Powerplay week 48
‘Close your eyes’
Kshmr & Tungevaag
Kshmr aka Niles Hollowell-Dhar was born and raised in the US. He has been active as a DJ producer since 2014 and has been releasing his music for some time on his own label Dharma. Even before his own releases, he was successful as a producer for Borgeous & DVBBS with the #1 hit 'Tsunami' in 2013.
Kshmr has released 4 albums so far, the most recently one was released this year in 2021: 'Harmonica andromeda'.
Over the years he has collaborated with Firebeatz, R3Hab, Tiësto, Timmy Trumpet, Bassjackers, Marnik, Headhunterz, Will Sparks, Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike.
His biggest success to date is the hit "Secrets" by Tiësto ft. Vassy from 2015 with over 250 million streams.
With his most recent release 'Close your eyes' , he collaborated with Norwegian DJ producer Tungevaag.
Sieb Kroeske // LAYZER
Earlier powerplays
Powerplay week 47
Sky love
Foxes
British singer Louisa Rose Allen is better known as Foxes. She can be heard on Zedd's hit "Clarity".
Her previous hits include 'Youth' (2013), 'let's gp for tonight' (2014), 'Holding onto heaven' (2014), 'Body talk' (2015), 'Devil side' (2015), 'Love not loving you' (2020).
In addition to Zedd, she worked with Bakermat, CamelPhat, Mike Mago, Chainsmokers, among others.
Her 3rd album 'The kick' will be released on 11 February 2022
'Sky Love' is her latest release and a very attractive and catchy track.
https://www.iamfoxes.com/
Sieb Kroeske // LAYZER
Powerplay week 46
‘Wherever you go’
Alok ft. John Martin Lindström
The collaboration between Brazilian DJ Alok and singer John Martin Lindström is a strong one. Alok's latest release is even better and stronger than the previous hit 'In my mind' in which he collaborated with John Legend.
John Martin Lindström is known for his collaboration as singer with Swedish House Mafia and his hit song 'Reload'.
In terms of streams, Alok has more than 3 billion streams on Spotify.
'Wherever you go' is pure enjoyment!
Sieb Kroeske // LAYZER
Powerplay week 45
‘Signals’
Regard ft. Kwabs
Kosovo-based DJ Dardan Regard debuted in 2019 with the hit “Ride it”, which achieved in the meantime more than 937 million streams and well over a billion including the remixes! In 2020 he had a Powerplay at Layzer Radio with the track 'Secrets', good for almost 300 million streams. He remixes for, among others, Dua Lipa, and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and they also remix for him. He collaborates with Sigala, Jonas Blue, Topic, MOTi, Hugel, Tom Field and most recently with Troye Sivan & Tate McRae with the hit 'You'.
his latest hitsong is 'Signals' which came out this week and is in collaboration with the English singer-songwriter Kwabs (known for the hit 'Walk').
Sieb Kroeske // LAYZER
Powerplay week 44
‘Moth to a flame’
Swedish House Mafia & the Weeknd
Swedish trio Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso formed Swedish House Mafia in 2008. Between 2013 and 2018, they went on a 'break' and continued solo projects. Since 2018 they've been working together again as Swedish House Mafia.
They worked with many greats including Tinie Tempah, Laidback Luke, Ty Dolla Sign. Scored hits such as "Don't You Worry Child", "Lifetime", "Greyhound" and "Save the World".
Their latest release is 'Moth to a flame' working together with The Weeknd.
More Swedish House Mafia and seeing them playing live: On October 31, 2022 they will perform in Ziggo dome/Amsterdam as part of their Paradise Again world tour 2022
Sieb Kroeske // LAYZER