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M.I.T.A. ‘Fatal Attraction EP’

Artist: M.I.T.A.
Title: Fatal Attraction EP
Label: Virgo
Cat. #: VIRGO019D
Format: Digital
Release Date: 5th July 2023
Tracklist
1) King Size Diva
2) Too L8
3) I Need A Fix
4) Fatal Attraction

Ilario Alicante invites M.I.T.A. to his Virgo imprint as the Italian DJ/producer delivers his ‘Fatal Attraction’ EP for his label debut.

Italy’s Mattia Borriello, aka M.I.T.A., has been producing records and playing shows across Europe for over a decade. Releasing music on labels such as Suara, UNCAGE, and Tronic, his style of driving, high-energy and punchy techno has seen support from key industry heavyweights worldwide. Building on a solid start to 2023, following up on his ‘Crazy Tribe’ EP on Paco Osuna’s Mindshake, early summer brings a debut appearance on Ilario Alicante’s excellent Virgo imprint as he readies the release of four powerful productions made for the dancefloor on his ‘Fatal Attraction’ EP.

Launching into the action with a tunnelling groove accented by playful vocal chops and a fiesta-inspired drum workout, lead track ‘King Size Diva’ is a production built to provide energy and vigour to any situation, while ‘Too L8’ brings a slice of funk as rolling drums and further vocal interjections work alongside heavy low-ends for more peak time material. Next, ‘I Need A Fix’ brings warping synths and tripped-out vox’s for a darker and more eerie effort, before closing with the euphoric and high-impact sonics of title production ‘Fatal Attraction’.

 

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Danny Avila & Heerhorst ‘The Procedure EP’

Artist: Danny Avila, Heerhorst
Title: The Procedure EP
Label: 1605
Cat. #: 1605294
Format: Digital
Release Date: 07.07.2023
Tracklist:
01. The Procedure
02. Dynasty

Buy link: https://www.beatport.com/release/the-procedure-ep/4152880

UMEK’s record label, 1605 welcomes a collaborative peak time techno EP made by Danny Avila and Heerhorst.

Working together for the first time, Danny Avila and Heerhorst have both featured solo tracks on 1605, and their joint production style takes their music to the next level.

Danny Avila is a Spanish artist known for hosting the popular Mainstage Techno radio show which has a massive global audience. Travelling the world to headline main stages at festivals and large-scale club events, he has also featured high-velocity tracks on labels ranging from his own Mainstage Techno Music to Reinier Zonneveld’s Filth on Acid.

Heerhorst is an accomplished German producer who has dropped dark and explosive techno tracks on highly influential imprints such as Adam Beyer’s Drumcode, Monika Kruse’s Terminal M and Spartaque’s Codex. Along with his many solo productions, he has also collaborated with others including Teenage Mutants and Indira Paganotto.

Both of the tracks on this release fuse pounding percussion with enthralling synths lines to create devastating grooves that are ready to take the dance floor by storm.

The title track “The Procedure” opens the EP with its pulsating bassline and booming hip hop style vocals that are combined with a flickering acid line, which complements the intensity of the lead synth’s twisted euphoria.

“Dynasty” is second of the tracks and it takes no prisoners with the aggressive energy of the bassline and the thrashing high-end percussion, which contrast with the cinematic tones of the biblical vocal chants and captivating spoken word sample.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/sixteenofive

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Fleur Shore ‘Whensday’

Artist: Fleur Shore
Title: Whensday
Label: Cuttin’ Headz
Cat. #: CH046
Format: Digital
Release Date: 7th July 2023
Tracklist
1. Whensday
2. Don’t Tell Me What To Do
3.Sumthing

Fleur Shore returns to The Martinez Brothers’ Cuttin’ Headz imprint with a trio of slick house cuts across her brand new EP, ‘Whensday’.

As breakthrough years go, Fleur Shore’s 2022 was up there with the best. Nominated for ‘Best Breakthrough DJ’ at DJ Mag’s Best Of British while being named as one of Radio 1’s Future Stars of 2023, the rising talent has taken the early praise and acclaim in her stride as she looks to elevate her sound further. Releases on labels such as Boogeyman and MicroHertz have housed a wealth of material spanning the house genre, while recent tours as far as Brazil have landed ahead of her debut US tour in July. Arriving hot on the heels of her recent Mixmag Lab and sets at fabric, OFF Week and back in Ibiza for Paradise’s 2023 opening party, she makes a long-awaited return to The Martinez Brothers’ Cuttin’ Headz imprint with three bustling productions across her ‘Whensday’ EP.

