Drone will release a new EP later this month. Incoming via Boofy’s Sector 7 label, home to the likes of Impey and Lemzley Dale, the Bristol-based DJ, producer and System Music affiliate returns to the UK imprint with a four-track EP titled ‘Polar Opposite’. Drawing inspiration from dubstep, trap, grime and …
Sha Sha Kimbo will release a new EP, ‘Wonder Tech’, via her own Planet Bliss Records in April. The Los Angeles producer follows the release of her 2021 EP, ‘Total Chaos’, on John Frusciante and Aura T-09’s Evar Records with three cuts of slamming peak-time techno. Tough, jacking beats, full-pelt …
Galtier will release a new EP, ‘Imitation Plantae’, via his own Nostro Hood System label this month. Described as being “inspired by the idea of man-made imitations attempting to capture the essence of natural beauty,” there’s a cyborg, sci-fi quality to these five tracks. Industrial UK techno rhythms are scrambled …
John Summit has shared his DJ Mag Cover Mix on Apple Music. Check it out below. The DJ Mag North America cover star for March 2022 has recorded a 60 minute mix, demonstrating the rolling tech-house sound that has turned him into one of the most in-demand DJs on the …
UK-based producer, DJ and cultural practitioner Nahi Mitti will release her debut album, ‘Aisaund Sings’, via Mutualism this month. Following a number of self-released tracks on Bandcamp, as well a collaboration with anu on Daytimers and Stamp The Wax’s 2021 compilation, the artist’s nine-track debut long-player is a striking introduction, …
Turin’s early reflex founder Alec Pace returns this month with his first solo outing since 2020. ‘Future Now?’ will be released on 25th March. You can hear the track ‘Lanes’ below. Following 2021 releases from the likes of Ikävä Pii, Sobolik, Lorica and BENN, as well as a second V/A …
Kuala Lumpur’s Shelhiel has invited three artists from across East and South East Asia to remix his 2021 single, ‘Star 星’. Set for release on London’s Eastern Margins label, which has been championing forward thinking music from East and South East Asia since 2017, the triptych of remixes finds Shelhiel’s …
Bristol’s Pressure Dome label launches its new 10” series this month with a release from Paris’ Design Default. After a year that saw it bag a Breakthrough Label nomination at DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards, as well as release its third charity compilation and launch a new international comp …
Aeondelit will release a new EP via Tel Aviv label Sadan on 17th March. Debuting on the label with four cuts of cinematic club music, the Manizales Colombia producer drew inspiration from dreams and the works of philosopher Jean-François Lyotard for the EP. Speaking about the origin of the EP’s …
London artists angelicaa and First Circle have collaborated on a new EP for Edited Arts. ‘angelicaa FC’ will be released on 18th March, and you can hear the track ‘Simpsons Sky’ below. Across five tracks, First Circle’s atmospheric productions blend elements of drill, atmospheric breaks, and emo, while angelicaa’s drawled …
Mars89 will release a new EP, ‘Night Call’, via Sneaker Social Club this month. The Tokyo-based producer follows releases for the likes of Bokeh Versions, Undercover, POLAAR and Acrylic with four cuts of deep, dark soundsystem pressure. Exploring the shadowy corners of the hardcore continuum to produce a thunderous, skeletal …
Lyric Hood will release her new EP, ‘Woman-Hood Chapter 1’, via M-Plant this week. The Detroit producer, and one-half of Floorplan alongside her father Robert Hood, will release the four-track EP via the landmark minimal techno imprint on Friday 9th March. The EP follows Floorplan’s ‘Get My Mansion Ready / …
Parisian label De La Groove has released a new compilation celebrating house music from the city. ‘Beneath The City’ comprises nine tracks from house music producers across Paris, spanning deep, disco-inflected grooves to thumping Italo and silky UKG. Below, you can hear a collaborative track between label co-founder Chinau and …
