Brennan Heart
Delerium and Sarah McLachlan’s Trance Classic “Silence” Receives Massive Hardstyle Remixes
Delerium and Sarah McLachlan‘s 1999 trance classic “Silence” has received the remix treatment from Brennan Heart and Dailucia. The remixes were released on the I AM HARDSTYLE label, an imprint of Nettwerk Music Group. Heart begins the slow transcendence into the abyss with deep pads underneath McLachlan’s timeless vocals. As the energy picks up and the silence dissipates, he quickly flings into a ferocious sound with pitched kicks and a heavily sidechained synth. Heart knows how to break up the continuation, though, as the second build-up and drop are quite a bit different than the first one. The supersaw synth melody he implements for the second drop takes us entirely out of the silence as the melody plays the main vocal line. The hard mixes ...
Croatia’s Circus Maximus Festival Launches Innovative NFT Ticketing System
The organizers of Croatia’s Circus Maximus music festival are not only bringing a massive lineup to the table for its 2021 edition, but also hoping to change the way festivals are organized and ticketed. Utilizing a financial concept called DAO (or Distributed Autonomous Organization), Circus Maximus will put the power in the hands of the its attendees. According to a press release, DAOs run through rules encoded in smart contracts, and can be organized around common goals or interests. In this instance, a DAO will be applied to the festival in conjunction with cryptocurrency and new technologies to allow the community to determine venue location, performers, budget distribution, and more for future iterations. Croatia’s Circus Maximus Festival. Circus Maximus F...
EDM Tracks for Your 2020 Christmas Playlists
Christmas is today, and what better way to get in the spirit than by blasting holiday music? EDM and Christmas traditionally don’t go hand in hand, but you may be surprised how many dance music artists have created their own versions of classic carols and even some originals. While this year’s holiday festivities look a lot different than those of previous years, the spirit of it all should absolutely remain the same. Turn on your fireplace (real or virtual), cozy up, and rock these EDM tracks for your Christmas playlists. Wham! – Last Christmas (San Holo Remix) Jesse Slayter & Wuki – Rock Them Bells Kaskade – Deck The Halls (feat. Erika) Major Lazer – Christmas Trees (feat. Protoje) Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike x Armin van Buuren x Brenna...
Armin van Buuren, Brennan Heart, and Dimitri Vegas & Like Me Join Forces for Christmas Anthem
The euphoric “Christmas Time” is the first single from an upcoming Smash The House album. With the holidays comes a plethora of new music, and three dance music heavyweights have thrown their Santa hats into the ring early with a late-November Christmas anthem. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin van Buuren, and Brennan Heart joined forces for “Christmas Time,” teaming up to produce a euphoric progressive house track. The single, which arrives by way of Dimitri Vegas & Like’s Smash The House banner, features a top-line from Dutch compatriot Jeremy Oceans, who delivers a blithe vocal print atop the soaring sound design. Along with the song’s release came the announcement that “Christmas Time” is the first single from an upcoming...
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin van Buuren, and Brennan Heart Announce Upcoming Christmas Anthem
In addition to the four artists, the Christmas single is set to feature vocals from Jeremy Oceans. Leading the holiday season charge—in a rare effort to offer an alternative to that one Mariah Carey song we’ll inevitably hear 3,000 times over—is an upcoming Christmas collaboration from four dance music heavyweights. Later this week, fans can revel in the release of a St. Nick-approved holiday anthem called “Christmas Time,” a massive collaborative track by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin van Buuren, and Brennan Heart. The artists involved have not shared a preview of the single, which features Jeremy Oceans, but the release date and cover art were posted online. While Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Armin van Buuren are no strangers to collaborating,...
Brennan Heart and Kayzo Tease Thunderous Single “Untouchable”
Brennan Heart is accelerating the charge toward his imminent forthcoming album release by announcing a new single with Kayzo, which will be out this week. The hardstyle tastemaker’s full-length effort Brennan Heart And Friends drops in less than two weeks on November 20th. However, with three singles already out, the producer isn’t slowing his stride. Kayzo took to Twitter to break the news that their rebellious collaboration “Untouchable” will be out this week. The preview reveals just enough to keep us on edge until release day. Distant guitar riffs churn in the background as the defiant proclamation “I’m untouchable” booms thunderously through the sonic spectrum. The frenzied build of synths underscored by distorted kicks suggests the ...
