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EPIZODE announces dates for its debut edition in Albania

EPIZODE, one of the most thrilling music and art festivals in the world, will have its debut edition in Albania, September 23 – 26 2021. Spectacular Asia’s event will, for the first time, bring its first-class music selection, immersive artistic setting and electrifying atmosphere straight to the blissful beach of Lezhe. EPIZODE will present four nights of round-the-clock music program wrapped in mesmerizing sunrises and sunsets, together with relaxing daytime activities and other memorable experiences. Festival will continue bringing the biggest global electronic music headliners alongside the best regional talents. All of them will be spinning at creatively designed stages and among the other-worldly art installations spread across the beach.

“We are very excited to launch Epizode and bring all its vibes to beautiful Albania. We will continue to write the story we started five years ago in Vietnam, together with people from 90 countries. We will always be driven by pure quality and the best atmosphere, and fully committed to bringing the biggest DJ heavyweights while showcasing the greatest Balkan’s talents. We would like to invite all party heads, thrill-seekers and travelers, to join us on this new adventure”, said Epizode management.

EPIZODE is located in the magical coastal area of Lezhe in Northwest Albania, filled with blissful landscapes, lush green pine forests and warm emerald sea. It’s stunning nature, Mediterranean culture, unparalleled local hospitality and mouth-watering local delicacies will make this trip a premier music getaway.

Born in 2016 in Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island, Epizode has, in only four years, made an impressive mark internationally, becoming an unmissable NYE getaway for music and art lovers, global adventurers and professionals from the music industry. Previous EPIZODE editions set the standard by curating some of the most respected artists on the global dance scene, including [A:RPIA:R], GOLDIE, LOCO DICE, NINA KRAVIZ, MOODYMANN, PEGGY GOU, RICARDO VILLALOBOS, SETH TROXLER, SONJA MOONEAR and ZIP, along with the prolific local talents. Global and internationally recognized club brands like ANTS, Arma, Half Baked and Mdrnty have also made their way onto the festival’s programme. This edition will be organized with support from UNUM, the most sensational Albanian festival.

Early Bird Multi-Passes will be available from July 15th starting at the international price of €69 while the Balkan countries will have a special price of €44. Tickets can be purchased online via Epizode website: www.epizode.eu

More information on the following links.
Epizode Albania Website (www.epizode.eu)
Epizode Facebook (@epizode.official)
Epizode Instagram (@epizode_official)

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NEOPOP festival is celebrating its 15th edition from 10 until 13 August 2022

The Blessed Madonna, Cobblestone Jazz, Honey Dijon, Loco Dice, Nina Kraviz, Paco Osuna, Ricardo Villalobos and Richie Hawtin are some of the 29 artists already confirmed for the anniversary edition.

Portugal’s biggest electronic music festival will return to the coastal town of Viana do Castelo for an extraordinary celebration for its 15th anniversary between 10 and 13 August 2022.

In true NEOPOP fashion the festival will host some of the biggest names in electronic music as well as the most important underground talent. The first wave of artists mixes NEOPOP household names with fresh artists who will make their debut in Viana do Castelo: 999999999 live, Adiel, Amelie Lens, Anastasia Kristensen, Bejenec live, The Blessed Madonna, Carlota, Cobblestone Jazz live, Courtesy, Dax J, Dj Nobu, Dr Rubinstein, FJAAK live, Héctor Oaks, Hessle Audio, Honey Dijon, Jan Blomqvist & Band live, Josh Wink, Loco Dice, Nina Kraviz, Paco Osuna, Paula Temple, Peter Van Hoesen, Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Solar and Zadig.

The rest of the line up and details for the event will be announced in due course.

For now, save the date as NEOPOP will return from 10 until 13 August 2022 in the wonderland for techno lovers, Viana do Castelo, bringing electronic music to this historic city.

Passes for the 4 days of the festival cost €90 and can be purchased here. Tickets already purchased for the 2020 and 2021 editions are also valid for 2022, with no action needed. NEOPOP 2022 is where people can celebrate and start dancing again.

For tickets head to the festival’s website or Festicket.

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Phonox Announce Residency with Palms Trax

PALMS TRAX UNVEILED FOR 10-WEEK RESIDENCY “BRAND NEW FEELING” AT PHONOX

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OMAR S * MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE * HUNEE * ANTAL
YOUNG MARCO * JOB JOBSE * SHANTI CELESTE
BUDINO * BATU * NU GENEA (DJ + KEYS)
TARZSA * CHANGSIE * RUBY SAVAGE

KAMMA & MASALO * ACEMOMA

PLUS FREE TICKETS FOR NHS AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WORKERS

16:00 – 22:00 | Every Sunday from 26th September – 5 December 2021 | Phonox, London

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Brixton electronic music institution, Phonox has unveiled Palms Trax’s ‘Brand New Feeling’ residency. Named after Roy Ayers’ track of the same name – a personal anthem for Pams Trax – the 10-week residency will run every Sunday from 26th September to 5th December. Each week Palms Trax will be joined by some of the industry’s most respected figures with the likes of Omar S, Shanti Celeste, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Changsie, OK Williams, Antal and Hunee all confirmed.