Tom VR has invited four artists to remix tracks from his 2021 album ‘Please Keep Shimmering’. Midland, Peach, Lone and Kareem Ali have each taken a track from the producer’s bubbling, soft-hued electronic LP, released on Seb Wildblood’s all my thoughts label. The remix EP will be released this month, …
Janice Iche and NKC have teamed up for a new release on Even The Strong. The ‘How You Flow’ EP will be released on 11th March, and you can hear the track ‘Afterlife’ below. NKC, the Bristol-based percussive club music producer behind Even The Strong, and Janice Iche, one of …
Symrun will release a new album, ‘What Do You Do?’, via London’s TT label this Friday. You can hear the closing track, ‘Foreign Figures’ below. The Leeds-based artist’s second album follows his 2020 debut mixtape on TT, delivering an alchemical blend of auto-tuned pop, luminous trap and disjointed club beats. …
Pluralist will release a new EP, ‘B Squared’, via Manchester’s Left, Right & Centre next week. You can hear the title track below. The Bristol-based producer debuts on the label, run by the crew behind the party of the same name, with three cuts of buzzing, futuristic techno dancehall fusionism. …
Bristol-based DJ and producer Remotif has curated a new charity compilation in aid of the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian aid organisation working to help provide food, cash and aid to resettling Afghan refugees. Titled ‘Stranger Together’, the 11-track compilation will be released via Remotif’s Familiar Strangers label and features …
Tresor will release the final instalment in its trilogy of Minimal Violence EPs next week. Spanning five tracks, ‘Phase Three’ in the ‘DESTROY —> [physical] REALITY [psychic] <— TRUST’ series is the first release from Minimal Violence since the project shrunk from a duo to the solo project of Ash …
GG Mothra will release a new two-track EP, ‘Hell Na/MOOM’ via Auckland’s Related Articles label on 3rd March. Listen to the B-side, ‘MOOM’, below. The Auckland-born, Western Canada-based producer returns to the label with two cuts of luminous, snapping footwork, where the agile rhythms of the Chicago sound are injected …
Nehza Records has released a new compilation, ‘Transnaturel’. Check it out below. The brainchild of Rinse France resident RONI, the imprint – which launched in 2021 with ‘Slowing’ by Neida – has tapped the likes of Cassius Select, Wanton Witch and GЯEG to contribute to the release. Spanning breaks, bass, dub, techno, rave, acid, …
Brussels-based producer and film composer Le Motel will release a new EP, ‘Sueños’, via his own Maloca Records this week. Le Motel collaborates with a global cast of collaborators including London MC Logan, Belgian producer Cabasa, Spanish vocalist Clara! and Ghanain MC Bryte. Alongside two solo cuts, the producer draws …
DJs Pareja and Matias Aguayo will release a new collaborative EP, ‘La Vida Loca’, as MDM Factory this month. Listen to the ‘Love Boat’ below. Set for release this Friday (25th February) on Aguayo’s Cómeme label, the release boasts the same off-kilter charm we’ve come to expect from these artists, …
London’s Soreab will release a new EP, ‘Perspectives’, via Accidental Meetings this month. The Baroque Sunburst co-founder makes his solo debut on the Brighton label after appearing on its excellent ‘Friends and Family Vol.2’ compilation in December. Dishing up four cuts of murky, mutant dancehall and trap, with deep plumes …
New York label Palms Out Sounds will release the first in a series of charity compilations entitled ‘End Broken Windows’ next week. The 11-track Vol.1 compilation leans heavily on breaks and tough, punchy grooves, and features tracks from a global cast of producers, including Martyn Bootyspoon, SUMORAI & AVIVX, The …
Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Introspekt will release her new EP, ‘I Know U Want Me’, via Leeds’ Gimme A Break Records this Friday, 18th February. Hear the title track below. Heavily inspired by underground UK dance music, the four tracks on ‘I Know U Want Me’ pull lovingly from …
MOVELTRAXX’s Big Dope P has tapped New York’s Lauren Flax to remix his track, ‘Work Move Shake’ featuring DJ Slugo. Taking the funk-fuelled electro flair of the original mix, Flax twists it into a typically tough, acidified belter. The remix will appear on DJ Dope P’s ‘Mehlish Club Expansion Pack’, …
London and Bahrain-based collective and label Dar Disku will release their fifth collection of reissued rarities and dancefloor edits of records from the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) this month. The release finds the pair reissuing two ‘90s “Cairo calypso” cuts produced by Amr Salah Mahmoud, alongside two …
Nahash will release a new EP, ‘Tides’, via French label POLAAR this month. Following his blistering, politically-charged 2020 album, ‘Flowers Of The Revolution’, for Shanghai’s SVBKVLT, the producer delivers four more cuts of brutal jungle breaks, swooping melodic passages and growling bass here; this is richly-designed drumfunk with an anti-imperialist …
LWS will release a two track EP later this month. Glasgow-based DJ/producer Lewis Williamson, who has released tracks via Liam Doc’s Eyeangle Records and Scottish collective MELD’s compilation EPs, will release ‘Corrupt/Brewing’ on the 25th February. Incoming via his own imprint, Matrice Recordings, the EP has already garnered serious support …
Ovum Recordings boss Josh Wink will make his solo debut on Radio Slave’s Rekids label this week. Serving up two high-energy cuts of funk-laced, Detroit-indebted techno, the ‘Higher State of Consciousness’ producer kicks of 2022 with a bang. Below, you can hear the aptly titled ‘May Minimal’, which finds Wink …
New York-based DJ, producer and vocalist Kim Anh will launch her new label, CAN U NOT TALK, this week with the release of her ‘After Dark’ EP. With four original cuts and a remix from Alinka, the debut release on CAN U NOT TALK takes in elements of deep house, …
borderlandstate and the best kisser in l.a will release a new collaborative EP, ‘direct message’, via dBridge’s Exit Records this week. Following their previous collab for the label, 2020’s ‘Hello Mainframe’ EP, the pair’s latest is a four-track eruption of jolting, unpredictable club gear. From the broken techno zaps of …
:3LON has launched a label, PLUR.net, with a new single, ‘Quantum Leaping’, or ‘QL’. You can hear Mobilegirl’s remix of the track below. The Baltimore-based producer, singer and songwriter dropped the original mix on 14th January; their tender vocal delivery is underpinned by nostalgic breaks and rich electronic flourishes. This …
Leevisa will release a new EP, ‘Koreography’, via Toronto label Perpetual Care next month. Presented a sort of eulogy to the artist, with an accompany obituary-style text, the four-track EP is a collection of off-kilter club music that weaves naturalistic field recordings through bursts of ravey bass and breakbeats; characterful …
Dominowe will release a new eight-track EP, ‘UMTHAKATHI’, via GQOM OH! this month. Having debuted on the label in 2016 with the ‘Africa’s Cry’, the Durban producer and DJ has been celebrated for his innovative take on the percussive gqom sound. He’s been prolific in the years since; in 2020 …
J-Shadow will release his new album, ‘Hyperfold’, via Beat Machine Records on 3rd February. The third full-length album from the London-based DJ and producer follows his 2021 EP, ‘SNKRK08’, on Sneaker Social Club. On Instagram, Beat Machine Records called the work, “a mosaic of atmospheric and spatial sounds, intended to …
Pablo Bozzi will release a new EP, ‘Ghost of Chance’, via Jennifer Cardini’s Dischi Autunno label this month. The Berlin-based DJ and producer offers up six cuts of nocturnal Italo Disco and Synthwave fused with vintage EBM grit. Channelling the nostalgic vocal stylings of ‘80s goth clubs and new wave, …
