Premiere: LMajor ‘Energy’

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 …

Premiere: Valerie Ace 'Lavender Ceiling’

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’, …

Premiere: Jordan GCZ ‘Terrace House Love’

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 …

Premiere: Wayward ‘Thirty Three (Eliza Rose Re Rub)’

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, …

Premiere: aircode ‘Timesplitters’

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, …

Premiere: Anfisa Letyago ‘Not There (Chris Liebing Remix)’

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 …

Premiere: Ovid ‘Descent’

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 …

Premiere: Honeydrip 'Waistline (SIM Remix)'

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 …

Premiere: KAVARI ‘Skee (Jennifer Walton Remix)’

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 …

Premiere: George Feely ‘Make My Heart Sing’

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, …

Premiere: Coco Bryce ‘Velocity Of Love’

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, …

Premiere: Bertie ‘Oh Ur Gonna Love (and Squeeze)’

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 …

Premiere: Fear-E ‘Farewell Swordsman’

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 …

Premiere: Massimiliano Pagliara ‘I Feel Romantica’

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 …

Premiere: Locked Club ‘Edu V Egipet’

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 …

Premiere: NYX feat. ft. MA.MOYO ‘Mutualism (LCY 'Fire' Remix)’

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 …

Premiere: Can Love Be A Synth ‘Marzipan’

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 …

Premiere: Locklead 'Plants and Astronauts'

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 …

Premiere: Sansibar ‘Force Of Equilibrium’

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 …

Premiere: Griffit Vigo ‘Superman’

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 …

Premiere: Sobolik ‘Iris’

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 …

Premiere: Optmst 'Lately'

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 …

Premiere: ASTRYD ‘Blind Summit (Delay Grounds Rework)’

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 …

Premiere: Autokinetic 'Dark Dialogue'

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 …

Premiere: UFO95 ‘Lacoste’

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 …

Premiere: JKriv & Peter Matson ‘Ewesse Ye ft. Samy Love (Auntie Flo Remix)’

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 …

Premiere: Avernian ‘Malleable’

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 …

Premiere: Risa T ‘Lucky’

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. …

Premiere: darkmavis & sweet philly ‘Stabbed’

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 …

Premiere: Osheyack ‘Parataxon (Skyshaker Novox)’

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, …

Premiere: SENGA 'Bloodshot'

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 …

Premiere: Paula Tape ‘Multiverso’

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 …

Premiere: Will Lister ‘Maelstrom’

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 …

Premiere: Stolen Velour ‘Tibi Bat’

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 …

Premiere: Black Girl / White Girl ‘Phaeses’

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 …

Premiere: Yazzus ‘Andromeda’

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 …

Premiere: Priori ‘Oyl’

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 …

Premiere: chapel ‘where did the river go’

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 …

Premiere: Joyce Muniz ‘Mindcraft’

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 …

Premiere: Konessi ‘KAMBO’

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 …

Premiere: Holloway ‘Chat Bad’

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 …

Premiere: Leo Pol ‘Be Mine’

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 …

Premiere: Liu Lee ‘Kiss Me’

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 …

Premiere: Americhord ‘First Light’

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 …

Premiere: Yaw Appiah ‘Nangu’

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 …

Premiere: Goodnight ‘Howl’

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 …

Premiere: Presha ‘The Spell’

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 …

Premiere: Om Unit ‘Angles’

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, …

Premiere: Mehen ‘Imperfections In The Sun’

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 …

Premiere: Oddkut & Champion Sound ‘RF’

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 …

Premiere: Surprise Chef ‘Crayfish Caper (Masters At Work Mix)’

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 …

Premiere: D.Dan ‘OOOO’

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 …

Premiere: Shawn Cartier ‘STONK ME’

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 …

Premiere: Jannah Quill ‘2020’

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 …

Premiere: DJ Angeldu$t ‘Fuck That Shit’

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, …

Premiere: Bell Curve ‘Lifted ft. Rider Shafique (A.Fruit Remix)’

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 …

Premiere: Talik ‘Don't Look Else You'll See’

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 …

Premiere: Soshi Takeda ‘Lantern Reflection’

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 …

Premiere: Chungo ‘Foreshadow’

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 …

Premiere: En:vy ‘Airplane Mode’

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 …

Premiere: Bored Lord ‘So In Luv’

