Artist: Piers Kirwan Title: In Deep EP Label: Boogie Cafe Cat. #: BC037D Format: Digital Release Date: December 2nd (Traxsource), December 16th (worldwide) Tracklist: 1. Doombar (feat. Dj Circle) 2. Calculated 3. I Love 4. Butterfly Effect 5. See U Standin
The last Piers Kirwan’s sound research flows into ‘In Deep EP’, a release packed with five warm and interesting productions, which roam around into a deep house and broken beat mixture. While listening the playback goes really smooth, the entire sound quality is great and very detailed in both low-end and high-end spectrum sides, a feature that supports the creativity behind each song theme.
Artist: Sisko Electrofanatik Title: Ametista Label: Terminal M Cat. #: TERM218 Format: Digital, vinyl Release Date: December 2nd 2022 Tracklist: 01. Ametista 02. Ametista (Tiger Stripes Remix) 03. Solar Rock
Monika Kruse’s record label Terminal M welcomes a hard-hitting techno EP from Sisko Electrofanatik, which also features a remix by Tiger Stripes.
Sisko Electrofanatik is an Italian artist who is making his Terminal M debut following numerous high-profile releases on other influential record labels such as Spartaque’s Codex, Markantonio’s AnalyticTrail, Carl Cox’s Intec and Alan Fitzpatrick’s We Are The Brave.
Based in Rome, Sisko Electrofanatik’s peak time style fuses enthralling synth lines with driving percussion to create peak time energy that is perfect for the dance floor. Many are also familiar with Sisko Electrofanatik’s own label Gain Records, which regularly features his own music along with many of techno’s most exciting new artists.
Each of the tracks on this release showcase his studio mastery and innate ability for producing captivating techno, which is a talent backed up by regular support from many genre’s most influential DJs.
Tiger Stripes is a Swedish techno producer who is internationally respected for his links to imprints such as Adam Beyer’s Drumcode and his spine-tingling rework is an incredible remix that has the potential to be one of 2022’s best techno tracks.
“Ametista” opens the release with its pulsating bassline and electric synth line which is underpinned by a pounding kick drum.
Tiger Stripes’s remix of “Ametista” is a chunked-up version which builds to an epic breakdown that fills the track with Balearic vibes before the percussion slams back in with devastating force.
“Solar Rock” is the second of the originals and its tantalising synth line builds suspense and tension while the fast-flowing percussion and thundering kick drum unleash a tidal wave of energy.
Derek Russo moves back to basics while avoiding the major producing tricks of contemporary music, here we go with his brand new ‘Club Cuckoo EP’. Derek starts from scratch with oldschool samples and a natural approach to the sequencer, factors which gets obvious while listening to the productions. House, garage, disco and techno are all melt into this fascinating and excellent composition, an EP that makes blurred and undefined the boundaries between the past and the present of electronic music.
Artist: Theiz Title: For The Love EP Label: EPMmusic Cat. #: EPM102 Format: Digital Download / Streaming Release Date: 16 December 2022 Tracklist: 1. 1000 Year Cycle of The Dragonfly 2. Filtered Reality 3. For The Love 4. Infinite Compassion
EPMmusic rounds off 2022 with a third EP from the rejuvenated production genius of Mathijs Schippers, a.k.a. Theiz.
Theiz is now some 30 years deep in the scene. Having released on labels such as Eevolute, Techno-Tourist and Ear-land Recordings in the late ’90s and early ’00s, Mathijs began producing again in 2015 with no pressure to release – simply just for the sake of making new music. His activity as a music journalist brought him back into contact with the music industry and now freshly motivated, he is firmly in the saddle with this, his third EP and the accompanying album ‘All That Remains’ lined up for early 2023.
