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Paramida - Omen (Frankfurt Mix)

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Illegal, filthy basslines off this rare acid techno record that's been making noise in the digging community. Released in 1997 on the legendary German techno label, Le Petit Prince, and produced by Andreas Krüger, 'Essig' has been gaining traction after being featured in ANNYROCK & E.LINA's HÖR set in June 2024.

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Plaste & Elaste - Essig [1997]

Out on Sound Metaphors Records - Dec 2024

[SMR030] Francesco Farfa - Learn To Fly (E-Talking Remix)

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Keeping it widescreen throughout and the percussion pulls focus. At times slick and sultry, at others more ominous and ill-tempered, we’re dishing out high-velocity dynamics across four distinct trax. Constantly nudging towards the peak-time, but with plenty of breathy sensuality and dappled melody as he flexes a detailed, sound-sensitive approach.

Drums, drums and more drums. You know the deal by now: direct torque in full effect as we traverse the rugged, funked-out and percussive. Plenty of trippy flourish for good measure too, from humid fusions of rainforest FX and hallucinatory detail to light trail synths punching through inky abyss.

It all recalls Terry Francis and his Housey Doingz project at the peak of their powers - big stabs, big forward momentum. Think the golden era of their Wiggle parties circa 1999.

PREMIERE: DJ Life - To be Defined

Panorama Bar resident, Love On The Rocks label boss and one of dance music’s most in-demand DJs, producers and remixers, PARAMIDA returns to her own imprint with ‘Devil’s Destination,’ her first EP in 3 years. Set for release on 9th May, it features two brand new solo tracks, a collaborative re-interpretation of a rare 2000s tech house classic with E-Talking, and a remix by the legendary Mathew Jonson.

PARAMIDA’s reputation as a digger and student of dance music is translated here into an EP that showcases her unique and interdisciplinary approach to production, curation and DJing, threading the needle in a way that pays tribute to the past, locates itself in the present, and pushes forward into a new and exciting future – the hallmark of her label, described by Groove magazine as “one of the best house labels of the decade”.

The EP opens with its title track, and wastes none of its 8-minute runtime getting to the point: a huge, enveloping bassline (courtesy of 90s progressive trance producer Musique de Marque), to the effect of instant chills. If Love On The Rocks releases can be defined by certain characteristics, one of them is undoubtedly the presence of big emotional hits. PARAMIDA wants her listeners to feel something, with the full impact of emotions that can only truly be felt on a dance floor. A swirl of vocal samples and hi-hats precede it, before it drops directly into a thumping percussive workout replete with huge kicks, dubby bleeps and rewinds. Calling back to the cross-pollinated sound of 90's house, breakbeat and rave to devastating effect, she punctuates segments of jump-up energy with pauses that propel the listener right back into the feels, before unleashing a groove as introspective and melancholy as it is connective and ecstatic.

The EP continues with ‘On Process’ – a collaboration with E-Talking and re-interpretation of ‘Incidental Beats’ by Jean Marie K and People On Process, a French deep/tech house release on Megaphone Records from 2002. Here, the two show their skill at identifying and reworking obscure gems and influential classics whilst paying respectful tribute to them (as demonstrated on their update to Anja Schneider and Sebo K’s ‘Rancho Relaxo’ from 2024.) Lifting the disco-leaning percussion and bassline of the original, along with its contrasting dub techno/tech-house pads and synth lines, they blend the components into a gentle, endlessly progressing dreamscape that shifts effortlessly between diverse genre lines.

This sets the stage for a stunning interpretation by the massively influential Mathew Jonson, who leans into the dubby tech-house of it all. Over 8 minutes of detailed and pristine drum programming and insistent forward motion, he effortlessly connects elements of minimal, electro and tech house, layering moody twists and turns that situate the remix pitch-perfectly on an EP that surprises in both its daring and its subtlety.

‘Devil’s Destination’ closes with ‘Sayonara’, a two-and-a-half minute beatless coda, which calls back to PARAMIDA’s predilection for ambient and dream house, previously explored on ’33’ from her 2022 EP ‘Moonrise VII’. It’s a patchwork of vocal samples, reverb, delay, pads, and a proto-house bassline sitting in a soft universe between dreaming and consciousness; perhaps, a glimpse into the mind of its maker.

In short: Essential.

