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Cixxx J ‘Feed Mode’

Artist: Cixxx J
Titel: Feed Mode
Label: Bosconi Kicks
Cat. #: bosconi047w

Bosconi welcomes Cosimo D’Amicis aka Cixxx J with his first EP on tuscany’s finest imprint.
The artist explains here the essential meaning of the release with his own words:
“Music gives people the gift of connection by making people mirror into each other. Here the recipe is simple: feed your sequencers all the feelings, and let them become grooves you can dance to. These four psycho- synthetic streams are deeply rooted in italo disco classics, and filtered through that whole culture that originated in Chicago and Detroit and that keeps un-becoming. All the ingredients are carefully selected to bring you to another dimension, because there is no such thing as glorious as love at first BITE”

Various ‘Blueprint25’

Artists: Various
Title: Blueprint25
Label: Blueprint
Cat. #: BP2021
Format: Digital
Release Date: 29 October 2021

James Ruskin celebrates Blueprint’s 25th anniversary with 25 tracks from the label’s Illustrious back catalogue.

“Reaching twenty-five years feels very surreal, as it only seems like yesterday Richard (Polson) and myself were sat plotting our path. Looking back at the incredible artists I have been lucky enough to release, and work with over those years gives me the inspiration for the next chapter,” says James Ruskin.

The tracks on the compilation have been hand-picked by Ruskin and offer a history of the label from its first year of releasing with Outline (Ruskin & Polson) to James’ ‘Weakness of the System’ (in 2020). The track listing takes in Blueprint regulars from over the years like Surgeon, Regis, Oliver Ho and Mark Broom, to contemporary signings like Lakker, Rommek and Truncate, alongside some of the label’s biggest remixes by Robert Hood, Luke Slater, Marcel Dettmann, DVS1 and Steve Rachmad.

The release of ‘Blueprint25’ coincides with a special 25 Years of Blueprint at London’s fabric the following night – Saturday 30 October. Joining Ruskin is Regis, DVS1, GiGi FM, dBridge presents Black Electric (Live), Machine Woman, Skee Mask, Zenker Brothers and Billy Allen.

*Traclist:
01. Lakker – Static & Amp
02. The Fear Ratio – Skana
03. O/V/R – Post-Traumatic Son (Robert Hood Mix)
04. James Ruskin – The Outsider (Luke Slater’s ME Remix)
05. Sigha – I Am Apathy, I Am Submission
06. James Ruskin – Wisdom of Youth
07. O/V/R – Post-Traumatic Son (Marcel Dettmann MDR Version)
08. Truncate – Process
09. Oliver Ho – Under
10. The 65D Mavericks – In the Dark
11. Outline – Encounter (Remastered)
12. Rommek – Arkose
13. James Ruskin – After Dark (Remaster)
14. Samuel Kerridge – Operation Neptune
15. Valmay – Radiated Future
16. Mark Broom & James Ruskin – Erotic Misery
17. James Ruskin – Nan Nife
18. Makaton – High Priestess
19. James Ruskin – Solex (Link Mix)
20. O/V/R – Post-Traumatic Son (DVS1 Pessimist Mix)
21. James Ruskin – Work (Steve Rachmad Remix)
22. Surgeon – Inside
23. James Ruskin – Correction Centre A
24. Oliver Ho – Pt 1
25. James Ruskin – Weakness of the System

HYTE Düsseldorf 2021

HYTE Düsseldorf 2021: The global event brand finally makes its debut in Düsseldorf with Kobosil and Charlotte de Witte.

HYTE opens the impressive halls of Stahlwerk Düsseldorf and ushers into “The New Age” with Charlotte De Witte on December 10th and Kobosil on Saturday the 11th.

After nearly two years of rave abstinence, HYTE finally returns with a massive event that promises to be one of many to come in the future. The Berlin-based underground events crew prepares for its first-ever Düsseldorf rave weekender on December 10th and 11th 2021. Techno sensation Charlotte De Witte and Berlin’s most notorious Kobosil are headlining each one event at the mighty Stahlwerk, the most iconic industrial location that Düsseldorf has to offer.

