News #35
Here we present the latest news in the world of tropical house and melodic house music.
Deep Chills releases sax house EP
The well known tropical house artist Deep Chills recently celebrated a huge milestone. He has now reached 100 million streams on Spotify with all of his releases. Not only this he recently dropped a 5 track EP titled ‘Sax On The Beach’ which contains all of the sax house tracks that he has released over the last few months. The sounds in this EP take us back to the early days of tropical house and give us those nostalgic feels. This proves that tropical house is far from dead and as one of the originators of the sound it is great to see that these kinds of tunes are still being released until this day. Listen to the EP below 👇
Lucas & Steve announce single with Blackstreet
Lucas & Steve are showing no signs of slowing down. Last year was a huge success for the DJ duo from the Netherlands with the release of their debut album ‘Letters To Remember’. This album has gone on to achieve gold status in their home country. In 2021 they have already released a club mix EP and one single ‘Do You Want Me. On the back of this Lucas & Steve have just announced they will be releasing ‘No Diggity’ a club track with none other than the classic 90s act Blackstreet who was on the original version of this classic tune. This song has been bubbling for a while with Lucas & Steve playing it in many of their sets over the lockdown period. To see it get an official release is amazing and one we look forward to hearing when it finally drops on the 26th March.
Kygo performed a Livestream in Sunnmore Alps
A few weeks ago Kygo livestreamed a virtual concert that was performed in the Sunnmore Alps in Norway.
Kygo said “Since I started touring, this is the longest time I’ve gone without playing a show so I wanted to do something really special in Norway,” Kygo tells Rolling Stone. “To me, the Sunnmore Alps are a perfect setting that displays the beauty of Norway. Growing up, I’ve spent a lot of time skiing and hiking in the mountains across Norway and wanted to show everyone who hasn’t been to Norway a bit of what it’s really like.”
The concert was mammoth in scale and cost over $100,000. The show was streamed on the video-streaming platform Moment House. You can check out this Livestream of the event below 👇
Amsterdam held 1,300 capacity test event
The first indoor DJ event since the start of the pandemic took place recently at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam with a lineup including Lucas & Steve & Sam Feldt. The event was held as a chance for the Netherlands to see how live events could take place during the pandemic. The audience capacity was 1,300 people. How it worked was the audience was divided into separate bubbles of 250 people as well as one of 50 people. All of the attendees had Covid tests carried out before the event and will be tested again now the event has taken place. The results will be published in 3 weeks to assess whether any of the attendees were infected during the event.
Sam Feldt was feeling optimistic and had this to say about the event “I see light at the end of the tunnel again. We have now been in it for about a year together and with the vaccinations, the testing possibilities and these kind of test events, I think there are a lot of signs that we will hopefully see some more parties in the summer.”
