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Yuksek ‘Nosso Ritmo remixes – Part 1’

Artist: Yuksek
Title: Nosso Ritmo remixes – Part 1
Label: Partyfine / Sweat it Out Music
Cat. #: FINE064EP
Release Date: 19th June 2020
Tracklist:

Gorgeous (Dombrance remix)
Gorgeous (Mighty Mouse remix)
Gorgeous (Chloé remix)
Gorgeous (Jack Burton remix)
Gorgeous (Extended Disco mix)

Hot off the back of his critically acclaimed ‘Nosso Ritmo’ album, French electronic powerhouse Yuksek returns with the first in a series of remix EPs, this time featuring Dombrance, Mighty Mouse, Chloé and Jack Burton.

Producer, DJ and Partyfine label boss Yuksek has been a vital force in the electronic music scene for the last two decades, releasing a string of albums and EPs on boutique independents, major labels and his own, much lauded imprint. A classically trained musician, his sound has veered from left-of-centre pop, to quirky electro-disco, always bringing a unique musicality and sense of fun with it. His latest long-form offering, ‘Nosso Ritmo’ is no exception, with a disco inspired sound and a host of outstanding collaborations at its heart.

Now, Yuksek’s fourth studio album gets the remix treatment, kicking off with with five variants of the excellent ‘Gorgeous’. First up is fellow Frenchman Dombrance who turns in an arpeggiated, eighties influenced disco roller. Next up Glitterbox associate Mighty Mouse drops a funk laden re- imagining, replete with classic disco FX, a wandering bassline and shuffling dancefloor drums as the backing for the original vocals.

Long standing French electronic talent, Chloé steps up next with a deeper version that mines darker house territory to perfection, whilst Jack Burton brings a chugging disco affair to the party. The package is completed with an Extended Disco mix of the original.

This is the first part of what is set to be an unmissable remix project with a stellar cast which will also include Inigo Vontier, Bosto Bun, Kraak & Smaak, Rubin Steiner, Youman, Daniel Wang, Getaroom, Bosq, The Mikanism, Mark Lower and Jkriv.

Richy Ahmed ‘Bad Boy / Italo 80’

Artist: Richy Ahmed
Title: Bad Boy / Italo 80
Label: Four Thirty Two
Cat. #: 432R015
Release Date: 10th July 2020
Tracklist:
1. Bad Boy
2. Italo 80
3. Bad Boy (Enzo Siragusa remix)

Richy Ahmed returns to his Four Thirty Two imprint in rude health, and with his first new productions since the autumnal months of 2019. Fast asserting his credentials as one of the scene’s greatest exponents of uncomplicated and palpable house music, Richy delivers two new cuts, and enlists Enzo Siragusa to turn his hand to a remix.

A rough and ready production gives ‘Bad Boy’ its instant appeal, as Richy takes a heavy bass driven rhythm and sprinkles chopped up vox and trance inducing tones over the disco inspired groove. FUSE London resident, Enzo Siragusa, is enlisted on the remix duties for ‘Bad Boy’, scattering shiny string motifs and contorted vocals over a headsy and drum heavy mix.

Perhaps the greatest of decades in music is invoked on ‘Italo 80’, as Richy simmers an Italo inspired cut, dazzling with thick arpeggiated synths and drum sounds almost as big as the shoulder pads and hair of the era! A blistering acid line bubbles away as Richy explores a robotic rhythm and dizzying synth motifs.

