You Take Me Higher

Greetings.  Today I have got SEVEN delicious house and electro tunes for you to baaaang your head on!  As always, enjoy the music and please make my day by leaving a comment.

MAD RESPECT TO PETE TONG for enlightening me on the existence of this tune.  No idea who this Rogerseventytwo character is but I'm loving this track.  Bit repetitive at over six minutes long, but the typa track that fits in perfectly on my Happy House playlist.   You take me higha than I've eva beeen baaabbbyyyyy!

1) Roger72 - You Take Me Higher


Out on Steve Angello's record label Size, I fell in love with this house song called "Feel" right from the first listen - check it out! 

2) Third Party vs. Cicada - Feel

Read on for David Guetta, Alesso, Ingrosso, Sander & Avicii!

ERIC PRYDZ IN CONCERT

For those unable to attend, listen to this banger and rejoice.

Heaven awaits...

Pryda - 2Night

mau5 coming to Londontown!

Just saw Deadmau5 post this on his Facebook the other day.  To summarise things, he will be DJing LIVE in London on Monday, 28th November near the River Thames.  The event is in partnership with Nokia, who are launching their new Lumia 800 smartphone.  It will involve a FREE 30 minute show with some impressive visuals, organised by some dude called Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED), being broadcast onto the 400 foot Millbank Tower.  Time: TBA.  Update: 9pm start.  Most importantly, he'll be making 2 remixes especially for the show!  I'll definitely be attending, so leave a comment & let me know if u wanna join me :)  If you can't make it, watch a live stream online here.

To commemorate this special occasion, check out these tracks.

HIT THE JUMP (click "read more" below) FOR 2 SICK DEADMAU5 TUNES.

RHCP Live in UK (June 2012)

Just bought tickets to the show on Sun 24 June in Sunderland.  They went on general sale at 9am this morning - so if interested I suggest you fix up, look sharp and get on it before they sell out!

For more info on the 2 UK shows, see here.

Ticketmaster page for Sunderland show here.

Take a listen to the first single from their new album I'm With You, which came out in this past August.  John Frusciante may have left, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers are still rockin, and doin it well.

RHCP - The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie

Original Don

 MAJOR LAZER - 
"ORIGINAL DON" 

Mad!  Sick!  Head nuh good!

                 ...Mad...
               ...Decent...
               ...Strikes...
                ...Again...

Banging club track which switches styles multiple times in da same song.  Get ya freak on.

If you are unfamiliar with the two geniuses behind Major Lazer (Diplo & Switch) please check out some other mad tunes from their album Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do:  "Pon de Floor" (ft. production from Afrojack), "Hold the Line" (ft. Mr. Lex & Santigold) and "Keep it Goin Louder" (ft. Nina Sky).

'til my hip don't hop anymore

YO!  It's been a minute since I posted any hip-hop, so without further ado, check out this varied assortment of jams.  Lemme know what ya think in the comments section.

1) Lupe Fiasco ft. Ellie Goulding & Bassnectar - LightWork

First up we got Lupe Fiasco.  I'm a big fan of this Chicago native cuz I think his lyrics are a huge step above others intellectually.  Having said that, his album Lazers (which finally came out in March of this year) was a bit of a disappointment (too poppy) compared to earlier efforts.  To be fair though, he went through hell with his label to get it released.  This song is called "Lightwork" and samples a Bassnectar remix of Ellie Goulding's track "Lights".  It excites me because it's apparently part of an upcoming mixtape called Friend of the People - due out on Thanksgiving (Nov 24th).  If you wanna check out a quality older mixtape he released for free back in '09, download Enemy of the State: A Love Story from Datpiff.

Read on for more featuring KanYe, Jigga, Em, Lil Wayne, CuDi, Drake and some up-and-coming talent you should check out.

Calvin Harris

This young Scottish producer has had a pretty busy and so far successful 2011:  he's released two quality singles (definitely on my summer soundtrack), lent his productions skills to various pop artists and even been on tour with Rihanna.   The first single featured Kelis and is called "Bounce".  I don't care if you find Kelis' voice annoying... the melody in this tune is just straight up danceable.  For his second single Calvin used his own vocals on a tune called "Feel So Close", which became his sixth solo top 10 single in the UK - impressive!  

