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Opera Festival 2022

Opera Festival – 17th – 21st August
Milo, Sicily (Italy)

Sicily Based Opera Festival Returns For Second Edition With Soichi Terada, Roza Terenzi, Ela Minus, Mykki Blanco & More

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This August 17th-21st Opera Festival will deliver their second 360 degree cultural experience in Milo, Italy. The Sicily based festival launched in 2021, and this year they have set their sights firmly on propelling the festival to the next level. The first line up announcement includes a versatile curation of artists, not restrained to one genre or vibe. Artists already on the bill include Japanese maestro Soichi Terada (Live), the talented Ela Minus, SKY H1 & Mika Oki, Roza Terenzi b2b Reptant, American rapper Mykki Blanco, French musician Oklou & many more. The second line up announcement will follow, and contains a further medley of discerning performers from around the globe.

The multi stage and location festival draws inspiration from the natural elements of the Etna Volcano, and will all take place in a magical setting suspended between land and sea. The festival aims to celebrate music and arts through research, promotion and the enhancement of the whole area. At the same time, it offers a wide music selection ranging from experimental pop and traditional sounds from the local music scene. The festival program also features lectures, workshops, and outdoor activities.

Opera Festival is a multi-day event spread across the Milo area that aims to promote and support the quality and excellence of the area, to enhance its cultural, environmental and tourist resources. The main stage will be located at the Teatro Luico Dalla, afters shows will be located at Punto Base 13, daily showcases, electronic live acts and DJs will perform at Ballroom during the day time, and a special stage for free concerts and open decks, Antico Mulino/The Ancient Mill, this will focus on the local and Italian scene.

Several unique projects will take place during the Opera Festival journey, including some site specific concerts. The Etna Morning will be a beautiful sunrise concert in the vineyard (Vigneri 1435), a place for the early risers to take in the breathtaking settings that surround them. One of the days Ilice di Carrinu will take place, a mystical concert under an ancient tree located in the middle of Etna Park (937m high). Throughout the festival Opera Radio Tour will also take place, hosted by Rocket Radio.

Opera Festival will also be promoting a set of outdoor and cultural experiences that Milo and its exquisite surrounding areas have to offer. When not at the festival there are a host of choices of activities including vineyard tours, Etna Parco Avventura and a series of bike tours allowing you to dive right into nature.

All of the above combined into one package leaves festival goers with a wholesome and unforgettable experience in a historic and cultural melting pot, allowing art and nature to become one, conversing in harmony, allowing each of the elements of the local area to be explored.

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Brad Hart ‘Work’

Artist: Brad Hart
Title: Work
Label: Kynatix

Two new tracks by label boss Brad Hart if he was doing more techno lately this time he went for the melodic side of techno. Opening with “Work” that it has part of peak time techno mixed properly with melodic side and having the result of this piece that will fit any dancefloor. And to folllow we have “Open Ocean” wich is a very personal side of the LA based artists a progressive melody that invades our soul together with a nice rythm and small details that will make this one his favourite track in this release.

PACK SHOT Ken Ishii & M.R.E.U.X. - Secret World - Blumoog Music

Ken Ishii & M.R.E.U.X. ‘Secret World EP’

Artist: Ken Ishii & M.R.E.U.X.
Title: Secret World EP
Label: Blumoog Music
Cat. #: BLUG16
Format: Digital, vinyl
Release Date: 10th June 2022
Tracklist:
01 Magic Button – M.R.E.U.X
02 Fokus – M.R.E.U.X
03 Metal Spikes – Ken Ishii

Two key artists Ken Ishii and M.R.E.U.X come together for a split EP that features three powerful cuts with infernal rhythms and tense grooves designed to make their mark on the dance floor.

Italian M.R.E.U.X. is the Blumoog label boss with a pounding and original take on techno. He last appeared here many times, including on an EP with the legend that is Terrence Dixon and is known for his inventive and reliably big sounds with real reverence for the authentic early originators. Japanese DJ Ken Ishii has long been a vital part of the global underground. His Detroit-inspired techno is slick and futuristic and comes on the most influential labels around.

M.R.E.U.X.’s stylish ‘Magic Button’ is a percussive and psychedelic workout. It’s built from well-constructed loops of drums, synth and percussion. It’s dark and menacing and draws you deep into an eerie cosmic world. The excellent ‘Fokus’ is a modern and refined sound. The drums and bass weave tightly around one another and synths peel off the top. As the intensity grows, hi-hats get bigger and the whole track washes over you into powerful techno waves.

