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Finding the words to do this track justice is difficult.

Unbelievable vocals, progressive baselines, epic breakdowns and big room drops. How’s that?

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Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay- In My Mind (Axwell Mix)

It’s about time for another ‘too busy to post music here’s a bunch of sick mashups’ feature.

Now that Bangers & Mash is an official radio show on CJUC 92.5 in Whitehorse, Yukon it only seems fair to give the rest of the world their dose of electronic music.

Four mashups, all FREE and all amazing and if you are one of the 27,000 people that reside in Whitehorse- crank that dial to 92.5FM every Friday night from 8-11pm. 

Avicii vs. Adventure Club-Bromance Call (Avicii Vs Adventure Club)

The Jane Doze- Born to Feel Beef

Swanky Tunes and Matisse & Sadko Vs Nadia Ali – Pressure The Legend (Discokid 2012 Bootleg)

Bijan and Yoda- Facebook Logic (Internet Friends bootleg)

Speaking of rising stars, Alex H is back with another taste of that progressive house that we ALL love.

After a recent signing with Midnight Mood Recordings for ‘Your Truly’ Alex has been on a tear. Evolving quickly and keeping his sounds bordering on a trance/house level he has managed to remix several historic gems like Fragma-Memory, Red Carpet-All Right & Ultrabeat-Pretty Green Eyes with outstanding results.

‘Arun’ is a solid follow up to ‘Your Truly’ and will no doubt make you a believer in this talented up and comer. Grab the Radio Edit below and stay tuned for the extended mix.

Alex H on Soundcloud

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Alex H- Arun (Radio Edit)

Perfection. Is that an overstatement?

An already legendary track from Prydz just got funked UP! Check out more from the Dutch duo

Pryda – Melo (Disfunktion Extended Bootleg)

Dezza has been at the top of every one of my playlists for the past year. He’s the king of progressive house in my world and has been building a strong following with tracks like Hefty, Allure, I Wonder… the list goes on

Today he released a FREE bootleg he did for the classic ‘Dreams’ hit from Fleetwood Mac. Also, a preview under his new moniker Ariose is out on beatport and its goooood stuff!

Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (Dezza Bootleg Remix)

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Alex Pich – Heavens (Dezza pres. Ariose Remix)

Alex H has the attitude and production skills of a veteran with the ambition and drive of a rookie.

His courage to remix classic tracks like Red Carpet- Alright, Darude- Sandstorm and now Fragma’s- Memory demonstrates his fearless approach to making music.

Touching well known hits is something that new artists rarely do because it leaves them vulnerable. Comparisons are too easy to make and dreams can be shattered in an instant.

Not only is this remix courageous, its undeniably brilliant. Melodic, progressive house at its absolute best!

Check out the rest of his arsenal via Soundcloud

Fragma – Memory (Alex H 2012 Remix) D/L HERE

Redanka is a name that I will not soon forget.

Until recently the UK native has been a complete unknown for us but things changed when he released this astounding bootleg.

Coldplay meets soothing progressive house and hey, it’s not ‘Paradise’ or ‘Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall’… weird!

Catch up on Redanka via Soundcloud

Coldplay – Up With The Birds (Redanka Nas Nuvens Bootleg Mix)

Paul David continues to grow by leaps and bounds with his productions and his newest release is a true sign of musical evolution.

Previously unreleased, ‘Golden’ has surfaced to capture the attention of house heads and contribute to the growing Burner Records imprint.

‘Golden’ will be officially released on Burner Records as part of an EP within the next month but if you have a hankering to play this one out, there may or may not be a zippyshare link out on the intrawebs.

Keep up to date with everything Burner and everything Paul David via Soundcloud

Paul David – Golden (Original Mix)

In between touring, a Las Vegas residency and his weekly Lost World radio show, George Acosta has been giving away some spectacular mashups.

His newest mash ‘Feels Like True Love’ is a 9 minute roller coaster filled with euphoric breakdowns and the signature Michael Woods driving bass line. Throw in some stunning vocals and you have a masterpiece ready to be dropped in your weekend set.

Check out more on his Soundcloud

Michael Woods Vs. George Acosta Feels Like True Love George Acosta Mashup

Wrapping up the best tracks of 2011 hasn’t been easy. Over the past 12 months thousands of tracks were released in varying styles and with the popularity of genre blending, categorizing them has been a daunting task.

After revealing our Best Of’s Trance, Dubstep, House, Prog House, Electro, Tech House & Mashups we decided to highlight some of the tracks that just missed the cut.

For the sake of this ‘Best Of’ series and my sanity, we have picked our favourite tracks of 2011 based on genres categorized by Beatport. With that being said, our picks are purely based on personal taste and they give remixes the same weight as an original track.

Progressive House

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Florence & The Machine vs. Mark Knight- You’ve Got the Love

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Deadmau5- Aural Psynapse (2nd Edit)

Drum n Bass

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Blu Mar Ten- Whisper (feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw)

Moombahton

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Toddla T- Take It Back (Dillon Francis Remix)

Hip Hop

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Drake- Over My Dead Body

Dub Hop

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Illa Scorsese- Rude

This track is straight fire! I’m blogging from a Canadian Tire parking lot in the Yukon, what more do I need to say…

Project 46 – Iceberg (Unoriginal* Mix)

One of our favourite up and comers is back with another remix. This time tackling a cover of the 1997 single from Force & Styles.

Ultrabeat covered the happy hardcore track in 2003 and it has once again changed hands to be transformed into a chilled out prog house mix.

Find more from Alex H on his Soundcloud.

