rave or club that has not played one, some or all of his tracks. He has been in charts all over the globe, and if you haven't heard of him.....you will.
Wendel Kos started to play the piano from the age of 7. So you could say he has a musical background. As with all youngsters, the piano got boring pretty soon and Wendel looked in the more alternative side (and in those days underground side) of music to fill his musical needs. From this time on, life had been one big party for him. This included highlights at the infamous Dance Valley festivals and Heineken Music Hall, to live performances under various names, projects and aliases. After a decade of being 100% underground and 100% poor, Wendel decided to take yet another drastic turn in life.
You can’t always explain why, but somehow things fell together. In a turn of fortune proving to be the most important thing to happen to Wendel’s career, he found a company who believed in his sound. A group who finally saw the possibilities and the talent in Wendel's music production. This company is called Fektive Music, where Wendel has his home now.
Together, Wendel and Fektive have accomplished great things in just a short period of time . Wendel Kos has reached top spots in Europe as well as a 1 position in the USA Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart with his remix of Ercola "Every Word”, which was in the top 10 for 46 weeks! He has also completed remixes for half the globe and made sure every station on the planet has played the Wendel Kos tunes.
Wendel continues to bring innovative and fresh sound to the dance music culture, proving time and time again to be one of the most entertaining music acts around.
"MTV (Music Television) is the oldest and most influential American cable network specializing in music?related programming. It was launched on August 1, 1981, with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken on camera by John Lack, one of the creators of MTV. This introduction was immediately followed by the music?video clip Video Killed the Radio Star, featuring a band called the Buggles. The title proved somewhat prophetic as MTV greatly transformed the nature of music?industry stardom over the next several years. At the same time, MTV became a major presence in the cable?TV industry and in fact in the overall American cultural landscape.
One of the earliest and greatest cable success stories, MTV was established by Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Company (WASEC) after extensive marketing research. The key to MTV's viability, at least initially, was the availability of low-cost programming in the form of music videos. Originally these were provided free by record companies, which thought of them as advertising for their records and performers.
MTV presented one video after another in a constant "flow" that contrasted with the discrete individual programs found on other television networks. Clips were repeated from time to time according to a light, medium, or heavy "rotation" schedule. In this respect, MTV was like Top 40 radio (it even had video jockeys, or vjs, similar to radio djs). Moreover, it soon became apparent that MTV could "break" a recording act (move it into prominence, even star status), just as radio had done for decades.
Throughout its so-called third phase, MTV has diversified its musical offerings, most notably into rap, dance music, and heavy metal. To some extent these genres have been segregated into their own program slots (Yo! MTV Raps, Club MTV, and Headbangers' Ball, respectively). At the same time, the move toward discrete programs has increasingly become a move away from music video. In the process, MTV has become more like a full?service network, offering news, sports, sitcoms, documentaries, cartoons, game shows, and other traditional TV fare. Often these programs are also musical in some sense (Beavis and Butt-Head), but sometimes they are not (reruns of Speed Racer).
Music video and MTV are major ingredients of television programming internationally. MTV Europe, launched in 1987, was followed by an Asian service in 1991 and MTV Latino in 1993. VH1 seems poised to follow a similar course, having established a European service in 1994. Both economically and aesthetically, MTV has wrought major changes in the entertainment industries. By combining music with television in a new way, MTV has charted a path for both industries (and movies as well) into a future of postmodern synergy. "
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"One of the basic elements of music is called color, or timbre (pronounced "TAM-ber"). Timbre describes all of the aspects of a musical sound that do not have anything to do with the sound's pitch, loudness, or length. In other words, if a flute plays a note, and then an oboe plays the same note, for the same length of time, at the same loudness, you can still easily distinguish between the two sounds, because a flute sounds different from an oboe. This difference is in the timbre of the sounds.
Timbre is caused by the fact that each note from a musical instrument is a complex wave containing more than one frequency. For instruments that produce notes with a clear and specific pitch, the frequencies involved are part of a harmonic series. For other instruments (such as drums), the sound wave may have an even greater variety of frequencies. We hear each mixture of frequencies not as separate sounds, but as the color of the sound. Small differences in the balance of the frequencies - how many you can hear, their relationship to the fundamental pitch, and how loud they are compared to each other - create the many different musical colors.
