Hard Rock Sofa, Matisse & Sadko, Swanky Tunes - Chemistry (Turn The Flame Higher) (Original Mix)

Wow, Sherman and I have been waiting for this collaboration for a very long time. Hard Rock Sofa and Swanky Tunes have come to be a regular pairing but the two Russian groups were joined this time by another Russian group, and another S2L favorite, in Matisse & Sadko. If I'm not mistaken, that means that there were seven different Russians involved in the production of "Chemistry." The song itself is a good, high energy progressive house track, although I must admit I may have expected too much from this long awaited Russian house collaboration. All we need now is for Arty to remix this and we might have the most Russian EDM song in existence.

Hard Rock Sofa - July/August 2012 Podcast

Hard Rock Sofa is back with their summer podcast for July/August after their successful collaboration, "Here We Go", with Swanky Tunes. The Russian trio is slowly establishing themselves as one of the main groups to watch in the electro/progressive house genre. Some highlights off this mix are their new single "Kaleidoscope" and Swanky Tunes' new remix of Tonite Only's "Go".



Tracklist:
1. Burns - Lies (Otto Knows Remix) / Columbia
2. Eddie Thoneick & Norman Doray - Celsius / Size Records
3. Alesso ft. Matthew Koma - Years (Vocal Extended Mix) / Refune Records
4. Hard Rock Sofa - Starlight (Original Mix) / Fly Eye Records
5. Fedde Le Grand & Nicky Romero, Ellie Goulding, Feenixpawl, Swedish House Mafia - Sparks Vs. Lights Vs. Greyhound (Hard Rock Sofa Bootleg) / White
6. Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes - Here We Go (Original Mix) / Axtone Records
7. Rob Marmot & My Digital Enemy - African Drop (Tom Staar Remix) / Wall Recordings
8. Hard Rock Sofa - Kaleidoscope (Original Mix) / Wall Recordings
9. Albin Myers - The Beast (Original Mix) / Musical Freedom
10. Tonite Only - Go (Swanky Tunes Remix) / Downright
11. Sebastien Drums, Whelan, Di Scala, Mitch Crown - Here I Come (Instrumental Mix) / Stealth Records
12. Zedd ft. Matthew Koma - Spectrum (Deniz Koyu Remix) / Interscope Records
13. Adrian Lux, Feenixpawl, Ivan Gough, Swedish House Mafia - Burning Vs. Save The World (Hard Rock Sofa Bootleg) / Ultra, EMI

Hard Rock Sofa - Starlight (Original Mix) [Preview]

Hard Rock Sofa immediately follows their huge collaboration with Swanky Tunes, "Here We Go", with a big room progressive track. Once again, the Russian trio shows us just how talented they are. The track will be released on July 30th.
 

Hard Rock Sofa - June 2012 Podcast

Hard Rock Sofa releases their monthly mix for June. Included on this mix is their recently released track with Squire, "Just Can't Stay Away", and their new collaboration with Swanky Tunes, "Here We Go".

Tracklist:
01. AN21 & Max Vangeli & Tiesto ft. Lover Lover - People Of The Night (Original Mix) / SIze Records
02. Shinedown - Unity (Matisse & Sadko Instrumental Remix) / Promo
03. Adrian Lux feat. Dante - Burning (Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl Remix) / Ultra
04. Swanky Tunes & Hard Rock Sofa Vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers Vs. Third Party Vs. Nicky Romero - The Edge Vs. Otherside Vs. WTF (Hard Rock Sofa Mashup)
05. Pendulum Vs. Digitalism Vs. Steve Angello, AN21, Max Vangeli Vs. R.E.M - The Island Vs. Zdarlight Vs. Loosing My Religion (Hard Rock Sofa Mashup)
06. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (Dada Life Remix) / Island Def Jam Music Group / RBMG
07. Duher - Millenium (Original Mix) / Promo
08. Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes - Here We Go / Axtone Records
09. Nom De Strip Vs. Fatboy Slim Vs. Steve Angello, AN21, Max Vangeli Vs. Shakedown Vs. Tim Mason Vs. Ansol & Dyro Vs. Nicky Romero & Tommy Trash - Yo! Vs. Star 69 Vs. H8RS Vs. At Night Vs. I Can't Help Myself Vs. Top Of The World Vs. Tolouse (Hard Rock Sofa Mashup) / White
10. Deniz Koyu - Bong (Original Mix) / Refune
 11. Hard Rock Sofa & Squire - Just Can't Stay Away (Original Mix) / Spinnin' Records
12. Wolfgang Gartner - Flexx (Original Mix) / Ultra
13. The Str8jackets & Sam Obernik - Love And Oxygen (DubVision Remix) / Strictly Rhythm

Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes - Apogee(Original Mix)

Sherman and I(but mostly Sherman) have been awaiting the release of Apogee for quite some time now. He even just posted the preview to it the other day as he couldn't wait until the April release date to post it.  You really can't blame him though, as the familiar collaboration between Hard Rock Sofa and Swanky Tunes once again creates a masterpiece of a production. So here it is, the full and now released original mix of "Apogee".

Preview - Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes - Apogee (Original Mix)

Swanky Tunes & Hard Rock Sofa are already very talented as individual groups, and we have witnessed what they can do if they collaborate with tracks like "Smolengrad" and "United" from last year. Now, the two Russian House groups team up again to produce "Apogee", a huge progressive house track which is mainly based on melodic synths and much softer than the electro stuff we have hear from them before. The track is set to be released on April 2 through Spinnin' Records, but first check out the preview posted by Hard Rock Sofa! (It is unfortunately cut off at the drop)

Marco V - Analogital (Hard Rock Sofa Remix)

I absolutely love Hard Rock Sofa because their collaborations with Swanky Tunes were one of the major contributions to what really got me into listening to EDM music. Despite this, some of their recent releases have disappointed me such as "Quasar" which had a great build up to a rather mediocre drop. However, their remix of Marco V's "Analogital" is a step in the right direction towards their progressive house masterpieces that I had became used to. Also, be on the look out as the aforementioned Hard Rock Sofa and Swanky Tunes collaboration as they have a new production coming out that I cannot wait for.