Bringing together a blend of slinking drum grooves and wonky, off-kilter synths beneath hooky hip-hop vocals, title cut ‘Whensday’ is a track loaded with energy and a production built for getting packed dancefloors moving. Next, ‘Don’t Tell Me What To Do’ is a soulful slice of house, with resonant brass leads met by warped and sweeping leads, all supported by the track’s crisp, rolling percussion, before the bubbling ‘Sumthing’ closes the show with an assault of acid-led grooves and icy hats.

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Amy Dabbs & Athlete Whippet ‘Into You’

Artist: Amy Dabbs & Athlete Whippet
Title: Into You
Label: Aus Music
Cat. #: AUS186
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 30th June 2023
Tracklist:
A1 – Deep In Your Love
A2 – Into You
B1 – Milkshake

Amy Dabbs and Athlete Whippet deliver a perfectly crafted journey through house music with ‘Into You’ on Aus Music.

The duo’s different yet wholly complementary musical backgrounds – Amy Dabbsbringing her extensive experience as a DJ & electronic music producer, and Athlete Whippet with his background as an instrumentalist & live band musician – have created a winning combination on Into You EP. The product of which is an intricately composed, highly musical suite of tracks produced to perfection for the dancefloor.

Having met for the first time at Cinthie‘s Elevate store in early 2021 for her DJ Kicks launch party, the compilation featuring one of Dabbs’ earlier tracks, Amy Dabbs & Athlete Whippet stayed in touch, which culminated in the decision to start working together in the studio in their shared hometown of Berlin.

Amy Dabbs has released a string of lauded 12”s since her 2020 debut, including her latest highly acclaimed EP on Shall Not Fade, in addition to collaborating with Coco Bryce, launching her own imprint Dabbs Traxx last year, and featuring regularly on BBC Radio1 Dance.

Athlete Whippet, headed up by Robin Braum, have delivered a myriad of esteemed releases across Toy Tonics, Rhythm Section and Tartelet, which have earned heavy support from Pete Tong, Jamz Supernova and Tom Ravenscroft, to name a few.

Teaming up for the first time here, Amy Dabbs & Robin Braum deliver a fiery three-tracker for Will Saul’s Aus Music, covering a variety of moods across the versatile EP. Kicking off the A-side is ‘Deep In Your Love’, with swirling pads and emotive strings tangling around a tear-jerking vocal refrain, which make for a highly moving opener. A2, ‘Into You’ continues the emotional journey with lively percussion, subby basslines, and sensuous vocal samples overlaid with luscious analogue chords played out on the Juno 106. On the flip, ‘Milkshake’ closes out proceedings with a glorious blend of anthemic hands-in-the-air piano riffs and deep acid grooves. This track is a surefire summer hit, set to ignite airwaves and the dancefloor in equal measure.

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Various ‘CAID’

Artist: Various Artists
Tracks by: Bendersnatch, Remote Viewing Party, Maxlow & Acid Jerks
Title: CAID
Label: Infolines Music
Cat. #: INFO005
Format: Vinyl/Digital
Release Date: 30th June 2023
Tracklist:
A1 – Bendersnatch – Road Map
A2 – Remote Viewing Party – Sophistry
B1 – Maxlow – Shooting For Saturn feat Motor City Strings
B2 – Acid Jerks – Digital Warfare

Infolines deliver Detroit techno compilation featuring members Bendersnatch, Acid Jerks, Maxlow & Remove Viewing Party.

Infolines is a mostly anonymous collective of Producers, DJs and friends based out of Detroit, with a label focus on compilations showcasing the involved artist’s unique styles. Kicking off the fifth instalment of the label’s V.A. release series is Bendersnatch’ ‘Road Map’. The mysterious artist provides a club-friendly techno tool in which pleasant bleeps transmit themselves over an anchored kickdrum. This is before label co-founders Mike Petrack and Aran Daniel AKA Remote Viewing Party’s ‘Sophistry’ comes in with house-infused guitar riffs, its dreamy melodies soothing the track’s crunchy drums.

The releases then sees Maxlow team up with Detroit-based string artist Motor City Strings, taking you on a scenic journey through space and time, marrying the machine thrum of techno with violin and cello strings. Lastly, Nu Groove, Music For Freaksand Local Talk veterans Acid Jerks make their debut on Infolines with an homage to the early days of Detroit electro jams, boasting lush chords and intergalactic arpeggios while a snappy snare drives the track to distant worlds.

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Secret Factory ‘Twilo’s Legend EP’

Artist: Secret Factory
Title: Twilo’s Legend EP
Label: Secret Fusion
Cat. #: SFR038
Format: Digital
Release Date: 30th June 2023
Tracklist:
1. Twilo’s Legend
2. Twilo’s Legend (Ditian Remix)
3. Twilo’s Legend (LERM Interpretation)
4. Magnetic

Vital Hungarian label Secret Fusion is back with a new package of leftfield sounds, this time from label heads Secret Factory with fresh remixes from Ditian and LERM.

