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Julian Millan ‘Yari EP’

Artist: Julian Millan
Title: Yari EP
Label: Brise Records
Cat: BRISE126
Format: Digital
Release Date: May 2020
Tracklist:
1. Yari
2. Wolfenstein
3. Yari (Millan Hypnotic Mix)

Julian Millan’s apparition on Brise Records is significative and brings some retrospective and magic sounds to the label’s catalogue. ‘Yari’ EP features two originals made from a tech house basis mixed with some deep house elements, this enhances the mystical sense aroused and the dancefloor orientation.
The EP is closed with a ‘Hypnotic Mix’ of the title track, which adds as suggested by the name a smoothing listening experience, where more than before the synths play a big role in the song.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/julianmillan
https://soundcloud.com/briserecords

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DanceTelevision Announce Huge Series of #StayHomeFestival Virtual Events

Global streaming platform has curated a fresh line up of events to keep people dancing and raising money for worthy causes with Technasia, Move D, A Guy Called Gerald, Francesca Lombardo, Shaun Reeves, Hector and many more

#StayHomeFestival, #DanceHome and #StreamWithUs

In response to the coronavirus crisis, the DanceTelevision Network’s FREE online initiative, the #StayHomeFestival, aims to urgently support and share the World Health Organization’s call to the world for social distancing. After early events gained worldwide plaudits, a new series of streams including Analog Room, East London Movement, Athens Showcase, Francesca Lombardo presents Upper Hour, ReSolute Stays Home, The Zoo Project, Vatos locos featuring Hector, VQtv by Shaun Reeves and Armigé Agency are now revealed.

DanceTelevision dedicates its entire platform to #StayHomeFestival streaming FREE 24/7 content from renown artists, events, and labels in the scene. Despite being in lockdown, artists can continue to interact with their fans and reach out with positive messages to millions of new viewers around the world, and across a variety of the most popular shared networks online. The project invites artists, events, labels and fans to join in solidarity to raise public awareness and funds in support of the WHO and select NGOs that are critical in helping the music entertainment industry. The community is called together to celebrate a universal love for music and the culture of a beloved electronic scene.

Since soft launching the project on 15 March 2020, numbers continue to rise exponentially and for the latest event with the likes of Pacha Ibiza, Jack Back, Felix Da Housecat, Luciano and International Music Summit all came together in support of the Red Cross in Ibiza.

Now, once again, some of the biggest names in dance music will be streamed live on DanceTelevision’s Stay Home Festival www.stayhomefestival.org as well as crossposted to many different Facebook pages. It all runs throughout April, May And June.

Up first Detroit techno tastemaker and Visionquest label boss Shaun Reeves will kick off the VQ TV show on Sunday May 3rd at 8pm to 11pm CET on Stay Home festival. The showcase will be revolving around Shaun featuring guests from the Visionquest label and from his close circle.

Divided across 3 nights, May 14, 20 and 28 respectively, Armige Agency is showcasing their roster with contributions from Joeski, Alexi Delano, Animal Trainer, Demuir, Junior Sanchez, Joyce Muniz, Kevin Knapp, Pezzner, Sis and Supernova.

Friday the 15th we welcome the infamous Vatos locos with a surprise lineup with label boss Hector at the helm in a mission to maintain the traditions of a Marathon around the time where they usually get down at the infamous Sunwaves Festival.

On May 16th, Francesca Lombardo’s “Upper Hour” event series cherishes the daytime ‘after party’ vibe and is fundamentally about good music presented in a unique setting, with DJs completely free to explore the full range of their selector skills. Hito and Cesare vs Disorder join curator Lombardo for a three hour showcase.

Vital underground house promoters Analog room Dubai also bring their tasteful soundtracks on May 7th and 21st with residents such as Move D, Alex Kid, A Guy Called Gerald, Siamak Amidi and Karina, and on May 19th and 26th, East London Movement is uniting underground East London promoters famous for their events in secret locations such as Into the Woods, Vox Sound, Bien Aimer Music, Paravibe, Decay Records and Bread and Butter London.

Electronic Labor Day (ELD) Beirut is a three-day virtual electronic music festival from May 1st to 3rd led by Uberhaus in partnership with top electronic music institutions in Lebanon and alongside the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafes, Nightclubs and Pastries in Lebanon. The three-day music marathon aims at raising funds for the non-managerial employees of the electronic music venues across Lebanon, who have been affected by COVID and the harsh economic circumstances associated with this pandemic. These livestreams will be immersive, entertaining and exciting, taking place across multiple online rooms. More than 150 DJS from 25 countries will be taking part in the cause, helping to spread awareness and unity through music.

