There may be no dance song more iconic than Darude's "Sandstorm." It's instantly recognizable. Hear one second of its neon orange synth, and it's stuck in your head for the rest of the day, but how… ...
Internet memes can change your life. One day you’re working at Subway, arguing with customers about the actual length of a footlong, and the next you’re a meme sensation. It only takes the right ...
Believe it or not, last month marked the 20th anniversary of Darude’s “Sandstorm,” that gut-stirring anthem of ‘90s club culture, and there may as well be a musicology course devoted to the track and ...
As soon as the soft synths start, you can recognize the song. They quickly get louder before a sudden kick drum and snare break it up, and almost police-siren-like goes Da‑da‑da‑da‑daa!
Despite the fact that apps like Shazaam exist and there are whole websites dedicated to answering music questions, people still ask in the online comments of trailers, mashups, and mixtapes, “What’s ...
Darude’s classic single ‘Sandstorm’ has been played simultaneously across multiple Finnish radio stations to mark its 25th birthday. The progressive trance track was originally released in Darude’s ...
In 1999, Darude released “Sandstorm.” On the internet, that year is referred to as 0 PS, or post-Sandstorm — the year everything changed. Over the next 17 years, the internet has mostly existed as an ...