Artist: Mr. ID Title: Track ID1 Label: Kaoz Theory Remixer: Kerri Chandler Cat.: KT023 Release Date: December 17th, 2021 Tracklist: 1. Mr. ID & Youssef Grirane fr. Rita Mdn – Track ID1 2. Mr. ID & Younes Akhraz – Track ID2 3. Mr. ID & Youssef Grirane fr. Rita Mdn – Track ID1 (Kerri Chandler Main Remix) 4. Mr. ID & Youssef Grirane fr. Rita Mdn – Track ID1 (Kerri Chandler No Piano Remix) 5. Mr. ID & Youssef Grirane fr. Rita Mdn – Track ID1 (Kerri Chandler 623 Again Mix) 6. Mr. ID & Youssef Grirane fr. Rita Mdn – Track ID1 (Kerri Chandler (623 No Piano Mix)
Winter release for Kerri Chandler’s Kaoz Theory: this time the dj and producer Mr. ID takes the reins of the sequencer, with ‘Track ID1’ he shows off two unique and classy songs. The piano jams make the whole listening experience fulfilling, everything becomes pleasant thanks also to the instrumentals inspired by researched deep house and soulful house combinations. The EP is filled with a few remixes by mr. Chandler himself, who gives a few oldschool swings to the title track motif.
Get Physical is set to release an outstainding various artist EP with a few extracts from the forthcoming compilation ‘Africa Gets Physical Vol. 4’, mixed and selected by Thandi Draai. The five tracks of this sampler demonstrate the beauty and the magic shared by these African electronic music producers, who have been capable to mix tribal influences into a smooth and contemporary house and deep house style.
Artist: Col Lawton feat. Liz Jai Title: Super Dupa (Remixes & Dubs Part 2) Label: House Music Matters Cat. : HMMCL06 Release Date: 17th Dec 2021 Tracklist: 1. Lebedev (RU) Remix 2. Costela Remix 3. Peter Mac Remix
Col Lawron brings back his ‘Super Dupa’ song (released in June 2021) for a remix treatment: Lebedev (RU), Costela and Peter Mac get featured as remixers in this little release, it will be out soon on House Music Matters. All the remixes are well produced and recall the main theme, the vibes are smooth and soft, featuring an underground (and sometimes dark) swing that bring to memories the typical warm up sound during dj sets in small clubs and parties.
James Connolly a.k.a. Dance System debuts on Anjunadeep with a remix of ‘Qrion – Proud’, a song taken from the recently published album ‘I Hope It Lasts Forever’. The remix maintain the funk and positive vibe shared by the original, adding a hotter attitude thanks to a solid house instrumental. The vocals have been chopped intelligently and let the remix to be more addictive and dancefloor oriented.
After a crazy year that saw Studio 338 retain its crown as London’s standout super club, the venue now unveils a very special winter program that will see Cocoon, Sankeys, Space Ibiza and Dance On Arrival back on the legendary terrace. As well as some spectacularly escapist winter-themed wonderlands there will be a mammoth New Year’s Eve event from home-grown brand Release with Marco Carola, plus events with Sven Väth, Mark Knight, Heidi, and more to come. All tickets can be found at studio338.co.uk so act quickly to secure your space on the dance floor.
When dancing finally returned in 2021, London’s Studio 338 was there to provide the musical release we all needed. It made for a non-stop year of memories and friendships and that will continue throughout the colder season with Studio 338’s epic Winter Terrace Takeover. This news comes hot on the heels of the announcement that the venue’s own night Release will be heading to Ibiza for some special uncovered daytime parties in summer 2022.
First up is a supersized Cocoon party on December 4th that will feature the colourful and iconic techno brand’s most renowned international players as well as the legendary boss himself, Sven Väth, who never fails to lay down plenty of curveballs. Then Sankeys throw a special and always popular Christmas Rave with a Special Guest, plus French pair Amine Edge & DANCE, Max Chapman, Del30, Andrew Kay and more. On December 18th, the famous White Isle super brand Space Ibiza comes to London with a Winter Wonderland party that will raise the bar further than ever with never seen before production featuring arctic animals, igloos and snow-covered forests. Soundtracking it will be house mainstay and Toolroom boss Mark Knight, Jackathon queen Heidi, plus more
The year then comes to an unforgettable close on December 31st with Music On’s Marco Carola returning to 338’s flagship brand Release to end the year with a masterclass in all things House music. The New Year then kicks off with Dance On Arrival on January 1st featuring a wealth of big names and residents Marcellus, Silver, TIBBs and more.
