Today's Pick

The Dutch DJ/producer Tiësto just recently unveiled a visually stunning music video for his new single, "Light Years Away," featuring American minimal techno DJ DBX, off of Tiësto's newest studio album, "A Town Called Paradise," which was released in June. Not only is the song beautiful, but the futuristic video is absolutely mesmerizing which showcasing a distant galaxy being explored by a team in search of organic life.
It's been a big year for the Dutch superstar producer, who continues to find success in anyway possible. He's been able to consistently find ways to break his EDM influences in to pop-culture with seamless execution. "Light Years Away" continues the Dutchman's crusade of emotionally charged crossover dance music, with the whispery sounds of DBX's vocals to a pop-influenced EDM blended track. The accompanying video reflects the interstellar imagery of the track's title. Slick effects and colorful imagery serve as a fitting visual for the track's big hooks and addictive melody.
Set in a strange and unknown universe, the clip focuses on the life of a young lady living on a very distant lonely planet with the help of her robot assistant, as she examines her surroundings and searches for other forms of life. She is seen conducting research and using advanced technology to look for any signs of organic life on the bizarre planet she inhabits. She is clearly unhappy with where she lives, as is made evident from both scenes and lyrics "I don't know where I'm meant to belong/ I'm lost in space."
A robot loyally helps her with her research and takes care of her when she gets injured. At the end, she comes to realize the love the robot has for her and together they melt into a strange electronic screen where they dance and the woman finally finds happiness. The beat and tune both work well with the futuristic-like video and the story is interesting enough. It ends on a particularly compelling note with space and electronics combining.

Tiësto follows up his crossover dance-pop "Red Lights" with the second track "Wasted," from his upcoming long awaited first artist album in over five years, "A Town Called Paradise," was influenced by Las Vegas, set to release June 16th. The Dutch dance music megastar just debuted his video for "Wasted," which is basically a 'Mad Men' era fantasy of a ladies' luncheon devolving into a raging sorority girls gone wild pool party/pillow fight/dancing in your underwear thing. Since that's what usually happens when girls get wasted.
Tiësto loves to fill his life with electronic color, and he's accompanied by talented New York based singer Matthew Koma on this libatious track, "Wasted," combines elements from pop, rock and EDM, is an even bigger step away from the 45-year-old's usual hard-hitting trance/electro-house comfort zone. Koma sets the summertime tone singing of good times and puppy love. "I like us better when we're wasted," sings Koma over strummed guitar before the synths arrive. Right out of the gate, it's already a strong contender for "song of the summer" with its shimmering, unforgettable chorus and buoyant bounce perfect for days on the beach or by the pool and nights in the club.
On the other hand, this is possibly Tiësto's most commercial and radio-friendly song to date, straying away from hard drops and sticking to more pop-like sounds. The catchy pop influenced single couldn't be more fit for radio crossover yet still manages to maintain the Tiësto spin. Although many fans grew up with both Dutchmen for their roots in trance or electro house, their new songs are a clear indication of the skill these artists possess to make more outside their genre and think outside the box.
The Tabitha Denholm-directed 60's-themed clip follows quite an entertaining party of strictly women putting on the Tiësto record and letting loose as the song suggests. Tiësto and Koma even make cameos on the TV and have some really uplifting lyrics to accompany the sunny video, While Tiësto himself appears as a dreamy variety show host, and Koma as one of the musical acts. The costume and set designers nailed Palm Springs in the 60's. Nicely timed to the post-Coachella blues. The colorful video may cause many party people in the house to go into a trance, but hardcore fans will find it's easy enough to sing and dance along while staring at the video screen without losing the beat. If the women of 'Mad Men' had a pool party, watch it below.

Tiësto is full of surprises these days, has released an energetic new music video to accompany his new track "Red Lights," the first taste of the Dutch DJ's upcoming as-yet untitled fifth full-length artist album, and it mark a departure from 45-year-old Tiësto's traditional trance sound. The track that perfectly blends the best elements of high energy house music and powerfully catchy pop, gives a great first look into what Tiësto is cooking up, a definite road trip anthem with a "drive fast and don't look back" mentality all wrapped up in a melodically light, happy-go-lucky package.
Tiësto has always been at the forefront of dance music, constantly staying ahead of the curve in the ever-changing and growing electronic music industry. Having recently partnered with Casablanca Records and Republic Records, Tiësto teases at his next big music move with "Red Lights," a reference to traffic markers, not another element popular in producer's homeland of the Netherlands. Always the trendsetter, icon DJ-producer sets the pace for the new sound of dance music with his "Red Lights," which is a let's-escape-the-world floor shaker and a mash up of house and pop. Th track certainly has the melodic hooks and riffs necessary to see similar success.
The beautiful blend of melodic harmonies, combined with the gritty, yet touching tone of the vocalist as he sings along, put together with the acoustic guitar riffs makes "Red Light" stand out on its own. No word on who the male vocalist featured on "Red Lights" is. The combination of both acoustic and electronic sounds combine to make this track unique and different. "Red Lights" is definitely a change of pace as one of electronic music's greats adjust to mainstream EDM. And this song is super infectious and catchy, as he derives rapturous results from candy-coated choruses, big builds, and glistening beats.
Instead of complaining about sound-alike tracks and pop music disguising itself as dance music, Tiësto and director Skinny have crafted a sexy Americana road trip with enough skin, tousled hair and euphoric nightlife energy to show EDM newbies how it's really done. The clip tells a story of two girls leaving their boring lives behind in favour of an epic spontaneous road trip that sees them hitch hike across the states, making it all the way by any means necessary to Las Vegas just in time for a Tiësto's gig at Hakkasan and they even manage to visit Grandma on the way.