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MTZ in the Mix was created to give DJs a voice and a stage — featuring national and international names, alongside a series dedicated to our residents. Every month brings a new sound: a signature, an atmosphere, a mood that captures the moment.

Musical surprises, distilled through refined curation and the sensitive perspective of artists we truly admire.Here, we archive the very best of what we can offer when it comes to music.

Third guest: soundcloud.com/vermelho. DJ, producer and Matiz resident, he builds intense sets, guiding a journey that moves through eras, textures and emotions with precision and personality. His creative force expands through projects like ODD, Vermelho Wonder and Sphynx, moving across different fronts of music and curation. A listening experience that unfolds in layers, revealing unexpected connections for those who let themselves drift.

Enjoy, without moderation.

MTZ In The Mix - Vermelho (Mar 26)

Ireland-born, Newcastle-based DJ/producer Ben Prophet returns with his new 3-track club EP Wasp, out 19th March via HE.SHE.THEY..
Wasp arrives as Ben tightens his grip on the UK underground. With productions firmly embedded in DJ rotations, he continues to build a catalogue of club cuts resonating across the UK and further afield. Releases including From Dusk EP on HAAi’s Radical New Theory, Heat EP on falsepersona’s Etched and standout cut ‘Transitions’ have underlined his instinct for direct, rave-charged club music.
Support from HAAi, Mall Grab, Skream, VTSS and Kettama - alongside last year’s 7-date Australia tour - reflects momentum grounded in consistent output and dancefloor response.
Rooted in bassline-driven rave elements yet constantly evolving, Ben Prophet’s sound channels the raw directness of UK club culture while leaning into darker, industrial textures. Crisp percussion meets mechanical tones and tightly controlled low-end pressure, shaping a style that feels focused, forceful and distinctly his own.
Across three tracks, Wasp extends that approach, landing as his debut release with HE.SHE.THEY..
The EP captures the physicality of his sets - weighty and propulsive, built for heads-down moments - while retaining a sense of movement and emotional lift beneath the surface.
Title track ‘Wasp’ opens with a progressive build. Layered synths and driving drums steadily intensify, locking into a peak-time framework. It stands as the EP’s most direct and climactic moment -high-pressure, forward-moving and designed to leave emotions running high.
‘Sprout’ follows with a rolling low-end groove and tightly programmed percussion. Inspired by time spent at Cork City Jazz Festival, the track threads subtle rhythmic looseness into a groove-led structure, while sharp synth phrases keep the energy in motion. It’s playful yet controlled - dynamic and designed for sustained floor impact.
‘Sky Of Love’, closing out the EP, shifts into heavier territory. Industrial-leaning drums are balanced by sweeping melodic lines and a propulsive vocal line, adding an emotive edge.
Ben Prophet says:
“Releasing on HST is an absolute honour. After being a fan of the night and label for such a long time, getting the opportunity to be part of such an amazing family is mind blowing. When first being approached for the label I knew which tracks would suit this home perfectly and I’m so happy it’s all come together.”
With roots in Ireland’s dance scene, Ben first cut his teeth on brassy, bassline-driven cuts before gravitating towards darker, more industrial shades of electronica. Since relocating to Newcastle - one of the UK’s defining underground hubs - he has honed a sound grounded in rave energy but shaped for modern club spaces. Here, he refines that vision further: a focused body of work that strengthens an already trusted catalogue, distinctly his and built for the pressure of the floor.

PREMIERE : Ben Prophet - Wasp

Tracklist + Q&A: https://mixmag.net/feature/the-mix-098-slim-soledad-baile-funk-techno-brazil-debut-album

Brazil-hailing trailblazer @slim-soledad submits a speedy new mix nipping through baile funk, techno and reggaeton, made up almost entirely of her own tracks.

"Now that I have a lot of music out, I wanted to try making this mix 80% my own tracks, blending them one into the next, which is something I’ve never done before. There are a lot of my remixes, all of the music from my 2025 EP, and some unreleased tracks as well."

