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Some producers spend years searching for their sound, but Matthew Sona seems to have found his remarkably early. Born in 2004 and mentored by Peter Makto, one of the key figures of Hungary’s deeper dance music scene, the young Hungarian producer has quickly built a catalogue that places him among the most promising new names... Read more »

Plombir Music, the Phuket based event and music label, is gearing up for its 64th release with ‘Demension’, a bright and punchy collaboration between Russian DJ and producer Fairtone and rising name TIGER SMTH. Landing on October 16, the single is a confident statement of the label’s taste for modern, groove led club music. From... Read more »

Some records are made for listening and others are made for moving, and Federico Scavo has never had much doubt about which side he sits on. The Tuscan house veteran returns to his own AREA 94 Records this week with ‘La Musica EP’, a five-track collection built on the instinctive, groove-led energy that has defined... Read more »

Some tracks are built for the charts, and some are built to sit in a DJ’s vault until the moment is right. Frankfurt’s Gorgin has a few of the latter, and on October 16th he finally opens the vault with the ‘No Destino’ EP, his return to Dubfire’s SCI+TEC. Classically trained on piano from a... Read more »

Leeds producer Kepler returns to FUSE with ‘Sunday Service’, a four-track EP that moves between deep house, garage swing and low-slung club pressure, and When We Dip is delighted to premiere its opening cut, ‘Inner Motion’. Kepler has built his name on weighty basslines, rolling drums and an instinct for keeping ideas sounding fresh. Releases... Read more »

Few figures have done more for the deeper end of Hungary’s dance music scene than Peter Makto. Raised in a small village in western Hungary and now based in Budapest, he has spent more than two decades behind the decks, with releases on The Soundgarden, Einmusika, Hoomidaas, Sound Of Sirin and Where The Heart Is,... Read more »

Few names carry as much weight in the Argentine progressive scene as Mariano Mellino. Raised in Buenos Aires and shaped by the sound of Hernan Cattaneo, Sasha, John Digweed and Nick Warren, he has spent more than two decades refining a style that sits somewhere between progressive house and melodic techno, with releases on Sudbeat,... Read more »

Some artists evolve with the times. Others seem to exist somewhere outside of them. After more than 17 years immersed in electronic music, Beirut-based artist Pambouk has developed a sound that feels both deeply rooted and difficult to place, a meeting point between deep, driving rhythms, emotive melodies, and richly textured electronic production. A Grammy-nominated... Read more »

For most artists, the numbers that matter are scattered across a dozen places: streams on Spotify, chart positions on Beatport, Shazams, radio spins, follower growth on TikTok and Instagram, and the 1001Tracklists records of who’s actually playing your track in the booth. Songstats was built to bring all of that into a single view, and... Read more »

Germany’s JUNO is back on Crosstown Rebels, and this time he brings his longtime studio partner Jamek Ortega along for the ride. ‘Deep Breath’ is the title track of a new two-track EP on Damian Lazarus’ label, following JUNO’s debut on the imprint earlier this year with ‘Allo’ alongside Alex Wann, a record that was... Read more »