Astronomia / Coffin Dance
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Browse piano sheets by Vicetone on Zen Virtual Piano. Vicetone is the Dutch duo of Ruben den Boer and Victor Pool, originally from Groningen, who began making music together in high school. They have said that music was very important in their lives from an early age: Victor had posters of Justin Timberlake and NSYNC in his bedroom, while Ruben had pictures of Eminem on his wall, and both were introduced to dance music at around 11, listening to pioneers like Tiësto and David Guetta. Posters of Justin Timberlake and NSYNC in one bedroom and pictures of Eminem in another show two friends who came to dance music from different starting points. The remix “Astronomia” takes an original track by the Russian DJ Tony Igy, a song that was still liked but did not exactly fit into their live sets, so they created their own version. Tony Igy’s old label did not sign off on an official release, so they released the track anyway, for free, as a little gift for their fans. Giving a track away for free when an official release had not been signed off shows how a remix can start as a fan gesture. They say that in the first two years after they made the remix they did not make any money from it, but then they released “Nevada” in 2016, which did very well and propelled their career, and they were later asked to do an official release of “Astronomia.” A remix first made for their own sets, then given away, shows a duo thinking about their own audience. Their body of work now encompasses their 2021 full-length debut Legacy and smash hits like “Nevada” and “Walk Thru Fire,” a 2018 track. They have performed on bigger and bigger stages around the world, and in Project V a lineup of Beijing-based musicians join Vicetone onstage and reimagine their music with traditional Chinese instruments. Pairing their music with traditional Chinese instruments suggests a duo interested in how their songs sound in new settings. They have said, “We’ve always loved adding organic instruments to our songs, and it’s been so exciting to hear our music performed with traditional instruments we’d never even seen before.” A remark about instruments they had never seen before shows a duo that welcomes surprises in how its songs are played. In their commitment to total artistic freedom, they established Departed Records in 2023 in order to release certain tracks according to their own self-determined timeline. They have said, “The biggest thing we’ve learned throughout the years is to always stay true to the music and sound you want to make, not follow what is popular right now or what labels want you to make.” Starting a label to set their own release dates follows from the advice they give about trusting their own sound.
Browse piano sheets by Vicetone on Zen Virtual Piano.
Vicetone is the Dutch duo of Ruben den Boer and Victor Pool, originally from Groningen, who began making music together in high school. They have said that music was very important in their lives from an early age: Victor had posters of Justin Timberlake and NSYNC in his bedroom, while Ruben had pictures of Eminem on his wall, and both were introduced to dance music at around 11, listening to pioneers like Tiësto and David Guetta. Posters of Justin Timberlake and NSYNC in one bedroom and pictures of Eminem in another show two friends who came to dance music from different starting points.
The remix “Astronomia” takes an original track by the Russian DJ Tony Igy, a song that was still liked but did not exactly fit into their live sets, so they created their own version. Tony Igy’s old label did not sign off on an official release, so they released the track anyway, for free, as a little gift for their fans. Giving a track away for free when an official release had not been signed off shows how a remix can start as a fan gesture. They say that in the first two years after they made the remix they did not make any money from it, but then they released “Nevada” in 2016, which did very well and propelled their career, and they were later asked to do an official release of “Astronomia.” A remix first made for their own sets, then given away, shows a duo thinking about their own audience.
Their body of work now encompasses their 2021 full-length debut Legacy and smash hits like “Nevada” and “Walk Thru Fire,” a 2018 track. They have performed on bigger and bigger stages around the world, and in Project V a lineup of Beijing-based musicians join Vicetone onstage and reimagine their music with traditional Chinese instruments. Pairing their music with traditional Chinese instruments suggests a duo interested in how their songs sound in new settings. They have said, “We’ve always loved adding organic instruments to our songs, and it’s been so exciting to hear our music performed with traditional instruments we’d never even seen before.” A remark about instruments they had never seen before shows a duo that welcomes surprises in how its songs are played.
In their commitment to total artistic freedom, they established Departed Records in 2023 in order to release certain tracks according to their own self-determined timeline. They have said, “The biggest thing we’ve learned throughout the years is to always stay true to the music and sound you want to make, not follow what is popular right now or what labels want you to make.” Starting a label to set their own release dates follows from the advice they give about trusting their own sound.
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A Dutch duo, Ruben den Boer and Victor Pool, originally from Groningen, who began making music together in high school.
Vicetone made a remix of a track by the Russian DJ Tony Igy for their live sets and released it for free as a gift to fans when Tony Igy’s old label did not sign off on an official release; they were later asked to do an official release.
A label Vicetone established in 2023 to release certain tracks according to their own self-determined timeline.