https://soundcloud.com/henry-saiz
https://www.beatport.com/artist/henry-saiz/11309

As one of the brightest talents in the electronic music scene, Henry Saiz has crafted a unique path in his musical career. Not following any trends and refusing to fall into any category with his trademark sound that combines influences from club music and a wide range of styles like 80 ́s pop or progressive rock to name a few, his constant growth across the globe enabled him to spread his art to new audiences. In his first days as a DJ, Saiz released almost exclusively with big labels "with a focus on melody and community", as he puts it: Renaissance, Global Underground and Bedrock. He then created his own label Natura Sonoris, and by 2011 he had multiple Essential New Tunes, DJ Mag's label of the year, as well as released his critically acclaimed Balance DJ compilation. All that then gave him awards like DJ Mag Spain's 2012 Best Live Act, Best Label and Best Compilation. With his debut album titled "Reality Is For Those Who Are Not Strong Enough To Confront Their Dreams" (2013), he became one of the first musicians to crowdsource some of the album’s sounds. It's part of Saiz's self-effacing approach to even this most serious of artistic endeavours: he humbly offers to be the host of an intense, ongoing conversation between fans. Today Saiz is in a very fertile stage of his career. Still wanting to get closer to the crowd, he's returned to his first love - live bands - with an electronic trio that, apart from his solo performances, he’s also regularly touring the world with. Main highlights of the live band concept were their Boiler Room debut back in 2015 where guys delivered absolutely outstanding performance full of soul, powerful grooves, seductive vocals and thrilling emotions showing their particular approach to house music; as well as the launch of a world-traveling audiovisual project through Kickstarter in 2016 that achieved a huge success. This effort of trying to examine the relationship between environment and sound was materialized with a release of a sophomore album ‘Human‘ and a film that is a combination of both documentary and fiction. Within the same time he’s also released a debut album under his Hal Incandenza alias, launched a new label project ‘Lost Worlds Records‘, curated the new Balance compilation to celebrate a 10 year anniversary of his label Natura Sonoris, started a new project under an alias H.Haze to explore new musical terrains as a singer-songwriter, released lots of EPs, singles and remixes on such labels as Sasha’s Last Night On Earth, Suara and his own Natura Sonoris to name a few, and kept company to all of his fans every single week ever since the beginning of the pandemic with his Youtube streaming show  ́At Home With Henry ́, while also hosting a show on Spanish National Radio ‘El Laberinto‘. All that while also constantly working on new music and a bunch of other side projects. He has performed and continues performing all over the globe. He has been part of festivals like Sonar, Glastonbury, Ultra, EXIT, Creamfields and Global Gathering among others and also iconic parties like Circoloco at DC10 Ibiza. Henry Saiz is one of the Spanish artists whose constant growth has enabled him to spread his music to new audiences and is, without doubt, one of the brightest talents on the global electronic music scene. Through his music, he tries to make the world feel more deeply. He’s an artist who wants more than just your ears – he wants your heart.

#272 - Henry Saiz - (ESP)

https://soundcloud.com/daveseaman / https://www.facebook.com/daveseamanofficial / https://www.instagram.com/daveseamandj/

https://djdaveseaman.com/

(Selador Recordings)

There aren’t many artists who’ve soundtracked the birth of dance music and are still leading its development more than two decades later. There are even less who have gifted both the club and pop scenes with unforgettable musical moments that get talked about in hushed tones years after their creation. Dave Seaman is one of a select few. 

It’s a commonality that everyone from clubbers at Creamfields, to the biggest recording artists on the planet share. Having devoted almost every weekend over the last 20 years to moving dancefloors from Ibiza to Iceland, Seaman has played the world’s most recognised festivals and clubs in more than 80 countries throughout his career, while still lending his production nous to the music industry’s A List. Along with crafting beats for Ms Minogue and Pet Shop Boys, everyone from David Bowie to New Order and U2 to Michael Jackson have received a Seaman re-rub.

