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Marco Bruno ‘Threads EP’

Artist: Marco Bruno
Title: Threads EP
Label: Hardgroove
Cat. #: HARDGROOVEDIGI019
Format: Digital
Release Date: 17th March 2023
Tracklist:
01 Trademark
02 Interstellar
03 Stepback
04 Circle Of Life (Ben Sims Edit)

Marco Bruno drops ‘Thread EP’ featuring a Ben Sims edit.

After output on sister imprint Symbolism, Italy’s Marco Bruno returns to Ben Sims’ Hardgroove imprint with four powerful slices of machine funk.

‘Trademark’ opens the ‘Thread EP’ with a racing heartbeat. Tempered with hypnotic stabs and tiny melodic flourishes, ‘Trademark’ manages a pacy intensity with just enough restraint, something that continues into track two, ‘Interstellar’. Upping the complexity, both in terms of melody and arrangement, ‘Interstellar’ throws the doors open to the second half of the EP, where the unabashed epic sounds of ‘Stepback’ and Sims’ warm, heady edit of ‘Circle of Life’ round things out with peak time joy.

With releases for Sims’ labels, Earwiggle and his Evighet winning critical and club support, Marco Bruno is becoming a bankable name in the sea of new techno artists, and his ‘Thread EP’ on Hardgroove will only push that further.

 

 

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Gorje Hewek ‘Earth EP’

Artist: Gorje Hewek
Title: Earth EP
Label: Watergate
Remixer: Volen Sentir
Cat. #: WGVinyl097
Format: Digital, vinyl
Release Date: 17.03.2023
Tracklist:
01. Gorje Hewek & Polo – Altitude
02. Gorje Hewek, Dulus & Molac – Astro World
03. Gorje Hewek & Dulus – Earth
04. Gorje Hewek, Roy Rosenfeld & Dulus – Vida
05. Gorje Hewek, Hernan Cattaneo & Dulus – Kaleidoscope
06. Gorje Hewek & Polo – Altitude (Volen Sentir Vision)

Pre order link: https://lnk.to/EARTH_EP

Gorje Hewek gets released on Watergate with another collaborative EP: ‘Earth’ features a pack of six ingenious and well produced tracks. The typical Watergate style perfectly engages with these progressive house alike sonorities, expanding both the artist and label’s musical heritage, and finally allowing space for evolution and reasonable innovation. While playing all the productions it’s perceivable a genuinely dancefloor adaptation of the all song themes, which give to them an added value.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/gorjehewek
https://soundcloud.com/watergaterecords

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MasterSounds & Union Audio unveil the new MK2

MasterSounds and Union Audio continue their award-winning partnership with the creation of the new MK2 version of their flagship Valve range of hand-made esoteric DJ Mixers. Released today and marking 15 Years of MasterSounds, the Valve MK2 range is now available to purchase.

Valve MK2 encompasses the true spirit of its predecessor, with its esoteric principles of sound and simplicity, and now includes added playability with a VariableQ high pass filter per channel, a re-designed 3-band EQ and RIAA Input stage, plus Innofader as standard.

Designed by Union Audio’s founder Andy Rigby Jones who has been at the forefront of analogue DJ mixer design for over 25 years and MasterSounds’ founder Ryan Shaw, whose history in DJ and audio has pioneered an incredible and revered line of high-fidelity audio products from DJ mixers, FX units, turntable weights and more, each Valve MK2 unit is hand-crafted in small numbers by Union Audio in Cornwall, England.

