Budapest Bonkers Top 100 of 2014: 10-1

Hi everyone! For the second time after 2013, the countdown of the best tunes of the year was up and running. Though I am heavily late, it is time to wrap up the best tracks from last year!

It has been an outstanding year, we saw new genres rise such as deep house and future house, we saw new superstars born such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami or Kygo and we have enjoyed tons of great music all year long. Let's rerun the best tracks from 2014 on this heavily biased list!

10. PHARRELL WILLIAMS X DAFT PUNK - GUST OF WIND (URBAN CONTACT & FARLEON REMIX)
First, I thought that this is going to be the "Get Lucky" of 2014, however it is way better while the duo of Urban Contact and Farleon managed to take it to even higher levels by adding a serious bassline and some super funky elements.



09. SIGMA FEAT. PALOMA FAITH - CHANGING (MAJESTIC REMIX)
Sigma became true superstars in 2014, though it is Majestic's own majestic touch that turned the drum & bass original into an epic nudisco floorfiller.



08. ZHU - FADED
We saw the birth of a new superstar with this track.



07. HIGHER SELF FEAT. LAUREN MASON - GHOST
Future house was one of the most popular new genre definition with Higher Self being one of the best at it. Well deserved top 10 finish!


06. KANT VS. MK - EY YO
I saw so many dancefloors just exploding to this track. KANT is also one of the strong candidates for the producer of the year title.



05. HOT NATURED - BENEDICTION (LXURY REMIX)
I could not imagine that there will be any better versions than the epic original. Luckily, Lxury could imagine. The result speaks for itself.



04. MOTEZ - PROMISE ME (ALEX BRANDT RE-EDIT)
The original would purely made the top 10 but Alex Brandt's saxy sounds rocketed this one to so many of my summer sets.



03. DUSKY - YOOHOO
If it wasn't released in November this could be even higher! Stunning production, I can't resist to play it in nearly every set!



02. BLONDE FEAT. MELISSA STEEL - I LOVED YOU
This is totally personal but you must know that feeling when you hear a track for the first time and you think "WHAT IS THIS? I NEED THIS!". Perfect vocals, perfect balancing between house and indie dance. Exactly what I'm looking for!



01. EELKE KLEIJN - MISTAKES I'VE MADE
I think the biggest story in electronic dance music in 2014 was the rise of deep house and any alternates referring to the genre. This track totally stand out for me, both for musical and personal reasons so before I started compiling the list I already knew that this one will finish as the top choice.

James Grow - Riki EP

Started out as an underground party series a few years ago, and now being one of the trademark names in the Budapest nightlife, Hi!Fly Music showcases yet another stellar release. Though it is only the fourth release on the label, we can already call it the home of Hungarian talent in the deep house scene. Following EPs from already established acts, like Snilloc and Yvel & Tristan, it is time for James Grow to debut two really nice original tracks on the label.

James has played numerous clubs and festivals around Hungary, and production-wise had releases on Itom Records earlier. Being one of the resident DJs on Hi!Fly events, he tries to capture the atmosphere of these nights with these two peak-time dancefloor masters, both of them equipped with nasty basslines and gorgeous drops.

You better check out the previews and get ready as the release date is set for 10th February 2015.

Also, show some love to the artists on social media:
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JAMES GROW - RIKI EP

Budapest Bonkers Top 100 of 2014: 20-11

Hi everyone! For the second time after 2013, the countdown of the best tunes of the year is already up and running.

As it has been an outstanding year, we saw new genres rise such as deep house and future house, we saw new superstars born such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami or Kygo and we have enjoyed tons of great music all year long. Let's rerun the best tracks from 2014 on this heavily biased list!

#020. LANA DEL REY - BROOKLYN BABY (KONSTANTIN SIBOLD REMIX)



#019. MONKEYNECK - BROWN SKIN



#018. WATERMÄT - BULLIT (SHIFT K3Y REMIX)



#017. RÜFÜS - SUNDREAM (CLAPTONE REMIX)



#016. MIKE MAGO & DRAGONETTE - OUTLINES



#015. TEN WALLS - WALKING WITH ELEPHANTS



#014. DISCIPLES - THEY DON'T KNOW



#013. JUST KIDDIN - THINKING ABOUT IT



#012. OLIVER HELDENS X BECKY HILL - OVERDRIVE (GECKO)



#011. SPADA FEAT. ELEN LEVON - COOL ENOUGH

Budapest Bonkers Top 100 of 2014: 30-21

Hi everyone! For the second time after 2013, the countdown of the best tunes of the year is already up and running.

As it has been an outstanding year, we saw new genres rise such as deep house and future house, we saw new superstars born such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami or Kygo and we have enjoyed tons of great music all year long. Let's rerun the best tracks from 2014 on this heavily biased list!