Wind the clock back to when Seaman was eight years old and it’s difficult to imagine anyone wanting to devote their life to music quite as much as the Leeds-born lad. While others indulged in pipe dreams of becoming an English Premier League star or following Neil Armstrong into space, Seaman – much to his career councillor’s disapproval – knew he was destined for a life full of beats and rhythm. 
By the early ‘80s, the music obsessive was spinning records at his high school disco and earning his pocket money playing friends’ birthday parties. He knew how to talk-the-talk, too. In 1987 the still-amateur DJ and DMC member won a trip to New York to attend the New Music Seminar – the industry’s most important event at that time. The trip ultimately led him to land the editor’s role at Mixmag, a position he’d hold for the next three years as he shaped the magazine into being the undisputed clubber’s bible it is today. 

Seaman played his first bona-fide professional DJ gig at the legendary Shelley’s in Stoke in 1990, stroking vinyl alongside a couple of emerging talents by the name of Sasha and Laurent Garnier. Acid house was blooming and Seaman’s boundless enthusiasm and creative spirit was petrol in it’s tank. 

Teaming up with producer and friend Steve Anderson, the duo recorded as Brothers In Rhythm, birthing the seminal rave anthem ‘Such A Good Feeling’ which became a UK Top 20 hit, while also issuing the landmark ‘Mixmag Live Volume’ 1 with Carl Cox in 1991 – a release that stands as one of the first ever commercially available mix compilations. 

Seaman’s unrelenting desire to propel music at all levels saw him kickstart the Stress Records imprint through DMC, showcasing tunes by some of the finest talent in dance music for more than a decade. Artists including Sasha, Danny Tenaglia, John Digweed and Groove Armada’s Andy Cato all released smoking club cuts on the label, with many crediting it as acting as a global launching pad for their careers. He followed Stress with a decade at the helm of Audio Therapy where similar levels of success ensued proving his ability to spot & nurture talent time and time again. 

Today, Seaman’s passion to exhibit boundary-breaking talent is as strong as ever. Via the independent record label Selador Recordings which he co owns with long time friend, Steve Parry, his inspired A&R has helped nurture some of the finest groove-merchants in dance music. The label’s roster speaks for itself, with Cristoph, Nicolas Masseyeff, Kiko, Kevin Over, Dubspeeka, Habischman, D Nox & Beckers, Quivver, Kiki, Gorge and Robert Babicz all contributing tracks and remixes recently.

D.H.B. Podcast 022 - Dave Seaman

For more info: https://balancemusic.com.au
@antontumas

A driving force in the Southern California underground, Anton Tumas is known for his impeccable, genre spanning DJ sets, his flawlessly executed parties in previously uncharted locations, and Subtract, his cutting edge record label. He has played alongside Hernán Cattáneo, DJ Tennis, and Danny Howells, on Burning Man's Mayan Warrior, and Robot Heart, as well as Lightning in a Bottle, Desert Hearts, and Further Future festivals, each time enhancing the reputation of his ability to play sets perfectly suited to the vibe of the party.

Balance Selection 252

TRACKLIST & INTERVIEW

Balance Selections 252: Anton Tumas

https://soundcloud.com/kaseytaylor
https://www.beatport.com/artist/kasey-taylor/4907


One of the most loved and respected names in the Australian dance music industry, Kasey Taylor made his mark in his hometown of Melbourne before John Digweed scouted him in the mid-nineties on his first trip to Australia where Kasey was playing the warm up set for him. It was that warm up where he gained Digweed’s instant respect and shortly after he invited Kasey to play at his infamous Bedrock night in London. That was the catalyst for Taylor to take his sound to a global audience, leading to international exposure and a permanent move to Europe to satiate the demands of his worldwide bookings that followed. Kasey is the creative power behind the highly revered Vapour Recordings, the 25-year old mainstay which was founded in 1997 and is over 160 releases deep and still going strong. 
More recently Kasey has gone through a massive personal and creative resurgence. The recently rebranded Vapour Recordings is on a roll again with the label releasing regularly after a 2 year break due to the pandemic. The standard of the releases is and has always been what makes the label stand out from the rest, with names like Guy J, Hernan Cattaneo, Gai Barone, Stereo Underground, Jamie Stevens, Nick Warren, Dousk, James Monro, Mike Rish, GMJ, D-Nox & Beckers and 
many more high profile artists all appearing on the label. 

