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Ruffhouse Industries resident Tymotica returns to the label this month with two new VIP mixes of previously released tracks.  The Berlin-based producer revisits two tracks from his 2020 EP, ‘Incoherent Death Experience’, twisting their electro/breaks foundations into fresh, UK-influenced forms. The cinematic techno title track gets a rumbling two-step refix, …

London’s Control Freak Recordings will release a new compilation this week.  Landing tomorrow, the 12-track comp, ‘Psycho/Soma’, is the label’s second compilation, and features a selection of future-facing UK techno, electro, breaks and percussive club music from emerging acts such as Kincaid, Ayesha, Pluralist and Debba.  ‘Psycho/Soma’ follows Control Freak’s …

Jamz Supernova’s Future Bounce label will round up its year-long series of club-focussed releases this week with a storming two-tracker from Sam Interface.  Following releases from the likes of Drumheller, Rose Bonica, KG & Uniiqu3 and Bamz, the label will gather the tracks from the series and release them as …

Anz will release two brand new tracks via her own freshly launched label, OTMI, next week.  The first release on OTMI, which is short for “Otras Mitades”, the Spanish for “other halves”, will land on 9th April. You can hear ‘Unravel In The Designated Zone’ from the release below.  ‘OTMI001’ …

Jun Kamoda will release his second full-length album, ‘II’, next month. Set for release on the Nagano, Japan-based artist’s own JUN RECORDS, the 12-track release finds Kamoda returning to his roots as a leftfield hip-hop producer and DJ. In recent years, Kamoda has made a name for himself on the …

Adryiano will release a new EP next month. German DJ and producer Adyriano, who released a massive EP last summer in the form of ‘100% AUTHENTIC VIP LOUNGE TRAXX’, has returned wtih another self-released record in the form of ‘MOORRRE EPICC BIG ROOM ANTHEMSSS’. Opening with thumping trance euphoria in the …

Commodo will release a new EP via Sector 7 in April. Bristol-based label Sector 7, headed up by DJ/producer Boofy, has released EPs by the likes of Drone, Impey and Lemzley Dale since its inception in the early 2010s, and next month, will welcome Commodo to the fold. Commodo, who …

LA-based, Zagreb-born DJ and producer Cromie will release a new EP next week.  Set for release on Belfast DJ Holly Lester’s Duality Trax, Cromie’s ‘Landbridge’ EP comprises three original cuts of crisp house grooves, warm melodies, syrupy bass and hazy breaks, with a typically top-notch remix from rRoxymore to boot. …

Borai will release a new EP on Club Glow next week, marking his solo debut on the label he runs alongside Denham Audio, LMajor and Mani Festo. Having appeared alongside Denham Audio on Club Glow’s debut release back in 2018, Borai’s new four-tracker, ‘Need U’, marks the label’s second vinyl …

Shanghai label SVBKVLT will release a new collaborative EP from Osheyack and Nahash in April. Both artists have appeared on SVBKVLT before, and have helped shape the label’s identity as a platform for intensely rhythmic, experimental electronic and club music. Joining forces now on ‘Club Apathy’, the pair have cooked …

Brighton-based breaks wizard Etch returns to Sneaker Social Club next month with the ‘Anachronism’ EP. Marking five years since his debut on the label, and three since his landmark debut LP ‘Ups & Downs’, Etch’s new four-tracker for the label is a masterclass in subtle beat science and atmosphere. Where …

Bristol label Pressure Dome will release its third charity compilation this week, raising funds for the local Community Care Package initiative, which has been providing fresh fruit and vegetables to those who can’t afford it during the pandemic.  Like every Pressure Dome release, this compilation shines a light on the …

Yaya will release a new remix EP next week. Torino-raised, Tamango Records boss Yaya, who has welcomed the likes of Ben Rau, Rich NXT and Josh Baker to his imprint, released his debut album, ‘You Decide’, via the label in late 2019. Now, for his first release of 2021, Yaya …

Mala Herba will release the follow up to their debut LP, ‘Demonologia’, on aufnahme + wiedergabe next month. Comprising covers and remixes, the EP is titled ‘Omnia Vanitas’, and will be released on 2nd April.  In her DJ Mag review of ‘Demonologia’, writer Zara Wladawsky wrote that Mala Herba’s debut …

