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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)



Get your copy on iTunes: bit.ly/MoreIntense_iT

Get the CD: bit.ly/MoreIntenseCD

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)

Born and Raised is available on Beatport:
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Cheers,
Henrik


Neelix - Born And Raised EP (Preview)

Wolves at the Door

Wolves at the Door (Shogun Extended Remix)

Hello Friends, i love Ferrys work. And Festival Crash is an amazing piece of energy. With a bit of Talla uplifting power, its even stronger for the faster floors. Are you ready for some sssserious uplifting? ;-) 

Great news: Ferry likes my rework and licensed it for Flashover :)

Check out and support the original with a purchase:
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Ferry Corsten - Festival Crash - Talla 2XLC 140 rework Asot 674 680

Sharpshooter - the brand WA single which has been causing it for months! Follow up to Isolator but... bigger. Already supported by Armin van Buuren, Simon Patterson, Bryan Kearney, Freedom Fighters and of course John O'Callaghan. 

Release date: 8th December 

Will Atkinson - Sharpshooter

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Are you even you?

Breathe (Remixes)

Breathe (Will Atkinson Remix) [feat. Karen Kelly]

Afterdark welcomes tech trance legend Richard Durand to the ranks.  Richard’s tracks have been a firm favourite in Sneijder’s sets all year, and ‘Lotus’ is a prime example.  Crisp clean production with a nostalgic riff, essential!

Buy now - https://afterdark.choons.at/lotus

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Richard Durand - Lotus

The winner of the Afterdark remix competition and a firm favourite on this years Afterdark Buenos Aires Live CD, the massive Niall McKeever remix of ‘Absorb’.  A deserving winner out of countless entries, Niall turns the original on its head to deliver an amazing uplifting version in comparison to the tech original. 

Buy now - afterdark.choons.at/absorbrmx

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Sneijder & Nick Callaghan - Absorb (Niall McKeever Remix)

Project 8 Returns to Projekted with "Over".
A classic blend of old school house & funky tech infused trance.
Title: Over
Type: Single
Catalog #: PK004
Release Date: 17/06/19

Will Atkinson - Sharpshooter

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