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Season 2 will start slowly with 2 posts a week (4 songs total)! No tags for guaranteed kinds of music each day, but hopefully we'll get a nice variety!
Boy Kiss Girl is the perfect name for an artist who makes tropical house, and the track Ocean from Boy Kiss Girl is just a quality tropical track. With great instrumentation, vocals that flow with the track really well (I'm not saying they're good), and just a happy flowing vibe! Enjoy!
Nick Havsen brings us this next remix which is a beautifully melodic deep house remix of Tim Gartz's song Uptown Girl. This one just flows so well, the tonality is perfect, although the vocals could be dropped to make the song better in my opinion. A killer track that's been stuck in my head for some time!
In homage to one of my other favorite music blogs, today will be about two songs that I have had stuck in my head for quite some time. The first is the Jerome Tropical remix of DJ Antoine's track Thank You. This song is beautiful in every sense of the word, the vocals are amazing and beautiful, the message is great, and the smooth tropical sounds are infectious as they come. This track has been stuck in my head for weeks and I don't want it out!
Second up is perhaps my favorite song I have heard this year, Faded by Alan Walker. This song is the definition of beauty in music. It brings out some strong emotions in me, seeming to hook me emotionally every single time that I listen to it. It is a bit slower and not as intense as other tracks, but carries so much weight and beauty. I hope you like it as much as I do!
Thomas Jack was one of the people I as most excited about going into Holy Ship so of course I almost peed myself when I met him coming out of the buffet on night 1 and on the beach party on Day 2. Being basically one of the founders of tropical house, I have loved his music from the first time I heard it. And he was such a cool guy too! So I will share with you two of my favorite Thomas Jack songs, an amazing remix and the best original tropical house songs since the genre was founded.
The first is the Of Monsters and Men track Little Talks, a masterpiece of a track if there ever was one. Working so well with the vocals and original sounds of Of Monsters and Men, and then adding his signature Tropical house love to the track.
The original that I would like to share with you is Rivers, a really beautiful and super vibe heavy song that just stirs up a lot of emotions whenever I hear it. It is just such a well put together track that is very dancey, with a vocal sequence that adds perfectly to the tropical sounds. Give it a listen and I hope you enjoy this wonderful artist as much as I do!
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (Thomas Jack Remix)
Happy day off everyone! Sit back and relax with the smooth tracks that I have for you to relax to! First up is the Milk and Cooks remix of Lauv's track Reforget. This one is smooth as butter, with chilling vocals, tropical tones that flow like water, and just an overall vibe of relaxation.
Second up today is another track from Tobu, who had that killer tropical house track Summer Breeze I posted a while ago. This one has more of a house feel to it for sure, but still carries that summer attitude and sound. The tonality is wonderful, and the vibe is just beautiful and happy go lucky. Enjoy!
On this most funkiest of Fridays we start with a wonderful Tropical House track from Martin Jensen called Miracles. The vocals are sung by Bjornskov and work beautifully over the piano. The melodies are a bit slower but so flawlessly done, I couldn't resist posting this one!
Second up is a funkalicious track from DJ EQ called Tres Palmas and this one takes the love of funk to a whole new level. This track has the groove, the great bassline, amazing tonality, and just made me want to get up out of my chair and dance like a fool alone! Give it a listen and I hope you enjoy it!
First track up today is That Guy's remix of Kafka Tamura's track No Hope. A really beautiful and well done Tropical House track that really got me in a groovy and relaxed mindset. Very melodic and I love the Marimba-esk and guitar sounds that is used for the main melody. I hope you enjoy it!
Next up is a really beautiful atmospheric track from MaLuca called Forever. Just plain beautiful, I mean there is really no other way to describe the sound and feeling that this track gives out. Sit back, put on some headphones, close your eyes, and let this one take you to another plane of reality!
First up today on this Tuesday is a song that took me a few tries to enjoy. Lovers2Lovers by Smash is a strange and simplistic song, and I will be honest I really don't like the first minute. Once the synth kicks in it becomes a whole new song though, and I really enjoy it. Skip the video, it is strange and bit uncomfortable. Enjoy the track!
The second track up today is the new one from Kygo called Stay. It has got a great continuous flow and the very signature Kygo sound that makes me wet my pants like a child. I love Kygo and this song only reassures my confidence in him as a musician and a producer. Enjoy!
