Axwell /\ Ingrosso

In 2008 an incredible group of artist united together to make history which made music change and life events change, they where called the Swedish House Mafia, I recognize them when it was 2010 and with their huge hit with Don't You Worry Child it made electronic music become a great hit! Unfortunately they split and have went their separate ways, BUT in 2014 Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso announced to be Axwell /\ Ingrosso and create brand new music. I have never felt such joy in my whole entire life, I was waiting so bad for their first single to come out and when Can't Hold Us Down came out it was the best day of my life but before it came out i would always look at YouTube videos of that song on the live version when they performed in New York for the first time in long years. After Can't Hold Us Down came Something New and wow I couldn't hold my breath in how memorial all these songs where for me because I was always a fan of their music and everything they do as artist. Today they still make amazing music and have released a new EP which people have been waiting for in years! 

Here is the list of all their new singles, you should check them out!

We Come, We Rave, We Love 

Can't Hold Us Down 

Something New 

On My Way 

Sun Is Shining 

This Time 

Dream Bigger (Explicit)

Thinking About You 

I Love You (feat. Kid Ink) (Explicit)

Renegade 

More Than You Know
Dawn
How Do You Feel Right Now

Individually they have created their own music as well with their own label companies, so there is so much to check! Be inspired like I have been and check their singles out! 

KYGO

Well during this week I have been trying to keep up with my music and find new styles and a new artist to have other styles of music. I notice that I have been listening to this good musician named Kygo but never did I realize how he created his music or had very much interest in what he played with his music, however when i started to get into his old music and what he is creating right now with his music really inspired me to play piano even more! Amazing talent this DJ/producer has because he has made songs that people recognize easily but once again forget who is behind the music and how it is made so I highly recommend checking this artist out! His album Cloud Nine is a master piece, honestly never have I seen such great talent in writing and producing music than with this artist and it's not the typical electronic music that gets you jumping and going crazy but it's really relax and really tropical type of electronic music, and the amazing thing is how catchy and how recognizable his songs can be in the radio.

If you want to listen to his music and many more things about him:

 https://www.kygomusic.com/

 

Check out his album! 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stole-the-show-feat-parson-james/id1093157592?i=1093157652

#1 Dj/Producer (in my opinion)

ALESSO!

Ever heard of him? probably not, but you will get to know him here. 

Alessandro Lindblad or by his stage name Alesso, he is one of my big inspirations for electronic music. Honestly before i became a big fan of EDM I loved hearing a lot of Rock, Rap, R&B, and etc...but I never did like pop or electronic music, it was something that I really despised it when I was growing up, but when I moved to Argentina I went to a private school and found a lot of dj's that where mixing during school parties or school events and was really curious of how everybody liked that type of music. I went home and looked at my Ipod and tried to look if I had any electronic music and luckily i did but never noticed it, it was a song called Give Me Everything Tonight (feat. Afrojack & Ne-Yo with Nayer) and that name "Afrojack" got me curious of who he was and looked him up, thus came my research of many other artist that I never noticed where dj's/producers like the big famous ones: David Guetta, Calvin Harris and many others. Once I did my research I downloaded whole lot of music to find out which is my favorite style that I liked and can relate to, and for a while I listened to Hardwell which was the #1 dj for 2 years straight, anyway it seemed that his music was calling my attention with its hardcore progressive house style and I loved it! but there was something missing and I couldn't figure it out. In the end I looked up different songs in Itunes to see related styles of the music i was listening to and came across this song named Years by Alesso and when i listened to it the first time my ears where blown away, the melody, the sound, the piano, I couldn't believe my ears in how amazing that song was. I got so inspired and addicted that I had to learn more about him and who he was, after that I always admired his work and the music he makes. His sets at Ultra Music Festival and Tomorrowland and many other festivals are amazing if you see them in YouTube, its something I never heard before and honestly I can listen to his sets all day. 

Check out his music and be inspired and admired like I was, he is by far my favorite artist.