Bored Lord will release her new EP, ‘The Last Illusion’, via Eris Drew and Octo Octa’s T4T LUV NRG next week.  Listen to the release’s closing track, ‘So In Luv’, below.  After a dizzyingly prolific year of releases through her own Bandcamp, on which the Oakland-based artist has dished out …

Premiere: Dimension 23 ‘I.M.O.K. R.O.U.K. (Or:la Remix)’

Brame & Hamo’s Tiernan McMorrow, aka Spray, has launched an eponymous label with a reissue of Dimension 23’s 1997 track ‘I.M.O.K. R.O.U.K.’. Originally intended to be released in 2020, to mark the track’s 23rd anniversary, the reissue will now land on 1st October, accompanied by a remix from Céad boss …

Premiere: Footshooter ‘Juno Café’

London’s Footshooter will release his debut album, ‘Southside Hymns’, via Astral Black next month. Following previous appearances on labels such as Rhythm Section International and Dance Regular, the producer blends the sounds of South London’s bubbling jazz scene with buoyant house grooves across nine tracks. The album features a range …

Premiere: TRAXMAN ‘I'm A Freaky Brotha (feat. Richard Groove)’

TRAXMAN will release a new four-track EP, ‘Freaky Brotha’, via Moveltraxx this week. Hear ‘I’m A Freaky Brotha (feat. Richard Groove)’ below.  The longstanding Chicago juke and footwork producer, whose sound incorporates elements of ghetto house and techno, will release his seventh EP for the London-via-Paris label this Friday 24th …

Premiere: Wild Kid ‘​​EVA.ARP2’

Ryan Glassman, co-founder of New York lael 48k, will release the final track under his Wild Kid alias next month. You can hear it below.  The track, which was released as an NFT via Zora back in June, but will be officially released as a single on 1st October.  Speaking …

Premiere: Pilgrim Raid ‘Thiên Thần và Ác Quỷ’

Hanoi duo Pilgrim Raid will release their debut album, ‘Anna Agenda’, via London-based label CHINABOT next month. You can hear the track ‘Thiên Thần và Ác Quỷ’ below.  Inspired in part by the popular Vietnamese dance style, Vina House, the duo of Long Trần and Vuong Thien take the genre’s …

Premiere: DJ Minx ‘Queendom’

DJ Minx will release a new EP, ‘Queendom’, via HE.SHE.THEY this week. Hear the title track below.  The legendary Detroit house DJ and Women On Wax founder, who released a single ‘Purse First’ in June in celebration of Pride Month, debuts on Steven Braines and Sophia Kearney’s label with three …

Premiere: MC Kuke 'Kwa Ajiri Yao’

Kampala, Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Tapes will release its second compilation celebrating the high-speed electronic sound of Tanzania, singeli, this week. You can hear MC Kuke’s ‘Kwa Ajiri Yao’ from the comp below.  Following 2017’s ‘Sounds of Sisso’, which championed some of the titular studios finest producers, the forthcoming ‘Sounds of …

Premiere: Mary Lake ‘Magnetic Island’

Or:la’s Céad label returns this month with its seventh release, ‘MMXXI Inferno’.  The four-track compilation of cosmic club stompers features cuts from FAFF, Mary Lake, Supreems and Splash Pattern, with all proceeds raised through pre-orders going to Afghan Aid. In keeping with Céad’s impeccable hit rate, the tracks on ‘MMXXI …

Playlist: The rise of Irish drill

Ireland’s drill scene has been blowing up since 2018, with homegrown rappers and producers putting their own spin on the world-conquering sound. In a recent feature for DJ Mag, Robert Kazandjian spoke with key figures in the scene about experimentation, accents, and developing a new form of expression for Black …

Premiere: Max Dahlhaus 'Artificial Prodigy (Aquarian Remix)'

Max Dahlhaus will release his new EP, ‘Be A Glitch’, via Hyperboloid Records this month.  The Berlin-based experimental techno producer and audiovisual artist serves up three original tracks of searing, maximal music, along with one alternative mix and remixes from Born In Flamez and Aquarian. The EP is “inspired by …

Premiere: Cando ‘Clutch (Bakongo Remix)’

Bristol duo Cando will release a new EP via London’s Le Chatroom label this month.  Following their 2019 debut release on Livity Sound, Cando’s six-track ‘Clutch’ EP offers four original cuts of percussive UK techno, accompanied by remixes from scene fixtures Bakongo and Kouslin.  From the sizzling syncopated club beat …

Premiere: Munyasya ‘Incandescent Plight’