LMajor will release a new EP, ‘Tear My Heart’, via Club Glow – the label he co-runs with Denham Audio, Borai and Mani Festo – on 4th February. The four-tracker follows the release of the London producer’s 2021 EP, ‘Can’t Do It’, on Astrophonica, the title track from which appeared …
Valerie Ace will release her debut EP, ‘Glitzer Vs Hass’, via SPFDJ’s Intrepid Skin label this month. The German DJ and producer steps up with four cuts of fierce, zapping techno designed for peak-time. From the pounding industrial rhythms of ‘Glucose Guardian’ to the aptly titled ‘Hyper Hyper Dancey Hardcore’, …
Jordan GCZ will release his debut solo album, ‘My Brain’s Brain’, this February via Terrence Dixon’s Minimal Detroit label After two decades as one half of the duo Juju and Jordash, ‘My Brain’s Brain’ is the first solo album from the Amsterdam-based artist. The 12-track double LP follows the release …
UK duo Wayward have invited a cast of producers to remix their 2021 debut LP, ‘Waiting For The World’. The 11-track remix album features reworks from an array of established and emerging artists at the cutting edge of their field of dance music, including Tim Reaper, Kareem Ali, BAE BAE, …
aircode will release her debut album, ‘Grounded’, via Alien Jams this month. Check out the track ‘Timesplitters’ below. It marks the second release from the London-based, Swedish experimental electronic producer on Chloe Frieda’s label, following her sleep deprivation inspired ‘Effortless’ EP in 2020. ‘Grounded’ comprises 11 tracks of haunting synths, …
Anfisa Letyago has invited a variety of techno heavyweights to remix tracks from her 2021 EPs ‘Listen’ and ‘Nisida’. The Naples-based, Serbian DJ and producer taps Adiel, DJ Rush, Boston 168 and Chris Liebing to put their own twists on the pounding warehouse rhythms and fizzing synth melodies of the …
DJ Mag has teamed up with BBC Radio 1 Dance to host a month-long residency, presenting a selection of our Ones To Watch for 2022 with weekly guest mixes. Broadcasting every Saturday night through January, each mix in the residency will spotlight one of DJ Mag’s five DJs to watch …
Ovid returns to Cork label Flood this month with the ‘Stone Coaster’ EP. Following his 2020 debut on the label, ‘Dustbringer’, the Washington DC-based producer ramps up the drama with five percussive club workouts; lush melodies and swooping sonic details weave their way through Ovid’s dynamic drums throughout. The EP …
Montreal-based producer and DJ Honeydrip has invited various artists to remix her striking 2021 debut EP, ‘Anti-Ego’. Featuring fellow Montreal artists Ouri and SIM, as well as Toronto-based Korea Town Acid and Bristol’s MISH, the ‘Anti-Ego’ remix EP reshapes the dub-indebted pressure and thick, breaksy rhythms of Honeydrip’s original tracks …
Scottish collective and label Meld will end the year with a new remix EP, titled ‘Carnyx’, featuring reworks of its 2021 releases. Meld invited Newcastle’s Jennifer Walton, Bristol’s Pluralist and Edinburgh’s Bolam to put their own spins on tracks by KAVARI and Mercy System, who both released EPs through the …
Eats Everything’s Edible label will release a new V/A EP this week, featuring three dancefloor-focused cuts from emerging talent. Spotlighting three of his favourite rising artists, Eats Everything tapped Dublin’s George Feely, Sydney-based Drew Dabble and London’s Tom Jay for the ‘Breakthrough Beats’ EP. From ceiling-kicking disco house to thick, …
Coco Bryce will release a new EP, ‘Wuthering Heights’, via Lobster Theremin this week. Following last year’s ‘Deep Into The Jungle’ EP for the label, the Dutch producer demonstrates his knack for lush, loved-up sounds that still pack a hefty punch. Across these four tracks, he runs through vintage jungle, …