Then comes Ishii’s ‘Metal Spikes’, an unrelenting and head-wrecking cut with lithe and spangled synth loops repeating over the glitchy techno beats. It’s a track that will work any dance floor into a frenzy with its corrupted digital melodies and irresistible rhythmic refrain.

These are three well-designed and perfectly execute techno weapons from two of the best in the business.

Kohib ‘Golden Skies (Henrik Villard Remix)’

Artist: Kohib
Title: Golden Skies (Henrik Villard Remix)
Label: Beatservice
Cat. #: BS250-5
Format: Digital
Release Date: 29th April 2022

Feel-good Oslo house mainstay Henrik Villard returns to Beatservice with a dazzling new remix of Kohib’s track, ‘Golden Skies’.

Featuring the powerful vocals of Lydia Waits gliding over icy pads and subterranean bass, the hypnotic original version of ‘Golden Skies’ was the latest in a long line of recent successes for Kohib. As such, the label felt it ripe for a remix so looked to rising star Henrik Villard for a unique interpretation.

Emerging talent Villard is forging a fine reputation for his tight, house-flavored productions. From deep, heads-down grooves to stirring club house, he can do it all. The Oslo-based DJ and producer has released on labels including Mhost Likely, The Basement Discos, and House Cookin’ Records among many others.

Here he builds on the bittersweet quality of Waits’ yearning vocal and adds his own dreamy chords, atmospheric pads and thick, club-ready bass. Weaving in and out for the duration is scintillating instrumentation while the slick drum groove takes the track ever deeper into the dance floor.

This club-ready remix breathes new life into an already bewitching track while further cementing Villard’s reputation as an artist to watch in 2022.

Fred Hush ‘Hillbilly Boy EP’

Artist: Fred Hush
Title: Hillbilly Boy EP
Remixer: Marco Bailey & Sigvard
Label: iVAV Recordings
Cat. #: iVAV055
Format: Digital
Release Date: 29th April 2022
Tracklist
1. Hillbilly Boy
2. Hillbilly Boy (Marco Bailey & Sigvard Remix)
3. Kick It
4. Macdonalds

iVAV Recordings welcome Fred Hush as he makes his label debut, backed by Marco Bailey and Sigvard on remix duties.

A longstanding name within Belgium’s house and techno landscape, Fred Hush continues to evolve as a DJ and producer at the heart of the country’s underground club scene. Harnessing his skills as a resident at King Kong Club, supporting artists such as Ellen Allien, FJAAK, Dave Clarke and Octave One, his forays into production have welcomed releases via Rush Hour through to Relief. Adding a new label to his catalogue for 2022, late April sees the Belgian head to iVAV Recordings as he readies his ‘Hillbilly Boy’ EP, with Materia boss Marco Baileyand regular collaborator Sigvard stepping up on remix duties.

Booming title cut ‘Hillbilly Boy’ welcomes a cavernous main-room opener as murky low-ends meet skittering hats and sweeping synths, while Marco Bailey and Sigvard’s take journeys further into the peak-time as they up the tempo and introduce a swathe of euphoric leads and hard-hitting drums. Next, ‘Kick It’ journeys into hazy territories as rattling metallic tones meet hypnotic looped vocals, before ‘Macdonalds’ draws on the minimal-leaning M-nus days as suspenseful synths and off-kilter vox samples march forth amongst the mix.

Black Coffee and Damian Lazarus at Hï Ibiza

Grammy Award winning artist Black Coffee today announces the brilliantly bold roster of artists set to perform at his iconic Hï Ibiza residency this summer. With Damian Lazarus bringing his new residency to the club room each week too, joined by a cutting-edge selection of underground guests, Saturday nights at Hï Ibiza are guaranteed to be one of this summer’s most sought-after tickets.

Global house superstar Black Coffee returns to Hï Ibiza this summer to continue one of the island’s most forward-thinking residences, every Saturday from 14th May to 1st October. The futuristic superclub’s vast Theatre room will once again be a showcase of Black Coffee’s own refined Afropolitan house sounds, along with an expertly curated selection of pioneering and influential guest artists from around the world. This includes long-time friend and DJ powerhouse THEMBA, along with fellow South African talents Da Capo, DJ Kabila, DJ Merlon, Glen Lewis, Julian Gomes, Lemon & Herb and Trancemicsoul, who will each bring their uniquely deep takes on Afropolitan house and prove why it is one of the most exciting sounds in the world right now.

