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Joe Rolét ‘Maximum Width EP’

Artist: Joe Rolét
Title: Maximum Width EP
Remixer: Rich NxT
Label: Infuse
Cat. #: INFUSE041
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 10th April 2020
Tracklist

  1. Maximum Width
  2. Rounding
  3. Maximum Width (Rich NxT Remix)
  4. Amber Road

Planetary Notions boss Joe Rolét debuts on Infuse to open April with his ‘Maximum Width’ EP, backed by a remix from Rich NxT.

A rising name within his home city of London, Joe Rolét is a DJ and producer whose passion for subbed out club music with a cosmic twist has seen him become one of the scenes hotly tipped talents – a sound that’s also reflected in full via his bubbling label, Planetary Notions. Releasing music from artists such as Per Hammar, Lopaski, stevn.aint.leavn and Desert Sound Colony whilst welcoming the likes of Vlad Caia and more to join as guests on the imprint’s Rinse FM show, 2020 now sees Rolét follow up releases via Beeyou, Courtesy Of Balance and his own Planetary Notions imprint as he makes a debut label appearance on Infuse with his ‘Maximum Width’ EP this April, accompanied by a remix of the title cut provided from FUSE resident Rich NxT.

Lead cut ‘Maximum Width’ sees Rolét introduce his blend of slinking, reduced grooves atop of bumping low-ends whilst working an infectious vocal throughout, whilst ‘Rounding’ sees warped synths, off-kilter melodies and further tripped out vocal snippets come to the fore. On the flip, FUSE favourite Rich NxT puts his stamp on the title track in impressive fashion as he raises the tempo and introduces sizzling bass stabs and rolling hats, before rounding out proceedings with the hypnotic ‘Amber Road’ – a paired back cut that harnesses soaring sci-fi leads and wriggling percussion arrangements to great effect to shape up an impressive debut offering.

 

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Rodriguez Jr. ‘Bliss’

Artist: Rodriguez Jr.
Title: Bliss
Label: Mobilee
Cat: mobileeCD031
Formats: Digital, CD and 2 x vinyl
Release date: April 24th 2020
Tracklist:
Digital Tracklist:
1. Haussmann
2. What Is Real feat. Liset Alea
3. Polaro ïd
4. Blisss
5. Santa Cruz
6. Here to Forget You feat. Liset Alea
7. Monolith Garden
8. Nairobi
Vinyl Tracklist:
A1. Haussmann
A2. What Is Real feat. Liset Alea
B1. Polaroïd
B2. Blisss
C1. Santa Cruz
C2. Here To Forget You feat. Liset Alea
D1. Monolith

The last apparition of Rodriguez Jr. on Mobilee is given by ‘Bliss’, that’s his third album on the same label and it features 8 delicious tracks. Mobilee has been the home for the french artist for a long time, that’s really appreciable and show us the importance of label families, a thing that is fading down in the last years.
Focusing on the album, all the productions feature the eclectic and versatile sound proposed by the producer, which floods the audio spectrum with his deep house style, revealing a satisfying opening to contaminations and introducing delicate instruments like strings, pads and female vocals too. The approach to music production has been solid and decise, providing sometimes malicious vibes and sometimes smooth and dreamy scenarios.

Pre order link: https://mobilee.lnk.to/Blisss

More info:
https://www.soundcloud.com/rodriguezjrmusic
https://www.soundcloud.com/mobilee-records

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Marco Bailey presents: 20 Years Of MB Elektronics

Artist: Various artists
Title: Marco Bailey presents: 20 Years Of MB Elektronics
Label: MB Elektronics
Cat: MBECOMP001 / MBE166
Format: Digital
Release Date: April 27th 2020

Marco Bailey is going to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his label MB Elektronics with the publication of a track ensemble, it features some of the most important tracks that came out from the label’s catalogue.
Listening to the compilation make us conscious about the techno music excursus from 1999 to 2020, during the ages many influences affected this relevant genre like minimal, hard trance, industrial and so on. It would be too long to mention all the contaminations detected in each of the 20 tracks, but we can say that seeing again names like The Advent & Industrializer, Joey Beltram, Tom Hades, Speedy J and Steve Rachmad bring us back to some great productions listened in the past.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/marco-bailey
https://soundcloud.com/mbelektronicsrecordings

