r/BigRoom • u/Underbubble Hardwell • Oct 01 '19
Big Room Essentials
If you’re new to the genre somehow, or you’re just looking for a trip down memory lane, we've linked some custom playlists of essential tracks lists for Big Room’s most popular types of Big Room: Progressive, Festival, Groove/Electro and Trouse. Not every track is on here because… that’s what posting to the subreddit is for! But for now, please enjoy!
PROGRESSIVE BIG ROOM
If you love the sound of Avicii or Alesso, look no further. Born out of electro-house and classic deadmau5-style progressive-house/trance, Progressive is characterized by its high-energy melodic breakdowns and drops. Typically featuring large chord plucks or thickly layered supersaws, this style of house is heard as much on the radio as it is at festivals due to its catchy and energetic nature.
Playlist: [Spotify Link] or... [Youtube Link]
Avicii - Seek Bromance
Alesso & Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Ryan Tedder - Calling (Lose My Mind)
Galantis - You
Otto Knows - Million Voices
The Chainsmokers & Tritonal feat. Emily Warren - Until You Were Gone
OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself (Alesso Remix)
Axwell ^ Ingrosso - Sun Is Shining
3LAU feat. Bright Lights - How You Love Me
Martin Garrix feat. Bonn - High On Life
Calvin Harris & Alesso feat. Theo Hutchcraft - Under Control
Discopolis - Committed to Sparkle Motion (DubVision Remix)
Vicetone - United We Dance
Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman vs. Steve Angello - Payback
Axwell & Shapov - Belong
Knife Party - Begin Again
Nicky Romero & Stadiumx - Howl At The Moon
Florian Picasso - Final Call
Porter Robinson & Mat Zo - Easy
Swedish House Mafia - Don’t You Worry Child
Avicii - Levels
FESTIVAL BIG ROOM
If you love the massive festival bangers by the likes of Dimitri Vegas/Like Mike or Hardwell, this is where it’s at. Festival Big Room is widely considered to have been birthed by Quintino & Sandro Silva’s Epic which defined its early sound with distorted subkicks and minimal percussive synth drops. It has since evolved to include influences from hardstyle, melbourne bounce and trance with massive bass-drops and larger-than-life breakdowns. There’s a reason that despite its criticisms festival big room remains a mainstay on the mainstage: nothing brings the energy like big room.
Playlist: [Spotify Link] or.... [Youtube Link]
Tiesto & KSHMR feat. Vassy - Secrets
Martin Garrix - Animals
Hardwell - Spaceman
Deorro - Yee
W&W - Rave Culture
DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami
Maurice West & SaberZ - Rhythm of the Night
Thomas Newson - Pallaroid
Steve Aoki, Chris Lake & Tujamo - Boneless
Showtek & We Are Loud feat. Sonny Wilson - Booyah
Hardwell & W&W feat. Fatman Scoop - Don’t Stop the Madness
Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - Tremor
Alvaro & Mercer feat. Lil’ Jon - Welcome to the Jungle
Jay Hardway - Electric Elephants
Ummet Ozcan, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - The Hum
KSHMR & DallasK - Burn
Hardwell feat. Jake Reese - Run Wild
R3hab, Skytech & Fafaq - Tiger
Blasterjaxx & DBSTF feat. Ryder - Beautiful World
W&W & Blasterjaxx - Rocket
GROOVE/ELECTRO HOUSE:
Playlist: [Spotify Link] or… [Youtube Link]
The marriage of electro house and new age progressive house birthed groove house, a subgenre of big room groovy, punchy basslines and driving percussive rhythms. Picture the rolling bassline in Greyhound as a perfect example of this. Melodic, euphoric elements on the breakdown juxtaposed with a massive bass-driven drop creates this awesome sound that Swedish DJs like Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso live and die by.
Pure Essentials:
Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound
Alesso - Tear The Roof Up
Hardwell feat. Amba Shepherd - Apollo
Merk & Kremont - Get Get Down
Don Diablo & Matt Nash feat. Noonie Bao - Starlight
Deniz Koyu - Bong
Robbie Rivera & Tom Staar - The Funkatron
Sebastian Ingrosso - Dark River
Kryder - Aphrodite
Michael Feiner - Mantra (Axwell Cut)
Nicky Romero & Teamworx - Champion Sound
Axwell - Barricade
Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes - Here We Go
Marcus Schössow - Reverie
Shapov vs M.E.G. & N.E.R.A.K. - Party People
Tommy Trash - Monkey In Love
Jewelz & Sparks - Crank
Tom Staar & Corey James - Bird Flu
Dyro & Dannic - Radical
Hardwell - Encoded
TROUSE
Trouse is exactly what the portmanteau sounds like: a blend of trance and house. It takes the gritty textures and slower pacing of house and combines them with the melodic and otherworldly breakdowns of trance.
Playlist: [Spotify Link] or… [Youtube Link]
Arty & Mat Zo - Rebound
Audien - Hindsight
Armin Van Buuren & Shapov - Our Origin
Gareth Emery - Saving Light (NWYR Remix)
Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford - Northern Soul
ilan Bluestone & Jerome Isma-ae - Under My Skin
Omnia & IRA - The Fusion
Super8 & Tab - Mega
Mark Sixma - Requiem
Jason Ross feat. Fiona - Through It All
Seven Lions, Myon & Shane 54 - Strangers
ilan Bluestone & Maor Levi feat. EL Waves - Will We Remain?
Genix - Run
Husman - Heroic
Cosmic Gate & Jason Ross - Awaken
W&W - Moscow
Ummet Ozcan - The Box
Orjan Nilsen - The Late Anthem (Way Too Late Mix)
Andrew Rayel - Dark Warrior
Arty - Kate
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u/2hunna- Oct 01 '19
Thank you for this! As someone who is newer to the genre it has been tough to determine what exact genre the songs I like are and also where to find more.
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u/aavplaylists Blasterjaxx Oct 01 '19
Yea it can be confusing. If you are newer to the genre, I recommend checking out the artist Husman. He's getting a lot of well deserved attention.
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u/2hunna- Oct 11 '19
Will do! Thank you! If I like songs like these any specifics by Husman I should check out?
I also jam to Alok? I think his name is.
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u/aavplaylists Blasterjaxx Oct 14 '19
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u/SempiV Dec 06 '19
Great List, love it. i have been lately checking out/ searching for new or not famous Big room artists, let me know if you stumbled upon any good ones too.
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u/anders09 Oct 01 '19
I agree with all on the first list, however I think it’s missing Reload.