New York label Air Texture will release the latest instalment of its ‘Place’ charity compilation series this month, curated by KMRU with a focus on artists from his native Nairobi, Kenya.  As with previous compilations in the series, which have highlighted sounds from Ecuador, Vancouver, Georgia, Colombia and The Netherlands, …

Premiere: Adryiano 'H A R D L I N E D U B'

German DJ and producer Adryiano will release a new EP later this week. The Cologne-based artist, who has released records via Shall Not Fade and Soul Notes Music, follows up a string of self-released EPs with a new two-track EP titled ‘TABLEDANCETRACXX’. Another delivery of dancefloor cuts, B-side ‘H A …

Premiere: TONCALi & AKA AFK ‘Hard’

São Paulo’s AKA AFK and producer TONCALi will release a new collaborative EP on Tash LC’s Club Yeke label this week.  The MC and producer combo, both core figures in Brazil’s burgeoning grime (or, brime) scene, deliver four revved-up cuts; AFK’s razor sharp flows leap around Cali’s high-energy beats, which …

Premiere: DJ Stingray 313 ‘Enzymatic Detergents’

DJ Stingray 313 will relaunch his Micron Audio label in September with the release of his ‘Molecular Level Solutions’ EP. You can hear its closer ‘Enzymatic Detergents’ below.  Originally launched in 2006 for a string of Stingray releases under his Urban Tribe alias, Micron Audio’s sole vinyl release to date …

Premiere: Alex Martyn & Liam Doc ‘Fluid’

Liam Doc will release his new EP, ‘Not For Love Or Money’, via Monki’s &Friends label tomorrow, 27th August.  Following releases on labels such as Or:la’s Céad, Huntleys + Palmers, Roux Records, Shall Not Fade, Sulta Selects Silver Service, as well as his own Eyeangle imprint, the Glasgow DJ and …

Listen back to every mix from DJ Mag’s foundation.fm takeover

Every mix from DJ Mag’s foundation.fm takeover is now available on Soundcloud.  Last November, DJ Mag hosted a five-hour takeover at Peckham-based station foundation.fm. Hosted by our own digital tech editor Declan McGlynn, the first hour of the takeover highlighted our staff’s favourite tracks of 2020, with music from Angel …

Premiere: Bala Bala Boyz ‘Vie Des Rois’

Bala Bala Boyz will release a new single, ‘Vie Des Rois’, via More Time Records this Friday, 26th August.  The London-Congolese collective, who DJ Mag interviewed back in 2020 for the Meet the MC series, return to Ahadadream and Sam Interface’s label with a typically explosive cut of percussive club …

Premiere: Euphonic ‘Space In My Soul Ft. Neech’

Banoffee Pies Records will release the latest instalment in its reissue series with a collection of unearthed cuts from London’s Euphonic.  Euphonic, the duo of Rob Henry and Nick Trimm, were active in the late ‘90s, releasing music that fused the intricate drum programming of jungle and breakbeat with jazz …

Premiere: IKÄVÄ PII ‘death by haha reaction’

Ikävä Pii will release a new EP, ‘Epos Digitale’, via Turin’s early reflex label in September.  The three-track release from the London-based Italian producer follows early reflex’s first anniversary compilation in May, which demonstrated the imprint’s credentials as a force to be reckoned with thanks to its decidedly experimental take …

Premiere: Emmet Read 'Highway To Moog'

Emmet Read will release a new EP next week. The UK-based Italo producer, who remixed DJ/producer PADDY for London imprint Midnight People’s VA compilation earlier this year, returns to the label to make his solo debut with a four-track EP. Incoming next Friday (27th), the ‘Highway To Moog’ EP journeys …

Premiere: Lee Gamble ‘Newtown Got Folded’

Lee Gamble will complete his Flush Real Pharynx trilogy for Hyperdub this September with the release of ‘A Million Pieces Of You’. You can hear ‘Newtown Got Folded’ from the release below.  The trilogy, which commenced in 2019 with the release of ‘In A Paraventral Scale’ and ‘Exhaust’, was intended …

Premiere: Giulia Tess ‘Hey’

Giulia Tess will release a new EP, ‘200417’, via Ross From Friends’ Scarlet Tiger label this month.  The Italy-born, London-based DJ and producer follows appearances on labels such as Jamz Supernova’s Future Bounce, Mor Elian and Rhyw’s Fever AM and Ahadadream and Sam Interface’s More Time Records with three off-kilter …

