Zedd - Spectrum

Zedd (Anton Zaslavski) was born 23 years ago in Russia but has been living in Germany since he was a baby.
Zeed is a electronic-dance music producer and the first CD he had was Discovery by Daft Punk and they were the only source of electronic music he had for several years. Later on, Zedd discovered Justice and these two bands were the ones that got him into the electronic music.

So far Zedd produced several remixes including remixes of Born This Way and Marry The Night (hits of Lady Gaga), Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Skrillex) and Save The World (Swedish House Mafia).

Zedd's debut album is called Clarity and it was released in October by Interscope Records.

Spectrum was released as the second single featuring Matthew Koma (the song was wrote by the two artists) and reached umber one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs.

Breathing you in when i want you out

Finding our truth in a hope of doubt

Lying inside our quite drama, A-A-Ah

Wearing your heart like a stolen dream

Opening skies with your broken keys

No one can blind us any longer.

Zedd about his music: I hope that I can touch people with my music. It is electronic dance music, which is usually made for clubs, but I want to reach and touch everyone with my music! I want people to be able to just listen to it when they’re at home, in the car or whenever they like to listen to music. I don’t want to make music that is only made for clubs.

themed week // Florence + The Machine, Spectrum (Say My Name)

Florence + The Machine are an English indie rock group created by the singer and entertainer Florence Welsh including her musicians Robert Ackroyd (guitars and backing vocals), Chris Hayden (drums and percussion), Isabella Summers (keyboards and backing vocals), Mark Saunders (bass guitar) and Tom Monger (harp), in 2007.

So far they've released two albums: Lungs in 2009 and Ceremonials in 2011, both very good, very versatile and full of good taste and talent.
Read more about them on this link.

Spectrum (Say My Name) is the fifth single from Ceremonials and was released today on July 8, on a digital release, but first broadcast on July 2 on UK radios.
This song is full of good energies, positivism and real joy.
On FYMS review of Florence + The Machine's Ceremonials, it's described as a very overwhelming song and "exceeds all the expectations". Also "The variations along the song are powerful, are catchy and give such enthusiastic rhythm." Read everything here.

And the video really complements this energetic, joyful and positive vibration. Directed by David LaChapelle "‘Spectrum’ is free of scepticism, irony, and the coldness one finds in a lot of contemporary popular music. It's the opposite – full of light, positivity and authentic joy. I hope that I can do justice to this moving modern classic."
Florence also said that it was a dream to work with him, not only because she collected his books since she was a teenager but also because she idealized he would be the director of Spectrum "from the moment the song was written. I still cant believe it actually happened, and I'm completely overjoyed that he felt such a connection with the song."
More on Clash Music song review's post.

Even if you are not a fan, you should try and see her on the second day of Optimus Alive, on June 14th. She is so talented, such a gigantic performer. They are a very good live band and absolutely worth it. Who is going?