“We are so very proud of Valve, and the addition of the new features in our MK2 model elevates the DJ mixer’s playability for discerning DJs, from club and bar owners to home DJ’s, Valves club standard feature set and beautiful open, dynamic & transparent sound is a real gem to experience”
– Ryan Shaw (MasterSounds, Founder, Director)
“It’s hard to believe that five years have passed since we launched the original FourValve, but it’s a fitting anniversary on which to launch the new MK2! The addition of VariableQ high-pass filters and an all-new EQ adds another level of playability and audio manipulation. The new MK2 comes fitted with an Innofader as standard and a revised RIAA preamplifier, which along with all the other changes makes this a significant update on the previous model”
– Andy Rigby Jones (Union Audio, Founder. MasterSounds MK2 Valve Series, Product Designer)
MK2 Valve is available in both 2 and 4-channel options, in MasterSounds classic black and silver finishes.
Priced at £1895 for the Radius Two Valve and £2695 for the Four Valve model (minus VAT for buyers outside the UK).

Purchase MasterSounds’ MK2 Valve series now exclusively via https://mastersounds.co.uk/

ABOUT MASTERSOUNDS:

MasterSounds make premium quality DJ mixers, audio accessories and high-fidelity audio systems, with skill, care and attention to detail in the United Kingdom.

CONNECT WITH MASTERSOUNDS:

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The Spirit Project & Starving Yet Full ‘Find Your Way (Sparrow & Barbossa Remix)’

Artist: The Spirit Project & Starving Yet Full
Title: Find Your Way (Sparrow & Barbossa Remix)
Label: Déepalma Records
Remixer: Sparrow & Barbossa
Cat. #: DPLM150R
Format: Digital
Release Date: 03.03.2023
Tracklist:
Find Your Way (Sparrow & Barbossa Extended Remix)
Find Your Way (Sparrow & Barbossa Radio Remix)

Sparrow & Barbossa get into the reinterpretation of ‘The Spirit Project & Starving Yet Full – Find Your Way’, just released on the cool Deepalma Records. Their remix recall the emotions and sensations aroused in the original, elevating the sensualism started by the tribal intrumental and by the vocals. As result the reinforced drums make the whole song a place which is full of hope and with a vibrant vision of the future.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/deepalmarecords
https://soundcloud.com/sparrowandbarbossa

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Oasis Into the Wild festival

Oasis: Into the Wild unveils the first wave of acts for 2023 and announces a brand new location for the festival’s second edition. Taking place from 27-29 October, Oasis: Into the Wild will take place at the iconic Atlas Studios in Ouarzazate, Morocco, where film and TV epics like Gladiator, Game of Thrones and The Mummy were filmed.  This cultured gathering offers a feast for all the senses with world-class sound from international names like Honey Dijon, DJ Koze, Jyoty, Partiboi69 b2b LB aka Labat, Romy, Sofia Kourtesis and TSHA, as well as a notable roster of talented Moroccan acts.

Into the Wild is the latest festival concept from the team behind Morocco’s Oasis Festival. Journeying beyond Oasis Festival’s original home in Marrakech, Into the Wild invites festivalgoers to dance somewhere different and discover yet more of Morocco’s most unique and exciting travel destinations through the lens of music, culture and wellbeing.

Musically it is another rich offering at Into the Wild 2023, with Grammy Award-winning Beyoncé collaborator Honey Dijon topping the bill for the first wave of acts, along with the curveball sounds of Pampa boss DJ Koze. Amsterdam-born, London-based Jyoty brings her bubbling blend of genre-hopping club music, whilst enigmatic selector Partiboi69 plays b2b alongside Frenchman LB aka Labat. The xx’s Romy steps up for a hybrid set, performing tracks from her new solo album, plus there’s worldly sounds from Peruvian producer, vocalist and DJ Sofia Kourtesis, and forward-thinking house and techno from London-based TSHA.

