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Various ‘Spaghetti Club 001’

Artist: Pierre Codarin, T. Jacques, Jack Michael, Phil Evans
Title : Spaghetti Club 001
Label: Spaghetti Club
Cat. #: SPG001
Format: Vinyl only
Release Date: 3rd July 2020
Tracklist:
A1. Pierre Codarin – Millenial
A2. T. Jacques – Terry’s Jambon
B1. Jack Michael – Zero
B2. Phil Evans – Tilted

Spaghetti Club launches with four tracks from Pierre Codarin, T. Jacques, Jack Michael, and Phil Evans.

Opening up the release, British producer Pierre Codarin’s ‘Millenial’ is a stuttering cut with a bouncy bassline, metallic hats and crystalline synths that continually evolve throughout. Following a recent appearance on Tessellate, T. Jacques is next with ‘Terry’s Jambon’ which drives forward with its mesmerising rhythm built on 909 kicks and intricate percussion as lively 303 squelches join cascading arps.

On the flip, Orbital London boss Jack Michael takes things into trippier territories with soaring pads, syncopated drums and otherworldly atmospherics in ‘Zero’. Tying it all together, Pager Records co-owner Phil Evans dons his Electro hat for an ominous and scintillating number entitled ‘Tilted’.

Earth Boys ‘Earth Tones LP’

Artist: Earth Boys
Title: Earth Tones LP
Label: Shall Not Fade
Cat. #: SNFLP004
Release Date: July 10th 2020
Tracklist
A1. Sonoma
A2. I Just Love It
B1. Mushroom Cloud
B2. Amazon Prime (Jungle)
C1. Earth Tones
C2. Battery Boys
D1. On a Limb
D2. Los Angeles
Only digital:
1. Earth Tones (Down Beat)
2. Got It To Work

Pre order link: https://shallnotfade.co.uk/album/earth-tones-lp

The two guys from the Earth Boys team draw back the attention of the electronic music audience with an interesting album to be out on Shall Not Fade.
‘Earth Tones LP’ is a mixture of house sonorities heavly influenced by oldschool motifs and typical U.S.A. stylistic canons, it’s a recognizable thing if you pay attetion to the drums patterns or by the various chords or melodies.
Besides, the kind of synths and the machine drums adopted show the artists’ desire to propose a solid style, it arouses a melancholic but inspiring mood, avoiding unecessary blends with the contemporary trends. A few tracks are really dancefloor oriented, like ‘Battery Boys’ and ‘I Just Love It’, but there’s also space for introspective stuff, in this case there are the two titles ‘Amazon Prime (Jungle)’ and ”Earth Tones (Down Beat)’.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/earthboys
https://soundcloud.com/shallnotfade

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GEM Festival to go ahead this summer

GEM Festival 2020 brings 3 Days and 3 Nights of nonstop music and entertainment, across 4 Stages. With the recent announcement that Greece will be opening up to travel and tourism in June, we are delighted to announce this year’s edition of the festival will be going ahead as planned.

Created in 2015 the Festival took place on the beautiful beach of Black Sea pearl, Anaklia. This year it returns, breaking from mainland Europe to rise again from the 7th to 9th of August in InIonian Sea, on the Greek island of Zakynthos.

GEM Festival brings together Artists, DJ’s and ravers in a breathtaking location. Drawing on acts from the full spectrum of electronic sounds this year’s edition can reveal the first wave of acts. Blending mainstage headliners like ATB, Paul Van Dyk and Swanky Tunes with the next generation of headliners Romeo Blanco, CJ JEFF, The YellowHeads. Alongside underground leaning acts such as Lamine, dOP (Live), Onur Ozer as well as respected local talent K.Atou, George Seragos and Mr. Roussos. With only 50% of the line up announced so far there’s plenty more to come, and with previous editions line ups anything to go by you can expect Big Room, Techno, House and Minimal artists to follow ensuring all tastes are covered.

