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Greg Gow ‘Base Jumping’

Artist: Greg Gow
Title: Base Jumping
Label: Poker Flat Recordings
Cat: pfr233
Format: Digital
Release Date: July 31st 2020
Tracklist:
01. Base Jumping (Free Fall Mix)
02. Lost Chords
03. Minister Of Music

In this strange summer, where the major part of the clubs are closed and the electronic music scene is rediscovering its underground essence thanks to small parties, Poker Flat Recordings continues to deliver interesting EPs which feed the needs of djs and music fans: Greg Gow’s ‘Base Jumping’ goes hot with three dancefloor oriented productions that melt genuinely house, techno and dub techno.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/greg-gow
https://soundcloud.com/pokerflatrecordings

Hidden Spheres ‘Breathing Deep’

Artist: Hidden Spheres
Title: Breathing Deep
Label: Oath
Cat: OATH001
Format: Digital, vinyl
Release Date: August 27th 2020
Tracklist:
A1: Breathing Deep
A2: Tiamo
B1: Ruhani
B2: Believe

<a href="http://oathcreations.bandcamp.com/album/breathing-deep">Breathing Deep by Hidden Spheres</a>

Pre order link: https://oathcreations.bandcamp.com/album/breathing-deep

Oath is a brand new music label: it’s set to make its debut on the scene with an organic vinyl release made by Hidden Spheres. The four tracks featured in the EP are heavly influenced by many styles, mostly come from tribal, ethnic and jazz, offering as result interesting integrations of these contaminations into house music.
The songs convoy at the same time a dancefloor oriented mood but also a meditative approach to music listening, tempting the listener to a conscious usage to this kind of records.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/hiddenspheres
https://soundcloud.com/oathy

Muchak “Retrospect”

Artist: Muchak
Title: Retrospect
Label: Asymmetric Recordings
Cat: AR177
Format: Digital
Release Date: August 3rd 2020
Tracklist:
Tetrahedrone (Original Mix)
Coincidence (Original Mix)
Attention (Original Mix)
Air (Original Mix)
Kaktus (Original Mix)
Roots (Original Mix)
Eight Hours (Original Mix)
Asibolla (Original Mix)
Patient (Original Mix)

Muchak makes a great return on Asymmetric Recordings with the album ‘Retrospect’, proposing nine alternative and interesting tracks that floats into various facets of progressive house, most of them suits for dancefloor oriented situations but the ambiance created by each song is peculiar and great, that show an active research of emotional sound combinations, going apart the usual and mainstream trends.

Pre order link: https://www.beatport.com/release/retrospect/3062466

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/muchak
https://soundcloud.com/asymmetricrecordings

Various ‘Watergate Affairs 04’

Artists: Various
Title: Watergate Affairs 04
Label: Watergate
Cat: WGVinyl073
Formats: Digital, 12″ vinyl
Release Date: July 27th 2020
Tracklist:
A1) Budakid – Orrery
A2) Matthias Meyer – Interlude
B1) Henri Bergmann & Julian Wassermann – Maenad
B2) Nandu – My Mysery Is A Mystery

Watergate is proud to present the fourth installment of the ‘Affair’ series, featuring as expected some fresh names and sounds in the scene. During these hard times for clubbing and electronic music, proposing solid and cute records is important, that’s a thing that let the scene to survive and fight sociological, political or echonomical factors.
All these artist have been capable to embrace the indistinguishable Watergate sound with own and personal contaminations, achieving nice and organic results: Budakid and Nandu opted for wide and relaxed sounds, elevating to the sky the scenario aroused during the track playing, Henri Bergmann meets Julian Wassermann for a catchy piece with an infectious late night vibe, while Matthias Meyer appears again on the label with ‘Interlude’, a song that used a part of the drop from Meyer & Davis’ ‘Cafunè’, previously published on Watergate in May 2020.

Order link: https://smarturl.it/WGVinyl073

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/budakid
https://soundcloud.com/matthias-meyer
https://soundcloud.com/henribergmannofficial
https://soundcloud.com/julianwassermann
https://soundcloud.com/nanduofficial
https://soundcloud.com/watergaterecords

DJ Savage ‘Traxx 2000-2002’

Artist: DJ Savage
Title: Traxx 2000-2002
Cat: SAVAGE001
Format: Digital
Release Date: Forthcoming 2020
Tracklist:
A1. Down Under
A2. Pre-Post
B1. Excuses
B2. Left Out

Savvas Georgiadis a.k.a. DJ Savage returns in the scene with a bunch of productions which, as suggested by the EP title, were made during the 2000-2002, years where techno was also interpreted with high bpms and a rave oriented attitude, in order to burn the hottest dancefloors all around. Nowadays it could be functional to revitalize this kind of sound, because the contemporary techno trends bring back to life oldschool influences, expecially the ones with high speeds and banging sounds.