On top of this come many other red hot talents, all offering a broad musical spectrum, including US pioneers like deep house don Kerri Chandler and soulful selector Louie Vega. There will be idiosyncratic selections from the always characterful Seth Troxler and The Martinez Brothers, unique fusions of guitars and synths from Red Axes, intricately layered soundscapes from Henrick Schwarz and long, hypnotic and melodic offerings from Life And Death boss DJ Tennis. Bedouin, Jimi Jules and Kintar bring the house, along with tech talents Andrea Oliva, Nic Fanciulli and Keinemusik’s &ME, Adam Port and Rampa. Along with big, rolling techno from Marco Carola, Jan Blomqvist and TSHA, there’s French talents Manoo, Rocco Rodamaal and Salomé le Chat, Nigerian house from Laolu, eclectic selections from Danish trio WhoMadeWho plus plenty more from Airrica, Angelos, Badbox, China, Desiree, DJEFF and Parallells.

Meanwhile, Damian Lazarus‘s exciting new residency in The Club room will take you into another dimension of musical escapism with captivating performers and groundbreaking production making for something truly magical. This feast for the eyes is accompanied by a feast for the ears thanks to a line-up of cutting-edge DJs from across the worlds of house, minimal and techno.

Ibiza favourites Audiofly and Clive Henry are joined by American genre-bending talents DJ Holographicand DJ Three, Cassy brings her always chunky grooves while stripped back minimal master Priku will keep it deep. Francesca Lombardo always joins the dots between garage, breaks and techno with real elegance and Bedouin have their own shamanic desert house sound. French pair Parallells bring a richly melodic take on electronica as does the Kompakt founder Michael Mayer and his label mate Rebolledo.

Elsewhere, there’s Afro House selector Amémé, Cristina’s sounds range from micro house to upbeat minimal, the charismatic Jonny Rock is an impossible to predict DJ with fine taste and Yulia‘s minimal deep tech sound is heavily influenced by Detroit and Chicago house. Other DJs at the top of their game also lining up include Israeli musician Adam Ten, classically trained Bartolomeo, Italo-Mexican electronic innovator Concret, and Istanbul’s writer turned artist Elif. The dreamy sounds of Goldcap and Joplynround off this impressive bill, along with Russia’s Serge Devant, Afro house from Layla Benitez, Berlin based Tibi Dabo and Yulia Niko, plus Kemikal Ali + Bettina, Lum, Maglia, Manqo and London tech house pair Senzala.

This will be a season jam-packed with mouthwatering sets from the very sharp end of the underground, making Saturdays the most forward-thinking night out in all of Ibiza this summer. Tickets are available now – book your place at hiibiza.com.

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YOUniverse ‘Feels Right’

Artist: YOUniverse
Title: Feels Right
Label: Solid Grooves
Cat. #: SGR069
Format: Digital
Release Date: 29th April 2022

Italian pairing YOUniverse make their Solid Grooves debut with ‘Feels Right’.

Continuing to curate a sound that is undoubtedly their own, uniting established names and hotly-tipped talents worldwide, Michael Bibi and PAWSA’s Solid Grooves Records continues to serve up some of the biggest records in rotation for a host of the scene’s most prominent artists. Fresh from their long-awaited Miami Music Week takeover at Space, the attention turns to the music as they welcome rising Turin-based duo YOUniverse for their first appearance on the label with ‘Feels Right’.

Fusing shuffling, gritty drums and slithering low-ends with alluring and mysterious female vocals, ‘Feels Right’ slots in right at home on Solid Grooves as the label delivers yet more dancefloor-orientated goodness set to make global crowds move.

Pink Flamingo Rhythm Revue & Toribio ‘Living the Fantasy’

Artist: Pink Flamingo Rhythm Revue & Toribio
Title: Living the Fantasy
Label: toucan sounds
Cat. #: YTCW084
Release Date: 26.04.2022
Tracklist:
01 Living the Fantasy
02 Living the Fantasy (Instrumental)

Pink Flamingo Rhythm Revue & Toribio drop ‘Living the Fantasy’ on toucan sounds.

Since his debut self-titled EP in 2018, Pink Flamingo Rhythm Revue, aka Eric ‘Doc’ Mendelsohn, has collaborated with some of Nu Disco’s biggest names, including Purple Disco Machine, Yuksek, Jacques Renault, and many more since the project’s inception. Teaming up here with Brooklyn-based DJ, producer, and instrumentalist Toribio aka Cesár Toribio, the duo deliver a deeply funky vocal track for New York’s toucan sounds.