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Jürgen Kirsch ‘Breathe’

Artist: Jürgen Kirsch
Title: Breathe
Label: Degree Records
Remixer: Sven Tasnadi
Cat: degree010
Format: Digital
Release Date: April 17th 2020
Tracklist:
1. Original Mix
2. Sven Tasnadi Remix

Next on Degree Records ‘Breathe’ by Jürgen Kirsch, a nice club tool with a vocal + synths combo that let the tracks to fly over the clouds: the short drop and the raw low pass filtered bassline contribute to create a warm sensation. Finally Sven Tasnadi makes a great remix, adding a tribal swing to the original production.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/jurgen-kirsch
https://soundcloud.com/degree-records

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Various ‘World Wide Window’

In light of the current Covid-19 Pandemic Studio Enisslab headed up by Italian DJ / Producer and Live Act Neel has announced the release of a very special 56 track charity compilation project, fundraising for The Red Cross, who are working extremely hard alongside health services internationally that are feeling the effects of the corona-virus outbreak the most right now.

This special release features over 6 hours of previously unreleased and unheard material, where an all star cast of artists were encouraged to share and produce music that reflects this time we are living in.

Neel, who is one half of live duo Voices From The Lake, and LF58 speaks out on behalf of the initiative, organised in collaboration with improvised live project Circle Of Live, and visual art collective Sbagliato. He explains:

“In this situation we all need to look after each other and this project is a start. I wanted to reach as many people as possible to spread this message, so I started to share the idea personally with lots of artists and the response was amazing. I wanted them to take their time with whichever tools they had available at home to produce some music that reflects this time we are living in, a contribution for this special project and to portray a special message.”

The project’s cover art image brought to you by visual art collective Sbagliato shows pictures of windows of houses and studios taken by the artists themselves: 56 musicians, 56 windows, 56 tracks shape a new place of sharing.

Tracklist
Adiel – In The End
Agonis – Eternal Silence
Alessandro Cortini – Ridopiango
Anthony Linell – Concordia
BMG – The Needle
Crossing Avenue – Ultimi Giorni
Caterina Barbieri – Clessidra
Cuna – 1,5 M
D-Leria – Landed In Another Place
Desroi – Lavender
Dino Sabatini – Mascherina
Distant Echoes & Buck – 40:16.
Dj Nobu – Our Drums
Donato Dozzy – Let It Go
Emanuele Cefali – Prora
Erika – Xenon Moon
Eva Geist – Tun
Fabrizio Lapiana – Contact
Filippo Scorcucchi – Visione
Forest Drive West – Dune
Giorgio Gigli & Lunatik – Pròdromo
Grand River – Chambers
Johanna Knuttsson – Paltanen
Laertes – Cerbero
Laurence Guy – Try To Understand
Leafar Legov – Willow
Lucy – Window Glows
Luigi Tozzi – A New Hope
Marco Shuttle – 100
Mathew Jonson – Horns For Life
Mike Parker – Siren’s Theme
Monodogue – Ustali 2
Natural/Electronic.System. – Daydreaming
Neel – A Thought Without Time
Organic Dial – Rhomb
Peter Van Hoesen – Faultline
PRG/M – Preludio
R2π – Indoor Outlook
Rabih Beaini – Cyclops
Retina.It – Cult Of Violence Passion
Roberto Bosco – No Tears, No Fear
Rødhåd – Leashed
Sciahri – Senseless Rain
Sebastian Mullaert – Phosphenes
Shifted – Leave Me Cold
Sigha – Ae3am
Simone Giudige – Transizione
Somne – Quarantine City
Steevio – Collapsing Systems
TM404 – Covid
Tobias. – Keep On Sleeping
Valentino Mora – Eau
Varg2™ – L.A.M
Voices From The Lake – Prima Luna
VRIL – Missin
Wata Igarashi – Las Ventanas Abiertas

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DGTL festival goes digital

DGTL was supposed to create history on 11 and 12 April 2020 with the first circularly organized festival. Coronavirus threw a spanner in the works, making the event at the NDSM docklands impossible. However it is not in the DNA of DGTL to throw in the towel. To ensure that both DGTL visitors and the people who weren’t lucky enough to get a ticket get through the Easter weekend in festival mood, DGTL has organized the world’s largest online festival.