Leeds-based DJ and producer Bertie will release a new two-tracker, ‘Tinyard’, via Manchester’s Noire State label this month. Marking the label’s third release, and Bertie’s first, ‘Tinyard’ offers two cuts of sharp, spritely breaks and bass. Far from moody, these tracks take rumbling club forms and spruce them up with …
Glaswegian producer Fear-E pays tribute to the late, great Andrew Weatherall on a new EP for French label, Zone. The ‘Don’t Let The Grubby Little Opportunists Get You Down’ EP features four tracks of rough-edged techno, sticking to the industrial, acidic style that has typified the Zone catalogue. Opening track …
Freeride Millenium, the Austrian-German label co-founded by DJ/production duo Jorkes and Daniel Rajcsanyi, has launched a new compilation series, ‘IMPACT’. Originating as a series of talks in Vienna’s WAF Galerie, co-curated with Lisa Jäger and Philipp Pess, ‘IMPACT’ is an exploration of queer club culture’s relationship with topics such as …
Locked Club have released a new EP via Moscrow’s Private Persons. Listen to ‘Edu V Egipet’ below. The Russian duo return to the label following releases via TRAM Planet, Boys Noize and STVOL. The four track offering is typically ferocious, fusing elements of electro, techno and industrial music together for …
Experimental drone choir NYX have invited various producers to remix their recent single, ‘Mutualism’. The remix EP will be released on 7th December. The London-based collective have enlisted Deena Abdelwahed, LCY and Anna Wall to put their own spin on the track, as well as NYX’s own musical director Sian …
Berlin label FIGURE will release the second edition of its ‘Open Space’ ambient compilation series this month. Listen to Can Love Be A Synth’s contribution, ‘Marzipan’, below. Following last year’s first edition, which found various artists exploring different branches of ambient electronic music, this second outing offers 14 brand new …
Locklead will release his debut LP later this week. Following releases on Slapfunk, Hot Haus Recs, Dungeon Meat and Pleasure Zone, Utrecht-based DJ and producer Locklead joins Chris Stussy’s Up The Stuss imprint with an eight-track album in the form of ‘Square One’. Brimming with tracks primed for all hours …
Finnish producer Sansibar will release his second LP, ‘Sans Musique’, this Friday 3rd December via Dutch label Kalahari Oyster Cult. Listen to ‘Force Of Equilibrium’ below. Appetites for nostalgic rave sounds with a psychedelic edge have been on the up lately, with more and more producers pulling from the pools …
Griffit Vigo will release a new EP, ‘Art Is Talking’, via Belgian label Maloca this week. Following his 2020 album, ‘I Am Gqom’, on GQOM OH!, the Durban-born artist, who is one of the originators of the gqom sound alongside DJ Lag, Rudeboyz, Citizen Boy and others, serves up six new tracks …
Sobolik will release a new EP, ‘Iris’, via All Centre in December. Listen to the title track below. Concluding a breakthrough year, the Brooklyn-based producer follows releases on Martyn’s 3024 and Turin label early reflex with four cuts of tactile techno, with buoyant sub bass, chirruping melodies and broken rhythms …
Optmst will release a new track next week. The rising Northern Irish artist, who has released records via Duality Trax and Jordan Nocturne’s Nocturne imprint, will share a new track via a compilation forthcoming on Berlin-based Wex Records’ sub-label Day By Day. Joining Kineticat, aka Anderson, Emissive and DJ Gusch on the vinyl-only …
Bristol duo ASTRYD have invited a number of artists to remix tracks from their debut EP, ‘Blind Summit’, which they released via their own Dialogue imprint last year. Reworks come from friends in the Bristol scene who’ve been connected to Dialogue’s parties over the past few years; Machine Woman, Delay …
Autokinetic will release a new EP next week. DVS1’s HUSH sub-label Mistress Recordings returns for its third release of 2021 — a five-track EP from Minneapolis-based producer and live performing artist, Autokinetic. ‘Dark Dialogue’ is the standout on ‘Mistress 16’, a collaborative track of AutoClub — the joint project of …
