Artist: Kuff, TheConnect & Joonyes Title: Nalgona Label: Repopulate Mars Cat. #: RPM229 Format: Digital Release Date: 18.10.2024 Tracklist: Nalgona
Latin tech takeover: the latest musical output of three artists such as Kuff, TheConnect and Joonyes is titled ‘Nalgona’, they’ve masterfully put into the sequencer tech house with some crazy latin inspired elements, that add energy and charm. It’s a great blend of class and cutting edge inspiration, the key mixture which makes the production sexy and catchy, making again the Repopulate Mars’ catalogue exceptional.
Artist: T.a.f.k.a.t. & Mr. Maro Title: Purpose Label: 1980 Recordings Cat. #: 80REC347DJ Format: Digital Release Date: 17.10.2024 Tracklist: Purpose
T.a.f.k.a.t. & Mr. Maro’s ‘Purpose’ is a stunning house song that shows an attractive and intriguing side of house. Both the producers capture a modern dancefloor approach to the music, with exciting and fascinating sound combinations. Its driving and voluptuous rhythm makes the whole track a perfect choice for the djs in search of a banger, anyway it reveals to be a true gem for jackin house aficionados.
Artist: D.O.D feat. Charlotte Haining Title: Feel The Passion Label: Armada Cat. #: ARMAS2935 Format: Digital Release Date: 18.10.2024 Tracklist: Feel The Passion
Rising star Dan O’Donnell a.k.a. D.O.D gets released again on Armada with the track ‘Feel The Passion’, featuring the vocals of Charlotte Haining, a notorious singer mostly known for her appearances on drum ‘n’ bass songs. This production reveals since the beginning a catchy vibe, boosted by the rolling bassline and the main melody synth. As expected, the vocals join perfectly the instrumental, creating a luscious and vigorous soundscape.
Artist: €URO TRA$H feat. OGAQUAFINA Title: 10 Outta 10 Label: Night Bass Records Cat. #: NBD231 Format: Digital Release Date: 04.10.2024 Tracklist: 10 Outta 10
Bass House fundamentals: €URO TRA$H (side project of Yellow Claw duo) meets OGAQUAFINA to compose the track ’10 Outta 10′, released a few weeks ago on the U.S.A. based imprint Night Bass Records. The instrumental is phat and is raised by the OGAQUAFINA’s vocals, the interaction between the parts is simply perfect and lets the music attract the listeners in a unique way.
Artist: 4NEY Title: Spend My Life Label: True Romance Cat. #: TR093 Format: Digital Release Date: 01.11.2024 Tracklist: Radio Edit Original Mix
4ney makes his debut on Tensnake’s label, True Romance, with ‘Spend My Life’: a song which puts it foundations in the roots of house music. It’s a journey back to the late 2000s, featuring rich drum loops, a warm rolling bassline, an appealing vocal and finally tiny synth melody. With its prominent vibe this music production shows a cool sound theme; looking forward to hear more from this fresh and upcoming artist.
Artist: Macy Title: Mara Mia Label: 99 Waves Cat. #: 99W269 Format: Digital Release Date: 25.10.2024 Tracklist: Original Mix Radio Edit
Massimo Masi a.k.a. Macy just released on 99 Watts an amazing single titled ‘Mara Mia’. Honestly, that’s one of the best Afro House tracks released in the last months, it carries great emotions and warm vibes through its passionate and inspirational sounds. The title which means ‘hundred times’ (Swahili language) shows also to be motivational, adding an embracing feature to the whole instrumental theme. Top notch production!
Artist: Betelgeize Title: Serokariy The Pigeon And Skypark Label: It’s Good To Be A Tree Cat. #: TREE018 Format: Digital Release Date: 17.10.2024 Tracklist: 01. Betelgeize, AIWAA Feat. IKVA – Congosa 02. Betelgeize, Kermesse Feat. Buduchi – Kapibayamba 03. Betelgeize, Daniel Hokum Feat. IKVA – Serekana 04. Betelgeize, DIBIDABO Feat. IKVA – Mangadi Yala 05. Betelgeize, Volen Sentir Feat. IKVA – Chagu 06. Betelgeize, Kapchiz Feat. IKVA – Magbe Salae 07. Betelgeize, Valique Feat. IKVA – Siyaga
Betelgeize is back on his record label It’s Good To Be A Tree with a stunning organic house album featuring vocals by IKVA, and production collaborations with AIWAA, Daniel Hokum, DIBIDABO, Kapchiz, Volen Sentir, Kermesse and Valique.
Each of the seven tracks on this release individually collaborates with one of the aforementioned artists, while Betelgeize and IKVA feature on all of the tracks. One of the tracks features vocals by Buduchi, which is a collaborative project between IKVA and Fotinya Fo. The release combines live instruments from around the world with beautiful synths, rhythmic percussion, and IKVA’s African vocals.
Known for his enchanting and imaginative sound, Betelgeize is an accomplished producer whose diverse style of organic house has been a regular feature of It’s Good To Be A Tree alongside his other record label Leveldva. This release showcases the full range of his sound, while also enlisting other leading lights from the organic house scene.
There is a strong concept that runs through this album that soundtracks a psychedelic fairytale. Talking about the album and it’s concept, Betelgeize said: “This album is a soundtrack for a fairytale I wrote about a pigeon who lives in a beautiful park in harmony with himself and others. One day, the pigeon has a dream, which gives him a premonition that he can find wealth if he goes on a dangerous adventure. So, out of joy, through doubts and mysticism, we get into a dynamic and vivid journey of a pigeon, in which he meets other animals that vary between kind and dangerous characters. The music accompanies the story at every stage, and each chapter has its own track to express its mood and feeling. The first track symbolises a peaceful life in its mood, then the second track is representing doubts and mysticism. Tracks 3 and 4 are dynamic, because the adventure actually starts. First, a bold but unsuccessful attempt to fly over the mountains, then in a group of other animals he uses a bridge to cross a steep gorge. 5 is about falling in love, and 6 is about the main character being captured, then the last one resolving the adventure with a happy ending after he escapes captivity.”