 

OASIS INTO THE WILD

27-29 October 2023 | Ouarzazate, Morocco
2-day festival pass: €180  | 3-day weekend pass (including opening party): €230
Tickets on sale now at intothewild.ma

Honey Dijon • DJ Koze

Jyoty • Partiboi69 b2b LB aka Labat • Romy • Sofia Kourtesis dj set • TSHA

Ahadadream • AliA • AMVN • ANÏA • Capra • Driss Bennis aka OCB • Goya Gumbani live • Jitwam • Kampire • Kawtar Sadik live • Kosh live • Liver J • Maelstrom & Louisahhh • Mafalda • Nabihah Iqbal • Nathabes B2B Abel Ray • NOMADS • Nooriyah • OJOO GYAL • Paula Tape • Tarzsa • Todd Edwards +more TBA

ABOUT OASIS INTO THE WILD
Launched in Marrakech in 2015, Oasis Festival ignited a now thriving festival scene in Morocco, setting the bar high with big name headliners and high quality production, tempting adventurous travellers from all over the world to dance somewhere different. With Into the Wild, the festival continues this quest, inviting the audience to discover even more of Morocco’s most exciting travel destinations.

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facebook.com/theoasisfest • youtube.com/c/theoasisfest

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Yotto pres. Something Good ‘Rhythm (Of The Night) (St Barts Trust Fund Mix)’

Artist: Yotto pres. Something Good
Title: Rhythm (Of The Night) (St Barts Trust Fund Mix)
Label: Armada
Remixer: St Barts
Cat. #: ARMAS2342R
Format: Digital
Release Date: 24.02.2023
Tracklist:
1. St Barts Trust Fund Extended Mix
2. St Barts Trust Fund Sped Up Extended Mix

It’s remix time from the Armada headquarters: St Barts refreshes the adapted legendary theme of “Corona – Rhythm Of The Night” made by Yotto, under his Something Good moniker. The first version is a junoesque house production, its pleasant and balmy intrumental interconnects perfectly with the vocals and the main melody. As opposite the second version shows a nightcore inspired vibe: the tempo is pitched up as the vocal and the main synth/pads, creating an astonishing and catchy sound.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/yotto
https://soundcloud.com/armadamusic

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Deeplomatik ‘Bless Vibes’

Artist: Deeplomatik
Title: Bless Vibes
Label: Sublease Music
Cat. #: slm025
Format: Digital
Release Date: 10.03.2023
Tracklist:
01. Bless Vibes
02. Deeper Vibes

Buy link: https://subleasemusic.lnk.to/BlessVibes

This ‘Bless Vibes’ endeavor is a surprising success made by Deeplomatik and just released on Sublease Music, a small release which features two productions fully into the underground and deep style followed by the label. The title track gleams in the dark. moving smoothly and showing fortitude, while ‘Deeper Vibes’ shows a lovable but endearing sound, detaching a little from the deep and prosperous sonorities of ‘Bless Vibes’.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/deeplomatik_pl
https://soundcloud.com/sublease

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Sam WOLFE ‘Laceration’

Artist: Sam WOLFE
Title: Laceration
Label: 1605
Cat. #: 1605289
Format: Digital
Release Date: 10.03.2023
Tracklist:
01. Sam WOLFE – Laceration
02. Sam WOLFE & KARKIL – Shadow Ritual

UMEK’s record label, 1605, welcomes a new dark and driving techno EP from Sam WOLFE who has collaborated with KARKIL.

Sam WOLFE is an American artist from Atlanta who has become a regular feature of 1605 and this is his sixth time releasing on the record label. He has a hard-hitting style of techno that erupts with explosive energy and his latest release is another example of this.

Along with 1605, Sam WOLFE has featured on other scene leading record labels such as Oliver Huntemann’s Senso Sounds and Christian Smith’s Tronic. Along with his solo productions, he has also collaborated on music with The YellowHeads and released on their record label Reload.

This EP features a solo production by Sam WOLFE, plus a collaboration with KARKIL, who is a talented up-and-coming artist who has previously released peak time techno tracks on the likes of Evitative Records and Planet 66.

“Laceration” is the solo production by Sam WOLFE and it opens with a thumping kick drum and rumbling sub-bass that form the foundation for deep synth stabs. The track builds towards the suspense of the epic breakdown which introduces a euphoric lead synth before plunging back into darkness when the drums slam back in.

