This year was a great year for many artists and for the blog as well. The team decided to do a top10 of our favourite music in 2010. Here is a few things on 2010 from a few writers that had time to write.
Cosmic Gate @ Redlite (picture by Fred)
Fred’s thoughts on 2010
For me, 2010 was a great year (besides, of course, my lack of posts since uni started this September).
Thoughts on the Blog itself:
I have to say that even if I’m not posting, I’m still working on the website pretty often. I receive quite a few emails about new artists (that I will post about in a few weeks) and I need to make sure everything on the website runs great. I fix the coding of the webpage from time to time to optimize it and make sure there aren’t any bugs that slow down the loadtime or anything. Also, as some of you may have seen, I’ve removed the ads, centered the layout and added the “Recent Comments” widget to the website not too long ago. I’m planning to make the website independent (no blogspot anymore!) and to do a brand new template for the website, you know, Maddecent style. This will allow me to put DIRECT LINKS TO TRACKS, to make PREVIEWING OF TRACKS POSSIBLE, to have a unique layout, to get a NEW LOGO (and/or make this one better) and many more things. We are also planning on making t-shirts at one point. Of course this won’t happen instantly, but it’s the plan for next year.
General thoughts on music:
I really think this year was a great year for music. I personally discovered A LOT of new music and artists and I discovered new styles. I got to go to some awesome shows with members of the team and got to listen to a lot of new genres.
I need to say though that some electronic music is getting fucking boring and repetitive. I didn’t find a lot of new “good” dutch lately (although, I must admit there was a lot early this summer), I didn’t find that much dubstep (I used to find a lot of new things, but now, even Rusko went mainstream), etc.
I must congratulate trance for always coming out with new stuff and I must slap Deadmau5 for releasing a HORRIBLE album this month. Comon man… try harder… and fucking murder Sofi please. Oh, and stop playing Minecraft.
Who I want to give a High Five to (I’m sure I missed someone):
Classixx, Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Buuren, Tiësto, Markus Schulz, Rusko, Noisia, Afrojack, Laidback Luke, Calvin Harris, Diplo, Major Lazer, Datsik and Excision, Doctor P, Sidney Samson, Jochen Miller, GARETH EMERY, Yuri Kane, Chris Lake, Kabz and SOLO (for bringing us flithy bass), Chuckie, W&W, Pendulum, Above and Beyond, Cosmic Gate, Skrillex, A-Trak, Armen Van Helden, Congorock, Dada Life, Michael Woods, Marcel Woods, Wolfgang Gartner, Avicii, Ben Gold, Pryda, Steve Angello, Flux Pavilion, Swedish House Mafia, Adam K, Classixx, Jakwob, Bassnectar.
Who I want to slap pretty hard in the face (I’m sure I missed someone too):
CROOKERS (fuck man that album was bad), Deadmau5 (wtf), Rusko (eh!), David Guetta (you don’t deserve your fucking spot), DJ MAG, Skrillex, Sofi.
ONE more thing before my top10:
One (swedish house mafia) is a great track, but could people stop overfuckingabusingitintheasssofuckinghard that much? That is all. (Same thing happened with Day N’ Nite and We No Speak Americano)
Note: The top10 is not meant to bring new music or to give download links to everything, it is there to share the music we liked the most this year and that we really enjoyed. The top10 can include an album or an artist instead of a track name.
Fred’s TOP10 OF THE YEAR
1- Mason - You Are Not Alone (I simply love this track)
2- Ferry Corsten and his Once Upon a Night Vol. 1 (Greaaat trance, I listened to it A LOT this year)
3- Gareth Emery (For releasing an great album and great tracks)
4- Arno Cost – Cyan (This song is super original, I love it)
5- Tim Berg – Bromance (Avicii’s Arena Remix) (Obviously, this is a killer)
6- Doctor P, Flux Pavillion and Datsik & Excision (For bringing NEW dubstep to the scene)
7- Classixx - I'll Get You feat. Jeppe (Royal Rumble Edit) (Great oldschool track, my favourite of this year)
8- Afrojack – Pacha On Acid (It brought some epic moments to shows this summer)
9- Jochen Miller - Brace Yourself (Extended Mix) (This is an AMAZING track)
10- Doctor P – Big Boss (Wow that shit is harrrd, really love it)
Before my part is over, I wanted to say thanks to the team here @thehawt for everything they did this year and I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year with a lot of new music! Thanks for your support and your comments, we really enjoy getting feedback! I hope 2011 will be a great year for the blog like this year was. Cheers!