Parisian techno DJ and producer Anetha has announced a new compilation series on her label, Mama Told Ya.  Each compilation in the four-part series will be inspired by one of the elements. The first, ‘L’eau repousse les feux agressifs’ – which translates as ‘Water repels aggressive fires” – is inspired …

Kenyan artist, producer and vocalist Nabalayo and NKC have teamed up for a new EP, ‘Mwizi’. Set for release on UK DJ and producer NKC’s Even The Strong label in April, the EP combines both artists’ distinctive sounds: Nabalayo’s Kenyan folk and electronic pop fusion style Changanya, and NKCs heady …

Dublin’s darkmavis and Thrust Collective co-founder sohotsospicy will release a new collaborative EP, ‘sodarksospicy’, this month.  The EP is set for release on darkmavis’ new label Talamh Records, which launched last month with a V/A compilation, spotlighting an emerging new wave of club music producers in Ireland.  Featuring cuts from …

Sam Binga and Chimpo join forces this month for a flashy new four-tracker on Critical Music.  Titled ‘Maison Binga​-​Chimpoix Présente: Ultra Luxe’, the EP is set to land this Friday, 19th March. Don’t let the ‘rich walnut’ coloured vinyl and ‘leather-bound’ artwork fool you though, these four tracks offer only …

Witch Trials launches his new label, Myryrs, this month with the release of a deep, dark EP of his own, titled ‘Habitual Martyr’. Described as “a conceptually driven record label with a focus on genre crossover music and collaboration in visual media”, Myryrs introduces itself with an atmospheric five-tracker, spanning …

Bali’s Gabber Modus Operandi will reissue their groundbreaking debut LP, ‘PUXXXIMAXXX’, this month. Originally released in 2018 via Yogyakarta label YES NO WAVE MUSIC, ‘PUXXXIMAXXX’ launched the duo’s musical journey with a sound that fused elements of gabber, breakcore and happy hardcore with distinctly Indonesian dance, folk and pop styles …

100% Silk will release the new album from Los Angeles DJ and producer Etari, ‘Rainbow Eucalyptus’, this month.  With nine tracks of bright, blissed out house, the artist’s debut physical release nestles comfortably into the label’s catalogue. Inspired by “rare trees, cool air, and spiraling rhythm”, the melodies are like …

Norwegian label Ideophone Records will release a new remix collection this month, inviting rRoxymore, Yhdessa, Nkisi and JIJU to rework tracks from Jiska Huizing & Rudi Valdersnes recent EP on the label.  Working with the organic, homemade percussion sounds and naturalistic atmospheres of the original EP, each remixer brings their …

Prayer will release a new EP next week. Following releases on his own Grade 10 imprint and with Bristol’s Black Acre, UK-based DJ and producer Prayer will join SHERELLE and Naina’s esteemed vinyl label Hooversound with five-track EP, ‘In Your Arms’. Joining the likes of Deft, Sinistarr and Tim Reaper on …

Tash LC’s Club Yeke label returns this month with a brand new EP from London producer Kouslin.  ‘Full Circle’ is the label’s third release, and is a celebration of dancehall and jungle rhythms in UK soundsystem culture. Featuring vocal collaborations with MCs Riko Dan and Warrior Queen, the EP aims …

Unsound will release its ‘Intermission’ book and compilation this week, featuring new music from SOPHIE & Jlin, Varg2™ & VTSS, 33EMYBW, Slikback and many more.  Last year, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the 18th edition of Poland’s Unsound festival, which is usually held in Kraków, moved online with Unsound Intermission, presenting …

ZULI will release his new EP ‘All Caps’ via Lee Gamble’s UIQ this month. Recorded in the months after his equipment was stolen, along with the year’s worth of new music stored on it, the EP is the sound of creativity erupting from frustration, and the Egyptian artist wastes no …

London label Midnight People will drop an EP from Alberto Melloni later this week. Serving up a stellar first release for 2021, Midnight People welcome Italian DJ & producer Alberto Melloni to the fold with four-track EP ‘Dandelion’. Previously a guitarist and synth enthusiast as part of a touring band, Melloni now produces …