ReSolute is without doubt one of the most exciting underground event brands in the Big Apple. Handpicked selection of residents and artists from the ReSolute agency will be presenting their Dj sets and live acts all with visuals from established artists like Cote, Danimation, Defne Onen, Dreamrec, polo_X_polo and Trig Fardust.

The Zoo Project is Ibiza’s infamous Sunday openair party and they will be showcasing quarantine videos of worldwide recognised artists as well as footage from unforgettable events at the old abandoned Zoo of last summer. Expect not only exceptional talent performances, but beautiful and colourful videos from Ibiza’s most spectacular event!

This is a game changing series of streams that will offer music lovers plenty to get excited about in the coming months.

ABOUT DanceTelevision

With an extensive social network reaching 6 million fans including media partners and 3.5 million fans of its own channels and content brands, Facebook users watched 30 million minutes of DanceTelevision video in the month before the global pandemic struck. Since soft launching the project just three weeks ago on 15 March, 2020, numbers continue to rise exponentially. Based on this analysis, and the fact that people are now turning to the internet as the best way to connect with each other from home, unprecedented worldwide engagement is anticipated in the coming weeks. Online streaming initiatives like this may well revolutionize the face of the industry as we know it. Meanwhile, DanceTelevision is already exploring expansion options within the telecom sector to bring the concept to mass media in parallel with its cable music tv channel.

As such, DanceTelevision dedicates its entire platform to #StayHomeFestival streaming 24/7 content from renown artists, events, and labels in the scene. Despite being in lockdown, artists can continue to interact with their fans and reach out with positive messages to millions of new viewers around the world, and across a variety of the most popular shared networks online. Besides offering a wide variety of electronic artists a stage to showcase their talent, artists share positive and personal messages to the world at the beginning or end of their sets, using their influence and talent to help share an important message, and keep everyone hopeful for a brighter day.

www.stayhomefestival.org

LISTINGS

Friday May 1st – May 3rd

Electronic Labor Day (ELD) Beirut

May 3rd/10th/17th/24th

Shaun Reeves VQ-TV

8pm to 11pm CET

Friday May 15th

Hector presents Vatos Locos

Saturday May 16th

Francesca Lombardo presents Upper Hour

Hito and Cesare vs Disorder

Thursday 7th & 21st of May.

Analog Room

Move D, Alex Kid, A Guy Called Gerald, Siamak Amidi and Karina

Tuesday May 19th and 26th

East London Movement

Various dates May

ReSolute Stays Home

Cote, Danimation, Defne Onen, Dreamrec, polo_X_polo and Trig Fardust

May 14th, 20th & 28th

Armige Agency Showcases

Joeski, Alexi Delano, Animal Trainer, Demuir, Junior Sanchez, Joyce Muniz, Kevin Knapp, Pezzner, Sis and Supernova.

Kiko Navarro ‘Afroterraneo’

Artist: Kiko Navarro
Title: Afroterraneo
Label: Wonderwheel Recordings
Cat: WONDER157
Format: Digital, vinyl
Release Date: April 24th 2020
Tracklist:
1. Ihabogi Rawaly feat. Aboubacar Sylla
2. Karabali feat. Isis “Apache” Montero & Roque Martinez
3. Olwakhutando feat. Zama & Dj Fudge
4. Beréde feat. Aboubacar Sylla
5. El Salto Del Martin feat. Joan Bibiloni
6. Okere feat. Nina & Benji Habichuela
7. La Fatiga feat. Miguel Cano
8. Ekobio Monina feat. Ivan St. Ives
9. Vida feat. Joan Bibiloni
10. Cacao Ceremony feat. Nickodemus, Florencia & Kevin Nathaniel Hylton (Album Edit)
11. Para Mamá feat. Caridad de La Luz aka “La Bruja”
12. Bonus Track: Ihabogi Rawaly feat. Aboubacar Sylla (Randomized Coffee Remix)

Buy link: https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/afroterraneo

Kiko Navarro shows through this album his experience and the contaminations that influenced his vision of eletronic music, the 12 tracks of ‘Afroterraneo’ put together house, tribal and deep house coherently and organically. These songs have been produced with the integration of vocals, an essential element which helps to bring warmth, also some ethnical instruments cheer the listening session, introducing unexpeted and imaginary scenarios. That’s positive and good to preserve musical styles like this, they can show the identity of many musicians, and offer an occasion to reunite different cultures and people under the power of music.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/kikonavarro
https://soundcloud.com/wonderwheel-recordings

Various ‘Drumcode A-Sides Vol. 9’