Parisian DJ and producer UFO95 will release a new EP, ‘PLANÆT’, via Reykjavík’s Planet X label next week. Following his 2020 album, ‘Popularity Is Overrated’, on Anetha’s Mama Told Ya label, UFO95 dishes up four more cuts of intergalactic techno, opting for hyper-speed beats and alien electronics for maximum rave …
New York’s JKriv and Peter Matson have collaborated on a funk-infused new EP for Heist Recordings, ‘Bigtime’. The Razor-n-Tape regular joins the Afro-disco/post-punk troupe Underground System’s producer for four cuts of ultra-soulful, ultra-bouncy house music. Auntie Flo also steps in with a percussive Afro-tech remix of ‘Ewesse Ye’, which features …
Big Miz will release a new EP later this week. Following a recent collaboration with Bodega and a remix for Bklava, plus releases on Shall Not Fade and Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, the Glaswegian DJ and producer — real name Chris McFarlane — has teamed up with Scottish singer/songwriter Georgia …
Mexico City-based label Infinite Machine is marking its 10th anniversary with a compilation of all-new music. Set for release next month, the 19-track compilation features new tracks from various long-time and more recent label affiliates, such as Galtier, Avernian, Laughing Ears, Yilan and El irreal Veintiuno. You can hear North …
Risa T will release a new EP, ‘Galaxy’, via IG Culture & Alex Phountzi’s CoOp Presents label next month. The Tokyo-born, London-based producer balances silky production with biting beats on across these five tracks, gliding with a glossy poise from jazzy breakbeat and crunchy two-step into lush bruk and post-dubstep. …
Dublin’s darkmavis and sweet philly will release a new EP, ‘Euphore’, this week. The duo’s debut collaboration takes vintage breakbeat hardcore and jungle foundations and sprinkles them with radiant melodies and glitter. Across five tracks, the pair introduce uplifting pop and trance flair onto hefty club beats, shooting straight for …
Guadalajara-based artist Skyshaker will release a new album, ‘Novox 10’, via Shanghai’s SVBKVLT this month. Across 10 tracks, Skyshaker, aka House of Vemanei founder Sky LaBeija, reimagines and remixes music from the SVBKVLT catalogue; cuts from 33EMYBW, Hyph11E, Gabber Modus Operandi, Gooooose and more are deconstructed and reassembled in thrilling, …
SENGA will release an LP next month. Following a solo EP and a collaborative effort with Scottish MC Shogun, the Glasgow-born producer, real name Sean Cosgrove, presents a hyper-personal debut album in the form of ‘The Days Are Long but the Years Are Short’. Produced as a way to document …
Paula Tape will release a new EP, ‘Astroturismo’, via Rhythm Section International this week. You can hear the track, ‘Multiverso’, below. The Milan-based, Santiago-born DJ and producer follows her appearance on the London label’s fifth anniversary ‘SHOUTS’ compilation in 2020 with four brand new cuts that bounce somewhere in the …
Will Lister will release the final instalment of his 2021 EP series on his own Heald label this Friday 19th November. You can hear the B-Side, ‘Maelstrom’, below. The South London-based producer’s latest outing, titled ‘Material Tension’, sees him expanding on the lucid style of his previous releases, taking dubstep …
Stolen Velour will release a new EP, ‘Onyx’, via Brooklyn’s Kindergarten Records this week. Listen to ‘Tibi Bat’ below. Following an appearance on the label’s ‘Fluo II’ compilation earlier this year, ‘Onyx’ marks the London artist’s solo debut for imprint. Across three original cuts, he takes bassy UK techno rhythms …
Black Girl / White Girl will make their debut on Balkan Vinyl this month with the ‘777 Squadron’ EP. Following releases on EI8HT, System-Records, He.She.They and more, The Dutch duo step up on Posthuman’s label with four irresistibly tough cuts of jackin’ acid techno badness. The pair’s rowdiest work to …