Jennifer Loveless will release her new EP, ‘Water’, via Butter Sessions this month. Landing on 12th March, the Canadian-born, Melbourne-based DJ/producer’s second release is a four-tracker of hard-hitting house and techno grooves inspired by the force of water.  “When writing this EP, I was thinking about water and I was …

Rudolf C will release his new EP, ‘Gamma!’, via Scottish label Craigie Knowes this month. Fusing bouncy prog-house, intergalactic garage and sizzling acid grooves, the four-track EP marks both the label and the Berlin-based producer’s first release of the year. It’s Rudolf C’s second time appearing on Craigie Knowes, having …

Paramida’s Love on the Rocks label is set to reissue Peace Division’s Justin Drake and Paranoid London’s Quinn Whalley’s 1993 proto-trance cut ‘State Of Mind (Slack Mix)’ next week.  The track was originally released by the duo on UK label Rhythm Design under their Peyote Dreams alias, while their Slack …

Carl Cox has a brand new remix out this week, and you can have an exclusive first listen below. Coxy’s first new music of 2021 comes in the form of a storming techno remix of London live electronic group Breakcode’s ‘What Lies Beneath’. The legendary DJ adds some additional heft …

Dam Swindle will release their new EP, ‘Spice Run’, via Aus Music this week.  Marking their first release under their new moniker, and their second appearance on Aus Music, the Dutch duo retain their knack for soulful house grooves and jazzy instrumentation across these four cuts.   The EP also features …

Rising producers Hyroglifics and AC13 have teamed up for a new two-track single on Critical Music.  Pooling together their individual skills, the pair deliver a double-header of tough, rolling d&b. Fresh off the back of his collaborative EP with Sinistarr on Hooversound and another with Sam Binga on Critical, Hyroglifics …

Diessa will release her new EP ‘Between Rooms’ on London’s Edited Arts label on Monday 1st March.  Described as a “venn diagram of Room 1 and Room 2 dance music”, the four-tracker flirts with full-throttle main-room energy, while leaving plenty of space for rhythmic twists and turns, BPM shifts and …

Illegal Data returns this month with a brand new compilation.  The Bristol label and party’s second compilation features 15 tracks of sugar-rush club bangers, emotional beats and pop experiments. Set for release on 26th February, contributions to the comp come from the likes of Ava Akira, Kai Whiston, EBU + …

Nicola Cruz will make his debut on Rhythm Section International this week with the ‘Subtropique’ EP.  The Ecuadorian producer channels his roots on this new five-tracker, emphasising traditional, organic percussion among psychedelic dancefloor atmospheres. It’s top notch.  Check out ‘What Now’ below, and pre-order the EP ahead of its release …

London’s Diffrent Music will release a new EP from next-gen junglists No Nation & Sheba Q this month. Marking the return of the label’s GiraffeStep release series for up-and-coming artists, London’s No Nation and Sheba Q’s continue their rapid ascent with this killer two-tracker of subtle beat science and intergalactic …

Despina will release their new EP, ‘Data Soft’, this week via Brooklyn’s Kindergarten Records. The four-track release is themed around concepts of intimacy, sensuality and identity in a digital world. As the distinction between our digital and physical worlds becomes more blurred, ‘Data Soft’ asks how our virtual, data-based existences …

Pamcy will release her new EP, ‘Sauce Aisle’, next month.  Debuting on Jun Kamoda’s Jun Records, the Manila, Philippines-based producer and DJ follows her releases for labels like Healthy Tapes, Z Tapes and Genjitsu Stargazing Society with three colourful cuts of culinary-themed house.  Bubbling with rich percussive beats and sweet …

London label childsplay is back with more dazzling club sounds this month, this time in the form of Shawn Cartier’s ‘Crazy Boy’ EP.  In keeping with the label’s high-energy, hyper-colourful aesthetic, Cartier’s four-track EP flits from futuristic electro into retro acid rave territory, with sugar-rush flashes of ghettotech and juke …

Temudo will release his new EP via Ben Klock’s Klockwork’s label this month. Set for release on 19th February, the Portoguese DJ and producer delivers a deep, hard-hitting techno four-tracker, full of propulsive rhythms and dizzying electronic swirls.  ‘Float Here Forever’ captures the EP’s energy perfectly, with an icy, cavernous …

