🍱 Delicacy of the Day

Julian Calor - Evolve

Yeah so after yesterday I kinda went on a memory lane drive to see what was going on 12 years ago.

I found this masterpiece that gave me that “striking gold” feel.

This is by Netherland Neanderthal Julian Calor.

He was on the “underground” side of the Big Room era and I’ve been following his career for the past 10+ years.

It’s been full of ups and downs, he’s unforutantley fallen for the enrockification, but that’s a topic for another day.

Today’s song is an absolute GEM if you’re into 2010s sound.

The energy and melody on this is unlike anything you heard from that era.

I’d like to say that its aged pretty well but I’ll leave that to your discretion.

And if you started listening after the “Golden Big Room age” I can’t think of a more inaccurate representation than this LMAO. Most songs were NOT this good.

In any case, it’s a phenomenal song.

Njoy.

💭 Quick Drivel

Since yesterday's song, I decided to explore a bit more of what’s been going on in the “Big Room” scene, since Spinnin' Records is still alive and kicking.

And well…

It seems that only 2-3 people aged well.

1.5 of those people is KSHMR, but he always had a unique sound so there’s no competition there.

The others are Oliver Heldens (through his HI-LO alias, lol) and Michael Calfan (through his Swimming Paul alias, lmao)

An interesting observation is that the Dirty Dutch faction was responsible for most of the output during this time.

Of course, plenty of these people just committed to DJ gigs and rode that wave. It built this weird “old guard” around festivals.

I still see some of the popular names in modern festivals and it boggles my mind.

But their outputs are just… live music coded, which can make for some of the most BORING tracks.

Seriously, you read some of their bios and it’s full of “was.”

That said, lets look at the other side of the coin.

Reinventing sound is DIFFICULT.

If there’s one thing people like, it’s consistency, even when the quality decreases.

Countless artists have fallen into the “reinvention” trap where trying new stuff on their main name results in hatred.

The biggest example of this is probably Getter.

And while I have been a big hater of the “enrockification” the scene is going through, this is very different.

Of course, the solution most artists find is to make another alias and just release stuff there.

But it doesn’t really fix the problem.

Either you “stay with the times” and reinvent yourself at the risk or alienating your entire fanbase, or you keep trying your best to survive against the hundreds of songs that come out every day.

This is one of those “catch 22” issues, and I think it’s driven many artists to quit.

You could argue that this “evolve or die” framework goes for anything worthwhile in life. Growth and evolution are embedded in day to day life.

I think the part that makes it harder is how other people react to the changes.

Of course, it’s USUALLY with good intentions. Most times they are worried about you.

Sometimes its out of jealousy and envy for something they aren’t willing to do.

And yeah, don’t get me wrong, its exhausting. A perpetual hamster wheel.

But I think the secret to enjoy this is to really find the thing worth evolving for.

After all, no one wins a race they don’t want to be a part of.

Hz

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