Summadayze 2012: line-up announced

The Summadayze 2012 line-up has been announced!

Locked in for the event are Pendulum, Snoop Dogg, Calvin Harris, Moby, Tiga and the Scissor Sisters... and that's just to name a few of the big names.

The event will be held on the following dates:

31 December | Adelaide
1 January | Melbourne
2 January | Gold Coast
3 January | Perth

Full the full line-up, including ticket information visit the official Summadayze 2012 site. Tickets will be available from 1 September [official site]

Dido loses everything, Armin van Buuren remixes

I've obviously been asleep for a few months, otherwise I'm not sure how to explain how I missed this.

Dido featured on the Sex and the City 2 soundtrack with this number, Everything to Lose. Now it's not the fact that I missed this track being released, or even being produced for that matter, as it's pretty so-so. It's the fact that the one and only Armin van Buuren came along and sex'd it up a bit.

Let's face it, whilst everyone* loves Dido, her vocals seem to mesh much better against some slammin' progressive house beats. Take what Francois K did to Hunter, or what Above & Beyond did to Sand in my Shoes, or what Johnny Vicious did to Here With Me. I digress.

*everyone being ya Mum.

Everything to Lose really isn't, or wasn't, a great track 'til AvB got his hands on it. It now will find a warm little place in my current playlist, in between Tiësto's remix of The Island by Pendulum and the original mix of Take Over Control by Afrojack feat. Eva Simons. Nice.

Pendulum's Island

Pendulum, our very own boys from Perth, have released the third single off their #1 UK album, Immersion. Following the lead single, Watercolour, which scored the boys their very first UK top 5 hit; and Witchcraft which scored them a UK top 30 hit; The Island Pt 1 is released.

Personally it's one of my favourites off their album. The Island is split in two parts, Dawn (Pt 1) and Dusk (Pt 2), with Dawn (Pt 1) being released as the official single and featuring in the video clip (below).

And, in case you've been living under some mossy rock and haven't been following our Aussie legends of drum 'n bass, the group with vocals led by Rob Swire (yes, he's responsible for the vocals on Deadmau5's Ghosts 'n Stuff - mega club smash) formed in 2002 in Perth, and have released 3 commercial studio albums, with their current release clearly winning them goals globally.

If you love the track below, grab the album - it's a hot piece of property that is great for a Saturday night lead in to party time. Enjoy!