As Theiz himself says, “This EP has a more dance floor-oriented sound without losing a certain flow of “hopeful” melancholy. These two elements are reflected in the first track ‘1000 Year Cycle of the Dragonfly’. The title is inspired by a nature documentary I watched around the time I was making the track. The same feeling of hope and maybe the search for spirituality seeps through into the next track ‘Filtered Reality’ in a house-y flow. Then the darker side of melancholy is expressed in ‘For The Love’, the wanting but not always being able to love. The last track of this four-track release, ‘Infinite Compassion’ goes down the same path of its predecessor but takes it a notch deeper to a level of spirituality that I can only experience with music. My hope is to spread the spark that started these four little fires…”
Artist: Kryder feat. Sarah de Warren Title: Lights Out Label: Armada Cat. #: ARMAS2386 Format: Digital Release Date: November 25th 2022 Tracklist: 1. Lights Out
Great artists combination: the respected dj and producer Kryder meets the vocalist Sarah de Warren, their output ‘Lights Out’ is a delicious and enchanting progressive house song. The vocals interface perfectly into the instrumental which plays with pride and epicness. In the overall that’s a great lullaby for the lovers of this particular and magic electronic music style.
Artist: Various Title: A-Sides Vol. 11 Label: Drumcode Cat. #: DC271 Format: Digital, vinyl Release Date: November 25th 2022 Tracklist: 1. Layton Giordani & HI-LO – Rabbit Hole 2. Tiger Stripes – Altar 3. Veerus – Lights on Me 4. Nicolas Taboada – Circles 5. Zimmz – Qualia 6. Marco Faraone – Dream 7. Julian Jeweil – Pulsation 8. Jay Lumen – Astronaut 9. Gary Beck – Ship Went Down 10. Charles D – Traction 11. A.D.H.S – Razor 12. Juliet Fox – Evolution Of Thinking 13. Ramiro Lopez – Yo Mas 14. Cosmic Boys – I’m A Robot 15. Nicole Moudaber ft. Romina – Come to My Beat 16. Wehbba – The Next Step 17. Andres Campo – Cyclops 18. Timmo – Community Tool 19. Mark Reeve – Run Back (Remake) 20. BEC – Vibration 21. Pig&Dan vs Gregor Tresher – Granular (2022 Update Mix) 22. LAAT – Call Of The Tribes 23. Anna Reusch – Deeper 24. Avision – Find Myself 25. Thomas Hoffknecht – Break Free
Drumcode’s beloved A-Sides compilation makes a welcome return after a two-year absence, with a mammoth 25-track feast covering every shade of the techno spectrum. The project was devised in 2012 as a way of showcasing the wealth of strong material Adam Beyer receives each year, which due to Drumcode’s busy release schedule, might not otherwise find a home on the label. Since then, it’s grown to become an essential fixture on the techno release schedule and a marker for where the genre stands in any given year.
Artist: Robosonic & Jess Bays & Rahh Title: Supposed To Do Label: Armada Subjekt Cat. #: ARSBJKT186 Format: Digital Release Date: November 25th 2022 Tracklist: 1. Supposed To Do
Robosonic returns on the club oriented Armada Subjekt label, collaborating with Jess Bys and Rahh for the creation of the single ‘Supposed To Do’. The production gets confident and sensuous when the vocal starts, upgrading the pleasant sensation created by the instrumental, made with a tiny set of drums and a roundy chopped bassline.
Artist: Tech It Deep Title: Maria Maria Label: Tech It Deep Cat. #: TID001 Format: Digital Release Date: November 25th 2022 Tracklist: 1. Maria Maria
Essam Jansen (knows also as Sem Vox and Tech It Deep) releases under his new moniker the single ‘Maria Maria’. adapting some inspired vocals from the legendary song ‘Santana feat. The Product G&B – Maria Maria‘ into a hot and breaking tech house instrumental. The whole result is great and really infectious, a song ready to be played in club or party environments.
Artist: AndileAndy Title: Peace & Order Label: Stay True Sounds Cat. #: STS148 Format: Digital Release Date: December 2nd 2022
Stay True Sounds opens its doors to AndileAndy who debuts with the studio album ‘Peace & Order’, featuring that typical and unique style that distinguishes the label’s imprint. Tranquility and relaxation are the key words to describe the whole composition, which floats gently into the realms of leisure and chilling situations. This new wave of emerging artists from South Africa constantly put new music to the electronic scene, spreading it all over the world.
Future House Music is set to release a captivating single from Almero & Ansun featuring the vocals of Julia Temos, their ‘Clockwork’ production reveals to be charming and energic at the same time, capable to radiate positive vibes during the playback.