Sneaking a peak at first parties of 2022, Studio 338 have just announced the long time dancefloor hero Luciano with much, much more to come.
With plenty of heavyweight names still to be announced, you can expect some serious heat at Studio 338 this winter.
Dates
Sat 4 December: Cocoon with Sven Väth
Sat 11 December: Sankeys – Christmas Rave with Special Guest TBA, Amine Edge & DANCE, Max Chapman, Del30
Sat 18 December: Space Ibiza – Winter Wonderland with Mark Knight, Heidi, Javi Bora
Fri 31 December: Release – New Years Eve with Marco Carola
Sat 1 January: Dance On Arrival – New Years Day (Line-up TBA)
Sat 29 January: Release 2022 Opening Party with Luciano
The acclaimed techno festival held in The Netherlands will be bigger than ever adding a second multi-day festival at a brand new location with a campsite
World-renowned techno brand Awakenings is celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2022 and is planning to go all out. With a brand new location, an added day to the programming and a revamp of the entire festival set up — including a campsite — visitors will be treated to something unlike they’ve ever seen before from Awakenings. With the new expansion, Awakenings also becomes the first multi-day techno festival in the Netherlands to host a campsite, filling a gap that has existed in many techno-enthusiast’s summers for a long time. The reinvented festival will take place from the 29th until the 31st of July in Hilvarenbeek. Details regarding the second festival are revealed through Awakenings social channels.
1997 – 2022 Awakeningsis internationally renowned as one of the best organisations when it comes to techno events. With their iconic shows at the Gashouder in Amsterdam, fantastical stages, impressive light-shows and unparalleled sound design, Awakenings has proven to go bigger and better than the competition. What started as a single event during Easter in 1997 has grown to an industry-leading phenomena, attracting visitors from all over the world, from the far East to Latin America. Now with the 25th anniversary approaching, Awakenings plans to outdo themselves.
Awakenings Summer Festival Rocco Veenboer, head honcho and founder of Awakenings has long had a dream of organising his very own three-day festival with campsites.
“From a business standpoint, I always want to keep moving, never stagnating. Nothing is ever truly finished and there’s always room for improvement. Our team continuously look at ways to make things more beautiful and impactful. Awakenings Festival started as a single day event, and expanded to two days in 2014. But, we felt like there was still room for more, especially because the community had so much to say about missing a multiple day techno event here in the Netherlands. With this renewed concept, we’re extremely happy to make that dream come to life.”
Awakenings Summer Festival will be home to nine stages, a combination of open air areas as well as tents and having big plans to make use of the adjacent lake. With an added day Awakenings has more space for experimentation, meaning that many sub-genres and young and upcoming talent will be well-represented at the festival. To cater to the campsite, there will be an additional schedule, jam-packed with surprises.
Sustainability and innovations Awakenings always strives to be on the forefront of sustainability, the past decade the festival has been serving a 95% vegetarian menu with only organic meat for the other 5% – utilizing a self-developed recycling system for plastic cups. In 2022 the festival will start using biofuels – obtained from horticulture – to power their generators, drastically cutting down on their CO2 emissions. An equally exciting innovation is the restructuring of the sound equipment. By using new cutting-edge ways to position and install speakers, the decibels can be lowered without compromising the experience for visitors, making less of an impact on the environment and the ears of festival-goers.
Line-up and tickets The line-up for Awakenings Summer Festival will be announced at the end of January of 2022, alongside official ticket sales. Visitors will be able to choose full weekend tickets covering all three days, as well as a single day ticket for Saturday or Sunday. The campsite will feature empty space for visitors to create their own tent, as well as pre-set-up tents and luxury bungalows, to cater to everyone’s wishes.