Premiere: 30/70 ‘Tastes Like Freedom (Carista Remix)’

Rhythm Section International has invited a star studded cast of producers to remix ‘Tastes Like Freedom’, the recent single from Melbourne jazz group 30/70.  Enlisting Chaos in the CBD, Carista, Tornado Wallace and Yu Su to put their own spin on the soulful nu-jazz track, which features lush vocals from …

Premiere: DJ ADHD ‘Vortex’

DJ ADHD will release a new EP, ‘Vortex’, via Chloé Robinson aka Barely Legal’s Pretty Weird Records this week.  The Miami-born, London-based artist, who also producers under the name ALXZNDR as part of the Deep Medi family, offers up four crashing techno cuts on the new EP, produced almost entirely …

Premiere: Georgie McVicar ‘In Transports of Joy’

Georgie McVicar will release their new album, ‘Tiny Grassland’, via Mutualism this month. The UK artist’s third album comes accompanied by a book, the contents of which are paired with the release’s seven experimental electronic tracks. Featuring poetry, short essays on music, a catechism, a play, interviews and more, the …

Premiere: Oyisse ‘Skunk’

Congolese producer Oyisse will debut on Kampala’s Hakuna Kulala this month as part of its recently launched white label series.  Across the four tracks on ‘Elembo’, Oyisse’s debut EP, the young producer pools together weighty elements of grime, trap and dubstep with influences from an array of Central African styles …

Premiere: Sha Sha Kimbo ‘Limited Perfect’

Los Angeles DJ, producer and Planet Bliss Records founder Sha Sha Kimbo will release her new EP via John Frusciante and Aura T-09’s Evar Records this month.  ‘Total Chaos’ offers three cuts of pure rave ferocity, erupting with rabid breaks and classic hardcore sonics, while alien bass growls and howling …

Premiere: Tommy Rawson ‘Sound Crazy’

Watford DJ and producer Tommy Rawson will release a new EP via Red Rack’em’s Bergerac label this week. A sunbaked collection of festival-ready broken beats and deep house, the tracks on ‘Illusions’ have been floating around in some form or another for years. The opening title track, for example, was …

Premiere: NKC ‘Beams’

Even The Strong founder NKC will release a new EP, ‘Beams’, via Tzusing’s Sea Cucumber label this month.  Marking the second release on the Malaysian-Chinese DJ and producer’s recently launched imprint, Bristol’s NKC comes through with four cuts of typically percussive and propulsive club cuts, inspired in part by ‘90s …

Premiere: Cody Currie & Eliza Rose ‘Flame’

Cody Currie and Eliza Rose have teamed up for a new EP on Dan Shake’s label.  The pair have collaborated on two festival-ready house cuts, ‘Flame’ and ‘Another Love’, in which bright grooves are paired with soulful vocals for a perfectly sunbaked dancefloor vibe. It marks the duo’s second collab, …

Premiere: SHE Spells Doom ‘Earthly Pleasures’

SHE Spells Doom will release his new EP, ‘Rudnick’, via All Centre in August.  The three-track EP follows the Lusaka, Zambia producer and DJ’s appearance on the label’s second anniversary compilation last year, and is named after the antagonist in the 1981 animated sci-fi film, Heavy Metal.  The subtle influence …

Premiere: Appleblim ‘Stand Firm’

Berlin-via-Bristol artist Appleblim returns to Sneaker Social Club this week with the release of his second album, ‘Infinite Hieroglyphics’.  Following the release of his landmark, and long overdue, debut LP ‘Life In a Laser’ back in 2018, the producer once again showcases his flair for electrifying genre-fusionism; the depth-charge bass …

Caterina Barbieri launches new label, light-years, with Lyra Pramuk collaboration: Listen

Caterina Barbieri has launched a new label, light-years, with a Lyra Pramuk collaboration, ‘Knot of Spirit’. The track is dominated by serene ambient sounds and comes complete with a video by Davide Busnelli that invokes the theme of awakenings. An oil painting by Russian artist Dasha Kuznetsova and hand-embroidered lettering by Tulpess also accompany the …

Premiere: The Busy Twist ‘World Of The Spirits’

Jamz Supernova’s Future Bounce label will launch its second series of dancefloor-focused releases this month with a new EP from The Busy Twist.  Following last year’s Club Series, which featured much-hyped releases from the likes of KG & UNIIQU3, Bamz, Hagan, Rose Bonica and more, vol.2 kicks off in typically …