Ultrabeat – Pretty Green Eyes (Alex H Progressive Remix)

Hazem Beltagui captured our attention when his remix of ‘Sweet Disposition’ hit the airwaves a year ago. Since then we have been watching his career progress and his productions evolve at an alarming pace.

With a building portfolio of remixes, mashups and originals- Hazem’s latest EP was picked up by Kid Massive’s ‘Get Down Recordings’. His sound fits into the progressive house/trance mould and embodies some of the most beautiful melodies that we’ve heard in a long time.

His latest remix for Kevin Sunray is the perfect example of Hazem’s talents and paints a picture of progressive house music done just the way we like it.

Check out the latest remix, EP and some FREE tunes and find more on his Soundcloud & Facebook

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Kevin Sunray- Stories Untold feat. Gaia Barbero (Hazem Beltagui Remix)Buy

Hazem Beltagui EP: Endlessly & Wherever She May Be

FREE Tunes:

BT – The Emergency (Hazem Beltagui Bootleg)

Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (Hazem Beltagui’s Bootleg)

Sasha – Cut Me Down (Hazem Beltagui Remix)

Above & Beyond feat Zoe Johnston – You Got To Go (Hazem Beltagui remix)

I am going to firstly address the fact that ‘Levels’ is not on our Best Of List this year. Yes, it is an anthem, possibly the ‘anthem of the year’ but its level of popularity, the fact that Flo Rida sampled it, and its overall airtime has pushed it onto the list of ‘tracks I don’t want to hear for another year’.

In other news, Sweden has officially become the breading grounds for the best house music artists in the world. Two of it’s model citizens- Avicii & Alesso had the type of year that could only be dreamt of.

For the sake of this ‘Best Of’ series and my sanity, we have picked our favourite tracks of 2011 based on genres categorized by Beatport. With that being said, our picks are purely based on personal taste and they give remixes the same weight as an original track.

The Winners:

On top of Levels, Avicii released ‘Fade Into Darkness’ and our #1 pick for Prog House track of the year- ‘Blessed’. Releasing it under a new Tom Hangs moniker and then remixing his own track, this is an under appreciated song in my books. Under appreciation= less airtime= less Flo Rida= less Leona Lewis= TRACK OF THE YEAR

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Tom Hangs ft. Shermanology- Blessed (Avicii Edit)

At the end of 2010 everyone was pumping up Alesso as the artist to watch in ’11. With the March release of his Dynamite EP, several HUGE remixes (see below) and a collaboration with Seb Ingrosso, he blew up. ‘Calling’ quickly became a festival hit and the mashups/bootlegs/remixes began to pour in.

He capped off 2011 with another crowd pleaser- ‘Raise Your Head’ and easily gets our vote for #2 Prog House track of the year.

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Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso- Calling (Original Instrumental Mix)

Honourable Mention:

It boggles my mind that his Good Love remix hasn’t gotten more recognition but nonetheless it remains a staple in the 2011 house list and once again shows the calibre of his productions.

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DEVolution- Good Love (Alesso Remix)

Easily the most talented female artist in EDM has blessed us with an early Christmas gift.

Dinka’s ‘White Christmas’ is a prog house remake that will be a perfect addition to the holiday playlist… right beside The Dirty Tee’s- Winter Wonderland

Dinka – White Christmas (Original Mix)

Alex H has been busy pulling all nighters and creating some of the best progressive house that we’ve heard in awhile.

‘Agapito’ is the latest melodic slice of musical bliss that has emerged from the South African living in the blessed land of Oz. A ten minute long ballad that will leave you convinced that he has what it takes to make some noise in today’s heavily populated EDM market.

And apparently Mindlifting Records took my advice and locked Alex H up in a record label contract. Big things in the works and we will keep you posted on all the latest from this rising star.

Alex H- Agapito (Original Mix)

Paris FZ & Simo follow up their recent win of Tiesto’s Work Hard Play Hard Remix Competition with two FREE tunes.

Their ‘Forever Alone Vocal Edit’ is high energy, electro house from start to finish and the vocal breakdown at 2:30 will ignite the party animal in all of us.

To sweeten the pot we also have a respectable remix for the Dirty South & Thomas Gold- Alive Remix Comp.

Catch up on more from the Canadian duo on Soundcloud and show some support to two Canucks that are about to explode!

Rafael Frost – Smash (Paris FZ & Simo T Forever Alone Vocal Edit)

Dirty South & Thomas Gold ft Kate Elsworth – Alive (Paris FZ & Simo T Remix)

I don’t know if i’m beating a dead horse by pumping up Dezza on almost a daily basis but god damn this shit is good.

The Halifax native is easily on my top 5 favourite djs list and with releases like Seven71 I don’t see that changing anytime soon.

Give this stunning track a listen and if you have a few bucks set aside to support GOOD music, go grab this from Beatport.

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Dezza- Seven71 (Original Mix)

When it comes to my Sunday music listening routine there’s nothing that fills the void like some soothing house music.

Today I can thank the up and coming Aussie- Alex H for providing the ultimate track to kick off a day of R&R. This is his latest original mix still awaiting a release date. If I were a label head I would be scooping this kid up soon because he is set to blow up.

Check out more from Alex H on Soundcloud

Alex H- Midas (Original Mix)

The Bingo Players have never been on my ‘djs to watch’ list other than a short stint after they released ‘Cry (Just A Little)‘.

With the new release on their label- Hysteria, I can say with confidence that there will not be a Bingo Players track that goes unturned from here on out.

Pick up ‘Mode’ below and spread the good word!

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Bingo Players- Mode (Original Mix)