Toribio has been building his name in Brooklyn and around the globe as an in-demand DJ, most notably with his BDA (Bring Dat Ass) party, which has been bumping around New York City on a near-weekly basis, holding the party at Goodroom, Le Bain, Black Flamingo and more. Toribio is also the creative force behind Conclave (Love Injection Records). Their debut self-titled album was one of Resident Advisor’s picks for ‘Album of the Year’ in 2021.

‘Living The Fantasy’ sees the duo draw for grooving bass, sparkling synths, and shuffling live drums for a distinctly grooving, disco-influenced track. In addition to the vocals on the original, an instrumental is included also, stripping the vocals away to focus on the groove.

Brooklyn’s toucan sounds are a label at the forefront of emerging sounds and artists based out of the You Too Can Woo studios in New York. Since its inception in 2018, the imprint has been championing acts such as musclecars, Haruka Salt, Brandon Markell Holmes, and more.

Böjo ‘We Should All Get Lost’

Artist: Böjo
Title: We Should All Get Lost
Label: Traum
Cat. #: Traum V267
Release Date: 20. May 2022
Tracklist:
1. Once, Everything Was Unknown
2. We Should All Get Lost
3. Blue Of Distance
4. We Should All Get Lost (High On Mars Remix)

Grammy Nominated Artist Böjo on TRAUM!

Samuel Lizarralde is the Colombian producer and artist behind Böjo, an alias with whom he has worked hand in hand with artists of all genres, including acts such as Bajofondo, Carlos Sadness and Cimarrón. While still very young, Samuel Lizarralde is already a multi instrumentalist. He traces both a historical and a narrative journey from classical music to modern electronic music, Samuel Lizarralde spent 2020 sharing magnificent conceptual pieces of music under his Böjo moniker, which started out in ambient territory and gradually evolved into a full-fledged club project. The Colombian producer gained acclaim as part of Bogota duo MOÜGLI and was nominated for a 2019 Latin Grammys for his work Orinoco, the album by música llanera outfit Cimarrón. He shines on his own as a solo artist in 2021 and 2022 with his opus series etc , featuring ancestral voices and choirs submerged in the sounds of melodic techno with a powerful kick and orchestral metals that go slowly from classical piano to the darkest beats of techno.

The EP kicks off with the intro track “Once, Everything Was Unknown” an ambient powered slow beat spirit catcher that prepares you for the main track of the release.

“We Should All Get Lost” is the uncontested highlight of this EP that injects excitement with an oozed melancholy that could lead easily to a club anthem at open air festivals this year. Böjo is a deep thinking performer and with this new tune he has pivoted towards pops introspective energy which is sound of today. “We Should All Get Lost” in the end is an optimistic song with a slight hidden French house note generating that little euphoria you need to pass through his fascinating feel of melancholia.

“Blue Of Distance” is a deep techno track with a step by step build up, resulting in a mighty sound avalanche including a 303 acid basseline as the icing on the cake.

ROWA ‘Cucumber’

Artist: ROWA

Title: Cucumber
Label: Traum
Cat. #: Traum V266

Release Date: 06. May 2022
Tracklist:
1. Bitter
2. Sweet

ROWA is back again!

After a break of more than one and a half years we see ROWA back on Traum. We are happy to hear that ROWA picked up on his fantastic melodic techno compositions, elaborate and colorful. His music meets the dj world but can be enjoyed also by the listener of today. After hectic & difficult times he has come up with two tracks.

The opening track “Bitter” is a silent ride. From all the tracks he has released on Traum “Bitter” is maybe his most ambitious track to date. The melodic sequences slowly develop and create an introspective dance track par excellence. The music is full of humanity, playfulness and powerful emerging intensity. Straightforward in its brilliance and simplicity, yet carefully measured with a maturity that almost makes us wonder: how did ROWA manage to absorb all these influences and bring them together into a vibrant sound sequence which is ultimately captivating and timeless. We see an artist with his heart on his sleeve, brutally honest. An artist who lays his insecurities on the table. With “Bitter” ROWA establishes an emotional connection through a fascinating balancing act which carries you throughout the track. Welcome back ROWA.

The flip-side is called “Sweet” and puts forward an unconventional effort to place the listener at the center of attention, rather than to enforce a suppressive narrative onto them. The track is peaceful and happy and alternates between these two poles. Seemingly effortless the track makes these changes and sometimes a tiny bit of happiness lurks through the arrangement.