I will have multiple posts coming faster than usual to make up for the missing ones over the past week. First up is a from Gathier called If You Don't Want Me, a really solid and chill deep house track. Driving tonal bass (which I FUCKING LOVE) with really smooth piano mixed in, this one had me from the first time I heard it.
Second up today is from Trevor Dahl called When You Come Home, a very pop based but smooth tropical house track. It has a very top 40 feel to it as the vocals are very catchy, and the tonality of the chorus is simple and pretty contagious. The guitar really makes it feel authentic and fabulous. For sure a very different sounding track then I am used to but I really like the direction it goes.
Let's start Tuesday off with some feel good tracks, the first being a Tropical House song from Cheat Codes called Follow You. A feel good tropical house song, the beat is really catchy and the vocals don't feel overwhelming, instead combining really beautifully with the beat. For sure worth listening to, it made my morning!
First up is one of the happiest songs I have heard in some time, called Chasing Clouds by MOWE. It has a insaly chilled out tropical house feel mixed in with really great tonality and vocal sample that sounds smooth as butter. This song put me in such a good mood this morning and I hope it does the same for you!
Second up on this rare edition of Mashup Monday we have a mashup track from The White Panda featuring Kygo and Misterwives and it is amazing. Seeming like a throwback to their first album, this one carries their unique sound as well as perfectly combining two artists and sequences that no one thought to use. The song is beautiful, and is for sure worth your time and picking up the free download!
MOWE - Chasing Clouds
The White Panda - Reflection Stone (MisterWives // Kygo) (Free Download)
So I have been doing a lot of research into rap/tropical house remixes lately, mostly because the party I'm djing on Saturday is Tropical themed (which means I get to mix tropical house!). I have found some really great stuff, and wanted to share a few of them with you all. The first remix comes from Matoma, who really seems to have a talent with this kind of genre. Taking Ice Cube's Hello and Notorious B.I.G.'s Party & Bullshit with a tropical rhythm really make for a slick track. The rap is classic, the beats are tropical, and my ears are happy!
Second up is the Henry Land remix of 2Pac's Still Ballin and Eminem's Soldier into a really fucking great remix. Seriously, this one flows so well it seems like it was made this way originally. Especially the lyrics from Soldier mesh so well with the tropical tones, but really the whole track is gold. Give it a listen!
Ice Cube vs. Notorious B.I.G. - Hello vs. Party & Bullshit (Matoma Remix)
2Pac - Still Ballin vs. Eminem - Soldier (Henry Land Remix)
First up is a song with one of the best melodies I have heard in some time. Mazde brings us Pitch Black, a truly beautiful work of art. Featuring stellar piano, and a lot of other instrumentation, this one will hopefully help you to relax into the weekend with style. Close your eyes, and just let it take you away!
Also a super relaxing tropical house song from Boehm and DVNNI called Summer Sippin'. Its not a crazy or revolutionary song in any sense, it's just a phenomenal and well done tropical house song that really put me in a good place. It is super chilled out and relaxing groove that will leave you wanting more.
Two tracks for you today, one funk one tropical (trying to post less tropical because I realized that was like all I posted for like a month). The First track is from Joey Chicago called The One For Me. This is actually French House, which I honestly don't know a whole lot about the genre, I just know I like it. Its got great retro sounding vocals, a nice fast pace, good movement, and an overall great groove. Driving and pretty, this one will for sure help you speed through the rest of your Friday! Second up is a nice Tropical House remix from Boehm of Cheat Codes' track Visions. Mixing in the vocals from the original, Boehm gives the song a nice new summery feel. A little bouncy mixing in a really groovy chorus line, this one had me from the first drop. The beginning had me a little skeptical, but about a minute in I was hooked! I hope you enjoy these as much as I did and I will see you back here on Monday!
Another Banger in the unusual style (yes I know my boner for tropical house is huge, and I am trying to limit how much gets posted). When Divine Sorrow was first released, it came off as generic and kinda empty. The remixes have been coming off in such a different light though, such as this one from Klingande. This is a killer remix, that has so much power and energy. For sure worth of mixes, festivals, and sets. Hope you enjoy it!
Wyclef Jean feat. Avicii - Divine Sorrow (Klingande Remix)
Remixes have a really powerful way of transforming a song that you may not have liked into one that has a really powerful effect, and thats exactly what Gryffin did to Tove Lo's track Talking Body. I hated the original, just really didn't like it. This remix however, seems to be a much better blend of the vocals and new audio to give it that nice summery bounce. A really solid remix of a less than excellent original.
