Re: Sweden Post

So my previous post on the Swedish House Mafia disappeared, and I have no idea why. If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know. UPDATE: I was able to recover all of the links, so enjoy. Sorry that the formatting is not as nice as usual.

-Chris BP

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Vlkomnande till... Sweden

A little bit of explanation: the Swedish House Mafia is not post-minimal-breakbeat music from Sweden. I promise. It's actually a group of Swedish house DJ's: Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell. It also used to include Eric Prydz (AKA Pryda. Don't worry, he's also going to be in this post) until he moved to London. All of their productions are upbeat house tracks - Eric Prydz was the one who dropped Call On Me - and they all have a similar style. Oh and they also love to get together in pairs and name themselves something else.

Also, keep up spreading the word. Interest in the blog is definitely picking up thanks to you guys. UPDATE: I fixed commenting so you don't need to be registered somehow to leave one.

My genre of the day: Swedish House Mafia

What you need to be listening to:

I have to admit, this might as well be a Know Your Genre because all of these songs are older, but whatever, it's all good.

Tell Me Why - Supermode
A remix of Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat by Steve Angello and Axwell (Supermode). No way I could do a post on these guys and not include it, this song is huge. Think Call On Me with 80's vocals.
Tell Me Why - YouTube

Breathe (Instrumental) - Mode Hookers
A tune from Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso (Mode Hookers). Starts off with a repetitive beat, but quickly drops off into sweeping strings. Worth it just for that bit.
Breathe - YouTube
Breathe - Download

Nice (Eric Prydz Radio Mix) - Duran Duran
A great remix from Prydz that injects a ton of energy into Duran Duran's original. Another note: all four of the Mafia are amazing remixers (just check out Axwell's remix of Hard-Fi's Hard To Beat or Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso's remix of Hard-Fi's Suburban Knights).
Nice - YouTube

Feel The Vibe (Instrumental Mix) - Axwell
Super house tune from Axwell, who probably makes the brightest sounding songs of the four. Made for clubbing on a beach.
Feel The Vibe - YouTube

AND

Nothing to do with the Swedish House Mafia, but...

I'm Not Alone (Extended Mix) - Calvin Harris
The real version of I'm Not Alone finally dropped. If you haven't heard it or downloaded it yet (see Fancy Some Euphoric? post in Feb.), do it now.
I'm Not Alone - Download


NEXT POST: May be a little more of a wait then usual. Maybe a normal post?

Ach Ja or Nicht Nicht?

Eurodance. It's kind of a guilty pleasure, but hey some of it's actually good.

A perfect example from Gunther and the Sunshine Girls (pic above, trust me he needs the huge pic):
The Ding Dong Song - YouTube

Just kidding, though it's great in it's own way.

On a completely unrelated note, I figured out more stuff about subscribing. If you do it by e-mail, you'll get an e-mail at the end of the day if and only if, there's a new post/are new posts. So it won't spam you up. Ballin'. In related news, you can actually find this by googling "runbpm" as one word. My next goal? Getting "run-bpm" to turn it up too. UPDATE: Google links to the latest post, so you actually need to click on the archive to get to the rest if you come through google.

My genre of the day: Eurodance

What you need to be listening to:

Just a disclaimer, none of these songs are as ridiculous as actual Eurodance, and are actually more housey than anything else. In fact, they are house. I promise they don't suck.

But they are very energetic and European club. And not very new.

Show Me Love (Club Mix feat. Robin S) - Mobin Masters
A good club remix of the Show Me Love, which is also a great song in it's own right. Keeps the same ridiculously catchy riff and adds some piano and strings.
Show Me Love - YouTube
Show Me Love - Download

Redlight (Club Mix) - Ian Carey
Sounds like it could come from Eric Prydz (the Call On Me guy; there will definitely be some of him in future posts). The club mix is a bit long, but clubby.
Redlight - YouTube
Redlight - Download

Arabian Adventure 2 - DJ Antoine
An older song from the Swiss DJ with a thick Arabian (don't hold me to that) string bit over a banging beat. Starts off slow, but speeds up when the beat drops.
Arabian Adventure 2 - YouTube
Arabian Adventure 2 - Download

Love Shy (Paul Emanuel Remix) - Platnum
A song that's been remixed a million and one times, this is the best electro-house version out there from one half of remix dons Haji & Emanuel. Catchy melody over a sharp beat.
Love Shy - YouTube
Love Shy - Download

Also, you should be listening to:

The Boogie That Be - The Black Eyed Peas
Absolutely nothing to do with anything but it's tight and stuck in my head right now. Plus, I think it's a pretty popular song.
The Boogie That Be - YouTube

NEXT POST: Hip hop remixes.