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Romania has long been a quiet powerhouse in electronic music, and DumitrEscu is one of the names carrying that reputation into new territory. Splitting his time between Bucharest and London, he has built a catalogue that moves comfortably between underground club cuts and records with far wider reach, guided by an instinct for grooves that... Read more »

Few producers have shaped the modern hardgroove sound as persistently as Aitor Ronda. The Barcelona artist has been playing vinyl since 1996 and releasing records since 2001, building a catalogue that has landed on Terminal M, Filth on Acid, Octopus and Tronic while earning long-standing support from Carl Cox. His 2018 cut ‘Tweezer’ topped the... Read more »

Five volumes in, Bestiary has become the clearest picture of what Marginalia actually is. ELIF started the label in Barcelona as a home for the producers whose records fill her sets, naming it after the drawings and scribbled notes that 11th century scribes left in the margins of manuscripts, the one place on the page... Read more »

For When We Dip Magazine’s Main Mix series, we’re delighted to welcome Brina Knauss for episode #194, a live recording captured at UNVRS in Ibiza where she opened for Carl Cox. The set arrives to celebrate her latest release, ‘Take Me Higher’, a three-track EP that lands on her own imprint EMPATH. Brina has spent... Read more »

There are producers who chase whatever the dancefloor is doing this month, and there are producers who simply keep sharpening the same blade until nobody else can touch it. Cristoph has always belonged firmly to the second group, and ‘Elements’ is another reminder of how much power he can wring out of very few moving... Read more »

Roman takes his time on ‘My Side’. Running just under eight minutes, the track is built for the long game, unfolding in patient layers rather than rushing toward a hook. It sits squarely in progressive house territory, melodic and warm without ever losing the momentum that keeps a floor moving, and that runtime gives it... Read more »

Some records feel like the last warm evening of the season, and ‘Night Time Cove’ is exactly that. UK duo Death on the Balcony return as DOTB with a sun-soaked slice of deep house designed to close out September in style. Written and produced by Mark Caramelli and Paul Hargreaves, the track arrives as DOTB/005... Read more »

Belgian DJ and producer Nikka Lorak steps up for our Prima Lux series with a relentless, high octane techno mix built for the peak of the night. Before turning her full attention to the booth, Nikka Lorak built a career as a film director, and that cinematic instinct still shapes everything she does, from production... Read more »

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 »