Here is a list of my favorite music from 2012. This includes a little bit of every genre of electronic music and many great artists I got the chance to see last May. 

Favorite Acts of 2012.

The Come Back - L&D

Even the biggest secrets will come out eventually...! And so we are very excited to announce the next in the series of Dessous‘ ‚Best Kept Secrets‘ - Volume 3 no less!

To accompany the double CD and digital release, Dessous wil be releasing a special double vinyl including 8 new and exclusive tracks from Steve Bug, Tigerskin, Vincenzo & Aram, Jamie Anderson & Owain K, Phonique, Andrade, Salvatore Freda and Echonomist.

Dessous boss Steve Bug‘s incredibly smooth ‚Do It Right‘ rolls along with a deep chugging groove that will surely fuel many a spine-tingling moment on the dancefloor. 

Tigerskin has been a central recording artist on Dessous for many years and always continues to amaze with his trademark sheen studio. ‚Too Much‘ - is a synth-led new-age jam fusing afrobeat, smooth disco vibes and plenty of live instrumentation. 

Fellow Dessous hero Vincenzo teams up with Aram in ‚The Backyard‘. A hot boogie house number full of Vincenzo‘s trademark glistening production, and a new slice of inspiration from his collaborator.

A promising new excursion from veteran producer Jamie Anderson alongside Owain K comes in the shape of ‚Prescription‘ - a heavy house bomb whose deep bass motif and smooth chord stabs remind of the 90s yet look forward to the future! 

Phonique, who also mixes CD of ‚Best Kept Secrets Vol 3‘ comes on strong with ‚Oh Come Around‘. A modern tribal jam, punctuated by crisp percussion and edgy bass energy, this is one for the more twisted moments! 

Andrade is the promising french producer paving the way for younger artists on the label. His solid and deep-searchin‘ cut ‚I Need It‘ will rub you the right way as it pushes into tooly, made-for-the-DJ territories.

Hard working producer Salvatore Freda‘s ‚Discolindo‘ lights those midnight fires with a slow cooking and sexy house cut. 

Meanwhile Echonomist‘s excellent ‚Give And Receive (Revisited)‘ takes the best of deep vibing New York and Chicago house and brings it sensually into the 21st century with its classy production values.


Dessous' Best Kept Secrets 3

Steve Bug - Do It Right

NINA KRAVIZ - SHOW ME YOUR TIME

The latest Saved output comes from One Records co-owner and Berlin-based artist Subb-an.
For his release Subb-an presents "This Place", a record which is deep, groovy and is laced with a very catchy vocal. Finishing off the release is label boss, Nic Fanciulli who delivers his rendition on the flipside with a very cool sharp remix featuring several of the original parts as well as the vocals and works it to great effect.
An all round great package which will be dominating dancefloors to the close of the year and well into 2012.

Subb-an - This Place

Marco Carola - Turn Around (Original Mix)

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No Regular Play - Endangered Species

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Steve Bug, one of the world's most renowned artists in the electronic music circuit, presents his fifth and most mature longplayer. "Noir" doesn't deny its roots, but expands the usual spectrum and invites the listener to an exciting listening pleasure.
The title is ‘Noir’. The cover is dominated by the filmic aesthetics of light and shadow. The title evokes a world of shady transactions and secret crimes. Most of the tracks emit a suitably dark and moody atmosphere, with at least three directly referencing the film noir genre – From the well-known classic ‘The Spiral Staircase’, to more obscure ‘Somewhere in the Night’, and ‘The Seventh Victim’. Is ‘Noir’ a concept album? Origi- nally it was planned that way, but in the end Steve found the concept too rigid.

"I play all over the world on a constant basis, and always come back with different impressions", says Steve Bug. "Accordingly, this changes the music that I produce. I’ve had the idea to make a concept album for some time, but on the other hand, that’s not the way I work. My music expresses my moods, and of course, they are always changing. "

The material for the new album was created over a period of three years, which makes its consistency and coherence all the more amaz- ing.	The mood is dark, spooked. Over the relentless beats and basslines ghostly sounds swirl and conspire. Although all the pieces are driven by head-rushing beats, ‘Noir’ is more than ever, a listening album. "If I had worked longer on the album, I probably would have replaced even more of the dance tracks with listening tracks", says Steve. "I think a lot of albums in dance music are not convining as albums - more a collection of tracks, than a coherent whole."