Wilfy D will releae a new EP next month. Bristol-based producer Wilfy D, who has released music via Shall Not Fade, and his own Vitamin D imprint, will join the likes of Interplanetary Criminal, Lavonz and Subjoi on London-based label Dansu Discs. Packed with six tracks of Wilfy D’s signature, …

Copenhagen’s Alex Index will release his new EP, ‘Four Point Five’, this month via Ruffhouse Records.  Across four track of sub-troubling percussion, syncopated groove and icy melodies, Index pulls from genres like gqom, UK funky and grime, all while keeping a foot on a heady techno pulse. It’s massive.  The …

Jossy Mitsu will release her debut EP this month via Astral Black.  ‘Planet J’ sees the 6 Figure Gang member and Rinse FM resident alchemise the bass-heavy elements of contemporary UK club styles with the driving forward momentum of Detroit techno.  From the frosty, nocturnal bass-pressure of ‘Odyssey’ to the …

Paradox will make debut on Sneaker Social Club next month, delivering his 195th 12” release since bursting onto the UK rave scene in the early ‘90s. Dev Pandya, who has also produced as Alaska and other monickers over the years, has been breaking the parameters of jungle, drum & bass …

Manchester DJ and producer Monir will release his new, ‘Still Running’, via MELD this week.  Making his debut on the Scottish label, Monir fuses elements of dubstep, grime and techno on this weighty four-tracker, channeling the forward-thinking sounds of UK labels Timedance, Hessle Audio and Livity Sound.  The EP’s title …

ELLLL returns to Dublin’s First Second Label this month with the ‘Housebreaker’ EP.  Following the Berlin-based, Cork-born producer’s frosty ‘Febreeze’ EP for the label in 2019, ‘Housebreaker’ takes a more nocturnal turn. Featuring a murky, chopped and screwed refix from Parris, and a spectral dub from ELLLL herself, the EP …

Chicago’s DJ Girl will release her new EP, ‘Slsk Trax’ via Planet Euphorique next month.  Making her debut on D.Tiffany’s extra-terrestrial house and techno label, DJ Girl delivers four tough cuts of rabid percussion, rumbling bass and smoked-out electronic swirls. From the searing peak-time techno hysteria of the A-side, to …

Astral Plane Recordings new imprint Contagion Discs returns with its second release this week, C Powers’ ‘Which Ad Experience Do You Prefer?’.  The Georgia-born, Portland-based producer serves up four sharp and sizzling cuts on their debut for the label, having previously released on established imprints like Sorry Records and Sweat …

Mor Elian and Rhyw’s Fever AM returns with its first EP of the year next month, Xen Chron’s ‘Deleted Vapor’. Landing on the first Bandcamp Friday of 2021, 5th February, the Weymouth, Massachusetts-based producer’s five-track EP is bursting with warped club rhythms and dizzying effect-mutations. With a near 20 year …

Italian producer Gaetano Parisio’s Conform Records returns for the fourth instalment of its Re-Touched EP series next month. Inviting Radio Slave, Mark Broom, Honey Dijon, Adriana Lopez and Shlomi Aber to remix tracks from his various projects, the Neapolitan techno stalwart curates another selection of heady dancefloor cuts from some …

BufoBufo will release his new EP, ‘Endless Rhythm’, via FINA Records this month. Set for release on 25th January, four-track EP finds the producer develops his penchant for subtle genre-fusions, knitting stands of Detroit techno, Chicago house and UK breaks together into cuts designed for dancefloors of all kinds.  With …

Kassian will release a new EP next month. London-based duo Kassian, who have previously released records on Heist, Groovence and Phonica White, will make their debut on Bristol label Shall Not Fade on the 19th February with five-track EP, ‘Crush’. Joining the likes of Adryiano, Big Miz and Jaymie Silk …

borderlandstate will release his new EP ‘Resonant Advisor’ via All Centre this month.  Following 2020 releases from the likes of Jennifer Walton, hmurd, DJ P and M T Hall, as well as a two year anniversary comp from the label, All Centre will kick off 2020 with the lush two …

NYC-based party crew and label SLINK will release their first EP of the year in February, Enayet’s ‘Chokkor’. The SLINK resident’s debut EP was recorded during a trip home to Dhaka, Bangladesh, and its four tracks seek to capture the motion and density of the city with deep soundsystem pressure …

