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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
The UK rising star Mabel is set to release her debut album ‘High Expectations’, during this waiting period the label publiched an extract: that’s the pop track ‘Boyfriend’ which is getting played on rotation and it already reached 10 milions views on Youtube. This song is highlighted with a remix by Endor, a great producer who appeared also on Defected. His remix is a great tech house killer that combines the sensual vocal of the original with a haunting drum loop.
Artists: Pig & Dan Title: Tunnel Vision II Label: Drumcode Cat: DC222 Format: Digital Release Date: April 6th 2020 Tracklist: 1. Sirenism 2. Rinse Out The Sound 3. Perception 4. Wasted 5. Substance
Pig & Dan goes hard with the second part of their ‘Tunnel Vision’ releases on Drumcode Records. The first EP was published on March 30th and just after a week we’re delighted to listen this new episode. This muscular techno has in place a research of innovation, while the lack of contrasting elements in each song smooth the peak moments, suggesting an usage of these tracks as tools or for transition moments during dj sets.
Artist: Carlos Nilmmns Title: Emanon EP Label: Paris Metro Music Format: Digital Release Date: March 20th 2020 Tracklist: 1. Energy Raid 2. Eras 3. Sonder 4. Emanon 5. Y.R.S
Carlos Nilmmns tries to shock his quarantine days with a fast publication on his label Paris Metro Music, taking care of all the production and publication aspects. The sound of ‘Emanon EP’ is a catchy melt of oldschool techno and Chicago house, in fact these are the styles which the artist has always been into. For the pleasure of hardware only heads, these dancefloor cuts have been made ‘out of the box’ with a set of machines (on the Bandcamp link you can find the entire list). Notable to mention the tracks ‘Eras’ and the title track for their sexy and winking instrumental combination.
