It seems this Friday is dedicated to some funky shit… At least that’s what today’s new releases seem to imply. Floating to the top of the EDM soup today is a very mixed grab bag – we’ve got a couple of upcoming Danish producers, some very chemical electro house, and some smoother, progressive notes from a collaboration that is at least 50% Norwegian. Let’s get to it!

Bag Snatchers – Sahara

Sahara is actually (by the blog standards) a bit of an older tune. Older is of course an exaggeration – it’s only a week old – but once it finally came to my attention, I wasn’t going to hold that against it. The track, produced by the Danish double dragon Bag Snatchers, consisting of Defiant and Kasger, is a very fresh take on house. Sahara mixes some very sexy melbourne bounce breaks with a tantalizing synthesizer that adds greatly to the track’s feel. The mix rounds out with some clear bigroom influences, and while I’m not a huge fan of the 2013 big room epidemic, Sahara carries it well. Listen to it below, and please give the lads your support as well – these guys are going to be moving up in the EDM world.



TAI – Just Smile (feat. Rutendo)

Wow. This track is… very special. Releasing today on Dim Mak with the eponymous EP, the upcoming german DJ TAI has certainly created a very juicy sound… but will it appease the public? The first track is certainly banger material, mixing some heavy bass breaks with an almost-but-not-quite big room sound. The synthesizer is solid, and the sampling – featuring unintelligible mystical chanting – is interesting, if a little bit detracting from the experience at times. The track carries some dub influences, but it never enters full-on brostep mode, and it’s one of the few electro house tracks that can use a wobble bassline well. I’m pretty sure this track will make it onto at least a few hitlists – keep a solid eye on it.

Steve Hex – The Witness (ft. DJ ADD)

Rounding out this batch of quality EDM is a slightly different track. The Witness is an interesting piece of very smooth progressive house that skimps on the common massive bass use in favor of an almost trance-like aesthetic. It’s definitely a house track, of that there can be no question, but it’s very easy to get lost and just chill out to The Witness regardless of that. With a very mellow sound and some solid use of sampling, Steve Hex (the Norwegian) and DJ ADD have created a very tasty progressive house mix that, while it may leave bass addicts hungry, will surely put the two on the map of some prog house enthusiasts – they’ve certainly made it onto mine.

All three tracks are – of course – sitting squarely on my watchlist. Find it here.