These are tough times for festival lovers, artists, DJs and organizations. Just as DGTL was set to kick off the festival season, everything collapsed. Based on the motto “we’re in this together” and out of pure love for house music, DGTL has organized an online alternative in record time. Spread over multiple digital stages, DGTL will host the world’s largest online festival; DIGITAL DGTL on April 11 and 12. Over two days anyone watching will be able to transform their living room into a festival area and at the same time maintain that all important “social distance”. The organization would like to underline the fact that online visitors to DIGITAL DGTL will experience the festival from their quarantined homes and save their dance with friends for DGTL 2021. 

With the digital festival, DGTL makes a virtue of necessity and still makes history, albeit in a different way. For two days, sets are streamed from, among others:

Adriatique | Afra | Ana Lilia | Deniro | Jasper Wolff | JEANS | JP Enfant | Julianna | KI/KI | KiNK | Kléo | Luuk van Dijk | Mary Lake | Mella Dee | Mind Against | Nicky Elisabeth | Nicolas Lutz | Ø [Phase] | Pascal Benjamin | Patrice Bäumel | Perdu | Pieter Jansen | Prunk| Tom Trago | Worakls | Working Titles

As befits a real festival, several stages are streamed simultaneously. In collaboration with video streaming partners NOMOBO and Absolut, DGTL allows visitors to switch between the various streams via digital.dgtl.nl. DGTL has approached their digital edition with as much attention to detail as they do their real festival, creating unique live content during the festival days, producing daily recaps and offering fans pre-event messages, Revolution talks and Q&As about sustainability throughout the weekend.

 

DGTL is already preparing for a full comeback in 2021 but this can only happen if the industry is healthy and this pandemic is brought under control worldwide. This is why DGTL calls on all fans and viewers to make a donation to hospital Erasmus MC during the online edition to develop a vaccine and medicines to fight the coronavirus. #KeepDistanceStayDGTL

 

DIGITAL DGTL

11 & 12 April 2020

live via http://digital.dgtl.nl

#KeepDistanceStayDGTL

 

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The Lumens ‘Joy EP’

Artist: The Lumens
Title: Joy EP
Label: Positive Not Happy
Cat. #: PNH01
Format Vinyl only
Release Date: May 4th 2020
Tracklist:
A1. Joy
A2. Joy (Stephan Bazbaz Goa Mix)
B1. Casa Acida
B2. Casa Acida (Thomas A.S. Remix)

New imprint Positive Not Happy debuts with a fantastic EP from Milan-based label owners The Lumens with remixes from Stephan Bazbaz and Thomas A.S.

The Lumens are DJ producers who have played all over Europe with their spiky energy and hard-hitting grooves standing them apart. They are also promoters behind some of Milan’s most exciting underground events including Phoenix Room, Pennyroyal After Tea and Electronic Barbecue. Their new, vinyl-only label will release music that fits with the name – a blend of house, techno, electronica and acid elements with high energy and psychedelic influences. It will come from close friends and collaborators from their local community as well as international guests and makes a brilliant start.

They open up with ‘Joy’ an expansive house track with techno leaning drums. The swirling synths add a grand sense of space and scale and the subtle, well-designed details are what keep you locked in. No Waves Records boss and Rebellion associate Stephan Bazbaz steps up to deliver a slamming remix, in which he mixes goa-trance elements with a powerful, straight-up house beat. It’s a real weapon.

The superb ‘Casa Acida’ then sinks into a deeper, dubbier groove with lush wet claps but pounding kicks making for an intense groove. Plenty of warped synths bring a cosmic and late-night feel to finish things in style. Thomas A.S. completes the package with a lush interpretation that goes deep and bubbly, with mellow synth sequences melting into the groove and taking you with it.