SOS MUSIC, Maddy Maia and Tottie’s label showcasing cutting edge women in dance music, is releasing a new compilation, ‘SOS MUSIC VOLUME 2’. Out tomorrow, 12th November, the seven-track release takes in new tracks by Baby T, Yazzus, Closet Yi, Regularfantasy, Hinako Omori, Maddy Maia & Tottie themselves, and Aura …
Montréal’s Priori will release a new album, ‘Your Own Power’, this month via NAFF, the label he co-founded with fellow producer Ex-Terrestrial. You can have an exclusive first listen to the album track, ‘Oyl’, below. Recorded between April and July 2020, ‘Your Own Power’ was made in the depth of …
Mexico City-based producer chapel will self-release a new EP, ‘always / where did the river go?’, this month. You can hear ‘where did the river go’ below. This new release follows the artist’s debut EP as chapel in early 2021, which landed via South London label near dark and had …
Joyce Muniz returns to Pets Recordings this week with the release of her ‘Flashes On The Floor’ EP. You can hear the track, ‘Mindcraft’, below. The Brazilian DJ and producer follows her 2020 debut for the label, ‘Glass Mistress’, with four more cuts of bouncing house music that balance vibrancy …
UK duo Konessi will release a new EP via FKOF Records this week. The pair of Simon Horne (of Nanobyte) and Ry Edwards serve up five cuts of emotional bass sonics on their second ever release, taking percussive, dubstep forms and tempo while adding the lightness and warmth familiar to …
Holloway will release a new EP, ‘Odysseys’, via UK online platform/store turned label Earful of Wax this month. Following releases on labels such as All Centre, Shall Not Fade, INSTINCT and Bluff Records, the south London producer launches Earful of Wax’s new 10” release series with two cuts that comb …
Leo Pol will release his debut album, ‘Be Mine’, via his own IILE in November. You can hear the title track below. The Parisian producer lays an electro foundation across these nine tracks, folding everything from new age synths to cosmic d&b into its Detroit-indebted base. Collaborations on the EP …
Seoul’s Liu Lee will release her debut EP, ‘Jasmine’, via NET GALA and Danja Gunz NBDKNW label this week. You can hear the closing track, ‘Kiss Me’, below. Fusing elements of eerie R&B with ‘90s techno, breaks and electroclash, the five-track release taps into the theme of the “loveless world of …
Dublin label Apartment Records celebrates its 10th anniversary this month with the release of a new compilation, ‘TENEMENTS’. The comp features 12 cuts from a cast of international and local acts, from Dublin, Galway, New York, London, Detroit, Glasgow, Amsterdam and Guangzhou. Artists including Belacqua, Jo Johnson, Blusher, Caskré, Ten …
Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Yaw Appiah will release a new EP, ‘Nangu’, tomorrow. The emerging artist follows his recent ‘Before Transition’ release, which featured guest appearances from vocalists Bunny Smalls and Lee McKrazy, with three cuts of deep, vibey Afro house. From the tender pianos of opener ‘Yimi’ to …
Goodnight, the sibling duo of Daniel and Darrell de Lar, will release a new EP, ‘Tangent’, via London label GASS this month. The duo, whose cinematic productions alchemise the sounds of new wave, dream pop and shoegaze, deliver four new cuts (and one additional VIP mix) for Mamiko Motto and …
After a quarter of a century in drum & bass, Samurai Music boss Presha will finally release his debut EP on 29th October. Check out the EP’s closer, ‘The Spell’, below. While we’ve heard the odd collaboration previously, this first solo body of work firmly asserts the New Zealand-born, Berlin-based …
Om Unit will release a new EP, ‘Flux’, this Friday 22nd October. Check out the track, ‘Angles’, below. The self-released six-tracker finds the Bristol DJ and producer mixing shades of dubstep, electro, ambient and dub techno onto a subtly sped-up sonic palette. Following his ‘Acid Dub Studies’ LP from February, …