Artists: Various
Title: Drumcode A-Sides Vol. 9
Label: Drumcode
Cat: DC223
Format: Digital
Release Date: April 27th, 2020
Tracklist:
1. Joyhauser – Fierceness
2. Dubfire – Deadbug
3. Christian Smith – Just Close Your Eyes
4. Thomas Schumacher & Victor Ruiz – Intuit
5. Eats Everything – Organico
6. Balthazar & JackRock – Red Village Disco Hustle
7. Reset Robot – Grains
8. Thomas Hoffknecht – Code 1
9. Oscar L – Dark Fate
10. Anfisa Letyago – Are U In
11. Harvey McKay – Find Yourself
12. Loco & Jam – Addicted
13. Juliet Fox – Our Fantasy

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5n2spry2tLtZCJaoKM4vjP

Drumcode slightly anticipates the publication of another compilation from the ‘A-Side’ series, the last episode was published in late September 2019, so after 9 months here we go again with another exposure from the label, which ventures ot its forthcoming sound orientation.
In these 13 tracks we can find some names that already appeared on the Sweden imprint, while there are some other artists that bring some freshness to the typical Drumcode sound, that’s the case of Joyhauser who opens the tracklist with ‘Fierceness’, Balthazar & JackRock with their robotoid and metallic synths of ‘Red Village Disco Hustle’, and finally Oscar L’s ‘Dark Fate’ arouses melancholic feelings. Last but not least Dubfire appears on the compilation too with a particular track that shows a particular side of minimalistic techno.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/drumcode

Paul Hazendonk & Felix Raphael ‘Desires’

Artists: Paul Hazendonk & Felix Raphael
Title: Desires
Label: Poesie Musik
Remixer: Carlo Whale
Cat: POM105
Format: Digital
Release Date: May 1st, 2020
Tracklist:
1. Original Mix
2. Carlo Whale Remix

‘Desires’ is a new song proposed by Paul Hazendonk and Felix Raphael, it shares a sense of comprehension, mildness and sobriety, these are the distinctive elements that manifest the pride of Poesie Musik. Making a really good track like this should fullfill of emotions the artists, especially after years and years of true dedication on music production and deejaying. The EP is completed with a remix by Carlo Whale, who elevates the potential of the original theme with minimal edits on the drum loop and to the synths, playing with the main bassline and adding long tailed reverbs.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/paul-hazendonk
https://soundcloud.com/felixraphaelmusic
https://soundcloud.com/carlowhale
https://soundcloud.com/poesiemusik

Kid Simius ‘El Río’

Artist: Kid Simius
Title: El Río
Label: Jirafa Records
Remixer: Fort Romeau
Cat: JIR023
Format: Digital
Release Date: April 10th 2020
Tracklist:
01 El Rio
02 El Rio (Fort Romeau Remix)
03 El Rio (Jungle Drum Mix)

Kid Simius releases under his personal imprint Jirafa Records ‘El Rìo’, a fascinating three tracker with catchy sounds. The original mix offers a deep dive into tribal and techno contaminations, the contrast between the drums and the synths becomes evident more than ever when the song gets in the middle, there the synth chords and the arpeggio create a fascinating combo with the bassline and the other instruments.
Fort Romeau shares his vision of the main theme, putting emphasis on the synths mentalism, but unfortunately the edit of many elements made lost the vibe of the original theme.
The EP is closed with a great ‘Jungle Drum Mix’ where the artist goes totally into tribal influences.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/kidsimius
https://soundcloud.com/fortromeau
https://soundcloud.com/jirafarecords

Ango Tamarin ‘What Was That? EP’

Artist: Ango Tamarin
Title: What Was That? EP
Label: Truesoul
Cat: true12131
Format: Digital
Release Date: April 20th 2020
Tracklist:
1. What Was That?
2. Cat Man Do
3. Catch The Donkey

Ango Tamarin is a brand new project that sees its debut in the electronic music scene with an EP on the notorious Truesoul Records, ‘What Was That?’ embraces dancefloor oriented sounds in its entirely, demystifying most of the styles of the odiern techno and tech house.
These tracks reflect also the people’s need to go clubbing and partying again, leaving back the past weeks of lockdown.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/angotamarin
https://soundcloud.com/truesoul

youANDme ‘Why I Love To Make Edits For My DJ Sets’

As follow up of the publication of his last EP on CUTZ.ME, youANDme tells why he loves making edits for his dj sets, sharing his vision in 5 points; below you can also enjoy the Martin’s top 10 chart of his all time favorites.