Say the bosses of this new venture, ​”positivity is the dynamic way to reach static happiness, always think positive to be happy!”​ With music this good, it will be smiles all round.

 

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Steve Bug & Langenberg ‘Emphasizer’

Artists: Steve Bug, Langenberg
Title: Emphasizer
Label: Poker Flat Recordings
Cat: PFR229
Format: Digital
Release Date: April 24th 2020
Tracklist:
1. Emphasizer
2. Thierry Moogler

Steve Bug meets again Langenberg for their next release on Poker Flat Recordings, renewing the long time collaboration between them two. This small EP features two warm deep house productions: the title track elogiates the game between the synths, the main melody interfaces itself with the arpeggio pattern and the low pass filtered pad sound, while ‘Thierry Moogler’ rediscover the roots of house music with another sexy melody and a great electro bassline.
Steve Bug and Langberg bring back some simplicity in music production, giving an effective sense to the instruments used and to the songs’ mood.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/stevebug
https://soundcloud.com/langenberg
https://soundcloud.com/pokerflatrecordings

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Various ‘Volume Two’

Artists: Various
Title: Volume Two
Label: DGTL Records
Cat. #: DGTL010
Release Date: 17th April 2020
DGTL Records proudly serves up Volume Two of its Various Artists compilation series this spring.
 
By now, DGTL is well known for its immersive, forward facing festivals around the world, and the label deals in the same sort of quality – house, techno and electro from a mix of hot new talents and enduring mainstays. The music is all coming from local artists of all the cities they have DGTL in, and they wanted to showcase this exciting talent and give them an extra podium with this VA. To that end, Perdu, Colyn, Magit Cacoon, FM Live, Yotam Avni and more all appear on this superb 12 track collection.
 
Lovshai kicks off with the boogie bass and cosmic, future facing deep techno of Solo before FM serves up some smooth, seductive Detroit house that ripples with lush late-night energy. Dutchman Perdu offers The Light Within, which is an 80s tinged house track with old school chords and future-retro keys, Sanguine from Pin Up Club is a sleazier synth house affair with angular riffs, and Jenia Tarsol & Fortis’s Baolam is a sweet cosmic prog adventure.
 
Brazil’s Vermelho Wonder then offers the edgy astral techno journey that is Espetáculos Extraordinários and Colyn gets masterfully melodic on a series of skyward arps that lift you to the heavens. Elsewhere there is edgy grooves from Magic Cacoon, deep disco house from Sjamsoedin and floating techno from Yotam Avni that gets you in a trance. Davis’s slick sci-fi electro track Vestido De Espaço and the tunnelling and hypotonic techno of PØLI & Lorenzo Raganzini’s Velo closes things down in real style.
 
Once again this is a fine window into the unique musical world of this essential Dutch crew.
Tracklist:
1) Lovshai – Solo
2) FM Live – Tal Como Soy
3) Perdu – The Light Within
4) Pin Up Club – Sanguine
5) Jenia Tarsol & Fortis – Baolam
6) Vermelho Wonder – Espetáculos Extraordinários
7) Colyn – The Future Is The Past
8) Magit Cacoon – Space IL
9) Sjamsoedin – Several Hearts
10) Yotam Avni – Jungle Of The Mirror II
11) Davis – Vestido De Espaço
12) Pøli & Lorenzo Raganzini – Zelo
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Various ‘BANGERS Vol. 4’

Artist: Various
Title: BANGERS Vol. 4
Label: Terminal M
Cat. #: TERM181
Release Date: 04.05.2020
Tracklist:
A1: Beico – Bleeding Heart
A2: OC & Verde – Magicians Of The Gods
B1: Oscar Escapa & Lander B – Backroom
B2: Rudosa – Reactor 4

It’s time to bang again! Please welcome Beico (solo), Rudosa, Oscar Escapa & Lander B and OC & Verde who deliver us some serious banging tracks! bang it out!