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Some records reveal themselves slowly. ‘This Time’ spent well over a year sitting on Avision’s USB, tested weekend after weekend on dancefloors around the world, before the New York artist finally decided it was ready to leave his sets and land on Ground Rule Records. It is one of the most sought-after tracks in his... Read more »

Tommahawk is a German-born DJ and producer based in Hamburg who has spent the last few years turning a reputation for uncompromising, high-energy sets into a catalogue that matches. Her name sits alongside rooms and institutions like Terminal M, Electric Ballroom and Rave The Planet, and she has carried her sound through Germany, the Netherlands,... Read more »

Julian Fox has quietly built one of the more dependable names in contemporary tech house, a producer whose records sit comfortably between underground grit and the kind of hook that lifts a room. Splitting his time between Ibiza and the wider club circuit, he has spent recent seasons behind the decks at rooms like Bora... Read more »

Sprout has spent the last few years quietly building one of the most dependable catalogues in melodic progressive house, and the label’s newest release brings two of its most respected figures into the same room. Label founder D-Nox joins forces with M.O.S. for the ‘Dream On’ EP, a two track outing that pairs D-Nox’s dancefloor... Read more »

Toronto-born and Bali-based, Brodie Nero has spent the last few years building one of the more well-travelled catalogues in house music. A DJ, producer and the founder of KONTRAS Records, he moves comfortably between melodic, afro and deeper shades of the genre, and his sets from Bali have become a calling card of their own.... Read more »

Every so often a record arrives that simply radiates good energy, and ‘Dreamliner’ is exactly that. Italian producer Roel joins forces with UK house heavyweight Low Steppa for a feel-good club cut built on infectious disco loops, warm filtered house textures and crisp, tech-driven rhythms. Equal parts jackin’ house, disco and peak-time dancefloor weapon, it... Read more »

Some records refuse to let go of you. For Simon Vuarambon, that record has been Kittin’s ‘Life Is My Teacher’, a track he first heard years ago inside a John Digweed set and never managed to shake off. The idea of remixing it sat quietly in the back of his mind for the better part... Read more »

Luke Andy has spent the past few years turning a self-taught habit into one of the more dependable names in American house music, and ‘Uniq’ is a neat reminder of why. The Los Angeles based producer heads back to Groove Motive, the label he founded and runs himself, with a single that trades spectacle for... Read more »

Some house records are built for peak time and some are built for the drive home. ‘You & I’ belongs firmly to the second group, a warm and unhurried cut made for golden hour, open windows and the last long nights of summer. Re.You and Bonader give the groove plenty of room to breathe, layering... Read more »

New York stalwart Groovecreator returns to When We Dip with something special: an exclusive listen of his full two hour live set, filmed in crisp 4K at his recent headline appearance at Unveiled in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on July 11th. Captured in front of a packed room, the performance is a snapshot of everything that has... Read more »