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Romain Poncet is best known around the world as Traumer, but the French artist has always had plenty more going on behind the scenes. Brako, Amine Laje, Jinger, Redspecs and Marion Poncet are just some of the monikers he uses to explore every corner of his musical mind, from house music in all its shades... Read more »

Melody Of the Soul returns with the fourth chapter of its Soul Sampler series, and ‘Soul Sampler IV’ works once again as a snapshot of where the label currently stands. The compilation gathers a broad cast of producers around one shared sensibility, favouring patient arrangements, warm low end and melodies that reveal themselves slowly rather... Read more »

Italian artist Francesca Lombardo returns to her very own Echoe imprint this September with the ‘In Your Bass’ EP, a two-track release packed with acid tones, hypnotic grooves and plenty of character. Landing on vinyl and digital on September 18th, the record is another strong chapter for an artist who has never been afraid to... Read more »

To celebrate the release of ‘Dreamliner’ alongside Low Steppa, Roel steps into our Prima Lux series with an hour that sums up exactly where his sound sits right now. It is warm, unhurried and built for the moment a floor starts moving on its own, with filtered disco loops, rolling basslines and vocal hooks threaded... 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 »