Secret Fusion is well known as a legendary underground party that has been the best place to dance in Hungary for over 20 years. Since 2019, it has also been an experimental house, disco and techno label that is just as forward-thinking and essential thanks to the fine curation of label heads Secret Factory. They have a meticulously crafted and synth heavy sound that has taken them to labels like Diynamic and MoBlack and is perfectly exemplified by these two new cuts.

Superb opener ‘Twilo’s Legend’ is a loose and lithe mix of rubbery drums and gentle chords which twist and turn and get joined by a pixelated lead full of hope. It’s artful, synth-heavy house for those moments when you’re lost in the smoke on the heart of the dance floor.

Innervisions associate Ditian steps up with a remix that turns up the synth brightness and works up a more turbulent track with freaky motifs pacing about the mix over a raw bassline. Hungarian artist LERM also remixes but his version stays deep and moody with swaying drums and pixelated stabs locking you in suspense.

The fantastic final original is ‘Magnetic’, a slow-burning mix of tangled synths and drums with crisp hits that come to life on big chords and explosive leads. A moody breakdown rebuilds the tension and when it drops again, the synths ride up and down the scales and take the floor into the next dimension.

This is another forward-thinking package of well-designed electronic sounds from Secret Fusion.

 

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Tibi Dabo ‘Licht’

Artist: Tibi Dabo
Title: Licht
Label: Crosstown Rebels
Cat. #: CRMLP051A
Format: Digital
Release Date: 30th June 2023

Tibi Dabo unveils ‘Licht’, the first of three singles taken from his forthcoming debut album ‘Vista’ on Crosstown Rebels.

Barcelona-born, Berlin-based producer and tastemaker Tibi Dabo walks the line between classic and cutting-edge sonics, journeying deep into rich textures, merging the past, present and future. With a formal background playing the drums and touring Europe and the US with his band, he also has a deep love of electronic music, which leads to a never-ending and absorbing string of experimentation across his material under the Tibi Dabo alias. Releasing a wealth of material on his adopted home label Crosstown Rebels over the years, including original material and remixes of Guti & Dubshape, Carl Craig & Dubfire, and the label boss himself, it makes sense that Damian Lazarus’ renowned imprint welcomes his debut album later in the year. The long-player is set to showcase some of his strongest and most creatively unrestricted material to date and offer up a statement body of work, hinted at and previewed by this superb first single ‘Licht’ – his first material back on the label since 2022’s excellent ‘Isla’ EP.

“Licht, meaning light, is a fitting title for the first single that opens the door and illuminates what I like to describe as a club-oriented, multicoloured safari of an album” – Tibi Dabo.

The majestic ‘Licht’ is a mellifluous mix of lithe synth work and rubbery basslines that are fluid as can be. The tightly interwoven groove bubbles zip amongst radiant energy as wispy synths break out. It’s a sublime and supple concoction that cannot fail to make you want to cut loose on the dance floor and get lost in its subtle cosmic radiance and a charming first offering from the new school tastemaker’s forthcoming LP.

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Watergate Club celebrates the 2023 open-air season at Berlin’s city beach venue ‘Sage Beach’

Watergate celebrates Berlin’s open air season this year from June till September at Sage Beach with numerous events. This summer during June the focus was on partner brand-curated events featuring DJ Heartstring and the renowned London-based label Anjunadeep.

On July 15 Watergate presents producer and DJ Kollektiv Turmstrasse delivering a highly anticipated live set at the urban beach venue. The grand closing will take place on 16 September when Italian duo Agents Of Time take over the rains.

Watergate has been cooperating with Sage Berlin since 2016 – both locations are in the immediate vicinity of the river Spree. The Sage Beach’s 600 m2 outdoor area offers space for 750 guests, creating a real beach feeling in the heart of the city. With excellent gastronomy and numerous events in front of a breathtaking urban backdrop, Sage on Köpenicker Straße has always been a fixture on the Berlin scene.

Watergate opened in October 2002 at the Oberbaumbrücke in Berlin-Kreuzberg. In 2022 the club celebrated its 20th anniversary with a string of diverse and extraordinary events, an international tour and an exclusive co-op with the fashion brand Irie Daily.

In 2008, the club launched its own label Watergate Records. Initially, mix CDs  and releases by DJs like Solomun, Ellen Allien, WhoMadeWho, and Jimi Jules documented the “Watergate sound”. Since then, the label has continuously developed into an artist label and has become the home base for numerous producers, all of whom have a very special relationship with the location at the Oberbaumbrücke

Day-to-day business has always been a no-go at Watergate – every night and every day is attended to with the same care. “We are a counter-design to everything that makes up Berlin club culture,” says Uli Wombacher, one of the club’s three founders.