Logic1000 has shared a new single, ‘Medium’.  The track, a stepping electro number with at least one toe in garage, appears on the Berlin-based, Sydney-raised producer’s latest EP, ‘You’ve Got The Whole Night To Go’, which drops via her own label Therapy on 22nd January.  She talked about the release, …

Workforce will release his new EP, ‘Moods’, via Critical Music this month. Set for release on 22nd January, the ex-Spectrasouler builds on the tough, moody d&b sound he’s been cultivating as Workforce for the past two years. ‘Bring Down’ embodies the producer’s flair for brooding atmospheres and fully-charged, weighty beats. …

Banoffee Pies Records will release the fifth edition of its Black Label V/A series this month,  The label, which we recently spotlighted in our The Sound Of series, kicks off 2020 with a top notch four-tracker featuring Monika Ross, Tom Frankel, Mariiin and N-GYNN. Full of frosty, minimal grooves and …

Hooversound Recordings is kicking 2021 off with a bang. The label’s first release of the year sees breakthrough jungle star Tim Reaper remixing cuts from Special Request’s 2019 album, ‘Zero Fucks’. Set for release on 22nd January via SHERELLE and Naina’s burgeoning imprint, the four-track EP is a blazing feast …

Emeka Ogboh will release a new EP this week. Nigerian sound and installation artist, Emeka Ogboh, who works between Berlin and Lagos, will share a new EP via Berghain’s new Ostgut Ton sublabel, A-Ton, this Friday (15th). Ogboh’s first release of simply music, as opposed to art pieces, follows up …

We had a chat with Cali based singer and songwriter Dejhare! Check out what she told us about her musical journey, and her latest single ‘Do What You Gotta Do’! Can you tell our readers a little more about yourself?  Hi, I am Dejhare, a singer-songwriter and a new artist …

6 Figure Gang’s LCY has remixed ‘Only God Can Tell’ from jungle legend Krust’s first LP in 14 years, ‘The Edge Of Everything’.  Released via Crosstown Rebels on December 18th, LCY joins Calibre and Flynn on the forthcoming ‘Krust – TEOE Remixes #2’ EP. Following a stream of remixes of …

EVA808 will release her debut album, ‘Sultry Venom’, this Friday 18th December.  Released on USA heavyweight bass label Innamind Recordings, the 19-track LP follows the success of the Icelandic producer’s singles ‘Prrr’ and ‘Exchange’ – already accumulating a steady stream of endorsement from the likes of Commodo and Hudson Mohawke.  …

Midnight People will release a new EP from PADDY later this week. Following the launch of Midnight People back in May this year, with the ‘City Elastic’ EP from Vanity Project, the London label will welcome Manchester-based DJ and producer, PADDY, to the roster later this week. PADDY, who released …

Sun People will release a new EP on Defrostatica Records this month. The Austrian DJ and producer, who released on Rua Sound last year, will make his Defrostica debut on 18th December with ‘The Walls’ EP. Comprising four original cuts and a remix from Worst Behavior’s Anna Morgan, the EP …

Munich’s Schlachthofbronx will release their new mixtape ‘THE RIDE’ this month.  Set for release on 11th December, the mixtape comprises 45-minutes of original music from the duo, giving a sneak peek into the releases they have in store for the coming year, along with some exclusive cuts for the tape …

Big Miz will release a new EP next week. Glaswegian DJ and producer Big Miz has had a big year in terms of production. Pulling together a mini-LP of tracks he’s produced over the last decade, he joined Unknown To The Unknown’s catalogue, and released an EP via Shall Not …

DJ Earl will release his new album, ‘BASS + FUNK & SOUL’ this Friday 4th December.  The album is set for release on London-via-Paris label Moveltraxx, on which the Teklife DJ and producer debuted back in 2012 with the stunning ‘Teklife Or NoLife’ EP. Since, the Chicago artist has appeared …

Newly launched Polish label Tańce will release its second EP this week, Semprey’s ‘Balanga’. It’s the Kraków producer’s debut EP, and makes for a striking introduction to his playful, dynamic style. Known for his adventurous pop and hip-hop edits, Semprey retains that spirit on ‘Balanga’, but creates a sound that …