Powerplay week 19

The music

Kideko & Saffron Stone

British DJ producer Kideko (a.k.a. Ryan Hurley) is active in the dance / house music scene since 2015. He debuted with his track "The Jam" (with samples from "Pump up the jam" by Technotronic), it was an immediate big hit. Its successors include "Crank it" (2016), "Burning up" (2017), "What is it" (2019), "The Fire" (featuring Armand van Helden) (2020), and recently "Cubanito".
His latest release is "The Music" ft. Saffron Stone, a cover from Yarbrough & People, the 1981 classic "Don't stop the music"

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Earlier powerplays

Powerplay week 18

‘Drxgs’

Yellow Claw ft. Sara Fajira

Yellow Claw is the successful duo Jim Taihuttu and Nils Rondhuis. Yellow Claw was a trio until 2016 with Bizzey. Since then they have been active as a duo. The band exists since 2010 and has built up name and fame in a relatively short time, both within the Netherlands and abroad. Various hits have been scored, including “Krokobil” in 2012, “DJ Turn it up” (2013), “Till it hurts” (2014), and “In my room” (2016) featuring Ty Dolla $ign. There are also collaborations with Krewella, Galantis, Becky G., etc. Their third album ‘Los Amsterdam’ in 2017 became top 10. Meanwhile, the world stage is conquered, including an extensive tour through China in 2018 and 2019. Also in North America the duo is a popular act, with performances from north to south and regularly in the big clubs of Las Vegas. Of course they are at the many major festivals worldwide, from Tomorrowland, Sziget, Lollapalooza, EDC, etc.
Due to corona it is quiet for a while in terms of performances, but as soon as opportunities arise Yellow Claw will travel on.
Their most recent release “Drxgs” is a collaboration with Indonesian singer Sara Fajira who scored a big hit last year with “Lathi” in collaboration with the singer Sara Fajira. Weird Genius.

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Powerplay week 17

Midnight affair

Eelke Kleijn & Samaha

Latest release from DJ producer Eelke Kleijn "Midnight affair" is a downtempo track that will be seen and heard frequently in the coming months. The track grabs you by the ... and will not let you go. The vocals are provided by Samaha (known from the hit "Icarus" 2019, among others).
Previous successes for Eelke include "Mistakes I've made" (2015), "Celebrate life" (2015), "Lovely sweet divine"(2014). More recently included the "Blue fear" remix for Armin van Buuren (2020), "Lost souls" (Nora and Pure remix) (2019).
Last week, Eelke had the opportunity to perform again, after more than 6 months of not being able / allowed to. It concerned performances in Mexico, at Playa del Carmen and Tulum.

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Powerplay week 16

Miss you

Marc Benjamin & Bancali

Dutch DJ producer Marc Benjamin works on this track together with Norwegian DJ producer Bancali. It is an energetic bass-house production with future house elements.

The breakthrough for Marc as a DJ came with his release of "Riser" at the end of 2013. Followed by a collaborations with, among others, Laidback Luke, Benny Benassi, Yves V., Dash Berlin, Fedde LeGrand and he made remixes for, among others, Zedd.

Other successful hits by Marc include: "Start over again" (with Afrojack & Vula) (2021), "Blow" (2017), "All the time" (2019) and "Losing focus" (2020)

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Powerplay week 15

Bruises

Henri PFR, Madism ft. Lono

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