01) There are many different definitions of an edit. It was first created in the time of tape machines. Producers cut the tape and built it together in a different way to make an altered version of a recorded song by repeating, reordering, or removing sections of the original recording without adding some additional elements. For me it’s also ok to add some small elements to make it more groovy or functional and thats why my definition of an edit is a bit more open.

02) There are different situations why I need to do an edit for my DJ sets. Sometimes I love the song but its maybe not really working because something is missing or I don’t like some parts but I love other parts. That’s the point where I start to extend the stuff which I like and cut out everything else but I always try to respect the original idea.

03) Today all music is available for everybody. It’s kind of unique to make your own versions of an track and surprise your audience with something they know but it’s different. Thats a way to make your set more special.

04) If you take the songs of other producers and edit it you can learn a lot about how they work and how they arrange and built up. That can really help to extend your own production skills.

05) I created my own little edit label CUTZ# back in 2010 because many people and DJs asked me when I played an edit what version is it and where they can buy it. So I started to contact the labels and producers of the original tracks and asked for their permissions to release it. There was never a big business plan behind because it was more a just for fun project. If I have something where I think its worth to press it on vinyl then I do it.
The new CUTZ#6 contains 2 youANDme edits for Jesper Dahlbäck. He is an awesome producers and I’m a big fan of his music so it was a pleasure that he liked the idea to release it. His originals were published almost 20 years ago as a limited rare whitelabel. It’s still one of my favorite “hard to find” records and I’m really happy to re-release it on CUTZ# now.

youANDme Top 10 EDITS of all time

01) Madonna – Justify My Love (Lee Van Dowski Edit)

02) Aphex Twin – Rhubarb (Cédric Sheva Edit)

03) Moodymann – ITS 2 LATE 4 U AND ME (youANDme_Edit)

04) Lil’ Louis & The World – Club Lonely (Shield Edit)

05) Carl Craig – At Les – Tricksi Cover (youANDme_Edit)

06) Lil Louis – French Kiss (Mark Broom Edit)

07) Mark Broom vs. Brothers Vibe – Mind / Feeling (youANDme Edit)

08) SHITNEY BEARS – TOXICDUB (DB EDIT)

09) Gemini – Soho (D’julz Edit)

10) DBX – PHREAK (Cratebug Edit)

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/youandme-martin

Mark Knight feat. Laura Davie & The Melody Men ‘If It’s Love’

Artists: Mark Knight, Laura Davie, The Melody Men
Title: If It’s Love
Label: Toolroom
Cat: TOOL90201Z
Format: Digital
Release Date: March 27th 2020
Tracklist:
1. If It’s Love

Mark Knight shows to the Toolroom Records fans another stunning house production titled ‘If It’s Love’, it was made with the collaboration of the vocalist Laura Davie and The Melody Men vocalist-production trio.
Mr. Knight seems to enjoy putting out single tracks that rediscover the soulful house roots, mixing them with contemporary tech house influences; this song too carries a great vibe and arouses dancefloor situations of the forthcoming summer 2020.

More info:
https://www.beatport.com/release/if-its-love/2883084
https://toolroom.lnk.to/IfItsLoveAS
https://soundcloud.com/markknight
https://soundcloud.com/user-682203835
https://soundcloud.com/toolroomrecords

Eli Brown ‘Desire’

Artist: Eli Brown
Title: Desire
Label: Armada Subjekt
Cat: arsbjkt126
Format: Digital
Release Date: April 17th 2020
Tracklist:
1. Desire

Eli Brown outputs another single track on Armada Subjekt, that’s the way we’re used to know this producer, who publishes a few incisive productions instead of dozens of EP filled with four or more originals and remixes.
‘Desire’ proposes an edit of a classic house theme, where the main chord interfaces correctly with the instrumentals and an outstanding female vocals. The usage of a rolling bassline adds solidity and integrity to the entire production.

Eli has rapidly established himself as an artist of real distinction in the house world, with his records making an immediate impact upon a flurry of the industry’s biggest names: Carl Cox, Green Velvet, Fisher, Claude VonStroke, Black Madonna, Denis Sulta, Calvin Harris and Annie Mac, the latter of which selected an Eli Brown song twice to become the ‘Hottest Record In The World’ on her BBC Radio 1 show. Following the success of last year’s worldwide hit ‘XTC’ with Solardo, Eli shows no signs of slowing down in 2020 as he delivers his next highly anticipated record ahead of what is to be another exciting year for the Bristolian.

More info:
https://arsbjkt126.lnk.to/Desire
https://soundcloud.com/elibrownbeats
https://soundcloud.com/armada-subjekt