Justin’s TOP10s
Justin's top 10
2. Swedish House Mafia (Everything)
3. Tim Berg - Bromance (Avicii's Arena Mix)
4. Pendulum - The Island Pt.1 (Dawn)
5. Favorite albums: Northern Lights, Mirage, Do You Dream?
6. Arty
7. Michael Woods - Dynamik (Original Mix)
8. TATW
9. Garuda
10. Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime (Axwell & Henrik B Remode)
Justin's not top 10
1. Club Muzique (FUCK YOU)
2. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (The album)
3. DJMag
4. Michael Cassette guest mix on TATW
5. Hotfile (Makes us wait 30 minutes before another download)
6. "- I like electronic dance music.
- Who do you listen do? - David Guetta." (STFU)
7. Paul van Dyk (Canceled on Electric Zoo last minute and, to my knowledge, only produced 1 track)
8. 4x4=12
9. Kyau & Albert's crowd at 1234
10. The douchebag who threw the beachball onto Tony's face at Electric Zoo
Ellis’s TOP10s
House
1. One – Swedish House Mafia
2. Bromance (Avicii’s Arena Mix) – Tim Berg
3. Teenage Crime (Axwell & Henrick B Remode) – Adrian Lux
4. Hide and Seek (Afrojack Remix)- Imogen Heap
5. You Are Not Alone - Mason
6. Pacha On Acid - Afrojack
7. Miami 2 Ibiza – Swedish House Mafia
8. Hello (Michael Woods Remix) – Martin Solveig & Dragonette
9. Stranger to Stability (Len Faki Podium Mix) – Dustin Zahn
Trance
1. On a Metropolis Day – Gareth Emery vs. OceanLab
2. Empire – Super8 & Tab
3. 100 – Wippenberg vs. Rank 1 vs. Nic Chagall
4. Harmonic Motion Lange
5. Don’t Give a Fuck – Stoneface & Terminal
6. The Great Escape – Rank 1 vs. Jochen Miller
7. Anphonic - Above & Beyond vs. Kyau & Albert
8. The Emrgency (Marcus Schossow Remix) – BT & Andrew Bayer
9. Forza – MEM
10. Intro (Sander Van Doorn Booty Mix) – The XX
Dubstep
1. Sweet Shop – Doctor P
2. Where is My Mind (Basenectar Remix) – The Pixies
3. Come Ere and Say That - Ruskooooooooooo
4. Sick Tonight (Doctor P Remix) – Scorbius Pip vs. Dans le Sac
5.Got 2 Know – Flux Pavilion
Drum and Bass
1. The Island (Part I) - Pendulum
2. Sweet Shop (Krooked & Camo Remix) – Doctor P
Live Sets
1. Above & Beyond (Electric Zoo)
2. Gareth Emery (Black and Blue – Circus - Electric Zoo respectively)
3. Ferry Corsten (Bal en Blanc)
4. Cosmic Gate (Electric Zoo – Divers Cités)
5.Paul van Dyk (Resolution)
Honorable Mention : Marcus Schossow (On January 2nd so not officially 2010)
Top 5 Djs to Hopefully see in 2011
1. Jochen Miller
2. Marcel Woods
3. Paul van Dyk
4. Afrojack
5. Ben Gold
Slaps in the face
1. Muzique
2. Red-Lite / Laval Douchebags
3. David Guetta
4. Playground Productions
Message from the team
Thank you for reading our blog and happy new year! Hope to see you all in 2011! Cheers!