1Mix Radio: Hardwell ft. Matthew Koma

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Hardwell ft. Matthew Koma - 'Dare You'

Hardwell ft. Matthew Koma - Dare You on Relentless / Revealed. At the end of a landmark year for Hardwell, the Dutch producer and newly crowned number 1 DJ in the world announces his latest single, ‘Dare You’ ft. Matthew Koma, set for general release January 5th 2014.

Despite a relentless schedule that has seen the 25 Year old jetting all over the world, rocking stadiums, festivals and clubs, making documentaries and hosting an acclaimed radio show, Hardwell’s tireless work ethic means his music never suffers, evident with the quality of his latest single. The brand new release ‘Dare You’ sees the Dutch force enlist the talents of in-demand vocalist, Matthew Koma for a spine-tingling slice of EDM.

A producer at ease crafting both melodic masterpieces and festival bangers, with ‘Dare You’ Hardwell's penchant for uplifting chords and rising intensity is on full show. An upward assent from the first beat, climbing high throughout, Hardwell combines Koma’s rousing tones with infectious guitars, twinkling key, rushing synth work and his trademark drops. The result is progressive yet blissful, boasting an appeal that reaches far beyond dance floors.

Ever the embracer of digital technology, Hardwell launched ‘Dare You’ to his fans via ‘Shazam’, the first time the mobile music application has premiered new music. A 20 second clip put on his YouTube channel gave fans who ‘Shazamed’ the opportunity to stream the track in full before anyone else. Within 24 hours the clip had reaches over 100,000 plays, and set the blogosphere alight.

An anthem in the making; ‘Dare You’ has already been given the official stamp of approval from Pete Tong, who gave the track its official radio premier on the Essential Selection.

At the top of his game, but harbouring ambitions to raise the bar even higher, Hardwell starts 2014 like he means to go on. ‘Dare You’ is set for UK release on 5th January 2014 through Revealed / Relentless.

Dimitri Kechagias review: One of the most productive and hard working DJ’s and producer’s returns with this next awesome club smash which could easily crossover to the pop charts. Hardwell, the brand new and shining number 1 DJ delivers his superb epic progressive anthem with the distinctive and so unique vocals by Matthew Koma, who has one of the finest voices for EDM tracks. ‘Dare You’ is surrounded by some big hype at the moment with a reason; it's a banging booming energetic progressive house slammer with tough beats, heavy energetic basslines, very warm and delicate piano in the breakdown, and epic synths for those ‘hands in the air’ moments. Melodic, dreamy and melancholic, as well being a very strong great club track. Maybe this will become the first UK Top 10 hit for the Dutch star that deserves to be where he is, right at the top of his game. Highly recommended. Love iT