Clovis

This is such a massive track.  I first heard it on Dave Seaman’s August Radio Therapy show on Frisky Radio and now it’s available on Apple Music so also in my big tune playlist.  The banging twang is mesmerizing!

Trent Cantrelle (June 2018)

Trent Cantrelle's Sounds Like Radio show for June 2018 is excellent.  I continue to go back to Trent's monthly show as he's not afraid to play the best music there is on his monthly set and deliver a performance that is memorable.  So often now I hear monthly sets that are just not that interesting and while it's not the case that Trent's are incessantly amazing, his show is usually way above the average.  Check it out:

https://soundcloud.com/trentcantrelle/trent-cantrelle-sounds-like-radio-slr132

Darin Epsilon (May 2018)

Excellent Perspectives set on Frisky Radio this month (May 2018) from Darin Epsilon.  It starts out strong and finishes strong - probably the best Perspectives Radio set all year from Darin.

Jobe - "Orcus" (Soul Button Mix)

This might very well be my favorite track of 2018 when it's all said and done.  Absolutely outstanding killer progressive house by Jobe and Soul Button on the remix:

Every Global Underground

The famed Global Underground record label has uploaded every GU album to their MixCloud page for public consumption.  Many of these albums were the roots of my love for progressive house, including John Digweed's Sydney and Sasha's Ibiza GUs.  Listen here:

https://www.mixcloud.com/globalundergroundseries/

5 Hours of Pole Folder

5 hour Pole Folder set from December 2017:

https://soundcloud.com/pole-folder/live-at-the-night-becomes-electric-december-2017

Frisky Set of the Year?

Dave Seaman's Frisky Radio set from June 2017 is a definite early contender for Frisky Radio show of the year.  Amazing music and 100% driving.

Goliath

My 2016 track of the year, amazing piece of work by Sebastien Leger:

Shall Ocin - "Iso"

Bad-fucking-ass.  This is psychologically insane minimal techno.

Deepak Sharma - HIDDEN RECORDINGS/MixMag Set

Found this video set from a old friend of mine from NYC, excellent listen:

2015 Track of the Year: Michael A's Stars (Dmitry Molosh Mix)

My track of the year for 2015 is Michael A's "Stars" (Dmitry Molosh Mix).  This is a builder of a track with loads of energy behind it.  They are a few piano riffs with this track and they complement each other nicely with an incessant hum in the background that just seems to keep building the momentum.  This one has been played over and over for me...

Chicola - Accperiance (Original Mix)

This one has an old school progressive sound.  I love the bouncey synth in this one, enjoy:

Chicola - Accperiance (Original Mix)

Essentially Swedish

This essential mix from Pryda and Jeremy Olander is outstanding.  10/10.

Pryda vs Jeremy Olander - Radio 1 Essential Mix (Jan 3-2015)

Antrim - "Free Spirit" (Darin Epsilon Mix)

Brilliant remix from Darin Epsilon...very few vocals hit my strike zone but this one is seriously amazing:

Antrim - " Free Spirit" (Darin Epsilon Mix)

Pole Folder - Live @ Extrema (2014)

Listen to this set from Pole Folder starting at the 40 minute mark.  Amazing track selection and mixing, best I've heard in 2014 so far:

Polder Folder - Live at Extrema (2014)

Unbound

Jimmy Van M and Sean Cusick at their best as Freelance Icebreakers.  It's "Unbound" and it's so fucking badass:

Absolutely Massive Waves

This track by Diego Poblets is massive (Matias Chilano on the remix) and I'd die to be on a dancefloor with an amazing sound system when it's played out.  Holy shit.

Diego Poblets - Waves (Matias Chilano Mix)

Yamil Colucci's Mix of Sasha's "Bloodlock"

Yamil Colucci has a New Year's Eve remix Sasha's "Bloodlock" and is offering it as a free download on SoundCloud.  Download it here.

Two Guys, All In

I gave a listen to Guy Mantzur's guest mix on John Digweed's Transitions (#485:  Dec 13, 2013) today and there was a badass track right after the break in the middle that caught my attention.  It's titled "All In" by Guy Mantzur and Guy J and it's available for a crazy $.69 right now on the US iTunes Store.  Beatport is listing it for a $1.99 so get it:

Guy Mantzur & Guy J - "All In" [iTunes Store]

#1 Track of 2013

In like fashion to last year, I'm here to provide my thoughts on my favorite track of the year for 2013.  Last year's winner from my vantage point was DAVI's excellent "Labyrinth" (Club Mix).  I'm still enjoying this one as it's a definite barnstormer of a track that would certainly light the dancefloor on a fire on any given night and, in my opinion, was overlooked by many DJs.

For this year, I shift gears a bit from the 100% non-vocal tracks I usually prefer and focus on one of the most outstanding vocal progressive house tracks I've heard in a really long time.  The music stems from the artist Jake Fairley under his Fairmont moniker on the track titled "Last Dance" and the remix comes from the always stellar Ewan Pearson handling the mix controls.  Vocals and progressive house really don't historically go well together and it's often the case that if the track has vocals they are limited and almost incoherent as to not distract from the mainline established by the rhythm of the music.  So when a track comes by that has more than a few vocals that are clearly enunciated, an amazingly danceable baseline and actually tells a story, it's definitely of interest to me on whether or not the execution has been pulled off successfully.  

And, I can tell you without hesitation that the execution of Faimont's "Last Dance" along with Ewan Pearson's remix is absolutely stunning.  Ewan Pearson's rendition sits at what mind be considered a lengthy ten minutes but the development of the track with it's initial melancholy synths and Echomen-like storytelling vocals is outstanding as the music segues into a spiraling barrage of sounds that twist and turn amongst the backdrop of a guitar riff that elicits images of a truly emotional last dance.  This track is the most apt encore of the year and the combination of Pearson and Fairmont has proven so incredibly successful that I sincerely hope there's more to come.  The Ewan Pearson remix of Fairmont's "Last Dance" is available on iTunes.