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Be Yourself releases week 12
Sacha Harland – Lock My Love [Be Yourself Music] All about a bubblegum vocal that’s classically sassy, yet also enjoys the role of leading lady sending out an SOS, Sacha Harland puts ‘Lock My Love’ in the pop-dance spotlight. With an 80s tinge to the synth work and drum pads, the Amsterdam producer makes everything…
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Flexxus – Better Place [Be Yourself Music] You’d be a fool to ignore Flexxus’ offer of taking you to a ‘Better Place’, the perks of which get your spirits lifted, shoot sunshine into your body, and give you the confidence to seize the day. Germany’s good time provider shows love to a rolling organ melody…
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Melsen & Amanda Wilson – Every Single Time (I Look At You) [Be Yourself Music] Melsen taking his place behind the piano can only mean one thing: another hands-up house sure shot, this one featuring Amanda Wilson of Freemasons and Avicii’s ‘Seek Bromance’ fame. Once those keys start hammering away and the lusciously-lipped vocal makes…
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Format x RobJanssen – Solid Session [Be Yourself Music] Format being none other than dance legend Orlando Voorn, brought bang up to speed by RobJanssen, another Dutchman of many aliases, as ‘Solid Session’ re-emerges from its 1991 starting point as a techno-trance hurricane. Beats are tough and uncompromising, bass rumbles are a harsh, ugly sprawl,…
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Elliot Fitch – Benin [Be Yourself Music] The evolution of Elliot Fitch continues, unlocking international flavours for a West African-influenced banger. After mastering the art of disco seduction, he loads celebratory vocals, rubbery twangs and rapid drum fills onto kicking beats for a hot slice of house sunshine. The celebration of ‘Benin’s local funk/afro pop…
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Elle Hollis – Selfish Ways [Be Yourself Music] Elle Hollis had the honour to be Pinkpop 2022 official openings act! Touring festivals in the Netherlands at the moment, Elle also had the honour to perform at the sold-out shows of Olivia Rodrigo at the AFAS in Amsterdam earlier this year. Having written the song herself…
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Alexander Som & Les Castizos – Maria Antonia [Be Yourself Music] This pumping ode to ‘Maria Antonia’ is readymade for the Balearics and then some, a spurt of electrified disco boogie with filtered loops landing an uppercut to the glitterball. Calvin Harris and David Guetta have been keeping an ear out for Madrid’s chief rocker…
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Equinox – Tear Apart [High Contrast Recordings] Interstellar expertise from equinøx soundtracks what it’s like to sit on top of the world as viewed from an immersive, progressive trance perspective. The two tracker begins by gracefully allowing time to clear your mind and exhale: the stopwatch melodies of ‘Tear Apart’ travel deep into the heart…
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Gil Sanders – Long Summer (feat. Sander Nijbroek) [Be Yourself Music] The go-to guy for finding gold at the end of the rainbow and sunshine after the rain, Gil Sanders keeps the earworms coming after ‘Only One’ and ‘Lie To Me’. Another chart houser to towel yourself down with, even at its most urgently bassy,…
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BURNR – Molly [Be Yourself Music] A nasty house pounder from your boy BURNR, concocting a chemical reaction by pouring petrol over speakers and asking his devil’s advocate on vocals for a match. Dragging ‘Molly’ across juddering bass terrain like it has Guru Josh backwards by the infinities, the mayhem is brought to a head…
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