More recently Calvin teamed up with the British grime / Brit-Hop artist Tinchy Stryder for a typical cross-genre club friendly tune, "Off the Record".  Typical electro-pop, meh.  Calvin is also the producer of Rihanna's lastest single.  Now, normally I hate everything this Bajan pop star releases.  I respect a few of her tracks such as "Umbrella" and "What's My Name?" - however probably due to the involvement of Jay-Z and Drake respectively.  Nothing against her, just not my type of music.  Having said that, I think her latest collab with Calvin Harris, "We Found Love", strikes a good balance as a happy dance song.  Has been the UK #1 for 3 weeks now.  See the video below, which has actually caused a bit of controversy as it depicts Rihanna's tumultuous relationship with a boyfriend - played by an actor who oddly resembles Chris Brown!

For lots more music, click "Read More" below!

Rakin n scrapin

Figured it's about damn time I do another blog post.  Crossed the pond 4 weeks ago and have been seriously busy studying - hence the lack of activity.  With over 60 tunes posted so far, most of them have been some form of electronica or hip-hop.  Not long after leaving the rock I was lil home sick and went on a rampage trying to download some good ole Bahamian music.  Therefore this post, my 25th(!!!), is mainly for the Bahamians abroad who just wan a taste of dat sweet island calypso to remind you of our country.  OR for those of you still home, who always hear dat song on da radio, but cyan find it anywhere to buy/download/nuttin.  Been meaning to finish this post for a while, and today seems appropriate -
Happy Columbus Day Bahamas!

1) Geno D - Stagger Lee

First up is one of my favourite Bahamian tunes ever recorded.  I recently learned that "Stagger Lee" is not penned by the great Gene Davis, aka Geno D - but is actually an old folk song dating back to the 1920's which has been covered countless times, by some of the greats like James Brown, Bob Dylan and Ike & Tina Turner, to name a few.  I can't speak for these other artists, but Geno D makes this song his own with the perfect melody of rakin saw and cowbells, adding that distinct Bahamian flair.  This song takes me back to my childhood, as it was one of my Dad's favourites too.  Thanks to my friend Sue-Lin for sending me this hard to find track!  :) 

Veni, Vidi, Avicii

Avicii, Tim Berg & Tom Hangs... yes, these are all the same person.  One name wouldn't cut it, so he uses several aliases.  If you don't know this man by now, come out from the rock you been chillin under!  He's taken the electronic dance music (EDM) genre by storm in the last 2 years and is gathering a serious fan base.  At only 22 he's already made quite the impact.  Named breakthrough producer of 2009 by Tiesto, Laidback Luke & Dirty South, he is currently making some of the hottest and most uplifting happy house music around - certainly getting the credit he deserves. 

Thus far I've shared his tracks "Levels" and "Silhouettes" with you, in one of the Certified Summa Jams posts.  This time I'm featuring a remix he did of a classic Nadia Ali trance song, "Rapture".  His remixes are top quality, just like his releases, and feature the familiar big room signature Avicii sound.  I heard this particular remix while out clubbing last night, although the stupid DJ only played about 1 minute of its 7!  Anyway, a friend requested this, so enjoy Katia.  Read on to listen and download many more songs by this young musical genius.

1) Nadia Ali - Rapture (Avicii New Generation Extended Mix)

Dreaming

I have 5 tracks for you today, all of blissfully brilliant electronic music. 
The Field, real name Axel Willner, is a musician from Stolkholm in Sveden.  Some may call this music Minimal.  However I prefer Wikipedia's description, saying it falls under the genre of "Ambient Techno".  This pretty little number is nearly 8 minutes of looped vocals laid over a slow piano melody from his upcoming album, aptly titled Looping State of Mind.  It kinda reminds me of that period when you're really tired between resting your head on the pillow and actually drifting off to sleep.  If this tune doesn't suit your fancy, don't fret.  Read on for Gui Boratto, Deadmau5 and some German techno dude, all awesome tunes!

1) The Field - Then It's White (Click title to dwld)

And she said...

