Melodic Techno

One year after their massive ‘Broken Smiles’ release along with Teenage Mutants, French duo Abstraal team up with Italian super talented Giza DJs (Diynamic, Exploited) for a big track named ‘Ain’t Around’ on Family Piknik. Catchy vocals, powerful synths, warm beats, and outstanding remixes by Olivier Giacomotto & BJORN. French Progressive maestro Olivier Giacomotto perfectly... Read more »

Underher returns to Renaissance with the eagerly anticipated sequel to ‘Everything Goes’, ‘You Can’t Give Me What I Want EP’. The track shares a kinship with its predecessor as it’s yet another slice of ethereal beauty featuring a male vocal. It’s very much an instantly recognizable Underher record, who elects to present two versions, the... Read more »

For their 62nd release, Edu Imbernon’s label Eklektisch drop a very special one from the duo Far&High. ‘(Ur Under Total) Digital Control’ reflects the frightening world of digital dystopia shown in the literature of the middle of the last century. The oppressive atmosphere of total control through the use of Big Data tech and the... Read more »

Over the past decade, Egyptian-born, Barcelona-based DJ and techno producer Raxon, known to friends and family as Ahmed Raxon, has popped out a steady stream of twelve-inch singles, precision-tooled, for labels like Cocoon, Drumcode, Diynamic, Truesoul, and Ellum Audio. An alumni of Kompakt’s Speicher series – check the insistent, vibrating pulses of ‘The Ancient’ and... Read more »

Many Bloodmoons ago, long ago in a world without the spicy cough, The Journey & Doppel got together in the studio with the intention of birthing an EP. With much mutual respect for each other’s previous musical output, the outcome was always going to be an interesting fusion of sound. After some back and forth,... Read more »

German producer Stimming has become famous for his richly textured house music. As part of the Dynamic family, his productions have been played, and danced to, in clubs worldwide – but, surprisingly, his new self-released album is not about dance at all. Much on the contrary, Stimming forgets the typical framework of club music in... Read more »

Born out of Djuma Soundsystem’s many dance gatherings spread over locations all over the globe, IZIKI sees the world for the first time with the very first release. The debut EP off the label titled ‘He Lele’ kicks us off with an original by the founder himself, as well two stunning reinterpretations by Aero Manyelo... Read more »

Simon Doty is back on Anjunadeep with ‘Solaris’ – four distinct tracks that together evoke summer, and the long-awaited return to clubbing. ‘As with all of my EPs, versatility was one of the priorities – I want to have something for everyone across the four tracks.’ Following the standout ‘The Beacon’ (Knee Deep In Sound)... Read more »

After appearing twice on ‘Odd Echoes’ series, and being on the remix duties for the last EP of Julian Wassermann & Raphael Mader on Oddity; Artche now presents his debut EP on Fur Coat’s label. The lead track ‘Lungs’ is the opener of the EP, an energetic melancholic banger. His powerful groovy bassline, with the... Read more »

The influential Ukrainian duo ARTBAT has been enlisted to bring their unique melodic sounds to a new remix of Röyksopp‘s 2005 smash ‘What Else Is There?’. The iconic original has been streamed 10s of millions of times and ARTBAT are contemporary electronic tastemakers with a global fanbase, so this is a perfect pairing of two musical giants. Despite only... Read more »