Now in its 5th edition Gem Festival brings its considerable experience to the fore having previously hosted the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Luciano, Solomun, Paul Kalkbrenner, Axwell & Ingrosso, Fedde Le Grand, Steve Aoki, Boris Brejcha, Stephan Bodzin, Anja Snijder, David August, Mano Le Tough, Tales of Us, Dubfire + alongside many others, so you know there is a more still to be revealed…

With picturesque white sandy beaches, clear blue seas, you can get lost in your own adventure when taking a break from the festival. immerse yourself in the Mediterranean lifestyle indulging in fine food, wine. A short journey across the water takes you to the mystical island of Marathonisi, where Turtles hatch. The National Marine park allows you to explore enchanting protected wildlife. Inland you can hike in Askos Stone Park, a stunning expanse of nature and local wildlife. Or discover the local history in the surrounding towns and villages.

For accommodation options we offer our tent city which we call “harmony village” , besides that Zakynthos has plenty of options of accomodation, from hostel dorms to luxury villas and even luxury yachts floating next to the festival. During the three days and nights we provide free buses to the venue. Starting from the airport, ports and the different resorts along the coast line, ensuring you can travel safely to and from GEM. With regular international flights, 7 daily ferries from Athens and Greece open to travelers from the 15th of June, Zakynthos is easily accessible.

For those returning to us, the new festival location will retain the spirit and unique sense of togetherness that can only be found at GEM. And for those joining us for the first time this edition of our festival is the most inspiring and exciting in memory, one which can never be forgotten.

Save the dates! Get ready to touch the GEM!

Line up in so far in A-Z order

Andrea Ferlin

Andrianos Papadeas

Anna Maria Harokopou

Anushka

ATB

Chevy

Cobert (Live)

CJ Jeff

Dasha Zet

Demi Case

dOP (Live)

Efim Kerbut

E Forever E Xpanding : Heartshap The Artist + Siena Star + Qado

Francesco Assenza

Freespirit

Gabrielo

George Seragos

George Guren

G Pal

Hubble

K.Atou

Lamine

Liva K

Marikhi

Mohammadrreza Safari

MS Leuki

Onur Ozer

Paul Van Dyke

Rompasso

Romeo Blanco

Roussos

Sunset Derek

Swankey Tunes

Thodoris Triantafillou

Tolis Q

Whoann

Zoya

For more information and tickets visit our website: www.gemfestival.eu

Or join the movement at GEM Festivals socials https://www.facebook.com/gemfestival/

Rich NxT ‘The Swish Cheese EP’

Artist: Rich NxT
Title: The Swish Cheese EP
Label: FUSE
Cat. #: FUSE043
Release Date: 5th June 2020
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Tracklist

Swish Cheese
Your Time
Heaven Base

Rich NxT returns to FUSE to open June with his latest EP, ‘The Swish Cheese’.

A quintessential member of the FUSE family since its formation, longstanding resident label favourite Rich NxT may well currently be in one of his finest periods of musical output to date. With recent releases and remixes via the likes of Moxy Muzik, S .A.S.H. and his own NxT Records, and fresh from his stand out remix of Planetary Notions head honcho Joe Rolét on Infuse, the London-based DJ, producer and label boss now returns to his home imprint of FUSE in emphatic fashion to deliver three fresh original productions in the form of his ‘The Swish Cheese’ EP.

A-side and title cut ‘Swish Cheese’ is a low-slung effort that layers rumbling sub-bass and squelchy stabs beneath icy snares to reveal a twisting and hypnotic opener, whilst on the flip ‘Your Time’ welcomes rich organic percussion arrangements, soft chords amongst tripped-out vocal snippets and further warping basslines. To close, the slick ‘Heaven Base’ shapes up the package with authority as swinging drum grooves meet soaring vocals and arpeggiated synths lines, offering up yet more trademark no-nonsense Rich NxT sonics via the ever-impressing London imprint.