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The Mix 098: Slim Soledad

SpunOff - Follarrr Incierto EP
BUY LINK:  https://spunoff.bandcamp.com/album/follarrr-incierto
Label: Les Yeux Orange
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Les Yeux Orange is proud to present the new EP from SpunOff: “Follarrr Incierto.”
Hotter than ever, SpunOff delivers a concentrated dose of caliente energy, somewhere between incandescent big beat and organic progressive trance. A solar, sweaty and vibrant EP, designed for steamy dancefloors, salty skin and late afternoons that slowly spill into the night.
Three original tracks — “Reflejo,” “Bajo el Ventilador,” and “Follarrr Incierto” — form the blazing core of the project.

Eoin DJ opens the remix section with a sharper, more percussive and incisive version, turning the track into a hypnotic club weapon.
Mahkina delivers a melodic and more expansive reinterpretation, stretching the material into luminous progressive trance, as if projected at the foot of a breathtaking sunrise.

Music: Alexandre Oliviero alias SpunOff Remixes: Eoin DJ / Mahkina
Mastering: Justin Drake
Artwork: Humangigz


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PREMIERE : SpunOff - Reflejo (Eoin DJ Remix)

FREE DOWNLOAD : https://hypeddit.com/spencybetykni/heartbeat
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Heartbeat is built around contrast — melancholic vocals floating over a groovy rolling bassline, acid synth movement, and dark techno energy designed for the dancefloor.

Written with late-night warehouse moments in mind, the track sits somewhere between trance-leaning rave energy and melodic techno atmosphere.

144 BPM. Emotional, hypnotic, and meant for that point in the set when the night starts to feel bigger than the room.

Spency Be & TYKNI – Heartbeat



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PREMIERE : Spency Be & TYKNI - Heartbeat

Pre-order: https://nectax.bandcamp.com/album/swinging-flavors-16

Milan's @beatmachinerecords drops the next chapter of its iconic 'Swinging Flavors' series, starring Newcastle’s @nectax - a breakbeat alchemist pushing jungle and drum 'n' bass into jagged, unpredictable territory.

'Cool Runnings' is exactly that: a hypnotic, mid-'90s-tinged jungle cut stripped back and dubbed out, but sharpened with modern production techniques that give every snare and sub-bass a punchy quality.

Premiere: Nectax 'Cool Runnings'

Denver's Little Brother - Inspiration du Silence Pt. 2
BUY LINK: https://syrinxmusicfr.bandcamp.com/album/denvers-little-brother-inspiration-du-silence-pt-2
Label: Syrinx Music (@syrinx_music)
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Following on his first EP in November, Denver's Little Brother is back with the second part in his series of EPs, which will shape an album altogether. Inspiration du Silence Pt. 2 is another foray into Denver's Little Brother's signature blend of dreamy breaks, acid arpeggios, atmospheric IDM & melancholy ambient.

Denver's Little Brother's taste for texture & melody is also on full display here, with five elegant tracks that once more seem to take the listener onboard their unique storytelling. Although it's a cohesive listen on its own, Inspiration du Silence Pt. 2 comes to its full scope when listened alongside Pt. 1. A sign of things to come when Pt. 3 comes out in the new few months, and a new addition to Syrinx Music's ethos of finding pathways between the lab & the club.

Mastering: Louan Uzel
Cello: Kevin Vergobbi (Conceits Pt. 2)
Violin: Guillaume Loiret (Conceits Pt. 2)
Electric Guitare: Valentin Ramos (Ideal Pt. 1)
Recorded at Music Unit, Montreuil
Classical Guitar: Venance Joffrion (Here Pt. 1)
Recorded at Studio Joffrion

PREMIERE : Denver's Little Brother - Conceits Pt. 1

Mister T. Records welcomes Cabin Luv Affair for its fourteenth release with Ritmo Paralelo.

With this EP, Cabin Luv Affair confirms and refines the sound that has become his signature — a meeting point between emotionally charged Balearic atmospheres and the driving pulse of club house music. Warm melodic layers tinted with a subtle touch of nostalgia float above solid house basslines and powerful rhythms, creating a contrast that gives the record both depth and dancefloor impact.
This balance between atmosphere and energy sits at the core of Ritmo Paralelo. While the melodies evoke sun-drenched Mediterranean memories, the groove remains firmly anchored in the club, occasionally hinting at the more powerful edge of progressive house.
As he often does, Cabin Luv Affair brings a touch of his Spanish identity through a selection of vocal samples and lyrics that run throughout the EP. These vocal fragments blend naturally into the music, adding warmth, character and a distinctive Latin flavor that has become part of the artist’s trademark.
Driven by crisp drum machines and shimmering synth textures, Ritmo Paralelo unfolds as a groove-led journey designed for both open-air sessions and late-night dancefloors.