With an armoury of names like that, it’s easy to see why Vapour creates excitement with the scene’s biggest players. 
On a more recent production level, Kasey’s releases and remixes have appeared on labels such as Sudbeat, The Soundgarden, Bedrock as well as his very own label Vapour Recordings. Kasey has a ton of releases and remixes in the pipeline as well as some exciting collaborations with some of the worlds finest producers as he continues his drive to making quality productions to raise the hands of his beloved loyal followers on dance floors all over the world. Behind the decks, Kasey is a fan favourite at all the clubs and festivals in his hometown of Australia as well as on a global scale too. He’s played and supported alongside all the industry greats you can think of and is one of the very few that can captivate an audience with his combination of versatility, patience and experience which allows him to move through a variety of genres from deep house to techno with his perfect attention to detail and immaculate programming. With his finger well and truly on the pulse, Kasey has an ear for a great tune and is always looking to the future, and that future is set for one of Australia’s most popular dance music artists and exports to continue his already well decorated career well into the future.

#276 - Kasey Taylor - (AUS)

TIMANTI are the wonderfully talented London based artist with releases on Last Night On Earth and Sondela, and now also with their brand new track 'Other Side' on Selador, featuring the wonderful vocals of Just Her.

Making their Selador Sessions debut we proudly present TIMANTI

Tracklist

Hyde - ID
LIVA K - Perduto [MIDH]
Nico de Andrea, Vanetty - Ethnica [Armada]
Robin M - Aye [Human by Default]
TIMANTI feat Just Her - Other Side [Selador]
Franky Wah x Sorley - Speak to the Highers [Shen]
BadBox - Zurna [Moblack]
TIMANTI - Voices of a Sacred Land [Aluku Records]
Ahoona - Life [MoBlack]
Samantha Loveridge- Amensia 
TIMANTI - Fwana [Ewaso Records]

Selador Sessions 215 | TIMANTI

For more info: https://balancemusic.com.au
@rich-curtis

It’s through Rich Curtis' unique designs and creations that we learn the true meaning of emotional electronic music - giving back to the traditional clarity of the genres of House and Techno by delicately pushing the long-established boundaries. A stimulating and driving persona and output that is recognised as one of Australia’s top electronic music exports.

Tracklisting:
1. Relatvty - Ascend
2. Anton Kubikov - Dekka
3. Henry Saiz - Someone Is Here (Mikemeraki Remix)
4. Rich Curtis - Cling Wrap Killer
5. Dialoque - Sorry Eyes (Madmotormiquel Remix)
6. Len Faki - Don't Be Stupid Day
7. Sasha - View 2 (Colin Benders Remix)
8. Jobe - Saturate
9. Rico Puestel & Michael Skopnik - SMMR
10. Weval - Don't Lose Time
11. Duyster - Zaakje
12. Jeremiah McKnight - Seasons (Callumcantsleep Remix)
13. Losless & Roman Kyn - Ubiquity
14. Alan Dixon & Bugge Wesseltoft - Edge of Forever (Prins Thomas Remix)
15. Eric Lune & Juan Sapia - Diamonds (Eran Aviner & Hermanez Remix)
16. Maps - Fever Dream (Counter Mix)
17. Amadeo Acqua - Nobody Brings (Medway Breaks Mix)
18. Luke Garcia - Cluve 
19. Maps - Thru Lights
20. Avidus - We Know
21. Royksopp & Alison Goldfrapp - The Night
22. Ichisan - Tip Top (Prins Thomas Remix)
23. Emitr - Homologic (Gui Boratto Remix)
24. James Harcourt & AFFKT - Parabola
25. ORISS & Adam Sellouk - Stellar
26. Brame & Hamo - Waves Reach (Voiski Remix)
27. Guy J - On The Go
28. Thodoris Triantafillou - Leave Them Kids Alone
29. Daft Punk - Alive
30. VNTM - Momentum
31. Applescal - Lift!
32. Laurent Garnier - Give Me Some Sulfites
33. Vince Watson - Subversion
34. Slacker - Your Face (In the Mirror)
35. Sam Goku - Lotus Drive
36. Reid Willis - Haunted Fool
37. Max Cooper - Unspoken Words
38. Murtagh - Leaving

Balance Selections 254

Balance Selections 254: Rich Curtis

This is my (hometown) set from this wonderful all day party at invisible Wind Factory in Liverpool. This is a live set (warts and all!), where I played in the main room after Gustin, and before Hernan Cattaneo. the crowd had started partying in the day time outside, and then came inside, so it was time to take the energy levels up!