On the flip side, an amazing original doesn't have to be touched. People can try to recreate what it made with remixes but nothing will beat the original track. That is the case for me and Soulero's track Aura. I've heard 2 remixes and just hated them, the original is too good to try to recreate. Its got great tonality, progression, and overall feel is just top notch.
Hope you all had a killer weekend! I got to go see Matoma and Audien and Matoma outplayed the shit outta him. My first live tropical house set live and holy smokes it was the best thing I've ever heard. So many shows in the next few weeks including Madeon and Grandtheft. Onto the music!
I love hearing debut tracks from artists, its just so cool to hear new artists come on the scene and give everything in their first released song. Palastic comes onto the scene with their original track called Far Away. It is a really beautiful melodic track and is accompanied by vocals from Josh Roa. The perfect amount of bass as to not take away from the melody but enough to keep it feeling fresh. Overall a great track and it for sure puts Palastic on my radar!
Second up is a remix from Absence, which has a very strange feel. It sounds like a strange mix between tropical house and electro, but in a really surprisingly good way. Overall the remix of
MØ's Track Say You'll Be There really made me very happy. Give it a listen!
Palastic - Far Away
MØ - Say You'll Be There (Absence Remix) Free Download
First up today is a really unique track from Robokid called Helix. The track took me a while to peg down because it has so many elements of so many other genres. I'm pretty sure its DnB but it also sounds like Prog House, Electro, and a lot of other genres. Its very happy and upbeat with a nice big bass that keeps an amazing flow throughout the entire track. A very good an happy track that helped me get through a busy morning!
Special shout to my buddy Hunter for finding this track, it is one that I have heard but never known what it was. The Matoma Remix of The Notorious BIG and Ja Rule's track Old Thing Back. This song is the perfect mix of what electronic music and rap combinations could be, something amazing. Great Tropical House vibes mixed some amazing rap, I hope to see more like this because I love the cross genre work between these two.
Robokid - Helix
The Notorious BIG feat. Ja Rule - Old Thing Back (Matoma Remix)
So until I heard these two tracks, I had never heard of Win & Woo but now they are on my radar hardcore. The first is a remix of Save the Night, a classic track that they give their own unique twist. With a very chill vibe and a tropical feel, this one had me hooked in the first few seconds. Original touch, amazing progression, great vocal edits, and sweet tonality make this one of my favorite chill songs right now, like top 3 of all time. Also, they recently released a remix of Phoebe Ryan's track Mine. This remix has a bit more of a house feel to it, but has the same type of style as Save Tonight. Keeping tropical house as their influence, this one has great tropical vibes mixed in with really nice vocals. The whole track is just extremely relaxing and I hope you enjoy these tracks as much as I did!
Louis Vivet - Save Tonight feat. Gavrielle and Nick Goldston (Win & Woo Remix) (Free Download)
Phoebe Ryan - Mine (Win & Woo Remix) (Free Download)
As much as I love the Winter, I woke up this morning hoping for 75 degrees and sunny. That put me in a summer mood, so today I have a summery tropical house track for you. This one has been played a lot since I found it, as it always seems to relax me and calm me down from all the crazy shit going on in my life right now! Tobu and Jordan Kelvin James really do a phenomenal job of portraying the feeling and happiness of summer through this song. It puts me in a great mood and I hope it does the same for you!
First of all some music news. The Gorillaz are coming back and have plans for a new album after being on hiatus since 2012. Though details are very flimsy, the album is announced with no release time but the hope is for new songs starting in 2015.
Ever since the Rage of Kygo started, Tropical House has become the big thing for this year in my opinion. A good amount of it has been enjoyable to listen to, and while researching top artists in this genre I stumbled upon Thomas Jack. Now lets be clear, Kygo is still my favorite by a long shot in this genre and style but Thomas Jack is not bad. This remix he did of MYNGA's track Back Home is pretty stelar. Give it a listen!
Also on tropical house day amazing remix of Stand By Me from Shemce. Its a very smooth song with an astounding flow. Tropical flow just takes deep house to a whole new level and I love finding new artists. Both of the ones on this post are for sure ones to look out for!
What do you think of tropical House or are you just a fan of Kygo?
MYNGA Feat. Cosmo Klein - Back Home (Thomas Jack Remix) (Free Download)
Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Shemce Remix) (Free Download)
