YT is starting to learn my musical tastes (a music post)

Often when I research music I'm going to blog about I'll throw the artist/track title at a search engine to see if I can find a separate playable version of the track. I like DJ sets and I'll continue blogging about them, but often I just want to pick out a track or two to talk about. This is one reason I do Afrojack sets often and very rarely do R3HAB, whose choices all end up sounding mostly same-same.

Anyway, the search results are often YT videos that I listen through to make sure it's the same thing I just heard on Soundcloud, and so those go into my history. Plus I subscribe to a couple channels like A State of Trance because I want to get their things in bite-sized 3-5 minute chunks rather than hour-long DJ sets. As a result of all this, I now get more music suggestions in my YT wanderings and once in a while, they hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4U232MuTG4
And so, this. I will say you had me at "hang + ethereal vocals over EDM beats". Giolì & Assia are just really good at what they do and the result is mesmerizing. This video is 38 wonderful minutes and there's a whole series of similar-length pieces, all highly recommended. The videos are shot in various scenic locations around Italy, where Giolì & Assia hail from. That said, I found some of the camera work distracting so I spent much of the time just listening.

These two are quite multifaceted, bringing in a number of instruments, their own vocals, and lots of mixed samples to create a unique blend. They're actually touring the US this month but sadly no closer than NYC. If that show had not already happened I'd be seriously tempted to road trip it. The fact that these vids are done live gives me a much better sense of what they're about than the usual studio-produced DJ work. If you're going to search their stuff I recommend including "live" as a keyword.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBuoczlYqE
Credit where credit is due, I did pull this from a R3HAB mix and I really like it. It's not complicated, just a snappy little dance number from a French duo who are relatively new to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmLBSCiEoas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTIOugluWb8
Pomplamoose are not new to me but YT has recently been showing me a lot of videos of them doing covers of well-known tunes with other artists. In this case it's Sarah Dugas, who's actually touring with them. Looking up her work led me to the second link which is her covering "Rolling in the Deep" in front of a band called Scary Pockets.

I like the remix on its own, plus it's a funk remix so of course. And it also has the most concise answer to "what, specifcally, is a funk remix" I've ever read:

A "FUNK REMIX" uses funk instrumentation and timbres but relies on EDM form for song structure. Thus, a funk remix will have a verse, breakdown, build, drop, and other functional structures of EDM, but the musicians play traditional instruments to perform the composition.

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https://soundcloud.com/rubenderonde/ruben-de-ronde-henrik
I forgot where I picked up Ruben de Ronde but he's worth a listen. Here he's collaborating with Henrik Zuberstein on an Armada-typical ethereal trance track. It's low-vocals, spacey, trippy fun.

https://soundcloud.com/hexagon/jlv-feel-again
JLV's "Feel Again" is labeled "future house" and though it has some basic house rhythms and instrumentation built into it, I would classify it much more as a traditional pop love song. It has strong beats, sure, but also soft harmonies and a nice solo piano piece.

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