DJ Benny Benassi Releases 'Cinema' Video, Announces Tour & Album Release Date

Despite having given this video a little mention back in April during my Music Video Round Up, I thought that it deserved a bigger spotlight this time around. Italian producer and DJ Benny Benassi has remixed hits from a whole slew of artists I love, including In-Grid, Sonique, Goldfrapp, Jordin Sparks, Britney Spears, Estelle, Madonna, Hyper Crush, Mika, Kid Cudi, Shakira, Alex Gardner, Kelis, Example, Alesha Dixon, Skunk Anansie, Katy Perry, Take That and numerous others. Now he's ready to release his own album, Electroman, on June 7th via Ultra Records. The latest single to be lifted off of Electroman is "Cinema," featuring UK singer/songwriter Gary Go (whom I also love).

Split up into two parts, the "Cinema" EP is available to download on iTunes now and features remixes from Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney, Skrillex, Laidback Luke and more! Check out the fantastic Skrillex remix below. Check out the EP tracklistings and download links below the cut.

Benny Benassi feat. Gary Go - Cinema (Skrillex Remix) by ultrarecords

Stunning. In addition to "Cinema," Electroman features the T-Pain-assisted title track, "Beautiful People" featuring Chris Brown, "Spaceship," featuring electro-diva Kelis, apl.de.ap and Jean Baptiste and more. Benny Benassi will be touring the country in support of Electroman (due June 7th) so check out the tour dates below the cut.  Also make sure you watch the video below.

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In Case You Missed It...Music Video Round Up

SO you all know I LOVE music videos. Turns out I missed a s%@t load of them during my brief hiatus, so instead of going through them one by one...I decided to post them all at once, starting with the oldest. Here we go!

I HEART The Wanted. My favorite new UK boy band. "Gold Forever" is a dance-pop gem from their forthcoming sophomore album. Written and produced by Steve Mac and co-written by Wayne Hector and Claude Kelly the song was the official 2011 Comic Relief Charity single. The single debuted at #3 on the UK Singles chart, going on to become the band's third top-ten hit. Featuring remixes by Steve Smart & Westfunk, and Moto Blanco the single is destined to be a dance club hit as well. The fun video premiered in early March and was filmed on the same set as The King's Speech. Check out the boys and their cute clown noses above. Darling!  Look out for single #2, "Lightning," written by another favorite of mine, Mr. Ed Drewett.

"Gone" (AKA Dilemma Pt. 2) is the latest single from U.S. rapper Nelly's 5.0 album. "Gone" was written by Eric Goody II, Cornell Haynes, Earl Hood, Rico Love and Jim Jonsin (and produced by the latter two). In the Marc Klasfeld-directed video, Kelly Rowland reprises her role as Nelly's love interest, a role she first played in the video for his 2002 hit single, "Dilemma." While not as catchy as "Dilemma" it's nice to see Kelly and Nelly back together again. To date, the song has peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

"I'll Take Care Of You" is the latest single to be lifted off of American Soul artist Gil Scott-Heron's new album, We're New Here. We're New Here is actually a remixed album, produced by Jamie xx (of The xx). Scott-Heron's album was called I'm New Here, and is predominantly a blues and spoken-word album, like many of Scott-Heron's previous albums. Jamie xx seems to infuse electronic-elements into the original material seamlessly. The emotional, beautiful video for "I'll Take Care Of You" was directed by JJ Medina and AG Rojas and follows the story of an extraordinary young woman, single mother and boxer - Nisa Rodriguez. Playing like a mini movie, this stunning video shows the day-in-the-life of Rodriguez. Definitely worth a look.

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HOT NEW TALENT ALERT! Gary Go

Ever since I started blogging more frequently a few months back, I find myself inundated with requests from indie labels and PR firms trying to get me to mention their artists on my blog. As flattering as this all is, it's also VERY overwhelming. I have a stack of CDs that I'm still waiting to listen to as well as a ton of promotional material and press releases waiting to be sorted through and read.


While a lot of the music I receive isn't my usual style, every so often something catches my attention. This afternoon I was going through some old emails and found a press release promoting Gary Go. When I heard his version of Lady Gaga's smash "Just Dance," it was love at first listen. His sound reminds me of a cross between James Blunt (without the shrillness) and James Morrison. He takes "Just Dance" and strips it down into a beautifully emotive ballad, throwing in a bit of auto-tune for effect. Check it out below and buy it on iTunes where it's an album bonus track.

Just Dance (Lady GaGa Cover) - Gary Go

Gary Go's self titled album was released in the States on September 15th and contains 11 beautiful pop tracks (13, if you get the album on iTunes). Born in London, Gary Go is what I like to call "geek chic," with his trademark dark-rimmed glasses and overall hipster style. Go brings something new and different to the whole singer/songwriter genre, which until now has bored me. According to his press release, Go is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, as well as a gifted narrator - not surprising, given that his father was a producer on Jim Henson's Muppets.

Currently a rising star in the UK , Gary Go has already garnered a lot of praise with his debut album. Q Magazine called his album a "gigantic pop debut," while Red Magazine calls the talented Brit's debut a "Must-Hear Album," going on to say "if you like Coldplay, you'll like this." British paper The Sun describes Go as "the musical love child of Chris Martin and David Gray, with an added dash of bespectacled charm." I couldn't agree more. This album is pure pop brilliance at it's best. I am hard core crushing on Gary Go right now.

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