“Shadow Ritual” is the collaboration with KARKIL and it’s another pounding techno track with an aggressive energy that’s perfect for the dance floor. Its thickset synths tear out the speaker with dramatic effect while the melody adds uplifting tension.

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

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Kr!z ‘Revelation EP’

Artist: Kr!z
Title: Revelation EP
Label: Blueprint
Cat. #: BP069
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Date: 7 April 2023
Tracklist:
A1. Tidal Wave
A2. Power Of The Prophet
B1. Evil Eye
B2. The Ceremony

Kr!z made his Blueprint debut last year with the ‘Neutrino EP’. Now he returns this April with the follow-up ‘Revelation EP’.

Kr!z has been at the forefront of techno for more than a decade. Influenced by the hypnotic and energetic sound helmed by veterans such as Jeff Mills, Steve Rachmad and James Ruskin, he gradually but steadily developed his own identity in the international techno scene. After making a name for himself as a skilled DJ with sharp focus and a quick mixing style in home country Belgium and the Netherlands, Kr!z launched Token Records in 2007. It has since been a leading outlet for heady, purist sounds. He rapidly established the label as a fixed value with a timeless and powerful sound and took it around the world with label nights on every continent. Token remains important in defining techno today – always straightforward, sometimes weird, often catchy – all under the helm of Kr!z as avid A&R.

After 12 years spent assiduously focused on curating the Token discography, showcasing artists he has nurtured and supported over this time, and incorporating the connoisseur’s knowledge and experience he has cultivated in his work as a DJ, 2019 saw the release of his long awaited debut EP on Token. ‘Mantra’ received high acclaim by both media and the scene’s key DJs. This continued in 2020, when he released the track ‘Scorpion’s Tail’ on Voltage Imprint and ‘Malice’ and ‘Imperative Needs’ as part of a split EP with Pfirter on his MindTrip label. 2022 was his most prolific year to date with three full EPs seeing the light of day: ‘Neutrino EP’ on James Ruskin’s Blueprint Records, ‘The Tunnel’ on Setaoc Mass’ hotshot SK_eleven and a third one on his own Token Records.

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Kermesse ‘Limbo’

Artist: Kermesse
Title: Limbo
Label: The Magic Movement
Cat. #: MAGIC032
Format: Digital
Release Date: 10.03.2023
Tracklist:
01. On The Road
02. Limbo
03. Melting
04. Wawanko

Buy link: https://fanlink.to/kermesse-limboep-buylink

Noema’s record label The Magic Movement is more than happy to release a new organic house EP by Argentinian duo Kermesse.

Kermesse have been a regular feature of The Magic Movement after dropping their debut album on the label in 2018. The Limbo EP is the duo’s sixth release on the imprint. They have also featured their spellbinding style of stripped-back organic house on other highly respected record labels such as Sol Selectas, Bar 25 Music, Stil Vor Talent and LNDKHN.

Based in Buenos Aires, Pedro and Gurtz aka Kermesse are outstanding musicians who fuse live instrumentation and Pedro’s vocals with electronic beats to create colourful downtempo grooves. They are also famed for their captivating live shows where they perform their tunes with lots of improvisation and dazzle the dance floor with their enchanting style.

“On The Road” is just as groovy, with a rippling modulating bassline featuring acid undertones and a deep melody washed in reverb to give it a dreamscape atmosphere.

“Limbo” opens with a plodding bassline and crisp percussion sequenced into shuffling rhythms which form the foundation for the track’s trippy vocals and intricate melody.

“Melting” creates a bewitching feeling, psychedelic lyrics and a gleeful melody fill the track with heart-warming energy. Arguably saving the best until last, this is a standout track that will move mind, body and soul.

“Wawanko” is an upbeat and jovial track with lots of atmospheric textures and an uplifting melody that fills the track with feel-good vibes, while the percussion provides a dance floor focused groove.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/kermesselive
https://soundcloud.com/the-magic-movement