Reviews

Justin Jay & Friends – Climbing Trees ft. Josh Taylor & Benny Bridges [Repopulate Mars]
When Lee Foss announced his new record label “Repopulate Mars” expectations were naturally high, as his path in the electronic music industry is nothing but gold. Yet, he manages to surprise us every time a new EP is released, demonstrating again and agian his true A&R mastery. This time, he turns spotlights to a young... Read more »

Strictly Deep continue rich vein of form
Strictly Deep Music made quite the entrance with their first EP this year in the form of Roots from Jini Cowan, turning heads thanks to the unique sound of their debut release, however it’s the follow up which is going to cement their reputation as THEE label to watch out for this year. The Irish... Read more »

Mark Knight – Cough N Drop [Free Track]
As birthdays go, Mark Knight has flipped the script on this one, offering his fans the special gift of a brand new free track in the form of ‘Cough N Drop‘ a rave tinged tech monster that is sure to turn heads. The Birthday boy has enjoyed a stellar start to 2016 with a number... Read more »

Black Loops Release ‘Cassette EP’ [Toy Tonics]
Black Loops certainly know how to create some killer funky tracks and their latest EP ‘Cassette’ does not disappoint, including remixes by Munich based COEO and Neovinyl’s Carlo. The EP is released through Toy Tonics. Ricardo and Gabriele make up Black Loops, Riccardo is a funk drummer who lives in Berlin and Gabriele makes his... Read more »

Claptone – Heartbeat (The Remixes with Mat.Joe & Technasia)
After taking the world by storm in 2015 with the release of his debut artist album named “Charmer” via Exploited Records, Germany’s mysterious producer Claptone has dropped a couple of outstanding remix packs ever since, as well as some great EPs, also containing brilliant remixes. A few names you read among those releases are Tube... Read more »

Santé steps up on Knee deep in sound with 909 Basement
We’re only halfway through the year, and already Santé has been making big steps in the house scene across the globe. After big releases on a number of high profile labels, including Nic Fanciulli’s “Saved” at the start of the year and Jamie Jones’ “Hot Creations” more recently, the talented German followed this up with... Read more »

Movement 2016: Ode To A Techno Renaissance [Review]
From Berlin to Detroit, techno reigned supreme over Memorial Weekend. Thousands descended into downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza to celebrate the city’s ten-year anniversary as the epicenter of its festival namesake, a ‘movement’ that will go down in the books of musical history. Thanks to the consistent work of Paxahau since 2000, Movement Electronic Music Festival... Read more »

Adam Stacks – Mindset EP [Review]
Many will know Mannheim artist Adam Stacks from his time curating the budding German imprint Beans & Bacon. The label has fast emerged as a spritely taste-making label with an inmitable outlook on the music game. This month, the label chief spreads his wings, dropping an impressive four tracker on Nightcolours Recordings (home to the likes... Read more »

Select Cuts: ANOTR
DFTD, Toolroom and Snatch producers ANOTR (originating from the idyllic city of Amsterdam) have taken the reigns of our Select Cuts series by storm. This episode is inked with a revolution of heavy kicks and striking vocals, gracefully keeping the pace through out. The duo have made an impressive imprint on the scene to date, most notably with their sounds from... Read more »

Gorgon City join Crosstown Rebels with new ‘Money’ EP [Review]
Totally worth your attention, this beauty of an EP, or, as Crosstown Rebels is calling it: ‘an atomic bomb of an EP’, just came out last Friday (May the 13th) and impressions couldn’t be better. Gorgon City turns into a little bit more underground direction than usual and proves its versatility and multiple production skills... Read more »