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 »

SUNCTURE continues its abundant run of groove-led releases with ‘DÉSIR,’ the latest single from label resident Kapir. The new record explores a more playful and sensual side of the producer’s sound, combining organic instrumentation and hypnotic rhythms with unexpected electronic textures and a distinctly French vocal presence. ‘DÉSIR’ doesn’t follow a straight line, instead allowing... 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 »

Darksidevinyl returns to Yoshitoshi with ‘U R’ and ‘Save Me’ – a release written in isolation in front of the mountains, layering real feeling alongside technical polish.  Founded over thirty years ago by Grammy-winning duo Deep Dish (Sharam and Dubfire), Yoshitoshi has shaped house and techno with genre-defining classics and a reputation built on quality... 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 »

Julian Fox has quietly built one of the more dependable names in contemporary tech house, a producer whose records sit comfortably between underground grit and the kind of hook that lifts a room. Splitting his time between Ibiza and the wider club circuit, he has spent recent seasons behind the decks at rooms like Bora... Read more »

Sprout has spent the last few years quietly building one of the most dependable catalogues in melodic progressive house, and the label’s newest release brings two of its most respected figures into the same room. Label founder D-Nox joins forces with M.O.S. for the ‘Dream On’ EP, a two track outing that pairs D-Nox’s dancefloor... Read more »

Mexican DJ and producer SÜSS unveils ‘BASALT,’ a three-track EP that explores the relationship between sound, movement and matter through a distinctly raw and analogue approach to techno. The title track draws inspiration from the forces behind volcanic rock formation, translating fire, pressure and movement into a hypnotic, percussion-driven composition. Built through modular synthesis, analogue hardware, field... Read more »

Toronto-born and Bali-based, Brodie Nero has spent the last few years building one of the more well-travelled catalogues in house music. A DJ, producer and the founder of KONTRAS Records, he moves comfortably between melodic, afro and deeper shades of the genre, and his sets from Bali have become a calling card of their own.... Read more »

Every so often a record arrives that simply radiates good energy, and ‘Dreamliner’ is exactly that. Italian producer Roel joins forces with UK house heavyweight Low Steppa for a feel-good club cut built on infectious disco loops, warm filtered house textures and crisp, tech-driven rhythms. Equal parts jackin’ house, disco and peak-time dancefloor weapon, it... Read more »

With a sound that seems to exist somewhere between house, techno, electronica and whatever strange space sits just beyond those boundaries, Olsvangèr has spent the last few years carving out a world entirely his own. From releases on Kalahari Oyster Cult, Craigie Knowes, and Hooj Choons to his own Tofistock imprint, his work has consistently... Read more »

Kraak and Smaak have spent two decades building a world where groove leads, atmosphere follows, and boundaries dissolve. Their catalogue stretches from disco and funk to electronic soul and cinematic moods, always anchored by a love of analogue texture and the energy of live performance. With ‘Velvet Seas’ they open a new chapter, expanding their... Read more »

There is a quiet confidence running through this new chapter of DJ Alone Again’s work, a sense of clarity shaped by years of refining his craft across both band driven songwriting and the deep house underground. With his latest EP for Wolf Music, he steps further into a sound that feels both emotionally charged and... Read more »

Lee Ann Roberts and Giorgia Angiuli join forces for ‘The Portal Is You,’ a powerful new techno release arriving via NOWNOW Records. Blending hypnotic rhythms, driving percussion and immersive atmospheres, the collaboration delivers a peak-time weapon that balances raw intensity with emotional depth. Inspired by the energy of the Full Moon – a moment traditionally... Read more »