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Written & produced by PARAMIDA
A1 Bassline by Musique De Marque
A2 Produced by PARAMIDA & E-Talking
Mixed by Mr. Lee
Mastered by Schnittstelle
Artwork by Vittorio Maria Dal Maso
Text + Design by Samuel Gieben

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Wholesale enquiries: distribution@loveontherocks.cc

© 2025 Love On The Rocks. All rights reserved.

Devil's Destination

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LOTR030 PARAMIDA - Devil's Destination

BANDCAMP: https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/the-core

Olsvangèr joins Craigie Knowes for ‘The Core’ EP. 4 sophisticated club tracks spanning the spectrum of the Olsvangèr sound. From bumping house on the title track ‘The Core’ to darker club atmospherics on ‘Goldman’s Propeller’ and outright techno bounce on ‘Lunar Kiss Baby Whale’. The record is rounded out with the blissed-out breaks of ‘Lava Luva’. A truly spectacular and versatile record to cover all points in the night, get some! Released onday 19th May, 2025.

A1 - The Core
A2 - Goldman's Propeller
B1 - Luna Kiss Baby Whale
B2 - Lava Luva

Mastered and cut by Marco @ Analogcut, Berlin
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Design by Guillaume de Ubéda
Released by Craigie Knowes, Scotland
10 Years of Craigie Knowes: 2015-2025

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CKNOWEP66 | Olsvangèr - The Core (EP)

Running some cranky, tempestuous currents on the latest, courtesy of Berlin’s Okain.

A quartet of the meanest cuts to grace the label for a minute as he pulls no punches on propulsion. Hurtling through the temporal plane at break-neck speed.

Proper strapping accelerators rooted somewhere between third portal freak-out and girder-strength tech house flex. All four built like a brick shithouse, but the foundations have given out and we’re falling down a wormhole. Transcending epochs and realities with one foot in the free party and another in the big room.

Organ synth, searing 303 and lysergic flourish in abundance. Synths darting, drums impeccable.

Trippier than we’ve come to expect from the Talman Records founder, but no diminishing returns on dancefloor potency.

Available 23/05/2025

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XK038 | Okain - Acid Spin

Buckle up tight for a kayo showdown as @jaygadian, @maikeemusic, @datitalyy and @baumb unleash four clubby slabs of acid-bleep and garage-tech on the final Terrazzo instalment.

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Various - Giddyup Buttercup (TERRAZZOO6)

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Awaken your senses with 'Ritmo del Alba', the latest musical journey from SpunOff, where the first light of dawn dances on the horizon with irresistible energy. Join Maruwa, Bliss Inc., Blu:sh, and Oslvangèr as they remix the atmosphere into a vibrant celebration of life, love, and rhythm. Inspired by the mystery of sunrise moments and the promise of a new day, this EP invites you to lose yourself in an irresistible fusion of Latin beats, enchanting melodies, and hypnotic grooves.

Imagine stepping into the morning glow, the air filled with warmth and possibilities. As the world awakens, the dancefloor ignites, electrified by fluid rhythms, powerful basslines, and radiant melodies that evoke the spirit of endless summers.

'Ritmo del Alba' is an invitation to rise, move, and embrace the warmth of dawn, where the rhythm never ends on SpunyLove Records.

PREMIERE: SpunOff - Piscinão de Ramos (Olsvangèr Remix)

Gearmaster (formerly Abdul Raeva) launch their new label, Slipdisc Recordings. with four signature tech-to-prog cuts on the appropriately titled "Time To Slam" EP. 

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𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 ➟ Gearmaster - No Lights

@blondish are back with a brand new track called "Endless Games".

As the first single for the forthcoming debut full-length from BLOND:ISH, ENDLESS GAMES has the tough job of convincing listeners without spoiling the surprise - an effort that sees its pitch-perfect execution in the compelling and slightly mysterious-sounding synth drops, masterfully bolstered by an incentive groove and massive vocals. With the album shaping up to be both an inspired journey for the mind and a propelling trip for the body (and soul), this delivers on all fronts, presenting the mystical and enchanting leanings of the producer/DJ duo as well as the obvious urge to work the dance floor. Remixer PATRICE BÄUMEL has no trouble connecting to this mindset, as he has proven time and time again - check his highly immersive and definition of techno on SPEICHER 81 and SPEICHER 85. Bäumel's strong and club-ready revamp of ENDLESS GAMES comes in two flavours: the vocal version geared for prime time destruction and a sweet dub version for the aftermath. 

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Blond:ish - Endless Games

1.Decepticons - Eastern Promise

Label: Silver Planet Recordings
Catalog#: silver40
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: Mar 2002
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive Trance

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