Nazan Öncel - Hadi O Zaman (feat. Tarkan)

Time for some wonderful dance beats from Turkey again! Diva Nazal Öncel has written "Hadi O Zaman" that bascially means "Come on then!" And we surely can see ourselves on the dance floor trying to get our friends to come over and shake their asses to this beat. Featuring on the track is Turkish pop king Tarkan whom Nazal written songs to before.

Robin - Kesärenkaat

15-year old Finnish pop-chap Robin is giving us the song "Käsenrenkaat" with accompanying music video to promote the use of condoms(!). Great track though and in the same sound as his national mega hit "Boom Kah", but is still not featured on his album.



PS. Is it only us that gets disturbed by the different colored shoes...?

Miley Cyrus - Jolene

Miley Cyrus is actually very talented, too bad she doesn't get more hit songs of her own. Here's an amazing rendition of her Godmother Dolly Parton's epic classic "Jolene". Miley is currently touring around the world with her show the Bangers tour, in which she's also performing a shitload of different covers like this.

Indila - Dernière danse

Beautiful French girl Indila has previously been working with huge French R&B/Hip-Hop acts who we love like M. Pokora, Soprano and Youssoupha. In December Indila released her first solo single and we love it. Like most of France also seem to do. The single is called Dernière danse(=last dance) and has reached top 2 in the French single chart so far.

I'm not gonna go on about the song itself, just have a listen for yourself below.

Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

The ones that's been following my blog and/or know me, knows that I have a weak spot for strings. This lovely pop/dance track from british group Clean Bandit pulls on my heartstrings and makes me happy and makes me wanna get out of my chair and start some spontanous dancing!
"Rather Be" is the fourth single taken from the groups upcoming debut album called "New Eyes", and features vocals from Jess Glynne. The song is produced and written by the group itself together with co-writor Jimmy Napes(from Disclosure) debuted at number one when it was released in the UK on the 19th of January and is actually such a success that it's the highest selling January single since 1996("Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo)!

Elisa - Ecco che

Elisa has released a new song in Italy and it's climbing the charts and seem to be becoming a rather hit. It's traditional Italian pop, but wrapped in a rock coat. Maybe not the type of music we listen an awfully lot to, but this one has something. It's a decent pop song and has a rather infections vocal melody. 

Eros Ramazzotti - Io Prima Di Te

Latest single from famous Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti is at one hand a classic melody-infectious Eros-track, but in one hand a modern popsong. It's a bit more uptempo than his usual stuff and the production sounds more contemporary, with a gorgeous synth melody in the intro and in the chorus accompanying his lovely voice.Yes - we admit that we're fans. And this is a song that doesn't disappoint one bit.Off course being Italian Eros we're a fashionable perfectly cut suit in the music video and in his normal fashion, that wonderful voice of his is obviously singing about love. The title of the song means "Me, before you" and is about all the he wasn't before his love came and completed him -something along those lines. Enjoy!

The return of the saxophones

For me saxophones takes me back to my childhood in the 90's, and I'm happy it is making a return in more and more contemporary songs. We had a huge hit in the eurodance song "Mr. Saxobeat" by the romanian singer Alexandra Stan 2011. And this year we got two more fantastic dance songs incorporating the lovely instrument that the saxophone is, albeit with a more updated modern sound obviously. They're quite similar that they're both great dance tracks with focus on the music with a tiny bit of vocals on there.

The first one is "Vandaag"(today) by Dutch DJ Lodewijk Fluttert, or Bakermat -that is his stage name. This single was released in the beginning of the year and consisting of electronic/house music with jazz and sould influences and integrates a sample of well known "I have a dream" speech by Martin Luther King Jr(which acutally is the only bad part in the song sadly enough). The song has appeared high in the charts in France, Belgium and Netherlands already.

Bakermat - Vandaag




Second we've got the French electronic music duo Klingande consisting of Cédric Steinmyller and Edgar Catry, with the track "Jubel". Jubel is currently on the top 10 iTunes chart in France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Luxembourg. The song is a more traditional dance track with female vocals with a very few lines. The star here is off course not her, but the smooth infectious saxophone beat that get you hooked right from the get go. With these two lovely songs we celebrate the saxophones return to the charts late into the night.

Klingande - Jubel

David Carreira - Obrigado la famille (feat. Dry)

22 year old Portuguese artist David Carreira reached number one with his debut album back in 2011. He's born in Dourdan, France and is making a career there as well. And that explain this mix of languages that we've never heard on a record before, namely Portuguese and French! And we love it! This is a very catchy R&B-number that reminds of us of what we consider to be classic French R&B/Hip-Hop. Dry is always laying some rap on the whole thing to top it off. Obrigado La Famille basically means "thank you for family", and the song is about that no matter what you have your family. Aaaw... 

11th November is the release date for his next album that is gonna be a Pop/R&B record according to David himself. On the new album  he's collaborated with Snoop for example.

Priyanka Chopra - Exotic (feat. Pitbull)

 

In early summer Priyanka Chopra - this Indian supercelebrity and actress/singer(and Miss World 2000)released this RedOne penned hit of a single that invites you to dance the summer away. The winter is almost here, but it's no shame in drifiting off for a few minutes and let everything go and dance your feet off for approx 4 minutes!! We only wish we'll be treated to the album soon, hopefully with more RedOne-smashes...

Vinsten - Luckiest Girl

Luckiest Girl by Vinsten got a lot of attention as the theme for a Swedish web-series a couple of weeks ago. That has now led to a contract with a record label for Vinsten(a duo consisting of Calle Wachtmeister and Niklas Benjaminson) and the release of Luckiest Girl as a single, while they're working on a upcoming album.
We definitely understand why they got a contract, because this song is pretty brilliant, if we may say so. It's a southing ambient electro record with a vibrant pulsating beat in the background. Add to that a beautiful synthesized melody and emotional melancholic male vocals. Oh, how we love these kind of tunes! It reminds us a bit of Lady by the electro/house duo Modjo. Maybe it's the vocals and the tempo and monotonic beat(here not a bad thing) of the songs that makes them both ideal to have on repeat.
The only we could wish for now is for someone to make a stellar remix of these wonderful vocals.
Lyrics after the jump.

Party Friday: The Saturdays - What about us

Here's a happy return by our favorite Saturday-girls(even though it's Friday). The group is set to conquer America with their music and a reality show on E!. This is their brand new music video and first US single for the girls ever. It does not disappoint and makes us wanna head out dancing right now. So yeah, we are... see ya on the dance floor!