Sander van Doorn, Firebeatz, Julian Jordan – Rage (Original Mix)

What happens when Sander van Doorn, Firebeatz and Julian Jordan come together to produce a track? You get a massive, electro house anthem. Don’t believe me? Well, we all remember what happened when Sander van Doorn brought together Martin Garrix and DVBBS together on ‘Gold Skies’. That track went on to become an instant festival staple, and this one’s on track to follow right in its footsteps.

‘Rage’ has that same big-room, electro house DNA that made ‘Gold Skies’ such a monster: driving synths, a huge drop, and production polish that all three artists are known for individually, now combined into one track built specifically to detonate a mainstage. And it’s already backing up the hype with hard numbers. ‘Rage’ has debuted in the Top 10 on Beatport’s Top 100 Chart at #8, and something tells me that this one will continue to rise as more DJs get their hands on it and start dropping it into their own festival sets.

Speaking of festivals, it’s certainly a track that you’ll be hearing a lot at Ultra Music Festival this year. ‘Rage’ has that unmistakable widescreen, hands-in-the-air energy that Sander van Doorn, Firebeatz and Julian Jordan have each individually built entire careers around, and hearing all three of their signature styles combined into a single anthem is exactly the kind of collaboration dance music fans have been asking for. Van Doorn’s ear for melody, Firebeatz’s knack for radio-ready hooks, and Julian Jordan’s raw, aggressive low-end all show up somewhere in this track, which is probably why it clicked so fast with Beatport shoppers and festival programmers alike.

Collaborations like this one are becoming more common as producers realize that combining fanbases and production strengths tends to outperform going it alone, and ‘Rage’ is a pretty strong argument for the format. Three distinct sounds, one cohesive record, and a chart position to prove it’s working right out of the gate.

It’s also worth noting that this one dropped on Sander van Doorn’s own Doorn Records imprint, a label he’s used for years to platform both his own material and tracks from artists he wants to co-sign. Putting ‘Rage’ out on his own label rather than shopping it to a bigger imprint says a lot about how much confidence van Doorn had in the record, and the Beatport chart performance suggests that confidence was well placed. For fans of big-room, festival-ready electro house, ‘Rage’ is easily one of the stronger three-way collaborations to come out in recent memory, and it’s the kind of track that tends to stick around in DJ sets long after its initial chart run ends.

You can check it out below, and be sure to support by purchasing ‘Rage’ on Beatport.

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