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Alesso feat. Matthew Koma – Years (Official Video)
The much-awaited video for this track that has become sort of both a club and a festival anthem is finally here!
Personally speaking, I would put Alesso right up there with one of the biggest discoveries in the EDM scene in the past couple of years and this video would perfectly justify this.
Well for starters, it is not your typical music video that shows a night out of partying or fans jumping around in a club. The video is a simple story through the “Years” (life) of a young boy from Sweden who in spite of facing so many obstacles ended up living his dream of being a DJ. It’s just quite amazing as to how such an ingenuous concept was never adopted and used in any music video of late by any DJ.
Alessandro Lindblad a.k.a Alesso takes us back through the “Years” to his childhood where he started out making tunes on a Moog keyboard in his apartment. He ends up burning CD’s that he used to bring to clubs and then gives a sneak peak on what it’s like to be kicked out of one as well. We also see him selling his bike to buy a computer to try his hand at producing songs. The video finishes with a closing shot of Alesso on the main stage of the EDC NYC festival held earlier this year (which again was one hell a performance!)
My pick of the video is of him burning copies of one of his first tracks called “Dynamite” and then dropping discs of it on the windshield of his mentor Sebastian Ingrosso’s car. The entire video is a salute to the perseverance of Alesso for never losing hope and continuing to knock on the door until it finally opened up for him!
Once again, a big shout out to Mr.Sebastian Ingrosso for picking up that disc and giving Alesso a shot at living his dream. EDM fans in the NYC area can get a chance to see this gifted duo later this month when they take over Pier 94 and Haunted Coliseum along with another Sebastian Ingrosso recruit – Otto Knows.
Alesso is also a huge favorite for the entire Swedish House Mafia crew and is usually opening for them at many of their gigs. This is where some part of me is praying that they bring him down for the India leg of their “One Last Tour”!
Burns – Lies (Otto Knows Remix)
It gives me great pleasure to write my first post on this young talented DJ from Sweden who like his mentor will be defining the EDM scene for many years. After giving us “Million Voices” that can surely be counted as one of the tracks of the year 2012, we have Otto Knows coming back with huge remix of the track “Lies” by Burns.
The remix includes a great build up with a steady violin-sounding beat and incredible vocals to make it an all around amazing track.
A big shout goes out to Sebastian Ingrosso for finding us such a gifted DJ! I just don’t how the music scene would have been if he had not found Alesso and now Otto Knows. Let’s just hope he keeps continuing his trend of spotting talent and bringing them into the limelight right away.
Otto Knows is usually always opening for most of the gigs carried out by Swedish House Mafia. Some part of me is hoping (in fact praying) that he along with Alesso manages to be there in India when the Swedish House Mafia group takes over the country in November!
After seeing them both play live, I can tell you that these boys can take the crowd to a whole new level. Trust me. You won’t be disappointed.