On this week’s edition of Magnetic’s Artist Of The Week, we invited KOLIDESCOPES on to curate a selection of their favorite tracks. Comprised of singer/producer-songwriters Johnny Courtidis and Dan Dare, the duo returns with their first release of 2023, White Lies.
White Lies leads with Johnny’s distinctive vocals which blend seamlessly into a deep and melodic cut created for the dance floor. With an infectious and original vocal melody playing throughout the duo’s incredible production, White Lies is the next entry in KOLIDESCOPES’ already glistening discography.
Producing their own unique style of electronic music, KOLIDESCOPES swiftly caught the attention of the industry and built a dedicated global fanbase.
“Our mission is for us to write meaningful songs that people can dance to. Its music for day and night- time. Everything we write comes from an organic place. It’s dance music we’re writing, but it isn’t put- your-hands-in-the-air-and-go-fucking-mad EDM dance music. We want to put our soul into what we’re doing.” – KOLIDESCOPES
Magnetic’s Artist Of The Week Playlist: KOLIDESCOPES
Head over to Spotify and follow our Artist of the Week playlist to snag a fresh selection of new tunes from rising talent in the dance music industry. Updated weekly each Monday, the playlist will feature a wide range of genres that are making an impact on the lives and careers of some of our favorite artists.
Artist Of The Week Tracklist
Johnny Courtidis and Dan Dare, KOLIDESCOPES, teamed up to submit their favorite 15 tracks of the week. Below is a short and sweet breakdown of all of the songs included in the playlist and why they captured the attention of the dup enough to include them in the playlist.
OXIA – Domino
This is an absolute belter. The first time I heard this was in Fabric in London in a tiny room and ever since I’ve heard it all over Europe, definitely my go-to record to amp up! – John
OVERWORK – Moments ft. Black Atlass
I’m really into this record for its melodies and production. Really love the grit of the sounds and the drop that gets me everytime, my song before bed. – John
Chez Moon – Midnight Love (Larse Full Moon Remix)
From one of my old projects back in Australia, I heard this randomly in London at a rooftop bar and it reminded me how fun this was to write and how good the remix from Larse was! – John
Bob Moses – The Blame (Helsoot Remix)
I LOVE the original but then I heard the remix, this one is really well done with sound selection with the synth melody structures that keeps you loving that 16-bar loop, getting you lost in it! – John
Crazy P – There’s A Better Place
A sample from one of my favourite childhood movies Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, I have always been a Crazy P fan, but this one just gets me absolutely grooving and dancing by myself. – John
DJ Disciple – Revolution (Demarkus Lewis Remix)
Love the gospel vibes on this record, makes me want to go to church and listen to house while the priest lets off synth solos! – John
HUGEL, Westend – Aguila ft. Cumbiafrica
I’m an absolute latin house fanatic and this one gets me going. It’s my guilty pleasure writing latin house and this one just bangs! – John
Novel – A Sickness
I got a lot of time for this pretty unknown song. I really love the fact the guy does all this recording in his lounge room. I listen to this always on planes travelling! – John
Deadmau5 – Strobe
‘I love the ‘journey’ feeling the plucks give me, I could play this track looking out of any window and it makes it epic. Timeless dance song’ – Dan
Rema – Come Down
‘As soon as I hear the guitar and start of the melody it gets me dancing, such a cool vocal and melody choice from Rema’
Gabrielle Aplin – Skylight
‘Really love the vocals on this one, melodys are really good. A song for any occasion really’ – Dan
DJ Tarico – Yaba Buluku
‘I’ve been listening to Amapiano for a few years now but it only recently rose from the underground, this is a standout banger for me’ – Dan
Discopolis 2.0 – MEDUZA REMIX
‘This remix really slaps, from start to finish it’s a great journey. The melody on the original Discopolis is perfect for a remix’ – Dan
Foals – Black Bull
‘If I want to get pumped for the day or for an event, I play this track. The guitar and vocal is a throwback’ – Dan
AIR – La femme d’argent
‘A song for any part of the day, love the instrumentation on this one. The sound selection is perfect’ – Dan
Clean Cut Kid – Numb
‘This band are sleeping giants, great songwriting and amazing production that they do all by themselves, can play there albums back to front but this is my favourite song of theres’ – Dan
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