Maxi Meraki ‘Love Story EP’

Artist: Maxi Meraki
Title: Love Story
Label: True Romance
Cat: TREP026D
Format: Digital
Release Date: June 5th 2020
Tracklist:
1) Constellations (Original Mix)
2) Lie Machine (Original Mix)
3) Baby (Original Mix)

Buy link: https://www.beatport.com/release/love-story/2966301

Belgium has long been a hotbed of house talent and one of the many names keeping the country on the map is Maxi Meraki who now returns with three fresh new cuts. First up, ‘Constellations’ is a busy disco track that rolls on with chattery percussion and raw loops. It really builds the pressure and keeps clubs locked. ‘Lie Machine’ is a more soulful and playful house cut with a fantastic male falsetto sticking out of the classic deep house groove. Last of all is ‘Baby’, a disco tinged dazzled with shooting chords and the sort of energy that carries you late into the night. Once again then this is a fantastic new EP that marks the beginning of a super career for one of Belgium’s most sought-after emerging names.

Words by Michael Higgins

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/maximeraki
https://soundcloud.com/trueromancerec

Carl Cox, Eats Everything and Nightmares On Wax headline the next Set For Love

The electronic music industry is uniting once more on the 19th, 20th and 21st June with Carl Cox, Eats Everything and Nightmares on Wax amongst the headliners joining the party and inspiring DJ’s around the world to join them and play a Set For Love.

Building on its hugely successful Set For Love in May, the Last Night A DJ Saved My Life charity are looking to continue fundraising in aid of its COVID-19 appeal with another record breaking event.

Raising more than £60,000 across a mammoth 72-hour simultaneous DJ live stream, more than 1,000 DJs took part last time from over 50 different countries. The event saw the likes of Louie Vega, Paul Oakenfold, Jackmaster, Nightmares On Wax, Doorly, Pioneer DJ, Mixcloud and many more industry heavyweights get involved. They were joined by thousands of other DJs of all levels and from all corners of the globe streaming and fundraising. Now LNADJ is taking Set For Love one step further to continue to help communities that are suffering drastically from the consequences of lockdown and with industry heavyweights like Carl Cox calling out to DJs around the world.

The headline sets will be hosted daily on the Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Facebook Page (facebook.com/lnadj.charity/) from 7pm CEST through to 1am on Friday 19th, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June. They can also be viewed on DanceTelevision social channels and the artists own channels. The weekend includes a Wax Da Jam showcase on the Saturday. Each session will finish with a community DJ handpicked by the charity for their fundraising efforts at the last Set For Love, giving them a dream opportunity to play alongside some major names.

Friday 19th June
7-8 – Nakadia
8-9 – Deborah De Luca
9-10.30 – Eats Everything
10.30-12 – Carl Cox
12-1 – Nyan Narine (Community DJ)

Saturday 20th June – Wax Da Jam Showcase
7-8 Mark Farina
8-9 -Cut Chemist
9-10 -Simon Dunmore
10-11 – Nightmares On Wax
11 – 12 Statik
12 – 1am – Max Pietrangeli (Community DJ)

Sunday 21st June
7-8 – SKT
8-9 – Pascal Kleiman
9 -11 Louie Vega
11-12 Joe Smooth
12-1 A-Ro (Ashely Robinson Community DJ)

The ongoing event has already seen invaluable work take place in Uganda, Tanzania, Nepal and Indonesia. LNADJ is encouraging community DJs, A-list celebrities, labels, promoters, producers and every one in between to get involved and help raise money to continue to help provide food parcels, fresh water and sanitation supplies to those suffering from the consequences of lockdown and COVID-19 in developing countries.

Jonny Lee, Founder of LNADJ said, “To see some of the most high profile DJs in the world come together with thousands of community DJs is a real inspiration. Although lockdown restrictions may be being lifted in places, the economic crisis for many is getting worse, not better. We’re supporting vulnerable people in developing countries who have no savings, no benefits systems, no furlough! These communities need our help now more than ever so I urge anyone that wants to make a difference and help change people’s lives to join us on June the 19th, 20th and 21st June by sharing a set, spreading the message or donating.”

Carl Cox said “I am really looking forward to playing alongside my peers and to creating a very special musical journey for Set For Love, it feels good to do this for the cause of helping others, with our passion to share. See you all out there. Oh yes!”

