New track: MARKUS SCHULZ & DAIMY LOTUS - ARE YOU WITH ME [Black Hole Recordings]
‘Indestructible’ in name and nature, with its Feb-released/Adina Butar-sung first single, Markus Schulz gave us a big open for his upcoming 2020 album. Now with spring in full swing, he’s primed a new precursor for it - and one that comparably resonates with ‘brighter days’ vibes.
‘Are You With Me’ introduces planet dance to an entity the Dutch music & festival scenes have been familiar with for time - the reflective songs & affecting tones of Daimy Lotus. Lyrically ‘Are You With Me’ delivers something that’s half question and half statement - creatively echoing the complex & occasionally conflicting natures of a relationship. At its centre though, the message is clear: exposing vulnerabilities in the pursuit of clarity is worth the emotional price. Daimy delivers her message with a burgeoning spirit that - come the end of the chorus – becomes absolute.
A task to which it’s more than equal, Markus’s Album Mix lets Daimy’s voice & song do all the heavy lifting. As moving as it is memorable, he backs it with guitar thrum, trace piano and persuasive percussive elements. His Extended Mix meanwhile is an APB for the airwaves. Upping the drums and pulsing with advanced tempo & energy, it has lust-for-life written big print large throughout.
An anthem for those with the guts to lay it on the line (and shake off some uncertainty in the process), ‘Are You With Me’ drops today and is available to stream/purchase here (markusschulz.complete.me/areyouwithme).
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Markus Schulz brings Destinations to Spotify
Every journey’s gotta have a destination in mind and this one’s certainly no exception! At the start of the year Markus Schulz's unquenchable love of mixing set him down a new path. Destinations (available now exclusively through Spotify) is his new monthly mix concept. With its own individual mandate, the show will provide fans with a monthly streaming partner to the airing of his weekly, award-winning and now eighteen-years-and-running Global DJ Broadcast radio show
Comprising of 30 tracks, it puts into the sharpest of perspectives Markus’s broad canvas of electronic music loves. Voyaging the techno-depths, travelling the prog foothills and reaching up to the trance heights, each mix journeys towards its Destination. Setting it apart from GDJB, Markus has used the new format to dig back into the crates in order to contrastingly set some legacy tracks - both well-known and more personal ones - into each edition.
A new episode of Destinations becomes available on the first Friday of every month, with the complete playlist available through markusschulz.complete.me/destinationsplaylist. Online today, March’s features fresh cuts from BT, Protoculture, Above & Beyond, Oliver Smith, Purple Stories Anske and others. Seamlessly woven in & around are tracks more classic in nature, including those from Chicane, Gabriel & Dresden, Giuseppe Ottaviani and Markus himself.
For those with one eye/ear on the future and the other on electronic music’s rich and storied past, Destinations splits the atom. Hit up Spotify to check this month’s Destinations now.
Destinations:3 Tracklist:
01. BT - Atari's Lantern [Armind] 02. Oliver Smith - Warehouse [Anjunabeats] 03. Rodg - 9th Ave [Armada Music] 04. Mike EFEX - Exodus [Coldharbour Black] 05. Anske - Back in Time [Coldharbour Recordings] 06. Yuri Kane & Ana Criado - Running Wild [Raz Nitzan Music] 07. Protoculture - Titan [A State of Trance] 08. Mr. Pit - Shana (Plastic Angel vs. Duderstadt Remix) [Armada Music] 09. Above & Beyond - Blue Monday [Anjunabeats] 10. Daxson - Bexley Square [Coldharbour Recordings] 11. Ferry Corsten & HALIENE - Wherever You Are [Flashover Recordings] 12. Ruben de Ronde & Evgeny Lebedev - Neverlost [Statement!] 13. John Grand - Echo Memory [Euphonic] 14. Markus Schulz presents Dakota - Who Are You [Coldharbour Recordings] 15. Cosmic Gate & Ilan Bluestone - Be Your Sound (Ilan Bluestone Remix) [Wake Your Mind] 16. Andy Moor - Resurrection [AVA Recordings] 17. Tom Fall - Arcadia [A State of Trance] 18. Markus Schulz & Adina Butar - Indestructible [Coldharbour Recordings] 19. Mr. Sam featuring clAud9 - Cygnes (First State Remix) [Magik Muzik] 20. Daniel Wanrooy - Back for More (Markus Schulz In Search of Sunrise Rework) [Coldharbour Recordings] 21. Arkham Knights - Medusa [Coldharbour Recordings] 22. Holbrook & SkyKeeper - The Endless [Flashover Recordings] 23. Giuseppe Ottaviani - Aurora [Black Hole Recordings] 24. Pants & Corset - Malice in Wonderland 2019 (Phutek Remix) [HTE Recordings] 25. Claus Backslash - Mysterious Ways [We Are Trance] 26. Purple Stories - Breathless [Coldharbour Recordings] 27. ENZO - Letting Go [AVA Recordings] 28. Sean & Xander - 29 [M.I.K.E. Push Studio] 29. Markus Schulz and Departure with Gabriel & Dresden - Without You Near (Fisherman Remix) [A State of Trance] 30. Chicane featuring Moya Brennan - Saltwater [Armada Music]
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New track: Markus Schulz & Jes - Calling For Love [Coldharbour Recordings]
Having just last month brought floors to full roar through the Emma Hewitt-sung ‘Safe From Harm’, Markus Schulz is poised with another epic first-time team-up. This time Markus x JES is the equation, and if you’re wondering how that’s never have happened before, well the queue forms to the left! Analysis is now academic as two of trance’s greats bridge the studio/song gap with the soul-stirringly moving ‘Calling For Love’.
In its all-day-play radio version, first contact with ‘Calling’ came through April’s interlinked ‘In Bloom EP’ and GDJB show. For it’s standalone release, Markus has club-equipped the Extended Mix with all the necessaries to see it reign equally at night. Tapping the tempo gas, ‘Calling’s production’s been galvanised by hardier drums, hastening snares, percussive march and - in its latter stages - synth-radiance. By turns strong, optimistic, defiant, wrought and lamenting, JES’ song is a swirl of contending emotions, lyrically & vocally encapsulating her theme.
‘Calling For Love’s official video will shortly join fellow ‘In Bloom’ single ‘Safe From Harm’s (which passed the 1 million YouTube views marker last week) online. Meantime, you can stream/purchase the Extended Mix of ‘Calling For Love’ here: http://markusschulz.choons.at/callingforlove
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