The harmonics at the beginning of each note - the attack - are especially important for timbre, so it is actually easier to identify instruments that are playing short notes with strong articulations than it is to identify instruments playing long, smooth notes.
The human ear and brain are capable of hearing and appreciating very small variations in timbre. A listener can hear not only the difference between an oboe and a flute, but also the difference between two different oboes. The general sound that one would expect of a type of instrument - a trombone for example - is usually called its timbre or color. Variations in timbre between specific instruments - two different trombones, for example, or two different trombone players, or the same trombone player using different types of sound in different pieces - may be called differences in timbre or color, or may be called differences in tone or in tone quality. Tone quality may refer specifically to "quality", as when a young trombonist is encouraged to have a "fuller" or "more focussed" tone quality, or it can refer neutrally to differences in sound, as when an orchestral trombonist is asked to play with a "brassy" tone quality in one passage and a "mellow" tone quality in another.
Many words are used to describe timbre. Some are somewhat interchangeable, and some may have slightly different meanings for different musicians, so no attempt will be made to provide definitions. Here are a few words commonly used to describe either timbre or tone quality.
- Reedy
- Brassy
- Clear
- Focussed or unfocussed
- Breathy (pronounced "BRETH-ee")
- Rounded
- Piercing
- Strident
- Harsh
- Warm
- Mellow
- Resonant
- Dark or Bright
- Heavy or Light
- Flat
- Having much, little, or no vibrato (a controlled wavering in the sound); or narrow or wide, or slow or fast, vibrato."
"The song "Cotton Eyed Joe" is believed to have descended from the South before the American Civil War. It became a popular folk song throughout the nation during the late 1800s. With the advent of electronic recording, the song gained even more notoriety and influenced a number of artists to record the track. Its popularity peaked with the release of a dance version by the group Rednex.
In 1925, Dorothy Scarborough recorded a version of "Cotton Eyed Joe." Because the origins of the song pre-date the Civil War, a number of different sections of the country had different lyrics. She assembled many of these different parts into one cohesive song.
"Cotton Eyed Joe" was made famous as a recorded song by Adolph Hofner and His San Antonians. Columbia issued the recording in 1941.
With the 1980 release of the film "Urban Cowboy," western-style line dancing became popularized. As part of this movement, "Cotton Eyed Joe" became very fashionable. The song's dance featured a number of traditional moves along with arm linking.
The song was again made popular in 1994 by a Swedish dance group, Rednex. Combining electric sounds with traditional instruments, the banjo, fiddle and harmonica used in the track were all synthesized.
Beginning in the 2008 to 2009 season, the Florida Panthers hockey team began to utilize the song. At the Bank Atlantic Center, a man dressed as a cowboy danced to the song in the middle of the ice rink for onlooking fans."
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"Dario G is the name of a dance music trio from Crewe, Cheshire, England. The act was named after the manager of Crewe Alexandra, Dario Gradi. Its founder members are Paul Spencer, Scott Rosser and Stephen Spencer (the Spencers are not related), although Paul Spencer is the only remaining member of the trio.
History
In 1997 they reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart with "Sunchyme", a song built around a sample of "Life In A Northern Town", a #15 hit for The Dream Academy in 1985, and peaked at #5 with the follow-up "Carnaval de Paris", relating to the 1998 football World Cup in France.
"Sunchyme" also hit #1 on the American Hot Dance Club Play chart in that year. A less successful version of "Carnaval de Paris" was released in 2002, for the World Cup in South Korea and Japan. In 1998, they released their first album, Sunmachine.
In March 2000, their song "Voices", featuring vocals from Vanessa Quiñones, produced by Peter Oxendale, was used for the film, The Beach. The track was taken from Sunmachine, which was originally going to be titled 'Super Dario Land' according to the "Sunchyme" single.
In December 2000, Dario G released "Dream To Me", with vocals by Ingrid Straumstoyl, which is based on the song "Dreams" by The Cranberries. "Dream To Me" reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart in January 2001 and #9 in Germany later that year. It was also the second most played radio record in Germany that summer. November 2001 saw their next release, "Say What's On Your Mind". In early 2003, Dario G released "Heaven Is Closer (Feels Like Heaven)", a remake of the 1980s hit, "Feels Like Heaven", by the Fiction Factory. It reached #32 in the UK Singles Chart.
