Alkahest

Uawok Tong

LAD020 Woo York - Black Soul (Snippet)

After Kollaps, Spectral Union & Gisella Engel-Leap [Mellon Place Records]

Taruun, Orika & Auren Klyne-Layer-(Mellon Place Records)

Up first is Get Enough, seven minutes of seductive techno that has an almost machine-gun like disco synth firing across the groove. It is a rumbling peak time track with real force and energy that will bring any floor to life. The title track, Toleranz, is a gritty and stripped back basement cut with dry hits and burrowing acid bass that takes you deep into the night. Cobra then proves this pair have real breadth in the studio and is a barrel chested house cut with more big hits, rib rattling bass and incendiary techno hi hats that really get you on your toes. Remixing are the tech duo of Pleasurekraft, whose releases on Octopus and Mood Records have won them plenty of DJ and dancing fans. They layer in some dark melodies to SQ80 and build it steadily before allowing the militant drums and crisp snares to explode and drive you and the whole club forwards.

Kaiserdisco - SQ80 (Pleasurekraft Remix)- Drumcode - DC163

On the back of their critically acclaimed ‘Oblivion’ EP, from which ‘Sensation’ was named one of the techno tracks of 2016 by Mixmag, Monika Kruse rejoins her brothers-from-another-mother Pig&Dan for another electrifying two-track EP.

Both tracks – ‘Get Me On’ and ‘So Good’ featured in her celebrated debut Essential Mix that aired on April 1 and have highlighted the iconic techno artist’s sets over the past month,  everywhere from Time Warp to her wildly popular b2b with Andrea Oliva at Boiler Room Madrid in March. 

Produced during an inspired couple of days in Mallorca with Pig&Dan in January, both records are explosive techno weapons built for the peaktime and propelled by a stunning warehouse stomp. ‘Get Me On’ is a driving affair from the outset, powered by a compelling mainroom groove that’s gradually immersed in exhilarating cyclone swirls of melody. ‘So Good’ is as delectable as its name, characterized by a roaring buildup that’s drawn out dramatically for much of its 8-minute running time, working in tandem with several carefully deployed breakdowns. Both records are destined to leave a devastating impact at festivals over the summer.

Monika Kruse Meets Pig&Dan - So Good

Alan Fitzpatrick’s We Are The Brave is back with a bang in 2018, after a mega first year in 2017, the label clocked up an impressive 11 releases, from the massive success of their debut single “We Do What We Want”, Gary Beck’s Top10 hit “Just One More” and then closing out the year with an epic collab from Alan and Sasha. With a mega 6 gig tour in Ireland just completed, We Are The Brave continues its reign, expect more gigs, more releases and more madness in 2018. 

Making his debut on We Are The Brave, is Reset Robot. Born and based in Portsmouth, he and Alan have grown up together “we have worked together for many years on so many different projects. I was really happy when Alan decided to take these tracks for his label, I think they are a perfect fit!” 

The lead track Held Note has a thundering low end, with a vocal which reverberates amongst the hi hats. “I actually called the track and EP Held Note, as I held down a note on my Korg MS2000 and played around with the pitch and filter modulation a lot. That's the basis of the track” says Dave.

Followed up by “Manhattan Project” filled with a selection of heady deep synth rhythms which weave in and out of one another, along a crispy kick, delivering a dark and driving techno track.

Welcome to 2018 and the start of the second year of big hitters from We Are The Brave.

Held Note

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Reset Robot - Held Note

Marsian is a new moniker for Marc Houle and Sian to collaborate, and we remixed their new track X-Rays. It’s out this week on Octopus Recordings… :)

Marsian (Sian & Marc Houle) - X-Rays (Audiojack remix) [Octopus Recordings]

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Township Rebellion step up with the autumnal-inspired, adventure-ridden four-track EP Balance.

Artist: Township Rebellion @township-rebellion
Title: Balance
Label: Stil vor Talent 
Catalogue No: SVT234
Release: 2018-11-09

1. Romeo
2. November
3. Monocloque
4. Compass North

Opening track Romeo revolves around a sparse, dramatic bassline and similarly sentimental synths, making for introspective flashes on the dancefloor.

On November we’re greeted by grand melodies with huge, spacious pads and monumental breakdowns, the perfect ingredients to spark up those emphatic, hands-in-the-sky type of moments.

Meanwhile, Monocloque flips the script and reveals ample pads in a spectral, dark sound palette, decked with ominous synths and looming resolutions.

Splatters of percussion and haphazard chords are key on Compass North, rounding up the release in a similarly lofty yet dance-provoking manner.

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Township Rebellion - Monocloque [Snippet]

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Elbodrop - Beans On (Roberto Capuano rmx)

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Premiere: VNTM - Fractual

All enquiries: DJs@audiojackmusic.com 

Audiojack are a British DJ duo with a sound that ranges from deep minimal tech through house and garage. Their remixes have been commissioned by artists like Underworld, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada and Hot Since 82, and their original music features on labels like Crosstown Rebels, Solid Grooves, DTFD, 8bit, Toolroom, Shall Not Fade, Knee Deep In Sound, 2020vision, and their own Gruuv.

Since forming Audiojack in 2006, lifelong DJs Jamie and Rich have played their grooves in over 70 countries, on many of the world’s finest dancefloors, which is exactly where they like to be…