“Congosa Feat. IKVA” is made with AIWAA who has previously teamed up with Betelgeize to release on It’s Good To Be A Tree. AIWAA has also featured his world music influenced style on labels such as Cosmic Awakenings, Lump Records, and MONADA. “Congosa” has a suspense building intro with bleeping synth tones layered with rainforest atmospherics. It unfolds to introduce flowing tribal percussion and uplifting vocals that give this track a joyous vibe.
“Kapibayamba Feat. Buduchi” is the partnership with Kermesse, who are a duo with music on labels such as The Magic Movement, Sol Selectas and Sounds of Sirin. They bring their trademark combination of live instruments and electronic sounds to this track, which features the silky tones of IKVA and Fotinya Fo who add vocals to this psychedelic masterpiece under their Buduchi alias. “Kapibayamba” has swirling atmospherics and a funky bassline accompanied by the flowing rhythms of flickering percussion.
“Serekana Feat. IKVA” sees Betelgeize team up with It’s Good To Be A Tree regular, Daniel Hokum, who has also worked with other respected imprints including MONADA, Underyourskin Records, Serafin Audio Imprint and LNDKHN. “Serekana” has IKVA’s hypnotic vocals combined with flowing organic percussion and a delicate string instrument to create an upbeat groove.
“Mangadi Yala Feat. IKVA” features the production skills of DIBIDABO who’s making a return to It’s Good To Be A Tree, having also featured on other prestigious outlets ranging from Bar 25, to Pipe & Pochet. “Mangadi Yala” is a trippy track with Arabic flutes layered alongside IKVA’s soothing vocals and some hallucinatory atmospherics, while its deep bassline and revitalising percussion ensure the dance floor is kept moving.
“Chagu Feat. IKVA” sees Betelgeize enlist the studio talents of Volen Sentir, who is making his It’s Good To Be A Tree debut following stunning music on other labels such as All Day I Dream, Anjunadeep and Lost Miracle. “Chagu” creates a majestic groove by layering lush melody chords and sensual vocals with a melodic bassline and shuffling percussion.
“Magbe Salae Feat. IKVA” features Kapchiz as a co-producer, and he’s previously worked with It’s Good To Be A Tree, alongside the likes of • kosa •, Baikal Nomads and Cafe De Anatolia. “Magbe Salae” opens with sweeping strings and booming percussion hits, before introducing an acid bassline and moody pads that form a spellbinding backdrop for IKVA’s haunting vocal performance.
“Siyaga Feat. IKVA” is made in partnership with Valique who has previously frequented It’s Good to Be A Tree alongside the likes of Timewarp Music and Walk of Sound. “Siyaga” is a downtempo track with jazzy undertones created by fusing a wandering bassline and the spiralling tones of a thickset modulating synth with IKVA’s magical vocals.
VIL (Klockworks, Frenzy, Monnom Black, just to name a few) is a DJ and producer from Lisbon (Portugal), a trustworthy artist in the techno scene: his alias is associated with a strong, vitalic and fresh style, which keeps to attract many people from all around the world. He’s ready to make another big step in his career releasing an album on Dolly, he debuted on the Steffi’s imprint one year ago a remix of ‘Luke Hess – Woodward Ave.’. ‘ Birds Of Prey’ is a journey of eight catchy productions, made with clean and well defined sounds, an ensemble that shares as its whole mesmerizing sensations, while maintaining a distinctive dance floor energy. Contemporary motifs are melted with oldschool, dub techno or hardgroove elements, ensuring a great balance that keeps the energy high without overwhelming the listeners.
Not to hot, not to cold, a perfectly tempered collaboration between mexican live artist Picotropico and nordic soul Vinny Villbass. Together they have created two magical club tracks that operate in slightly different directions, but both truthful to the warm analog sound characteristic to badabing diskos.
́Norwegian Summer ́ has a static and bumpy rhythm flled with analog synth madness. Melodies are pushing and pulling you with constant hints throughout the track, and creates a fulfillment at last when the theme of summer arrives.
́Mexican Winter ́ shows a more funky landscape with hints of ska thru rhythmic upstrokes and dubby analog percussion. The analog synths circulate the groove with hypnotic and psychedelic modulation.
These tracks will surely make an impact on the dancefoors, from Mexican beaches to Norwegian fjords.
Gabry Ponte is back on his record label PENTAPHONIA to drop a peak time techno single made in collaboration with T78.
T78 is a veteran techno artist from Italy who runs Autektone Records, and has also released his acid-tinged style of explosive techno via other prestigious record labels such as Filth on Acid, Codex, Legend and Fe Chrome. This is the second time he has worked with Gabry Ponte, following the success of their recent collaboration on EXTATIC Records.
PENTAPHONIA is a record label that Gabry Ponte uses to showcase the hard-hitting techno side of his style, and on the label he has collaborated on underground techno with the likes of Sisko Electrofanatik and AVAO. He is also highly respected for his tracks on labels like Spinnin’ Records, Armada and Ministry of Sound. He was also a part of the ’90s band Eiffel 65, which achieved chart topping success across Europe with top-selling tracks like, “Blue (Da Ba Dee).”
“La Techno” is the solo track on this release, and it has got a hammering kick drum and menacing acid line layered with old-school chords and bursts from a classic vocal sample. It is a thundering slice of peak time techno, with a memorable lead vocal and cinematic chords adding to the intense energy.
