Monthly Archives: December 2012

Pro Raver’s ‘Fly Off The Treadmill’ Top 25

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Need some fresh new beats to get you amped for your next workout?

Time to ditch that lame hip hop and Billboard Top 40 stuff because Pro Raver’s ‘Fly Off The Treadmill’ Top 25 is back and better than ever:

1. Sultan & Ned Shepard vs Thomas Sagstad feat Dirty Vegas – Somebody To Love (Third Party Mix)
2. Deniz Koyu feat Wynter Gordon – Follow You
3. Burns – Lies (Otto Knows Remix)
4. Florence & The Machine – Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Extended Mix)
5. The Aston Shuffle vs Tommy Trash – Sunrise (Won’t Get Lost) (Tommy Trash Version)
6. Eric Prydz – Every Day
7. David Guetta feat Taped Rai – Just One Last Time (Hard Rock Sofa Remix)
8. Showtek & Justin Prime – Cannonball
9. Discopolis – Committed To Sparkle Motion (Dubvision Remix)
10. Calvin Harris feat Tinie Tempah – Drinking From The Bottle
11. W&W – Lift Off!
12. Nicky Romero & NERVO – Like Home
13. Calvin Harris feat Ayah Marar – Thinking About You
14. Swedish House Mafia feat John Martin – Don’t You Worry Child (Extended Mix)
15. Steve Aoki feat Wynter Gordon – Ladi Dadi (Tommy Trash Instrumental Mix)
16. Hardwell feat Amba Shepherd – Apollo
17. Kaskade feat Haley – Llove (Dada Life Remix)
18. Miike Snow – Pretender (Deniz Koyu Remix)
19. Milk & Sugar – Let The Sun Shine 2012 (Tocadisco Remix)
20. Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash – Reload
21. EDX & Nadia Ali – This Is Your Life (Leventina Remix)
22. Dada Life – Feed The Dada
23. TJR – Ode To Oi
24. Jean Elan feat Cosmo Klein – Feel Alive (Deniz Koyu Remix)
25. Dannic – Flare

Reminiscing 2012: Porter Robinson – Language

Progressive House ,
This sensory explosion masquerading as an EDM track was a ‘mushroom cloud laying mofo’ at festivals in the year 2012. When we look back, with nostalgia, at this excellent year for house music, no song will bring back the memories quite like ‘Language’ by Porter Robinson.

Vocals in electronic music has been a recurring and polarizing issue. And rightly so, because there is a fine fine line between emotive or uplifting and cheesy. It is really easy to mess things up. I believe that meaningful vocals, when lightly sprinkled in, can add a lot of value to a production. Ultimately, however, the electronic melodies, riff and bass need to carry the track. ‘Language’ is an excellent example of vocals done right, as mid track things come a screeching halt, and we are treated to this sublime verse:

Give me release
Let the waves of time and space surround me
Yeah
Cause I need room to breathe
Let me float back to the place you found me
I’ll be ok

*goosebumps*