Steve Parry At 303 at Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool (Before Hernan Cattaneo) 08.04.2023

For more info: https://balancemusic.com.au
@satoshi-fumi

Influenced by the 90's Detroit, Chicago and New York house/Techno scenes Tokyo native Satoshi Fumi has managed to create his own unique style over the years by providing the world with a variety of electronic music styles.

Balance Selections 256

Balance Selections 256: Satoshi Fumi

Hello, g'day and welcome! So happy you can join us for a wee whizz around Planet Prog again on this wicked Wednesday. Bags packed? Passport safe? Then take a seat on our first class flight to another scorching dancefloor destination.

There are few producers in the Progressive House world who command more respect than our guest DJ today, and there's no one as happy as us when we introduce him to you. Il Modo, give it up for the amazing Gab Oliver!

“You just had to be there” is an oft-repeated refrain whenever the “Melbourne sound” – the dark, stripped-down, and gritty progressive house and breakbeat that dominated the city’s dancefloors in the early 2000's – comes up in conversation. 

Gab Oliver created and nurtured a sound that eschewed the big, bold, brash sounds of the late 90’s in favour of a deeper, darker, and more hypnotic aesthetic. In the process he shaped an entire movement that cemented Australia as a creative force in the global dance music scene, and led to the rapid maturity of Progressive house and Breakbeat. 

The legendary party 'Sunny' was the key Melbourne monthly event where punters could regularly hear these new sounds, thanks to the resident DJs being given free reign to experiment musically and the party having a strong emphasis on going against the grain. Without question, the driving force behind the uncompromising deep and dark focus of the event was Gab Oliver.

 “Road testing our tunes at Sunny was the biggest gift of all. That’s all that really mattered, people going off to our music, that was fucking amazing.” The pioneer of the deep and hypotonic sound has recently re-launched the much loved Zero Tolerance label which has given the current Progressive House landscape a shakeup from the mainstream, pointing towards a deeper, darker, and more moody aesthetic. He recently released "Drowning" EP on this label and has also joined forces with Bassiray & Mckeown under the guise "Depth Institute".  

Moody soundscapes, mediated by underlying tension and bathed in darkness, Depth Institute‘s haunted and sophisticated late-night progressive storytelling is uncompromising in every sense of the word. Their debut Remix on Gab's ‘Drowning EP‘ which focused on subtlety and deep textures representing the true ZT sound brilliantly. 

Their follow-up release was a remix of Hot TuneiK‘s ‘Poema‘, a track heavily supported by John Digweed on his recent tour of Argentina, on his Transitions Radio show, and peaked at #2 on the Beatport Top 100 Progressive House Releases Chart.

"I want the relaunched Zero Tolerance to be like it was back when we started it, a place for new artists to make music other people aren’t making. I’ve always had a passion for new music and supporting emerging artists, and I would love to see a new generation of producers given the kinds of opportunities we weren’t by other labels when we started out. If you’re making music that’s too deep and dark for other labels, we want to hear it." - Gab.. 

With that in mind, enjoy the mix! 

Gab Oliver - Moody Intro [unreleased]
Desaturate - Scurvy [False Dichotomies]
Hot TuneIK - Close Encounters [Dopamine Music]
Brian Cid - Shoreless Ocean [Infinite Depth]
Lostep - Burma (Mike Rish Remix) [unreleased]
Paul Angelo & Don Argent - Dear Cave [Movement Recordings]
Subandrio - Mein Sohn [Balance Music]
Alex O’Rion - Mastodon (Dub mix) [Sudbeat]
Mike Rish - Tunnel People [Lost & Found]
Paul Deep - Shakti (Matias Chilano Remix) [Sound Avenue]
Gab Oliver - Boogie Man [unreleased]
Jiminy Hop - Playground (Nicolas Petracca Remix) [Majestic Family Records]
Shanil Alox - I'm Too Weird (Original Mix) [Dopamine White]
Hi Fi Bugs - Lydian & The Dinosaur [Zero Tolerance]
Precision - Nightmare (Unreleased Mix) [unreleased]
Ric Niels - Falkner (Hobin Rude Remix) [onedotsixtwo]
Digby & Oliver - Human (Depth Institute Remix) [Zero Tolerance]

Zero Tolerance party in Melbourne -> https://www.facebook.com/events/1649075792272645

The Progcast - Episode 178 - Gab Oliver (Zero Tolerance)

For more info: https://balancemusic.com.au
@jodybarrmusic

Jody Barr is a name you’ll no doubt find familiar. Whether through his music electrifying the dance floor in a Sasha or Laurent Garnier set, through the airwaves via George Fitzgerald on Radio 1, or at one of his own gigs at the likes of fabric’s Room 1, Space Ibiza, Bunker in Derry; the Welsh producer has already carved his mark deep into the musical landscape.

