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Watch TroyBoi’s Ode to Disco With New Music Video and Single, “Bellz”
Studio 54 may have closed its doors decades ago but TroyBoi knows disco is forever. He’s now here to prove it with his latest single “Bellz,” the first release from the upcoming fourth volume in his V!BEZ series. With this track we see the British trap heavyweight reimagine a true classic for the modern era. “Bellz” features samples from Anita Ward‘s 1979 Grammy Award-winning disco classic “Ring My Bell.” He breathes new life into her iconic vocals with his signature, effortlessly cool trap stylings. Accompanying the single is a stunning visual directed and edited by Panvelvet. Fair warning: this video will make you want to buy a disco ball just so you can dance all night long underneath it to the irresistible track.&...
TroyBoi Previews Disco-Infused Single from Upcoming “V!BEZ Vol. 4” EP
Just days into 2021, TroyBoi announced that he would be releasing the next chapter in his V!BEZ EP series. Now, he’s revealed that the first single from the fourth volume will be arriving this week. The British trap heavyweight will re-imagine a disco classic for a track called “Bellz,” the introduction to his highly anticipated body of work. In the short teaser, you can hear samples from Anita Ward‘s iconic disco anthem “Ring My Bell.” Laced with vocals from the 1979 Grammy Award-winning single, the short teaser gives a small taste of TroyBoi’s modern-day rework. The nature of the preview featuring disco ball-clad dancers has led some to believe that there will be a music video attached to the release. While the video seems likely, it has no...
TroyBoi Announces Release Date for Fourth Installment of His “V!BEZ” EP Series
Announced on New Year’s Day was the next EP from one of the sharpest production minds in the trap world, TroyBoi. On Twitter, he shared a picture of the EP’s album art and revealed that it would be the fourth entry in his V!BEZ series. Sadly no preview of the sound was shared, but the photo shows a beachside sunset, leading some to believe that the new music would feature a tropical sound. Check out TroyBoi’s announcement below. Since 2018, staples like “Do You?,” “Say Yeah,” and his collaboration with Skrillex, “WARLORDZ,” have found their home on the previous three volumes. The upcoming release follows the third entry in the series, which was released back in July of 2019. Although we didn’t get a new dose of V!BE...
EDM.com’s Best of 2020: Music Producers
This year, the team at EDM.com is proud to publish four installments of “Best of 2020” coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. DJing and music production are different. But the difference between the two is like a wallflower—it hides in plain sight, and it is vastly misunderstood. Many artists do both, but not all DJs produce music and not all music producers DJ. Producers create the music that a DJ will then play out to crowds—it’s an important distinction that eludes many. Like a sleek Lamborghini driving from one coast to another, the art of DJing is a stylish means to an end. And music production is the engine that powers it. To publish a “Top DJ” list would be to undermine the originality, ingenuity, and dauntless imagin...
TroyBoi Releases Fierce New Tribal Trap Track, “Mother Africa”
“The drop literally slaps in the face with culture.” Inspired by his ancestral Nigerian roots, TroyBoi has released a new track that pays tribute to “Mother Africa.” Infused with African tribal music, TroyBoi showcases his talents as a music manipulation specialist in this modernized jungle trap tune. Two weeks ago, TroyBoi announced the release date of “Mother Africa” on social media, stating “Ya Boi is back.” Soon after, he indirectly shared that a new EP is on the horizon and that he has decided to reveal “Mother Africa” ahead of schedule. “Mother Africa” begins with strong vocal chants before textured percussive elements and snappy claps take the fore. As these hard-hitting beats intensify, the...
TroyBoi Announces New Single “Mother Africa” Due Out Next Month
TroyBoi has announced his next move. Britain’s trap don is set to drop a new single, “Mother Africa,” next month. For the first time in three weeks, TroyBoi took to Twitter, breaking his silence and musing that it may be time for some new music. Luckily, fans did not have to wait long for the “Warlordz” producer to make good on that statement. “The music that will be coming out of the speakers in my sets when shows start again…I’m shook for you,” TroyBoi said on social media back in August 2020. While we won’t be able to hear the full impact of what he’s been cooking up in a main stage setting, the producer is ready to serve up something hot. His latest announcement arrived without a preview, but the ominous, emerald-tinged ...
Louis the Child Evolves Mid-2010s Sonic Origins With New “Candy 2” Beat Tape
With today’s release of their Candy 2 beat tape, superstar producer duo Louis the Child has launched their sound beyond the norm, finally sharing a unique, genre-fluid point of view poised to launch an entire wave of contemporaries. Returning to the group’s mid-2010s roots of experimental sound design and bubbly synth arrangements, this new Interscope Records-facilitated project starts exactly where their original Candy beat tape left off. Released way back in 2017, that mix’s concluding instrumental, “Vibeys5,” has been renamed “The Sh*T” and used to launch Candy 2 with a fun, nostalgic twist. It’s the perfect jumping off point for the whopping 19-track project, with songs spanning from 43 seconds in length to ...
Listen to Louis The Child and TroyBoi’s Nasty Trap Single “Fresh Juice”
Louis The Child are showing fans a new side of them after dropping “Fresh Juice,” a monster trap collaboration with TroyBoi. Known to champion trap music in their live sets, the duo have tapped one of the genre’s most popular producers to mutate their future pop sound into bona fide sonic boom. They employ nasty bass patches in the drop, which are akin to Skrillex‘s post-dubstep sound design of yesteryear. TroyBoi’s influence in “Fresh Juice” is also undeniable, especially in the break, which features eerie Middle Eastern-inspired vocal swells. Check out the new collaborative single below, which also came with a trippy animated video. Along with the release of “Fresh Juice” came another single called “Keep Moving.” Loui...