Reason for this post:  cuz The Pharcyde (a Californian hip-hop group) are wicked and make super chilled out and funny hip-hop music.  Their hay day was also back in the early 90s, like much of the underground rap I find myself listening to (see De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Souls of Mischief, etc).  It wasn't until I saw them live in Toronto this summer however, that I realised how many classics they actually made.  Despite having not released an album in over 7 years, they showed that they still know how to rock a crowd.  After "Runnin" (probably their biggest hit), this song, entitled "She Said", really does it for me.  The lazy hazy vocals about love and relationships over top of a relaxing beat by none other than the late great J Dilla are a perfect combo.  Read on for more songs by the Pharcyde and a little bonus track.

The Pharcyde - She Said

The coolest motherfunkers on the planet

I LOVE WHO YOU ARE
I LOVE WHO YOU AINT
YOU'RE SO ANNE FRANK
LET'S HIT THE ATTIC & HIDE OUT FOR BOUT 2 WEEKS

Album: Stankonia
Year:  Two Thousand
Genre: Hip-Hop / Funk
Successful?  ...quadruple platinum!

Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean

That girl is poison

Bel Biv DeVoe are an American trio from the 90s whose music was sort of a fusion between hip-hop and R&B - a genre called New Jack Swing.  This song, "Poison", was their most successful and comically warns the listener about falling in love.  I have a hunch you'll recognise it.  The chorus goes "That girl is poisoooooooon, never trust a big butt and a smile!", hehe.  Keep reading for other tunes from this genre.

Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison

Oh Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?

This post is intended to educate Peiter about a serious classic =P    "Sinnerman" is a very old American spiritual song, it was first popularised in the 60s and is probably Nina Simone's most famous song.  It's also been sampled by some big artists like KanYe West, Timbaland and apparently Felix da Housecat.  For me however, I cannot listen to the song without it reminding me of the epic climax to the film "The Thomas Crown Affair" (starring Pierce Brosnan... if you haven't seen it, sort your life out).  If you have seen it, skip forward to 4:50 and you'll recognise the piano melody with the clapping in the background which they loop over and over.  Very effective use of music in the movie to build tension I thought.  At over 10 minutes it's a very long tune, but it's worth it!

Nina Simone - Sinnerman

If you like Piña Coladas...

Thought I'd throw out an oldie to keep you smiling on this happy Saturday.  Heard this playin on the radio yesterday on the boat and had to get a copy.  If you listen to the lyrics it's actually quite funny.  Apparently when this dude wrote the song back in '79 he was originally going to sing the chorus as "if you like Humphrey Bogart..." but switched it to "if you like piña coladas" five minutes before recording.  When first released it was simply titled "Escape" but they eventually tacked on (The Pina Colada Song) because initially sales were slow and that's the line everyone remembered.  Just a piece of trivia for you.  Download, listen and leave a comment.

Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Drunk in the Grass at Sunset

This is an incredible tune by an American producer named Casey Keyworth, aka Breakfast.  In 2006 he was signed to Ferry Corsten's Flashover Recordings and has done pretty well for himself since then.  This is the first tune I heard by him and probably still  by favourite.  Puts me in a trance.  Yes the album artwork features a photo I took up in Abaco, cuz I'm fresh like that.  Njoi  

Breakfast - Drunk in the Grass at Sunset

Rockin the joint, rockin the jam

This is Black Eyed Peas... before they added Fergie and started making sh*tty pop music. Believe it or not they started as a hip-hop trio back in '95.   Not much else to say about this tune, but its got a laidback hip-hop vibe which I much prefer.  Leave a comment and lemme know ya thoughts on da track :)

Black Eyed Peas - Joints & Jam

Raise Your Weapon

For anyone who loves Deadmau5' beautiful melodies but hates dubstep - I present to you, the unruined version of "Raise Your Weapon"!  I'm all for Mr. Zimmerman branching out and experimenting, but personally dubstep aint my cup of tea and I think the breakdown at 4 mins of the original mix ruins it.  Never heard of this Ron Reeser character, but he speeds up the track, removes the dubstep & extends the original piano melody -  thus improving it tenfold in my eyes.  However, in my generous nature I have uploaded both versions for you to compare.  Credit to Lulu for this one.  Leave a comment & lemme know which you prefer...

Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon (Ron Reeser Assault Mix)


Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon (Original Mix)

Certified Summa Jams #2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

Now that the summer is drawing to a close, I've decided to post a few of my favourite electronic tunes that I've been spinnin non-stop este verano.  First up we've got a remix that Swedish House Mafia did of Coldplay's latest single "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall".  Despite the pretty lame name, the original is a wicked tune (with a very cool music video) & the Swedish trio added their midas touch to make it ready for the dancefloor.  The version I have is just a rip from Pete Tong's Radio 1 show - not sure its being officially released, so you'll have to settle for this 3 minute version.  The drop at 1:55 is brilliant, pure madness!

2. Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (SHM Remix)

DEMARCO LIVE IN NASSAU

Everyone's favourite autotuned Jamaican reggae artist, Demarco, will be performing live at Charlie's Club this Saturday.  Da Yardie made an appearance at Ladie's Night at Waterloo last night but is set to tear tings up tomorrow night.  The event is sponsored by Sands Beer so you know dey ga have some solid specials all night.  Link da Facebook page here if want more info.  Listen to his latest tune below, Rest it a mi Foot and some of his old hits below - my favourite of which is "I Remember"!

Demarco - Rest it a mi Foot

Demarco - I Remember


Demarco - Fallen Soldiers

New Weezy

Lil Wayne's highly anticipated new album, THA CARTER IV, drops August 29th 2011.  Drizzy leaked Lil Wayne's 4th single on his blog last week.  It's called She Will and features Young Money's hottest property, Lil Wayne and Drake.  The link he posted allows you to stream it but not download it, so I uploaded it again on Hulkshare so you can put she on your iPod.  Somewhat average song in my opinion, but I love hearin Wayne's rhymes and this star duo's collabs are always popular.  God knows  what "She Will" do, but anyways... this track follows his other singles: "6 Foot 7 Foot", "John" and "How to Love".  Leave a comment and lemme know wutcha tink.

Lil Wayne ft. Drake - She Will

Summer Reggae

Some old, some new... couple reggae chunes to keep da summer vybe.  Whether you chillin at home by the pool, on the boat headed to the beach or havin a house party with some friends, reggae always keep da mood nice and light.  In the words of the holy grandfather Tuff Gung (a.k.a. Bob) himself, Play I some music... dis a reggae music! Njoi...

Demarco - I Love My Life

Known for his hits like Fallen Soldier, I Remember, Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten, and She Cah Wait Demarco is another Jamaican dancehall artist who has risen to fame since '07 with his autotuned sweet melodies.

Enter in di dance, plug it in and we begin

... sound of di Groove Armada, we superstylin!!  This is a jammin dub tune from the British duo's 2001 album "Goodbye Country, Hello Nightclub" - guaranteed good listening for a party atmosphere.  Dis a special post for my good friend Sofia.  If anyone else has requests, lemme know!  Email me at what1dancecando@gmail.com or hit me up on Facebook and I shall oblige.

Groove Armada - Superstylin'

Afroki

Afroki = Afrojack & Steve Aoki... two electro producers & DJs who appear to be among the craziest on the scene. On Monday they released "No Beef", an absolute electro banger with both vocal and instrumental mixes. They made a pretty comical video to accompany the release, documenting them partying around Las Vegas drinking from little bottles of alcohol labelled "Afroki", getting tattoos and engaging in other debauchery. 

Hit the jump to read more and download the song...

new (and somewhat old) mau5

Not sure how old this is, but last week Mau5Trap Recordings (Deadmau5' record label) released the below video on their YouTube page.  From the comments ppl say its a mashup of a few unfinished versions of "Sleeping Beauty Pills" on his Soundcloud page (username fuckmylife, lol).  Either way the track shows Deadmau5 gettin all deep and poetic with his computer voice / personal voice spoken lyrics over a slow piano melody.  The video is equally trippy and fits the song well.  It starts off a bit like his releases as of late which I haven't been a huge fan of (see "Where Are My Keys" - too damn repetitive!) but eventually has the classic mau5 breakdown over a slow/haunting piano and kickdrum beat.