Paris-based producer Mehen (aka Hadone) will release a new EP, ‘Imperfections In The Sun’, via LA label Amniote Editions. You can hear the title track below. Across four tracks, Mehen sculpts fast, melodic and melancholic techno in the same universe as his acclaimed 2019 EP for the label, ‘I’ve Heard …
Portland label Sublimate Records will release a new V/A compilation later this month, titled ‘Reclamation’. The 18-track release takes in an international cast of artists in the drum & bass universe, with flourishes of dubstep and more leftfield sonics thrown in for good measure. A turbocharged release that will work …
Brighton label Mr Bongo has enlisted Harvey Sutherland and Masters At Work to remix tracks from Melbourne jazz and funk outfit Surprise Chef. Surprise Chef released two albums last year, ‘All News Is Good News’ and ‘Daylight Savings’. Both albums were recorded to tape, and were lauded for their cinematic …
Standard Deviation, the in-house label of Kyiv club ∄, continues its vinyl series this month with a new split EP from Berlin-based Mala Junta resident D.Dan and Ukraine’s Omon Breaker. Taking in four tracks of full-throttle techno, trance and EBM fusionism, this is a release tailor-made for the depth of …
Shawn Cartier returns to London label Childsplay this month with the ‘ᗩᒪᓰᘿᘉ ᖴᒪᓍᕵᕵᖻ ᕲᓰSᖽᐸ ᘿᘻᗷᗩᖇᘜᓍ’ EP. Following last year’s dazzlingly off-kilter release, ‘Crazy Boy’, Cartier dishes up five more cuts of weird rave material, sprinting from alien electro and hyperactive, acid-tinged techno and back again, all in perfect pace with …
Australian multi-disciplinary artist Jannah Quill will release a new EP via DJ Plead, T.Morimoto and Jon Watts’ SUMAC label next week. The self-titled EP is Quill’s debut solo release, having spent the past few years developing her artistry with several site specific installations, performances and collaborations. Here, Quill sculps propulsive club jams …
Los Angeles-based Mexican-American producers DJ Angeldu$t and 138 will release a new split EP on Christchurch, New Zealand label, HAVEN, this month. The vinyl only release, ‘The Clubhouse Archives’, will feature five cuts that were previously shared digitally on the artists’ own Bandcamps. Spanning tough industrial techno and sizzling electro, …
Worst Behavior Recs co-founder Bell Curve has invited a star-studded cast of artists to remix her ‘Unstable Orbit’ LP from earlier this year. You can hear St. Petersburg DJ and producer A.Fruit’s remix of ‘Lifted ft. Rider Shafique’ below. Following the June release of her 12-track debut, which fused elements …
Talik returns to Dutch label Intercept this week with her second EP of the year, ‘Let It Break’. Hear the opening track, ‘Don’t Look Else You’ll See’, below. Following her ‘Cold Silver’ EP for the label back in April, and appearances on compilations for Martyn’s 3024 and Pressure Dome, the …
Soshi Takeda will release a new album, ‘Floating Mountains’, via 100% Silk this week. Hear the ‘Lantern Reflection’ below. The Tokyo, Japan-based producer delivers seven tracks of gorgeous, light balearic house on his second album, his debut for the Los Angeles label. The release will be available digitally and on …
Chungo will release his new EP, ‘LX’, via Scuffed Recordings on 15th October. Listen to ‘Foreshadow’ below. Having debuted on the ever-reliable label back in 2018, the Bristol DJ and producer follows last year’s ‘Pineapple’ EP with a brand new, three-track club dazzler. The hallmarks that have shaped his sound …
The next instalment of London label Critical Music’s EP series for emerging artists, Critical Binary, comes from En:vy. Hear ‘Airplane Mode’ from ‘Binary Vol.24’ below. Following appearances on labels such as Flexout Audio and Overview Music, the Bristol-based, Austrian producer delivers four tracks of scorching drum & bass. With previous …