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Keecen ‘Back in the Day’

Artist: Keecen
Title: Back in the Day
Label: Mhost Likely
Cat. #: MHLGRN038
Format: Digital
Release Date: 29th October 2021
Tracklist:
1. Keecen – Omar Coming
2. Keecen – Back in the Day
3. Keecen – Back in the Day (Third Attempt Remix)
4. Keecen – Omar Coming (Johan Kaseta Re-Rub)
5. Keecen – Mon Chéri

Fast-rising newcomer Keecen, debuts on Mhost Likely Green with a deep and soulful EP, done the Tromsø way! Coasting off of the back of releases for Full Pupp, Paper Recordings and Beatservice Records, Keecen grabs the bull by the horns for this one with some warm and easy-listening Deep House.

The singles are followed by remixes from Third Attempt and Johan Kaseta. ‘Omar Coming’ is a straight-up slapping Deep House. A looping low-slung house roller charged with influences from soul absorbed by the midnight air. Deep goodness that rolls and rolls into the post-sunset fade of the evening sky. Watch out – Omar comin’! Next to it is the tender ‘Back in the Day’. Drenched in blue-toned textures, vocals rub up against crisp drum loops, luscious melodies and whirling deepness. The steady rolling continues with Third Attempt’s remix of ́Back in the Day’. A distinctive take on Norwegian Electronica that radiates across five minutes of late-night grooves. Spacious Röyksopp vibes all over the place! Completing the EP with John Kaseta’s re-rub of ‘Omar Coming’. An experimental excursion into the sonics of the original track carefully woven together into a hypnotic trip of drum loops and sounds that chime and shimmers.

East End Dubs ‘Collaborations EP’

Artist: East End Dubs
Title: Collaborations EP
Remixer: Fabe, Rossi., Sidney Charles, Rich NxT, Cuartero
Label: Eastenderz
Cat. #: EA001
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 22nd October (Vinyl) / 29th October 2021 (Digital)
Tracklist
1. East End Dubs & Fabe – Stargaze
2. East End Dubs & Rossi. – New Game
3. East End Dubs & Sidney Charles – Mental Stealth
4. East End Dubs & Rich NxT – Delicut
5. East End Dubs & Cuartero – Static Sea

East End Dubs unveils his new EA series with a huge collaboration EP as he partners with Fabe, Rossi. Sidney Charles, Rich NxT and Cuartero for the first instalment.

Emerging from the heart of London to become a label at the forefront of house and minimal, Eastenderz continues to grow as one of the most loved imprints in the scene. With over 45 releases from the likes of Chris Stussy, Priku and Toman, the label serves as a spotlight for quality material from exciting up-and-comers and established talents while hosting sold-out events across the UK, Europe, and their home, London. A new project for 2021, late October welcomes the introduction of a new series as label boss East End Dubs drops the first ever ‘Collaborations’ EP, welcoming back Fabe, Rossi., Sidney Charles, Rich NxT and Cuartero.

First up is ‘Stargaze’ alongside Salty Nuts boss Fabe as the German’s playful, skipping rhythms float atop of EED’s snaking basslines and tough kicks, while ‘New Game’ alongside London hotshot Rossi. welcomes chunky, rubbery bass licks, hypnotising electronics and crisp snare hits. Up next, the bubbling sonics of ‘Mental Stealth’ enter as EED and Sidney Charles layer silky drums and airy melodies to reveal an irresistible wormhole of sounds. Having partnered on FUSE previously, Rich NxT joins with authority on ‘Delicut’ as the pair offer up a no-nonsense after- hours anthem fuelled by zipping stars and heavyweight low-ends, before closing via the energetic, swing-fuelled grooves of ‘Static Sea’ with Spaniard Cuartero.

Patrik Berg ‘Living the Lie’

Artist: Patrik Berg
Title: Living the Lie
Label:Drumcode
Cat. #: DCX001
Format: digital / vinyl
Release date: 22 October, 2021

Drumcode hits the autumns months with a dancefloor ace fit for a variety of occasions. Patrik Berg, who debuted on the label with an excellent contribution to A-Sides Vol.10, returns with ‘Living the Lie’. The cut respectfully honours a Gladys Knight classic, marrying the lead vocal lines with more of his trademark deep techno rhythms.

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Elninodiablo ‘Lunchbox Candy / Let’s Get Sleazy (The Remixes)’

Artist: Elninodiablo
Title: Lunchbox Candy / Let’s Get Sleazy (The Remixes)
Label: El Nino Diablo Music
Cat. #: ELND0006
Format: Digital
Release Date: 22nd October 2021
Tracklist:
01 Lunchbox Candy (Crate Classics Hard Candy Remix)
02 Lunchbox Candy (Elninodiablo’s The Vata Deranged Experience)
03 Lunchbox Candy (True Romantic Remix)
04 Let’s Get Sleazy (with Each Other Remix)
05 Let’s Get Sleazy (The Emperor Machine Extended Dub)

Elbinodiablo recruits Emperor Machine, Crate Classics and more for ‘Lunchbox Candy / Let’s Get Sleazy (The Remixes)’ this October.