Dario G also released an album called In Full Colour, which was available in Continental Europe, but not widely available in the UK.
Dario G remains an influence on the British alternative dance scene and in 2006 their 1998 album, Sunmachine, was named the ninth best album of the 90s by internet music site, Pitchfork media. Culturally, Dario G profoundly impacted 1990s British society and were notable in the rise of New Labour as well as championing hometown Crewe's 1996 Olympic Games bid. More recently the work of Dario G has been incorporated into the sets of acclaimed electronic duo Pipe and Slippers.
Recent times
A single "Ring of Fire" was promoted throughout Europe in 2006. It borrowed the main trumpet melody from the Johnny Cash recording of the same name. It was played at England's pre-World Cup friendlies in May 2006. The single itself was released in September 2006. The songs "Voices" and "Sunchyme" have been used as background to some BBC Television shows.
Dario G are contemplating reforming as dance act once again, this time under a new name Dever G, after another well known former Crewe Alexandra manager Ian Dever."
Andry Nalin (Andreas Bialek) and Harry Kane (Ralf Beck) began working together in 1993 as Nalin Inc. and released their first 12-inch single, "Planet Orange", in 1994. They began their own label, Superfly Records in 1995, releasing the singles "The K-People" and "Backfire" before the turning point came with "Beachball". They have since had success with remixes of Energy 52's "Café Del Mar" and Da Hool's "Meet Her At The Love Parade." In late 1999, they released their debut album, Krystal Palace.
Their international breakthrough came with the Ibiza anthem, "Beachball", released in late 1996.
Trance and house don’t normally sound good when melded together, but Nalin and Kane's "Beachball" managed to bridge the gap between glowsticks and heels; the track is featured on loads of compilations from both genres.
Many will consider "Beachball" as a trance classic, but it is so far removed from the standard trance being released today that it’s difficult to tarnish it with the same brush.
The Record Store - An Oportunity In Starting A Music Business
"These three areas must be dealt with prior to new record store.
Inventory Cost
One of the primary costs of your initial launch may be to obtain your inventory of thousands of CDs from suppliers to fill your store before opening. Suppliers probably want you to succeed and may help to finance your inventory by allowing you a thirty or even sixty day payment period after receiving the products. This period of time may buy you the ability to sell some inventory and generate some revenues. However, you will probably have to cover a large part of the inventory cost with your startup capital and estimating this number is a key consideration for your business plan.
Staffing
To keep your doors open, you will need a clerk or clerks at all times to complete sales transactions and provide customer service, as well as other employees to at least occasionally stock shelves, maintain the store, and order new products. You may choose to make one of these employees yourself in the early days of the store, but you must have the ability to hand off this work as time goes on. Your value to the store will be in strategic thinking about marketing, branding, and operations systems, and not in ringing up customer after customer.
Location
Your store can be successful if accessible only by car as well as if it is just reachable on foot. If accessible by car, see if you can place promotional signs along the road on the approach the store and not just at the store itself. The earlier that drivers read your sign, the more time they have to consider changing their plan and stopping. This is not necessary for a walk-up location where passersby have ample time to think about stopping in.
The more difficult your store is to reach by your customers overall, the more they will be encouraged to shop for music online or at a closer competitor’s store. Furthermore, if big box retailers can beat you on prices, you may need to be extremely close to customers to make shopping at your store make sense for them from a purely financial perspective. "
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The friendship between Andreea, Bogdan and Felix brings this year to your attention a brand new tastefull, fresh and cool band : Sweet Lemon. They are always ready to change any normal and ordinary situation into a real show. Open to new technologies concerning musical field and attracted to electronic and dance music , the band adopts a dance electro style with all kinds of spices and influences.
Bogdan
He was just a little boy, when he first saw a guitar, at the age of 11. He falls in love with this instrument and begins to study it very conscientiously , until he turns out to be a very good performer. Although Bogdan is the settled down type of guy, at times he likes to surpise people around him, of course in a good way, with unpredictable and unexpected ways of acting. For example you wouldn’t expect him to be a fan of rock music , but he is crazy about rock.
He is called the perfectionist : tenacious in whatever he does and the word “random” is definitely not on his list.