Matt Sugar R feat. Thomas Barnett ‘Seein’ U’

Artist: Matt Sugar R feat. Thomas Barnett
Title: Seein’ U
Label: Visillusion
Release Date: 3rd July 2020
Cat. #: VSD008
Tracklist:

Seein’ U (TB mix)
Seein’ U (Taho mix)
Seein’ U (Original)

Thomas Barnett’s Visillusion drops ’Seein’ U’, the debut EP from French producer, DJ and radio host, Matt Sugar R, this July.

Featuring Barnett on co-production duties, Sugar R’s first foray into production, ’Seein’ U’, is a bright, jacking house cut that takes a classic house chord loop and filtered bassline combo and works it to the bone with some tight and extended looping techniques. Barnett’s remix runs with the original’s vibe almost entirely but layers a subtle jazz musicality into the mix for added depth while France’s Taho ups the tempo with a funk-laced techno interpretation that keeps just enough of the original’s vibe to satisfy house crews as well as Detroit devotees.

Punchy and infectious, Matt Sugar R ft Thomas Barnett’s ’Seein’ U’ is a love letter to the best of late 90’s house and is released on Visillusion on July 3rd.

The Trip ‘Wet Your Whistle’

Artist: The Trip
Title: Wet Your Whistle
Remixer: Mbius
Label: Tessellate
Cat. #: TESS008
Format: Vinyl
Release Date: 26th June 2020
Tracklist:

Wet Your Whistle
Miss The Point
Friend Request (Sax Mix)
Friend Request (Mbius Remix)

Tessellate co-founders launch their new project, The Trip with four slick house cuts on their London based imprint which includes a remix from Leipzig’s Mbius.

The Trip is the new DJ and production project by Max van Dijk and Oli Hiam, the founders of the renowned London label and party Tessellate who have been putting on stellar parties since 2013. The duo have been DJing together for years as residents at their parties and more recently have been making some music so they decided to bring their DJing and productions together as The Trip with ‘Wet Your Whistle’ being the result following releases on the label from artists like T. Jacques, Kylin Tyce, Alex Pervukhin, Firmin and Aleksandir.

Title track, ‘Wet Your Whistle’ begins proceedings with luscious atmospheres, soaring sub-bass rolls and shimmering rhythms keeping you enticed throughout before ‘Miss Your Point’ offers up skippy, breaks-tinged percussion, nostalgic and uplifting bass notes underneath the inviting acid squelches.

On the flipside, arpeggiated synth flutters and glistening modulations balanced with swinging drums and a succulent sax line take the focus in ‘Friend Request (Sax Mix)’ whist German artist Mbius who has releases on Ethernal (an offshoot of Daydream) and Long Vehicle rounds things off with stabbing oscillations, angelic leads and rich melodies and grooves in his remix of ‘Friend Request’.

Rog de Prisco ‘Nemesis’

Artist: Rog de Prisco
Title: Nemesis
Remixer: YAB
Label: WHIPBASS
Cat. #: WB007
Format: Digital
Release Date: 26th June 2020 (Beatport) / (10th July 2020 (All Stores)
Tracklist
1. Nemesis
2. Nemesis (YAB Remix)
3. Facom

Talented young artist Rog de Prisco makes another big splash with his latest offering on Berlin label WHIPBASS, while I Am Bam appears under new YAB alias on remix duties.

Italian Rog de Prisco has been making techno since his mid-teens and adding to his unique sound is his passion for rock music that can be heard on his productions. He has landed on key outlets like Ballroom, Renesanz and Autektone and now his latest release on Berlin label WHIPBASS brims with energy once more. His productions have attracted the attention of artists who have influenced much of his music including Claptone, Paco Osuna, Drumcomplex Joseph Capriati Richie Hawtin and many others.