This counter-design is also the driving force behind the Watergate’s open airs and other events that take place away from the club. Leaving the home base on a regular basis opens up new perspectives and possibilities – not just with new sounds, but also with guests who might know the club but don’t party there regularly.

Uli Wombacher: “Summer, sun, Watergate. At Sage Beach in Kreuzberg, the dream of a rave induced with holiday atmosphere in Berlin comes true. For years, we have been organising open-air events here with passion, trying to convey that holiday feeling, bringing it to an urban space. A short holiday in Berlin with your favourite DJs. And in the evening, it’s off to the club for the afterhour.”

Watergate Open Air: Kollektiv Turmstrasse LIVE, Biesmans, Sarah Wild, Caren Callas

Saturday, 15 July 2023
15:00 – 22:00
Sage Beach

Kollektiv Turmstrasse a Watergate regular and closely connected to the Club’s history. With releases on Connaisseur, Musik Gewinnt Freunde and Solomun’s Diynamic Music and many more, the performer has dedicated two decades crafting deep, infectious, and captivating dance floor experiences. At the Open Air on 15 July, Kollective Turmstrasse will play live, alongside Watergate resident DJ Biesmans, Sarah Wild, Caren Callas

Line-up: Kollektiv Turmstrasse (live), Biesmans, Sarah Wild, Caren Callas

Tickets:
https://ra.co/events/1688472

Watergate Open Air : Agents Of Time, JAMIIE  more TBA 

Saturday 16. September 2023
15:00 – 22:00
Sage Beach

With the days getting shorter again in mid-September, on 16 September the summer will be sent off in style with a sweet farewell of brilliant beats by Italian duo Agents Of Time. JAMIIE delivers beautifully crafted DJ sets alternating deep, melodic and synthesiser-kissed music with uplifting and tribal elements coloured by a rhythmic, percussive and spiritual energy.

When the sun sets and its rays are reflected on the glittering surface of the river Spree, magic is created. This magic – and the longing for the next summer – will carry on for all ravers at the club for the afterhour.

Line-up: Agents Of Time, JAMIIE   more artists to be announced soon!
https://ra.co/events/1688495

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Various ‘電子音楽の美学 (vol. 2)’

Artist: Various
Title: Denshi Ongaku No Bigaku / 電子音楽の美学 (The Aesthetics of Japanese Electronic Music) vol.2
Label: Cosmocities
Cat. #: CMSR011
Format: Digital, 2 x vinyl
Release Date: August 2023
Tracklist:
A1. Seiji Ono – Celebrate Your Life
A2. Uyama Hiroto – Compass
A3. J.A.K.A.M – Pray
B1. Yuu Udagawa – We Float
B2. Jazztronik – Neon Forest (Vinyl only)
B3. BRISA – State of Mind
C1. Ryoma Takemasa -Deepn (The Backwoods remix)
C2. The Backwoods – Cloud Nine
D1. 909 State – RaTaTaTam (Hiroshi Watanabe Instrumental Remix)
D2. Tomi Chair ‘Remorse (Satoshi Fumi Mix)

Pre order link: https://bigwax.io/collections/label-cosmocities

Following the release of the first ‘Denshi Ongaku No Bigaku’ compilation the label Cosmocities continues its research journey of music productions made from a Japanese point of view, thanks to another interesting selection curated by Matt Soulie. The second compilation from this series presents a sound really catchy and captivating, which really fits to the dancefloor. Afro, tribal, jazz and deep house sonorities gently contaminate the song themes. Music goes above national boundaries, breaking every cultural limit imposed by some restricted way of thinking, in fact, the remodeling of these styles by the Japanese artists is exciting, amazing and sometimes minimalistic.

 

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Shane Mahon ‘All Day Dancing’

Artist: Shane Mahon
Title: All Day Dancing
Label: Hottrax
Cat. #: HXT108
Format: Digital
Release Date: 23rd June 2023
Tracklist:
01 All Day Dancing
02 Affection

Shane Mahon makes his debut appearance on Jamie Jones’ Hottrax with ‘All Day Dancing’ this June.

Shane Mahon is a London-based DJ/producer and Sound Engineer who has releases on Harvibal, Zealous Records, and THUNDR, picking up support from SYREETA, Ms. Mada, Marco Carola and Harvey Valencia, and of course, Jamie Jones. Landing on Jones’ label with his latest release, Mahon drops two swinging, UKG-tinged, House tracks sure to set dancefloors alight.

“Jamie Jones has played a massive part in the inspiration of my sound and to now be able to express myself on the label means the world to me. The idea behind this EP is to connect and communicate with everyone listening as a reflection of some of my experiences through music, dancing all day and affection.” – Shane Mahon.