5 Songs to Tease You Before Summer Music Festivals

We are right now probably in the best time of the year: it has just become warm outside and we all know that it's the beginning of the 4 month summer music fest craze in Canada. 

When it comes to music in summer, I personally have 2 strong associations: trance/dance/house music and festivals, which often go together. There has been a lot of buzz recently around Digital Dreams Festival on June 28-29, 2014. So far, artist lineup includes AMAZING DJs such as Tiesto, Justice, Deep Dish, Dash Berlin, Paul Oakenfold and more.

         

Check out this link for more info on the upcoming music festivals in Toronto during spring-summer 2014: http://www.thegridto.com/blog-post/the-ultimate-2014-toronto-music-festival-guide-so-far/

I hope you are looking forward to these incredibly cool and crazy events just as much as I do. That's why, this week I really want to tease you about this upcoming summer fest madness and share a playlist that features songs that are not new, but blowing up. I'm pretty sure you're familiar with these tracks (at least you've heard them playing somewhere), but turn this music up really loud on your speakers and I promise, you will be craving for summer to finally start! 

The playlist kicks off with a song that will smoothly get you into a festival/party tune. It is a Classixx remix of well-known to music junkies song "Take a Walk" performed by Passion Pit. I love it, because it is so positive and summery.

"Take a Walk" transitions into my most recent and most favourite music finding - "Sun to Me (Mark Knight Remix)" by Faithless. If you want one song to explode you from within, this is it, so check it out!

The 3rd song is a co-work of Tiesto and Maxi Jazz of Faithless. I suggest that this song becomes a hymn of all house and trance music junkies - "Dance for Life"!

"Every Day" by Eric Prydz has been playing on the radio stations for a couple of months so far and I love it for its energy.

The playlist is wrapped up by an old but f@cking amazing co-work of 2 guys from Swedish House Mafia - Axwell and Steve Angello. "Tell Me Why" has been rocking it for years and it's still unbelievably awesome.

Enjoy the playlist and get yourself ready for the upcoming craaaaazy music festivals!

5 "Give Me Sun" Tracks

It's 26th of March on the calendar and here we are in Canada stuck in the cold. Lately, basically everyone has been craving for spring, a little bit of sunshine and warm weather. But what do we get? Right, we get some more shitty weather, cold wind, snow and negative outside temperature.

There isn't a thing you can do to fix the weather. However, what you can do is change your attitude to it. Think about it: rather than sitting at home complaining about the weather and ruining your own mood as well as that of the people surrounding you, you might as well turn on some sunny and summery songs on your speakers/headphones and that will make you feel better!

This week, I will include very cheerful song that create an illusion of beach warm sunny weather. Don't let the weather get you down and enjoy this good music!

The playlists starts off with sweet lounge tunes of the cover to a very old song we all heard "Sunny". It makes you think of summer, beach, sun, parties and everything that comes with it. Totally recommended for listening.

The music set continues with another house track with elements of indie: "Hey Beau (makkit edit)" by dillon.

A very old, bur nevertheless great summertime song introduced by one of the most cheerful singers I've come across. Bob Sinclair is asking the whole world to hold on and, definitely, when listening to the song, the only thing you want to do is to hold on and enjoy the moment.

"Sloppy Seconds" by Watsky is simply amazing in everything: it creates the mood, it is catchy and it is undoubtedly very cheerful and summery. You will not even notice how you're gonna be singing the lyrics at the end of the song.

The last but not the least is another old/good stuff: "Summerlove" by David Tavare. There's no other song which makes you dream of summer, seaside and summer love affair more than this one.

Keep calm, the winter's gonna end soon!

5 Energizing Songs to Warm You Up

As we're going into February, it gets really cold outside. We all want to laze and become couch potatoes until it gets warmer. And this is not a bad thing to do!

 

Spend some time for yourself: stay home, watch a good movie, read a book, make yourself a cup of tea to have with your favourite sweet treat. And most importantly, listen to your favourite music to stay cheered up!







During the harsh weather in winter we are most reluctant to go out and do stuff we all need to do. Instead we stay home feeling depressed and useless. However, not much is needed to feel happiness, even in this cold weather. So, what's the trick? It's simply energy and motion!

Need an energy boost? This week's post suggests 5 amazing tracks that will get you up and running. Now, I suggest you listen to them in 2 ways:

1) When you get ready for school/work etc. in the morning, turn these songs on really LOUD and start dancing! Good mood for a day is guaranteed!

2) Listen to them on the go. These cheering songs combined with fast walking result in your feeling full of energy and optimism!

So,here they are!

The first song featured by me this week is "Fancy Footwork" by a Montreal-based electrofunk duo Chromeo. Those of you who watched "Step Up 3D" might recognize this energizing track that is perfect for a workout. You can stream this song online from this blog (via Soundcloud). A scene of the Pirates workout form the Step Up 3D movie is also attached.


 

If there's one thing I love the Brits for (well, apart from their hottest ever accent), it's there ability to make amazing music. Enjoy an electroindie band Delphic founded in Manchester and their greatest piece of work "Baiya"!



Even if you don't know a name Nadia Ali, I bet you will instantly recognize her voice from "Rapture" - a hit from 2001. This song never gets old, so enjoy its Avicii New Generation remix.



Is there anything more warming up, than hot funk rock rhythms of Red Hot Chili Peppers? I don't think so. Their 10th studio album introduces a song that will get you dancing off your head. Look around!



The last but not the least: Fall Out Boy's song "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" was featured at Victoria's Secret 2013 show. No wonder, as it is so dynamic and makes your body move at every beat! Check it out:

No time to be sad. Dance and stay in the tune!