As clubs across the UK prepare to open their doors once again, Phonox are giving a little back with free tickets available for all NHS staff and carers. To support the thousands of people in our community that have faced financial difficulty over the past 18 months, free tickets are also on offer to hospitality industry workers as well as a generous allocation of reduced price £5 tickets available to everyone on a first come, first served basis.

Running from 4pm to 10pm on Sundays, Palms Trax residency at Phonox provides a rare opportunity to enjoy impeccable programming away from the chaos of peak-time clubbing. Sundays can bring a uniquely special atmosphere to the dancefloor, traditionally appealing to open-minded, genuine music fans with a vibe and energy that can otherwise be hard to achieve.

Palms Trax aka Jay Donaldson found early success when his 2013 ‘Equation EP’, released on the acclaimed Lobster Theremin imprint proved to be a dancefloor hit. The following decade has seen a string of critically acclaimed releases with Dutch power-house Dekmantel, a BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix and regular performances at revered institutions like Panorama Bar, Sonar, fabric and Glastonbury, not to mention his legendary headline sets closing out the main stage at Dekmantel 2019.

Across his 10-week residency, Jay will be joined by a carefully curated programme of artists with some of the scene’s most respected selectors including Shanti Celeste & OK Williams, Hunee, Antal, Omar-S, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Job Jobse, Young Marco, fellow Dekmantel affiliates, Kamma & Masalo, Discodromo resident Badino and queen of Tokyo’s underground scene, Changsie. Whilst each has carved-out their own distinctive identity, they share an ability to seamlessly weave between genres, from floor fillers to rare, hidden gems, few artists have such connection to the dancefloor, taking partygoers on a sonic journey filled with euphoric moments and plenty of surprises.

A swathe of exciting, rising talents are also set to perform with soulful NTS Radio host Tarzsa, head-honcho of Bristol’s Timedance label, Batu, feel-good selections from effervescent DJ Ruby Savage and a groove-laden set with live keys from critically acclaimed duo Nu Genea to name a few.

Commenting on the residency, Palms Trax said: “After 16 months spent pining for a sense of community, to have the opportunity to not only host a bunch of friends and peers on a weekly basis at Phonox, but also really familiarise myself with a more intimate crowd feels like a dream. Living in Berlin I’ve always loved going out on a Sunday, so I’m excited to experience that in London for the first time too! To be able to give a little something back to NHS, carers and hospitality workers that have been so greatly impacted over the past 16 months makes this all the more special.”

Offering hefty portions of good-time vibes, Palms Trax ‘Brand New Feeling’ residency will put the ‘sun’ into Sunday for 10 weeks of unmissable music.

Tickets for Palms Trax ‘Brand New Feeling’ residency will be available for presale at 10:00 and general sale from 13:00 on Wednesday 21st July. To sign-up for presale tickets please visit: www.palmstrax.co.uk

NHS staff and carers can claim their free tickets at: http://ticketsforgood.org

Hospitality workers simply need to register with CODE – an online community for the hospitality industry: www.codehospitality.co.uk

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Electric Woodlands Invites You Deep Into The Forest

Electric Woodlands Invites You Deep Into The Forest

Chase & Status, Hybrid Minds, Dimension, Crucast, Richy Ahmed, Kings of The Rollers, Flava D, John Summit, Bad Boy Chiller Crew and more take over 3 incredible stages of music for a brand new festival this September.

Stages hosted by: Dnb All Stars / Crucast / Foreverland 

Sign up for exclusive access to presale tickets: https://electricwoodlands.com/signup

Electric Woodlands is an all new festival that invites you deep into an enchanted woodland for 11 hours of musical escapism on September 25th 2021. Three beautifully bespoke stage designs, lush green landscapes and a hidden forest will be soundtracked by a who’s who of drum & bass, house and bass stars including Chase & Status, Hybrid Minds, Kings of the Rollers, Dimension, Flava D, Richy Ahmed, John Summit, Detlef, Latmun, Skepsis, Darkzy and Bou, as well as special guests Bad Boy Chiller Crew plus many more. Electric Woodlands offers a full Covid ticket guarantee.