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PREMIERE : Cabin Luv Affair - Playa Exotica

V/A - NAZAR001
BUY LINK: https://nazar-hel.bandcamp.com/album/nazar001
Label : Nazar Records (https://soundcloud.com/nazar-hel)
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Transmitting from deep in the Finnish underground, Nazar sends out a signal of mysterious, synthetic auras and shadowy, skittering sequences. From smoky outsider techno to rainy-day electro abstraction, the labels emphasis is on expression and intrigue as each release reaches across the energetic spectrum of moody machine music.

The first release on Nazar presents a cast of protagonists from the Helsinki scene who share precisely the kind of nocturnal tendencies the label is seeking out. Seasoned duo General Electrix open up the A side with Redshifter, a silken web of 606-powered electro and warmly haunted synth work that nods to the early years of Autechre. Making an early step out into the public domain, Asyx follows up swiftly with the exquisitely detailed machine funk of kVelorum, where a vivid tapestry of noise, squelch and bleep techno gets smartly woven between airy pad tones and a rock-solid rhythm section.

On the B side, Helsinki mainstay Kaiunta brings a dramatic flourish to mid tempo creeper Phantasm, matching a densely packed rumble of live drums with sweeps of nervy atmospherics and a murky inversion of the classic gated trance lead. 53X rounds out the Nazar mission towards broad BPMs and fresh ideas with a crunchy swerve towards sample-heavy downtempo laced with
a generous dose of psychedelics and angular noise.

NAZAR001 is the kind of record that yields surprises and slots into unexpected moments depending on when and where the needle drops, providing versatile moments for adventurous selectors and continuing the fine tradition of outsider electro and techno from Finland.

PREMIERE : Kaiunta - Phantasm

INTRO
Composição: Antínoo
Produção: Maurício Monteiro

MARGINÁLIA II
Composição: Torquato Neto e Gilberto Gil
Produção: Maurício Monteiro
Violão: Antínoo
Vocal adicional: Mauricio Detoni

OLHOS EMOCIONADOS
Composição: Antínoo
Produção: Maurício Monteiro

EXALTAÇÃO
Composição: Antínoo
Produção: Maurício Monteiro
Vocais adicionais: Adriana Santos, Keila Bueno e Nanda Meneses

2016
Composição: Antínoo
Produção: Maurício Monteiro
Vocais adicionais: Magí Batalla e Mauricio Detoni
   
O SOM DO AMOR
Composição: Antínoo
Produção: Maurício Monteiro
Trombone: Edy Trombone

VEREDAS
Composição: Antínoo
Produção: Magí Batalla
Piano: Rodrigo Cunha

DOIS DE FEVEREIRO
Composição: Antínoo
Produção: Magí Batalla

Produção Executiva: KORJA
Mixagem: Magí Batalla
Masterização: Fernando Sobreira
Design: Gustavo Paim

Escrever e cantar são os verbos do meu destino.
Gravado em São Paulo, Brasil, 2020.

Música é Cultura

Marginália II

In 2020, Antínoo released his first authorial work, the album "O Sol Nasceu Pra Todos", with eight tracks, a very miscellaneous record exploring different genders, but targeting Brazilian Popular Music elements as the creative stuff. Besides these Brazilian trademarks as the backbone for the album, Antínoo also explored Global North musical genders, such as Synth-pop, New Wave, and Art Rock.

Antínoo is a Brazilian artist, based in São Paulo. Born in Goiânia, Goiás, countryside of Brazil, he started writing his first songs when he was still a teenager, influenced by Brazilian musical movements such as Bossa Nova and Tropicalismo. Years later, he graduated in Popular Music Studies and grew up using music as a language to express his experiences and reflections on the world and human relationships.

The singer-songwriter released in 2021 a live concert version of the album 'O Sol Nasceu Pra Todos' at Estúdio Som Livre, which brought new arrangements with a band formed by six women.

Endowed with a restless spirit, Antínoo arrives in 2022 with his new Extended Play, "O Sol Nasceu Pra Todos_RAVEZITADO", where he brings remix versions of the songs from his debut album remixed by renowned Brazilian DJs from the House and Techno scene.

Marginália II

Antínoo

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