After a long period of event fasting, HYTE is ready to return in full force in 2021. Refreshed, reflected, and packed with big plans for the upcoming future. HYTE doesn’t do things in halves, so its debut Düsseldorf event is pulling out all the stops. This starts with the invite of two of the most sought-after names in electronic music today. Belgian techno titan Charlotte De Witte will be welcomed back after her tremendous closing set at HYTE NYE Berlin 2019, while one of techno’s fastest-rising stars Kobosil is set for his anticipated debut for the HYTE crew. Born and raised in the working-class district of Berlin Neukölln, his musical aesthetic is shaped not only by his upbringing but also by the cathartic energy of EBM, noise, and industrial that helped him pioneer a sound that is at once deep, fast, and aggressive.

Expect many more of techno’s finest, with a full lineup announcement coming soon.

Location-wise, HYTE has selected a location that’s played a crucial role in the city’s underground nightlife since the early days of rave. A huge inner-city venue that sports the same industrial flair that defines the formidable Shedhalle that hosts HYTE NYE in Berlin. Get ready for two turbulent nights in notorious HYTE style that will hit the milestone of a New Age. Rave is back!

HYTE DÜSSELDORF

Friday Dec 10th 2021, 22:00 – 08:00 Charlotte De Witte + more tba

Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1394774

Saturday Dec 11th 2021, 22:00 – 08:00 Kobosil + more tba

Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1465184

LOCATION

Stahlwerk Düsseldorf, Ronsdorfer Str. 134, 40233 Düsseldorf, Germany

DJ T-1000 ‘The Dirrty Underground EP’

Artist: DJ T-1000
Title: The Dirrty Underground EP
Label: BPitch
Cat. #: BPX014
Format: 12″
Release Date: Oct 8, 2021

BPitch · BPX014 DJ T-1000 – The Dirrty Underground EP

Detroit selector, producer and label owner (Pure Sonik Records) DJ T-1000 lands once again on BPitch Berlin with ‘The Dirrty Underground EP’, a dirty, percussive and pounding back-to-basics techno 4-tracker.

DJ T-1000 a.k.a Alan Oldham is a central figure in techno history. Detroit born and based in Berlin, he began his career in the early 90s with Underground Resistance, and is a prolific producer whose music has appeared on many labels including BPitch and Tresor. Behind the scenes, he runs legendary Detroit labels like Generator, Pure Sonik and Detroitrocketscience, and also works as a graphic artist and illustrator, producing iconic cover and merch artworks for Djax-Up-Beats, +8, Transmat and many more.

On ‘The Dirrty Underground EP’ Oldham utilises the timeless techno fundamentals – pummeling hardware percussion, tight loops, and chopped humorous samples, resulting in tracks quite different from his usual fare. ‘Clitfuck’ and ‘Think You Can Handle It’ are a pair of fast and loose hardware jams inspired by Ellen Allien’s recent sets. As the name implies ‘I Love It In My Acid’ is a murky, tunneling acid weapon, and ‘I Fucking Love Berlin’, with its raw, sleazy groove, pays fitting homage to the Detroit-Berlin axis.

Matt Egbert ‘Magic Words’

Artist: Matt Egbert
Title: Magic Words
Label: Music Is 4 Lovers
Cat. #: MI4L028
Format: Digital
Release Date: 8th October 2021
Tracklist:
01) Magic Words
02) Dreaming
03) Stuck Together
04) Burgundy

San Diego-based artist Matt Egbert returns to Music Is 4 Lovers with four grooving house cuts across his ‘Magic Words’ EP.

Following his debut on Music is 4 Lovers’ Global Lovers compilation series, San Diego hotshot artist, Matt Egbert, releases four minimal tunes bound to get any peak time dance floor vibing.

Maceo Plex vs. Liberty City ‘You Know What I Got’

Artist: Maceo Plex vs. Liberty City
Title: You Know What I Got
Label: Ministry Of Sound Records
Cat #: G0100046649526
Format: Digital
Release Date: 1st October 2021

Maceo Plex harnesses a Liberty City classic to drop anthemic new single ‘You Know What I Got’ on Ministry Of Sound

A DJ, producer and label boss at the top of his game, Maceo Plex continues to build his legacy as one of the most- loved artists within house and techno, serving up a slew of stand out productions via Afterlife, Drumcode, MUTE and his own Ellum imprint. Having touched down on the label to deliver the epic ‘When The Lights Are Out’, while also remixing Faithless’ timeless classic Insomnia, he returns to Ministry Of Sound to open October with his latest single ‘You Know What I Got’ – bringing a fresh 2021 take on a Liberty City 1995 hit and transporting it firmly into modern peak time territory.

Building on Liberty City’s infectious vocal iterations and swirling melodies, ‘You Know What I Got’ reveals soaring leads, fluctuating synths, sweeping atmospherics and warped vocals to unleash a production set to welcome heads down, hands up moments across the globe.