The beautiful Bygrave Farm in Baldock is only 30 minutes from London but is a secluded and natural space that feels a million miles away from everyday life. A partnership with Big Green Coach means there will be plenty of buses from surrounding areas, as well as shuttle buses (10 mins from festival site) from the nearby Stevenage Station. The site will be converted into an immersive musical wonderland with a range of food and drink options to keep you fuelled through the day. The team behind the festival is the newly formed yet vastly experienced Louder, responsible for organising over 300 events and club shows a year including festivals  to all day events and club shows at the UK’s most prestigious venues including Printworks, Ministry of Sound, Clapham Common, O2 Academies, The Drumsheds and The Warehouse Project.

Electric Woodlands will host 3 stages of music, each hosted by acclaimed brands and genre-leaders, featuring a mix of red hot up and comers and established pioneers. DnB Allstars, the largest global online community of drum & bass fans, will host The Big Top, headlined by juggernauts Chase & Status and Rage. They’re joined by fellow big hitters Hybrid Minds, Dimension, the legendary Kings of the Rollers, as well as special guests and stars of the moment Bad Boy Chiller Crew, plus many more.

The Clearing Stage will be hosted by the mighty bassline collective CruCast, who have taken the scene by storm with a vital new strain of high energy bass sounds. They showcase leading practitioners Skepsis, Darkzy, Kanine, DJ Q b2b Jamie Duggan, Window Kid, Zero, Tsuki and more as well as special guest and garage, grime and bassline queen, Flava D.

The Enchanted Forest stage is hosted by the famously colourful and eccentric Foreverland, with cutting edge house selectors Richy Ahmed, special guest & one of the fastest rising stars of house music John Summit, Detlef b2b Latmun and more from the likes of Alisha, Lewis Tala, Royal Hustle and Kayley Harriet all taking to the decks.

Electric Woodlands is set to be a much needed, one day getaway and unforgettable experience which will undoubtedly become a permanent fixture in the festival calendar.

Sign up now at https://electricwoodlands.com/signup

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Stefano Ranieri ‘Risonanza’

Artist: Stefano Ranieri
Title: Risonanza
Label: Nulu Electronic
Cat: NULUEL043
Format: Digital
Release Date: July 23rd 2021
Tracklist:
01. 1942
02. Saulè
03. Your Time Is Up
04. Koncept One
05. Hypnotized Me
06. Black Rain
07. Karming Deep
08. Die Of Pain
09. Of Course
10. El Paradero
11. C’est Terrible
12. Journey Through
13. Please Tell Me
14. Lesson One
15. Talking To Wifey

Nulu Electronic hosts the brand new album from the Italian artist Stefano Ranieri: ‘Risonanza’ features 15 brand new productions totally infused into house and tribal. The various track motifs wink to the dancefloor, sometimes with an underground touch, but thanks also to the four to the floor structures and solid drums, the overall sound can be definied precise and durable. Anyway a special attention should be deserved to the vocals used there and there: these give immediatly a late night and fascinating vibe, ‘Your Time Is Up’ is the best representation of this thing. In the middle of the trackslist we found ‘Karming Deep’ and ‘Die Of Pain’, two productions that detach a little bit from the others, where a classy mood prevails everything else, a true cherry of the top.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/stefano-ranieri
https://soundcloud.com/nulu-electronic

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Sololo feat. Griffith Malo ‘Moses’

Artist: Sololo, Griffith Malo
Title: Moses
Label: Iron Rods Music / House Music Matters
Cat: IRMSOLO01
Format: Digital
Release Date: 23rd July 2021

South Africa takeover: Sololo and Griffith Malo makes the first release of Iron Rods Music, a sublabel of House Music Matters. With a recall to some minimal and tech house motifs from 2005-2010, they condensed all these into a mesmerizing mixture of tech house and deep house. The whole sound is round and embracing, also the vocal sample blends perfectly the various instruments used.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/user-95492229
https://soundcloud.com/griffith-malo
https://www.facebook.com/HouseMusicMattersEnt

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Obsidiaan ‘Reverbs Of The Motor City Pt. 2’

Artist: Obsidiaan
Title: Reverbs Of The Motor City Pt. 2
Label: Obsidiaan
Remixer: Samuel L. Session
Cat: OBDN006
Format: Digital
Release Date: July 25th 2021
Tracklist:
Reverbs Of The Motor City 3 (Casual Mix)
Reverbs Of The Motor City 3 (Deep Mix)
Reverbs Of The Motor City 3 (Samuel L. Session Remix)

Obsidiaan carries on the ‘Reverbs Of The Motor City’ saga, attempting the audience with another EP featuring Detroit (US) influenced sounds. Aside the obvious the EP’s dedicated name, the originals play well, the whole sound is round and expressive, maybe a little bit sad and with a winter smell of cold. The release is completed with a remix made by the Swesish Samuel L. Session, who extracts the significant pad synth from the main theme and plays with it, reduncing significantly the track duration and introducing a nevereding drum + synth loop.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/obsidiaanrec
https://soundcloud.com/samuel-l-session

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Phoniq “Androdisco”