Opener ‘Nemesis’ is a tidal wave of techno revenge. The wall of drums strike a powerful groove and incendiary hi hats build the pressure as underlapping sub bass adds real weight. The remix comes from Italian producer YAB, a new alias from someone who has already got plenty of fine tunes under his belt. In his hands the track is even quicker, harder and more heads down. It’s a pure late night banger that will blow minds whenever it gets dropped. Last of all, ‘Facom’ gets more eerie, with unsettling synth pulses, freaky vocals and a twisted lead pad all bringing paranoid and dystopian future techno vibes.

Chicken Lips ‘Goldenlips’

Artist: Chicken Lips
Title : Goldenlips
Remixer: DJ Sotofett
Label: Phantasy Sound
Cat. #: PH98
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release Date: 29th May 2020
Tracklist:
A. Goldenlips
B. Goldenlips (DJ Sotofett’s ‘Golden Funk’ Mix)

A key fixture in the record bags of DJs throughout the past few decades, best known for their unforgettably odd house anthem ‘He Not In’, it’s been some years since Andy Meecham and Dean Meredith last collaborated as Chicken Lips. As such, it’s with no little delight that Phantasy welcomes them back into the fold with one of their most mind-bending tracks yet, accompanied by a remix from a fellow stalwart of the underground, DJ Sotofett.

Instant and assured, ‘Goldenlips’ unrolls like licorice over ten blissful minutes, mining an undercurrent of post-acid house euphoria into a dreamy analogue jam-turned-trip, a soft and rhythmic vision of dancefloor euphoria that demonstrates a mastermind session of tension and release from two individuals with decades of experience in tipping dancefloors upside-down.

On the flip, DJ Sotofett continues to deliver the unexpected with a more truncated but no less compelling ‘Golden Funk’ mix. Suddenly rolling back the musical clock to the sun-drenched West Coast of the mid-nineties, the result is an oozing, bottom-heavy rework so delicious, it might even have united Puffy and Snoop.

Wheats ‘In Your Head’

Artist: Wheats
Title: In Your Head
Label: Hottrax
Cat. #: HXT054
Format: Digital
Release Date: 29th May 2020
Tracklist:
1. You Know
2. What You Do

Wheats joins Jamie Jones’s Hottrax with two murky cuts entitled ‘In Your Head’ this May.

Bursting onto the scene as a wide-eyed 18-year-old, Wheats received early support from Kerri Chandler who played two of his tracks in his set moments after hearing the demo. Soon after Wheats was signed to Chandler’s MadTech and since then he’s gone on to release on labels like Kaluki, Saved, Circus and VIVa, with support from Calvin Harris, Nic Fanciulli, Hot Since 82, and Jamie Jones. He now joins the latter’s Hottrax imprint with a pair of wonky productions that see him in fine form.

With its rumbling bassline, piercing snares and squelchy acid licks, ‘You Know’ is a dark and menacing cut from the word go. Meanwhile, ‘What You Do’ is all about a rhythmic groove built from layers of intricate percussion whilst delayed stabs, snare rolls and distorted vocal samples generate a trippy aesthetic throughout.

Stephan Jolk ‘Analogy EP’

Artist: Stephan Jolk
Title: Analogy EP
Label: Afterlife Recordings
Cat. #: AL039
Format: 12″ vinyl and digital
Release Date: May 29th, 2020

Stephan Jolk distils his musical universe into the transcendent sounds of ‘Analogy’.

Following Stephan’s highly-anticipated track ‘Doubts’, released by Afterlife on the recent ‘Unity’ compilation, comes an eight-track story like no other. The title track ‘Analogy’ is another long-awaited gem which has shone in the sets of Tale Of Us. It begins the ascent through a musical journey where distinct elements collide and emotive reactions fill the spaces behind. Each chapter shows Stephan to be a master of melody and cinematic sound design, whether in peak time mode (‘Esplora’) or with more subdued atmospheres (‘Enlighted’). ‘Analogy’ stands out as a bold statement of Stephan Jolk’s vision and what is to come.