Afrojack all year in Las Vegas

I remember a few years ago hearing about this dude Afrojack. I checked out his track Polkadots and thought it was a great track. Didn’t really think much more of it.

Fast forward to today and the guy is huge. Simply huge. He played both days at EDC 2010 and continues to get top billing nationwide. According to Wikipedia, he’s helped produce the records of a lot of people in the pop music scene, including Pitbull and Ne-Yo who thanked him personally when he won a VMA. Afrojack is also rumored to be dating Paris Hilton but… that’s another story.

Some might know this already while some might not, but Las Vegas is simply blowing up this year with EDM. Last year the Wynn had Afrojack for a residency and while nothing has been announced this year, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s got something similar going since I’ve already seen 3 dates with him playing at either Surrender or XS. While I’m dying to know how much money he’s making at these gigs, one thing is a fact – he is huge.

Personally, I am not a fan of all of his music. Some of it is simply too much bleeps and bloops. As a person who lives and dies by progressive music, I’ve gotta have a melody of some sort, and a lot of his tracks are missing that. However when Afrojack does put in a melody, it delivers. Some of my favorite tracks of his are Collide with Leona Lewis (even though he blatantly jacked Avicii’s melody and got sued for it) and his remix of The Wombats. But my favorite currently is, surprisingly, his collaboration with David Guetta which is called Lunar.

Say what you will but the sound is simply massive and it’s a great party track. Definitely would love to hear this dropped at a festival… and with Beyond Wonderland and EDC around the corner, I have a good chance at my dreams coming true!

Back to the point though – Vegas is doing it big this year, which is exciting since LA is just a 4 hour drive away. XS, Marquee, Surrender, Tao, and Tryst all have top house DJs rolling through on a WEEKLY basis. That’s right, you heard me. A massive shift has taken place this year. XS, the biggest club in Vegas, has shown the new direction of partying and clubbing – they are doing house DJs on their Friday and Saturday nights. So anyone who is still resisting this movement and this music is crazy . I’m seeing Calvin Harris at XS this coming weekend and I will report back with a review and some tips to have a good time, but in the meantime I hope everyone has fun out there in Vegas. My friends saw Afrojack a few weeks back and had a blast, and of course if Don Johnson is willing to pop some bottles, you know it’s going to be a party.

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