Eats Everything said “Playing on line-ups with Carl is special every time, I never expected to be doing it ever, let alone from halfway around the world but it is lovely to be involved in such an inclusive concept such as Set For Love.”
Those looking to take part and make a difference, can simply register at www.setforlove.org, choose the hour(s) they want to broadcast their set, choose the platform they want to broadcast it from and share the LNADJ fundraising link setforlovedoante.org. The sets will then be streamed simultaneously all weekend long, with DJs sharing the link for their fans, friends and family to donate and spread the hashtag #setforlove.

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life is a registered charity in England & Wales no 1142478.

Platform 18 announce online festival on Saturday 4th July

https://www.facebook.com/Platform18Glasgow/

On Saturday July 4th, Glasgow’s Platform 18 invite you to join an online stream headlined by Jackmaster, Frazi.er, Maria Airam b2b Lunarplatz and founder Ivan Kutz. The stream will be raising funds for the charity Scottish Association for Mental Health, who Platform 18 have worked with from the start, and is a great way to come together and forget whatever woes you may have during these strange times.

The stream runs from 4pm until 9pm and plays out on the same day that this year’s festival was meant happen with world class headliners Richie Hawtin, Floorplan, Fjaak (live), ANNA and more all playing one visually spectacular main stage in a unique urban setting.

Platform 18 offers something new and fresh for Glaswegian house and techno lovers and has done since 2013. It comes from the mind of a promoter who has been putting on events for over 12 years and gives you an intimate connection with DJs: everything is set up so the raver and DJ are in sync, the selectors can join punters in the crowd for hugs and even high fives during set and they have done many times in the past, which always makes this a very special and standout occasion.

While this stream won’t replace the main event, it is a great way to connect with likeminded raves, from the safety of your own home, and hear some cutting edge electronic music by some masters of the form.

Donations can be made to SAMH at any time via the JustGiving page:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/platform18streetfestival

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MDLBEAST Freqways launches 12-hour digital music festival

The 12-hour digital music festival from Freqways will feature Sasha, Danny Tenaglia, Maceo Plex and more from unique locations around the globe.

Game-changing Middle Eastern lifestyle and entertainment brand MDLBEAST are to launch MDLBEAST Freqways – an immersive musical adventure and virtual travel experience that takes you around the world via a 12-hour, multi-stage online music festival that starts at 7pm (GMT+3) on June 20th and ends at 7am on World Music Day. Featuring international artists such as Steve Aoki, Afrojack, Maceo Plex, Claptone, Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Sasha, Butch, Art Department, Gui Boratto, Benny Benassi and regional stars such as Baloo, Cosmicat, Jade x Tala and Antabi Brothers. The festival offers a platform where art, music and culture combine and bring people together through the common language of music.

MDLBEAST is a global creative platform setting the tone for music, art and culture in the Middle East. Their flagship annual event, Soundstorm, was the region’s largest festival to date, with the world’s largest ever festival stage, and had an attendance of 400,000 people over three days. In a notable evolution from previous years, the event brought quality underground music out of the local shadows and into the global spotlight, forever changing the scene and inspiring the next generation, bridging gaps between cultures and offering opportunities for collaboration and representation of regional and international talents under one umbrella.

Expanding these core values of spreading joy through music, arts and culture to the world, Freqways will be a borderless online festival and virtual travel experience where movement is unlimited despite us all being in lockdown. It will bring people together from diverse backgrounds and unite through the common language of music, so once virtual travellers get their boarding pass, they will head to any one of the three carefully conceived boarding gates (stages) and prepare for take off, all from the comfort of their own home.

What’s more, MDLBEAST Freqways will integrate with existing virtual museums and galleries to emulate the cultural experiences people seek when they travel. As such, this is an opportunity to explore rich Saudi culture, art and heritage, experience new sights and sounds and discover things in a reimagined way via your desktop. Adding to the immersive and escapist theme of air travel, MDLBEAST-branded merch is available before, during and after the event in a Duty Free-style area that perfectly compliments the flight experience.