Balance Selections 257

Balance Selections 257: Jody Barr

Anthony Pappa PFG 5th Birthday Mix August 2023

PFG is 5 ! To celebrate Anthony in his own words  said "I  wanted to create something different , a musical journey through genres" and that he did. 

Enjoy.

Tracklist :- 
01. Adion - Let Go (Capital Heaven)
02. Jon Gurd & Reset Robot - Lucid (Anjunadeep)
03. Tal Fussman - The Fine Line In Between (Survival Tactics)
04. Framewerk - Inamorata (White Label)
05. GMJ - Valinor (Meanwhile Horizons)
06. Davi - Timekeeper (Bedrock)
07. Davi - Always (Bedrock)
08. Marsh Feat. Jodie Knight - Sleep (Alex O’Rion Extended Mix) (Anjunadeep)
09. GMJ - Metai (Meanwhile Horizons)
10. GMJ - Bayen (Meanwhile Horizons)
11. Ben Summers - Edge Hill (Nightcolours Recordings)
12. Dabeat & Kamilo Sanclamente - Futura (Anthony Pappa & Jamie Stevens Remix) (Re:Sound Music)
13. ID - ID (Unsigned)
14. Mike Griego - Antidote (A Line In The Sand)
15. Ezequiel Arias - Mad Man (Sudbeat Music)
16. Guy J - Metal Dreams (Lost & Found)
17. Guy J - Illusion (Lost & Found)
18. ID - ID (Unsigned)
19. Ben Summers - Slowly Ask Again (Nightcolours Recordings)
20. TJIG - Amore (Anthony Pappa & Jamie Stevens Remix) (Ugenius)
21. Shadow Movement - Astral (D.O.C.)
22. Jamie Stevens - Circles (Navar Remix Alex O’Rion Edit) (Not On Label)
23. Dave Seaman - Pretty Doohickey (Dessert)
24. Four Candles - Effervescent (Selador)
25. RY X - Spiral (Patrice Baumel Remix) (Infectious Music)
26. M.A.N.D.Y Vs Booka Shade - Body Language (Patrice Baumel Remix) (Get Physical Music)
27. Steven Weston - Eternal (Reset Robot Remix) (Blank Dust)
28. Stereo Underground - The Last Dance (Lost & Found)
29. Chab - Closer To Me (Framewerk Rewerk) (Not On Label)
30. Sasha & Because Of Art - Fused (Last Night On Earth)
31. Golden Features Feat. Rromarin - Endit (Original Mix) (Foreign Family Collective)
32. Bicep - Waterfall (Ninja Tune)
33. Bicep Feat. Clara La San -Water (Ninja Tune)
34. Framewerk - Metropolis (Remastered) (Not On Label)
35. Jon Gurd & Reset Robot - Celeste (Anjunadeep)
36. Bicep - Meli II (Ninja Tune)

Anthony Pappa PFG 5th Birthday Special

Iconic electronic compilation series & music imprint

Est. 2000

Flying the flag for ‘quality independent electronic music’, born and bred on a national and global scale in their homebase of Australia and beyond, Balance Music have been at the very forefront of underground house music since its inception, expertly guided by experienced director Tom Pandzic. Their revered Balance Mix Series (Established in 2000) has seen the likes of Max Cooper, James Zabiela, Kolsch, Hernan Cattaneo, Henry Saiz, Danny Tenaglia, Deetron, Joris Voorn, Patrice Baumel, James Holden, Agoria, Phil K (R.I.P.), and more step up to the plate for one of the most essential collections across the entirety of the electronica spectrum, whilst Balance Series, their showcase for expressive tech, progressive and wider variations of house music, is a focal point of the sound. The latter has nurtured top-drawer releases from quality artists encompassing a plethora of upcoming and established acts. As the brand continues to grow exponentially, their ever-expansive popularity shows no signs of letting up. - Juno

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