AVA Festival News : BICEP RETURN TO AVA FESTIVAL BELFAST FOR MONUMENTAL HEADLINE HOMECOMING SHOW IN 2022
AVA BELFAST 2022 TICKETS Weekend (3nd Release) from £85 Deposit scheme available – Reserve place from £30 Group Tickets – £300
AVA Belfast 2022 3 + 4 June 2022 – Titanic Slipways
Following a mega return in 2021 that proved AVA Belfast is a shining star in the global festival calendar, AVA is ready for the reveal of next year’s heavyweight headliners – a huge homecoming for Belfast-born duo BICEP. Undoubtedly Belfast’s most celebrated electronic music export, BICEP have paved the way for a new generation of creative talent born from Northern Ireland and has highlighted globally the power of the movement in the city. AVA is proud to welcome the duo to their new Titanic Slipways home, as they play on home turf against an iconic Belfast docklands backdrop in what will be their largest homecoming festival show to date. AVA was born in the docklands at T13 and returning to the spiritual home is going to be a huge celebration and occasion for the festival. And of course, there’ll be a host of live acts, DJs, visual artists, and more set to join across 3rd and 4th June 2022 with more details coming soon. Tickets are available now for weekend tickets (3rd Release), deposit scheme, and group ticket bundles are also available.
‘Having played the first AVA festival in 2015 – it’s a real homecoming gig for us. We can’t wait to be back in 2022 to play our biggest Northern Irish live show to date on home turf. This feels like a really special moment for us and we’re very excited to be playing alongside lots of friends and family.’ – BICEP (Matt & Andy)
In what is set to be a homecoming gig like no other, BICEP will deliver an emotional and fully-charged return performance in the city where it all started. In the past 12 years, BICEP have risen to meteoric fame, from the early days with their FMB blog and parties, through to now being 2x BRIT Award nominees, and their last Ninja Tune released album ISLES reaching number two in the UK album chart. Their 2017 album BICEP is one of the most recognised dance albums of recent years, including international anthems ‘GLUE’, ‘OPAL’, and more. Local heroes gone global, BICEP have always championed breakthrough acts from Ireland including Hammer, OR:LA, Swoose, Cromby, Sally C, Brame & Hamo, and plenty more.
‘AVA started for us seven years ago on the docks, so returning to our home turf with an Act who has been there with us from the beginning, and who is now one of the biggest Electronic Acts in the worldwill be a momentous moment and one we are confident will follow what a special occasion September 2021 was. Our 2022 edition of AVA will be homecoming for all of us, and we can’t wait!’ Sarah McBriar, Founder, AVA Festival
More sonic explorations will take place across the AVA Belfast weekender, with plenty more DJs, artists, live acts, partners, and more adding to the electric energy. Party people can expect to experience top-level international selectors and electronic experimentalists, local Irish legends. The introduction of new alternative sounds in 2021 means there’ll be more live acts, rap, hip-hop joining for 2022.
A core part of the festivals make up is the crowd, so expect to meet one the friendliest, liveliest set of festival attendees in the whole world; the Belfast craic is like no other. For anyone wanting to visit Belfast, AVA is an ideal way to experience the local culture and dive straight in. AVA is an integral part of the city’s fabric and works closely with Tourism Ireland, the Arts Council NI, and more each year to make the event possible, as well as creating hundreds of opportunities, jobs, and educational resources through their events each year. Flight tickets from most major UK / European airports are affordable and the city has plenty of accommodation options. There is no excuse not to be a part of AVA 2022.