Following July’s ‘Into The Great Unknown EP’ by the Cyprus-born, Berlin-based DJ/producer, Elninodiablo pulls together a remix package for two tracks from the EP, bringing Crate Classics, The Emperor Machine, True Romantic, and Each Other onboard for a set of five quality re-interpretations that spans Drum & Bass, Italo, House and beyond.

Formed of British producers Aaron Horn and Jamie Rodigan, Crate Classicstweak ‘Lunchbox Candy’ into a maximalist Drum & Bass and jungle-inspired whirlwind. Taking the razor to his own track, Elninodiablo’s ‘The Vata Deranged’ remix sees him inject pumping drums and colourful stereo FX, before True Romantic lowers the tempo for a funky, low-slung jam.

NYC-based duo Each Other, composed of Justin Strauss and Max Pask, deliver a dynamic, italo-infused roller of a remix of ‘Let’s Get Sleazy’, before The Emperor Machine delivers an ‘Extended Dub’ mix of the same track, drawing for a dense, tripped out analogue workout to close out the release.

Kamuflars ‘The Things That Swings’

Artist: Kamuflars
Title: The Things That Swings
Label: Mhost Likely Green/Jungelen
Cat. #: MHLGRN033
Format: Digital
Release Date: 22nd October 2021
Tracklist:
1. Kveldsol
2. The Things That Swings
3. Kveldsol (Telephones MOLO Sunrise Remix)
4. The Things That Swings (Tom Manzarek Dub Remix)

Norweigan producer and now farmer Kamuflars continues his fine run of form with two bouncing Balearic dub house cuts on Mhost Likely Green and Jungelen. Remixes from Tom Manzarek and Telephones complete this vital package.

Kamuflars is the Jungelen label and party resident known for his eclectic electronic sounds. He makes a distinctive brand of Norwegian funk that has won him plenty of acclaim in the European press. Whilst the fast-rising artist’s last release on Mhost Likely took a more experimental broken beat approach, this new EP has you jumping in no time.

The skippy and bright beats, heavy basslines and luscious synth patterns of excellent opener ‘Kveldsol’ (which translates to evening sun) invite you on a tipsy trip to the beach at sundown. Next to that is the deliciously dub-heavy ‘The Things That Swings’ which does just what it says on the tin with luminous synth work adding to the bouncy yet dreamy atmosphere.

Berlin-based Norwegian and cult producer Telephones’s remix of ‘Kveldsol’ is perfectly breezy for the early morning hours. He has re-recorded some of the 606-drums and added Balearic elements through live recordings. As he perfectly describes it: “Pseudo-Balearic, Strictly Rhythm, after-hours party-vibes. Evening sun on Fløyen and view from the Sotra bridge with sea gust in the hair”. Finishing off is Plaisance Records man and South of France dub don Tom Manzarek. His Dub Remix of ‘Things That Swings’ is another of his superbly downtempo soundscapes complete with Zouk-inspired sounds.

This is another hugely charismatic selection of sounds from Mhost Likely Green and Jungelen.

Alan Nieves ‘Empire EP’

Artist: Alan Nieves
Title: Empire EP
Remixer: Bassel Darwish
Label: Revival New York
Cat. #: RNY012
Format: Digital
Release Date: 22nd October 2021
Tracklist
1. Rock & Tech
2. Hot Flip
3. Rock & Tech (Bassel Darwish Remix)
4. Bliss

Alan Nieves showcases the Big Apple as he drops his ‘Empire’ EP on Revival New York, backed by a remix from Bassel Darwish.

With a residency to his name at Brooklyn’s renowned Output and releases via the likes of Circus Recordings, Rawthentic, Sola and South Of Saturn, New York City native Alan Nieves continues to emerge as a DJ and producer making a name on the US and global circuit. Having remixed Joseph Edmund on the label in March, he returns to Revival New York and reps his home city to the full across his ‘Empire’ EP, accompanied by Solid Grooves resident Bassel Darwish on remix duties.

‘Rock & Tech’ opens proceedings via a slick combination of heavy bass slaps, resonant guitar licks and rolling organic drums, while ‘Hot Flip’ injects a slab of toughness via punchy kicks, zig-zagging grooves and warping vocals. Next up, Bassel Darwish’s take on the opener harnesses the original’s guitar elements alongside slick drum grooves and added vox samples to shape up a lively terrace anthem, before closing via the hypnotic tones and spiralling soundscapes of final effort ‘Bliss’.

“Rebuild. Reinvent. Revive” – Revival New York

Joyhauser ‘Lamana EP’

Artist: Joyhauser
Title: Lamana EP
Label: Terminal M
Cat. #: TERM204
Release Date: 19.11.2021
Tracklist:
A: Joyhauser – Lamana
B1: Joyhauser – Vesperi
B2: Joyhauser – Lysergic Acid

Terminal M Records · Joyhauser – Lamana EP

Belgium’s sweethearts Joyhauser are back on Terminal M with another great 3 track ep! Lamana’s pulsating acidline plus a warm melodie with an array of layers are definitely working well on the dancefloor! Vesperi impresses with a dark atmosphere which is perfect for the more soulful moments ! Lyseric Acid is a great pumping track where the combimation of darkness and some vocals puts you in another state of mind.