Ahmad Alammary, Chief Creative Officer says “The music industry in the region is raw and the merging of neo-culture and technology creates a new buzz, inspiring young musicians to create fresh, unexpected music. MLDBEAST is here to celebrate that… Music and art are universal. A language that can bring people together, inspiring new thriving, creative communities.”

Freqways is an opportunity to showcase both local Saudi talent and iconic locations across the Kingdom. A roster of Saudi DJs, will be performing their sets in beautiful and diverse landscapes – many of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites – in places like Diriyah, Abha, Al Baha, Al Balad in Jeddah and more. Meanwhile, international DJs play from Berlin, Washington, Miami, Las Vegas, Amsterdam, New York, Dallas and many other cities around the world

This creative exchange, regional showcase and global coming together of like minded art, music and culture lovers is to be a historic moment for dance music in the Middle East and beyond.

The digital music festival can be streamed on Saturday via the MDL Beast website: https://freqways.mdlbeast.com/

INTERNATIONAL ACTS

Afrojack (Amsterdam)
Art Department (Barcelona)
Benny Benassi (Vernazza)
Butch (Frankfurt)
Claptone (Berlin)
Danny Tenaglia (Miami)
Deep Dish (Washington DC)
Dirty South (Melbourne)
Delano Smith (Detroit)
EDX (Zurich)
Laidback Luke (New York)
Gui Boratto (Sao Paulo)
Maceo Plex (Dallas)
Phil Weeks (Paris)
Sasha (Ibiza)
Steve Aoki (Las Vegas)
Steve Lawler
& MORE

REGIONAL ACTS

Anmarz (Jeddah)
Antabi Brothers (Diriyah)
Baloo (Al Baha)
Cosmicat (Red Sea)
K.LED & Majid (Riyadh)
Jade x Tala (Beirut)
& MORE

MDL BEAST
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KOKO ‘Love Me ASAP EP’

Artist: KOKO
Title: Love Me ASAP EP
Label: LOCUS
Cat. #: LCS001
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 19th June 2020
Tracklist

KOKO feat. Quelle Rox – Chantal
KOKO – Your Ass, My Camel Blue
KOKO – Love in Plexiglass
KOKO – Amor Ante Hominem Nascitur

Enzo Siragusa and FUSE launch new label LOCUS, with the debut EP coming via hotly-tipped talent KOKO.

Having recently unveiled a new-look aesthetic for his long-standing and highly influential FUSE imprint, Enzo Siragusa and the FUSE team will now turn their attention to a fresh project and brand new label – LOCUS – with the ambition to create a new and refreshing home for exclusive underground electronic music, just as FUSE has done so over the past 12 years. The ethos behind LOCUS is simple – to explore all shades of house music with the dance floor at the forefront of its thinking. Set to home the very best in four-to-the-floor club music from both established talents and rising stars alike, the first EP on the label arrives this summer courtesy of INFUSE regular and ever-impressive Italian DJ and producer, KOKO.

“I’m excited to launch our new label LOCUS – which will focus on a more upfront house sound coming from our growing global community. We’re going to be working with some new artists as well as some familiar faces, whilst exploring a new musical direction” – Enzo Siragusa

Opening with the infectious ‘Chantal’ alongside Brooklyn-based vocalist Quelle Rox, the Italian’s penchant for rich and dynamic soundscapes from across the house sphere quickly becomes apparent as he fuses resonant synths and refined drum licks beneath infectious vocals for a sun-kissed opener. Next, ‘Your Ass, My Camel Blue’ welcomes fluid electric piano lines and icy hats atop of a snaking bassline, before journeying into the luscious chords, sultry rhythms and resonant sax-riffs of ‘Love in Plexiglass’. Last up, final cut ‘Amor Ante Hominem Nascitur’ closes things out via a medley of hypnotic leads, dubby chords and shuffling percussion – shaping up a notable debut offering for LOCUS and a stellar first look into an imprint that looks set to become a new favourite for many in the months ahead.