Vince Watson ‘DnA [re]Sequenced’

Artist: Vince Watson
Title: DnA [re]Sequenced
Label: Everysoul Audio
Cat. #: ESOL019
Format: 12” 2xVinyl LP / Digital
Release Date: November 1st 2021
Tracklist:
1. Holographic [Carl Craig’s Ride or Die Anthem] 2. [Re]Evolution [Jon Dixon Remix] 3. Second Wave [Steve Rachmad Remix] 4. Universal Language [Claude Young Remix] 5. Immersion [Stephen Brown Remix] 6. Second Wave [John Beltran’s Pan Am Remix] 7. Second Wave [Stephen Lopkin Remix] 8. Metamorphosis [Shawn Rudiman Remix]

2021 has been a monster year for Vince Watson with releases on Get Physical, Tronic, SushiTech, All Day I Dream, his own Everysoul Audio and a host of remixes.

But now Vince ends the year and takes things up a notch to bring his label’s biggest and most adventurous release to date: ‘DnA [re]Sequenced’.

After the massive response and high sales of his 18 track ‘DnA’ album in 2019, Vince had a vision of having some of the tracks remixed by his favourite Detroit ‘flavoured’ artists from the 3 places that musically have made it all possible for him: Scotland, Amsterdam, Detroit.

So it is with great pleasure that Everysoul can announce remixes by none other than Carl Craig, Claude Young, John Beltran, Jon Dixon, Shawn Rudiman, Stephen Lopkin, Steve Rachmad and Stephen Brown.

Planet E boss Carl Craig is no stranger to Vince’s work, having released 4 of his singles on Planet E and previously remixing his track ‘It’s Not Over’. His remix of ‘Holographic’ takes the heavy synth lines into typical C2 remix territory, building and building with layers into a crescendo.

Jon Dixon may be one of Detroit’s rising stars as a solo artist, but as a band member of Underground Resistance and Timeline, he plays with some of the best Detroit Techno groups around: Galaxy2Galaxy and is a classically trained pianist. Jon’s releases over the last few years now showcase his personal styles and Vince was desperate to work with him, with a keen respect for his musicianship. His Remix of [Re]Evolution takes the motor city sound of the original and tightens things up for a really slick jazzy groove.

John Beltran has been one of Vince’s favourite producers for over 25 years and his Pan Am remix is a journey of blissful Beltran fusion styles.

Claude Young takes his remix into a completely new and different direction, moving from the Electro of the original into an experimental masterpiece, respecting the tricky chord programming of the original and adapting into sounds that only Claude Young is able to extract.

Steve Rachmad is one of Vince’s closest allies in Amsterdam and having worked together on many projects over the years, Steve was the first name on the list. His 4/4 edition of Second Wave

takes the deep Detroit chords and harmonies into a much darker and groovier direction, with early Transmat character and the funk that Steve Rachmad is known for.

Shawn Rudiman’s remix is a no-nonsense straight to the floor banger, taking all the elements of the original into a much more streamlined and live improv version for the floor rather than the head.

Stephen Lopkin is one of Vince’s favourite Scottish producers and his remix takes the original into his own unique style and identity. The original had very unique chord progressions and timing and Lopkin was able to successfully extend this to make it even more complex but with a seamless flow that keeps the groove flowing.

Stephen Brown is also a top Scottish producer who Vince has been supporting and spinning for over 20 years, and his remix of Immersion removes the fluffy jazzy elements from the original and opts directly for the dancefloor, taking Immersion into new territory.

‘DnA [re]Sequenced is a monster of an album that does not come along very often, with such heavyweights all on board and is certain to get the attention it richly deserves.

2022 will see more DnA [re]Sequences from more established artists, as well as new Detroit material from Vince.

Sota ‘Pelican Club’

Artist: Sota
Title: Pelican Club
Label: Up The Stuss
Cat. #: UTS06
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 1st October 2021
Tracklist
1. Pelican Club
2. Serial Position
3. Technicolor
4. No Such Thing

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Sota heads to Up The Stuss as the Berlin-based talent drops his ‘Pelican Club’ EP.

A rising artist at the heart of Berlin’s rich house scene, Amsterdam-born DJ and producer Sota looks set to continue his sharp upwards trajectory as a name to know and watch. Welcoming four intelligent, expansive cuts combining slinking low-end grooves, sci-fi electronics, and sweeping interludes, the Dutchman’s ‘Pelican Club’ EP showcases his take on house music for the early morning hours as he touches down on Up The Stuss for the label’s sixth release.

