DIMITRI VEGAS LIKE MIKE

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Starting the year in truly epic fashion, Smash The House puts together a crack team of the biggest and best producers in the world for ‘Explode’, a potentially classic hardstyle-twinged big room track!

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Timmy Trumpet, Brennan Heart, and Darius & Finlay. All on one project, all behind one set of boards! This exciting and endlessly talented group of individuals come together to imagine ‘Explode’, a big room behemoth of a release that will be played in mainstage sets by the most sought-after DJs, guaranteed! When five separate acts get together like this, it becomes a moment, and that’s exactly how this feels: the group effortlessly blend their influences to arrive at a big room production that takes on massive proportions. From the earth-shaking bassline, catchy synth lines or the high-energy drop, this track has everything one may desire from a big room house release!

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Timmy Trumpet, given their similar stature in the industry after such long and illustrious careers, have collaborated plenty of times in the past. Including releases like 2021’s ‘Feel Your Love’ and 2020’s ‘Der Alte (The Anthem)’, to name just a couple. At this point in their careers, these two acts need no introduction, but they both show no signs of slowing down, with a solid year of releases and collaborations under their belt for 2023. This time around, the two all-star acts of the scene enlist the help of three more artists to manage the load! You may be aware of Brennan Heart through his contribution to another Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Timmy Trumpet collaboration in ‘Sweet Caroline’, which has had massive success across the global EDM circuit. Since then, the Dutch producer has gone from strength-to-strength in the industry, hence why he’s landed another feature placement with the two legends!

These three EDM acts are already a force to be reckoned with. Still, when you add the unique expertise of producers Darius & Finlay, the project becomes one with incredible depth and imagination. Darius & Finlay add a classic feel to the project. The legendary German dance music duo are no strangers to a big track and show their unquestionable pedigree on ‘Explode’!

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Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Timmy Trumpet, Darius & Finlay, Brennan Heart - Explode

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Hot off the back of a sensational Tomorrowland winter, the kinds of the festival and Smash The House label bosses Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike announce all-new, stage-crushing collaboration ‘The Scientist’ alongside Brennan Heart and Tony Junior!

With a cinematic and uniquely emotional opening, a solemn piano sets the stage for the subtle-turned-raw vocals to take over, “Nobody said it would be so hard/ oh take me back to the start” delivers an instantly classic topline that nods to the Coldplay famed original, in a wholly unique way. But things are only just getting started…

Bringing grandiose percussion and rising, winding synths into the forefront of the musical makeup, the vocal suddenly spins into orbit before energetic hardstyle beats demand attention. Enforcing a raucous attitude that is unrestrained, vigorous and weaves between each involved artists’ own styles, then oscillating, almost genteel note ripples are introduced, come the verse delivery, for a juxtaposition that lets each element shine. 

Embodying a push and pull of styles that ensures Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Brennan Heart and Tony Junior’s flawless union is unlike anything they’ve released before, make sure you get your hands on ‘The Scientist’.

DIMITRI VEGAS LIKE MIKE

Nathan Thizy