#030. THE WRITERS BLOCK - DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER (GANZFELD EFFECT REMIX)



#029. MAX & SIMS - BODY TO BODY



#028. MARLON ROUDETTE - WHEN THE BEAT DROPS OUT (CALVO REMIX)



#027. TCHAMI - UNTRUE 



#026. THE MAGICIAN FEAT. NEWCOMERS - WHEN THE NIGHT IS OVER (GRADES REMIX)



#025. OLIVER $ & JIMI JULES - PUSHING ON



#024. FCL - IT'S YOU (SECONDCITY REMIX)



#023. CARL HANAGHAN - STRINGS OF LIFE



#022. MY DIGITAL ENEMY - SHAMEN



#021. THE MAGICIAN FEAT. YEARS & YEARS - SUNLIGHT

Mickey - You Know The Beat

Mickey starts out 2015 with yet another great anthem. "You Know The Beat" is a mixup of 90es French house combined with a classic old school American house vibe. Just think Cassius meets Todd Terry.

The deep house scene saw Mickey as a newcomer, growing on the label Exploited Records. His releases "Sweet Baby", "Holding Hands" and "Walk Away" are topping the Exploited bestsellers of 2014. Especially "Sweet Baby" which was among the top 10 best selling deep house tracks on Beatport. Next to his Belgian residency at the infamous Libertine Supersport nights, he travels all over the world to rock the crowd with his energetic DJ sets.

He just finished a remix for Modular Records stars Bag Raiders and is currently in London working on his next single.

So, taste the brand new single „You Know The Beat”, and if you like you can already pre-order it on iTunes at http://bit.ly/YouKnowTheBeat

Release date is set for 26 January 2015.

MICKEY - YOU KNOW THE BEAT

Budapest Bonkers Top 100 of 2014: 40-31

Hi everyone! For the second time after 2013, the countdown of the best tunes of the year is already up and running.

As it has been an outstanding year, we saw new genres rise such as deep house and future house, we saw new superstars born such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami or Kygo and we have enjoyed tons of great music all year long. Let's rerun the best tracks from 2014 on this heavily biased list!

#040. COLDPLAY - MIDNIGHT (VIJAY & SOFIA ZLATKO RE-EDIT)



#039. MARLON HOFFSTADT & DANSSON - SHAKE THAT (BLONDE REMIX)



#038. WASABI & SUGAR HILL - IT'S ON YOU (GANZFELD EFFECT REMIX)



#037. SYN COLE FEAT. MADAME BUTTONS - MIAMI 82 (KYGO REMIX)



#036. JAKWOB FEAT. TIFFANI JUNO - SOMEBODY NEW (SEAMUS HAJI REMIX)



#035. PURPLE DISCO MACHINE - MUSIQUE



#034. JAN BLOMQVIST - TIME AGAIN



#033. CROATIA SQUAD - GET YOU OFF 



#032. LANA DEL REY - WEST COAST (ZHU REMIX)



#031. PROSPA FEAT. HARRIS HAMEED - LOVE THE WAY

LoveStyle Records release new compilation

Hungarian deep house and nudisco powerhouse LoveStyle Records kicked off the new year in style by releasing the first installation of a brand new compilation series titled "Lost Tapes". Lost Tapes will occasionally feature unreleased gems by some of the premier up and coming talents in the deep house sphere.

The first compilation feature some decent warm up tracks by Brazilian house hero Alternative Kasual who is already featured on Beachside Records earlier and Toulouse-based newcomer Juloboy. On the peak time side, the compo got some intriguing bassline from Italian prodigy Rockaforte and Rio de Janeiro's own Ramon Kreisler. I have to admit that my absolute favorite in the package is coming from the Croatian-Greek duo of Echodust in the form of "D.U.S.T." which is a proper future house monster.

Be sure to check out the compilation and in the process, throw some likes to LoveStyle Records  and buy the tracks you like as well.

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Eric Prydz & Jeremy Olander - Essential Mix (2015-01-03)

Even though the year 2015 has just started, BBC Radio 1 already offered us a mammoth Essential Mix. In the first episode of the new year, we saw the two Swedish superstars, Eric Prydz and Jeremy Olander going back to back. Sharing the turntables is nothing new to the guys as they did the same many times during the EPIC 3.0 tour of Eric.

As it was expected from the master and his protege, the 2-hour journey featured some slick techno and melodic progressive house pieces, loads of new and unheard material with most of them will be released sooner or later on Eric's very own Pryda Recordings (as it is expected).

There are still nearly 50 Essential Mixes to go this year, I bet that this one is a strong contender for Essential Mix of the year title.

ERIC PRYDZ & JEREMY OLANDER - ESSENTIAL MIX (2015-01-03)



ALTERNATE DOWNLOAD 1

ALTERNATE DOWNLOAD 2

Tracklist:

01. Intro

02. Jeremy Olander - ABGT INTRO

03. Tonja Holma - Trippleton

04. Jeremy Olander presents Dhillon - Bullies

05. Jeremy Olander - Pinkerton

06. Jeremy Olander - Goliath

07. Cirez D - Tyve (Mainroom Edit)

08. Pryda - ID1

09. Eric Prydz - Liberate (Jeremy Olander remix)

10. Cirez D - Tajlis Funk (St Petersburg Edit)

11. Pryda - Linked

12. Cirez D - ID1

13. Cirez D - ID2

14. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts (Cirez D Private Revolution Remix)

15. Jeremy Olander presents Dhillon - The Heist

16. Cirez D - ID3

17. Cirez D - ID4

18. Warmhall - 115 (Marc Marzenit Planet Techno Remix)

19. Sebastien Leger - DXB

20. Jeremy Olander - Roots

21. Pryda - ID2

22. Pryda - Liam (TL Intro Mix Stringapella)

23. Chymera - Dreamrunner

Budapest Bonkers Top 100 of 2014: 50-41

Hi everyone! For the second time after 2013, the countdown of the best tunes of the year is already up and running.