More info:
https://lobsterrecords.co.uk/products/dj-savage-traxx-2000-2002
https://www.decks.de/track/dj_savage-traxx_2000-2002/cgw-8q

Martyn Päsch ‘Udaipur’

Artist: Martyn Päsch
Title: Udaipur
Label: No Way Records
Remixers: Aquiver, Infinity
Cat: NWR020
Format: Digital
Release Date: July 27th 2020
Tracklist:
Udaipur (Original Mix)
Agra (Dub Mix)
Udaipur (Aquiver Remix)
Agra (Infinity Remix)

No Way Records welcomes Martyn Pasch with his EP titled ‘Udaipur’, featuring two originals and the respective remixes from Aquiver and Infinity. The title track reveals to be a special combination of dark techno with bright melodies, there the peculiar pad and the main melody create a contrasting vibe that arouses an intricate feeling; while ‘Agra’ detaches from the obscure sonorities, with instrumentals that going through a positive and glittering sound setup: in this production the main game is done again by a smooth pad and a simple chord that plays a catchy melody.
Both the remixers opt for a cluster vision of techno, elevating the dark potential of the originals.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/martynpasch
https://soundcloud.com/aqui_ver
https://soundcloud.com/inf001
https://soundcloud.com/nowayrec
https://nowayrecords1.bandcamp.com/

Satin Jackets ‘Hidden Treasures’

Artist: Satin Jackets
Title: Hidden Treasures
Label: Eskimo Recordings
Cat: 541416511797D
Format: Digital
Release Date: July 17th 2020
Tracklist:
01. Levante
02. Hundred Fifty Up
03. Little Airplanes
04. Sassa And Back

The dj and producer act Satin Jackets lands on Eskimo Recordings with ‘Hidden Treasures’, an EP that offers a lush and modern vision of house and electronic music: the four short-length tracks concentrate their potential into luminous synths, which have been combined each others with melodies and good pattern structures, amalgamations that have the power to bring to life intense and positive emotions.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/satinjackets
https://soundcloud.com/eskimorecordings
https://eskimorecordings.bandcamp.com/album/satin-jackets-hidden-treasures-ep

Bedrock Remix Competition – Remix ‘Rust’ by Stelios Vassiloudis

Remix ‘Rust’ by Stelios Vassiloudis

Link: https://bedrockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rust-remix-competition

Bedrock is always looking for interesting ways to interact with its artists, encourage creativity and engage in new ways with its global audience. For this innovative remix competition, Bedrock has teamed up with one its most consistent and creative producers to present ‘Rust’ by Stelios Vassiloudis.

The Concept: when you buy the original track, you get the stems and an expertly curated sound library of over 100 original production sounds that Stelios has put together for this project. Remix the track in your own style OR create an entirely new composition utilising the samples on offer.

The Rules: John and Stelios will judge all submissions, the winner will get an official release on the Bedrock label and a copy of the supercool Rhythmiq production software from Accusonus https://accusonus.com All submissions must be clearly labelled and in WAV format. Your entry must be submitted from the registered email used at the time of purchase and sent to rustremixcompetition@gmail.com Final deadline for submission is 31 Aug 2020.

“Making this digital release available exclusively through our Bandcamp platform https://bedrockrecords.bandcamp.com is not only a statement of intent as we continue to evolve to better engage and connect with our fanbase, but also a great way to host and admin our affiliated remix competition!” – John Digweed

Always evolving his sound and pushing sonic boundaries, Stelios Vassiloudis has come a long way and matured as an artist since releasing his debut LP ‘It Is What It Is’ on Bedrock almost a decade ago. ‘Rust’ is an exercise in dynamics and extremes – ambient drones and guitars harmoniously cohabitating the soundscape with sonorous beats and pulsating rhythms – it also perfectly showcases his meticulous craftsmanship and engineering nous.

To accompany this innovative release Stelios has also created a visually stunning 9-minute piece of synched video art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo_VI4vjE9I

Competition only available at Bandcamp: https://bedrockrecords.bandcamp.com

Get 50% off with this limited discount code – RUST2020

Melon Bomb ‘Sweetness’

Artist: Melon Bomb
Title: Sweetness
Label: True Romance
Cat: TREP027D
Format: Digital
Release Date: July 17th 2020
Tracklist:
1. Sweetness (Original Mix)
2. Didn’t I (Original Mix)

Tensnake welcomes on his label the dj and producer Melon Bomb, who created two cool house / nu disco songs. The title track ‘Sweetness’ features a distinctive 90s flavor, the piano melody, the strings and the bass pattern contribute to create a fascinating and effective vibe. On the other side, ‘Didn’t I’ is more contemporary sounding, the production shares a nostalgic and late night feeling, its linear track structure and the instrumental loop are functional to this kind of production.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/melon-bomb-music
https://soundcloud.com/trueromancerec

Pippi Ciez feat. Idd Aziz ‘Wewe EP’

Artists: Pippi Ciez feat. Idd Aziz
Title: Wewe EP
Label: Inward Records
Remixers: Sparrow & Barbossa
Cat: IWR020
Format: Digital
Release Date: June 18th, 2020
Tracklist:
1. Wewe
2. Wewe (Sparrow & Barbossa Remix)
3. Wewe (Instrumental Mix)

In this small release Pippi Ciez and Idd Aziz follow the musical trend of warm house and tribal, a peculiar blend of styles that aims to set an intimate legacy with the listener, instead of sharing raw and energic vibes.
The original mix of ‘Wewe’ features also a vocal that’s all about the track, it clearly shares the essence of the songs. Sparrow & Barbarossa appear as remixers, providing to the label a very good interpretation of the main theme, elevating the potential of some hidden elements and integrating them with another ones, like the brilliant piano melody that starts in the middle drop.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/pippiciez
https://soundcloud.com/sparrowandbarbossa
https://soundcloud.com/inwardrecords