Title cut ‘Pelican Club’ opens the EP with authority as the Dutchman lays down a killer snaking groove line accented by chunky kicks and spiralling electronics, while ‘Serial Position’ showcases a medley of tight percussive grooves alongside bouncy, zipping synth work and airy chords. On the flip, ‘Technicolour’ lays the focus on the drums and synths as wriggling lead lines meet crisp drum licks, before wrapping things up with the sweeping melodies and rolling electronic funk of final offering ‘No Such Thing’.

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Al Bradley ‘Libra + Remixes’

Artist: Al Bradley
Title: Libra + Remixes
Label: Rejekt Music
Cat. #: rJKT023
Release Date: Friday, October 29 2021
Tracklist:
Vinyl Track Listing
A1 – Libra (Original Mix)
A2 – Libra (Moodymanc’s In The Stars Remix)
AA2 – Libra (Jem Haynes Remix)
AA2 – Fireflies (V.i.c.a.r.i Remix)
Digital Exclusive Tracks
B1 – Fireflies (Original Remix) (Digital Only)
B2 – Fireflies (V.i.c.a.r.i Remix 2) (Digital Only)

A stalwart, and in the true sense of the word (as well as being one of the nicest people you could hope to meet on a night out), Al Bradley has been obsessed with House Music from the moment he stepped through the doors of the seminal Hacienda night club in Manchester in the summer of 1989.

It’s an obsession that’s lead him down a long and winding road, including 18 years and counting as a label boss, allowed him to feature on nearly 100 releases as well as celebrated residencies for powerhouses like Fabric London, Bugged Out Manchester and Pioneer DJ Radio. Being the kind of guy Al Bradley is though, he’s still also made time to kick it with the younger cats at spots like Stereosleaze (London) and Lip Service and Deadbeat Disco in his adopted hometown of Leeds.

We’re genuinely over the moon to bring you this EP, and as such, we’ve complimented the originals with what we feel are some pretty dandy remixes, spread across both the Vinyl and Digital releases, coming from the likes of self-proclaimed “product of a mis-spent mancunion youth” Danny “Moodymanc” Ward, the vinyl enthusiast’s favourite Tommy “Vicari Jnr” and the ever evolving genius of Colour Series Label Boss “Jem Haynes”

From here on in we always feel the most appropriate thing, is to let the music do the rest of the talking!

Vince Watson ‘DnA [re]Sequenced Sampler’

Artist: Vince Watson
Title: DnA [re]Sequenced Sampler
Label: Everysoul Audio
Cat. #: ESOL020
Format: Digital
Release Date: October 8, 2021

2021 has been a monster year for Vince Watson with releases on Get Physical, Tronic, SushiTech, All Day I Dream, his own Everysoul Audio and a host of remixes.

But now Vince ends the year and takes things up a notch to bring his label’s biggest and most adventurous release to date : ‘DnA [re]Sequenced’ and on this we present the [re]Sequenced Sampler – 3 brand new mixes from the DnA album by Vince himself, as a taster for the album being released next month, which features Carl Craig, Claude Young, Jon Dixon, Steve Rachmad, John Beltran, Shawn Rudiman, Stephen Lopkina nd Stephen Brown.

After the massive response and high sales of his 18 track ‘DnA’ album in 2019, Vince had a vision of having the some of the tracks remixed by his favourite Detroit ‘flavoured’ artists from the three places that musically have made it all possible for him: Scotland, Amsterdam, Detroit.

‘Universal Language’ departs the original’s electro territory and heads for the dancefloor in a smooth house version destined to be in the playlists of Detroit heads who like grooves and melodies just the way Detroit House can deliver.

‘First Wave’ goes in the opposite direction, taking the hi-tech sounds of Gratiot Avenue and heading into electro territory, creating a fusion just as powerful as the original track with its jazzy hats and futuristic sounds.

Finally, ‘Fourth Wave’ goes into sci-fi space territory and takes the original track into the mysterious wall of sound that Vince has been known to make for many years, with multiple synth lines to keep you hearing new things with each listen.

A stellar taste of what’s to come.

‘DnA [re]Sequenced is a monster of an album that does not come along very often, with such heavyweights all on board and is certain to get the attention is richly deserves.

2022 will see more DnA [re]Sequences from more established artists, as well as new Detroit material from Vince.