This is the first song I listened to and still a classic!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGYaxYaxD_M

Recently in 2015 he released his brand new album! Go check it out! 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/forever/id980654941

He releases his music with the label Refune Music so check it out the right where it says "Explore Music" and you will find more artist in those categories! Check out different music by Alesso on his channel in YouTube you will love his music! https://www.youtube.com/user/AlessoOfficialVEVO

 

Check This Out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2vBLd5Egnk

In around 2016 a famous producer/Dj named Martin Garrix has released his new label record called STMPD RCRDS which is short for Stamped Records which was inspired by his dads company that selled stamps. There are other artist that are involved in this label company, in all labels there are always incredible new artist and producers that release new music and different styles. These videos are a few of the songs that have came out from Martin Garrix new label in which you can explore more with other collaborations that he has made but these 4 are the ones that really touched me to feel a good pumping feeling to keep being inspired. Here are some artist that you can look up and see other music:

• AREA21 (Be careful with this one because it has a lot of bad language)
• LIONE
• Bebe Rexha 
• John Martin 
• Michel Zitron 
• Third Party  
• Dua Lipa 
• Brooks 
• Jay Hardway 
• Julian Jordan 
• Florian Picasso 
• The Federal Empire 
• Crash Land 
• Mesto 

There are other labels that you can check out in the links on your right! There are a lot of music you can explore and see the different styles of other artist, if you really want to know a whole lot more genres of electronic music go to https://www.beatport.com/ and check out many other labels and unknown artist that you might like! 

Wanna prepare for the summer?

I've been working on my brand new summer mix for a while and finally got it done, normally for mixes it takes a while to get it all planned out and you need to find the right music to have a good transition and sometimes ideas don't come at all. It took me around 3 days to get the track list done and about 4 hours to have a clean recording session where it sounds good and there are no bad recording moments, however the mix is not perfect nor is it professional but there are a few mashups that i combined and a lot of new music that came out this year that i was able to mix it together. Something you should know about mixing is that its not just music playing piece by piece, you have to be creative about it and make sure that the pitch is right and that the transition is neatly done when you switch to another song, you will enjoy this mix its really good, at least I think it is, it is better than all the mixes i have come to build and its my passion to be able to create new music and bring new styles of music to you! Enjoy it!

Track list:

Light My Body Up (feat. Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne) [Tujamo Remix] - (David Guetta) 

Falling (Nick Martin Remix) - (Alesso) x Scared To Be Lonely (LOOPERS Remix) - (Martin Garrix) 

How Soon Is Now (feat. Julie McKnight) - (David Guetta, Sebastian Ingrosso, & Dirty South)

Renegade - (Axwell /\ Ingrosso) 

On My Way - (Axwell /\ Ingrosso) (Intro Edit) x Check This Out - (Michael Brun & Still Young) 

Byte - (Martin Garrix) 

Talk (7 Skies Remix) - (Salvatore Ganacci) 

Temptation - (Still Young, Simon de Jano & Madwill) x Blame (feat. John Newman) - (Calvin Harris) 

 Beautiful Now (feat. John Bellion) [Dirty South Remix] - (ZEDD) x Calling (Original Instrumental Mix) - (Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso) x This Is What You Came For (feat. Rhianna) - (Calvin Harris) 

Rattle - (Bingo Players) x Scratchin - (Daddy's Groove & Promise Land) x El Chapo - (Skrillex) x Antidote (Swedish House Mafia Dub) - (Swedish House Mafia) 

Dive (feat. Enya & Alex Aris) [Sebastian Ingrosso & Salvatore Ganacci Remix) - (Salvatore Ganacci) x Ride It Along (feat. Bunji Garlin) - (Sebastian Ingrosso & Salvatore Ganacci) 

Gold Dust - (Galantis) x Heart - (DubVision) x If I Lose Myself Tonight - (OneRepublic) [Alesso Remix] 

https://soundcloud.com/dj_najan/summer-mix-2017

Why Najan? My original name is Najantae a ecuadorian indian name that they would give to kids who had no name. Since it was never documented in my birth certificate it didn't become my name so i was given by the name of Polo.