Kerri Chandler & Troy Denari ‘The Way It Goes (Track 1)’

Artist: Kerri Chandler, Troy Denari
Title: The Way It Goes (Track 1)
Remixer: Chris Stussy
Label: Madhouse
Cat. #: KCTDL1199
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release Date: 19.06.2020
Tracklist

The Way It Goes (Track 1) (Chris Stussy Remix)
The Way It Goes (Track 1) (Chris Stussy Dub)

Kerri Chandler and Troy Denari’s ‘The Way It Goes (Track 1)’ is remixed by PIV co-owner Chris Stussy on Madhouse Records this June.

Kerri Chandler’s iconic ‘Track 1’ stands to date as one of Madhouse Records’ most notable releases in the label’s rich back-catalogue. Originally released in 1993 as part of the Atmosphere EP Vol 1, ‘Track 1’ quickly became a core reference for the foundation and formation of the New Jersey house sound, with the track later re-released in 2016 titled as ‘The Way It Goes’ with Denari joining Chandler on vocals. However, this summer sees the legendary imprint unveil a new fresh take on the production courtesy of PIV records co-owner and fast-rising house favourite Chris Stussy, with the bubbling Amsterdam-based artist offering up two fresh reworks this June as he returns to Madhouse following recent material via the likes of Eastenderz, Robsoul, Berg Audio and Moscow Records.

Harnessing the originals iconic bassline offering his own interpretation on its arrangement, the Dutchman introduces a combination of resonant leads and classy sun-soaked melodies alongside Denari’s infectious vocals throughout to offer up a slick slice of house music, whilst the Dub introduces rolling percussion alongside trademark low-slung rhythms, electric piano lines and dubbed-out chords to offer an after-hours rework of the classic production.

Alexny and Southside Son ‘I Just Can’t Get’

Artist: Alexny and Southside Son
Title: I Just Can’t Get
Label: Dream Soda Music

Argentina’s very own Alexny returns to Dream Soda, and this time teams up with Southside Son.

“I Just Can’t Get”; a nice and easy disco groove, punctuated by the catchy hook line. Most definitely something for those summer nights.

Hanzo & Yaman ‘Apinya Colada’

Artist: Hanzo & Yaman
Title: Apinya Colada
Remixer: Marc Piñol, Cornelius Doctor
Label: Playground Records
Cat. #: PGR027
Release date: 23/06/2020

A new release from Playground Records is here. This time, a compact Ep packed with organic sounds and mystical vibes from the Austrian duo Hanzo & Yaman, delivering 3 originals accompanied by 2 classy remixes by Marc Piñol and Cornelius Doctor.

‘Apinya Colada’ is the track which gives its name to this reference and is which opens it. Mysterious pads alongside groovy percussions introduce us to a deep bassline. Some voices come from far away. The mantra begins. Weird sounds plays togethers and gives to the track a sensation of fresh air. A sad guitar say goodbye in the middle of the trance. Now we’re in peace.

‘Francisco’ is the rebel cousin of this family. A naughty guy who needs to take your attention all the time. He never comes even though you call him all the time. He loves the rough percussions. The brazen Francisco invites us to the dance. You can never say him no.

The original package ends with ‘The Path’. A magic end for this fantastic journey. Whispers and laughs are crossed by an incisive guitar. They’re fighting each others trying to convince us, some claims us to stay there and other ones beg us to stay away. The confusion becomes diffuse when you give yourself to dance.

Cornelius Doctor makes his appearance to join to ‘Francisco’s ranks and turn him to the dark side. A strong bassline guides us to an acid drop. The snare beats hard. The shadows are arrived. They ready to kill the dancefloor.

The great Marc Piñol closes this release bringing peace and flow with his remix of ‘The Path’. Whistling melodies that melt into flying pads. The groove goes on, clapping and pumping strange sounds. An elegantly minimalist healing trance.