In the last few years, we’ve seen dance music finally emerge into the world of commercialization as some of dance music’s most in-demand names begin to pull in Grammy nominations. Skrillex, Afrojack, and Zedd are all past Grammy winners, and now Aphex Twin can join those ranks, with this year’s awarded Best Dance/ Electronic Album. The reclusive English producer, who many consider one of the most influential figures in dance music’s modern era went up against deadmau5‘s critically acclaimed double album, While (1<2) to take this year’s top prize.

Aphex Twin’s cryptic release of Syro in 2014 brought the renown producer back to the limelight, setting the bar extremely high for full-length electronic LPs to follow. While Mat Zo, Royksopp & Robyn, and Little Dragon were also nominated for the award this year, it ultimately came down to two clear front-runners in that category, although Aphex Twin is also joined by the legendary Tiesto and Clean Bandit, who also won Grammys at this year’s event too.

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Toronto-bred producer, Hunter Siegel, has successfully switched gears and reinvented his sound, coming through with a brand new, thumping future-house original. The former Killabits member has begun to push his solo career forward, procuring some of the newest, freshest variations of house music out there. Adding this latest original project to his catalog, Hunter Siegel is joined by Canadian vocalist Kai, who was featured on Diplo‘s smash hit “Revolution,” for a groovy new collaborative cut called, “Let Me Love You Right.”

The tune is a jacking dance floor selection that opens with Kai’s soft, hollow vocals, eventually accompanied by a smooth drum progression. After a few bold piano notes, the track breaks into a bumping collection of synth layers with some serious attitude. The track’s ultra-catchy bass lines bounce around swift lyrical samples as Hunter Sigel sprinkles in the perfect vocal additions through the club-primed break.

Check Hunter Siegel’s soon-to-be dance floor anthem below. The tune is out now via Big Beat. Grab yours here.

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Ünless you’ve been living under a rock since the beginning of last year, then you know Jack Ü is the biggest mayhem maker in all of dance music right now. Skrillex and Diplo’s super-group duo has been making headlines with every little move they’ve made over the last year. From impromptu house parties in Austin, to surprise sets in LA, HARD Summer, Mad Decent Boat Party and everywhere in between, Jack Ü is dominating dance music and it is all culminating to a full-length album which you can expect to finally drop this month.

Mad Decent’s head-honcho, accompanied by Madonna, rubbed shoulders all along the red carpet this past weekend for the 57th Annual GRAMMY awards, and during a short interview with CBS’ Tyler Oakley, Diplo spilled a slew of exciting news. After a little small talk about flashy red carpet threads, Diplo explains his plans with everything he has under the hood.

Wes dishes details on his collaborations with Madge, which are due to be released officially in March. He gets into discussing his other project, the Major Lazer collective, which is slated to drop an album in April along with a star-studded list of contributors. However news of Jack Ü’s highly anticipated album finally reaching the wire might be the most exciting gossip that Diplo shares in the brief yet telling interview.

Check the video here and keep on the edge of your seat for Jack Ü’s new record any day now.

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LA-based phenom, Drezo, is putting one foot in the door as he establishes his own brand of dark, groovy house music with a fresh twist of hip-hop, marking a new intersection for rap and dance music. Bringing hip-hop down into his own framework of hollow, ice-cold UK-inspired garage-house, Drezo’s latest remix is one to be reckoned with. For his latest undertaking, the young up-and-comer lesser known as Andre Haglund, is taking on Lil Wayne’s 2008 smash hit, “A Milli.” If you haven’t heard of Drezo yet, that is all about to change. And if you thought “A Milli” rinsed out for you before flip phones went out of style, this remix will have you replaying it all day long.

Drezo brings in sinister synths to wind around Wayne’s iconic lyrics, working in distant hisses and metallic clinks to drive the shuffling house beat onward. The tune reinvents its original counterpart, working in a backbone of thumping bass lines and dropping pitch-bending vocal samples in the right spots. Drezo pulls together the key elements from the original, but then takes the reigns to deliver some of his best work so far, shaping one of Lil Wayne’s biggest radio hits to a mean club-primed heater.

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Grab the free download here.

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Mad Decent’s poster child, Major Lazer, released their new EP titled Apocalypse Soon this past Tuesday. Despite some changes in membership over the years, this is seventh EP released by Major Lazer on top of two studio albums since the group first formed in 2009.

Apocalypse Soon consists of five tracks in total, with some notable guests from the Hip-Hop world such as Sean Paul and Pharrell. This EP is straight funky, opening with Pharrell William’s deranged, Moombah-Step ballad titled “Aerosol Can”. Pharrell’s generous use of quote-unquote, the N word, and Major Lazer’s latin-style drum arrangement will easily remind you of your childhood.

Although Sean Paul has never been my niche, “Come On To Me” could be considered one of the better tracks from his career and takes us back to Major Lazer’s “Guns Don’t Kill People…” days.

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Continuing on, Major Lazer spits out some real bangers for you with “Sound Bang” and “Lose Yourself”, throw those on and tell me you’re not dancing in your seat wishing your Macbook speakers weren’t so blown out from all the dubstep you played three years ago.

Closing with “Dale Asi”, a track fueled by Hip-Hop beats and sliding synths overlaid with Spanish vocals, Major Lazer embodies everything they’ve aspired to be: a seamless blend of Reggaeton-Electro-Dance Hall.

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While this is going to be a successful release for the trio, Apocalypse Soon in no way could be considered their best work. We should definitely expect to see some awesome remixes come off this EP throughout the year, especially as festival season gets closer. So if Major Lazer’s newest release didn’t blow your pants off, at least we should have that to look forward to.

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