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My new track feat. Chuck D (Public Enemy). 

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Mat Zo feat. Chuck D - Pyramid Scheme

This song is one of my favorites from the new album "A Song Across Wires". I wrote this track on acoustic instruments (guitar, a six string fretted cello I had built that's like a bass or baritone equivalent of the viola de gamba, glockenspiel and others). Tydi and I worked together on the track (beats and bass) over email and eventually in person. We had a blast in the studio on this and eventually the culmination of these efforts was sent in a rough state to the country artist Plumb.

She wrote a wonderfully simple and catchy vocal. We worked with this vocal for a while and it became apparent after some time that her management and representatives had a different idea about what this song should be and what it should be for so we began looking for new singers (still bummed about this, Plumb is a great artist).

Enter Tanya Zygar. She is friends with Tydi and we sent her the track and she wrote a beautiful verse melody. I sang a multi-track chorus top line and sent it back to her. We went back and forth with iterations of lyrics and eventually settled on a nautical theme (which I love). Stem the Tide is an expression originally used to mean that a ship was sailing against the tide fast enough to make headway over the ground or to move faster than the tide in the opposite direction. 

I spend about a week after all this doing vocal editing, glitching and comping and eventually laid the vocal into the final mix.

All said and done, this song probably took in work hours the better part of 2 months. I worked on in in Logic 6.43 on a 24bit PT rig (OS9), OS X Logic 7 and 9, Live 8 and 9 and was stem printed from Logic 9. 

My favorite thing about it is the acoustic instruments playing in tandem to the analog synths, plugins and glitch elements. Very proud to share this one with you.

Stem the Tides

Stem The Tides

Released: 14.10.2013
Label: Black Hole Recordings
Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/gave-me/1163065



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Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Seri - Gave Me (Chris Schweizer Remix)



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An album that'll live on in the legacy of one of electronic dance music's biggest icons, Armin van Buuren. The fifth and most diverse artist album, loved for many reasons.

A musical piece that surprises and inspires, and will continue to do so through its official remix and deluxe album: 'The More Intense edition'.

Completing the story of 'Intense' with two brand new tracks, no less than 16 remixes by the likes of Protoculture, Dannic, Toby Hedges, Orjan Nilsen, Aly & Fila and more!

Here it is, intensifying the journey that 'Intense' has started.

01. Intense (feat. Miri Ben-Ari)
02. This Is What It Feels Like (feat. Trevor Guthrie)
03. Beautiful Life (feat. Cindy Alma)
04. Waiting For The Night (feat. Fiora)
05. Pulsar
06. Sound of the Drums (feat. Laura Jansen)
07. Alone (feat. Lauren Evans)
08. Turn This Love Around (vs. Nervo feat. Laura V.)
09. Won't Let You Go (feat. Aruna)
10. In 10 Years From Now
11. Last Stop Before Heaven
12. Forever Is Ours (feat. Emma Hewitt)
13. Love Never Came (feat. Richard Bedford)
14. Who's Afraid of 138?
15. Reprise (feat. Baggabownz)
16. This Is What It Feels Like (feat. Trevor Guthrie) (John Ewbank Classical Remix)

CD 2

01. Save My Night (Extended Version)
02. Don't Want To Fight Love Away (feat. Cindy Alma) (Extended Version)
03. Intense (feat. Miri Ben-Ari) (Andrew Rayel Remix Edit)
04. This Is What It Feels Like (feat. Trevor Guthrie) (W&W Remix Edit)
05. Beautiful Life (feat. Cindy Alma) (Kat Krazy Remix Edit)
06. Pulsar (Ummet Ozcan Remix Edit)
07. Sound Of The Drums (feat. Laura Jansen) (Michael Brun Remix Edit)
08. Alone (feat. Lauren Evans) (Ørjan Nilsen Remix Edit)
09. Turn This Love Around (vs. Nervo feat. Laura V.) (Toby Hedges Remix Edit)
10. Won't Let You Go (feat. Aruna) (Ian Standerwick Remix Edit)
11. Forever Is Ours (feat. Emma Hewitt) (Solarstone Pure Mix Edit)
12. Love Never Came (feat. Richard Bedford) (W&W vs. Armin van Buuren Remix)
13. Intense (feat. Miri Ben-Ari) (Dannic Remix Edit) [BONUS]
14. Pulsar (Cosmic Gate Remix Edit) [BONUS]
15. Won't Let You Go (Tritonal Remix Edit) [BONUS]
16. Turn This Love Around (vs. Nervo feat. Laura V.) (Starkillers Remix Edit) [BONUS]
17. Sound Of The Drums (feat. Laura Jansen) (Aly & Fila Remix Edit) [BONUS]
18. Love Never Came (feat. Richard Bedford) (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix Edit) [BONUS]
19. Last Stop Before Heaven (Maarten De Jong Remix Edit) [BONUS]
20. Love Never Came (feat. Richard Bedford) (The Blizzard Remix Edit) [BONUS]

Videos

21. This Is What It Feels Like (feat. Trevor Guthrie)
22. Beautiful Life (feat. Cindy Alma)
23. Waiting For The Night (feat. Fiora)

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Armin van Buuren - Pulsar (Cosmic Gate Remix)

Masoud - Skyward (Original Mix)

Born and Raised is available on Beatport:
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Henrik


Masoud - Skyward (Original Mix)

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