As requested, we have taken the time to work through the hundreds of new releases on Play It Tonight this week and have picked the hottest tracks for you to rock this coming weekend.
These tracks have been killing dance floors for the biggest name DJs in the world for the past few weeks.
Click on the play button to listen to samples of and then buy these new releases:
You have changed dance music forever and have blown apart the concept of sticking to one genre. You have released HITS that span multiple genres and have blown up world wide. You have released tracks of all different sounds some of which include accordians, monkeys, men making monkey noises, chellos, bleeps, clicks and these sounds always seem to blend together in a harmonious and warm way.
Get Physical is the ‘go to’ label for sick tracks that don’t sound like anything else. Buy some and watch people freak on the dance floor over the unique sound. Here are a few examples:
This past weekend I celebrated my birthday. Over four different nights we partied with four different groups of close friends.
One night I was lucky enough to play to a packed club called The Caprice with Dan W, the other owner of Play It Tonight. This was a university crowd that aren’t used to house music and people were losing their minds! They had never heard good ‘techno music’ as they called it and wanted to know where they could find more dance music online.
(Sean Gallagher [CEO] & Brent Sutherland [CFO] helping put up the banners)
(Sean [CEO of Play It Tonight] with Olivia)
(Jerin [promoter], Dan [President of Play It Tonight], Sean [CEO] & Brent Sutherland [CFO])
Later on the weekend I played at one of Vancouver’s biggest clubs; the Red Room. There was one moment where I played one of my favorite tracks, Strategy - Joshua Heathon Salted, and there I was looking out at a smiling / cheering sea of people which included my best friends, my brother and countless beautiful women. I looked behind me and three cute girls were dancing around and hanging in the DJ booth with me. At this moment my friend Anna ran up to the booth with tears in her eyes telling me that this was her favorite song and that she hadn’t heard it in a club before. She had a tough day and hearing this song in the club brought up all of the emotions that she had been storing away from her tough day.
(Sean Gallagher [CEO of Play It Tonight] with girlfriends Katy, Coco & Sammy @ Red Room)
The final night of my birthday weekend was a little more relaxed. A friend and I were hosting a dress to impress cocktail party for our close friends. For the occasion I made some CDs from Play It Tonight and they were played throughout the night. At around 11:30 the party was at its peak. All of my close friends were mingling and having a blast. Everyone was smiling and just as I was looking around enjoying the moment my ears clued into the fact that another one of my favorite tracks Les Djinns (Trentmoller Mix) - Djuma Soundsystemon Get Physical Music was being played through the house system. The song fit and highlighted the moment perfectly and it just added to the magic of the evening.
(Sean Gallagher’s Birthday Cocktail party - Sean Gallager [CEO] and Brent Sutherland [CFO] can be seen in the top middle of the picture)
These three amazing experiences reminded me of how lucky I am to be working with music on a daily basis. Sometimes when you deal with music all day you take it for granted; you forget the power that it holds. Dance music has the power to blow people’s minds, it has the power to evoke such emotions that it can bring someone to tears and it can bring any moment to the next level; for this I am thankful.
My name is Sean Gallagher and I will be one of the contributors to this dance music blog. Since I will be talking about various different music industry topics I feel that it is important that you guys know a little about me before doing so:
I have Dj’d all around North America and Mexico for the past 6 years. I have been heavily involved in the music industry for the last four years from a business standpoint and produced for two.
I have played with some of the biggest names in dance music including:
Sander Kleinenberg
Max Graham
Andy Caldwell
Armin Van Buuren
Hybrid
Colette
Steve Angello
James Lavelle (UNKLE)
Scumfrog
Oliver Smith
Gareth Emery (GTR)
Miss honey dijon
Dayhota
Niklas Harding
Now I am the CEO for Play It Tonight http://www.PlayItTonight.com ; the world’s best dance music download store. On a daily basis I deal with executives at the biggest record labels in Dance Music including:
Defected
Om Records
Global Underground
Armada
Black Hole Recordings
Get Physical Music
Ministry of Sound
Toolroom Records
Little Mountain Recordings
Alternative Route Recordings
Southern Fried
Finger Lickin’
Stoneyboy Music
Nettwerk Records
Nordic Trax
I look forward to sharing any late breaking industry news and insights that come my way as we get deeper into this digital music revolution.
People (mostly DJs) in Vancouver continue to be blown away by what they saw in Vancouver when BOOKA SHADE rolled into town.Live PA Concerts aren’t the most popular thing in Dance Music. When they do come to town it is rare to find a good show. Infusion is the only other band that comes to bind that has been worthwhile seeing live. Booka Shade on the other hand was better than any DJ or concert I’ve ever seen before. Simply amazing.