During high-school, he discovers about himself the fact that he likes working in studio, he is eager for recording sessions, he loves putting pieces of music together and later, this makes him accept the challenge of following Sound Editing Courses, within Film University of Bucharest.
Later he becomes member of numerous musical projects , and that is the perfect time for him to get used to stage performing.
2009 brings him the award for “Best Sound Film” for the short movie “Desert Rain” within the international Film Festival – “CINEMA IUBIT”. The same year he wins the Popularity Award, within Battle of Songs ( a composition contest ), for the song Life, in the interpretation of Andreea , whom he meets in 2008 (he sais laughing about it : “I met her on Hi5 because I loved her voice and I wanted to meet her to tell her about my musical plans” ).
At the present he is a musical composer, arranger, producer and performer in his own band.
Andreea
She sings since forever. She remembers that in her past lives she was a singer too, so it’s not wrong for us to say that music discovered her and lead her steps in life. Ever since she was a little girl, trying her mama’s shoes she had the feeling that she would become a stage performer.
When you meet her, at first you see her expressive and beautiful image. Then you feel her unlike sensitivity because she has a strange and lovely power to burst into your heart.
Although she is the Dreamer she reserves an inner power and capacity to get over almost any kind of obstacle. When she is on stage he turns into a beautiful, strong and crazy woman in love with her job.
At first she is discovered singing in quires ( starting from the age of 8 ). Here she understands what music is, and what part does it play in her life. She meets Maria Simion (first soloist on flute at the Romanian Opera) with whom she studies at first bell canto . She talks about vocal singing as a great gift. Everybody can learn how to play an instrument, but singing in sacred .
2007 is the year that she is introduced to the romanian public, when she gets the chance to be selected for Romanian Idol. She manages to stay in competition until the final, but she gets the second place. The duet with Paula Seling , on the song Timpul (Time) convinces the public of her authenticity and talent.
The same year she graduates foreign languages within The West University, thing that helps her write her own lyrics in English.
2007 is her lucky year. That is when Sistem Band proposes her to become part of their band. So later on, she records with them the song called “Boca del Inferno”, which turned out to be a really successful summer hit. She joins Sistem in their concerts in Romania and abroad.
2009 sends Andreea to “Golden Stag” International Festival, where she performs in the opening of every night festival together with Sistem. In the night between the years 2009 – 2010 they perform in the Constitution Square were they make a great show together.
2010 is the year that brings Andreea the dream band Sweet Lemon and she sais beautiful things are yet to come and that life without music is a waste of time.
Felix
He is the the exotic artist who can make almost any object sound like music. His energy is as overwhelming as a volcano’s and when he performs he unleashes himself inciting the public, especially the ladies. He is a real showman and when you are around him you cannot stay still because his euphoria is contagious. If you are already exhausted you will be surprised to see that he is as fresh as ever , and then you will feel like asking “is this guy serios?”
He studies music at The Music Academy,” George Dima”, in Cluj, and he also follows there a masterclass in percution. The various prizes won before college gave him the chance to be admitted at the academy without any exam , so he is smart, lucky and of course talented.
He experienced during the years the posture of teacher at the “Popular School of Arts”, forming 3 generations of percutionists . But this was just the beginning o his career, following collaborations with numerous bands such as : Slang (the winners o the Golden Stag in 2004), Kum, Sistem, Urma, One, Morandi, Spin, Vh2 , all of them romanian bands, so he is a very notorious , loved and appreciated drum boy.
He remembers one moment that was very important for him, when participating to MTV Exit, which took place in Albania and was organized by Angelina Jolie, whom he admires very much. The way he met Andreea was though an ad : “in search of apartment mate” and then he met Bogdan, who had already befriended her.
After winning europeean's hearts with songs like "Hot", "Deja Vu", "Amazing" ( INNA), "Stereo Love" (Eduard Maya), back in 2009, this year a brand new Romanian band that promises keep up the line. Sweet
Lemon is the band’s name that aims very high with it's first hot single, called "MAKE ME WANNA" produced by Narcotic Sound(Mamasita).
It is amazing that only a week weeks the releasing of the song online, it has registered more that 100 000 viewers.
Open to new technologies concerning musical field and attracted to electronic and dance music , the band adopts a dance electro style with all kinds of spices and influences.