Artist: Phoniq
Title: Androdisco
Label: Recline Music
Cat: RCLD102
Format: Digital
Release Date: July 30th 2021
Tracklist:
1. Original Mix
2. Guido Nemola Remix

Jonathan Calvo a.k.a. Phoniq gets released on Recline Music with the original ‘Androdisco’. That’s an oldschool influenced house anthem, where a bass riff is greatly used as main bassline, also a sensal vocal let the song to enhance a great motif. Guido Nemola appears as remixer, adding to the original theme a unique and distinctive dub techno vibe.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-mahoney
https://soundcloud.com/guidonemola
https://soundcloud.com/recline-music

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Various ‘Planet MHz III’

Artists: Yanamaste, Augusto Taito, Draugr, Kaiser
Title: Planet MHz III
Label: MHz
Cat: MHZV003
Format: Digital, vinyl
Release Date: July 2021 (digital), TBA (vinyl)
Tracklist:
A1. Yanamaste – Au Revoir
A2. Augusto Taito – All I See Is Fire
B1. Draugr – Room 101
B2. Kaiser – Me Through The Mirror

MHz (Messiahwaits) brings down the musical barriers in July 2021 with a various artist EP, showing off some serious techno music mayhem. Yanamaste, Augusto Taito, Draugr, Kaiser presents four tracks with contemporary and dancefloor oriented flavors, the bpm speed is high and the sound combinations are not for the faint of heart.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/messiahwaits
https://megahertz.bandcamp.com/album/planet-mhz-iii

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Sonus Festival returns to Croatia with over 40 headliners for 2022

Ricardo Villalobos b2b Zip, KiNK (live), FISHER, Paula Temple, Amelie Lens, Sven Väth, Rødhåd, Richie Hawtin, Dixon and tens more all play the stunning clubs on Zrce Beach 

Dates: 21st – 25th August 2022
Website: sonus-festival.com
Facebook: facebook.com/sonusfestival

At Sonus, the music runs from dusk till dawn for five days and nights. You dance by the beach, gaze out to sea and have a gorgeous sun beating down from above before the sky turns to flames and darkness falls. After two Covid-enforced years off, one of Europe’s most iconic summer festivals finally returns from 21st – 25th August 2022 with its most alluring line-up yet.

Once again you can expect world-class international guests like a special, mouthwatering back-to-back set between the dream team duo of Ricardo Villalobos and Zip. There will be first-ever Sonus sets from Bulgarian KiNK who plays live, as well as DJ sets from global hitmaker FISHER, UK tastemaker Michael Bibi plus Giorgia Anguili (live) and 999999999. There will be edgy new-school stars like Kobosil, Reinier Zonneveld (live), IMOGEN and Paula Temple all present forward-thinking techno. Ever reliable global headliners such as Amelie Lens, Sven Väth and Dixon bring their years of knowledge and skill, and there are more than 30 other names including Loco Dice, Maceo Plex, Patrick Topping, Chris Liebing, ANNA, Rødhåd, Ben Klock, Jamie Jones, Sonja Moonear, Richie Hawtin and Seth Troxler also set to headline.

Sonus is presented by Time Warp and We Love Sound. World renowned for being one of the most carefully considered Summer underground festivals, It always attracts an in-the-know and international audience of real music lovers. This highly anticipated eighth edition will go down across the lively Zrce Beach in Novalja, Croatia. This is a naturalistic haven and untapped beauty spot with a rich array of local cultures and customs and breathtaking scenery as well as plenty of more quiet spots to explore and enjoy between dancing.

Three coastal clubs Aquarius, Kalypso and Papaya provide the locations for endless dancing, with world-class sound systems, open-air dance floors, lush sun-loungers and uninterrupted views of the calming sea and meandering coastline. Of course, you can also expect some famous boat parties for up close and personal parties as you sail atop the twinkling seas.

The countdown is finally on to Sonus 2022. It is a unique five days where classy electronic music, welcoming music lovers and a beautiful location all make for an unforgettable experience.

Tickets, Accommodation & Information:
www.sonus-festival.com

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Amelie Lens
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Andrea Oliva
ANNA
Ben Klock
Boris Brejcha
Chris Liebing
Dax J
Dixon
FISHER
Giorgia Angiuli live
Hot Since 82
I Hate Models
IMOGEN
Jamie Jones
Joseph Capriati
Joyhauser
KiNK live
Kobosil
Kölsch
Loco Dice
Luigi Madonna
Maceo Plex
Michael Bibi
Monika Kruse
Pan-Pot
Patrick Topping
Paula Temple
Reinier Zonneveld live
Ricardo Villalobos b2b Zip
Richie Hawtin
Richy Ahmed
Rødhåd
Seth Troxler
SHDW & Obscure Shape
Sonja Moonear
Stephan Bodzin live
Sven Väth
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