As it has been an outstanding year, we saw new genres rise such as deep house and future house, we saw new superstars born such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami or Kygo and we have enjoyed tons of great music all year long. Let's rerun the best tracks from 2014 on this heavily biased list!

#050. ECHE PALANTE - A DISCUSSION BETWEEN SAXES



#049. LEXER - MY PRINCESS 2014



#048. LIVA K & KINREE - IN THE HOOD



#047. GORGON CITY FEAT. JENNIFER HUDSON - GO ALL NIGHT



#046. HORNY UNITED PRESENTS ZITO & ALRAY - HEARTBREAKER (MATVEY EMERSON REMIX)



#045. SLIDEBACK - 1974 (CRAZIBIZA & LESTON REMIX)



#044. PAROV STELAR FEAT. GRAHAM CANDY - THE SUN (GAMPER & DADONI REMIX)



#043. GUSGUS - CROSSFADE (MACEO PLEX REMIX)



#042. THE 2 BEARS - NOT THIS TIME (ANDHIM REMIX)



#041. ME & MY TOOTHBRUSH - SUNDOWN

Budapest Bonkers Top 100 of 2014: 60-51

Hi everyone! For the second time after 2013, the countdown of the best tunes of the year is already up and running.

As it has been an outstanding year, we saw new genres rise such as deep house and future house, we saw new superstars born such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami or Kygo and we have enjoyed tons of great music all year long. Let's rerun the best tracks from 2014 on this heavily biased list!

#060. CASENO - LIVING IT LIKE A LION



#059. MR. PROBZ - WAVES (ROBIN SCHULZ REMIX)



#058. ILLYUS & BARRIENTOS - NEED ME



#057. LEEX - FOREVER



#056. FAT SUSHI - HYPNOTIC



#055. HOT SINCE 82 & JOE T. VANNELLI - THE END



#054. LYKKE LI - GUNSHOT (FAUL REMIX)



#053. LORDE - TENNIS COURT (FLUME REMIX)



#052. CLEAN BANDIT FEAT. SHARNA BASS - EXTRAORDINARY (KLINGANDE REMIX)



#051.  SECONDCITY FEAT. ALI LOVE - WHAT CAN I DO (SET MO REMIX)

Budapest Bonkers Top 100 of 2014: 70-61

Hi everyone! For the second time after 2013, the year ending countdown of the Budapest Bonkers blog is already up and running.

As it has been an outstanding year, we saw new genres rise such as deep house and future house, we saw new superstars born such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami or Kygo and we have enjoyed tons of great music all year long. Let's rerun the best tracks from this year on this heavily biased list!

#070. NICO & VINZ - AM I WRONG (THE ROOFTOP BOYS REMIX)



#069. DIRTY VEGAS - SETTING SUN (GRUM REMIX)



#068. NORA EN PURE - YOU ARE MY PRIDE



#067. JUMPSTAR FEAT. RON CARROLL - WE DID ALRIGHT



#066. TOUGH LOVE FEAT. NASTALY - CLOSED THE DOOR



#065. XANDER MILNE & KRISTY MARIE - SO TRUE



#064. MACEO PLEX - CONJURE SUPERSTAR



#063. DUKE DUMONT - WON'T LOOK BACK



#062. SMITH & WESTIN - MY HEART



#061. ZHU - PARADISE AWAITS (LCAW REMIX)

Budapest Bonkers Top 100 of 2014: 80-71

Hi everyone! For the second time after 2013, the year ending countdown of the Budapest Bonkers blog is already up and running.

As it has been an outstanding year, we saw new genres rise such as deep house and future house, we saw new superstars born such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami or Kygo and we have enjoyed tons of great music all year long. Let's rerun the best tracks from this year on this heavily biased list!

#080. SAM SMITH - LIKE I CAN (JONAS RATHSMAN REMIX)



#079. MO - WALK THIS WAY (KANT REMIX)



#078. GUY J - ONCE IN A BLUE MOON



#077. AS I AM FEAT. NICOLA TATE - SAVING GRACE



#076. SONIC FUTURE & DO SANTOS - ABOUT THE SUMMER



#075. ALEX METRIC FEAT. STEFAN STORM - HEART WEIGHS A TON (CASSIAN REMIX)



#074. WASABI & HAZE-M - YOU SET MY SOUL ALRIGHT



#073. JUST KIDDIN - TIME, SPACE & HONEY



#072. ROUTE 94 FEAT. JESS GLYNNE - MY LOVE (YOUNG BOMBS REMIX)



#071. UMEK & MIKE VALE FEAT. CHRIS THE VOICE - HARD TIMES