Mark Flash ‘Hors D’oeuvres Vol. 2’

Artist: Mark Flash
Title: Hors D’oeuvres Vol. 2
Label: [DTFA] Detroit Techno Funk Association
Cat. #: DTFA-002
Format: digital
Release Date: 31 October 2021
Tracklist:
1. One Way Ticket To Mars
2. They Can Hear Us
3. They Can See Us

[DTFA] Detroit Techno Funk Association was launched in 2020 by the descendants of Underground Resistance for the next generation of Black Dance Music [BDM].

‘Hors D’oeuvres Vol. 2’ features Mark Flash with another 3-track series of floor bangers. ‘One Way Ticket To Mars’ is a playlist addition to your rocket ship for planetary evacuation. A compilation of beats, sounds and rhythms designed for the journey. See you when you get here.

‘They Can Hear Us’ / ‘They Can See Us’ represents the sound of the soul. Find out what your soul sounds like and make some noise. Silence is invisible to the ear… so If they can hear us, they can see us.

Regis ‘Beyond The Reach Of Time EP’

Artist: Regis
Title: Beyond The Reach Of Time EP
Label: EPMmusic
Cat. #: EPM24V / EPM94
Format: vinyl / digital
Release Date: 12 November 2021
Tracklist:
A1. Regis – No Love From Above
A2. Regis – At The Side Of Silence
AA1. Regis – Beyond The Reach Of Time PT 2

Wrapping up our 20th year in fine style EPM are delighted to reveal the release of ‘Beyond the Reach of Time’, the surprise 4th instalment of our EPM20 vinyl series from UK techno master, Regis.

Karl O’Connor (aka Regis) has remained a maverick and iconic figure on the global techno stage, ever since his ‘Montreal’ EP burned his name across the world’s dancefloors some 25 years ago. His unconventional and single-minded label, Downwards, often shrouded by mythology, has also helped to launch fellow protagonist Surgeon as one of techno’s most revered DJ/producers.

Never one to tread the easy path, O’Connor alongside known projects such as British Murder Boys (with Surgeon), O/V/R with James Ruskin and Sandwell District alongside Function and Silent Servant has more recently collaborated with artists such as Ann Margaret Hogan (piano) and Justin K. Broadrick on guitar (previously of Godflesh) for a one-off concert performed live in the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, Argolis, Greece as well as releasing last year’s stunning new album ‘In This Is The Light That You Miss’ on Downwards. In his continuous search to side-step convention, he remains one of the more highly regarded creative forces within the British techno/electronic scene.

The genesis of the tracks on ‘Beyond the Reach of Time’ go way back to 1999 and thanks to various internet leaks have, over the following years, added to the mystique that surrounds them and the artist. Recorded in a period when O’Connor was putting tracks together for both an album on Tresor and an anonymous shortly-lived house label called Housework, these tracks seemed to fit neither the hard-edged Regis sound of the time nor the Housework style and simply slipped through the cracks.

Now over 20 years after their creation we are proud to give these long-lost Regis tracks the official release they deserve. The EP opens with the thumping yet muted tribalism of ‘No Love From Above’ whereby O’Connor approaches the dancefloor with malevolent restraint before ‘At the Side of Silence’ fuses this approach with the chord motif that runs through the beating heart of this release.

Rolling in at just under 13 minutes the closing ‘Beyond the Reach of Time Pt.2’ is epic in both scale and sound, its synth drenched chords taking it closer to Motor City emotionalism than anything O’Connor has committed to wax. Its sister piece ‘Beyond the Reach of Time Pt.1’ can also be found on ‘EPM20’, the 21-track digital compilation marking EPM’s 20th Year.

Radio Slave ‘Acid Dip’

Artist: Radio Slave
Title: Acid Dip
Label: Rekids
Cat. #: REKIDS189
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 15th October
Tracklist:
A. Acid Dip
AA. Armani

Radio Slave returns to his Rekids imprint this October with the perfectly balanced ‘Acid Dip’ single.

The titular track on ‘Acid Dip’ sees Matt ‘Radio Slave’ Edwards in particularly strident form. Riding a broken, stuttered-kick rhythm, ‘Acid Dip’ is a jabbing, insistent slice of UK techno shot through with hardcore and, whilst not skimping on raw power, still maintains the hypnotic nature that inhabits much of Edwards’ work.

On the flip, ‘Armani’ takes off down a dubbed-out, futuristic Italo-infused house workout that, throughout its eleven minutes 28-second span, shows a more dense, layered side to Radio Slave production.

Another triumph of a single from one of modern electronic music’s most consistent talents, Radio Slave’s ‘Acid Dip’, is released 15th October via Rekids.