“What began as an intimate festival in a small warehouse embodying the city’s iconic shipbuilding aesthetic has evolved into hosting ten thousand guests per day and a lineup that’s increased in diversity of sound over the past six years. No longer content with competing for the title of best festival in Ireland, AVA have their sights firmly fixated on rivaling similar events throughout Europe.”–Resident Advisor
“If there’s one takeaway from AVA, it’s the sheer spirit of the artists and the crowd, and the sense of joy and hope it brought to everyone involved in the festival – from the bar staff to the headline acts. It was two days of smiles, laughter and positivity, and a feeling in the air that Northern Ireland is gearing up for its full return to the dancefloor. Belfast, eh? Welcome back.” –DJ Mag
“When the day drew on, choosing stages became increasingly difficult. The shadowy DJ Boneyard pulled a huge crowd to the Grasses as the sky turned dark, while Jayda G’s insatiable energy had dancers at the Nomadic bouncing from the walls. There was a similar reaction in that space to JD Twitch and Jonnie Wilkes’ nod to Lee “Scratch” Perry, which certainly ranked as one of the weekend’s finer moments.”– Crack Magazine
“There’ll always be something emotional about seeing a local event like AVA become a runaway, internationally-talked-about success story and this was even more true this year as it fought the Covid odds and managed to deliver its biggest event yet. Long may it reign.’“– Belfast Live
AVA BELFAST 2022 TICKETS
Weekend (3nd Release) from £85 Deposit scheme available – Reserve place from £30 Group Tickets – £300
6TH – 7TH SEPTEMBER 2022, DAMYNS HALL AERODROME, UPMINSTER
ANDY C / ARMAND VAN HELDEN / APOLLONIA / THE BLESSED MADONNA / BRU-C / CHRIS STUSSY / CRAIG DAIVD TS5 / DEBORAH DE LUCA / JAMIE JONES / HIGH CONTRAST / JOSEPH CAPRIATI / KINGS OF THE ROLLERS / LOCODICE / LOW STEPPA / MARCO CAROLA /
MICHAEL BIBI / RUDIMENTAL DJ / SHY FX / SONNY FODERA / SYREETA / PLUS MANY MORE….
We Are FSTVL is delighted to announce its Phase 1 lineup, tickets on sale plus PrettyLittleThing as their official headline sponsor for the 2022 edition of this hugely popular Essex weekender. In addition this year the event returns to its spiritual home at Damyns Hall Aerodrome, affectionately known as The Airfield of Dreams.
Celebrating the very best in House, Urban, Bass, Techno and Drum & Bass, today the UK’s biggest independent dance festival announces its phase 1 lineup, proving that this year’s music extravaganza is set to be its biggest yet.
Phase 1 acts for 2021 include chart topping UK favourite Craig David TS5, techno royalty such as Ibiza kingpin Marco Carola, Desolate label head Loco Dice and Italian sensations Joseph Capriati and Deborah De Luca as well as homegrown London favourite turned international star Micahel Bibi. There are also contemporary house and tech tastemakers like The Blessed Madonna, Apollonia, Sonny Fodera, Jamie Jones and legendary New York pioneer Armand Van Helden as well as drum & bass stars Andy C, Kings of the Rollers, High Contrast, Rudimental, Shy FX and many more.
Steve Durham, We Are FSTVL CEO, “The ultimate highlight of the festival calendar is returning for the hugely anticipated 9th edition and heads back to The Airfield of Dreams, bringing together some of the most iconic names in Bass, Techno, Drum & Bass and Dance music. Stage hosts to be announced very soon.”
Artist: China Charmeleon Title: The Third Label: Stay True Sounds Cat.: STS117 Release Date: December 10th 2021 Tracklist: 1. Falling (feat. El Payo & Dindy) 2. Confident (feat. Kali Mija) 3. No Loyalty (feat. AndileAndy) 4. Soul Saving Joy (feat. MusiQ Monks) 5. Slave To The Feeling (feat. Miči) 6. Save South Africa (feat. Chronical Deep) 7. The A Team (feat. AndileAndy) 8. Shall I Take A Bow (feat. Bongani Mehlomakhulu) 9. Starlight (feat. Radiane) 10. You Gotta Try
China Charmeleon and the label Stay True Sounds seem unstoppable, they’re set to release a brand new album of the South African artist titled ‘The Third’. That’s effectively the third studio album produced by Mr. China, who shows his stylistic evolution and the production skill growth. The whole composition hasn’t been made only with two hands, as appears on the tracklist all the tracks (except the last one) have been made in collaboration with other artists, a fact which allows the introduction in the music to some more variance and organicity. The entire sound is rich and totally into deep house, filled with interesting and alternative motifs that create a nice atmosphere during the listening.
Artist: Berndt Bechstein Title: Duck And Dive EP Label: SNOE Cat.: SNOE070 Release Date: December 10th 2021
Berndt Bechstein gets released on SNOE with the three tracker ‘Duck And Dive EP’, showing off a kind of sound that revisitates a bunch of themes coming from minimal and progressive productions made between the 2000 and 2010. The overall sound is phat and well defined in both the low-end and high-end, synonym of an excellent sound performance.