‘Noir’ is definitely different. Although the film noir concept isn’t carried through completely, it infuses the spirit of the record in a way reminicent of the sci-fi obsession of Jeff Mills or Carl Craig. In fact, ‘Noir’ could soundtrack a 21st Century ‘Blade Runner’ - tracks such as the pre-re- leased single ‘Those Grooves’ and ‘No Adjustments’, with their evocative spoken word texts, play in to a vision of an apocalyptic-dystopian disco.

‘Noir’ is very much an electronic album. Richer than its predecessor, these tracks easily transcend the merely functional - Steve Bug has in- jected the harmonies with serious emotion. Avoiding the trap of many house music producers, Steve has resisted the temptation to throw in an album full of live instrumentation, explaining: "the results have never convinced me. You have to find musicians who understand repetitive music, otherwise the whole thing is so watery." ‘Poison of Choice’, with its sensational guitar solo, is the exception - and the result of a techni- cal difficulty. Due to non-compatible plug-ins, access was blocked to a sample, and Steve ended up asking his mixer Hannes Bieger to play the guitar chords. While the recording was made, the idea to add the solo happened and the results were so good they ended up defining the track. Two of the standout tracks involve sublime vocals from performers Steve has a strong affinity for. Emilie Chick, the Portland born, genre- scrambling rising star brings a femme fatale’s touch of jazz to 'Moment of Ease'.
The aforementioned 'No Adjustments' with its driving, edgy groove and out of control synth, is enhanced by the spoken word exhortation to just let the beats flow - the unmistakable work of the Foremost Poet Johnny Dangerous.

Aside from that, Steve Bug has always recorded everything on his own – and similarly, developed his distinctive harmonic knowledge by himself. "I have no training as a musician - I taught myself about harmonies. When I realised that many of my heroes in electronic music, whose mu- sic always seemed so rich, was done with the help of others, I have al- ways been a little disappointed". In this respect Steve can be proud about the fact that his experience producing the intricate and exceptional ‘Noir’ was achieved on his own.

From the driving opener ‘Tell Me Why’ to the emotional closing track ‘The Seventh Victim’, Steve Bug has crafted a rounded, atmospheric al- bum that throws a long and impressive shadow over most contemporary dance albums.

Noir

Steve Bug - Those Grooves

Davide Squillace & Martin Buttrich - Mishima

Tribal Sexy

DJ SNEAK | TRIBAL SEXY | DJ SNEAK 2011 REMIX | DJ SNEAK CLASSICS | CS006

Seth Troxler   Barbaro's stride (Original mix)

Marco Carola: The 1000 Collection: Submarine (1998)

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Maya Jane Coles - Run With the Wild (Original Mix)

From EFUNK: The Remixes
Released June 2012 on Wolf + Lamb Records
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Soul Clap - TroubleTroubleTrouble (No Regular Play Remix)

Damian Lazarus - Finding it Hard

We’re very excited to announce that the latest three EPs on mobilee have been produced by three of the biggest female figures in the music industry today…

After Anja Schneider finished 2010 and Miss Kittin kicked off 2011 for mobilee, it´s Maya Jane Coles turn now on mobilee074. Maya is one of the freshest female talents who's causing a stir with her memorable DJ- and live-sets, as well as original and unique productions. At the young age of only 23, Maya Jane Coles has burst onto the electronic dance scene with recent releases such as  'What They Say' on Real Tone reaching No.1 in the Beatport Deep House Chart and No.1 in Resident Advisor's Top Tracks for October. Unsurprisingly, she has also won big support of the industry's most legendary DJs and is currently touring the globe on a tightly packed schedule.

Her brand new EP on mobilee 'Beat Faster' contains three tracks - Beat Faster, Perfect Imperfections & Play The Game, each packed with energy, hypnotic grooves and an original flare. Maya draws influences from a very diverse range of musical sources, which is evident in this collection of excellent productions. We hope you enjoy this as much as we have been and we're looking forward to following Maya's success!


Favorite Acts of 2012.

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