Amsterdam’s star-in-the-making Laura van Dam fuses her talents with melodic techno producer Q.U.A.K.E to give rise to their new collab “Holding On,” a multi-layered and atmospheric trance offering arriving on July 25th via Dreamstate Records,
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Making an indelible mark on the progressive and deep house scenes, Laura van Dam keeps the momentum going with her new release, joining forces with Q.U.A.K.E, an artist that has been shaking the underground circuit at its core. With “Holding On,” the potent pairing builds around escalating progressive leads and rippling synth call-and-response, which are layered to perfection over a galloping, pulse-pounding rhythm. A moody, cinematic breakdown creates a faultline filled with tension, as atmospheric pads, organ chords, and modulating starlike melodies provide a stark, beautiful contrast to the track’s driving energy.
Describing the essence of their new single, Laura van Dam says, “‘Holding On’ is the perfect blend of emotion and energy a progressive trance track that truly captures what Q.U.A.K.E and I love about the genre. We poured our hearts into this one.”
“Holding On” has become a crowd-favorite of late, with Laura van Dam rinsing the ID at some the most respected dancefloors around the world, including performances at EDC Las Vegas, Sunrise Argentina, Beats 4 Love, Ushuaia, Storm Festival (China), and Radius Chicago
Captivating massive audiences and earning recognition from dance music tastemakers from a young age is difficult, but Laura van Dam has done just that. A graduate of the SAE Institute Amsterdam with a degree in Electronic Music Production and Audio Engineering, she has utilized her studious background to skyrocket to the top of the melodic dance stratosphere. Named ‘The Future of Dance’ by 1001TrackLists, she’s collaborated with major names like Sander van Doorn, KhoMha, David Tort, and Ginchy, leading to co-signs from industry giants such as Armin van Buuren, Eelke Kleijn, Dom Dolla, Above & Beyond, Tiësto, Maddix, Farius, Andrew Rayel, MORTEN, Markus Schulz, Nicky Romero, and Oliver Heldens.
Originally launching the project more than a decade ago, Q.U.A.K.E has maintained seismic activity across a host of solo productions and collaborations ranging from floor-filling progressive house to mind-altering melodic house & techno. His catalog boasts releases alongside names such as Silver Panda, Innēr Sense (ofc), Weekend Heroes, HRÄG, Eli & Dani, MVMB, Haptic and more, with his music garnering the stamp of approval from A-listers like Paul van Dyk, Vini Vici, and Armin van Buuren.
With “Holding On,” Laura van Dam and Q.U.A.K.E create a brooding, attention-seizing dancefloor number meant to spread love, hope and positivity to everyone who will marvel at its harmony between melody and emotion.
Laura van Dam and Q.U.A.K.E’s new single “Holding On” is available on all platforms via Dreamstate Records.
More About Laura van Dam
Being labeled ‘The Future of Dance’ by 1001tracklists.com: rising star Laura van Dam, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is making one move after the other. Signing her music to renowned progressive house labels like Anjunabeats, Armada, Epic247 and AFTR:HRS, while playing at the biggest festivals and venues across the globe, including Tomorrowland, Solar, Printworks, Ultra (Europe and Miami), Sunburn, A State of Trance Festival, Parookaville and Ushuaïa Ibiza. With her unique music style combining deep progressive sounds and dark energetic beats Laura is bound to make major waves in her career. It all started when a young girl Laura fell in love with electronic music at the age of only 12. Her music career started by winning a famous DJ contest at the Blue Marlin on Ibiza at the age of just 17 years old. After this Laura got inspired to take her career in music serious and she graduated in “Electronic Music Production” and studied “Audio Engineering” at the SAE Institute in Amsterdam. This has helped her develop professionally and allowed her to bring her music and shows to the next level. This paved the way for Laura her first releases on influencing labels in progressive house, like DOORN Records, Protocol Records and Smash Deep. Laura got requested by Deezer to remix a classical peach ‘Moonlight’ from Beethoven in celebration of his 250th Birthday which got released via DOORN records, the imprint by Sander van Doorn, for whom Laura also worked as label A&R. In the early dawn of 2022 Laura expended her creative vision and team by signing to Epic247 for her worldwide management and providing her with an open outlet for her music via Epic247 Recordings, allowing Laura to experiment and showcase her first vocal melodic releases, like ‘Into the Light’ and ‘Better Than This’. Which opened the doors for Laura to make her first entrance with ‘Set Me Free’ on the ‘Anjunabeats Rising EP’ by the renowned London based dance record label by Above & Beyond. Immediately following up with her single releases ‘This Love’ and ‘Take Me Away’, all topping the trance & progressive charts, while getting the opportunity to mix the Anjunabeats Rising Residency Mixes. Simultaneously Laura got picked up on Armin van Buuren his radar, siging her track ‘The Journey’, ‘Needing You’ and ‘True Colors’ with Chris Howard to his personal Armind imprint. Leading up to Laura being a frequent main support dj for both Armin van Buuren and Above & Beyond across the globe, including shows at Printworks in London together with Above & Beyond, and Wondersala Riga, Ushuaïa Ibiza and her first full tour throughout India together with Armin van Buuren. Late 2023 laura is making her maiden release on Tiesto’s AFTR:HRS imprint with her long anticipated and powerfull bass driven techno release ‘Dawn’ and closing the year with one of the most sought after ‘IDs’ from last year’s festival season, Laura her ‘Blow the Speakers’ via Epic247 Recordings. Laura van Dam receives support by all the major tastemaker artist in progressive house, techno and trance, like Armin van Buuren, Eelke Kleijn, Dom Dolla, Above & Beyond, Tiësto, Maddix, Farius, Sander van Doorn, Andrew Rayel, MORTEN, Marcus Schulz, Nicky Romero, Oliver Heldens / HI-LO and many more… Keep your eye out for Laura as she is one of the most promising female electronic artists today.
More About Dreamstate Records
Created in 2015, Dreamstate carries the mantle for all forms of trance & progressive music—from deep progressive to psytrance and all BPMs in between—and aspires to create an experience as vivid and diverse as the genre it was inspired by. Envision a world where ethereal beats and timeless melodies transport you from the everyday to a higher state of understanding. Trance music has the power to connect, the power to soothe, and the power to heal. At Dreamstate, we experience that power together. A global movement backed by a passionate community, Dreamstate has held festivals in Mexico, the UK, Australia, Poland, Canada, and all throughout the United States. Dreamstate-hosted stages have also been featured at EDCs in China and India. Dreamstate Records launched in 2017, and its catalog has since logged releases from Vini Vici, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Judge Jules, Jordan Suckley, Roger Shah, Key4050, and more.