Certified Summa Jam #1

From now on Imma release a series of posts with songs I feel should be on your summer playlist.  The first of these shall by the latest collab between Tinie Tempah and Wiz Khalifa, entitled "'Till I'm Gone" - which was released for free on his official mixtape Foreign Object.

Tinie Tempah is probably unknown to most people in the Bahamas, but he's a British rapper who blew up when he released his first single "Pass Out" around Feb 2010 in the UK.  I still remember hearing it on the radio for the 1st time and being instantly hooked by the man's hilarious rhymes and the club-ready drum n bass beat.  Since then he's linked with the Swedish House Mafia to create the banger "Miami 2 Ibiza" and released a whole string of his own singles.  

These Sounds Fall Into My Mi e i e iiiind

Kenny Dope is an American dance musician from the 80s and 90s.  In '95 he brilliantly sampled a classic rock 'n roll tune, using the main horn melody (which I find just plain awesome) to create an infectious house hit which he aptly titled "The Bomb".  Yall younger generation should recognise the same melody from Pitbull's "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)".  This classic rock n' roll tune I'm referring to is none other than the 9 minute long "Street Player" by Chicago.  Interestingly enough, the original features Maynard Ferguson on trumpet (a legendary Canadian jazz musician) and Airto Moreira on percussion.  The latter has a wicked tune called "Samba de Flora" which I know from the Fifa Street 2 soundtrack (Sean will remember this one, considering all the cut hip I layed upon him ova da years :P).  

Drake Drizzy Rogers

Man of the moment, actor-turned rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, has just released the first official single from his highly anticipated follow-up to his debut album, entitled Take Care - to be released on his 25th birthday, October 24th 2011.  The song is called "Headlines" and features production from Drake's homies and long-time collaborators Boi-1da and 40.  Some of you may know I'm already a big fan of Drake, who unleashed my favourite hip-hop mixtape of all time (So Far Gone) and a pretty decent debut called Thank Me Later.  His latest track is called HEADLINES and is pretty typical of Drake at least content-wise, with an egotistical flow about partying but also has a catchy chorus singing "They know, they know, they know" over a hypnotising beat pulsating with synths.

DRAKE - HEADLINES

Free Music (Legal n all!)

Wanna know a secret?  There's lots of free legal music on the internet.  You just gotta know where to look.  I know what you're thinkin - "I catch ya drift bey Duncan, I is rip all my music offa YouTube or download albums on BitTorrent already, ALL FA FREE.  I know da times!"  Well, I ein talkin bout that, so listen up.

Take a website like www.stereogum.com.  They focus primarily on independent music and up-and-coming artists, but in the past they've featured stuff by bands who eventually went big, like Arcade Fire or Vampire Weekend.   One I've been checking lately is http://rcrdlbl.com/.  They've currently got over 25,000 free singles available to download - whether that be an album single the artist wants to give away, a sponsored remix of a popular track, or a rarity that was previously unreleased.  Hit the jump below to edumacate yaself.

Gabriel & Dresden are back!

It's time to rejoice people:  one of the greatest duos in electronic music has rejoined after they split up three years ago in 2008.  For anyone who doesn't know, Josh Gabriel & Dave Dresden are the trance legends behind the hit "As the Rush Comes" (under their Motorcycle moniker) featuring renowned vocalist Jes Brieden - see music video here.  Their ability to create songs with hypnotic melodies and beautiful accompanying vocals are, in my opinion, unrivalled. For a little taste check out "Tracking Treasure Down", or one of their brilliant instrumentals such as "Arcadia" or "Serendipity".

Testing, testing

Finally got around to creating this blog, which shall contain music and other random tidbits of information which I feel may arouse your interest. 

For my first post, it should only be fitting to explain the name of the blog.  "What One Dance Can Do" is a song by legendary reggae artist Beres Hammond from the mid-80s.  He has countless jams - old and new - and this is one of my absolute favourites.  

If you like it check out other classics like "Putting up a resistance", "Rock Away" and "Can You Play Some More" - the latter featuring the somewhat recently locked up Buju Banton (what a clown).  

ANYWAYS enough runnin my mout, here's the link for the tune.  Njoi

Beres Hammond - What One Dance Can Do